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Trump brings Putin in to Iran nuclear deal talks to bring about 'rapid conclusion'
In a now-deleted post on Truth Social, Trump said that he believed that Putin agreed that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon.
By REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
JUNE 4, 2025 19:49 Updated: JUNE 4, 2025 21:32
US President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in nuclear talks with Iran, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
The two leaders spoke on the phone on Wednesday and discussed US-brokered nuclear talks with the Islamic Republic.
In a now-deleted post on Truth Social, Trump said that he wanted a decision from Iran in a short time period, and that Putin could help expedite this.
"I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement," he wrote in the deleted post.
Trump brings Putin in for Iran nuclear talks
Trump added that Putin suggested that he should participate in the discussions because "he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion."
Trump added that he believed that Iran was "slowwalking their decision on this very important matter," and that he needed a quick answer.
This comes after the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a Wednesday statement that Moscow is concerned about rising tensions around Iran and the risk of the situation slipping into a full-scale confrontation
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856561
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are going to see much more happening overseas now
much more. Russia,
they have been poked in the eye so long they are ready to fight.
North Korea has been mocked for so long they are ready to fight.
They are not afraid of those ships that are out there; they were out
there during the Korean War. Oh, wake up, wake up, you need to turn to me and not to your
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Putin will seek revenge for Ukraine drone attack, warns Trump
42 minutes ago
Bernd Debusmann Jr
BBC News
Reporting from The White House
Vladimir Putin has said he will have to respond to Ukraine's major drone attack on Russian airbases, US President Donald Trump has warned.
Speaking after a phone call with the Russian president, Trump said: "President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields."
Russian officials declined to confirm this on Wednesday night, but Moscow had earlier said that military options were "on the table" for its response.
Trump warned in a social media post that the phone call, which lasted more than an hour, would not "lead to immediate peace" between Russia and Ukraine.
Russia's RIA Novosti, a state-owned news agency, said Putin told Trump that Ukraine has tried to "disrupt" the negotiations and that the government in Kyiv has "essentially turned into a terrorist organisation".
The two also "exchanged views on the prospects for restoring cooperation between the countries, which has enormous potential," it said.
The conversation between the two leaders marks the first since Ukraine launched a surprise attack using smuggled drones to strike Russian airbases on 1 June, targeting what it said were nuclear-capable long-range bombers.
Trump told Putin in the call that the US was not warned in advance of the attack, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said.
Last week, Trump appeared to set a two-week deadline for Putin, threatening to change how the US is responding to Russia if he believed Putin was still "tapping" him along on peace efforts in Ukraine.
The comment was one of a string of critical remarks by Trump, who on 26 May said that Putin had gone "absolutely crazy" and was "playing with fire" after Russia escalated drone and missile attacks on cities in Ukraine, killing dozens of civilians.
Trump made no mention of a deadline or his previous remarks in Wednesday's post on his Truth Social platform.
In a post on X, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talked about the scale Russian attacks on his country since Moscow's full-scale invasion in 2022.
"Many have spoken with Russia at various levels. But none of these talks have brought a reliable peace, or even stopped the war," Zelensky wrote.
"If the world reacts weakly to Putin's threats, he interprets it as a readiness to turn a blind eye to his actions," he added.
On Wednesday, a delegation of Ukrainian officials including Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko and Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak were set to meet with US senators in Washington to discuss arms purchases and efforts to stop the fighting.
In a social media post, Yermak said that the delegation planned to discuss "defense support and the situation on the battlefield", sanctions against Russia and a previously signed reconstruction investment fund.
The post also comes just days after a second round of direct peace talks in Istanbul between the warring sides ended without a major breakthrough, although they agreed to swap more prisoners of war.
Ukrainian negotiators said Russia rejected an "unconditional ceasefire" - a key demand of Kyiv and its Western allies including the US.
The Russian team said they had proposed multi-day ceasefires in "certain areas" of the frontline in Ukraine, although they gave no further details.
Trump has previously - and repeatedly - said he believes the two sides are making progress, despite ongoing fighting on the frontline and aerial attacks carried out in both Russia and Ukraine.
Separately on Wednesday, Putin also had a call with the US-born Pope Leo XIV.
The Vatican confirmed that "particular attention" was paid to peace in the Ukraine war.
Watch: Footage shows attack drones homing in on their targets as they sit on the tarmac.
In Putin's call with Trump, the two leaders also discussed Iran. Trump said he believed the two "were in agreement" that "Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon".
The US reportedly proposed Iran halt all production of enriched uranium - which can be used to make reactor fuel but also nuclear weapons - and instead rely on a regional consortium for supplies.
Iran has not yet responded to the plan presented at talks last Saturday.
According to Trump, Putin "suggested that he will participate in discussions with Iran and that he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion".
"It is my opinion that Iran has been slow walking their decision on this very important matter," Trump wrote. "We will need a definitive answer in a very short period of time."
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei has criticised the US proposal and said it will not stop enriching uranium.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2r108l785o
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As you can clearly see the evil in the world is almost fifty-fifty, my word has shown you that before, so that should not be a surprise. For I have said that two shall be standing in the field and one shall go and one shall remain, that is fifty-fifty, and it has got to that place, that also means that the end is very, very near. So you will still have half of the world that desires to do evil and half of the world that desires to do good, but only about thirty percent are true Christians. etc.
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Why Did 2 Chinese Nationals Try To Smuggle An “Agroterrorism Weapon” Into The U.S. That Could Devastate Our Food Supply?
June 3, 2025
Those that are cheering attacks deep inside the borders of our enemies should realize that the other side can play that game too. We are a nation that is absolutely teeming with soft targets, and I have no doubt that our enemies brought in all sorts of unconventional weapons during the decades when our borders were wide open. When the kinetic phase of World War III erupts, I am entirely convinced that those weapons will be used. Those that are cheering death and destruction on the other side of the globe won’t be so thrilled when it starts happening here too.
Federal authorities in Detroit on Tuesday announced charges against a Chinese scholar at the University of Michigan and her boyfriend, a scientific researcher, for allegedly conspiring to smuggle a dangerous biological pathogen into the U.S.—a pathogen capable of damaging agricultural crops and causing illness in humans and livestock.
University of Michigan scholar Yunqing Jian, 33, and her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, 34, both Chinese citizens, were charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the U.S., making false statements, and visa fraud, interim Detroit U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. announced.
Our enemies have been embedding their agents in our colleges and universities for decades.
In this instance, we do know that one of the Chinese nationals that has been arrested is a “loyal member of the Chinese Communist Party”…
“The alleged actions of these Chinese nationals— including a loyal member of the Chinese Communist Party—are of the gravest national security concerns,” U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. said in his statement. “These two aliens have been charged with smuggling a fungus that has been described as a ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into the heartland of America, where they apparently intended to use a University of Michigan laboratory to further their scheme.”
Did you notice that U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. used the term “potential agroterrorism weapon” to describe the biological pathogen that these Chinese nationals attempted to bring in?
The fungus that they were carrying is known as “Fusarium graminearum”, and it causes a horrifying blight which already causes billions of dollars in economic damage around the world every year…
In this case, the pathogen is a fungus called Fusarium graminearum, which can cause “head blight,” a disease that affects wheat, barley, maize, and rice. It is responsible for billions of dollars in economic losses worldwide each year, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The toxins produced by Fusarium graminearum can also cause vomiting, liver damage, and reproductive defects in humans and livestock.
If someone started releasing this fungus on farms all over the Midwest, the damage to our food supply would be incalculable.
When Zunyong Liu was questioned about the pathogen, at first he lied, but then he subsequently admitted what he was trying to do…
It is further alleged that Jian’s boyfriend, Liu, works at a Chinese university where he conducts research on the same pathogen and that he first lied but then admitted to smuggling Fusarium graminearum through Detroit Metropolitan Airport so that he could conduct research on it at the laboratory at the University of Michigan where Jian worked.
Apparently this is not the first time that this has happened.
Shockingly, electronic communications between the Chinese nationals prove that Yunqing Jian “has been involved in smuggling packages of biological material into the United States on prior occasions”…
“After LIU’s smuggling of the biological pathogen, FBI Agents interviewed Jian who falsely claimed that she knew nothing about Liu’s smuggling or his intent to conduct research on the pathogen at the laboratory during his visit,” according to an FBI affidavit filed in court on Monday.
“In fact, an examination of electronic communications between Liu and Jian shows that the two discussed the shipping of biological materials and research being done in the laboratory prior to Lius’s arrival,” the affidavit said. “Electronic evidence also shows that Jian has been involved in smuggling packages of biological material into the United States on prior occasions.”
Wow.
So were they doing this on their own, or were they acting under the direction of the Chinese government?
Let’s not be naive.
The Chinese have been preparing for a showdown with the United States for a very long time.
Once our enemies have smuggled biological agents into this country, there are all sorts of ways that they can disseminate them. The following information comes directly from the official website of the Department of Homeland Security…
• Aerosol dissemination is the dispersal of an agent in air from sprayers or other devices. The agent must be cultured and processed to the proper size to maximize human infections, while maintaining the agent’s stability and pathogenicity (ability to produce illness). An aerosol attack might take place outdoors in a populated area or indoors, e.g., in the ventilation system of a building, in the subway, on planes. It takes expertise to process biological agents to maximize the effect of aerosol dissemination, but even relatively crude devices could have an impact.
• Food or water, especially ready-to-eat food (vegetables, salad bars) could be intentionally contaminated with pathogens or toxins. The water supply is less vulnerable because dilution, filtration, and the addition of chlorine can kill most disease-causing organisms.
• Human carriers could spread transmissible agents by coughing, through body fluids, or by contaminating surfaces. Most agents would make people ill or incapacitated before they become highly contagious, thereby reducing transmission of the disease.
• Infected animals can cause people to become ill through contact with the animals or contaminated animal products.
• Insects naturally spread some agents such as plague bacteria (vector borne illnesses) and potentially could be used in an attack.
• Physically distributed through the U.S. mail or other means.
One of these days, Russia, China, Iran, North Korea or another one of our enemies could decide to release an extremely virulent biological agent in one of our major cities that will spread like wildfire and kill millions of people.
What defense would we have against something like that?
Needless to say, the answer to that question is obvious.
Instead of cheering on the warfare that is happening on the other side of the world, we should be trying to end the madness while we still can.
Following their stunning “Pearl Harbor” attack on Russia’s strategic nuclear assets, the Ukrainians tried to blow up the Kerch Bridge…
Ukraine has launched an audacious new attack on a bridge in Crimea days after their ‘Pearl Harbour’ ambush on Russia.
The country’s secret service, the SBU, say they blasted the underwater pillars of the Crimean Bridge overnight after a months-long operation.
Video shows a detonation erupting underneath the bridge after 1,100kg worth of explosive devices had been covertly planted by SBU agents.
The Crimean Bridge, also called the Kerch Bridge, is a personal project of Vladimir Putin which links the peninsula, invaded by Russia in 2014, to the mainland.
As I discussed yesterday, these attacks are bringing us dangerously close to the unthinkable.
The Trump administration has been trying to bring this conflict to an end, but both sides just continue to escalate matters.
If we aren’t extremely careful, we could end up directly involved in this war, and that would be really bad.
President Trump needs to make it clear to Ukraine that they need to get serious about peace or the U.S. will pull all support.
We are running out of time to stop global events from spiraling out of control.
Because once we reach the kinetic phase of World War III, there will be no turning back.
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About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperbackand for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing. You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter. Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites. These are such troubled times, and people need hope. John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.
https://endoftheamericandream.com/why-did-2-chinese-nationals-try-to-smuggle-an-
agroterrorism-weapon-into-the-u-s-that-could-devastate-our-food-supply/
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TOP GENERAL ISSUES EMERGENCY WARNING: NATO Is Trying To Start A Nuclear War With Russia!
by Infowars.com June 2nd, 2025 10:57 PM
The former head of the defense intelligence agency also called for a special counsel to be appointed by the president to launch a criminal investigation into US intelligence agencies not informing him of the attempted assassination of Putin, and the massive escalation in the last month of NATO-backed drone attacks inside Russia that have brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
Trump should threaten to leave NATO if the alliance continues to back attacks on Russia’s nuclear triad, says General Michael Flynn.
https://www.infowars.com/posts/top-general-issues-emergency-warning-nato-is-trying-to-
start-a-nuclear-war-with-russia
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Hegseth "Ghosts" Ukraine Summit
Hal Turner World June 04, 2025 Hits: 14793
Defense Secretary Hegseth will land in Brussels after over 50 defense leaders wrap the Ukraine Defense Contact Group - marking the first U.S no-show since the war began.
He’s not dialing in, not sending a rep., just ghosting the whole thing while allies fume over America’s pivot to China.
French President Macron’s warning? Ditching Ukraine now torpedoes U.S credibility everywhere else.
Hal Turner Analysis
Macron has it wrong. Ditching Ukraine now will correct a series of bad mistakes we've made, and show that the US is willing to self-correct when it is wrong.
With this past weekend's attack by Ukraine against Russian nuclear-capable bomber aircraft at four air bases inside Russia, I fear that Hegseth's choice to "ghost" the NATO Ukraine meeting may be too little, too late.
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Top US border chief warns new terror attack 'worse than 9/11' is imminent
Hofman pointed to what he claimed were nearly two million migrants that entered the country illegally during President Biden's tenure.
By John Varga
18:21, Tue, Jun 3, 2025 | UPDATED: 18:22, Tue, Jun 3, 2025
Donald Trump's Border Czar dropped a bombshell terror warning, claiming a “9/11 or worse” is imminent. Tom Homan blamed the immigration and border policies of the previous White House administration under Joe Biden for his terrifying prediction.
Appearing on Fox News, he was asked by host Sean Hannity whether America was at risk of a "9/11" style attack. Homan pointed to what he claimed were nearly two million migrants that entered the country illegally during President Biden's tenure.
“It’s coming," he said. “These 2 million known gotaways scares the hell out of me", adding some could be terrorists.
"This scares the hell out of me and I’ve been doing this for 40 years," he repeated.
"It should have scared the hell out of every American what the Biden administration did.
“I’m convinced something’s coming unless we can find them.”
A "gotaway" means an unlawful border crosser, who is directly or indirectly observed making an unlawful entry into the United States; is not apprehended; and is not a turn back - according to the US government.
His remarks come in the wake of an antisemitic terror attack in Boulder, Colorado on Monday.
An Egyptian national, whose US visa had already expired, allegedly injured 12 people by using a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails.
The suspect - Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45 - entered the country on a tourist visa in 2022, sought asylum and later obtained a work permit from the Biden administration, according to the Trump White House.
But the accused’s work visa expired this past March, meaning he was no longer in the US legally.
Trump's administration received a huge boost for its tough crackdown on immigration, after the Supreme Court ruled late last month it could go ahead and revoke the legal status of half a million migrants from four Caribbean and Latin American countries.
The decision puts 532,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela at risk of deportation.
They had originally entered the States under a two-year humanitarian “parole” programme launched by former president Joe Biden.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2063904/donald-trump-border-czar-warns-new-9-11-terror-attack
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etc America your money will be worth nothing in the near future, this will bring panic, famine and martial law, yes, in the streets of America. If you had read my word you know that these are the beginning of sorrows etc
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30 Trillion Dollars In 30 Years – The Greatest Party In The History Of The World Has Destroyed America’s Future
June 3, 2025 by Michael
When you spend 30 trillion dollars that you do not have, it is easy to create an illusion of prosperity. In 1995, the nation was obsessed with the O.J. Simpson trial, “Toy Story” was the biggest movie of the year, the Sony Playstation made its debut in the United States, and Bill Clinton was in the White House. At that time, the U.S. national debt was right on the verge of crossing the 5 trillion dollar mark. Today, the U.S. national debt is sitting at 36.2 trillion dollars. That means that we have added more than 30 trillion dollars to the national debt in just 30 years. So what did we get for 30 trillion dollars?
We got the greatest party in the history of the world.
Over the past three decades, we have been enjoying an obscenely inflated standard of living that we did not deserve.
When the government spends money, it provides a short-term boost to the economy. Those that get their hands on the money that the government spends end up using it to go shopping, repair their vehicles, eat at restaurants, etc.
If we could go back and pull 30 trillion dollars of extra government spending over the last 30 years out of the economy, we would be in a rip-roaring depression right now.
So for those of you that wish to avoid economic pain at all costs, you should thank our Congress critters for spending money like drunken sailors all these years.
But in the process, our leaders have destroyed America’s future.
We are broke, and we are absolutely drowning in debt.
The only way that we can meet our obligations is to go into ever larger amounts of debt.
Unfortunately, that cycle can only go on for so long before we reach a point where nobody wants to lend us money anymore.
If you have been paying attention to the bond market, you already know that there have been all sorts of red flags in 2025.
The clock is ticking. But instead of getting our spending under control, Congress seems determined to ramp our spending up to a much higher level…
The package of tax-and-spending measures sent to the Senate, now officially called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, could act like budgetary wolf bait. It would add around $3 trillion to debt levels over the next decade compared with existing estimates and $5 trillion if certain temporary features were made permanent, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
For perspective, federal interest this fiscal year already will be more than the defense budget and more than Medicaid, disability insurance and food stamps combined.
If you are one of those that want to keep the party going for as long as possible, you probably support this bill.
But for those of us that want our children and grandchildren to actually have a future, we are absolutely horrified by what we are witnessing.
In fact, Elon Musk just called this bill a “disgusting abomination”…
Elon Musk is right.
Rand Paul has also spoken out against this bill, and he is right too.
What we have been doing to future generations of Americans over the past 30 years is beyond criminal.
It must stop.
If it doesn’t stop, it is just a matter of time before the entire system collapses.
We have been able to defy the laws of economics for many years, but now economic reality is catching up with us in a major way.
And even though we continue to spend giant mountains of money that we do not have, the illusion of prosperity that we have created is rapidly starting to crumble anyway.
This week, we learned that Disney is conducting “major layoffs”…
Major layoffs are underway Monday the Walt Disney Company, with several hundred employees impacted globally, Deadline has learned. The bulk of them are across divisions of Disney Entertainment, including marketing for both film and television as well as television publicity, casting and development. Also affected are Disney’s corporate financial operations.
Microsoft is even bigger than Disney, and they are conducting mass layoffs as well…
Microsoft Corp. cut hundreds more jobs just weeks after its largest layoff in years, underscoring the tech industry’s efforts to trim costs even as it plows billions of dollars into artificial intelligence.
More than 300 employees were told their positions had been eliminated on Monday, according to a Washington state notice reviewed by Bloomberg.
These latest layoffs by Microsoft are on top of the 6,000 job cuts that were revealed last month…
A Microsoft spokesperson said the latest headcount reduction is in addition to the 6,000 job cuts announced last month. “We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace,” the spokesperson said.
If you have a job that you value, hold on to it as tightly as you can, because a lot more people are going to be losing their jobs in the months ahead.
And that is really bad news, because we already have a major employment crisis in this country.
As I discussed the other day, nearly 1 out of every 4 Americans is “functionally unemployed” at this point.
Things are really tough out there right now.
In fact, things are so tough that Americans are eating meals at home at the highest level we have seen since the early days of the pandemic…
More Americans are cooking at home as growing economic concerns are forcing households to cut back, according to Campbell’s CEO Mick Beekhuizen.
Beekhuizen told analysts during the company’s third-quarter earnings call on Monday that consumer sentiment continued to soften throughout the quarter, with shoppers becoming even more deliberate about how they were spending money on food.
“A key outcome is a growing preference for home-cooked meals, leading to the highest levels of meals prepared at home since early 2020,” Beekhuizen said.
One way or another, we are going to have to take our medicine.
Either our leaders will have to get our financial house in order, or the bond market will force us to change.
But no matter how it plays out, nobody can deny that the party is ending.
It was fun while it lasted, but everybody knew that the wild spending would eventually have to come to an end.
Needless to say, the adjustment to our standard of living that we will soon experience will be exceedingly painful, and our society is not prepared for that at all.
Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.
About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing. You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter. Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites. These are such troubled times, and people need hope. John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.
https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/30-trillion-dollars-in-30-years-the-greatest-party-in-the
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NATO Watches as Ukraine Strikes - But is NATO Feeding ISR Info to Ukraine, Live?
Hal Turner World June 03, 2025 Hits: 17240
While Ukrainian forces launch wave after wave of attacks, NATO reconnaissance aircraft sit back and watch — closely. Today’s strike on the Crimean Bridge was no exception.
A U.S. U-2S spy plane was operating just 100 km south of Kerch between 09:00 and 14:30, observing both Russian positions and Ukrainian drone activity.
In the western Black Sea, an Italian B-350ER SIGINT aircraft and a U.S. CL-650 ARTEMIS surveillance jet flew near the Romanian coast.
Near Snake Island, a Turkish E-7T AEW&C aircraft — second time in a week — supported Ukrainian operations under the NATO banner.
Over the Golitsyn gas fields, Tekever AR5 drones have flown non-stop for over a week, working in tandem with unmanned naval boats. Two nights in a row, they helped direct Ukrainian drones toward Tendrov Spit.
A Source inside NATO told me today "When NATO flies more than four ISR aircraft at once, it’s not routine — it’s a coordinated intel op. They’re mapping Russian positions, tracking movements, and feeding live data to the Ukrainian side."
NATO’s surveillance over the Black Sea isn’t “just watching” — it’s part of the operation. The same pattern appeared recently over the Kola Peninsula. We all saw what followed: Ukraine Drone strikes upon the Russian base at Murmansk, this past weekend.
UPDATE 5:00 PM EDT --
NATO satellites appear to have been directly involved in the Ukrainian attempt to sabotage the Russian air base Olenya on June 1.
In addition to passive surveillance, they appear to have directly supported the SBU intelligence agency in targeting information and planning.
Here is the satellite positioning info:
On June 1, Ukraine attacked that air base with drones. It seems clear, NATO Satellites were, in fact, used for the attack upon Russia.
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/nato-watches-as-ukraine
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Elon Musk goes nuclear on Trump and his big, beautiful bill: 'Pork-filled and disgusting'
By EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
Published: 14:11 EDT, 3 June 2025 | Updated: 17:37 EDT, 3 June 2025
Elon Musk went scorched earth on President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' on Tuesday, calling it 'a disgusting abomination' and condemning lawmakers who voted for it.
The billionaire former 'first buddy' blasted it for massively increasing 'the already gigantic budget deficit.'
'I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore,' Musk wrote in a post on X.
It was by far Musk's strongest attack so far and could put the nail in the coffin of his bromance with the president.
Musk notably did not use Trump's moniker for the federal spending bill - the president refers to it as the 'big, beautiful bill' – but his meaning was clear.
'This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it,' the SpaceX boss wrote.
He added: 'It will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt.'
Musk left his job as a special government employee only five days ago. He and President Trump appeared to part on good terms, with Trump gifting him a golden key to the White House.
It wasn't immediately clear how Musk's tirade will affect their relationship given that Trump typically has a low tolerance for criticism.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt downplayed Musk's tweets when asked about it during a televised press briefing.
'Look the president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill, and it hasn't changed the president's opinion,' she said. 'This is one big, beautiful bill, and he's sticking to it.'
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Musk was 'wrong' about the bill.
'With all due respect, my friend Elon is terribly wrong about the one big, beautiful bill,' Johnson told reporters on Capitol Hill.
Musk has previously indicated he was against the bill, which funds the federal government.
He said he was concerned it would undo the work of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
But his comments on Tuesday were his harshest to date and come as the bill is being debated in the Senate.
It also came five days after he formally left the Trump administration.
The legislation will add about $3.8 trillion to the federal government's $36.2 trillion in debt over the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, it will boost the nation's debt by $3.1 trillion.
But Trump has defended his signature legislation, arguing it will lower taxes.
'We will take a massive step to balancing our Budget by enacting the largest mandatory Spending Cut, EVER, and Americans will get to keep more of their money with the largest Tax Cut, EVER, and no longer taxing Tips, Overtime, or Social Security for Seniors — Something 80 Million Voters supported in November,' Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday.
Democrats, meanwhile, had a field day with Musk's tweets.
'I agree with Elon Musk,' Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said, holding up a print out of Musk's tweets. 'Republicans should listen to him.'
The president has shown a tolerance for Musk's tirades.
Notably, Trump didn't criticize Musk during a joint press conference with him in the Oval Office on Friday.
The president defended his signature legislation but didn't mention Musk. In the past, Trump has attacked others who have criticized himump and Republican candidates elected.
Instead Trump said he would negotiate parts of the bill as it makes its way through the legislative process.
'We will be negotiating that bill, and I'm not happy about certain aspects of it, but I'm thrilled by other aspects of it,' Trump told reporters, without directly addressing Musk's concerns.. Musk, the world's richest man, spent $290 million in the last election cycle to help get Tr
Other administration officials have stood up for the legislation.
Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has been vocal in his defense of the spending plan, a fact that got a lot of attention after his wife Katie Miller left DOGE to work for Elon Musk.
'The Big Beautiful Bill decreases total spending over the budget window by nearly $2 trillion,' Miller wrote on X Sunday.
House Republicans passed the legislation last month by a mere one vote.
The Senate is expected to amend what the House sent them but those negotiations are ongoing. .
Trump has said he wants a final version of the legislation on his desk for signature by July 4.
Musk, meanwhile, formally left the Trump administration on Friday, holding court with the president in an Oval Office press conference. It was his last day as a special government employee.
The Tesla founder sported a black eye during the event, which he said was the result of his son X punching him.
But even before he departed the White House Musk made clear his disagreement with the 'big beautiful bill,' which is Trump's signature legislation that funds the government.
Musk said he was 'disappointed to see the massive spending bill' because it increases the budget deficit and undermines DOGE.
'I was, like, disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, doesn't decrease it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,' he told CBS News.
I said, 'I actually thought that, when this 'big, beautiful bill' came along, it'd be like, everything he's done on DOGE gets wiped out in the first year.'
'I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful,' Musk added with a laugh. 'But I don't know if it could be both. My personal opinion.'
Musk has claimed to save the federal government billions through his DOGE efforts.
The 'Big Beautiful Bill' is intended to be an encompassing piece of legislation to allow Trump to move forward with much of his agenda, with policies ranging from tax cuts to immigration.
The legislation brings large spending increases that the GOP has fought against in recent years, including raising the debt limit by more than $4 trillion over the next two years.
Within the package is about $5 trillion in tax cuts, to be partially funded by repealing or phasing out more quickly the clean energy tax credits passed during Joe Biden's presidency.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14777091/Elon-Musk-goes-nuclear-Trump-big-
beautiful-bill-Pork-filled-disgusting.html
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spiritual eye on Russia, that is right, I didn’t
say North Korea, I said Russia, Russia. Listen
to the news and you will notice how she is building and
building and testing and testing. Soon
she will strike.
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Russia Seeks Victory, Not 'Delusional' Compromise, In Talks With Ukraine: Medvedev
by Tyler Durden
Authored...
It seems Dmitry Medvedev has once again said the quiet part out loud. The deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council and former president has said Tuesday that Moscow is engaged in peace talks with Ukraine in order ultimately to ensure a swift and complete Russian victory.
"The Istanbul talks are not for striking a compromise peace on someone else's delusional terms but for ensuring our swift victory and the complete destruction of the neo-Nazi regime," the Russian official, who has long been known for his hawkish outspokenness, stated.
One key thing that Medvedev also addressed is the coming reprisal for Sunday's 'Operation Spider's Web' which saw Ukraine penetrate deep inside Russia with drone strikes on five Russian airbases:
Medvedev added, in an apparent response to Ukraine's weekend strikes on Russian strategic bomber bases, that Moscow would take revenge. "Retribution is inevitable," he said.
"Our Army is pushing forward and will continue to advance. Everything that needs to be blown up will be blown up, and those who must be eliminated will be."
In Istanbul, the Russian delegation had handed over a long awaited ceasefire proposal, which contains a full outline for permanent settlement. We earlier featured the following Moscow demands from the document as follows:
Crimea, Donbass, Kherson, Zaporozhye internationally recognized as Russian
Ukraine doesn’t join NATO or any military bloc
Ukraine holds elections
Withdraws troops from new Russian regions
BANS Nazi propaganda
Without doubt, the Zelensky government is going to reject these conditions, particularly the sticking point about territorial concessions. Kiev has already rejected the offer of a two or three day short ceasefire.
Sunday's massive drone attack, which destroyed many advanced, expensive aircraft such as long-range strategic bombers - some parked at airbases very far away from the Ukraine border - was meant to given Zelensky leverage in further negotiations.
President Zelensky's reaction to the Russian delegation's stance after Monday's talks:
“Arrogant people”: Zelensky on the behavior of the Russians during today’s negotiations. pic.twitter.com/TNfeRYJXIJ
— WarTranslated (@wartranslated) June 2, 2025
As geopolitical blog Moon of Alabama lays out, the brazen operation was by design meant to influence talks at a moment Ukrainian losses kept mounting fast:
Days before negotiations towards an and of the conflict the operational tempo of the war in Ukraine has increased.
During the last week of May the Russian forces took 18 settlements and over 200 square kilometer. During the last 24 hours at least another 3 settlements have changed hands. The Ukrainian army is no longer capable to hold its defense lines. Its situation is deteriorating day by day.
On Saturday a Russian missile attack hit a Ukrainian military training camp. It killed or wounded about 100 soldiers. It was the second time the camp had been hit.
Certainly, Ukraine has at least shifted the global conversation in the sense that Europe is again rallying behind Kiev, and now there's strong pressure on the White House to 'just go with it' and allow the Ukrainians to keep up the escalation game on Russia.
‘An epic failure’: Russia reels from surprise Ukrainian attack on bomber fleet
While the effect on Russia’s nuclear capacity is likely to be limited, the attack could affect day-to-day operations in Ukraine, say analysts.
w/ @NastyaStognei @fabrice_deprez
Graphics: @BobHaslett pic.twitter.com/q4pfSRaJ8L
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) June 3, 2025
Of course, this is highly dangerous, and Putin has never been one to blink first - but is likely to unleash painful retaliation on Ukraine, including the likelihood of bombs away on the capital.
Meanwhile, there's been uncharacteristic silence out of the White House. Trump has indicated that he's still open to the possibility of an in-person meeting involving both Zelensky and Putin at the same table, but this scenario is slipping away by the day, as the war tempo picks up pace.
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'Unusual flurry' of earthquakes in Idaho sparks fear of looming danger: 'Be prepared'
READ MORE: Earthquake strikes fault line at risk of 'The Big One' just miles from iconic US city
By CHRIS MELORE, ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 10:25 EDT, 3 June 2025 | Updated: 11:30 EDT, 3 June 2025
Idaho has been rocked by flurry of earthquakes, with more than a dozen breaking out within the last 12 hours.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has revealed that several of these quakes were stronger than 3.5 in magnitude. The latest one (magnitude 3.9) struck just outside the small town of Stanley in Central Idaho at 9:06am ET Tuesday morning.
Overall, there have been a staggering 33 earthquakes recorded by USGS in the same area of Idaho since 2:13pm Monday afternoon.
Stanley, which has a population of less than 150 people, played a key role in the gold rush during the late 1860s and 1870s.
Stanley also sits near the Sawtooth Fault, a 40-mile-long fault line running through central Idaho. While geologically ancient, the Sawtooth Fault was only clearly identified in 2010.
It drew national attention after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck in 2020, one of the largest in Idaho's recent history, which was felt across several states.
Experts have called the Sawtooth Fault a 'sleeping giant' as it is dormant for long periods but capable of triggering a devastating earthquake when it awakens.
This week's constant wave of seismic activity in the same area is 'unusual' and concerning to Idaho state geologist Claudio Berti, who said it's unclear what's going to happen next.
Between 10:23pm ET Monday night and 5am Tuesday morning, a dozen moderate-sized earthquakes struck the area around Stanley.
Then, USGS reported that another four quakes rattled the region starting at 7:57am ET. Three of these quakes exceeded 3.5 in magnitude.
Earthquakes between 2.5 and 5.4 are typically felt by people and may cause minor damage. No damage has been reported from this swarm.
Seismic swarms can sometimes act as precursors to larger earthquakes along a certain fault line, but there's no guarantee such an event will take place.
However, scientists estimate the fault could produce magnitude 7.0 or greater earthquakes, strong enough to cause serious shaking and damage hundreds of miles away.
'When we get one single [earthquake] event somewhere in the middle of nowhere, it is hard to make any sense of it,' Berti told the Idaho Statesman.
He explained that when there's a constant series of quakes focused in a specific area, their alignment tends to reveal the location and shape of the fault - the crack in the Earth's crust where rocks move and cause earthquakes.
The vast majority of earthquakes result from the constant movement of tectonic plates, which are massive, solid slabs of rock that make up the planetary surface and shift around on top of Earth's mantle - the inner layer between the crust and core.
As the tectonic plates slowly move against each other, their edges can get stuck due to friction and stress will build along the edges.
When that stress overcomes the friction, the plates slip, causing a release of energy that travels in waves through the Earth's crust and generates the shaking we feel at the surface.
The Sawtooth Fault is believed to be millions of years old and is part of the larger tectonic process that shaped the Basin and Range Province in the western US.
USGS also noted that there have been 133 earthquakes in the general vicinity of Stanley in the last three weeks.
The strongest of these was a 4.0 magnitude quake Tuesday morning at 3:34am ET.
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Lebanese Prime Minister says normalization with Israel only possible with two-state-solution - CNN
"I would like to see a two-state solution, Israel withdrawing from the occupied territories in exchange for peace, and that peace will lead to normalization," said the PM.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
MAY 31, 2025 14:06
Nawaf Salam, Prime Minister of Lebanon and former President of the International Court of Justice, said in an interview with CNN in Dubai this week that his country's normalization of relations with Israel would only be possible through a two-state solution that includes the creation of a Palestinian state.
"I would like to see a two-state solution, Israel withdrawing from the occupied territories in exchange for peace, and that peace will lead to normalization. Normalization is part of the vision."
Salam also said during the interview that Israel's presence "in parts of southern Lebanon is undermining Beirut’s attempts to restore sovereignty," and added that he would like the US to pressure Israel to withdraw from the five outposts that it established a few hundred meters from the border.
“Israeli presence in Lebanon is a red line for everyone. This is not a red line for Hezbollah alone,” he added in the interview.
Salam's earlier statements on Israel this week
He previously did an interview with Sky News Arabia this week, and told the source that his government would not be cooperating closely with Iran, and said that Lebanon would only consider peace with Israel if it was "real peace."
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much more. Russia,
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For they have poked the bear over and over and they tell the bear how much more mightier than they are and the bear has now spoken. If those that are speaking against us don’t stop we will strike you and you will know you have been struck.
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv launches drone attacks on Putin’s planes after seven killed in Russian bridge blasts
The SBU says it conducted drone strikes on over 40 Russian military aircraft
Tara Cobham
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Jabed Ahmed
Sunday 01 June 2025 13:00 BST
Ukraine has launched drone strikes at a military base in Siberia, local officials have said.
Igor Kobzev, the regional governor, said that "the source from where the drones were fired has already been blocked" and that it was the first such attack in Siberia.
Ukraine's domestic security agency, the SBU, said it conducted a large drone attack on over 40 Russian military aircraft.
An SBU official told news agency Reuters the struck aircraft included Tu-95 and Tu-22 strategic bombers, which Russia uses to fire long-range missiles at Ukraine.
The Independent could not immediately verify the statement. The source shared video footage with Reuters which they said showed the strikes.
It comes after seven people were killed and dozens more injured after bridges collapsed in separate incidents across Russia, causing trains to derail.
The seven people died and a further 69 were wounded when a highway bridge collapsed onto railway tracks, derailing an approaching train in the Bryansk region late on Saturday, Russian officials said.
Russia's Railways initially blamed the collapse in the Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, on “illegal interference in the operation of transport”, in a likely reference to Ukrainian saboteurs, but the Telegram post was later removed.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
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Key Points
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Bryansk bridge collapse was 'sabotage', Russian military blogger says
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Ukraine hits over 40 Russian aircraft with drones, security official says
Ukraine's domestic security agency, the SBU, conducted a large drone attack on over 40 Russian military aircraft on Sunday, an SBU official told news agency Reuters.
The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the struck aircraft included Tu-95 and Tu-22 strategic bombers, which Russia uses to fire long-range missiles at Ukraine.
The Independent could not immediately verify the statement.
The source shared video footage which they said showed the strikes, Reuters reported.
Jabed Ahmed1 June 2025 12:39
and live news continues...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-bridge-collapse-
putin-trump-zelensky-b2761461.html
:: 5-31-25 Hal Turner Radio Show :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
NATO Meeting Quietly Admits: NATO is LOSING to Russia in Ukraine
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In the silence of elite military circles, where words are not spoken lightly, concern reigned. And not without reason. NATO-trained, supplied, and backed, Ukraine - is LOSING to Russia.
Senior officers from about twenty countries met at the British Royal Institute for Defense Studies to discuss the renewal of formations that were once the backbone of military power — the Army Corps.
Those units, which were thought to be a thing of the past since the collapse of the USSR, are once again becoming the focal point of defense strategies.
It sounds paradoxical, but while politicians are still dealing with theories and questions about whether Russia poses a real threat to NATO members, the army is not asking "if", but "where, when and how." And behind that attitude is a serious analysis of the situation on the ground.
The Russian army, which showed serious weaknesses in the initial months of the 2022 military operation, seems almost unrecognizable today.
Western military strategists are shocked — and not just because of the speed with which Russian forces are adapting. Sources from NATO admit that Russian troops are currently outnumbering the Western ones by a number of criteria.
The number of engaged units at the front is now twice as high as at the beginning of the special military operation. Meanwhile, Russia's arms and ammunition production has skyrocketed, and experience with Western systems such as HIMARS has allowed the Russian side to develop effective neutralization methods.
Even Ukraine's dominance in battlefield innovation has faded. Russia's use of drones and electronic warfare systems sets new standards, and analysts believe that Russia is ahead of NATO in those segments.
Their drones are more numerous, cheaper and better adapted to combat conditions. The infrastructure for the production and application of such systems seems almost inexhaustible.
The development of precise missile systems is attracting special attention. The Iskander, which has been compared to the American ATACMS missile, is showing increasing effectiveness and is increasingly difficult to shoot down even with systems such as the American Patriot.
It targets the most important military targets - from command centers to HIMARS launch systems.
There is also concern among NATO generals about one factor that cannot be measured — Russia's willingness to persevere despite heavy losses. It is an element that the West does not have.
That mentality, that acceptance of risk, allows the Russian side flexibility and initiative that allies can hardly follow.
Speakers at the London meeting pointed out that it is time for the European population to understand - the army can no longer be protected at any cost. Losses are inevitable.
But the list of challenges does not end there. NATO's infrastructure for the rapid deployment of forces to the eastern border remains unreliable. Even the most ready U.S. 18th Airborne Corps, which includes the elite 82nd and 101st Divisions, is still testing how to function in a new kind of conflict — one where drones detect the slightest movement.
The British Allied Rapid Reaction Corps is still in the organizational stage, and will not reach full combat readiness until next year. Then, even when the troops do move, they will have to navigate a web of bureaucratic and logistical hurdles, bottlenecks and restrictions of national transport rules.
The biggest risk lies in the fact that, in the event of an open conflict, unlike Ukraine, the entire NATO infrastructure — ports, railways, warehouses — would be exposed to strikes from the very beginning.
There are no longer safe supply routes from peaceful countries. That would be a very different scenario. However, 'not everything is black'.
European countries are increasingly investing in armaments and defense. A new strategic defense review is being prepared in the UK, which foresees an extra £1 billion for the acquisition of unmanned systems and faster decision-making in the field.
But the problem is not only about money. Time is what is missing the most. The speed with which Russia is adapting and strengthening does not leave much room for relaxation. And while the West is moving at the pace of bureaucracy from the peacetime days, the question is whether it will have enough time to prepare?
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Major Provocation: Germany Deploys Troops on Foreign Soil for First Time Since WW2
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Germany has deployed its FIRST PERMANENT FOREIGN FORCE since WWII. They've done it on soil of a former Soviet state, in what is viewed as a "major provocation" to Russia.
Berlin has officially launched the 45th Armored Brigade in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The brigade will grow to 4,800 troops by the end of 2025 and will include:
44 Leopard II tanks (203rd Panzer Battalion)
44 Puma IFVs (122nd Panzergrenadier Battalion)
PzH 2000 howitzers (455th Panzer Artillery Battalion by 2026)
Stationed on former Soviet territory, the move is seen as a major provocation by Russia, and marks Germany’s deeper military commitment to NATO’s eastern flank.
Bear in mind this comes after US Secretary of State, James Baker, promised Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO "will not move one inch eastward" if then then-Soviet Union allowed the re-0unification of East and West Germany.
Based on the promises made by Secretary Baker and other NATO member country officials, Gorbachev agreed to allow East and West Germany to re-unify, and removed 300,000 Soviet troops from what was, at that time, East Germany.
The promise made by Baker, to Gorbachev, is recorded in the US National Security Archive Minutes of their meeting on February 9, 1990, at the Kremlin, in Moscow.
Again, the collective West, breaks its word.
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UK to spend £1.5bn on new weapons factories in response to threat posed by Putin
Labour defence secretary John Healey and prime minister Keir Starmer to unveil new strategic defence review as war rages on the edge of Europe
Kate Devlin
Whitehall Editor
Sunday 01 June 2025 10:52 BST
The government has announced plans to build six new munitions and weapons factories – at a cost of £1.5bn – as ministers seek to improve the UK’s war readiness in the face of growing hostility from Russia.
The plans will form part of a war-ready – or “always on” – pipeline that can be scaled up at short notice.
Making the announcement ahead of a new defence review published on Monday, defence secretary John Healey said the “hard-fought lessons” of Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine “show a military is only as strong as the industry that stands behind them”.
A massive increase in the number of munitions and energetics, such as propellants and explosives, made in Britain will “better deter our adversaries and make the UK secure at home and strong abroad”, Mr Healey said.
It will also boost the number of skilled jobs in every nation and region of the UK as part of plans to make defence “an engine for economic growth”, he added.
The plans are designed to support 1,800 jobs and procure up to 7,000 UK-built long-range weapons, bringing the amount Britain spends on munitions in the five years to 2029 to £6bn.
The Times reported Britain also wants to purchase fighter jets capable of firing tactical nuclear weapons, which would mark a recognition that the world has entered a more dangerous nuclear era.
The publication added that Mr Healey hopes to acquire American-made fighter jets capable of launching gravity bombs with lower power than conventional nukes, with discussions ongoing between the US and the UK.
On Saturday, Mr Healey said he had “no doubt” the UK will spend 3 per cent of GDP on defence by 2034. It follows persistent pressure from US president Donald Trump, who has urged Nato allies to raise defence spending to 5 per cent – more than double the alliance’s current 2 per cent target.
The new defence review is expected to warn of an “immediate and pressing” threat posed by Russia and draw heavily on the lessons learned from the war in Ukraine.
Cyber experts are expected to be sent to the front line alongside regular forces, in a move designed to modernise the British military.
Ministers have already announced plans to spend an additional £1.5bn fixing up military houses amid claims years of neglect has led to troops quitting.
The latest announcement comes in response to a call in the defence review for an “always on” munitions production capacity that can be quickly scaled up.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said: “A strong economy needs a strong national defence, and investing in weaponry and munitions and backing nearly 2,000 jobs across Britain in doing so is proof the two go hand in hand.
“We are delivering both security for working people in an uncertain world and good jobs, putting more money in people’s pockets as part of our Plan for Change.”
The 3 per cent funding could prove controversial. Money to meet the 2.5 per cent target was found by slashing overseas aid from 0.5 per cent to 0.3 per cent of GDP – a move which prompted then international development minister Anneliese Dodds to resign.
Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge said: “It’s a bit rich of Labour to talk about ‘always on’ munitions production when procurement has been largely switched off for the past year. Rachel Reeves has deliberately used the SDR to put an effective freeze on new orders for the kit our military needs.
“Of course, we welcome investment in new munitions factories, but we don’t know when they will be ready, only that these orders should have been placed months ago.
“Ultimately, we need to see greater ambition for the pace and scale of rearmament our armed forces require, given the threats we face and the need to replace inventory gifted to Ukraine. That means 3 per cent of GDP by the end of this parliament, and Labour properly prioritising defence spending - instead of seeking to outspend Reform on welfare.”
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6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Reported Near Rhodes, Greece; Tremors Felt Across Türkiye, Egypt, Syria
Edited by: Saihaj Madan Updated Jun 3, 2025, 07:37 IST
summary
A powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck 16 miles from Rhodes, Greece. The tremor was felt across parts of Türkiye, Egypt, Syria, Greece, and several other countries in the region.
A powerful preliminary 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck 16 miles from Rhodes, Greece. The tremor was felt across parts of Türkiye, Egypt, Syria, Greece, and several other countries in the region. The earthquake reportedly struck the Dodecanese Islands. The earthquake struck at a depth of 68 kilometers (42 miles), according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
The UAE’s National Center of Meteorology (@ncmuae) reported that a 6.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Southwest Türkiye at 3:17 AM UAE time.
Tremors were felt across a wide area, causing concern among residents in several cities and towns throughout the region.
A user on X (formerly Twitter) reacted to the earthquake, stating, "Nothing quite like a 6.6 magnitude earthquake to wake you up in the middle of the night in Rhodes..."
Also Read: 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Greece, 2nd In A Week; Tsunami Warning Issued
Another user wrote, "Rudely awoken by a 6.6 earthquake in Turkey. We’re ok. Just shaken. I hope no one got hurt."
A third user exclaimed, "Jeepers nothing like an earthquake in Rhodes to get you going at 2am. Rather surreal to feel the whole hotel move!"
Local officials are monitoring the situation, but so far, there are no reports of serious injuries or damage. Emergency teams are staying ready in case aftershocks happen.
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/europe/6-2-magnitude-earthquake-reported-near-rhodes
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Former CIA analyst: '100 percent sure' CIA had some involvement in massive Ukrainian drone strike on Russian airfields
Ex-CIA analyst Larry Johnson says Ukraine could not have pulled this off on its own and that it bears the fingerprints of a CIA and/or British MI6 operation.
Leo Hohmann Jun 03, 2025
By now you’ve all heard something about Ukraine’s massive assault of killer drones that attacked Russian airfields housing Russia’s nuclear bomber fleet in Siberia and several other locations deep within the country’s heartland.
The mainstream narrative is that the operation took upwards of 18 months to plan and execute and was “personally overseen” by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Sorry, folks, but I don’t buy it. This attack was not something a guy like Zelensky, whose skill set includes being a former homo-erotic dancer and actor, was prepared for.
The attack, according to mainstream reports, took out 41 aircraft or roughly 34 percent of Russia’s fleet of strategic bombers.
Yet, other knowledgeable sources, such as former British diplomat Alastair Crook, estimate the number of lost Russian bombers at closer to 7, or roughly 5 percent of the country’s overall fleet. The Western media is always going to take information from Kiev at face value, rather than question it or compare it to what the Russian media is reporting.
Anyway, it’s fair to say that whether it was 5 percent, 10 percent or 34 percent, what happened on Sunday in Russia was a major propaganda victory for Ukraine and an embarrassing intelligence lapse for Russia.
Will it change the trajectory of the war between Russia and Ukraine? Absolutely not. And that trajectory has been going in Russia’s favor for months.
But one big unanswered question is how much, if anything, was known about this attack in the bowels of the Washington deep state in Washington, D.C.
Did the president himself know about it? The official line is that he did not.
However, that doesn’t mean the U.S. government wasn’t involved.
As former CIA analyst Larry Johnson said Monday in an interview with Judge Andrew Napolitano, the U.S. government would likely strive to give the president plausible deniability for an operation like this, which took place some 2,700 miles inside Russia and away from the frontlines of the ongoing war.
In a NATO proxy war against Russia, with Ukraine serving as the proxy, somebody in Washington and/or London had to of been involved in an operation as sophisticated and strategic as the one that went down in Russia on Sunday, Johnson said.
“I guarantee you,” he said. “At least one, if not more officers, within the Central Intelligence Agency knew about this and may have even been involved with the planning for it and the operation of it.”
When pressed by Napolitano on how confident he was that CIA, MI6 or perhaps the Israeli Mossad would have been involved in an operation of this scale, Johnson responded:
“100 percent. Just the operations of initiating, of turning the drones on. Think of the process. You’ve got them hidden under this roof, so the roof has to open up. That requires an external command. The reports are they were using the Russian phone network. Maybe? But I think Starlink, Elon Musk’s operation, was involved with this as well. You can’t rule out satellite communications as a source of overhead imagery. Hey, it was reported, and I see no confirmation of it, that (U.S. Defense Secretary) Pete Hegseth was watching the attack in real time. Which means (if true), he absolutely knew it was coming on.”
Fast-forward to the 5-minute mark to watch the key parts of the interview with Larry Johnson in the video below.
If Johnson, a street-wise veteran former CIA analyst, is saying that he’s 100 percent sure that someone in the CIA was aware of this attack and may have been involved in helping to pull it off, what does that tell you about the U.S. government and who is really in charge of it? It’s not the president, folks. He’s just along for the ride.
And if the president did know about it, then he has just lost all credibility in his purported role as peacemaker between Russia and Ukraine. The Kremlin’s gloves are going to come off, either as a result of this escalation or the next one, but they’re going to come off and we are going to World War III with Russia, which means we will also at some point be fighting China, Iran and North Korea.
Pray for peace. Prepare for war. Because with each passing day we are getting closer. Why? Because the globalist Luciferians who run the puppet politicians want it. They want it because they feel they need it in order to complete the Great Reset and transition into an all-digital, all-knowing, global surveillance state and end-times beast system powered by artificial intelligence.
https://leohohmann.substack.com/p/former-cia-analyst-100-percent-sure
4-14-02 At the altar after the pm service etc So listen not to the world, nor the lies of the world, or to those that say it is all turning around, for it is not so. You shall hear of more fish being washed ashore that are dead, because of the pollution of the water. You will hear of more icebergs breaking off and melting. You will hear of places in the south that will continually throughout summer be in the hundred and above range. You will hear of droughts like you have never heard of before. Not only here, but all over the world. Volcanoes, earthquakes, straight-winds, tidal waves, you will hear of things you have not heard of in the degree that you shall now hear of them. Realize that it is only signs of the end-time. etc
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Urgent warning as 'lifeblood of the western US' is rapidly vanishing... putting millions at risk
READ MORE: One of the world's continents is being torn apart
By OSHEEN YADAV FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 10:38 EDT, 2 June 2025 | Updated: 13:38 EDT, 2 June 2025
Water in the Colorado River Basin, a vital source for over 40 million people, has vanished at an alarming pace over the past 20 years, a new study has found.
The Colorado River Basin spans over 246,000 square miles and supplies water to seven US states, including Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
Researchers used more than two decades of satellite data to track water loss in the region.
Between April 2002 and October 2024, the basin lost more than 13 trillion gallons of freshwater that is nearly two-thirds of it from underground reserves.
Since 2003, nearly 28 million acre-feet of groundwater roughly the full capacity of Lake Mead has depleted, driven by unregulated pumping and drought.
They used data from NASA to monitor underground water loss.
It shows that since 2015, the groundwater has been depleting 2.4 times faster than surface water, marking a sharp acceleration in water loss.
The groundwater loss is driven largely by over-pumping in the Lower Colorado River Basin, particularly in Arizona, Nevada, and California where regulation is minimal or nonexistent.
Professor Jay Famiglietti, the study's senior from Arizona State University, said: 'Everyone in the US should be worried about it, because we grow a lot of food in the Colorado River Basin and that's food that's used all over the entire country.'
The Colorado River and its underground supply support everything from drinking water for cities like Los Angeles and Phoenix to massive agricultural operations growing water-heavy crops like alfalfa, much of which is exported.
'Over-pumping is the main cause of groundwater losses over the past 20 years,' Professor Famiglietti said. 'There's nothing illegal about it, it's just unprotected.'
The Colorado River Basin has long depended on snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains to refill its rivers, reservoirs, and aquifers.
But rising temperatures and droughts, driven by climate change, are shrinking snowpack and reducing surface water flow.
The decreasing supply of surface water is visually apparent throughout the region.
Lake Powell and Lake Mead have seen sharply falling levels, and the Colorado River's overall flow has diminished, a trend researchers say will likely continue if warming intensifies.
As surface water becomes less reliable, cities and farms are leaning more heavily on groundwater but that safety net is also collapsing.
'We used to say the Colorado River is the lifeblood of the western US,' Professor Famiglietti told The Guardian. 'Now it's becoming clear that groundwater is the lifeblood and it's vanishing.'
The study highlights that the Lower Basin including Arizona, Nevada, and parts of California has been hit hardest. Groundwater accounts for more than 71 percent of total water loss in that region.
Arizona in particular faces critical risk. Outside of designated management areas, groundwater pumping remains largely unregulated. As a result, wells are drying up, pumping costs are rising, and food security is under growing threat.
As groundwater vanishes, wells run dry, pumping costs rise, and food security is threatened.
About 80 percent of the Colorado River Basin's water goes to agriculture, supporting a $1.4 billion industry in Arizona alone, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The new study conducted by Arizona State University offers one of the most detailed looks yet at water loss in the Colorado River Basin.
Since 2015, most of the Colorado River Basin's freshwater loss has been driven by aggressive groundwater pumping in Arizona, where the absence of statewide regulations outside designated Active Management Areas has allowed unchecked extraction for agriculture and growing urban demand.
The research used satellite-based gravity data to measure changes in total water storage including snow, surface water, soil moisture, and groundwater.
The Lower Basin, which includes Arizona, Nevada, and parts of California, was hit hardest, with groundwater making up more than 71 percent of its total water loss.
This isn't the first warning. Previous studies using NASA's data have documented steady groundwater declines in the region between 2003 and 2014.
But the latest research confirms that the pace of depletion has accelerated, especially since 2015.
The Colorado River's flow has dropped 13 percent below its 20th-century average in recent years, and if current warming trends continue, experts warn it could shrink by as much as 30 percent by mid-century.
States in the region were forced to reach a federal agreement in 2023 to limit water usage and try to protect the river's supply.
The more water that is lost from the river, Professor Famigletti told the Washington Post, 'the more pressure there's going to be on the groundwater' in the basin.
'And then,' he said, 'it becomes a ticking time bomb.'
Meanwhile, demand is only rising, with the region attracting water-intensive industries like data centers and semiconductor factories.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14762631/40m-Americans-risk-having-no-
water-vital-source-VANISHING-hometown-danger.html
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Microsoft to cut 305 jobs in Washington state, Redmond location
Jun 2, 2025, 2:41 PM
BY JASON SUTICH
Content Editor
Microsoft laid off 305 jobs in Redmond, Washington on Monday, according to a filing with the Washington State Employment Security Department (WSESD).
The filing labeled the layoffs as permanent, effective Aug. 1.
Microsoft has laid off approximately 2,300 employees in recent weeks, according to WSESD.
Microsoft’s previous layoff history in Redmond
On May 15, Microsoft announced layoffs at its Redmond location, affecting 1,985 positions, scheduled to take effect on July 12.
The report comes on the heels of a May 13 announcement that Microsoft will begin laying off roughly 6,000 workers, nearly 3% of its workforce, according to The Associated Press.
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Disney to lay off hundreds of finance, film and TV employees: report
Several hundred employees are being laid off by The Walt Disney Company starting Monday.
Thomas Stevenson Jun 2, 2025
Several hundred employees are being laid off by The Walt Disney Company starting Monday, according to a report from Deadline. The cuts are impacting the company worldwide.
Per the outlet, citing sources familiar with the matter, the cuts primarily affect Disney Entertainment as well as the corporate financial side of the company. Marketing, filming, casting, and development will be impacted.
Most of the affected Disney Entertainment Television staff that are being let go are reportedly located in Los Angeles, the outlet said, but no teams are being completely eliminated.
For the entertainment giant, this is the fourth round of layoffs since mid-2024, and has been part of a cost-cutting process. When Bob Iger returned as CEO in 2023, he had set the goal of cutting $7.5 billion in costs. 7,000 jobs were cut that year.
In March earlier this year, there were around 200 Disney workers laid off from the corporation, comprising 6 percent of its workforce at ABC News. This followed a restructuring last October, when ABC Signature shut down and its operations were absorbed by 20th Television.
The latest cuts also follow better-than-expected Q2 earnings for the company, which was largely driven by sports as well as experiences. Last year Iger emphasized a need to increase the selling of experiences to Disney customers, with a focus on theme parks. The cuts at Disney also come as there have been cuts to staff at NBCUniversal as well, and the company is spinning off cable networks to fall under a new company named Versant.
https://thepostmillennial.com/disney-to-lay-off-hundreds-of-finance-film-and-tv-employees-report
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Matthew 24:3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples
came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will
these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the
age?"
Matt 24:6 "And you will hear of wars and
rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to
pass, but the end is not yet.
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Russia-Ukraine Negotiations Ended after 75 Minutes
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The Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul ended after 75 minutes.
Unlike the first meeting, where Ukraine insisted on a "translator" to translate from Ukraine-to-Russian and vice-versa (even though they are, ostensibly the same language) - this meeting was conducted in Russian language. So that farce is over.
The two sides agreed to another prisoner exchange. Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov states following today’s peace talks in Istanbul, that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to a “all-for-all” exchange of seriously wounded and ill prisoners of war, as well as all servicemembers aged 18–25. He adds that both sides have also agreed to begin exchanging the bodies of servicemembers 6,000 by 6,000.
The two sides agreed to meet to "talk" again.
What was accomplished? Almost nothing.
Ukraine gave Russia its written proposal for peace.
Russia gave Ukraine its proposal for peace. (Which has STILL not been released publicly)
The sides agreed on a prisoner exchange.
The meeting ended.
Hal Turner Analysis
This entire "meeting" could have been done via a ten minute telephone call and an email. Instead, both sides had to gather, with global media, in Istanbul, Turkey, to accomplish . . . . what?
It is my considered opinion that both sides know this peace negotiation is a farce. Neither Ukraine nor Russia want peace.
Ukraine is under the delusion they can win. Russia is grounded in the reality that Russia WILL win. It will just be more expensive in materiel and lives.
It seems clear to me there is no Diplomatic solution to this problem. Ukraine's proposed Peace Plan (HERE) makes that clear.
I take today's events to mean the end to this conflict will happen when Ukraine is completely defeated and can fight no more. I do not see any hope AT ALL of it ending sooner.
In related news, Russian President Putin stated publicly this morning that only four percent (4%) of Russia's strategic Bomber aircraft fleet was destroyed in yesterday's Ukraine drone strikes. 141 Ukrainian drones used in those strikes were destroyed by Russian air defenses.
Ukraine may have WANTED to destroy 40 Russian Bombers, it appears they only destroyed five.
The conflict, therefore, continues.
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Put your money, your time, your efforts into what I tell you to do, for I will cause you to have a victory such as you have never seen. And it shall be so clear, yes; it shall be so clear what you are all to do. Yes, for I shall speak to you, my power shall be awesome and miracles shall come to pass. It shall not be the fake gold or the fake feathers or the false shaking or the animal noises or the falling under the power and not coming away with permanent results or changed lives. My prophetic shall speak concerning things to come in a clear concise manner that no one shall want to miss or read second hand. For they will want to hear it under the anointing of the prophets and to receive the anointing of the prophet that shall manifest miracles, signs and wonders. People shall now see the signs of the last days like never before. Not only in a strange and confusing weather, the heat, the drought, the floods, the forest fires, the volcanoes, lack of jobs, shortage of money, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, sandstorms, straight wind, electrical storms, electrical shortages, hail, locusts, pestilence’s, the sicknesses, terrorists attacks, wars, the uniting of the false church under the false prophet, the rise of the anti-christ, the riots, the crime, the drugs, alcoholism, great open gay activities and movies, more open sex on TV, more street people, homeless, lack of crops, food shortages, great fear in those who do not know me. No peace as my word says for the world. The UN taking more control, martial law established, rationing and many more disasters that shall now begin to come. etc.
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Two states face deadly threat and tell millions of residents to stay indoors and NOT drink coffee
By JOE HUTCHISON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 11:17 EDT, 31 May 2025 | Updated: 19:15 EDT, 31 May 2025
California and Nevada residents have been urged to avoid drinking coffee and stay indoors as temperatures soar into the triple digits this weekend.
Those in the desert regions of Nevada and southeastern California are currently under an extreme heat warning until the end of Saturday night.
The National Weather Service issued advice earlier this week cautioning those in the areas to avoid alcohol and caffeine as it will speed up dehydration.
An extreme heat warning is currently in place across areas including Sacramento, Chico and Modesto.
The notice added: 'Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
'Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.'
In central California, cities including Merced, Bakersfield, and Tulare are expected to see the mercury climb as high as 106F.
While Trinity, Mendocino and Lake Counties could see temperatures sore as high as 105F.
The Death Valley, known for its incredibly high temperatures, is expected to hit a scorching 115F.
Dr. Gregory Hartt, ER medical director at Mercy Medical Center Redding, told Newsweek: 'As temperatures climb, we anticipate a corresponding increase in ER visits due to heat-related illnesses.
'A critical component of heat wave preparedness is proactively ensuring adequate staffing levels, supplies, and cooling measures are in place to effectively manage the influx of patients.'
Bloomberg also reported that at least 26 daily records could be either broken or tied across the West over the weekend with the high temperatures.
Bob Oravec, with the US Weather Prediction Center, told the outlet: 'It looks like it will be a pretty short heat wave.'
Temperatures will start to fall slightly on Sunday as low pressure builds up across the West.
Extreme heat is now one of the deadliest weather risks in the US, with an estimated 1,220 people dying each year from it, according to the CDC.
The scorching temps comes after a series of devastating wildfires devastated Southern California earlier this year.
Horrifying blazes killed 30 people across the state, wiping out nearly 17,000 structures including homes, schools, and businesses. The rebuild will take years.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14767681/millions-people-warning-stay-indoors-
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Houthi missile fire on Tel Aviv during soccer cup finals, rock concert | Watch
Match suspended as sirens warn of attack, rock concert goers ignore warnings; IDF intercepts missile targeting central Israel, attack comes shortly after military strike against Houthi-controlled airport
Ynet|Yesterday | 14:31
A ballistic missile was launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis late Thursday, triggering air raid sirens across central Israel. The IDF reported the threat was intercepted shortly after the alarms sounded.
The missile fire came during the Israeli soccer cup finals, where tens of thousands of fans were on hand at the Bloomfield stadium. The game was halted for 10 minutes before resuming.
At the same time, Singer Aviv Gefen appeared before crowds at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv. Audiences said they could not hear the sirens and were unaware that they had come under attack or were in danger.
"Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted. Sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol," the military said in a statement.
The attack comes one day after the IDF struck Yemen’s Sanaa airport in retaliation for continuing Houthi missile launches against the country.
"Air Force planes have now attacked terrorist targets of the Houthi terrorist organization at the airport in Sanaa and destroyed the last remaining plane used by the Houthis," Defense Minister Israel Katz said after the strike.
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"This is a clear message and a direct continuation of the policy we have established: whoever fires at the State of Israel will pay heavy prices. The ports in Yemen will continue to be severely damaged, and the airport in Sanaa will be destroyed again and again, as will other strategic infrastructure used by the Houthi terrorist organization and its supporters.
Damages to Sanaa airport following IDF strike
“The Houthi terrorist organization will be under naval and air blockade - as we pledged and warned. Whoever harms us will be harmed sevenfold."
This incident marks the latest escalation in the ongoing conflict against the terror group, with the Houthis increasing their missile and drone attacks on Israel amid the war in Gaza.
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North Korea shipped minions, munitions to Russia — here’s what the hermit state got in return
By Ronny Reyes Published May 29, 2025, 5:41 p.m. ET
North Korea helped Russia to ramp up its missile attacks on key Ukrainian civilian infrastructure through the shipment of thousands of soldiers and artillery shells — with Pyongyang getting sanctions-busting air defense weapons and military equipment in return, officials revealed Thursday.
The Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team, a group comprising 11 United Nation members observing the sanctions against Pyongyang, found that Russia and North Korea had violated UN sanctions to bolster their military ambitions.
Moscow received more than 12,000 North Korean troops to help retake the Russian region of Kursk from Ukraine earlier this year. The Kremlin also got as many as nine million rounds of artillery and rocket launcher ammunition from North Korea, the MSMT confirmed in its first report.
Even before Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un formally signed a new military alliance last year, Pyongyang had shipped ballistic missiles, self-propelled artillery, long-range multiple rocket launchers to the Kremlin, the MSMT added.
“Pyongyang contributed to Moscow’s ability to increase its missile attacks against Ukrainian cities, including targeted strikes against critical civilian infrastructure,” the report said.
In return for the men and weapons, Russia gifted Kim at least one Pantsir mobile air defense system, a medium-range surface-to-air interceptor and anti-aircraft weapon, officials said.
North Korea also received a Pantsir-class combat vehicle, electronic warfare jamming devices and other military equipment to bolster Kim’s defense systems, according to the report.
MSMT found that Moscow also “supported North Korea’s ballistic missile programs by providing data feedback… leading to improvements in missile guidance performance.”
Along with the military trades, the MSMT found that Pyongyang and Moscow were engaging in financial transactions through North Korea-owned bank accounts in South Ossetia, a city in the nation of Georgia.
Neither North Korea nor Russia have publicly confirmed the exchange of military equipment or technology under their mutual defense pact, which Putin and Kim signed last year.
The MSMT is led by the US, South Korea, and Japan, along with eight other UN members who have been monitoring the sanctions against North Korea since 2024.
The group was formed after Russia dropped out of the previous UN security panel overseeing the sanctions against North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
With Post wires
https://nypost.com/2025/05/29/world-news/north-korea-shipped-minions-munitions-to-russia
-heres-what-the-hermit-state-got-in-return/
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Japan's bond selloff is a warning to the world
As yields surge and demand crumbles, Japan is becoming a case study in what happens when investors lose patience with massive deficits
By Catherine Baab Published Wednesday 8:59AM
Demand for Japan’s 40-year government bonds plunged Wednesday to its lowest level since last July, reinforcing fears that appetite for ultra-long Japanese debt is evaporating.
Together, the flops suggest that confidence in long-dated Japanese government bonds is breaking down, despite an emergency signal from Japan’s Ministry of Finance that it may scale back issuance of longer maturities to calm the market. And briefly, the announcement did soothe rattled investors across the globe, helping to push down yields across Asia, the UK, and the U.S.
Analysts now say Japan’s shift toward issuing bonds with shorter maturities could become a global test case for how governments manage growing fiscal stress. But if Wednesday’s auction is any indication, investors remain unconvinced because demand for long-end debt is still deteriorating. And while it may be less consequential, a storm of chatter on X and YouTube (GOOGL) — where armchair analysts warn of a Japan-led global debt spiral — suggests concerns are resonating far beyond institutional desks.
Here’s a quick explainer.
Yields have surged and demand is evaporating
Japan’s 30- and 40-year bond yields have recently soared to record highs (3.2% and 3.5%, respectively) after years of being stuck near zero. It’s a jarring move for a country where the official policy rate, per the Bank of Japan, is around 0.5%. Auctions are failing, with long-dated debt buyers stepping aside even as supply remains strong.
What’s more, insurers are reeling. Four major Japanese life insurers reported $60 billion in paper losses last quarter, quadruple last year’s total. Nippon Life alone saw $25 billion in unrealized losses.
Government debt is enormous and stagflation is looming
With debt-to-GDP at 260% and the Bank of Japan already owning more than half of outstanding Japanese government bonds, the country’s leadershop boxed in. The BOJ is no longer stepping in to buy more.
Inflation is up while real wages are down and GDP is shrinking. That leaves Japan trapped between raising rates and risking recession, or holding steady and letting inflation and yields run even hotter.
Japan’s bond turmoil may offer a glimpse of what’s ahead for other debt-heavy economies
Like Japan, the U.S. is flooding the market with long-term debt at just the moment buyers are growing fatigued and wary. Last week, low-demand Treasury auctions and a Trump-backed, deficit-swelling tax bill pushed 30-year yields above 5% and 10-year yields past 4.5%.
While yields have since dipped, the bigger problem of too much supply and not enough demand remains. And if Japan can’t sustain confidence even after decades of ultra-loose policy, it raises urgent questions about how other governments plan to survive their own reckoning.
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etc.. All these things are end-time signs, the economy, the loss of jobs, the government control. You are in a time that the world has never seen before and that time does not get better, etc..
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Uproar as America's largest pharmacy chain shuts 270 stores... after closing 900 in just three years
READ MORE: We mapped US pharma deserts, where thousands can't get meds
By BEN SHIMKUS, CONSUMER REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 13:50 EDT, 29 May 2025 | Updated: 16:49 EDT, 29 May 2025
The pharmacy retail industry is struggling.
CVS, the chain with over 9,000 locations across the US, confirmed to DailyMail.com that 270 locations would shutter this year.
The closures, which the company initially announced in October 2024, have been underway in several states, with Alabama, New York, Maryland, and Missouri seeing the largest number of closures.
A concerned customer wrote on Reddit: 'Where will 540 pharmacists and 810 technicians go then?'
CVS said it does not comment on which locations will close. But the plan is part of a years-long strategy to right-size the number of pharmacy locations.
In 2021, the company started shuttering 300 stores each year. CVS shuttered 900 US locations in three years.
But it also opened over 100 new locations, including 30 inside of Target locations.
'We’re focused on ensuring we have the right kinds of stores and the right number of stores in the right locations,' a CVS spokesperson told DailyMail.com.
'Even after the realignment work, 85 percent of people in the US will still live within 10 miles of a CVS Pharmacy,' the spokesperson added.
'And, while we’re closing certain locations, we’re also opening stores and pharmacies in areas where there’s a need,' the spokesperson added.
The changes come as pharmacy retailers face severe headwinds against their critical businesses.
Upstart online brands — like Capsule and Blink Health — are attempting to eat into brick-and-mortar sales with more convenient delivery models.
Even Amazon entered the pharmaceutical space, launching its medication delivery platform in 2020.
'Luckily I don’t depend only on CVS,' one Redditor said about the company's decision to shutter stores while facing the increasing competition.
Meanwhile, front-store retail sales, where customers grabbed toothpaste and Tylenol while raking in millions for pharmacies, have cooled.
Shoppers have largely turned to lower-priced retailers while the US economy struggles with sticky inflation after the 2020 pandemic, retail experts have told DailyMail.com.
These challenges have sent CVS competitors into tailspins. Several brands have launched mass closure events or declared bankruptcy.
Walgreens has been pressing ahead with plans to shutter hundreds of stores.
The pharmacy brand pledged to shutter 1,200 locations by 2027.
Walgreens is also reportedly considering a $10 billion deal to sell itself to sell itself to private equity firm Sycamore Partners.
'Walgreens has been in a tailspin for a long period of time,' retail expert Neil Saunders, of Global Data, previously explained to the Daily Mail.
'Profitability and sales are under pressure, especially on the retail side of the business.'
Meanwhile, Rite Aid has entered its second bankruptcy in two years.
The company, struggling to compete with lower-cost models and lampooned by billions of dollars of debt from opioid settlements, said it would shutter all of its locations.
'This is going to cause a pharmacy desert in my neighborhood and prescription nightmare,' one worried customer wrote on Reddit.
CVS has stepped in, purchasing pharmacy locations from Rite Aid.
They're expected to take on the most customers, having bid on the prescription files of 625 Rite Aid pharmacies across fifteen states.
CVS's closures come after a widespread 'retail apocalypse' last year saw major companies file for bankruptcy and brick-and-mortar stores close in their droves.
Up until mid-December, US retailers shut 7,300 stores - up nearly 60 percent from 2023.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-14762037/cvs-closes-hundreds-locations-america.html
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All Of This Uncertainty Is Causing A Tremendous Amount Of Chaos For Businesses Of All Sizes
Michael Snyder May 29, 2025
How are businesses supposed to plan for the future if they have no idea what the rules of the game are going to be? Businesses thrive in a predictable environment, but we have entered a period of time of extreme uncertainty. One day we are facing high tariffs, the next day one court strikes them all down, and then the next day another court temporarily reverses that decision. How is anyone supposed to make solid business decisions in such an environment? Our economy has been heading in the wrong direction for a long time, and we need to take bold action to fix things. But if legal battles are going to be constantly upending the rules of the game, there is no way that we are going to be able to pull out of our economic death spiral.
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On Wednesday, three judges at the U.S. Court of International Trade made headlines all over the world when they dramatically struck down all of President Trump’s tariffs…
A federal court on Wednesday ruled that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority to impose sweeping tariffs that have raised the cost of imports for everyone from giant businesses to everyday Americans.
But the administration immediately appealed the decision on Wednesday night, leaving the situation uncertain for consumers and companies and potentially prolonging the battle over whether Trump’s import duties will stand – and possibly reshape the global economy.
A three-judge panel at the US Court of International Trade, a relatively low-profile court in Manhattan, stopped Trump’s global tariffs that he imposed citing emergency economic powers, including the “Liberation Day” tariffs he announced on April 2. It also prevents Trump from enforcing his tariffs placed earlier this year against China, Mexico and Canada, designed to combat fentanyl coming into the United States.
Many news outlets on the left were in a celebratory mood once this decision was announced.
For example, the following comes from Politico…
The U.S. Court of International Trade’s unanimous ruling against Trump’s signature tariffs is not the first judicial rebuke of Trump’s second term administration — and it will not be the last — but it may be the most serious and consequential to date. For the time being, the decision provides a major source of relief to the large majority of Americans who opposed Trump’s tariffs; to the U.S. businesses, both large and small, whose operations were existentially threatened by a policy that changed by the day; to the country’s foreign trading partners, whose economies were thrown into disarray; and to international financial markets, which quickly rose after the decision came down.
And the Chinese were quite thrilled by the decision as well…
China reiterated its call for the U.S. to abolish its tariffs after a panel of federal judges ruled that President Donald Trump did not have the authority to introduce them under the emergency powers he had used. The Trump administration is appealing the decision.
He Yongqian, spokesperson for the Chinese Commerce Ministry, said Beijing has “noticed that the court ruled that tariffs imposed over [the] fentanyl issue and Trump administration’s worldwide reciprocal tariffs are illegal and blocked them from going into effect.”
“China has always maintained that there are no winners in a trade war and that protectionism has no way out,” He said, according to state media outlet Global Times.
But the truth is that this court decision really didn’t change much at all.
Economists at Goldman Sachs quickly pointed out that the Trump administration has other ways to impose tariffs and that this ruling “might not change the final outcome for most major US trading partners”…
Goldman Sachs economists said the White House has a few tools at its disposal that could ensure the court ruling is only a temporary problem.
“This ruling represents a setback for the administration’s tariff plans and increases uncertainty but might not change the final outcome for most major US trading partners,” Goldman Sachs economists said in a research note.
“For now, we expect the Trump administration will find other ways to impose tariffs,” they added.
In particular, the Trump administration could use “Section 122 of U.S. trade law, Section 301 investigations and Section 338 of the Trade Act of 1930” to impose new tariffs in place of the tariffs that were struck down…
The Trump administration nevertheless has other legal means of imposing tariffs, Goldman says, flagging Section 122 of U.S. trade law, Section 301 investigations and Section 338 of the Trade Act of 1930.
Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 does not require a formal investigation and could therefore be one of the swiftest ways to get around the court roadblock.
“The administration could quickly replace the 10% across-the-board tariff with a similar tariff of up to 15% under Sec. 122,” analysts at Goldman said.
But for now, none of that will be necessary, because the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has temporarily stopped the decision by the US Court of International Trade from taking effect…
A federal appeals court on Thursday granted the Trump administration’s request to temporarily pause a lower-court ruling that struck down most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
The Trump administration had earlier told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that it would seek “emergency relief” from the Supreme Court as soon as Friday if the tariff ruling was not quickly put on pause.
The judgment issued Wednesday night by the U.S. Court of International Trade is “temporarily stayed until further notice while this court considers the motions papers,” the appeals court said in its order.
What a mess.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is insisting that this is a matter that will ultimately need to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court…
“There is a troubling and dangerous trend of unelected judges inserting themselves into the presidential decision making process,” she said. “America cannot function if President Trump, or any other president for that matter, has their sensitive diplomatic or trade negotiations railroaded by activist judges.”
She added, “But ultimately, the Supreme Court must put an end to this for the sake of our Constitution.”
She is right.
The Supreme Court will need to get involved.
But how long will that take?
And at this stage, it is very unclear what the Supreme Court will choose to do…
“At the moment, it is anyone’s guess as to whether these very unpopular tariffs will be reinstated on appeal or by the Supreme Court,” said Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics, in a May 29 research note. “So, uncertainty is now poised to escalate.”
It could take weeks or even months before a final decision is reached.
So what are U.S. businesses supposed to do during that time?
I have heard from a number of U.S. business owners that are experiencing quite a bit of stress right now.
Sadly, the numbers show that the U.S. economy had shifted into contraction mode even before the global trade war erupted…
According to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the advanced GDP Growth Rate is expected to have contracted by 0.2% in the January-March period. The readings show a marked pullback from the prior quarter’s 2.4% expansion.
The drama that has played out right in front of our eyes this week is yet another example of how broken our system has become.
In the months ahead, there will be many more matters that directly affect our economy that will end up in the courts, and unelected judges will get to decide what happens.
It is not good for our society to have endless battles between the executive branch and the judicial branch.
Meanwhile, Congress is so paralyzed that it literally can’t seem to get much of anything done.
If you are trying to run a business in the midst of this madness, you definitely have my sympathy, and I have a feeling that a lot more uncertainty is ahead of us.
Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.
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For even the novice can see the events that have started are not going to stop, but these events have been recorded in my word that they would take place and they will continue to take place. For only if you were fast asleep could you miss what is going on right now, for I have called for my church to be watchman, I’ve called for you to be awake and know and see the hour that you are living in. For it is very, very clear now. For I gave you the sign and my word even tells you about the fig tree, for that is the most important thing and as you see what is taking place right now it will not stop, but it will continue right on through the events that I said would take place for this time and this hour. etc
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President Trump gives Putin deadline to prove he’s serious about ending the war in Ukraine
President Trump gave Vladimir Putin a hard deadline to prove he’s serious about ending the Ukraine war — as the Kremlin revealed Thursday the Russian leader has no plans to pow wow with his US counterpart.
“We’re going to find out whether or not he’s tapping us along or not, and if he is, we’ll respond a little bit differently, but it will take about a week and a half to two weeks,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Wednesday.
Asked whether he believed Putin wanted to end the war, Trump said, “I can’t tell you that, but I’ll let you know in about two weeks.”
Trump — who earlier warned that the Russian prez was “playing with fire” by refusing to engage in ceasefire talks — added that he was “very disappointed” with Moscow’s recent barrage of missile and drone attacks.
“When I see rockets being shot into cities, that’s no good. We aren’t going to allow it,” he said.
Still, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin has no plans to speak to Trump — as his forces continued to make gains on the battlefield, including capturing three more villages in eastern Ukraine on Thursday.
Trump, for his part, has grown increasingly testy with Putin in recent days.
He spoke with the Russian strongman for two hours last week and thought he’d cinched a deal to begin ceasefire negotiations immediately.
Since then, Moscow launched its worst ever military assault on Ukraine — spurring Trump to declare Putin had “gone absolutely CRAZY” and that he was “playing with fire” by refusing to engage in peace talks.
Putin claimed last week that he’d agreed to work with Kyiv on a memorandum to establish a peace accord, including the timing of a ceasefire.
Russia says it’s currently drafting its version of the memorandum but can’t predict how long that will take.
Ukraine, meanwhile, hit out over Russia’s delay in sharing the memorandum, saying it suggested it likely contains unrealistic demands.
“The Russians’ fear of sending their ‘memorandum’ to Ukraine suggests that it is likely filled with unrealistic ultimatums, and they are afraid of revealing that they are stalling the peace process,” Ukraine’s foreign ministry spokesman, Heorhii Tykhyi, wrote on X on Thursday.
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https://nypost.com/2025/05/29/world-news/president-trump-gives-putin-deadline-to-prove-
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came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will
these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the
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Matt 24:6 "And you will hear of wars and
rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must
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Report: Iran to consider uranium enrichment freeze if US releases funds
Sources close to negotiating team say 'political understanding with the United States could be reached soon' if Washington accepted Tehran's conditions, which also includes recognition of former's right to refine uranium for civil use
Reuters|Yesterday | 12:30
Iran may pause uranium enrichment if the U.S. releases frozen Iranian funds and recognises Tehran's right to refine uranium for civilian use under a "political deal" that could lead to a broader nuclear accord, two Iranian official sources said.
The sources, close to the negotiating team, said on Wednesday a "political understanding with the United States could be reached soon" if Washington accepted Tehran's conditions. One of the sources said the matter "has not been discussed yet" during the talks with the United States.
The sources told Reuters that under this arrangement, Tehran would halt uranium enrichment for a year, ship part of its highly enriched stock abroad or convert it into fuel plates for civilian nuclear purposes.
A temporary pause to enrichment would be a way to overcome an impasse over clashing red lines after five rounds of talks between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff to resolve a decades-long dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme.
U.S. officials have repeatedly said that any new nuclear deal with Iran - to replace a failed 2015 accord between Tehran and six world powers - must include a commitment to scrap enrichment, viewed as a potential pathway to developing nuclear bombs.
The Islamic Republic has repeatedly denied such intentions, saying it wants nuclear energy only for civilian purposes, and has publicly rejected Washington's demand to scrap enrichment as an attack on its national sovereignty.
In Washington, a U.S. official told Reuters the proposal aired by the Iranian sources had not been brought to the negotiating table to date. The U.S. State Department and Iran's Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment on this article.
The Iranian sources said Tehran would not agree to dismantling of its nuclear programme or infrastructure or sealing of its nuclear installations as demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.
Instead, they said, Trump must publicly recognise Iran's sovereign right to enrichment as a member of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and authorise a release of Iranian oil revenues frozen by sanctions, including $6 billion in Qatar.
Iran has not yet been able to access the $6 billion parked in a Qatar bank that was unfrozen under a U.S.-Iranian prisoner swap in 2023, during U.S. President Joe Biden's administration.
"Tehran wants its funds to be transferred to Iran with no conditions or limitations. If that means lifting some sanctions, then it should be done too," the second source said.
The sources said the political agreement would give the current nuclear diplomacy a greater chance to yield results by providing more time to hammer out a consensus on hard-to-bridge issues needed for a permanent treaty.
"The idea is not to reach an interim deal, it would (rather) be a political agreement to show both sides are seeking to defuse tensions," said the second Iranian source.
Western diplomats are sceptical of chances for U.S.-Iranian reconciliation on enrichment. They warn that a temporary political agreement would face resistance from European powers unless Iran displayed a serious commitment to scaling back its nuclear activity with verification by the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
Even if gaps over enrichment narrow, lifting sanctions quickly would remain difficult. The U.S. favours phasing out nuclear-related sanctions while Iran demands immediate removal of all U.S.-imposed curbs that impair its oil-based economy.
Asked whether critical U.S. sanctions, reimposed since 2018 when Trump withdrew Washington from the 2015 pact, could be rescinded during an enrichment pause, the first source said: "There have been discussions over how to lift the sanctions during the five rounds of talks."
Dozens of Iranian institutions vital to Iran's economy, including its central bank and national oil company, have been sanctioned since 2018 for, according to Washington, "supporting terrorism or weapons proliferation".
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Iran's clerical establishment is grappling with mounting crises - energy and water shortages, a plunge in the value of its currency, losses among regional militia proxies in wars with Israel, and growing fears of an Israeli strike on its nuclear sites - all exacerbated by Trump's hardline stance.
Trump's revival of a "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran since he re-entered the White House in January has included tightened sanctions and threats to bomb Iran if current negotiations yield no deal.
Iranian officials told Reuters last week that Tehran's leadership "has no better option" than a new deal to avert economic chaos at home that could jeopardise clerical rule.
Nationwide protests over social repression and economic hardship in recent years met with harsh crackdowns but exposed the Islamic Republic's vulnerability to public discontent and drew more Western sanctions over human rights violations.
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Russia: Germany Sliding on Same Path That Lead it To Ruin; Mevedev: "Germany is Participant in conflict"
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Extremely strong and worrisome language is coming out of Russian government circles today; and none of it bodes well for anyone.
We begin with what started this over the weekend. Newly elected German Chancellor Friedreich Merz appeared on stage at a Press gathering and told assembled media "Germany, France, the UK and the United States have lifted range-restrictions on weapons supplied to Ukraine."
This meant that Ukraine could now use Western-supplied weapons to strike deep inside Russia.
For Russia, the reality was stark; "If the West can tell Ukraine where to strike and where not to strike, then the West is a direct participant in the conflict."
Next came President Donald Trump who personally posted on Social Media:
The Russians were clearly insulted by that remark. Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation Council (their version of a Senate) bluntly replied:
Today, Wednesday, German Chancellor Merz welcomed Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky to Berlin and announced another 5 Billion EUROS in German aid . . . "including something new . . ."
It is widely believed that Merz was referring to German TAURUS Missiles. But there are gigantic problems with those. The missiles either need to follow military GPS, which can only be obtained from AMERICAN military satellites, or it can rely upon Internal guidance from hyper-accurate maps created by the German military itself.
The use of such missiles by Ukraine, would necessarily directly involve active participation of either America, Germany, or both as "participants" in the conflict.
Worse, TAURUS missiles, supplied to Ukraine by Germany, would have to rely on direct target programming by German military officers in order to strike a target inside Russia. Ukrainians simply cannot program the missiles.
The boss at state-run Russia media then began making it clear:
Wednesday afternoon, Dmitry Medvedev cut right through all the word-play by Germans. He said:
"Germany is already a participant in the conflict: its equipment and specialists are directly fighting Russia. And these are not just military supplies. In essence, this is a full-fledged, not hybrid, participation in the military conflict.
Thus, Germany is again an enemy of Russia, again taking part in the war, guided by the Nazi ideology they created, and Merz is a loyal descendant of his relatives who fought in the Wehrmacht.
Medvedev continued: Will Russia have the right to strike German territory in response to the launch of German missiles by German specialists?
Medvedev then finished with the most worrisome words spoken yet about this conflict: "If there is information that German military specialists are participating in the launch of long-range missiles at Russian territory, any decision on retaliatory actions can be made. It is within the competence of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. No one can block the right to full-fledged defense of our country and this has been repeatedly emphasized by the head of our state.
To demonstrate how severe things have actually gotten, Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, who is, by far, the most skilled Diplomat on earth, responding to Merz’s comments on long-range missiles for Kiev, stated bluntly: Germany is sliding down the same path that once led it to ruin.
From media, to political, to Diplomatic, everything that can go wrong with the Russia-Ukraine conflict, is going wrong. The conflict is escalating from the OUTSIDE due to direct actions taken by outsiders.
(Hal Turner Remark: We are now perilously close to direct warfare with Russia. None of this has to be. If direct warfare comes, I am completely confident it will become nuclear within hours of its outbreak. None of us is safe. Yet the mass media here in the US, and in Europe, barely mention what is taking place, leaving Americans and Europeans blissfully unaware that their governments are cooking up actual nuclear war. The mass media has become sickening in its refusal to report real news.)
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Swiss Alps village largely destroyed after massive glacier collapses: ‘It’s a major catastrophe’
By Associated Press Published May 29, 2025, 12:52 a.m. ET
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month as a precaution.
Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley, with homes and buildings partially submerged under a mass of brownish sludge.
Regional police said a 64-year-old man was reported missing, and search and rescue operations involving a drone with the thermal camera were underway.
“What I can tell you at the moment is that about 90% of the village is covered or destroyed, so it’s a major catastrophe that has happened here in Blatten,” Stephane Ganzer, the head of security in the southern Valais region, told local TV channel Canal9.
The regional government said in a statement that a large chunk of the Birch Glacier above the village had broken off, causing the landslide, which also buried the nearby Lonza River bed, raising the possibility of dammed water flows.
“There’s a risk that the situation could get worse,” Ganzer said, alluding to the blocked river.
He said the army had been mobilized after earlier indications that the movement of the glacier was accelerating.
At a news conference, Swiss Environment Minister Albert Rösti lamented “an extraordinary event” and said the government would take steps to help villagers who lost their homes.
In recent days, the authorities had ordered the evacuation of about 300 people, as well as all livestock, from the village amid fears that the 52 million cubic feet glacier was at risk of collapse.
Local authorities were deploying by helicopter and across the area to assess the damage, Jonas Jeitziner, a spokesman for the Lötschental crisis center, told The Associated Press by phone.
Swiss glaciologists have repeatedly expressed concerns about a thaw in recent years, attributed in large part to global warming, that has accelerated the retreat of glaciers in Switzerland.
The landlocked Alpine country has the most glaciers of any country in Europe, and saw 4% of its total glacier volume disappear in 2023.
That was the second-biggest decline in a single year after a 6% drop in 2022.
In 2023, residents of the village of Brienz, in eastern Switzerland, were evacuated before a huge mass of rock slid down a mountainside, stopping just short of the community.
Brienz was evacuated again last year because of the threat of a further rockslide.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/29/world-news/swiss-glacier-collapses-in-southern-lotschental-
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President Trump: Enforce the Bioweapons Act, Pull the CV19 Vax – Dr. Sansone
By Greg Hunter On May 27, 2025 In Political Analysis 3 Comments
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
Dr. Joe Sansone is a Florida psychotherapist that has been a one-man wrecking ball against the CV19 bioweapon vax. He has lawsuits in Florida and a bill pending in the Minnesota Legislature. Dr. Sansone is lining up other bills at state legislatures to get the mRNA vaccines and other mRNA products pulled off the market. Even though the CV19 vax has a huge track record of death and disability, the shots are still on the market. Why? Dr. Sansone says, “I think with politicians, it comes down to one of three things: cowards, corrupt or out of touch. The bottom line is you can’t be America first and look the other way while biological warfare is being carried out against American citizens. It’s really that simple. President Trump should issue an executive order immediately stopping these shots. They violate 18 USC 175 Chapter 10 Biological Weapons. Why do I know that? I have an affidavit right here from Dr. Francis Boyle, the law professor who wrote the 1989 Biological Weapons and Terrorism Act, stating so, and I am using his affidavit in my case in Florida to get the shots off the market. These shots are associated with a 1,238% increase in cardiac arrests, 112,000% increase of brain strokes compared to the regular flu shots. Birth rates are going down, and infant mortality is going up. Lifespans are shortened as much as 37%. This means a kid getting the CV19 shot will be lucky to live into their 50’s. . . . These CV19 vax injections need to come off the market immediately. President Trump does not hesitate to do an executive order. He needs to do an executive order and enforce the US bioweapons law. That’s his job as President of the United States. I get it, Kamala Harris would have been worse. I don’t have Stockholm Syndrome. I see what’s happening to people we know and love, and we have to stop this. We have to stop this.”
Dr. Sansone contends everybody, whether CV19 vaxed or not, should be paying attention to this issue because it affects everybody. Dr, Sansone explains, “The reality is the people you know and love have been targeted with biological and technological weapons of mass destruction. Let me address the phony ‘choice’ argument with these shots. Saying someone has a choice in getting these CV19 shots is like saying you have a right to drink coffee that nobody told you was laced with cyanide, and the guy standing next to you gets sick and dies from the smell. I am talking about the vax shedding. There is no choice here.”
Dr. Sansone’s legislation is very simple, “If you are going to have a law, just have a law recognizing that the CV19 shots are already illegal. That’s what my bill does. . .. there is only one state in the union (Minnesota) recognizing these shots are bioweapons.”
Dr. Sansone has nine affidavits from top experts and doctors backing up his case of pulling the CV19 bioweapons off the market. Dr. Sansone says, “These people knew these CV19 shots were harmful and deadly. People need to go to jail. . . this was sadistic and Satanic. . .. They took pleasure in controlling us, humiliating us. . .. They didn’t just kill people, they created a thing that is going to cause a painful process, creating chronic illness.”
There is much more in the 43-minute interview.
Join Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog.com as he goes One-on-One with Dr. Joe Sansone, whose one mission in life is to stop all death and disease-causing mRNA products, which include first and foremost the CV19 bioweapon vax for 5.27.25.
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The Middle Class Is Collapsing: Nearly 1 Out Of Every 4 Americans Is Now “Functionally Unemployed”
May 27, 2025 by Michael
Do you ever feel like you are “functionally unemployed”? If so, you are definitely not alone. There are lots of people out there that cannot pay the bills each month even though they have jobs. In fact, there are lots of people out there that literally cannot afford to put a roof over their heads even though they are employed. Yes, there are many hard working Americans that are now living in their vehicles or in “tent communities” because that is all they can afford. In recent years, the cost of living has been rising much faster than paychecks have, and so now a substantial percentage of the population is living in a state of constant financial stress. The middle class has been collapsing all around us, and we are witnessing an extraordinary amount of economic suffering all over the country right now.
For years, the federal government has been telling us that the unemployment rate in the U.S. is very low.
Everyone knows that is a bunch of hogwash.
According to a report that was recently released by the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity, the true rate of unemployment in the U.S. was 24.3 percent last month…
But another indicator suggests those pieces of government data may be painting an overly rosy picture of the economy, with a recent report from the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP) finding the “true rate” of unemployment stood at 24.3% in April, up slightly from 24% in March, while the official Bureau of Labor Statistics rate remained unchanged at 4.2% over the same period.
LISEP’s measure encompasses not only unemployed workers, but also people who are looking for work but can’t find full-time employment, as well as those stuck in poverty-wage jobs. By tracking functionally unemployed workers, the measure seeks to capture labor market nuances that other economic indicators miss, such as Americans who are left behind during periods of economic expansion.
Today, there are millions upon millions of Americans that are “functionally unemployed”.
According to Gene Ludwig, you can literally “be homeless and in a tent community and have worked one hour” and be counted as “employed” by the federal government…
“The unemployment data, as it’s put out, has some flaws,” LISEP chairman Gene Ludwig told CBS MoneyWatch. “For example, it counts you as employed if you’ve worked as little as one hour over the prior two weeks. So you can be homeless and in a tent community and have worked one hour and be counted, irrespective of how poorly-paid that hour may be.”
I know that a lot of you can really identify with what I am talking about in this article, because you are experiencing deep economic pain on a daily basis.
Earlier this month, I heard from a reader that is essentially “functionally unemployed” at this point.
I asked him if I could share an excerpt from his email to me with all of you, and he gave me permission. If you are suffering too, hopefully his story will help you to realize that you aren’t alone…
Last year my income was $19,000. If I didn’t have a mortgage/rent free house to live in, I would be homeless!!!
I try to stock up on food when ever my local Grocery Store puts items on sale.
I shop at Thrift Stores and only on the half price days.
In 8 years my Real Estate Taxes have gone from $1,400 to $2,000.
In 8 years my Real Estate Insurance has gone from $1,500 to $2,200.
I haven’t had a Vacation in DECADES!!!
I seldom eat out.
I drive a 40 year old Pickup with 220,000 miles on it.
I try to combine errands and shopping in one trip to conserve on gasoline and not put as many miles on my old Pickup.
During the hot summer months I take a shower out of the end of a garden hose to cut my water bill.
I wear my clothes day after day until they get so dirty I can’t stand it or they start to stink.
I can only dream about living a normal American middle class lifestyle.
I hear of people making $100,000 a year and how they cannot pay their bills. MY GOODNESS MAN, I WOULD CONSIDER MYSELF RICH IF I COULD MAKE $100K A YEAR!!!!!!
Countless others are living a similar lifestyle.
As I discussed earlier this month, one survey discovered that 70 percent of Americans are the most financially stressed that they have ever been in their entire lives.
And the cost of living just continues to soar.
In fact, the average price of a pound of ground beef just surged to another brand new record high…
The average cost of one pound of ground beef reached a record-high of $5.80 in April, according to numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up nearly 50% from five years ago.
Ouch.
Our cost of living crisis never seems to end.
Inflation is one of the primary reasons why consumer sentiment in the U.S. just hit the second lowest level ever recorded…
The index of consumer sentiment dropped to 50.8, down from 52.2 in April, in the preliminary reading for May. That is the second-lowest reading on record, behind June 2022.
The outlook for price changes also moved in the wrong direction. Year-ahead inflation expectations rose to 7.3% from 6.5% last month, while long-term inflation expectations ticked up to 4.6% from 4.4%.
And the outlook for the months ahead is not promising at all.
Last month, the Conference Board’s index of leading economic indicators fell for a fifth month in a row…
The short-term outlook for the U.S. economy worsened significantly in April, according to the Conference Board’s latest Leading Economic Index (LEI).
On Monday, the D.C.-based research said that the index—a closely monitored composite of several economic indicators—had fallen by 1.0 percent to 99.4 in April, registering the fifth consecutive monthly decline and the steepest drop since March 2023. Over the six months ending in April 2025, the LEI fell by two percent, matching the pace of decline posted over the previous six months.
Let me try to end this article on a positive note.
If you are “functionally unemployed”, I know that it is tough right now.
In this difficult economic environment, we are all just going to have to get lean and mean.
Do your best to try to earn as much money as you can, and once you have got it hold on to it very tightly.
The middle class has been getting eviscerated for years, but we must never give up.
It won’t be easy, but if you are willing to fight you can survive in this economy.
Just keep putting one foot in front of the other every day, and just keep looking for more opportunities to make things better for you and your family.
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https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/the-middle-class-is-collapsing-nearly-1-out-of-every-4-
americans-is-now-functionally-unemployed/
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etc. The storms will be far greater than the storms you have seen before, more hurricanes, more tornadoes, more typhoons, more cyclones, more tidal waves, more earthquakes, more flooding, more mudslides, oh, the trouble, the trouble, the trouble that shall come. At times you may wonder what is taking place, and I say unto you, get into my word, look in my word, know what Jeremiah has said, know what Ezekiel has said, know what Joel told you etc
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Major US cities plunged into darkness after devastating storms cause mass power outages
By CHRIS MELORE, ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 10:30 EDT, 27 May 2025 | Updated: 12:19 EDT, 27 May 2025
Over 150,000 Americans were still in the dark after the Memorial Day weekend as severe storms knocked out power in the South.
In Texas alone, there were more than 125,000 people without power Tuesday morning, mainly in the Houston area.
Power issues also struck Louisiana and Mississippi over the weekend, leaving several thousand homes still without power after the long weekend.
In Houston, severe thunderstorms and heavy rain battered the area, disrupting power throughout southeast Texas.
As many as 200,000 Texans lost electricity during the storm, with the majority still waiting for local power companies to repair the damage.
In Louisiana, over 100,000 spent the Memorial Day weekend in the dark after electrical company Entergy Louisiana intentionally turned off power to many customers in the New Orleans area Sunday afternoon.
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) said this was done to prevent a bigger, uncontrolled blackout across the entire grid.
Nearly 12,000 were still without power in Louisiana and another 17,000 have no electricity in Mississippi heading into Tuesday, according to poweroutage.us.
More severe thunderstorms are still in the forecast for southern Texas on Tuesday, with AccuWeather predicting hail, flash flooding and possible tornadoes moving throughout the day.
The worst storms will likely hit the Austin and San Antonio areas Tuesday night, about 200 miles west of Houston.
At the same time, severe storms are still in the forecast for both Louisiana and Mississippi, where power issues are still being reported.
Texas power company Oncor posted on X that, 'Teams remain focused on restoring power as quickly and safely as possible to all who can safely receive power.'
Oncor services more than 13 million people in Texas. They're asking anyone who sees a downed power line due to the storm to keep family and pets away from it and contact 911 immediately.
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etc America your money will be worth nothing in the near future, this will bring panic, famine and martial law, yes, in the streets of America. If you had read my word you know that these are the beginning of sorrows etc
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May 27, 2025
Warming Up the Printing Presses
Editor Economy Economic Prism, MN Gordon
The Federal Reserve is up to its old money printing games once again…
Earlier this month it quietly purchased a cool $43.6 billion in U.S. Treasuries. This included $8.8 billion in 30-year Treasury bonds on May 8. Several days before that, it bought $20.4 billion in 3-year Treasury notes and $14.8 billion in 10-year Treasury notes.
What’s going on? Isn’t the Fed supposed to be tightening – not easing – its balance sheet?
If you recall, after creating roughly $5 trillion in credit out of thin air to paper over the coronavirus fiasco, the Fed’s balance sheet peaked at over $8.9 trillion in April 2022. Since then, through quantitative tightening, the Fed slowly reduced its balance sheet to $6.709 trillion on April 28. But so far in May, the Fed’s balance sheet has ever so slightly increased to over $6.713 trillion.
According to the May 7 Federal Open Market Committee statement, “The Committee will continue reducing its holdings of Treasury securities and agency debt and agency mortgage?backed securities.”
However, if the Fed’s balance sheet is increasing – not decreasing – isn’t the Fed acting in conflict with its policy statement?
By all honest accounts, yes. But in the wide spectrum of gray that ranges between black and white there are technicalities and semantics. In this regard, what the Fed is doing amounts to buying Treasuries on the stealth.
Specifically, the Fed is reinvesting proceeds from maturing bonds. Moreover, this is consistent with policy buried in the Fed’s recent implementation note.
But let’s be real. The Fed is buying bonds. Its balance sheet is expanding. Thus, technicalities aside, the Fed has resumed quantitative easing (QE).
Relying on the Kindness of Strangers
The Fed, in effect, is just getting warmed up for its role as lender of last resort. The U.S. Treasury Department recently reported that foreign Treasury holdings hit a record high of $9.05 trillion in March. That’s up more than $233 billion from $8.81 trillion in February.
However, foreign holdings of Treasuries likely receded in April and May. If you recall, Trump’s tariffs triggered a Treasury sell-off in early April that caused the yield on the 10-year note to spike up from about 4 percent to nearly 4.6 percent in short order.
Certainly, some of the selloff included selling from foreign investors. We’ll have to wait for updated Treasury Department data to confirm.
But what we do know is that in March, China sold off $18.9 billion in Treasuries. We suppose some of the proceeds were invested in gold. In fact, the Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) recently raised gold import quotas, which allow local banks to exchange U.S. dollars directly for gold.
Obviously, the PBOC believes that diversifying out of the dollar is a prudent measure. This has already been underway since at least 2018. Over the last seven years, China has reduced its Treasury holdings from over $1.2 trillion to $765 billion – or by over 36 percent. Much of this selling has occurred since 2022.
This has dropped China to the third largest foreign holder of Treasuries. The United Kingdom is now second with $779 billion. Japan remains the biggest Treasury holder, with nearly $1.13 trillion.
Yet relying on Japan to mop up all the U.S. government debt that’s being issued is absurd. Japan is broke. It has been for many years. It depends on credit that’s created out of thin air to finance its debt. This same credit is also what’s invested in U.S. Treasuries.
Worse than Greece
Japan’s cherry blossom season – sakura – is winding down. So, too, its colossal debt, which has been in perpetual bloom for nearly four decades, is moving towards its end.
Being the world’s largest foreign financier of the U.S. government takes ambition. But now Japan is attempting to tightening its belt while its economy is shrinking. As a result, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, a fiscal hawk, is suffering the wrath of a populace that’s dependent on stimulus.
What Ishiba is attempting to do is the exact opposite of what President Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ is proposing. That is, he’s refusing to finance tax cuts through the issuance of new debt. On Monday, he told parliament:
“Our country’s fiscal situation is undoubtedly extremely poor. Worse than Greece’s.”
If you recall, Ishiba was referring to the euro zone sovereign debt crisis that Greece triggered roughly 15 years ago. At the time, Greece’s its debt-to-GDP ratio was less than 120 percent. By comparison, Japan’s debt-to-GDP ratio is currently about 250 percent.
The difference between Greece and Japan is that Japan finances its debt domestically whereas in Greece, eight out of 10 euros in debt Greece had issued was owed to foreign bondholders. When push came to shove these foreign bondholders quickly moved their capital elsewhere.
Finally, it appears that Japanese citizens have grown wary of loaning cash to their bankrupt government. On Tuesday, Japan experienced one of the worst bond auctions in its history. Yields on the 30-year bond increased to 3.11 percent, the highest since 1999 (back in the 20th century).
Similarly, yields on U.S. government debt are also on the rise…
Warming Up the Printing Presses
Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ will add an additional $3.8 trillion on top of what was already projected to be added to the national debt. So instead of the national debt increasing by $22 trillion to $59 trillion over the next decade, it will spike to nearly $63 trillion.
This bill comes right after Moody’s downgraded U.S. government debt to Aa1 from the top-tier Aaa, citing a “worsening fiscal outlook.” Washington has demonstrated it has no desire to reduce spending, balance the budget, and pay down the debt. How much longer will it take before U.S. government debt is downgraded to junk status?
Not to be outdone by Japan, investors reacted on Wednesday with weak demand for a $16 billion auction of 20-year Treasury bonds. Yields spiked to 5.12 percent. This also pushed the yield on the 10-year Treasury note to about 4.6 percent.
George Saravelos, of Deutsche Bank, provided the following analysis:
“The most troubling part of the market reaction is that the dollar is weakening at the same time. To us this is a clear signal of a foreign buyer’s strike on US assets and the associated US fiscal risks we have been warning for some time. At the core of the problem is that foreign investors are simply no longer willing to finance US twin deficits at current level of prices.”
So, if foreign investors, like China’s and Japan’s central banks, are no longer recycling their dollars into U.S. Treasuries, what are they buying?
Certainly, gold has been getting a lot of attention all year. Lately, it has been trading around $3,300 per ounce. Bitcoin is also another outlet. This week its price spiked up above $110,000.
But these moves are nothing… The Fed’s stealth QE is merely warming up the printing presses.
Later this year, when overstressed credit markets frost over like the Alaskan tundra, the Fed will be called upon, once again, as the lender of last resort. Jerome Powell will be forced to crank up the printing presses to full tilt.
By our back of the napkin calculation, we estimate it will take upwards of $15 trillion in fresh QE liquidity – i.e., credit created out of thin air – to hold the banking system together.
The dollar, in other words, will be trashed accordingly.
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Sincerely,
MN Gordon
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The Consumer Economy
Posted May 27, 2025 by Martin Armstrong |
The US represents only 5% of the global population, and yet, Americans are responsible for 25% of all global consumption. Americans consume around 25% of the world’s oil, 27% of global aluminum, 23% of all coal, and 19% of copper. Nations are still standing in line to offload their goods to Americans.
There are more people on the continent of Europe than in America, but they spend significantly less per capita. Total consumer spending for the entire 27-bloc European Union reached $9.589 trillion in 2023, and with a population of around 450 million, this came out to around $21,300 per person. This figure went down to €18,768 in 2024. Per capita consumer spending in the US hit $51,500 last year, as the average American spends twice as much as the average European.
Hoarding Euros
China’s middle class is growing and will one day surpass America. At the moment, the average Chinese person spends 28,227 yuan or $4,800. Their population size rivals Europe and America, but the money is simply not there. Spending rose 5.3% in China from 2023 to 2024, when you account for inflation, it rose around 5.1%. Even if one adjusts for purchasing power parity (PPP), the US spending per capita is 7X greater than China’s.
Private consumption averaged 55.2% of Europe’s GDP from 1995 to 2024. Spending remains the single largest factor in the European economy. Economic uncertainty and inflation are causing consumers to spend less and this will severely harm Europe’s economy. Even small changes in consumer spending can offset the European economy.
Nations always go to war when they need funding. Russia is the wealthiest nation in terms of natural resources. This conquest is the same as when Japan went into Manchuria; it is why Europe wants to go into Russia.
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/world-trade/the-consumer-economy/
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etc.. The EU is on its own, Russia is on its own, China is on its own, many are not your friends, many have already plotted and planned the things that they shall do, it is recorded in my Book. And if you were to study my Book you would see the things that are taking place right now. etc..
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Putin threatens to 'throttle' Microsoft and Zoom as he escalates war of words with furious Trump over Ukraine
By NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Published: 15:48 EDT, 26 May 2025 | Updated: 16:46 EDT, 26 May 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday threatened to 'throttle' U.S. tech firms, including Microsoft and Zoom, on the heels of President Donald Trump's furious tirade against the Russian leader.
'They're trying to choke us, we should respond in kind,' Putin said, after being told that the two U.S.-based tech firms were still technically operating in Russia, despite officially pulling out due to the Ukraine war.
Putin's comments came after the Kremlin said that Trump was showing signs of an 'emotional overload' after the president ranted to reporters Sunday that he didn't know 'what the hell happened to Putin.'
In a Truth Social post later Sunday night, Trump also charged that Putin had gone 'gone absolutely CRAZY!'
'I've always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that’s proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia!' Trump said.
Russia has bombarded Ukraine with missiles and drone strikes in the past three nights, showing no signs of letting up despite Trump's demands for the war to end.
A week ago, Trump and Putin were on the phone for two hours, with the U.S. president saying that the 'tone and spirit of the conversation were excellent.'
'If it wasn't, I would say so now, rather than later,' Trump said.
But with no 30-day ceasefire agreement firmed up, as was proposed, Russia has continued to assault Ukraine, including the country's civilian population.
Ukrainian officials estimated around 900 drones were launched by Russia in attacks from Friday through Sunday nights, the Associated Press reported.
French President Emmanuel Macron reacted Monday by saying that the Russian attacks 'show the extent to which President Putin has lied to the Europeans and to the Americans.'
On Monday, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Senate's president pro tempore, encouraged Trump to levy additional sanctions on Russia for the country's bad behavior.
'I’ve had enuf of Putin killing innocent ppl. Pres Trump Take action AT LEAST SANCTIONS,' the 91-year-old Iowa Republican posted on X.
Trump told reporters Sunday at the Morristown Airport as he left his Bedminster golf club that he was considering such a move.
The president said he was 'absolutely' open to more sanctions.
'I'm not happy with what Putin's doing. He's killing a lot of people,' Trump also said. 'I don't know what the hell happened to Putin. I've known him a long time. Always gotten along with him. But he's sending rockets into cities and killing people.'
'We're in the middle of talking and he's shooting rockets into Kyiv and other cities. I don't like it at all... I don't know what's wrong with him,' the president complained.
Trump had stayed largely quiet throughout the weekend - as he delivered a commencement address at West Point and golfed at Bedminster - with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky encouraging him to react.
'The silence of America, the silence of others in the world only encourages Putin,' Zelensky wote on Telegram. 'Every such terrorist Russian strike is reason enough for new sanctions against Russia.'
In turn, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Zelensky mouthing off wasn't helping matters.
'Likewise, President Zelensky is doing his Country no favors by talking the way he does. Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it better stop,' the U.S. president said.
On the campaign trail, Trump would boast that his negotiating skills would put a stop to the Ukraine war within 24 hours of him taking office.
But so far he's been frustrated at the slow progress.
A breakthrough meeting that was to take place in Turkey earlier this month, ended up not happening at the leader level as Putin refused to show up.
Trump later said that Putin didn't fly to Turkey because the U.S. president wasn't going, as Trump was scheduled on his trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Trump then got on the phone with Putin the following Monday.
During his Sunday night post on Truth Social, Trump continued to blame the war on his predecessor.
'This is a War that would never have started if I were President,' he claimed. 'This is Zelensky's, Putin's, and Biden’s War, not "Trump's."'
'I am only helping to put out the big and ugly fires, that have been started through Gross Incompetence and Hatred,' the president said.
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Sen. Graham: Senate Will Grind Down Putin War Machine
By James Morley III | Tuesday, 27 May 2025 02:34 PM EDT
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., responded to the editors of The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday with an opinion essay of his own in which he said the U.S. Senate is "prepared either way" to "grind" Russian President Vladimir Putin's "war machine" to a halt.
Graham was responding to an editorial published last week titled "A Sanctions Message to Putin — and China" in which the outlet advocated for Republicans to advance Graham's bipartisan bill that would "hit countries that buy Russian oil and gas with tariff sanctions." The Journal said that while President Donald Trump continues to say discussions with Putin "went well," they argue there is no concrete evidence to support that claim.
Over the weekend, Russia launched additional drone and missile strikes on Ukraine, escalating the conflict and pushing the already fragile peace talks further out of reach. U.S. and other Western nations have now proposed secondary sanctions against Russia and those who buy Russian oil to squeeze the economy.
Trump appears to have lost patience with the Russian president, posting following the attacks that Putin had gone "absolutely crazy!"
Graham said his bill in the Senate can stop Putin one way or another by implementing the secondary sanctions. "The bill would put Russia on a trade island, slapping 500% tariffs on any country that buys Moscow's energy products. The consequences of its barbaric invasion must be made real to those that prop it up. If China or India stopped buying cheap oil, Mr. Putin's war machine would grind to a halt," Graham wrote.
"While Ukraine has made clear it is ready for such an end, Russia has made more excuses than the market can bear. President Trump has asked Vladimir Putin to provide a term sheet outlining the requirements for a ceasefire, bringing the roadblocks to peace to a head. Depending on how Russia responds, we will know which course to take," Graham added, "The Senate is prepared either way."
James Morley III ✉
James Morley III is a writer with more than two decades of experience in entertainment, travel, technology, and science and nature.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/russia-vladimir-putin-ukraine/2025/05/27/id/1212527/
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Report: Netanyahu threatens Iran strike amid Trump nuclear talks
As US President Donald Trump pushes for a deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns time is running out and readies military options, NYT report says. 'Only a deal that dismantles all infrastructure is acceptable.'
Israel National News May 28, 2025, 9:39 AM (GMT+3)
Iran Iran Nuclear Program Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Iran Nuclear Deal
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As the Trump administration moves toward a possible nuclear deal with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly considering a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, according to officials cited by The New York Times.
The divergence in approach — diplomacy versus military action — has led to tense conversations, including a heated phone call between US President Donald Trump and Netanyahu, as well as a series of high-level meetings in Washington and Europe.
Trump stated Sunday that “something good” could emerge from his diplomatic push “in the next two days,” NYT said. Still, sources involved say only a framework of shared principles may materialize, with negotiations ongoing over uranium enrichment, fuel stockpiles, and whether materials will be exported or diluted.
While Israel is not part of the talks, Netanyahu argues Iran’s current vulnerability is an opportunity for a decisive strike, while Trump sees it as leverage for diplomacy. Israeli officials worry Trump, eager to secure a deal stronger than former US President Barack Obama’s 2015 agreement, may let Iran retain enrichment capacity.
Netanyahu recently said a “good deal” must dismantle “all of the infrastructure” of Iran’s nuclear program — including deep-underground sites like Fordow and Natanz. The NYT report is based on anonymous officials from Israel, the US, and Europe.
Israeli Minister Ron Dermer and Mossad chief David Barnea met with Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff in Rome, then traveled to Washington to speak with CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Dermer and Witkoff also held follow-up talks.
Asked by NYT for comment, White House officials pointed to Trump’s earlier remarks that he would “love to see no bombs dropped.”
Talks between Witkoff and Iranian negotiator Abbas Araghchi have stalled over the US demand for zero enrichment on Iranian soil — a condition Iran rejects. Araghchi posted on social media: “If the Western powers insist on ‘zero enrichment’ in Iran… there is nothing left for us to discuss.”
Experts say any interim agreement must ensure Iran removes or significantly dilutes its near-weapons-grade uranium to satisfy critics.
Related articles:
Trump administration proposed preliminary nuclear deal to Iran
Iran joins fifth round of nuclear talks 'to gauge US position'
The US won’t tell Israel how to fight its wars
Trump slams Gaza offensive as ‘wasted effort’
Netanyahu, long a skeptic of diplomacy with Tehran, is once again threatening military action — even without US support. American intelligence reportedly detected Israeli preparations for such a strike and briefed Trump. During a phone call, Netanyahu did not deny the reports and stressed the urgency of acting before Iran regains strength.
US military officials doubt Israel could achieve significant results without US aid. Still, some Israeli officials believe the US would be forced to intervene if Iran retaliated.
Even if an agreement is reached, Israeli officials say Netanyahu might strike anyway. After meeting Trump in April, he directed national security staff to continue preparing for potential operations — including independent, limited strikes if necessary.
Plans reportedly range from targeted hits to extended bombing campaigns, even in densely populated areas.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409091
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The US fears Israel will attack Iran nuclear sites without advance notice
The Trump administration is concerned that Netanyahu will disrupt nuclear talks with Iran, and may even order an attack even if a diplomatic agreement is reached; American intelligence is concerned about the possibility that Israel will launch an operation without warning or provide only a warning of several hours, that would not leave enough time to pressure Netanyahu to cancel it
As the Trump administration works to negotiate a nuclear agreement with Tehran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly threatening to derail the talks by launching a strike on Iran’s main uranium enrichment sites, The New York Times reported Wednesday morning, citing US officials briefed on the matter. The US is concerned that Israel will attack Iran without warning, with U.S. intelligence estimating that such an attack could take place within just seven hours of Netanyahu giving the order.
The sharp disagreement over how best to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon has already led to tense conversations between Trump and Netanyahu, as well as a series of meetings in recent days between senior American and Israeli officials.
On Sunday, Trump said "something good" might happen as part of his efforts to curb Iran’s nuclear program in the “next couple of days,” but officials familiar with the talks said any announcement is likely to focus on general principles. The details currently being discussed are likely to only pave the way for further negotiations, starting with whether Iran will be able to enrich uranium itself, even at low levels, and how it will dilute the amount it has or send it out of the country.
According to two sources briefed on the exchange, Israeli officials signaled to the Trump administration shortly before his trip to the Middle East earlier this month that Israel was planning to attack Iran's nuclear sites. U.S. intelligence also identified Israeli preparations for an attack.
Meanwhile, negotiations with the Iranians are still ongoing, as are talks between senior administration officials and Israeli officials, and the Americans fear that Israel could decide to attack Iran, with only short notice. Given the American intelligence assessment of the time it would take to carry out such an attack, such a decision would leave little time to pressure Netanyahu to cancel it.
The same American assessment, according to the Times, also raised questions about the effectiveness of an Israeli attack without U.S. support. Several Israeli sources close to Netanyahu told the newspaper that they believe the U.S. would have no choice but to assist Israel militarily if Iran attacked back.
Israeli officials also told their U.S. counterparts that Netanyahu could order an attack on Iran even if a diplomatic agreement is reached. According to several sources briefed on the matter, after his meeting with Trump at the White House in April, Netanyahu ordered Israeli security officials to continue planning the attack on Iran, including a limited operation that would not require American assistance. Israel, it was reported, has many different plans for an attack on Iran, ranging from a targeted operation to several days of attacking Iranian facilities, including in several densely populated cities.
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While Jerusalem is concerned that President Trump is moving toward a problematic agreement in Israeli eyes, which leaves enrichment capabilities in the hands of the Iranians, the Americans have warned Israel not to surprise them with any military move that could sabotage the talks.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who arrived in Israel this week for a quick visit, revealed that Washington gave Tehran only a few days to decide whether to accept or reject the proposed deal.
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Colombia appoints first ambassador to 'State of Palestine'
Colombia’s President appoints Jorge Ivan Ospina as the country's first ambassador to the "State of Palestine," formalizing diplomatic ties with an embassy in Ramallah.
Elad Benari
May 27, 2025, 6:57 AM (GMT+3)
Ramallah Colombia Palestine recognition
The government of Colombian President Gustavo Petro officially appointed Jorge Ivan Ospina as the country's first ambassador to the "State of Palestine" on Monday, formalizing a diplomatic presence with an embassy in Ramallah, the Anadolu news agency reported.
Ospina, formerly the mayor of Cali, publicly acknowledged his appointment on his X account, expressing gratitude to President Petro and Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia.
He affirmed his commitment to "denouncing the genocide that the Palestinian people are suffering today" and working toward the "freedom of those who live there."
The appointment, signed by Foreign Minister Sarabia, builds upon Colombia's official recognition of the "State of Palestine" in 2018. Previously, relations were primarily conducted through multilateral organizations.
The new embassy will focus on securing the release of Colombian-Israeli citizen Elkana Bohbot, who has been held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, supporting humanitarian assistance, and promoting a two-state solution. Ospina stated his hope to travel to Ramallah "as quickly as possible."
Petro has long been critical of Israel’s war in Gaza and announced in May of 2024 that Colombia was severing diplomatic ties with Israel over its response to the Hamas massacre of October 7.
In addition to ordering the opening of an embassy in Ramallah, he also announced the suspension of coal exports to Israel over the war in Gaza, stating that coal exports will only resume “when the genocide” in Gaza stops.
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In another incident, Petro expressed support for comments made by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who compared Israel’s actions in Gaza to those of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler against Jews during World War II.
In February, Petro published a lengthy post on social media site X, in which he called for the release of Bohbot and claimed, “His freedom is a tribute to Colombia and its solidarity with the Palestinian people."
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409026
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Matthew 24:3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples
came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will
these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the
age?"
Matt 24:6 "And you will hear of wars and
rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for
all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Matt 24:7 "For nation will rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines,
pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
Matt 24:8 "All these are the beginning of sorrows.
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Finland begins ‘preparing for the worst’ as Russia expands military presence near border
May 26, 2025
In response to Russia’s expanding military infrastructure along their shared 1,340-kilometer border, Finland is intensifying its defense preparations, adopting a stance of vigilant readiness as a NATO member.
Major General Sami Nurmi, head of strategy for the Finnish Defence Forces, emphasized that the military is closely monitoring Moscow’s maneuvers, stating, “It was their job, as part of the NATO alliance, to ‘prepare for the worst.’”
This development follows Finland’s rapid accession to NATO in 2023, prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which doubled the alliance’s border with Russia and heightened regional tensions.
Satellite imagery, as reported by The Guardian and corroborated by The New York Times, reveals Russia’s military buildup near the Finnish frontier.
The imagery shows new infrastructure, including rows of tents, military vehicle warehouses, renovated fighter jet shelters, and construction at a previously unused helicopter base in the Karelian Isthmus and other areas like Petrozavodsk and Kamenka.
While NATO officials note that this buildup is not on the scale of Russia’s pre-2022 Ukraine invasion preparations, it signals a strategic shift, potentially in response to Finland’s NATO membership.
Major General Nurmi indicated that Russia may be preparing to redeploy forces, particularly land units, to the Finnish border once the Ukraine conflict subsides, stating, “They are changing structures and we are seeing moderate preparations when it comes to building infrastructure close to our borders.”
Finland has responded decisively to these developments.
The Finnish Border Guard recently completed the first 35 kilometers of a planned 200-kilometer fence along the eastern border, equipped with cameras and sensors to distinguish between human and animal crossings.
This barrier, initiated after Helsinki accused Moscow of orchestrating a “hybrid operation” by directing asylum seekers to the border, has been closed since November 2023.
Additionally, Finland is ramping up its military capabilities, with plans to integrate 64 F-35 fighter jets into its air force by 2030 and increasing defense spending to 3% of GDP by 2029.
The country maintains a robust military, capable of mobilizing 284,000 troops in emergencies, supported by one of Europe’s most powerful artillery arsenals.
Civilian preparedness is also on the rise. The Finnish Women’s National Emergency Preparedness Association (Nasta) reported high demand for its training courses, with over 800 women applying for its spring session, reflecting a societal shift toward readiness.
However, Suvi Aksela, Nasta’s communications manager, noted that the border buildup is not a major concern in Helsinki, stating, “It is not very alarming for us.
We are used to hearing stuff from Russia, like all these threats.” This resilience stems from Finland’s historical experience with its eastern neighbor, having faced Soviet aggression during the Winter War and maintained a policy of preparedness since.
Despite the escalating Russian presence, Finnish officials, including Nurmi, maintain there is “no immediate military threat” to Finland or NATO.
This sentiment was echoed by former U.S. President Donald Trump, who remarked on May 20, 2025, that Finland and Norway were “going to be very safe.”
However, Finland’s strategic posture remains cautious, shaped by its history and the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Nurmi noted, “What happened right after the Ukrainian attack was we applied for NATO membership and then when we were accepted Russia announced they would start to change their military posture across the border.”
Russia’s actions are seen as a response to NATO’s expansion, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov previously calling Finland’s NATO membership an “encroachment on our security.”
The Leningrad Military District’s reestablishment and the brigades’ expansion into divisions near St. Petersburg and Petrozavodsk underscore Moscow’s intent to bolster its northwest defenses.
Finnish military analyst Emil Kastehelmi, part of the Black Bird Group, highlighted new trench systems and logistics upgrades, suggesting Russia is drawing lessons from Ukraine to fortify its positions.
As Russia’s military spending surges to over 6% of GDP and its army aims to grow to 1.5 million troops, Finland and its NATO allies are reinforcing their defenses.
Joint exercises with U.S. and NATO forces in the Arctic and the establishment of a NATO forward command in Lapland signal a collective commitment to countering potential threats.
While Finnish citizens remain accustomed to Russia’s looming presence, the nation’s proactive measures—ranging from border fortifications to civilian training—reflect a pragmatic approach to a volatile geopolitical landscape.
About the Author
End Time Headlines is a ministry founded, owned, and operated by Ricky Scaparo, established in 2010 to equip believers and inform discerning individuals about the “Signs and Seasons” of the times in which we live. Ricky authors original articles and curates news from mainstream sources, carefully selecting topics, verifying information, and utilizing artificial intelligence tools to ensure content is both timely and accurate. Every piece is personally reviewed and edited by Ricky to align with the ministry’s mission of providing a prophetic perspective on current events.
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Canada Wants To Allow Assisted Suicide For Children - Unbelievable, But True
By PNW Staff May 27, 2025
There are moments when the news takes your breath away--not in wonder, but in horror. Canada is now considering expanding its Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program to include what it chillingly refers to as "mature minors." This means children--yes, children--could soon be deemed eligible for state-assisted suicide, even without their parents' knowledge or consent.
To say this is deeply disturbing is an understatement. It's a moral earthquake. The very idea that a young person struggling with mental illness could walk into a clinic seeking help and instead be offered death is not just tragic--it is unthinkable. Yet this is the direction Canada seems poised to go.
Promotional materials reportedly distributed in parts of Manitoba describe scenarios where youth with mental health conditions could be considered for euthanasia. The language used is alarmingly vague. A "mature minor" is described as someone--of any age--who is considered capable of making the decision to end their life. If this recommendation is adopted, the minimum age for assisted suicide would essentially disappear.
Worse still, these same materials suggest parents might not even be consulted. A child could make a permanent, irreversible decision in the darkest moment of their young life--and their parents might never have a chance to intervene.
As Christians, we must stop and ask: how did we get here? How did a nation known for its civility, compassion, and care become a place where death is presented as an acceptable solution for a child in despair?
We know the answer is spiritual. There is a war on life--and this is just its latest battlefield.
In the Christian worldview, every human being is made in the image of God--infinitely valuable, fearfully and wonderfully made. That includes the elderly, the disabled, and yes, even the mentally ill teen who feels hopeless and alone. Scripture tells us that God is "close to the brokenhearted" and "saves those who are crushed in spirit." It never tells us that brokenness is a reason to abandon life.
What message are we sending when a hurting child is told, in effect, "You're right--there's no hope. Let's end it"? This is not mercy. It's surrender. And it is utterly incompatible with our call to love and protect the vulnerable.
Let us be clear: children struggling with suicidal thoughts do not need a streamlined path to death--they need hope, compassion, and help. They need time. They need mentors, counselors, pastors, and peers who will walk with them through the valley. They need to know that despair is never final. That pain is real, but so is healing. That God's love can reach even into the darkest corners of the human soul.
But what happens when the government decides that killing is more "efficient" than healing? Flyers reportedly state that the wait time for counseling can be four months, while the wait time for MAiD is only three. That's not compassion--it's cost-cutting with a body count.
And if this door is opened, how long before others are quietly pushed through it? Canada is already scheduled to expand MAiD access to those suffering solely from mental illness in 2027. Will the elderly be next? The chronically ill? The disabled? What about those who simply feel like a burden?
When life becomes optional--when it is treated as a commodity rather than a sacred gift--no one is truly safe. The logic of convenience knows no bounds. What begins as "compassion" for the suffering quickly becomes pressure on the unwanted, the inconvenient, and the voiceless.
But we are not powerless.
Now is the time for Christians in Canada--and around the world--to speak out. To raise our voices not in anger, but in sorrowful urgency. To tell our leaders that we will not stand by while children are offered death instead of dignity. To build a culture where life is cherished, not discarded.
We must call our churches to prayer, our communities to action, and our governments to account. We must invest in mental health resources, palliative care, and family support systems. And we must do it not out of political pressure, but because it is what love demands.
Christians believe in a God who brings life out of death, hope out of despair, and light out of darkness. That same hope compels us to defend those who cannot defend themselves--especially our children.
Canada may be standing at a crossroads. One path leads toward a culture of death cloaked in the language of "dignity" and "choice." The other leads toward life, even in its hardest seasons.
Let us pray Canada chooses life.
https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=8291
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etc.. Watch, watch, watch as you begin to see the monetary system totally crumble and collapse, etc..
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Japanese life insurers report major bond valuation losses
Rising rates force investment shake-up
Life & Health By Roxanne Libatique May 27, 2025
Two of Japan’s leading life insurance companies have reported large unrealised losses on their domestic government bond portfolios, highlighting the growing impact of rising interest rates on institutional investors.
A Bloomberg report has revealed that Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance’s paper losses on Japanese bond holdings surged to approximately ¥1.386 trillion (US$9.7 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 2025. This compares to ¥161.4 billion in the previous year, marking a substantial year-over-year increase.
Nippon Life Insurance, the country’s largest life insurer by assets, disclosed even greater unrealised losses of about ¥3.6 trillion (US$25 billion) over the same period. In addition, Nippon Life realised approximately ¥500 billion in losses through bond sales during the fiscal year.
The losses are primarily associated with long-duration Japanese government bonds, which have experienced significant price declines as domestic yields climb to multi-year highs, according to Bloomberg’s report.
Portfolio strategy adjustments underway
As part of their response, both insurers have started reevaluating their investment strategies.
Nippon Life said it intends to limit its acquisition of government bonds in the current fiscal year, aiming to reduce exposure to interest rate risk on a book-value basis.
Meiji Yasuda has also signalled a reassessment of its investment allocations in light of ongoing market shifts.
A Nippon Life representative said the company would “moderate future bond purchases to maintain a more balanced investment position given prevailing interest rate conditions.”
Insurers traditionally favour long-term debt to match the maturity profiles of their policy obligations. However, the increased rate volatility and weakening bond prices have added complexity to asset-liability management.
Interest rate risk ripple effects across financial sector
The effect of rising rates is being felt across Japan’s broader financial landscape.
Norinchukin Bank has flagged caution around further investments in sovereign bonds, citing the growing risk from rate movements.
Similarly, Sony Life Insurance has indicated plans to divest some of its bond holdings to guard against further valuation declines.
These responses reflect a broader pivot among institutional investors, who are reconfiguring fixed-income exposures amid expectations of a prolonged higher-rate environment.
Global trade shift and market reactions
Separately, market sentiment saw a short-term uplift following a joint decision by the US and China to temporarily halt the escalation of tariffs.
The 90-day pause involves reductions in duties on bilateral trade, which led to gains in Asian equity indices and emerging market currencies.
This easing in trade tensions may offer near-term stability for insurers with exposure to global trade or investments linked to export-oriented sectors.
https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/asia/news/life-insurance/japanese-life-insurers-report
-major-bond-valuation-losses-536925.aspx
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etc. Keep your eyes; keep your eyes upon what is going on in the Mid-East, that is your tree, that is your tree, I have told you to watch Israel, that is your tree. etc.
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IDF intercepts a missle fired at Israel from Yemen
Ben Gurion Airport suspends flights for 10 minutes before renewing full operation; no injuries reported
ynet|Yesterday | 21:27
Israel came under a missile attack from Houthi rebels early on Friday. Sirens were heard in central Israel, including the greater Tel Aviv area and the Ben Gurion International Airport, where operations were temporarily suspended
This was the third missile strike targeting Israel in two days. The Houthis fired ballistic missiles at Israel in the predawn hours and again in the late morning. both missiles were intercepted by Israel's aerial defenses.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bju9hstzee
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'He Is Real': Her Atheist Dad Told Her Jesus Was a Hoax, Then She Died and Met Him Face to Face
Talia Wise 05-22-2025
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Up until the age of 16, Heidi Barr did not believe in Jesus, that is until she met Him face-to-face after a terrible horseback riding accident.
"I knew him immediately. Every cell in my soul knew everything about who He was. I should not have seen Jesus. Why should I see Jesus? My father told me Jesus was the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on mankind," she recalled in a recent interview with Jews for Jesus.
"[Yet] I knew Him. I have known Him my entire life and I love Him. I have loved Him with everything in me," Barr said.
Barr, now a mom and grandmother, is sharing more of her childhood near-death experience in her new book, "What I Saw in Heaven: The Incredible True Story of The Day I Died, Met Jesus, and Returned to Life a New Person.
In her book, Barr shares about her life, family struggles, and the redemption she found through God's amazing guidance and grace.
She tells readers how it was easy to spurn any belief in a higher power as a child because, although she was raised Jewish in a small Orthodox community in Iowa, her parents made it a point to tell her God did not exist.
"I was raised in a family that was atheist, but we belonged to this Orthodox synagogue and my father was not only an atheist [but] we were only allowed to discuss God in our home if we were denying His existence," Barr shared during her interview with Jews for Jesus.
"He hated God," she said flatly.
Barr said her father used to repeat this mantra almost daily: "There is no God. There is no heaven, there is no hell, you are an accident of science."
Despite what Barr was told by her father, she said she believed in the "God of Abraham" and prayed to Him daily.
But all that stopped at the age of 12 when she began to endure sexual abuse from the synagogue's rabbi.
"It kind of set off this spiral of not talking to God, getting into drugs, getting into dangerous situations until I was 15," she explained.
Barr says, at the time, she only found comfort and joy from riding her horse, Heather. But a freak accident changed the trajectory of her life and brought her face-to-face with the love, compassion, forgiveness, and inexpressible joy of Christ.
"I took off, headed out to hills on Heather, bareback...I was sitting there enjoying the day...when I suddenly heard hoof beats and I knew exactly what that meant," she described.
An Arabian white horse was uncontrollably running from a nearby barn, its owner was barely able to hang on.
"She came towards me," Barr explained. "The horse ran right by us, almost clipped us, and ran past. Heather reared up. The first time she reared up, I dropped the reins and grabbed her mane. The second time she reared up, her back feet stepped off the trail and she flipped over backward onto me. She fell across my body, fracturing my pelvis, breaking my back."
According to Barr's account, those injuries weren't fatal, but when the horse fell across her chest, she died.
"The moment she fell across my chest, I left my body," she continued.
Barr says she found herself 40 feet up in the air looking down at the commotion taking place near the horse stable.
"I watched my horse roll over my dead body and I was tossed like rag doll...I saw my little sister scream and cover her eyes with her hands. I saw my [other] sister in the car with her face pressed against the window. I could see the Arabian running to the barn with the man flapping on her back," she recalled.
Then Barr noticed a white light, right near her shoulder.
"And I turned to look over my right shoulder and there was a man up there with me," she described. "And I knew Him. He then came closer and He had this big grin on his face and I said, 'Hi, I know you,' and it was Jesus."
Barr immediately recognized Him, despite never learning about him.
"Every cell in my soul knew everything about who He was. I should not have seen Jesus. Why should I see Jesus? I'm Jewish. My father told me Jesus was the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on mankind...and yet there was Jesus."
Barr said that in that moment all she could think about was that she knew Him.
"I knew Him. I have known Him my entire life and I love Him. I have loved Him with everything in me," she said. "All there was for me was Jesus."
Barr gives an account, in great detail, of the personality of Jesus.
"He is funny. He is joy. He is love. He is everything good in the universe in one person. Everything that is good and joyous and happy and life-giving is in Him," she said during the interview.
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However, it was something unique that He showed her that still deeply impacts her today.
"I had a life review and it was like watching this tape of your life except it was 3-D and it was alive and you were re-experiencing everything you had done," Barr explained.
"I saw Him from the time I was in my mother's womb forming me, I saw Him sitting next to me when I was an infant talking to me. I saw Him at every stage in my life. He was always there," she continued.
The now mother and grandmother of three shared that the Lord also showed her the impact her words had on people – the good and the bad.
"There was another time He stopped the tape to show me when I had hurt someone," she shared. "I felt His heart shrink in His chest. I felt the impact my words had on Him. Everything I did or said to someone else, if it was a good thing I felt that. If it was a not so good thing I felt that."
Barr added, "You have to be aware that God is watching...God is paying attention to every little thing we do."
Her next stop in this journey was to the Father.
"It was a perfect white blemish-less light. It took up my entire field of vision. It was infinite in its scope and it was alive. And the light was love and this was God...Jesus took me into that light," she shared.
She then found herself sitting in God's lap like "a little toddler, kicking" her feet.
Barr says in that place she "never felt so loved and so cherished," adding, "God was every single molecule of love in the universe. He is love."
"I wanted to sit on God's lap for all eternity," Barr continued.
The now-retired nurse shared that while she was on His lap she saw what she believes to be Heaven.
"I saw grass. It was this beautiful green grass. I could see every blade of this grass in this infinite meadow. It was perfect and precise," she described. "I see flowers...I could see every part of the flower, every vein of the petals...I saw grove upon grove of trees. I could see every tree, every branch, every leaf, and every vein on every leaf on each tree."
"And I realized everything was moving, but it wasn't wind. The grass was singing. The grass was singing the praises of God. The flowers and the trees were moving to the songs of the grass...It was God moving through all those things. They moved in God's light," Barr added.
"And it struck me at the time that even on the most beautiful day here on earth, what we see is a mere reflection of what exists in heaven," she writes in her book.
Barr told Christian ministry 100 Huntley Street that this part of her experience "left the biggest impression on her."
The Iowa native was sent back to earth and she now shares a message of hope to those who feel lost and unloved.
"After I died, I knew Jesus was with me. I knew He was with me every step of the way and that no matter what happened...and this is one of the things he told me...your life is in good hands."
He told her, "Good, bad,[or] indifferent, I'm here. Your life is in good hands."
About The Author Talia Wise
Talia Wise has served as a multi-media producer for CBNNews.com, CBN Newswatch, The Prayer Link, and CBN News social media outlets. Prior to joining CBN News she worked for Fox Sports Florida producing and reporting. Talia earned a master’s degree in journalism from Regent University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia.
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How America is losing its military supremacy to China
Beijing’s army boasts almost a million more troops than the US and has the largest navy in the world
Allegra Mendelson Asia correspondent, in Taiwan
25 May 2025 8:28am BST
When one of Pakistan’s Chinese-made fighter jets fired a missile over the Kashmiri mountains and shot down one of India’s French-built Rafale fighters, Western officials took note.
It marked the first time the West had seen the Chinese JC-10 aircraft and PL-15 missiles be deployed in active combat.
Western officials have since pored over the details of this clash, asking what this means about China’s military capabilities and whether Xi Jinping’s nation has finally caught up with the West.
Over the past 25 years, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has exploded from a small military that had to generate its own revenue by growing crops to one of the largest and most powerful in the world.
“China is the strongest it’s ever been,” said Brigadier General Doug Wickert, the 412th Test Wing commander in the United States air force. “It has fairly aggressively built a very large force that’s been specifically developed to counter our strengths.”
Today, the PLA boasts almost a million more troops than the United States and over a thousand more tanks. It has built its navy into the largest in the world with approximately 400 warships and stacked its air force with nearly 2,000 fighter jets.
Beijing has also drastically expanded its intelligence capabilities to the point where deputy CIA Director Michael Ellis claimed earlier this week that China has become an “existential threat to American security in a way we really have never confronted before”.
However, while China is stronger today than it has been previously, a look into its actual capabilities show that the PLA still lags in skill and experience and has a tendency to fall one step behind its more seasoned competitor.
“The numbers don’t tell the whole story,” noted Gen Wickert. “China’s military has grown in numbers as well as sophistication, but there are still some areas where we have technological advantage.”
Every year, a wide array of expos and shows are held across China, which show off the arsenal of one of the most opaque and secretive armed forces in the world.
In November, China hosted its annual Zhuhai Air Show where it showcased the J-20 stealth fighter jets, seen as direct competitors to one of the US’ strongest fighters, the F-35 Lightning II, and capable of carrying air-to-air missiles like the PL-15s used by Pakistan against India.
How does the J-20 compare to the F-35
The HQ-19 anti-ballistic missile system was also on display, as was the new SS-UAV ‘Jiu Tan’ drone carrier, capable of releasing swarms of Kamikaze attack drones at once, which will set sail on its maiden voyage next month.
More recently at the World Radar Expo last week, China trumpeted a new JY-27V radar, which state media claims can detect American fifth-generation stealth fighters, including the F-35 Lightning II.
China’s navy is also rumoured to be developing a new supercarrier, similar to the USS Gerald Ford, which would be larger than any existing vessel in its fleet.
And the army is said to be developing a new 4th generation light tank, which would host cannons capable of firing multiple ammunition types.
However, most worrying to the US is Beijing’s rapid advancement of its nuclear capabilities.
From 2023 to 2024, it added 100 more warheads to its arsenal, rising from 500 to 600, and the country is expected to have more than 1,000 by 2030.
According to experts, at least 400 of these are intercontinental ballistic missiles that could reach the US from the Chinese mainland, including the DF-41, which can travel between 12,000 to 15,000 kilometres.
While the US, with 3,700 warheads in its arsenal, continues to hold an advantage, the American government has expressed concern over Beijing’s rapid speed.
During a senate address in April, US Senator Roger Wicker noted that China’s nuclear expansion is now “at a pace that far outstrips our own”.
Timothy Heath, a senior defence researcher and China expert at RAND Corp, explained that Beijing’s nuclear progress is likely part of its “deterrence posture”.
“It’s a sign that they don’t want to get into a conventional fight with the US,” said Mr Heath. “Having a nuclear inventory is a way to warn the US not to start a fight.”
Beyond its nuclear inventory, there are areas where Chinese advancements are rivalling the US.
According to Mr Heath, hypersonic missiles could be one domain in which the PLA has “surpassed the US in technology”. He also noted that Beijing has become a “world player in the world market” for military drones, though other experts like Gen Wickert don’t agree that there is yet any technology “where China is ahead”.
The PLA’s developments have been particularly concerning in the context of a potential conflict over Taiwan – the only possible scenario in which the US and Chinese armies could face one another.
Beijing claims sovereignty over Taiwan, which the government in Taipei rejects, and has threatened to invade the island on numerous occasions. As a key arms supplier to Taiwan, former US president Joe Biden had said that the US would come to the country’s defence, but Donald Trump has refused to offer a clear position on the issue.
Mr Heath explains that China’s proximity to Taiwan gives it an advantage because Beijing would have immediate access to “all ground-based systems”. Meanwhile, the US would have “to project power from an ocean away”.
At the senate address in April, Mr Wicker noted that China is now “capable of denying US air superiority in the first island chain,” referring to the string of islands in the Pacific, which include parts of Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Borneo. This means that China’s surface-to-air missiles are now capable of shooting down any US aircraft in the event of a war.
Washington has also sounded the alarm over China’s cyberwarfare capabilities. In a recent speech at a university in California, Gen Wickert said China had managed to infiltrate the US’s electrical grid and plant malware on SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems, which monitor critical infrastructure like electricity, water and gas distribution.
“China has gained access to those systems and mapped them, and that is certainly concerning. It’s considered an act of war,” Gen Wickert told The Telegraph.
The PLA was not always such a fierce competitor. In the 1990s, when Western countries were investing trillions of pounds into their armies, the PLA didn’t even have enough money to sustain itself.
“It had a very small budget from the government and was essentially dependent on money-making activities to fund itself,” said Drew Thompson, a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore and the former Director for China at the US Department of Defence.
“This meant the PLA was investing in factories and services and logistics businesses and in rural areas they would even grow their own food.”
While it has come a long way in the decades since, the PLA continues to face significant challenges, which experts say have stopped it from reaching parity with the US.
For one, the US military is tried and tested on the battlefield, having fought in several conflicts around the world from Iraq to Afghanistan, while the PLA has not fought a war in decades.
China’s armed forces also struggle with integration. While the US military is a fully joint force, meaning the different services – from the air force to the navy – work closely together, the PLA remains disjointed.
Kitsch Liao, the associate director of the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub, noted that the PLA’s readiness levels, which measure preparedness for active combat, are also lower than the US’s.
“If the US wants to bomb one site, they can assign one aircraft. They don’t need another aircraft on standby in case the jet breaks down. The US used to do this in the 1960s and China still has to do that,” said Mr Liao.
The US’s air force readiness for the last year was just over 60 per cent, which is “relatively poor”, according to Mr Liao, but China’s score, which is not made public, is believed to be even lower.
Imitate rather than innovate
China’s defence limitations stem in part from the PLA’s inherent structure as an extension of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
Unlike militaries in the US or the UK, which are separate from any political entity, the PLA was established to serve the communist party and its primary objective today is to keep the party in power.
Drew Thompson, a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, explained that it would be equivalent to if in the US “the Republicans had their own army and the Democrats had their own army”.
Given the PLA’s role in the party, it often focuses its development on political issues rather than security concerns, as evidenced by its fixation on Taiwan, which does not pose any immediate threat to China.
The PLA is also hampered by its tendency to imitate rather than innovate. Rather than developing its own cutting-edge hardware, China relies on following closely behind its American counterparts, which makes it very difficult to match or overtake the US.
“They’re always one step behind because their methodology for catching up has been technology theft and acquisition,” said Mr Thompson.
“China has always benchmarked itself on other forces and ironically that means that in many cases it can’t actually catch up.”
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EXCLUSIVE Target staff panic about store closures and job losses after cultural madness led to huge sales slump: 'We are cooked'
READ MORE: Target shoppers divided after major change to checkout process
Work at Target? We want to hear from you. Share what’s going on — anonymously — at ben.shimkus@mailonline.com
By BEN SHIMKUS, CONSUMER REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 15:43 EDT, 24 May 2025 | Updated: 21:00 EDT, 24 May 2025
Target is struggling. Employees are worried.
Online message boards used by hundreds of in-store staff are lighting up with fears about job security, increased workloads, and potential store closures.
'We are cooked,' one employee said on Reddit. 'Less and less hours with little to no change with what the expectations are from us all.'
Another wrote: 'All we can do is ride it out and hope for the best. If it comes down to it, prepare a resume just in case.'
Several workers have also posted TikTok videos showing backrooms overwhelmed with merchandise that hasn’t made it to the sales floor — alleging that understaffing is leaving them buried.
'I hope these go viral so the corporate people might rethink how they unstaffed their stores and expect spotless departments,' one employee commented on a video showing mounds of backroom clothing.
Target hasn't responded to DailyMail.com's request for comment on the employee predictions and complaints.
But two days ago, the company released its quarterly earnings, which badly missed Wall Street's expectations.
'Target has found itself in a challenging position,' Neil Saunders, a retail expert at GlobalData, told DailyMail.com.
'The business is not terrible, but it is under pressure and that is causing nervousness among associates.'
Fewer shoppers went into Target stores during the last quarter, and when they did, they spent less money.
The company reported $23.85 billion in sales during the last quarter, a 2.8 percent drop from the previous three-month period. Analysts predicted the store would make $24.23 billion.
So far this year, Target's share price has shed over 31 percent.
'I want to be clear, we're not satisfied with these results, so we're moving with urgency to navigate through this period of volatility,' Target CEO Brian Cornell said.
'We've got to drive traffic back into our stores or visits to our site.'
The company also announced that it was paring back its financial outlook for 2025, signaling it believes a recovery might take a while.
Target isn't in dire financial shape. The company made $5 billion in profit last year, and is still raking in money.
But it's wobbles are in stark contrast to its biggest competitor, Walmart, which has reported gigantic sales figures.
'Underlying profit at Target is squeezed and that makes it more likely the company will be cautious in hiring and tight in the labor hours it allocates,' Saunders added.
'That makes staff worry for their own jobs. All of this is exacerbated because communication from management has, generally, been poor.'
Target is dealing with other non-employement headwinds, too.
Cornell joined Walmart and Home Depot's CEOs in a private White House meeting, warning President Donald Trump that his tariff regime threatened to deplete product availability and increase prices on consumers.
The company has publicly warned that tariffs will slash billions from profits, making it harder to continue business investments.
'They have cancelled some remodels,' one Target employee claimed on Reddit.
Another added: 'Sales are so low I would be shocked if it doesn't close sooner rather than later.'
Plus, the brand is facing customer anger from both right- and left-leaning shoppers.
Target walked back diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in a pitch to appease the Trump administration.
Conservatives have been boycotting the brand over Pride Month collections that included bathing suits for trans swimmers.
Meanwhile, Target has already silently started increasing prices on products made in other countries.
It's a particularly difficult time to balance higher prices in the US economy.
Consumer confidence has slumped for five consecutive months, with shoppers reporting fears over continued inflation.
American shoppers have been smacked with increasingly lofty grocery prices after the inflation rate peaked over 9 percent in 2022.
Still, the overall economy has remained resilient despite the price hikes.
American jobs have remained surprisingly steady and the average wage has continued with slow growth.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-14739941/target-job-losses-sales-decline-2025.html
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etc. I have talked about the EU and how they have grown in power and shall grow to more power. I have talked to you about China and yet America embraces China their enemy and they build them up that later China shall come against many and destroy many because of the finances you have provided for them. That was not my wisdom, that was not my knowledge. It was not my wisdom nor my knowledge when you gave your secrets to a country that worships a false god and they have sold them to other countries and become superior. Oh how foolish man is. etc..
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Cuba Now a Strategic Battleground for China Against the US
by John Mills, The Epoch Times
May 25, 2025
(The Epoch Times)—Cuba has been impoverished by years of communist control, but it possesses a strategic vantage point that China prizes.
Ryan Berg, director of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said in his congressional testimony on May 6 that Cuba is a “strategic battleground” with China. Twenty sensitive U.S. government facilities in Florida are in range of the expanding Chinese Cyber and Signals Intelligence Collection network in Cuba.
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Even before the Russians minimized their presence in Cuba in 2002, the Chinese were eyeing the Caribbean country.
Berg said that in February 1999, then-Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Chi Haotian visited Cuba and met with his counterpart, then-Defense Minister Raúl Castro.
“According to an article in El Nuevo Herald, the two reportedly signed an agreement granting China access to a number of former Soviet listening stations across the island, including the Bejucal base less than 10 miles from the old Lourdes station,” he noted.
As part of the path toward resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy pledged publicly not to invade Cuba. The Soviets pledged to remove nuclear and “offensive” weapons from Cuba. The Soviets maintained a reduced presence in Cuba for the rest of the Cold War, including an intelligence collection station at Lourdes, outside of Havana, and occasional naval and air visits, while the United States maintained a robust overwatch of Cuba from bases in southern Florida.
Chinese Military and Intelligence Network Grows in Cuba
In the summer of 2023, Cuba leapt onto the front pages with the sudden, surprise news release about a Chinese spy presence in the country. After the media report, the initial response from the Pentagon was to deny the topic.
Then, The Associated Press reported there was an anonymous Biden administration official who confirmed that this started in 2019, which was a clever way of deflecting responsibility toward President Donald Trump.
Berg pointed out that then-National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby “reversed course and admitted to China’s spy bases in Cuba, but insisted that its presence had existed since 2019 under the first Trump administration, implying the Biden administration had ‘inherited’ the challenge.”
“Around the same time, reports surfaced that China was pursuing the construction of a military training base in Cuba,” he added.
Kirby had apparently missed the 1999 visit by Gen. Chi Haotian. In July 2024, The Wall Street Journal released additional imagery and reported that the Chinese military and intelligence footprint grew even larger than first reported.
The Chinese regime’s presence in Cuba is just one element of Chinese surveillance surrounding Florida. China has been operating gas and oil platforms that may have intelligence collection capabilities in the Gulf of America (previously known as the Gulf of Mexico) on the western side of Florida.
Gen. Glen VanHerck, former commander of U.S. Northern Command, pointed out, before the Chinese spy balloon episode, the danger of the Chinese infrastructure presence in the Bahamas, only 50 miles to the right of Florida.
Cuba Receives Promises of Chinese Support
Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez in Moscow on May 9 during the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II.
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The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said about the meeting, “China is ready to work with Cuba to further strengthen their ironclad friendship, build a closer China–Cuba community with a shared future, and set an example of solidarity and cooperation between socialist countries and sincere interaction between developing countries.”
In addition, the BRICS alliance—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—welcomed Cuba into the organization on Jan. 1, 2025, saying that the Caribbean country’s membership would allow it to become “a relevant player on the international stage.” Beijing dominates policy and plans for BRICS.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has developed an alliance with Russia, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, and South Africa in its “no limits” strategy to take on the United States, and it appears Cuba is entering this grouping of communist and totalitarian countries.
CCP Lures Latin American Countries With Financial Offer
Following the U.S.–China tariff truce, China hosted a forum with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Beijing on May 13. Left-leaning leaders in Latin America, such as Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chilean President Gabriel Boric, and Colombian President Gustavo Petro, were in attendance.
The CCP used a Belt and Road Initiative power play and extended a credit line of $9.2 billion to the Latin American countries in attendance, with a very important caveat: The currency used in the line of credit would be the Chinese yuan.
The move, which excluded the global reserve currencies like the U.S. dollar, aimed to promote the yuan while China deepens its ties in the Americas. Of all the opportunities in the Americas, Cuba offers China the greatest return on investment. The short distance to the United States from Cuba allows the CCP a key intelligence observation point and a way to create a counterbalance of world support for Taiwan.
There may not yet be missiles in Cuba, or at least they haven’t been identified, but another Cuban crisis is developing. As a Foreign Affairs article said, “Trump Will Disrupt Three Decades of ‘Benign Neglect’ of American focus on the Americas, with Cuba likely being one of the starting points. etc and the news article continues
https://basedunderground.com/2025/05/25/cuba-now-a-strategic-battleground-for-china-against-the-us/
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etc. Keep your eyes; keep your eyes upon what is going on in the Mid-East, that is your tree, that is your tree, I have told you to watch Israel, that is your tree. etc.
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Report: Israel prepares for swift Iran strike if US diplomacy fails
As US-Iran nuclear talks falter over enrichment, Israel is reportedly readying for a potential swift and sustained military campaign against Iranian nuclear facilities. Israeli intelligence now believes a deal is unlikely, prompting concerns about a closing operational window for a successful strike.
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As US-Iran nuclear talks falter over enrichment, Israel is reportedly readying for a potential swift and sustained military campaign against Iranian nuclear facilities. Israeli intelligence now believes a deal is unlikely, prompting concerns about a closing operational window for a successful strike.
Israel is reportedly preparing for a rapid military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities should negotiations between the United States and Iran collapse, according to two Israeli sources knowledgeable of the ongoing discussions, as reported by Axios.
This development comes as the Israeli intelligence community's assessment shifted recently from anticipating a nuclear deal to believing talks could soon break down.
One Israeli source indicated that the military believes its operational window for a successful strike could soon close, necessitating swift action if negotiations fail. Both sources corroborated a CNN report from Tuesday confirming that the Israel Defense Forces have been conducting exercises and other preparations for a potential strike in Iran.
"There was a lot of training and the US military sees everything and understands Israel is preparing," one source told Axios.
An Israeli source further noted, "Bibi is waiting for the nuclear talks to collapse and for the moment Trump will be disappointed about the negotiations and open to giving him the go ahead," referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. However, a US official informed Axios that the Trump administration is concerned Netanyahu might proceed with a strike even without presidential approval.
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'Nuclear talks unlikely to yield any results'
The fifth round of US-Iran nuclear talks is scheduled to take place in Rome. Earlier negotiations encountered a roadblock over Iran's demand for domestic enrichment capability.
Israeli sources cautioned that any potential strike on Iran would not be a single event but rather a military campaign lasting at least a week, an operation described as highly complex and perilous for both Israel and the broader region.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408767
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Matthew 24:3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples
came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will
these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the
age?"
Matt 24:7 "For nation will rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines,
pestilences, and earthquakes in
various places.
Matt 24:8 "All these are the beginning of sorrows.
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Second 6.0-magnitude tremor in Crete in week, felt in Israel
Quake sends tremors rippling across Israel, marking the second such event in a week, with GFZ data confirming its regional seismic impact
Reuters
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Greek island of Crete on Thursday morning, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).
Residents in several Israeli cities reported feeling the tremor, including Jerusalem, Holon, Acre, Be’er Sheva, Rosh HaAyin, Kfar Saba, Ness Ziona, Ramat Gan, Rehovot and Haifa.
GFZ reported the earthquake occurred at a depth of 77 kilometers (48 miles) below the surface.
A similar earthquake struck Crete last week during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday and was also felt across Israel. Residents reported shaking in Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Ramat Gan, Rishon LeZion, Kiryat Yam, Rehovot, Herzliya, Givatayim, Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva, Holon, Beit Shemesh, Kfar Saba, Ramat Hasharon, Ma’ale Adumim, Ra’anana, Modi’in, Ashkelon and even Eilat.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skijen211lx
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Delaware becomes 11th state to legalize assisted suicide
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Delaware has enacted a measure enabling terminally ill patients to die by assisted suicide as the number of states providing individuals with this option closes in on a dozen.
Delaware's Democratic Gov. Matt Meyer signed House Bill 140 into law Tuesday. Meyer's approval of the measure follows its passage in the Democratic-controlled Delaware House of Representatives in a 21-17 vote and the Democratic-controlled Delaware Senate in an 11-8 vote.
The votes in both chambers fell largely along party lines, with all support coming from Democrats and most opposition from Republicans. Five House Democrats and three Senate Democrats joined Republicans in voting against it.
House Bill 140, also known as the Ron Silverio/Heather Block End of Life Options Law, enables patients with terminal illnesses to obtain medication to end their lives. It requires patients seeking assisted suicide to make two written requests and one oral request.
The written request form requires those who would like to end their lives to name their illness and obtain signatures from two witnesses, at least one of whom must not be a blood relative, verifying that the person is making the decision based on their own free will and that the individual does suffer from a terminal illness.
The legislation limits the ability to access medication to end one's life to Delaware residents. Doctors and medical professionals are obligated to inform patients of all options available to them besides assisted suicide.
The pro-life advocacy group National Right to Life condemned the approval of House Bill 140 in a statement published Tuesday.
"Delaware's new law puts lives at risk. Assisted suicide laws offer no compassion, no hope, and no help for vulnerable members of our society," said National Right to Life President Carol Tobias.
"End-of-life discussions should focus on palliative care, hospice, and support options," she added. "Assisted suicide shifts the focus from life-affirming care to premature death and erodes the public trust in healthcare and medical doctors."
Tobias contends that "many of the most vulnerable in our society are pressured to 'choose' assisted suicide, which normalizes a culture of death" and devalues "the lives of the disabled, elderly, and chronically ill."
"As society attitudes shift, legalization creates a 'duty to die' mindset and puts our most vulnerable members of society at risk," Tobias added.
Peg Sandeen, CEO of the advocacy group Death With Dignity, which supports assisted suicide laws, praised the bill's passage.
"Medical aid in dying is an established medical practice supported by an overwhelming majority of individuals living in the United States, and we applaud the growing numbers of elected officials willing to stand up for dying patients and fight for their right to end their lives with dignity and compassion," Sandeen said in a statement.
"This signing today is about relieving suffering and giving families the comfort of knowing that loved one was able to pass on their own terms without unnecessary pain and surrounded by the people they love the most," Meyer added.
"For nearly a decade this idea has been debated and delayed, but always defended by those of you who believed deeply that it was the right thing to do, and it's because of you that we're here today and because of that courage I will be signing that bill."
Data compiled by Death With Dignity notes that 10 other states have laws permitting assisted suicide: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont and Washington.
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
https://www.christianpost.com/news/delaware-becomes-11th-state-to-legalize-assisted-suicide.html
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etc America your money will be worth nothing in the near future, this will bring panic, famine and martial law, yes, in the streets of America. If you had read my word you know that these are the beginning of sorrows etc
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Lions... This Is Not A "Reset." ITS A GLOBAL DETONATION. (Please Share This).
From Greg M
Bond yields are rising GLOBALLY. (Look this up for yourselves if you do not believe me). This is not just a market fluctuation. It is the sound of Babylon’s foundation cracking.
Click- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is now repeatedly downplaying what the effect of this US debt downgrade means… and that right there should tell you that the problem is in actuality MASSIVE. The ripple effect of this is just beginning, and here’s what’s ALREADY HAPPENING. (Question… Do you trust the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent?)
Lets move on… What Bessent won’t tell you.
Borrowing Costs Are Already Rising Across the Board.
The US must now pay more to borrow for Treasuries, infrastructure, entitlements, military, all of it. Every notch lower in credit quality = higher yields demanded by buyers. This “forces” the Fed buy more debt themselves. (This debt downgrade has put the Fed in exactly the spot it wants to be in…) NOW THE FED HAS BEEN GIVEN THE ABSOLUTE GREEN LIGHT TO INFLATE.
RIPPLE EFFECT CONTINUES…
Contagion to States and Cities. Municipal bonds are often priced in relation to Treasury ratings. This US debt downgrade, cities and states will follow… and borrowing at every level tightens. That means pension risk, infrastructure delays, and defaults.
Foreign Holders Will Reevaluate. China, Japan, BRICS nations… they are watching. A downgrade weakens the perception of dollar safety. AND the world is already de-dollarizing and dumping US debt. This could accelerate into a full bond exodus, and if that happens, yields spike explosively. (We have been talking about this for years).
Reserve Currency Status Erosion. A downgrade in US credibility equals a downgrade in trust. That means gold, yuan, and digital assets rise in significance.
Global Markets Begin to Price in Collapse Risk. If US debt can be downgraded, so can the entire Western financial order. Investors will rotate out of risk-on assets, out of debt, out of fiat… Into real assets. Into commodities, metals. Sound familiar?
Lions… Downgrades lag reality. This is the system admitting truth only after it’s already begun to fail.
Let’s break it down exactly as it is.
Rising Bond Yields = Falling Bond Prices. When yields rise, it means bonds are being sold off. The higher the yield, the less confidence investors have in holding long-term debt. This is debt being dumped, not in theory, but in real-time.
This Can and Will Accelerate. Bond markets are massive, WAY larger than stocks. When the dump begins, it quickly becomes a stampede. Liquidity vanishes. Prices crash. Yields spike. And once confidence cracks in sovereign debt, it infects everything.
Credit Markets WILL Freeze. Credit/debt is the lifeblood of Babylon’s economy. When debt markets seize, no one lends, because no one trusts repayment. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM LOCKS UP… ALL TRANSACTIONS STOP.
Global Stock Market Freefall.
If bond yields continue to surge/spike, the potential for credit vanishing/a credit event skyrockets. Then, equities implode. (Sound familiar again?)
Great Depression on Steroids. Supply chains freeze. Banks restrict withdrawals. Layoffs explode. In 1929, there was still gold. In 2025, there’s only debt backed by more debt.
This is not a “reset.” This is a global detonation.
https://gregorymannarino.substack.com/p/lions-this-is-not-a-reset-its-a-global?publication_id=
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Matthew 24:3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples
came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will
these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the
age?"
Matt 24:12 "And because lawlessness will abound,
the love of many will grow cold. (NKJ)
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Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim ID’d as couple fatally shot by terrorist who yelled ‘Free, free Palestine’ near DC’s Capital Jewish Museum
By Nicholas McEntyre
Published May 22, 2025, 4:22 a.m. ET
The two Israeli Embassy staffers who were gunned down by a pro-Palestinian terrorist outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night have been identified as “friends and colleagues” who fell in love and were just days away from getting engaged.
Yaron Lischinsky, 28, and Sarah Milgrim were fatally shot in the street as they left the American Jewish Committee’s ACCESS Young Diplomats Reception just after 9 p.m. in Washington, DC.
“Yaron and Sarah were our friends and colleagues. They were in the prime of their lives,” the Embassy of Israel to the USA wrote on X.
“This evening, a terrorist shot and killed them as they exited an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in DC. The entire embassy staff is heartbroken and devastated by their murder. No words can express the depth of our grief and horror at this devastating loss. Our hearts are with their families, and the embassy will be by their side during this terrible time.”
Lischinsky planned to propose to Milgrim during a trip next week in Jerusalem, Israel’s Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter said before their identities were made public.
Lischinsky bought a ring this week, Leiter added.
The couple both worked out of the Israeli Embassy in DC.
Lischinsky, an Israeli citizen, served as a research assistant in the embassy’s Political Department since September 2022 after serving three years in the Israel Defense Forces, according to his LinkedIn.
Milgrim, a Jewish-American who earned degrees from the University of Kansas and American University, had worked in the embassy’s Department of Public Diplomacy since November 2023, her online profile stated.
She was tasked with organizing missions and visits to Israel.
Wednesday’s occasion was the AJC’s largest annual event that brought together young Jewish professionals between the ages of 22 and 45 and the diplomatic community, according to the event listing.
The theme of the sold-out reception was “turning pain into purpose” and it was to focus on humanitarian diplomacy and navigating a response to the humanitarian crises in the Middle East and North Africa.
The couple had just left the venue at 575 3rd St. NW, near the FBI field office and the US Attorney’s Office.
They were killed when suspected gunman Elias Rodriguez opened fire on a group of four people outside the museum.
Rodriguez, a 31-year-old Chicago resident, was observed pacing outside the museum until he approached the young couple and two others and began firing a handgun, DC Police Chief Pamela Smith said.
The suspect then ditched the gun and ran inside the museum, where he admitted to the shooting, Smith added.
Rodriguez was detained inside the building and shouted “Free, free Palestine” during his arrest.
Lischinsky and Milgrim attended an Israeli Independence Day celebration at the Israeli Embassy less than two weeks before they were killed.
“We are deeply grateful for the historic alliance with our steadfast partner, the United States and the great American people, who have stood by our side. I look forward to working with this administration to bring about more security, freedom and peace,” Lischinsky wrote in a post to X, alongside a photo of the smiling couple.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was left outraged by the “horrifying antisemitic murder.”
“We are witness to the terrible cost of the antisemitism and wild incitement against the State of Israel. Blood libels against Israel have a cost in blood and must be fought to the utmost,” Netanyahu said Thursday morning. “”My heart grieves for the families of the young beloveds, whose lives were cut short in a moment by an abhorrent antisemitic murderer.”
Netanyahu called for increased security for Israeli embassies and diplomats around the world following the shooting.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said he spoke with Lischinsky’s father, telling him his son “was a warrior on our diplomatic front that fell just like a soldier on the battlefield,” according to CNN.
“I have been worried for the past few months that something like this would happen and it did, and the list of fallen foreign service members has grown today,”
Wednesday’s shooting was a “toxic antisemitic incitement against Israel and Jews around the world,” Sa’ar added.
President Trump condemned the attack, saying it was done out of hate and radicalism.
“These horrible DC killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW! Hatred and Radicalism have no place in the USA,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Condolences to the families of the victims. So sad that such things as this can happen! God Bless You ALL!”
https://nypost.com/2025/05/22/us-news/israeli-embassy-staffers-yaron-lischinsky-and-sarah-milgrim
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Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners hours after strikes on Kyiv
Updated on: May 24, 2025 / 7:58 AM EDT / CBS/AP
Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds more prisoners on Saturday, hours after a large-scale combined drone and missile attack injured more than a dozen people in Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia's defense ministry said each side brought home 307 soldiers, a day after each released a total of 390 combatants and civilians. The swaps are seen as a moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the 3-year war. Friday's prisoner swap was the first phase of a complicated deal involving the exchange of 1,000 prisoners from each side.
The news came hours after Kyiv came under attack that left at least 15 people injured, local officials said. Explosions and anti-aircraft fire were heard throughout Kyiv as many sought shelter in subway stations.
Russia attacked Ukraine with 14 ballistic missiles and 250 Shahed drones, officials said, adding that Ukrainian forces shot down six missiles and neutralized 245 drones – 1280 drones were shot down and 117 were thwarted using electronic warfare.
The Kyiv City Military Administration said it was one of the biggest combined missile and drone attacks on the capital.
"A difficult night for all of us," the administration said in a statement.
The debris of intercepted missiles and drones fell in at least six city districts of the Ukrainian capital early Saturday, acting head of Kyiv military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, wrote on Telegram. According to Tkachenko, six people required medical care after the attack and two fires were sparked in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv.
The Obolon district, where a residential building was heavily damaged in the attack, was the hardest hit. There were at least five wounded in the area, the administration said.
Yurii Bondarchuk, a resident, said the air raid siren "started as usual, then the drones started to fly around as they constantly do."
Moments later, he heard a boom and saw shattered glass fly through the air.
"The balcony is totally wiped out, as well as the windows and the doors," he said, describing the damage to his apartment as he stood in the dark of the night, smoking a cigarette to calm his nerves while firefighters worked to extinguish the flames.
Russian drones hit a residential area in Kyiv
A local resident is seen cleaning her flat damaged by a Russian drone attack on Kyiv on May 24, 2025. Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images
The air raid alert in Kyiv lasted more than seven hours, warning of incoming missiles and drones.
Prior to the attack, city mayor Vitalii Klitschko warned Kyiv residents of more than 20 Russian strike drones heading towards Kyiv. As the attack continued, he said drone debris fell on a shopping mall and a residential building in the Obolon district of Kyiv. Emergency services were headed to the site, Klitschko said.
The prisoner swap on Friday was the first phase of a complicated deal involving the exchange of 1,000 prisoners from each side.
Zelenskyy said the first phase brought home 390 Ukrainians, with further releases expected over the weekend that will make it the largest swap of the war. Russia's Defense Ministry said it received the same number from Ukraine.
The swap took place at the border with Belarus in northern Ukraine, according to a Ukrainian official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.
The Largest Prisoner POW Exchange Since The Start Of Russia's Full-scale Invasion Is Taking Place Between Ukraine And Russia
The released Russians were taken to Belarus for medical treatment, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
As the freed men entered the medical facility Friday, people holding signs and photos of their relatives shouted names or brigade numbers, seeking any news of a loved one. The returning men inspected the photos, and a serviceman said he shared a cell with one of those on the sea of portraits held out toward him.
"Vanya!" cried Nataliia Mosych, among the gathered relatives, "My husband!"
The exchange, the latest of dozens of swaps since the war began and the biggest involving Ukrainian civilians at one time, didn't herald any halt in fighting.
Battles continued along the roughly 620-mile front line, where tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed, and neither country has relented in its deep strikes.
After the May 16 Istanbul meeting, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called the prisoner swap a "confidence-building measure" and said the parties had agreed in principle to meet again.
But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday that there has been no agreement yet on the venue for the next round of talks to end the fighting as diplomatic maneuvering continued.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday night that Moscow would give Ukraine a draft document outlining its conditions for a "sustainable, long-term, comprehensive" peace agreement once the ongoing prisoner exchange had finished.
European leaders have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet in peace efforts while he tries to press his larger army's battlefield initiative and capture more Ukrainian land.
The Istanbul meeting revealed that both sides remained far apart on key conditions for ending the fighting. One such condition for Ukraine, backed by its Western allies, is a temporary ceasefire as a first step toward a peaceful settlement.
On Monday, President Trump said he held a two-hour phone call with Putin which he described as "excellent."
Asked by reporters if he thinks Putin wants peace, Mr. Trump responded, "I do," and asked if he trusts Putin, Mr. Trump responded, "I do."
Mr. Trump added that he thinks "some progress has been made."
Meanwhile, Russia's Defense Ministry said it had shot down 788 Ukrainian drones away from the battlefield between May 20 and May 23.
Ukraine's air force said Russia fired 175 Shahed and decoy drones, as well as a ballistic missile since late Thursday.
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Trump says Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap "could lead to something big"
SPAIN-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-POLITICS-HOMICIDE
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Vladimir Putin - Donald Trump meeting in Osaka
Trump holds 2-hour call with Putin ahead of conversation with Zelenskyy
Pope Leo XIV Holds Inauguration Mass In St. Peter's Square
Zelenskyy meets with U.S. officials, European leaders ahead of Trump-Putin call
etc and the news story continues...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-hits-ukraine-capital-kyiv-heavy-missile-drone-attack/
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etc. Keep your eyes; keep your eyes upon what is going on in the Mid-East, that is your tree, that is your tree, I have told you to watch Israel, that is your tree. etc.
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Report: New US intel suggests Israel poised for Iran nuclear attack
New US intelligence cited by CNN indicates Israel is preparing to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, risking regional conflict and divergence with Trump's diplomatic efforts. Deep internal disagreements within the US government persist on the likelihood of such a strike.
Israel National News
May 21, 2025, 1:34 AM (GMT+3)
CNN Israel - IranUS -Iran Iranian Nuclear Program
Natanz nuclear facility
Natanz nuclear facility Reuters
New intelligence obtained by the United States suggests that Israel is actively preparing for a potential military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, even as the Trump administration continues to pursue a diplomatic resolution with Tehran, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing multiple US officials.
Such an Israeli strike would mark a significant break from President Donald Trump's diplomatic approach and carries the substantial risk of escalating regional tensions, the officials said.
While US officials caution that a final decision by Israeli leadership has not been confirmed, deep disagreements within the US government persist regarding the likelihood of an Israeli pre-emptive action.
A person familiar with US intelligence assessments on the matter stated, “The chance of an Israeli strike on an Iranian nuclear facility has gone up significantly in recent months.” This heightened concern is fueled by public and private communications from senior Israeli officials, coupled with intercepted Israeli communications and observed military movements, including the relocation of air munitions and the completion of an air exercise, according to CNN.
However, these indicators could also serve as a strategic effort by Israel to pressure Iran into abandoning key aspects of its nuclear program.
The Israeli Embassy in Washington has not offered a comment on the matter, nor have the National Security Council or the Prime Minister's office.
The report comes amid indirect talks between the US and Iran on Iran’s nuclear program. While the first four rounds have been described by the side as useful, the path forward appears increasingly uncertain as Iran has rejected US calls for it to end its uranium enrichment as part of a deal.
Related articles:
'Nuclear talks unlikely to yield any results'
Iran rejects US demands to end uranium enrichment
'Enrichment is non-negotiable'
'No US nuke deal proposal received, enrichment continues'
Trump recently said that Iran has a choice when it comes to its nuclear program: Blow up its nuclear facilities peacefully or blow them up viciously.
The US President has said he prefers the path of diplomacy with Iran, but has not ruled out the possibility of a military operaton against its nuclear facilities should talks fail.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408692
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For as I have said unto you and as you have noticed the weather, the weather, the weather, the troubles that are going on here, the troubles that are going on there, etc
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Marco Rubio warns Syria ‘weeks’ away from ‘collapse and full-scale civil war of epic proportions’
By Ryan King Published May 20, 2025, 1:05 p.m. ET
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers Tuesday that Syria may be weeks away from plunging into another civil war or collapsing altogether.
Rubio, who met with top Syrian officials last week during President Trump’s Middle East trip, said fears for the fledgling Damascus government were the main reason Trump abruptly opted to implement a 180-day waiver on sanctions last week following his meeting in Saudi Arabia with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
“It is our assessment that, frankly, the transitional authority, given the challenges they’re facing, are maybe weeks — not many months — away from potential collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions, basically the country splitting up,” Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“The lifting of the sanctions, its most immediate impact will be to allow neighboring countries to begin to assist the transitional authority to build governance mechanisms that allow them to actually establish government, unify the armed forces under one banner,” he added.
However, Rubio also cautioned that sanctions relief alone “won’t be enough” to stabilize Syria and suggested “there’s going to have to be something done congressionally or more comprehensively” to revive the beleaguered nation following more than 14 years of civil war.
Al-Sharaa led the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s toppling of the Assad regime last year — ending a dynasty that had ruled the former French colony since 1971.
Last week, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman helped organize a meeting between al-Sharaa and Trump, during which the US president implored the Syrian leader to sign on to the Abraham Accords recognizing Israel.
Al-Sharaa is a career militant who fought US troops as a member of Al Qaeda in Iraq in the early 2000s before founding the terrorist group’s Nusra Front affiliate in Syria in 2012.
Now-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard condemned al-Sharaa during her confirmation hearing in January as “an Islamist extremist … who danced on the streets to celebrate the 9/11 attack.”
Al-Sharaa broke with al Qaeda’s leadership in 2016 and has sought to rebrand himself as a defender of Syria’s religious diversity, which includes Christians and Alawites, both of whom comprise more than 10% of the population, and Druze, who comprise about 3%.
“The bad news is that the transitional authority figures — they didn’t pass their background check with the FBI,” Rubio said Tuesday. “On the flip side of it, if we engage them, it may work out, it may not work out. If we do not engage them, it was guaranteed to not work out.”
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa
Rep. Martin Stutzman (R-Ind.), who visited Syria last month and met with al-Sharaa, told The Post last week that the new president is dead set on keeping Syria unified and praised him for having a Christian in his cabinet.
“He wants to keep Syria unified,” Stutzman explained. “Any effort to divide the country into regional parts or sectarian parts was not acceptable.”
Rubio also warned that if Syria collapses again, it could lead to chaos throughout the Middle East, and underscored how the country became a “playground, frankly, for jihadist groups like ISIS and others” after civil war erupted in March 2011.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/20/us-news/rubio-warns-syria-weeks-away-from-collapse-and-a-
full-scale-civil-war-of-epic-proportions/
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etc. Keep your eyes; keep your eyes upon what is going on in the Mid-East, that is your tree, that is your tree, I have told you to watch Israel, that is your tree. etc.
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Rocket fired from Gaza intercepted over Ashkelon; no injuries reported
IDF says single projectile launched from northern Gaza Strip was intercepted by the air defense after crossing into Israeli territory
Ynet|12:20
Rocket sirens were sounded Tuesday evening in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon and its southern industrial zone, prompting residents to seek shelter.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, a single projectile launched from the northern Gaza Strip was intercepted by the air defense after crossing into Israeli territory. The IDF confirmed there were no injuries in the incident and said it is continuing to investigate the details.
The Ashkelon Municipality also reported that one rocket was intercepted and said no unusual incidents or damage were recorded in the city.
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The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility the rocket attack, stating it was carried out in response to what it called "the Zionist massacre against our Palestinian people."
In a statement, the group said it had "bombed Ashdod and Ashkelon with a barrage of rockets" as retaliation.
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https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjceauibeg
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Palestinian Authority uncovers explosives lab in Jenin
PA says its security forces dismantle explosives lab in Jenin; materials seized included oxygen tanks, remote detonators, and high-powered devices.
Dalit Halevi
May 21, 2025, 7:29 PM (GMT+3)
PA Jenin PA Security Forces
Brigadier General Anwar Rajab, the official spokesman for the Palestinian Authority security forces, announced on Wednesday that the security forces and the PA police engineering unit operating in Jenin's eastern neighborhood, uncovered an explosives workshop operated by "a group of people who broke the law."
Rajab told PA media Wafa that all the information about the workshop came from intelligence reports.
According to the spokesman, the security forces seized oxygen tanks that were ready to be detonated, explosive devices at various stages of production, explosive devices that contained high-powered explosive material, security cameras, and electric bicycle batteries used to activate the explosives.
In addition, the forces found cables, remote activation devices, cell phones, and additional equipment.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408744
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etc America your money will be worth nothing in the near future, this will bring panic, famine and martial law, yes, in the streets of America. If you had read my word you know that these are the beginning of sorrows etc
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Moody’s US Downgrade AAA to AA1
Posted May 20, 2025 by Martin Armstrong |
Moody’s Investor Service downgraded the United States’ credit rating from a top-tier rating of AAA to AA1 due to rising government debt. Fitch Ratings lowered the US debt in August 2023 for the same reason in August 2023, and while Moody’s did not officially act at the time the agency warned that the US was at risk of a downgrade.
The United States has enjoyed AAA status since 1917—this downgrade is a dire warning. At the current trajectory, the $36 trillion+ deficit is expected to advance from 5.4% of GDP in 2024 to around 9% by 2035. Moody’s believes the United States still offers “exceptional credit strengths,” but debt and payment ratios are now “considerably higher than those of similarly rated sovereign entities.” The agency also cited political instability as a concern, as Republicans and Democrats have been unable to align on methods to meaningfully reduce the deficit.
Treasuries rose following Friday’s downgrade, with the 30-year rising above 5% and the 10-year reaching 4.54%. Investors see a larger risk in government debt and are demanding increased compensation for holding it.
America no longer has the “gold standard” symbolic rating that for years signaled to investors that the US was the safest place to park reserves. This could be a hit to overall confidence, yet there is no better alternative than the US. Increased borrowing costs will only cause the deficit to rise. The government pays an astronomical fee to simply service its debt, with projections from the Congressional Budget Office for 2025 slated to be $952 billion. The US has already paid out $579 billion in the first seven months of FY2025 simply for the burden of holding such an asinine amount of debt. Debt servicing costs are expected to surpass the $1 trillion mark by 2026, with total interest payments over the next decade rising to $13.8 trillion.
I proposed a solution years ago, but no one will listen.
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrongeconomics101/economics/moodys-downgrade-aaa-to-aa1/
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Unstable, very unstable is the world, unstable is the economy, unstable are the events that they are trying to do throughout the whole world. Even the democratic convention shall be very unstable and many things shall take place that shall shock the nation. Tornadoes, tornadoes, tornadoes, drought, hail, loss of crops, flooding, earthquakes, all the signs that shall be clearly seen, loss of jobs, boasting of how they can change the global warming and yet they cannot. Trouble here, trouble there, that is what we see in the world. Even though you have had your refreshing that I have said that you would have, things will change. etc
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Spain just got hit with a full-scale telecom blackout - Movistar, Orange, Vodafone, O2, and Digimobil all went down.
No signal. No internet. Even 112 emergency lines went dark in major cities like Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia.
It’s the second national meltdown just 4 weeks after power outages hit the country.
Official excuse? “Network upgrade work.”
Public reaction? Rage-tweeting at telecoms while refreshing for signal.
INTEL: Like the nationwide power grid last month, this complete outage of Spain's Mobile Network is a probing test for real life, by an adversary.
One or more entities are preparing an attack upon the collective West that will literally CRIPPLE entire countries. No electricity, no telephones, no mobile phones, no Internet. It is believed these actions are in anticipation of physical Invasion.
If an Adversary intends to invade, they want the entire target country to be unable to communicate in __any__ manner. Look for a probing test of TV and radio stations to come next; likely within a month or so.
Once the Adversary knows that their efforts to cripple an entire country are in-place, then the real fight can begin.
This is one of the reason I have repeatedly urged people to get COMMUNICATIONS GEAR - CB or HAM radios - or even Family Radio Service (FRS) or General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) so you can communicate locally in the event all COMMS are crippled.
The Hal Turner Show airs as follows: Monday-Friday 9:00PM - 10:00PM Eastern US time (GMT-0400) on:
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LISTENER ON-AIR CALL-IN NUMBER: 201-771-3013 Office Tel: 201-484-0900
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etc. For the disasters that shall take place are many, the flooding shall be far greater than in times past, the mudslides far greater than in times past, the earthquakes shall be more numerous and far greater than in times past. The tornadoes, oh the savageness of the tornadoes that shall rip across the land, the straight winds, the hurricanes, the forest fires, the volcanoes shall erupt, the rising of the sea level that will be marked not in inches but in feet. etc..
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Volcanoes Send Secret Signals Through Trees And NASA Satellites Can See Them
By James Riordon, NASA’s Earth Science News TeamMay 20, 2025
Trees near volcanoes might be the early warning signs scientists have been looking for — and now, they can be watched from space.
A NASA-Smithsonian collaboration has revealed that carbon dioxide released from rising magma makes surrounding vegetation greener, a subtle but trackable signal. Using satellite imagery and ground validation, researchers are crafting a powerful new way to detect volcanic unrest before it erupts into disaster, potentially saving thousands of lives.
Trees as Volcanic Warning Signals From Space
It turns out that trees can help warn us when a volcano is getting ready to erupt. Scientists have long known that changes in tree leaves, like becoming greener or more lush, can signal volcanic activity nearby. Now, thanks to an exciting collaboration between NASA and the Smithsonian Institution, researchers believe they can spot these changes from space.
As magma moves upward through the Earth’s crust, it releases gases like carbon dioxide. Trees absorb this carbon dioxide, and in response, their leaves often grow more vibrant and healthy-looking. Using powerful tools like NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite, along with airborne instruments flown as part of the Airborne Validation Unified Experiment: Land to Ocean (AVUELO), scientists are now able to detect these subtle signs from above.
Carbon Dioxide Released by Rising Magma Bubbles in Costa Rica
Trees near volcanoes might be the early warning signs scientists have been looking for — and now, they can be watched from space.
A NASA-Smithsonian collaboration has revealed that carbon dioxide released from rising magma makes surrounding vegetation greener, a subtle but trackable signal. Using satellite imagery and ground validation, researchers are crafting a powerful new way to detect volcanic unrest before it erupts into disaster, potentially saving thousands of lives.
Trees as Volcanic Warning Signals From Space
It turns out that trees can help warn us when a volcano is getting ready to erupt. Scientists have long known that changes in tree leaves, like becoming greener or more lush, can signal volcanic activity nearby. Now, thanks to an exciting collaboration between NASA and the Smithsonian Institution, researchers believe they can spot these changes from space.
As magma moves upward through the Earth’s crust, it releases gases like carbon dioxide. Trees absorb this carbon dioxide, and in response, their leaves often grow more vibrant and healthy-looking. Using powerful tools like NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite, along with airborne instruments flown as part of the Airborne Validation Unified Experiment: Land to Ocean (AVUELO), scientists are now able to detect these subtle signs from above.
Carbon Dioxide Released by Rising Magma Bubbles in Costa Rica
Carbon dioxide released by rising magma bubbles up and heats a pool of water in Costa Rica near the Rincón de LaVieja volcano. Increases in volcanic gases could be a sign that a volcano is becoming more active. Credit: Alessandra Baltodano/Chapman University
The Importance of Early Warnings
Roughly 10 percent of the global population lives in areas at risk from volcanic hazards. For people living close to volcanoes, an eruption can bring intense dangers—including flying rocks, thick ash, and waves of scorching gases. Even those farther away can face serious threats like mudslides, falling ash, or even tsunamis triggered by volcanic explosions.
Since there’s no way to stop a volcano from erupting, spotting the early signs of activity is vital for keeping people safe. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the United States ranks among the most volcanically active countries in the world.
Before a volcano erupts, rising magma releases a mix of gases, including carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. While sulfur dioxide is easier to detect from space, the carbon dioxide that escapes earlier in the process is much harder to spot. And yet, this early release of carbon dioxide could offer one of the clearest first signs that a volcano is waking up.
Chaitén Volcano in Southern Chile
Chaitén Volcano in southern Chile erupted on May 2, 2008, for the first time in 9,000 years. NASA satellites that monitor changes in vegetation near volcanoes could aid in earlier eruption warnings. Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Trees near volcanoes might be the early warning signs scientists have been looking for — and now, they can be watched from space.
A NASA-Smithsonian collaboration has revealed that carbon dioxide released from rising magma makes surrounding vegetation greener, a subtle but trackable signal. Using satellite imagery and ground validation, researchers are crafting a powerful new way to detect volcanic unrest before it erupts into disaster, potentially saving thousands of lives.
Trees as Volcanic Warning Signals From Space
It turns out that trees can help warn us when a volcano is getting ready to erupt. Scientists have long known that changes in tree leaves, like becoming greener or more lush, can signal volcanic activity nearby. Now, thanks to an exciting collaboration between NASA and the Smithsonian Institution, researchers believe they can spot these changes from space.
As magma moves upward through the Earth’s crust, it releases gases like carbon dioxide. Trees absorb this carbon dioxide, and in response, their leaves often grow more vibrant and healthy-looking. Using powerful tools like NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite, along with airborne instruments flown as part of the Airborne Validation Unified Experiment: Land to Ocean (AVUELO), scientists are now able to detect these subtle signs from above.
Carbon Dioxide Released by Rising Magma Bubbles in Costa Rica
Carbon dioxide released by rising magma bubbles up and heats a pool of water in Costa Rica near the Rincón de LaVieja volcano. Increases in volcanic gases could be a sign that a volcano is becoming more active. Credit: Alessandra Baltodano/Chapman University
The Importance of Early Warnings
Roughly 10 percent of the global population lives in areas at risk from volcanic hazards. For people living close to volcanoes, an eruption can bring intense dangers—including flying rocks, thick ash, and waves of scorching gases. Even those farther away can face serious threats like mudslides, falling ash, or even tsunamis triggered by volcanic explosions.
Since there’s no way to stop a volcano from erupting, spotting the early signs of activity is vital for keeping people safe. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the United States ranks among the most volcanically active countries in the world.
Before a volcano erupts, rising magma releases a mix of gases, including carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. While sulfur dioxide is easier to detect from space, the carbon dioxide that escapes earlier in the process is much harder to spot. And yet, this early release of carbon dioxide could offer one of the clearest first signs that a volcano is waking up.
Gregory Goldsmith Launches Slingshot
Gregory Goldsmith from Chapman University launches a slingshot into the forest canopy to install a carbon dioxide sensor in the canopy of a Costa Rican rainforest near the Rincón de LaVieja volcano. Credit: Alessandra Baltodano/Chapman University
Vegetation as a Proxy for Volcanic Emissions
The remote detection of carbon dioxide greening of vegetation potentially gives scientists another tool — along with seismic waves and changes in ground height—to get a clear idea of what’s going on underneath the volcano. “Volcano early warning systems exist,” said volcanologist Florian Schwandner, chief of the Earth Science Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, who had teamed up with climate scientist Josh Fisher of Chapman University in Orange, California and and volcanologist Robert Bogue of McGill University in Montreal a decade ago. “The aim here is to make them better and make them earlier.”
Chaitén Volcano in Southern Chile
Chaitén Volcano in southern Chile erupted on May 2, 2008, for the first time in 9,000 years. NASA satellites that monitor changes in vegetation near volcanoes could aid in earlier eruption warnings. Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Trees near volcanoes might be the early warning signs scientists have been looking for — and now, they can be watched from space.
A NASA-Smithsonian collaboration has revealed that carbon dioxide released from rising magma makes surrounding vegetation greener, a subtle but trackable signal. Using satellite imagery and ground validation, researchers are crafting a powerful new way to detect volcanic unrest before it erupts into disaster, potentially saving thousands of lives.
Trees as Volcanic Warning Signals From Space
It turns out that trees can help warn us when a volcano is getting ready to erupt. Scientists have long known that changes in tree leaves, like becoming greener or more lush, can signal volcanic activity nearby. Now, thanks to an exciting collaboration between NASA and the Smithsonian Institution, researchers believe they can spot these changes from space.
and the news story continues and ends with this statement.
A Promising, Game-Changing Tool
Using satellites to monitor trees around volcanoes would give scientists earlier insights into more volcanoes and offer earlier warnings of future eruptions. “There’s not one signal from volcanoes that’s a silver bullet,” Schwandner said. “And tracking the effects of volcanic carbon dioxide on trees will not be a silver bullet. But it will be something that could change the game.”
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etc Did they listen when I warned them about the great earthquakes or the forest fires? Did they believe you about the global warming and the hot, hot weather that would come or the softball size hail? Did they believe you when I told you of the false in Canada and Florida? Did they believe you when I told them to come out of the false? Did they believe you when I told them to move away from the seashores? Did they believe you when you told them to move where the water was because of the drought? Has not my prophetic word come to pass as I have said? etc.
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Apocalyptic 'wall of dust' engulfs Chicago as at least 23 are killed and half a million are without power in tornado hellscape
By LAUREN ACTON-TAYLOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 11:46 EDT, 17 May 2025 | Updated: 22:30 EDT, 17 May 2025
An apocalyptic 'wall of dust' is set to blanket Chicago after severe storms ripped through the Midwest leaving at least 23 people dead and millions without power.
A terrifying dust cloud descended onto the Chicago area as residents were choked and blinded by the 100-mile line of dust from southwest Chicago to northern Indiana.
The rare event shocked forecasters and locals after a dust storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service for only the second time in history.
'This looks like a bad thunderstorm coming through, but you can tell that it's just not a thunderstorm. It's dust. It's straight up dust,' resident Thomas Jean-Mastej told CBS News.
After numerous incidents occurred due to the severe lack of visibility, NWS urged residents to stay indoors and only travel when 'absolutely necessary.'
The whipped up dust and debris picked up from dry farmland by nearly 70mph winds was pictured by photographer Brian Siegel who said he had never seen anything like it.
'In case you were wondering what a dust storm looks like in Chicago. This isn't fog,' he told Metro. 'The sun is gone and five minutes after taking this video, I am at zero visibility.'
The video showed the alarming cloud rolling toward a calm suburb, as trees began to whip in the fierce winds.
'That's Lincoln Park with the lake in the background and I was trying to find the Hancock building at the end,' he said.
'Dust is down my throat and in my eyes. Haven't seen this before.'
A time-lapse of the ominous cloud sweeping over the windy city showed the sun disappearing in a matter of moments before visibility was nearly completely obscured.
Satellite footage revealed how the enormous dust cloud sweeping across the area was visible from space, meanwhile fierce storms whipped across the Midwest.
On Friday night, Kentucky saw a tornado twisting through the southeast of the state killing at least 14 people and severely injuring several others.
'The search is continuing in the damaged area for survivors,' Laurel County Sheriff John Root said in a statement on social media.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear wrote on X: 'Kentucky, we're starting today with the tough news that we lost at least 14 of our people to last night's storms, but sadly this number is expected to grow as we received more information.'
In Virginia, at least two people were killed on Friday night after storm toppled trees led to two separate crashes, Fox Weather reported.
In Missouri, at least seven people have been confirmed dead while authorities continue to search for any survivors trapped inside buildings following severe weather.
The storm tore up the area on Friday afternoon, ripping the roofs off buildings and pulling trees from the ground.
Five casualties were confirmed within St. Louis, according to the city Mayor Cara Spencer, who said more than 5,000 homes were affected by the weather.
Around 10,000 people were also left without electricity on Friday night, NPR reported.
Spencer described the event as 'devastating' and added that the city was in the process of declaring an emergency.
Around 20 to 30 patients were received by Barnes-Jewish Hospital, spokesperson Laura High told Associated Press, and a further 15 were received at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Stacy Clark told NPR that his mother-in-law Patricia Pendleton died after the Centennial Christian Church collapsed in the severe storms. Clark said that she was a very active church volunteer who had been part of the choir.
A friend of Pendleton wrote on Facebook that 'her passing has left a deep void in the hearts of many.'
In Missouri, at least seven people have been confirmed dead while authorities continue to search for any survivors trapped inside buildings following severe weather.
Jeffrey Simmons Sr., who lives across from the church, said he received an alert on his phone before the lights went out.
'Next thing you know, a lot of noise, heavy wind,' he said, explaining that he and his brother retreated to the basement before emerging later on to find 'everything was tore up.'
Despite the haunting destruction left in wake of the severe weather, National Weather Service meteorologist Marshal Pfahler said that they 'can't definitively say whether to not it was a tornado - it likely was.'
In Scott County, Sheriff Derick Wheetley posted: 'Today, our county was struck by a devastating tornado in the southern region, causing significant damage to several rural areas.'
'The tornado moved from the eastern part of the county, leaving behind a trail of destruction, with multiple homes completely lost and areas left unrecognizable,' Wheetley continued.
He said at the time that at least two people from the county had been killed during the first tornado.
'Our first responders acted swiftly, even while the tornado was still active, putting themselves in harm’s way to provide immediate assistance and care to those injured,' Wheetley added.
In Illinois, video footage showed some of the terrifying weather facing residents in the Midwest.
The video captured a menacing twister of dark clouds swirling across Marion, Illinois, as trees were whipped up in the winds.
Forecasters confirmed the tornado in Marion as life-threatening.
No injuries have been reported in the area as crews continue to search through the damage caused.
The Midwest and Appalachia continue to face weather warnings as forecasters expect possible tornados, hail and hurricane-force winds.
Faith Borden, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Nashville, said that middle Tennessee could expect 'all types of weather. Winds up to 70 mpg. Were talking seriously large hail up to 3 inches, which for us is big hail.'
A dust storm warning was issued around the Chicago area on Friday night, as residents across Kentucky, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, parts of Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas and Ohio are warned to brace for more storms.
The National Weather Service also warned of baseball-sized hail.
Before the storms hit on Friday night, Appalachian Power, serving 1 million customers across West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee, said it asked for 1,700 additional workers to aid with service restoration, AP reported.
Meanwhile, Texas was hit with a heat advisory for San Antonio and Austin as temperatures reached 95 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit. The East Coast, from Virginia to Florida experienced heats in the 90s.
Humidity was expected to make the temperatures feel hotter, the National Weather Service Office for Austin and San Antonio warned on Friday.
'There are concerns of heat exhaustion for people that aren't taking proper precautions when they're outdoors,' meteorologist Jason Runyen said.
Several tornadoes also touched down in Wisconsin on Thursday. At the time, Timm Uhlmann, a meteorologist for NWS in Green Bay, said: 'We're still gathering reports. We're assessing some of the damage and still getting video and pictures.
'The damage that we have is fairly widespread. There was a lot of large hail. In Eau Claire was one report of softball-sized hail.'
Mayville Mayor Rob Boelk said in a statement on Thursday night: 'The south side of the city has undergone substantial damage from a potential tornado. Residential homes and factories have sustained significant destruction.'
By Friday night, around 190,000 customers in Michigan were left without electricity, NPR reported.
The storms in the area also delayed Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour show by two hours for tens of thousands of fans on Thursday night at Chicago's Soldier Field.
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Fears for Ukraine peace talks as Russian TV broadcasts Putin warning Donald Trump to stop trying to dictate terms
By JORDANA SEAL and WILL STEWART
Published: 11:40 EDT, 18 May 2025 | Updated: 11:51 EDT, 18 May 2025
Russian state TV aired a video of Vladimir Putin warning Donald Trump to stop trying to dictate the terms of a ceasefire with Ukraine.
Putin stressed that he plans to finish what he started three years ago and warned that Trump should not push him into a US blueprint for stopping the war.
The Russian ruler told Kremlin-controlled state TV: 'You know, the Americans — the American people and the American leadership, including the president — have their own national interests.
'We respect that.
'We proceed from the assumption that we will be treated the same way.'
The message was released on the eve of a scheduled Monday phone call between Trump and Putin.
Putin's words were recorded in late March but broadcast today after Trump made clear he wants the Russian leader to concede a ceasefire in their upcoming telephone talk.
'We have enough strength and resources to bring what was started in 2022 to its logical conclusion with the result that Russia needs,' Putin added.
He failed to mention that his military operation has killed tens of thousands of Russian speaking Ukrainians since it started in February 2022.
Discussing the phone call, Trump said: 'I will be speaking, by telephone, to President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Monday at 10:00am.
'The subjects of the call will be - stopping the 'bloodbath' that is killing, on average, more than 5,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week, and trade.'
Trump said he would then speak to Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO leaders.
'Hopefully it will be a productive day, a ceasefire will take place, and this very violent war, a war that should never have happened, will end.'
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky just COMPLTELY destroyed any hope for Peace talks, or for a continued existence for Ukraine. Less than one hour after Presidents Putin and Trump spoke by phone, Zelensky said this:
- Kiev will not accept any sort of ultimatum by Russia
- Ukraine will not withdraw its troops from anywhere or give up any territory
- Ukrainian NATO aspirations are not up for debate, there will be no neutrality
- He expects new European sanctions against Russia soon
- He asks Trump not to make any decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine
Hal Turner Analysis
There is no rational hope for putting together a plan for either a ceasefire or for peace, as long as Volodymyr Zelensky has anything to do with negotiations over the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Zelensky's term as President of Ukraine EXPIRED last May. The Ukraine Constitution only makes provisions for the Legislature, the Verkhovna Rada - to remain in office during Martial Law. It does NOT make any such provision for the President to remain in power.
For Zelensky to be able to scuttle legitimate peace efforts, and thereby cause the continuation of a war that is killing more than 5,000 troops a week, is obscene to me.
If we take Zelensky at his word, then it seems to me this conflict will not be resolved until all of Ukraine is destroyed by Russia and most Ukrainians are dead from that conflict.
The United States should approach Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada and tell them to oust Zelensky by lawful Parliamentary means, and have their Parliament Speaker or whatever the leader is called, stand-in to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine.
If these efforts are deemed by the US government to be not possible, then the United States should inform Ukraine that, thirty days from now, all US Aid and support of Ukraine will end.
No more weapons, No more ammunition. No more money, no more satellite access. No more Intelligence information. NOTHING from us at all.
END U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CONFLICT.
Europe is far too weak to replace the US, and Zelensky is far too obsessed to deal rationally. If we in the U.S. walk away now, then the war will end within a few short months because the Russians will steamroll over Ukraine.
Unless we separate our country, the US, from this disastrous Zelensky character, I truly believe he will drag us into World War 3.
None of this has to be. Zelensky has to be lawfully removed, or the US should walk away.
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Wars and Rumors of Wars: 4 Major Global Conflicts That Have Reached a Tipping Point
by Michael Snyder May 18, 2025 in Curated
(The Economic Collapse Blog)—2025 is certainly turning out to be a year of war. Unfortunately, it appears that several global conflicts have now reached a tipping point. I know that everyone wants to talk about Joe Biden’s cancer right now, but the information that I am about to share with you is far more important.
If our leaders are not extremely careful, we could find ourselves right in the middle of the kinetic phase of World War III very rapidly.
Israel vs. Hamas
In a previous article, I warned that Israel’s security cabinet had approved a plan to take control of all of Gaza, and on Sunday that plan was activated…
The Israel Defense Forces posted on its X account on Sunday: “IDF troops have begun extensive ground operations throughout northern and southern Gaza as part of Operation ‘Gideon’s Chariot.’
“Over the past week, the IAF [Israeli Air Force] conducted a preliminary wave of strikes, striking over 670 Hamas terror targets throughout Gaza to disrupt enemy preparations and support ground operations. The IAF continues to provide consistent support to operating troops in Gaza.
“Thus far, the troops eliminated dozens of terrorists, dismantled terrorist infrastructure sites above and below ground, and are currently being deployed in key positions within Gaza.
“The IDF will continue to operate against the terrorist organizations in Gaza as required, in order to defend Israeli civilians.”
Do you remember the massive anti-Israel protests that we witnessed last year?
If Israel really does attempt to take total control of Gaza, what we will witness this year will be even more dramatic.
In addition, there is a very real possibility that some of Israel’s neighbors could decide to intervene militarily on behalf of the Palestinians.
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Israel vs. Yemen
On Friday, the IDF conducted another huge wave of airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen…
Israeli fighter jets carried out a wave of airstrikes in Yemen on Friday afternoon, targeting two Houthi-controlled ports in the west of the country, and threatened to kill the terror group’s leader, in response to the Iran-backed group’s ongoing missile and drone attacks on Israel.
Israel had waited until the end of US President Donald Trump’s visit to the region before launching its reprisal strikes on the Houthis. Since the Israel Defense Force’s last strike on Yemen, on May 6, the Houthis launched at least seven missiles and two drones at Israel, the latest of them on Thursday night.
Fifteen fighter jets were involved in the strike on Friday, dropping some 35 munitions on the Hodeidah and Salif ports, destroying infrastructure, the military said.
In response, the Houthis fired two long-range missiles at Ben Gurion Airport…
Sirens had sounded across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, and the Shfela and Sharon regions, sending nearly a million residents scrambling to bomb shelters. Preceding the sirens by some five minutes, an early warning was issued to residents, alerting civilians of the long-range missile attack via a push notification on their phones.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree later said the group targeted Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv with two ballistic missiles, vowing to carry on with the strikes until the “siege is lifted” on Gaza, where Israel has been fighting a 19-month war against Hamas.
The Israel Defense Forces said air defenses successfully intercepted a missile at around 2 a.m. The reason for the discrepancy in the number of missiles was unclear, but suggested that one had fallen short.
At this stage, the two sides are essentially at war, and that is a very dangerous thing because the Houthis are very closely allied with Iran.
The U.S. and Israel vs. Iran
Many were hoping that President Trump would be able to make “the deal of the century” with Iran.
Unfortunately, those hopes appear to be fading.
On Saturday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei viciously lashed out at President Trump…
Just hours after President Donald Trump concluded his Middle East visit, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday launched a tirade against America and Israel, charging that Trump is a liar and calling for the destruction of the Jewish state.
“Trump said he wants to use power for peace. He’s lying,” wrote Khamenei on X, adding, “Some of the remarks made during the US President’s trip to the region aren’t even worth a response at all. The level of those remarks is so low that they are a source of shame for the American nation.”
That certainly does not sound like a man that is ready for peace.
And Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi just reiterated the fact that the Iranians will never, ever give up nuclear enrichment…
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“In the meantime, the messaging we—and the world—continue to receive is confusing and contradictory. Iran nonetheless remains determined and straightforward: Respect our rights and terminate your sanctions, and we have a deal,” Araghchi said. “Mark my words: there is no scenario in which Iran abandons its hard-earned right to enrichment for peaceful purposes: a right afforded to all other NPT signatories, too,” he added.
So now President Trump has a decision to make.
Either he will allow the Iranians to enrich uranium, or he will give the green light to military action against Iran.
Of course once the U.S. and Israel start bombing Iran, there will be no turning back.
Russia vs. NATO-backed Ukraine
On Friday, we learned what Russia wants to end the war in Ukraine, and it is a lot…
Ukraine agreeing to neutral status regarding NATO
No foreign troops in Ukraine
No nuclear weapons in Ukraine
De-facto recognition of Crimea and lost eastern territories as now Russia’s
Withdrawal of Kiev forces from these territories before a ceasefire takes effect
In my opinion, the Russians are asking for too much.
But they are winning the war, and throughout history those that win wars have usually set the terms for peace.
The Ukrainians were outraged that the Russians asked for complete control of four eastern regions, but Russian negotiators reportedly warned that the Ukrainians should accept the deal that is currently on the table because the Russians might ask for eight regions next time…
Story has been making rounds that Ukrainians were outraged when Russia negotiators said that Ukrainian soldiers must leave the four new Russian regions as part of ceasefire, to which the Moscow delegation replied “Next time it will be five.”
Now, our reporter in Istanbul got to ask the Russian side how it really went down:
“We didn’t say five. We said eight.”
Right now, the two sides are not even in the same universe as far as what a potential peace deal would look like.
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On Monday, President Trump will be speaking with Vladimir Putin in an attempt to get the peace process back on track…
Donald Trump will speak on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the Ukraine war, the US president announced.
“THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE ‘BLOODBATH’ THAT IS KILLING, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 5000 RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS A WEEK, AND TRADE,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday.
The Russians feel like they have all the leverage at this stage, because their troops just continue to move forward in eastern Ukraine…
Servicemen of the Russian army units have occupied the settlement of Alexandropol. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry. The village is located in the Yasinovataya district of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
In April, the Russian army occupied two more settlements in this region of the DPR: Rozovka and the village of Vesyoloye .
Since the beginning of May, this is already the tenth settlement that has come under Russian control in this republic. The day before, the Ministry of Defense reported the capture of the village of Volnoye Pole in the DPR.
Personally, I think that the Russians are being quite foolish.
This is our one chance to end this conflict.
If negotiations fail, western nations will impose more sanctions and will provide Ukraine with a lot more military aid.
Then we will be in a worse position than we were before. Both sides will be desperate to win, and it certainly wouldn’t take much to push us into a direct conflict with the Russians.
And once we are in a direct conflict with the Russians, we will be just one step away from nuclear war.
We need to end this madness while we still can.
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Sadly, the entire world is feeling the pull toward war, and we don’t have many off-ramps left.
Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.
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China Unloads More US. Treasuries; Japan Announces "We Cannot Accept U.S. Tariffs"
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The People's Republic of China sold off additional US Treasury Debt over this past weekend, bringing the total amount of US Debt they hold to about $779 Billion. China now holds less US Debt than the UK.
The chart below, from the U.S. Treasury, CEIC, shows the amount of debt held by the largest foreign Creditors:
IT is presently estimated that on Saturday night into Sunday morning, China unleaded approximately $100 Billion of US Treasury Debt.
When a Creditor unloads debt instruments like US Treasuries, it is a signal to markets that the Debt may be riskier. When that takes place, markets show an increase in the Interest Rates for future Bonds issued by that Debtor nation.
Hence the price on US Treasuries is rising, making it more expensive for the US to finance its debt.
The trouble for the US is how the former Biden Regime financed much of its over-spending during its illegitimate term of office, from January, 2021 - January, 2025: SHORT TERM BORROWING.
As things stand today, the United States must re-finance approximately seven TRILLION Dollars in Biden-era short-term debt.
However, with interest rates RISING against US Debt, a re-finance of such a huge amount of debt, will make the debt load almost unbearable for the United States; and that assumes entities are still even willing to lend the US money!
If the US holds a Treasuries auction, and few or no bidders participate, then the US may NOT be able to refinance its debt. What happens then is anyone's guess.
Does the US PRINT the money to pay the debt? If it does so, the value of the US Dollar in foreign currency exchange markets would utterly plummet, making foreign goods cost dramatically more. Does the US re-negotiate with existing debt holders? If so, US Creditworthiness would fall off a cliff and make it all but impossible to issue new debt because potential lenders will not trust that the US will honor what it agreed to. Will the U.S. simply Default on its debt? Doubtful.
The most likely outcome is that the US Federal Reserve would buy the debt, effectively "monetizing" it, but without the immediately impact of printing it outright.
No matter how it's looked at, the US is in a financial bind over the outrageous over-spending it has done, and none of this bodes well for the future.
JAPAN SAYS TARIFFS "UNACCEPTABLE"
Meanwhile, in Japan, Prime Minister Ishiba announced quite bluntly this morning that his country "cannot accept United States tariffs including for cars."
No one is certain as to what that actually translates to. It's not like they can smuggle cars into the US.
Eyes all over the world are watching Japan right now to see how this pans-out.
This morning, Certified Financial people are starting to sound alarm bells over Japan:
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Why is the Fed quietly buying billions in bonds — and hoping nobody notices?
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Charlie Garcia Sat, May 17, 2025, 10:01 AM 4 min read
The U.S. Federal Reserve just pulled off something stealthy — over four days last week, without fanfare, the Fed vacuumed up $43.6 billion in U.S. Treasurys. That’s $8.8 billion in long-dated 30-year bonds on May 8 alone, plus another $34.8 billion earlier in the week. Not exactly small change.
Quietly returning to the quantitative-easing trough isn’t standard Fed housekeeping — it’s like a bank robber returning to the scene because he forgot his car keys.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-fed-quietly-buying-billions-112500917.html
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The Trojan Horse In The Grid: Chinese Kill Switches Found In Solar Farms
By PNW Staff May 16, 2025
In late April, a sudden and massive blackout plunged parts of Spain and Portugal into darkness after just 2 gigawatts of power dropped from the grid--an amount small enough to be caused by a single infrastructure failure. Power returned in hours, but the implications were staggering: Europe's energy systems are now so interconnected, so centralized, and so vulnerable, that a minor disruption can lead to a continent-wide crisis.
Now, the United States is waking up to a far more alarming possibility--not an accident, but an attack. Investigations have revealed that Chinese-manufactured power inverters installed in American solar farms contain components capable of remote shutdown. In some cases, these so-called "kill switches" include cellular radios that allow for the inverters--the critical devices that convert and send solar power into the U.S. grid--to be turned off from anywhere in the world.
One expert warned this gives Beijing the ability to flip a switch and trigger blackouts across the U.S.--or worse, physically destroy portions of our grid in a moment of strategic tension or war. These revelations, first reported by Reuters, are not speculative. They're real. And they expose what many national security experts are calling one of the gravest infrastructure threats America has ever faced.
An Invisible Invasion--Already Inside Our Grid
The danger isn't looming on the horizon--it's already here. Chinese-built inverters are embedded in solar farms across the country, particularly in the Southwest, Midwest, and California, where solar energy is booming. Two Chinese companies--Huawei and Sungrow--now dominate the global inverter market, accounting for more than 50% of installations worldwide. That means thousands of American solar systems are potentially equipped with components that can be remotely accessed or disabled, creating a backdoor into the U.S. electrical grid.
This isn't just a software vulnerability. These inverters include physical hardware and embedded cellular communications capable of overriding local controls. In one Texas incident last year, a U.S. company discovered its inverters had been shut off remotely by a Chinese manufacturer. The incident sparked internal panic, but the Department of Energy has only recently begun to disclose these vulnerabilities to the public.
A former intelligence official described it this way: "It's as if you handed your house keys to a stranger who lives across the world--and then wired your front door to respond only to their phone."
How a Grid Attack Would Cripple America
If an adversary like China triggered a coordinated shutdown of compromised inverters, even a partial failure of the grid could cause massive cascading effects, including:
Rolling Blackouts in Major Cities
Hospitals, emergency response centers, and airports could go dark, creating panic and putting lives at risk.
Transportation Chaos
Rail systems, traffic lights, and EV charging stations would go offline, stranding commuters and halting commerce.
Food and Medicine Shortages
Refrigeration in warehouses and grocery stores would fail. Supply chains would seize up. Within 72 hours, shortages would begin.
Digital Collapse
Internet providers, ATMs, online banking, and even 911 dispatch centers could become inaccessible in affected areas.
National Defense Impacted
Military bases and critical communications lines share power infrastructure with civilian systems. Disruption could weaken America's readiness during a national emergency.
It's the very definition of asymmetric warfare: winning without firing a single shot--just flipping a switch.
This Isn't the First Warning--We've Ignored Others
The idea of a foreign power embedding itself into U.S. infrastructure isn't new. In fact, this is the third major warning in just the past five years:
1. Huawei's Telecom Infiltration
In 2019, the Trump administration moved to ban Huawei equipment from U.S. communications networks. Intelligence reports revealed hidden access features that could allow China to eavesdrop on calls or disable entire telecom systems. The U.S. had to spend billions to rip out Huawei's hardware from rural networks.
2. China's Port Takeover Attempt
That same year, a Chinese state-owned company attempted to gain control of the Long Beach Container Terminal in California--a key node in U.S. trade logistics. After intervention by national security officials, the deal was blocked. But it highlighted just how deep and strategic Beijing's interests are in controlling critical infrastructure.
Now, we face the third strike--solar inverters embedded with remote-control components. How many warnings will it take before we respond with urgency?
Energy Independence Means Security--Not Dependency
The rush to build green energy has created a dangerous dependency on Chinese technology. In our zeal to "go green," we've handed control of essential hardware to a regime that views the U.S. not as a partner--but a rival.
This is not a partisan issue--it's a sovereignty issue. Whether you support solar power or prefer fossil fuels, every American should agree: no foreign government should have the power to turn off our lights.
It's time to rethink what "energy independence" really means. It's not just about reducing carbon emissions. It's about ensuring that, in a crisis, our grid stays in our hands--not Beijing's.
What Must Be Done--Now
To protect the American people from this invisible threat, we need bold action:
1. Immediate Ban on Foreign-Controlled Grid Hardware
Congress must act to prohibit installation of foreign-manufactured inverters, transformers, and grid controllers, and begin replacing existing components deemed high-risk.
2. Full Audit of Grid Infrastructure
The Department of Energy and DHS must conduct a nationwide security audit of all solar and renewable infrastructure, identifying vulnerable systems and backdoor access points.
3. Restore American Manufacturing for Energy Tech
Invest in domestic production of inverters, batteries, and smart grid technology, so we stop relying on adversaries for our energy infrastructure.
4. Cybersecurity Standards for Renewable Systems
Federal guidelines must require closed, air-gapped systems with physical override capabilities--and zero remote access by foreign parties.
5. Public Awareness and Preparedness
Inform the public. Utilities, local governments, and families must know how to respond to blackouts and build local resilience in case of failure.
Before the Lights Go Out for Good
The blackout in Spain was a wake-up call. The discovery of Chinese kill switches in American solar farms is the alarm clock. We can't hit snooze this time.
Our power grid is not just an engineering system--it's the lifeblood of our economy, our security, and our way of life. We must treat it with the seriousness it deserves.
If America is to remain free, safe, and sovereign, then our energy must be American-controlled. Period.
https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/
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Will Christianity Be Destroyed in Syria? A Warning After Trump’s Pledge
By Billy Hallowell Editor May 16, 2025
A persecution watchdog is praising President Donald Trump’s pledge to ease Syrian sanctions while also offering a caveat — a warning about the importance of locking religious liberty protections in place.
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Joel Veldkamp, head of international communications at Christian Solidarity International (CSI), told CBN News Trump’s pledge is welcomed by his organization. He also explained the sweeping impact the longstanding sanctions have had on the Syrian people.
“The impact of the sanctions has been really devastating,” he said. “The U.S. and its allies imposed these sanctions on Syria in 2011 just as the civil war between the dictatorship of [former Syrian leader] Bashar al-Assad and the rebel coalition led by al-Qaeda-linked jihadists was beginning.”
Veldkamp continued, “And, supposedly, the goal of the sanctions was to either punish the Syrian government for its crimes against the Syrian people or pressure them into a diplomatic solution. But the effect was really to devastate the country.”
He recalled living in Syria for a year before the sanctions. Though it wasn’t a wealthy nation at the time, he said it was a “middle-income” nation with a middle class. Now, the situation is tragically more dire.
“Today, over 90% of Syrians live in poverty,” Veldkamp said. “Over half a million Syrian kids are shorter than they should be because malnutrition has gotten so bad.”
Much of this pain, he said, has been driven by the sanctions, which many speculate were instituted to put pressure on Syria to enact regime change, something that finally came to fruition this past December, when al-Assad was forced from power and a new, terror-led regime came to power.
“The civil war in Syria was really a proxy war between the U.S. and Russia,” Veldkamp said. “And, for a long time, it seemed like Russia had won because they supported the Syrian government and the Syrian government really seemed to have won the day.”
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Spanish prime minister on Israel: 'We don’t trade with a genocidal state'
All Israel News Staff | Published: May 16, 2025
During a session of Spain’s Parliament on Wednesday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez referred to Israel as “a genocidal state.”
Prime Minister Sánchez made his remarks in response to accusations from a Member of Parliament, Gabriel Rufián.
Criticizing Sánchez, Rufián said that the Spanish government, by trading with Israel, was supporting a state that is committing genocide.
Rather than disagreeing with Rufián’s accusation against Israel, Sánchez indicated that the Spanish government is not trading with this “genocidal state.”
“I’ll clarify one thing, Mr. Rufián,” he said. “We don’t trade with a genocidal state. We don’t. I believe I explained from this platform the other day what we’re talking about, when some statements were made that weren’t true.”
The Israeli Foreign Ministry responded to Sánchez’s remarks by summoning the Spanish ambassador for a “reprimand meeting.”
“Following the severe remarks made by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish Ambassador to Israel has been summoned for a reprimand meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem tomorrow,” the statement said.
While this is the first time Spain's top leader has explicitly called Israel a genocidal state, the Spanish Minister of Defense Margarita Robles has made similar claims.
“We cannot ignore what is happening in Gaza, which is a real genocide,” Robles said in an interview last year.
Read more: PEDRO SÁNCHEZ
https://allisrael.com/spanish-prime-minister-on-israel-we-dont-trade-with-a-genocidal-state
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Trump suggests that the U.S. should ‘Take’ Gaza and turn it into a ‘Freedom Zone’
May 15, 2025
During a business roundtable in Qatar on Thursday, May 15, President Donald Trump once again suggested a U.S. takeover of Gaza as a way of attempting to redevelop the Palestinian territory.
“I think I’d be proud to have the United States have it, take it, make it a freedom zone. Let some good things happen, put people in homes where they can be safe, and Hamas is going to have to be dealt with,” said Trump, during the roundtable with Qatari officials, in the presence of reporters.
The plan, detailed in a Time magazine article published on November 7, 2024, aims to rebuild Gaza’s infrastructure, attract international investment, and foster stability in the region through a collaborative effort involving the United States, Israel, and Arab nations.
Trump’s plan hinges on creating a demilitarized Gaza, free from the control of Hamas, which the U.S. and Israel designate as a terrorist organization.
The Gaza Freedom Zone would prioritize economic development, with a focus on constructing modern infrastructure, including schools, hospitals, and commercial centers.
The proposal envisions Gaza as a “global model for post-conflict reconstruction,” drawing parallels to successful urban developments in the Persian Gulf.
The initiative would be spearheaded by a coalition of international partners.
Israel would provide security oversight to ensure the zone remains free of militant activity, while Arab states, particularly Gulf nations like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, would contribute significant financial backing.
The U.S. would play a coordinating role, leveraging its diplomatic influence to secure commitments from allies and oversee the project’s implementation.
A cornerstone of the plan is attracting private-sector investment to drive Gaza’s economic revival.
Trump’s team has proposed tax incentives, streamlined regulations, and public-private partnerships to encourage businesses to set up operations in the zone.
The goal is to create jobs, reduce poverty, and provide Palestinians with opportunities for self-sufficiency, thereby reducing the appeal of extremist ideologies.
The plan also emphasizes regional cooperation, building on the 2020 Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and several Arab states.
By involving Gulf nations, the initiative seeks to integrate Gaza into a broader framework of Middle Eastern economic collaboration, potentially unlocking billions in investment for infrastructure and technology projects.
Beyond economic development, the Gaza Freedom Zone proposal includes a strong focus on humanitarian aid.
Trump’s team has outlined plans to rebuild Gaza’s war-torn communities, ensuring access to clean water, electricity, and healthcare.
International aid organizations would be invited to partner with local authorities to deliver essential services, with safeguards to prevent funds from being diverted to militant groups.
The plan acknowledges the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, where decades of conflict have left much of the population in poverty.
By prioritizing reconstruction and development, Trump aims to offer Palestinians a path toward a better future while addressing Israel’s security concerns.
About the Author
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Why Geography Matters: Understanding Israel Through Its Landscape
Zahava Schwartz
Opinion
May 16, 2025 3 min read
In conversations about Israel – whether political, historical, or religious – one critical factor often goes unexamined: geography. The physical landscape of this small but astonishingly diverse country has shaped everything from ancient migration patterns to modern strategic concerns. Yet, without an understanding of its topography, many discussions lack the full picture.
A Land of Dramatic Contrasts
For a country roughly the size of New Jersey, Israel packs a striking geographic punch. It stretches from the snowy peaks of Mount Hermon in the north to the sun-soaked shores of the Red Sea in the south, with everything from fertile valleys to arid deserts in between. This diversity isn’t just beautiful – it has profound historical and strategic implications.
Consider the sharp climatic divide created by the Judean Mountains. Jerusalem, perched on these highlands, experiences cool winters and occasional snowfall, while just a short drive to the east, the Dead Sea region swelters in one of the hottest, driest places on Earth. This stark difference is the result of a rain shadow effect, where the mountains block moisture-laden air from the Mediterranean, creating a parched desert landscape on their eastern slopes.
These elevation changes have shaped human history for millennia. They explain why ancient trade routes followed certain paths, why some cities thrived as centers of commerce while others struggled, and why control of specific highlands remains strategically crucial even today.
For those who want to truly grasp these connections, having a tactile, three-dimensional representation of the land can be transformative. Israel365 offers two unique types of 3D maps to help you do just that – the 3D Map of Modern Israel, which captures the landscapes and political realities of the present-day country, and the 3D Map of Biblical Israel, which brings the ancient world to life, highlighting the places and journeys described in the Bible.
These maps allow you to trace the peaks and valleys that shaped ancient armies’ movements, follow the rivers that sustained early settlements, and appreciate the strategic highlands that remain relevant today.
Israel365 3D Map of Biblical Israel
Reading Biblical Narratives Through Topography
Understanding the geography of Israel also deepens our appreciation for its religious and historical texts. For instance, the limestone wilderness of the Judean Desert provided countless hiding places for David as he fled from Saul – a detail that becomes far more tangible when you know the terrain. The prophets’ warnings about trusting in foreign powers like Egypt also take on new meaning when you consider the vulnerability of trade routes that armies used to march through the region.
Having a physical map on hand, like our 3D maps of Modern and Biblical Israel, can make these connections come alive, providing context for the journeys and struggles described in these ancient texts.
Modern Israel: Geography and Security
Today, geography still shapes the political landscape. The Golan Heights, a volcanic plateau overlooking northern Israel, remains a strategic high ground, offering a critical line of defense. Similarly, the West Bank’s rugged highlands directly overlook Israel’s narrow coastal plain – a geographical reality that has shaped decades of political and military strategy.
Water is another critical issue. Israel’s narrow waist – just nine miles wide near Netanya – and the scarcity of freshwater sources like the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee have driven innovative approaches to agriculture and water management, reflecting the challenges of living in this arid part of the world.
For those who want a deeper, more tactile understanding of these challenges, an 3D map of Israel – whether focused on the modern landscape or the biblical world – can be an invaluable tool, offering a perspective that no screen can match.
Israel365 3D Map of Modern Israel
Cultural Landscapes Shaped by Geography
Geography also shapes the cultural fabric of the country. The bustling, modern city of Tel Aviv, with its Mediterranean coastline and cosmopolitan vibe, stands in sharp contrast to the ancient, spiritual atmosphere of Jerusalem. Agricultural settlements in the Galilee, desert communities in the Negev, and the dense urban centers along the coast all reflect the diverse landscapes in which they developed.
For anyone looking to understand Israel – whether through the lens of religion, politics, or culture – a foundational grasp of its geography is essential. In a land where every hill and valley holds historical and symbolic weight, understanding the lay of the land isn’t just helpful – it’s crucial for meaningful engagement with one of the world’s most historically rich and contested regions. And for those wanting to truly explore this landscape, having a 3D map of Israel – whether of Modern or Biblical Israel – can turn abstract names and places into a vivid, tangible reality.
https://israel365news.com/408822/why-geography-mattersunderstanding-israel-through-its-landscape/
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At least 21 dead after severe storms, including possible tornado, sweep through Midwest and South
By Associated Press Published May 17, 2025, 8:30 a.m. ET
Storm systems sweeping across parts of the Midwest and South have left at least 21 dead, including nine people killed after what appeared to be a devastating tornado in southeast Kentucky.
In Kentucky, some 14 people were killed by severe weather, and the death toll is likely to rise, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. Earlier, local authorities in Laurel County said nine people were killed after a tornado touched down in southeastern Kentucky, causing structures to crumble and even flipping over a car on I-75.
Laurel County resident Chris Cromer said he got the first of two tornado alerts on his phone around 11:30 p.m. or so, about a half-hour before the tornado struck. He and his wife grabbed their dog, jumped in their car and went to a relative’s nearby home and got in a crawlspace.
“We could hear and feel the vibration of the tornado coming through,” said Cromer, 46.
His home is intact, though a piece of the roof got ripped off and windows were broken. A house two doors down is destroyed, along with others in the Sunshine Hills neighborhood, he said.
“It’s one of those things that you see on the news in other areas, and you feel bad for people — then, when it happens, it’s just surreal,” he said, describing a landscape of destruction. “It makes you be thankful to be alive, really.”
Rescuers were “on the ground all night looking for possible survivors,” and the search was continuing into the morning, Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Deputy Gilbert Acciardo. An emergency shelter was set up at a local high school and donations of food and other necessities were arriving.
The National Weather Service hadn’t yet confirmed that a tornado struck, but meteorologist Philomon Geertson said it was likely. It ripped across the largely rural area and extended to the London Corbin Airport shortly before midnight.
“Lives have been changed forever here tonight. This is a time we come together, and we pray for this community,” London Mayor Randall Weddle told WKYT-TV. “I have never personally witnessed what I‘ve witnessed here tonight.”
It’s the latest severe weather to cause deaths and widespread damage in Kentucky. Two months ago, at least 24 people died in a round of storms that swelled creeks and covered roads with water. Hundreds had to be rescued, and most of the deaths were caused by vehicles getting stuck in high water.
A storm in late 2021 spawned tornadoes that killed 81 people and leveled portions of towns in western Kentucky. The following summer, historic floodwaters inundated parts of eastern Kentucky, leaving dozens more dead.
The storms were part of a weather system Friday that killed seven in Missouri and also spawned tornadoes in Wisconsin, left several hundred thousand customers without power in the Great Lakes region and brought a punishing heat wave to Texas.
St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer confirmed five deaths in her city and said more than 5,000 homes were affected.
“This is truly, truly devastating,” Spencer said. An overnight curfew was imposed Friday in the neighborhoods with the most damage.
The total number of people injured was not immediately known, but hospitals in the area reported receiving dozens of patients, with some in serious condition.
National Weather Service radar indicated a likely tornado touched down between 2:30 p.m. and 2:50 p.m. in Clayton, Missouri, in the St. Louis area. The apparent tornado touched down in the area of Forest Park, home to the St. Louis Zoo and the site of the 1904 World’s Fair and Olympic Games the same year.
At Centennial Christian Church, City of St. Louis Fire Department Battalion Chief William Pollihan told The Associated Press that three people had to be rescued after part of the church crumbled. One of those people died.
Stacy Clark said his mother-in-law, Patricia Penelton, died in the church. He described her as a very active church volunteer who had many roles, including being part of the choir.
Randle, a 19-year-old University of Missouri-St. Louis student, said he and his girlfriend were at the St. Louis Art Museum during the storm and were hustled into the basement with about 150 other people.
“You could see the doors flying open, tree branches flying by and people running,” he said. “A lot of people were caught outside.”
Christy Childs, a Saint Louis Zoo spokesperson, said in a text that the zoo would remain closed Saturday because of downed trees and other damage. Childs said all animals were safe and that there were no reports of significant injuries to staff, guests or animals.
A tornado struck in Scott County, about 130 miles (209 kilometers) south of St. Louis, killing two people, injuring several others and destroying multiple homes, Sheriff Derick Wheetley wrote on social media.
The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center said on its website Saturday that severe thunderstorms, large hail and “a couple of tornadoes” were expected across the southern Plains, with especially high risk in north Texas.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/17/us-news/severe-storms-rip-through-midwest-killing-at-least-16/
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Peru earthquake horror as huge 6.0 scale quake hits thousands with tremor felt for miles
Peru has been hit by a mega 6.0-scale earthquake this morning, with the tremor felt for miles around the country, with more than half a million people feeling the quake
ByAntony Clements-ThrowerNews Reporter
Peru has been hit by a huge earthquake this morning, which was also felt in other nearby countries.
The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) confirmed the huge tremor, which was a magnitude 6.1, struck the centre of the south American country. The earthquake was at a depth of 10km, close to the surface. It is currently unknown if any people were hurt or buildings damaged in the ongoing incident, with emergency crews standing by. Last year the nation was hit by a magnitude 7.2 quake off its coastline which caused a number of aftershocks over the next two weeks which sparked a tsunami warning.
Did you experience today's earthquake in Peru? Email webnews@mirror.co.uk
Eight people were hurt in the previous earthquake, sparking fears of more casualties this time around. The incident comes 24 hours after residents in the Yorkshire Dales were shaken awake by an earthquake overnight which sounded like an "explosion".
One local told how she was "scared half to death by the 2.5-magnitude quake, which was recorded just after 1.30am near Litton in North Yorkshire. The tremor, which had a depth of 2.5 miles, according to the British Geological Survey (BGS) was felt an hour away from the village, according to locals.
One woman told how she was awake with a migraine, 40 minutes away from Litton. She said she heard a "strange deep rumble" early Friday morning and another said they thought it was military planes.
Another wrote she lives half an hour away from Litton and felt it: "Scared me half to death up in Starbotton. I'd convinced myself it was a bad dream before hearing others heard it too. My whole house shook and the noise! Thought a car had come off road and hit the barn."
Others blamed the 'Craven Fault' line for the quake, which is a series of geological fault lines which run along the edges of the Yorkshire Dales. In December 1944 residents of the Dales were roused by a 'sleeping monster'.
It was a significant earthquake near Skipton, North Yorkshire that caused rattling windows, dislodging chimneys and sliding furniture. It had a magnitude of 3.1 and 4.8 on the Richter scale. Because it happened during World War II some locals initially feared it was a German bomb.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/peru-earthquake-live-scale-tremor-35242351
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As The Sun Goes Nuts, Unusual Natural Disasters Are Occurring All Over The Globe
May 16, 2025 by Michael
Why is the mainstream media in the United States being so quiet about what is happening on the Sun? The giant ball of fire that we revolve around makes life on this planet possible, and it has started to behave very erratically. This should definitely be getting a lot more attention, because the link between solar activity and seismic activity has been well established by now. Some scientists still try to dispute this, but the truth is that when the Sun becomes more active we tend to see more large earthquakes and more volcanic eruptions. And of course if a large enough solar storm erupts, it could fry our power grids and throw our entire society into a massive state of chaos.
The sun has unleashed the strongest solar flare of the year, triggering strong radio blackouts across the globe. Just after 11:30 a.m. ET, a massive X2.7-class solar flare erupted from a newly emerging from a cold, dark region known as AR4087. X-class flares are the most intense in the solar storm scale — capable of disrupting communications, damaging satellites, and even threatening power grids on Earth.
Subsequently, there was another very large solar flare on Wednesday…
Just before 7:20am ET Wednesday morning, sunspot AR4087 emitted yet another solar flare: an M7.74.
Sunspot AR4087 is absolutely enormous, and there is concern that more solar flares could be unleashed as it “rotates into direct alignment with Earth in the coming days”…
Experts warn that more flares may be on the way as sunspot AR4087 rotates into direct alignment with Earth in the coming days, increasing the chances of further solar storms.
What we are witnessing right now is definitely not normal.
A solar filament that erupted from the Sun’s northern hemisphere earlier this week was more than 600,000 miles long.
That made it over twice as long as the distance from the Earth to the moon…
On Tuesday, astronomers watched as a vast ‘bird wing’ eruption sent waves of superheated plasma surging across the sun’s northern hemisphere.
At over 600,000 miles long (one million km), the filament of solar material was more than twice as long as the distance from the Earth to the moon.
Nobody can deny that the Sun has been extremely active this month.
So have we seen a corresponding increase in seismic activity?
Well, this month we did see a magnitude 7.4 earthquake strike just off the coast of Argentina…
A powerful earthquake has struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina, triggering a tsunami warning.
The 7.4 magnitude quake struck 136 miles off the coast of the city of Ushuaia, Argentina on Friday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Authorities in Chile issued an evacuation alert for the entire coastal section of the Strait of Magellan in the country’s south.
Here in the United States, California has been rattled by hundreds of earthquakes over the past week, and that includes three sizable earthquakes right along the San Andreas fault…
California has experienced three earthquakes in the last 24 hours in an area being closely monitored for a major quake.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the seismic activity along the San Andreas Fault, which spans 800 miles from Cape Mendocino in the north to the Salton Sea in the south.
Scientists warn this fault is overdue for a ‘Big One’ — a magnitude 7.8 earthquake or higher.
Of course it isn’t just the state of California that has been getting shaken.
In Nevada, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake just hit an area of the Earth’s crust that is “gradually being pulled apart”…
Nevada was rocked by a 4.0 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday in a region where the Earth’s crust is slowly tearing apart.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the tremor at 5:35 am local (8:35am ET) near Valmy that sits on top of the Basin and Range Province, which stretches across much of the western US.
In this area, the Earth’s crust is gradually being pulled apart, causing faulting and frequent earthquakes.
And Salt Lake City was recently rattled by a magnitude 3.9 earthquake…
A 3.9 magnitude earthquake hit just outside of Utah’s capital city Thursday morning.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the tremor at 6:11am ET, with the epicenter located in Independence, about 43 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.
More than 2,200 people within a 45-mile radius reported feeling the shaking.
Meanwhile, we continue to see unusual volcanic activity all over the globe as well.
In fact, scientists are warning that a mile-wide volcano near the coast of Oregon could literally erupt at any moment…
Scientists have issued a stark warning about the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest, cautioning that it could erupt as soon as tomorrow.
The Axial Seamount is a mile-wide underwater volcano that sits 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and more than 4,900 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
Researchers with the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative say there has been massive uptick in the number of earthquakes under the seamount, caused by magma pushing to the surface.
On the other side of the world, the largest supervolcano in Europe has been shaking like crazy…
Fear in Campi Flegrei where since 12:07, as reported by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, a seismic swarm has been underway. The most intense event had a magnitude of 4,4 and an epicenter 3 kilometers deep in the port of Pozzuoli. Following the event, the Italian Situation Room of the Civil Protection Department contacted the local structures of the National Civil Protection Service. An uninhabited building in Via Campana collapsed. There is a lot of fear in Pozzuoli where citizens have poured into the streets for fear of being surprised at home by another strong shock. Over ten shocks have been recorded since this morning, two of which with a magnitude greater than 3, following the strongest.
If a full-blown eruption of the Campi Flegrei supervolcano were to happen, it could cause a nuclear winter which would devastate global food production and plunge us into a multi-year worldwide famine. For much more on this, please see my previous article entitled “Is One Of The World’s Largest Supervolcanoes About To Erupt?”
I expect that the Sun will continue to behave erratically in the months ahead, and I also expect to see plenty of major natural disasters.
So buckle up and hold on tight, because it is going to be a bumpy ride.
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About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing. You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter. Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites. These are such troubled times, and people need hope. John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.
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California rocked by multiple earthquakes along fault line poised for 'The Big One'
READ MORE: Earthquake swarm strikes near major US volcano set to erupt
By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 10:59 EDT, 16 May 2025 | Updated: 12:27 EDT, 16 May 2025
California has experienced three earthquakes in the last 24 hours in an area being closely monitored for a major quake.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the seismic activity along the San Andreas Fault, which spans 800 miles from Cape Mendocino in the north to the Salton Sea in the south.
Scientists warn this fault is overdue for a 'Big One' — a magnitude 7.8 earthquake or higher.
Friday's earthquakes ranged from a 2.5 to 2.9 magnitude, which experts say may cause mild injuries and damages.
However, no injuries or damages have been reported as of yet.
Experts are 'fairly confident that there could be a pretty large earthquake at some point in the next 30 years,' Angie Lux, project scientist for Earthquake Early Warning at the Berkeley Seismology Lab, previously told DailyMail.com.
Experts predict the 'Big One' would cause roughly 1,800 deaths, 50,000 injuries and $200 billion in damages, according to the Great California Shakeout.
Based on historical trends, it's estimated the San Andreas causes a major quake every 150 or so years — and the last one was 167 years ago.
USGS detected the first quake, a 2.9 magnitude, Thursday afternoon, northeast of San Francisco.
This tremor was located on Calaveras Fault, a major branch of the San Andreas Fault system.
The following earthquakes hit Friday morning, one along another branch of the major fault and another directly on it.
The vast majority of earthquakes result from the constant movement of tectonic plates, which are massive, solid slabs of rock that make up the planetary surface and shift around on top of Earth's mantle — the inner layer between the crust and core.
As the tectonic plates slowly move against each other, their edges can get stuck due to friction and stress will build along the edges.
When that stress overcomes the friction, the plates slip, causing a release of energy that travels in waves through the Earth's crust and generates the shaking we feel at the surface.
The last major earthquakes on the San Andreas fault were in 1857 and 1906.
The Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857 was a 7.9 magnitude, which caused ground fissures in the Los Angeles, Santa Ana and Santa Clara Rivers.
Trees were uprooted, buildings were destroyed and two people were killed during the event.
The catastrophic 1906 San Francisco event was also a magnitude 7.9 earthquake, which killed 3,000 people and leveled much of the city.
Dr Sue Hough, a scientist in the USGS' Earthquake Hazards Program, told KTLA5 that there are conflicting studies about what signs precede a major earthquake.
Some research suggested more activity happens before it hits, while others have found there is no warning, she added.
Scientists are monitoring another fault line in California, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which they believe could also produce a powerful earthquake soon.
New research found that a 8.0 magnitude or higher quake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, combined with rising sea levels, would cause coastal land to sink up to 6.5 feet within 30 minutes of a major tremor.
The team generated tens of thousands of earthquake models to estimate the potential range of earthquake-driven subsidence — sinking land — that can be expected from the next large Cascadia earthquake.
They determined that the most severe effects would hit southern Washington, northern Oregon and northern California, densely populated areas in the region.
This event would result in significant expansion of the coastal floodplain — an area with a one percent chance of flooding each year — increasing it from 35 square miles to 116.
If such a quake struck today, the researchers estimate that an additional 14,350 residents, 22,500 structures and 777 miles of roadway would fall within the post-earthquake floodplain, more than doubling flood exposure.
The Cascadia Subduction Zone has historically produced 8.0 or larger magnitude earthquakes every 400 to 600 years, with the last striking in 1700.
This suggests the 'sleeping giant' is poised for another big one soon.
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Rev 6:4
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one. Its rider was given a mighty sword and the authority to
remove peace from the earth. And there was war and
slaughter everywhere. (NLT)
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UPDATED 11:25 AM EDT -- Russia-Ukraine Talks Begin - and End almost immediately; Russia Walked Out -- TALKS RESUMED!
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FLASH: The Peace Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia began minutes ago in Istanbul, Turkey. They ended minutes later!
Russia told Ukraine they must withdraw from the four territories (Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporozhe) in order to have a ceasefire.
Ukraine flatly refused.
The Russian delegation then stood up, said "Next time it will be five regions" and walked out of the room. (CORRECTION: I have just been informed the Russians did not say "five" they said "Eight.")
It is not known if they will come back; the negotiations might very well be finished.
MORE from Hal Turner:
I am told the talks lasted a total of two hours. Each side gave an opening statement before negotiations began.
When Russia put forth the item above, Ukraine complained that these terms are more severe than the terms negotiated in March of 2022.
No kidding.
Back in 2022, Ukraine was told that future terms would not be as generous as what was being offered. Ukraine scoffed.
Here we are, almost three years later, and, lo and behold, what Russia said back in 2022 is exactly precisely what Ukraine just got. Tougher terms.
What part of this don't the Ukrainians understand? They're LOSING. Every day they lose more and more territory.
As of this week, on average, Ukraine is losing 50-60km2 per week. Once that rate reaches about 100km2 per week, Ukraine will begin to suffer catastrophic collapse along its entire front.
Just this morning, it became clear that the Russians will make a bold move to cross the Dnieper River, in Kherson (Story HERE). Once they do so, it will be a beachhead for further entry into Mykolayiv and then an absolute ROUTE all the way to Odessa.
Ukraine will lose ALL access to the Black Sea, except through the Danube River, bordering Romania.
The Ukrainians don't seem to understand they are losing. They also don't seem to understand that the collective West is physically incapable of providing enough weapons to change the outcome.
The head of Russia's negotiating team, Medinsky, reportedly told the Ukrainian delegation- "We don’t want war, but we’re ready to fight for a year, two, three, however long it takes. We fought Sweden for 21 years. How long are you ready to fight?"
Russia's victory is a fait accompli. The only ones who don't seem to see it are the Ukrainians - and their dimwit supporters.
Need proof?
RUSSIA AND UKRAINE EXCHANGED BODIES AGAIN!
34 bodies of dead Russian soldiers
- 909 bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers
-> The ratio is now about 27 dead Ukrainians for 1 Russian … devastating.
UPDATE 11:25 AM EDT --
Talks between Ukraine and Russia RESUMED after the Russians initially walked out.
After additional negotiations, the following is the result:
Statement Text:
"Dear colleagues, direct negotiations with the Ukrainian side, organized at the initiative of the President of Russia, have just ended. In general, we are satisfied with the results and are ready to continue contact. What we agreed on. First, in the coming days there will be a large-scale exchange of prisoners: a thousand for a thousand people. Second, the Ukrainian side requested direct negotiations between the heads of state. We took note of this request. Third, we agreed that each side will present its vision of a possible ceasefire and describe it in detail. After such proposals are voiced, we will, as agreed, continue the negotiation process. Thank you."
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Trump ‘looking at normalization with Syria’ after meeting al-Sharaa
The meeting, the first between U.S. and Syrian leaders in 25 years, was hailed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as “historic.”
May 14, 2025 at 4:00 pm
US President Donald Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh on Tuesday ahead of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, a day after announcing the lifting of all US sanctions on Damascus.
The meeting marked the first direct encounter between American and Syrian leaders in a quarter century.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined the 33-minute conversation via video call, alongside Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Turkish Anadolu news agency reported. Erdogan praised Trump’s sanctions decision as “historic,” highlighting it as a key Turkish foreign policy objective.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted a photo of the meeting on X, saying Trump had thanked both Erdogan and the crown prince for their friendship, and had told al-Sharaa that he has “a tremendous opportunity to do something historic” in Syria.
According to Leavitt, Trump encouraged al-Sharaa to sign onto the Abraham Accords with Israel, expel all foreign terrorists from Syria, deport Palestinian terrorists, assist the United States in preventing an ISIS resurgence and take full responsibility for ISIS detention centers in northeast Syria.
Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One following the talks, Trump said: “I think they have to get themselves straightened up. I told him [al-Sharaa], ‘I hope you’re going to join when it’s straightened out.’ He said, ‘Yes.’ But they have a lot of work to do.”
Al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, thanked the leaders for facilitating the meeting and acknowledged the strategic opportunity created by Iran’s retreat from Syria. He affirmed Syria’s commitment to the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel, expressed support for US-Syrian cooperation against terrorism and chemical weapons, and invited American companies to invest in Syrian oil and gas. He also proposed turning Syria into a trade corridor between East and West.
Following the trilateral discussions, Trump said the United States is “looking at normalization with Syria,” signaling a potential shift in decades of US policy toward the country. The president also reportedly discussed economic incentives offered by al-Sharaa, including opening Syrian oil fields to American companies and proposing a Trump Tower in Damascus to encourage US investment in post-war reconstruction.
The Russia-Ukraine war and ongoing conflict in Gaza were also discussed, according to Leavitt.
Jerusalem reportedly views the normalization push with deep concern, citing al-Sharaa’s past and the potential legitimization of a figure long tied to terrorism. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has previously called the new Syrian government “jihadists in suits.”
https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/trump-looking-at-normalization-with-syria-after-meeting-
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Humans Give Off Light That Extinguishes at Death, New Study Reveals
By Tré Goins-Phillips
Editor
May 13, 2025
Being made in the image of God could include giving off a “glow” until bodily death.
A newly released study of ultraweak photon emission (UPE) found not only that human beings give off light — a glow so faint it’s impossible to see with the naked eye — but that the glow disappears upon death.
The fact humans glow was first discovered in 2009. This latest data, compiled by scientists from the University of Calgary and published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, analyzed the phenomenon, which comes via the emission of biophotons, in mice before and after death, concluding the light quickly fades when organisms die.
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“The fact that ultraweak photon emission is a real thing is undeniable at this point,” the study’s senior author, Dan Oblak, told New Scientist. “This really shows that this is not just an imperfection or caused by other biological processes. It’s really something that comes from all living things.”
As for how it works, the “powerhouse” cell — the mitochondria — releases microscopic amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS), a byproduct while it is producing the energy needed to sustain life. The ROS then react with other molecules in the body, like proteins, lipids, and fluorophones, which, in turn, emits biophotons that give off light.
Could the “glow” humans emit be a result of being made in the image of God?
There are several Scripture passages that indicate human beings are made in God’s image — Genesis 1:27 and 2 Corinthians 3:18, among others. And there are other verses that describe God as an overwhelming and bright light.
For example, in 1 Timothy 6:16, the Apostle Paul wrote of God the Father, “He alone can never die, and He lives in light so brilliant that no human can approach Him. No human eye has ever seen Him, nor ever will. All honor and power to Him forever” (NLT).
And in the Old Testament, a prophecy in Ezekiel 1:28 described God as surrounded by “a glowing halo, like a rainbow shining in the clouds on a rainy day” (NLT).
Ezekiel wrote, “This is what the glory of the Lord looked like to me. When I saw it, I fell face down on the ground, and I heard someone’s voice speaking to me.”
As for these new scientific discoveries, it’s possible the technology used to reveal the soft “glow” could serve as a diagnostic tool to track problems within the human body non-invasively.
“Sustained exposure to high levels of ROS, via elevated production or the failure of antioxidant defenses, is associated with the pathophysiology of multiple diseases,” stated the authors of a 2024 study. “Furthermore, the failure to produce ROS effectively in response to stressors is also indicative of metabolic dysfunction. The intrinsic link between ROS production and biophoton release means that monitoring UPE in living organisms represents a real-time, non-invasive method of early-state disease diagnosis.”
“The nice thing about ultraweak photon emission is it’s a complete passive monitoring process,” added Oblak.
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Reports of “exploding birds” in Northern California have authorities scrambling to find the cause
May 14, 2025
A perplexing situation has arisen in Richmond, a community in Northern California, where residents have reported a series of unusual bird deaths, described by some as “exploding” birds.
Locals have discovered numerous dead birds in their backyards, and security footage has captured the moment one bird fell from a power line following a loud noise.
On Monday, investigators shared the findings of necropsies conducted on two deceased birds—a mourning dove and a European starling.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Wildlife Health Lab reported that the injuries observed were consistent with trauma from a pellet gun, BB gun, or slingshot, rather than an electrocution incident involving power lines.
However, officials noted that the precise cause of the injuries in all affected birds remains undetermined.
Richmond resident Maximillian Bolling recounted witnessing several birds dying violently upon landing on power lines, describing the events as “really violent.”
He and other residents have counted at least 13 dead birds over the past several months, prompting various theories about the causes, ranging from electrocution to speculation about a potential serial perpetrator targeting birds.
Another resident, Sharon Anderson, who identifies as an animal lover, expressed her distress over the bird deaths, stating that it has been a heartbreaking experience for the community.
Residents have voiced concerns linking the fatalities to the nearby power lines operated by the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) and have urged the utility to investigate further.
In response, PG&E spokesperson Tamar Sarkissian affirmed that the company’s investigation found no evidence implicating the power lines as the cause of the birds’ deaths.
The California State Department of Fish and Wildlife has initiated its own investigation into the matter as the wildlife mystery continues to unfold.
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Beware of the troubles of the world, there is war going on right now, are you even aware of that, most are not, they walk as if peace is going on and yet the enemy is rising up in many areas, deceiving many and leading many astray.
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It seems that nearly everywhere you turn, people are talking about peace. Though it continues to prove elusive, discussions of it spiked during the recent appointment of Robert Francis Prevost to the position of pope, under the papal name Pope Leo XIV. In fact, Euro News referred to it as a “pontificate of peace”. As world leaders congratulated the newly appointed pope, the usual empty platitudes rolled in, some of which I have outlined below:
French President Emmanuel Macron called the pope’s election a “historic moment” and hoped “this new pontificate be one of peace and hope.”
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer called it a “momentous moment” and said the Holy See “has a special role to play in bringing people and nations together to address major issues of our time; especially on climate change, alleviating poverty and promoting peace and justice across the world.”
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said, “In a time marked by conflicts and unrest, his words from the Loggia of Blessings are a powerful call for peace, fraternity, and responsibility”.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said, “At this decisive moment for our country, we hope for the continued moral and spiritual support of the Vatican in Ukraine’s efforts to restore justice and achieve a lasting peace.”
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wishes that the pope’s “pontificate be guided by wisdom and strength, as he leads the Catholic community and inspires the world through his commitment to peace and dialogue.”
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, “May God bless Pope Leo XIV and may his papacy advance the cause of peace and justice, in the service of all humanity.”
The Chancellor of Austria Christian Stocker said, “The challenges of our time are great. This makes a strong voice for tolerance and peace in the world all the more important. May his work be an inspiration and hope to many people.”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “His leadership of the Catholic Church comes at a moment of profound significance in advancing the ideals of peace, harmony, solidarity, and service”.
Antonio Costa, the president of the European Council, said that “in times of division and uncertainty, his spiritual leadership can help inspire unity, compassion, and peace.”
On every continent and in nearly every country, leaders are holding out hope that somebody will be able to advance the cause of peace throughout the world. Many are desperate for a resolution to the problems plaguing the world and we know that desperate and spiritually blind people often lack sufficient discernment to make good decisions. There is already a Prince of Peace but since most of the world has rejected Him, a counterfeit will soon arrive. The world’s longing for peace and safety will play into the hands of the Antichrist who will convince the world that only he can provide the lasting peace and security that has long been desired. Unlike the Prince of Peace who bears many crowns and is followed by the armies of heaven (Revelation 19) the Antichrist rides alone, with a single crown and a bow. Although many have focused on the fact there is no reference to arrows, let us examine the obvious – the reason he holds a bow in the first place.
When we reach Revelation 6:2, the Greek rendering of the word “bow” is “toxon” and this is its only usage in the New Testament: “And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.”
In fact, notice that the Antichrist’s rise to prominence is on the basis of three items which affirm the power he will receive – a white horse (used as a symbol of victory in Roman military parades); a crown or stephanos (a symbol of victory for exceptional conduct) and a bow (military might).
In ancient warfare, the “toxon” was often used to fire poison arrows, known in Greek as “toxikon”. In fact, history informs us that the feared Scythian archers (who, interestingly, rode horseback) smeared a mixture of dung, snake venom and human blood on the tips of their arrows which the Greeks called “toxikon pharmakon”. Whilst it is clear that the Antichrist would likely not adopt the formula of Scythian toxins, considering we get our English word “intoxicate” from “toxikon”, what does become clear is that when the Antichrist initially arrives on the scene his power, intelligence, charisma, signs and lying wonders will intoxicate the world through the mere wielding of his mighty bow.
In the famous Daniel 9:27 passage, we read: “Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the middle of the week he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate.”
As is sometimes the case, our English Bible struggles to convey the true sense of the original language. The word “confirm” relies on the Hebrew word “gabar” and is a primary verb commonly associated with warfare, particularly the strength and vitality of a successful warrior. In fact, some Old Testament uses of “gabar” convey the sense of showing oneself as arrogant and overbearing, displaying attitudes and actions which reflect pride through insolent behaviour. This perfectly describes the Antichrist – the lawless one! The idea inherent in “gabar” is to be strong, to triumph over or to prevail, thus picturing superior strength over someone or something. Since the Antichrist gives causative effect to the Daniel 9:27 covenant, it will be backed by his considerable might.
Peace is on the lips of many at present and what is interesting to note is that the UN has scheduled a high-level conference on the two-State solution to take place from June 2-4, 2025 in New York. So that nobody is left with any doubts as to the intention of the summit, it is being referred to as the “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and implementation of the two-State solution”. As this date approaches, expect to hear more and more about “peace”. Whether or not anything tangible will come out of the summit remains to be seen. But it reminds us that as the world desperately searches for peace, it will soon welcome a person who will ultimately bring it anything but.
Dean Dwyer is a Harbinger’s Daily Contributor who has served for over 20 years as Pastor and President of Eiser Street Baptist Church in Queensland, Australia.
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into-the-hands-of-the-antichrist/
Galatians
1:8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to
you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. (NKJ)
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said.. I am the way, the truth and the Life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me.
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Former Muslim woman: Hidden dangers of Islamic Sharia enclaves in the US
Hidden Dangers of Sharia Enclaves
By Hedieh Mirahmadi, Exclusive Columnist Thursday, May 15, 2025
The development of Muslim-centered enclaves like the proposed EPIC City in Texas presents a danger to our cherished national freedoms. If I had lived in one such city, as a Muslim convert to Christianity, I would have lost custody of my daughter.
For people like me, who God has called to salvation in Christ, this threat is deeply personal. These projects risk trapping women, particularly those who leave Islam, in systems that bypass God-given rights, threatening the biblical foundation of our society.
The United States shines as a beacon of liberty, built on principles from Scripture: justice, equality and the freedom to worship. Yet, from Hamtramck, Michigan, to the planned EPIC City in Texas, we see a troubling trend. EPIC City is a proposed self-governing Islamic enclave with a mosque, school and 1,200 homes, managed by a non-profit tied to the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC). This isn’t just a neighborhood; it’s a system where private agreements could quietly enforce Sharia law, sidestepping American protections.
Our Constitution ensures secular governance, and Sharia courts have no place in our legal system. However, the 1925 Federal Arbitration Act allows individuals to resolve disputes via voluntary religious principles, including Sharia, as long as it complies with U.S. law.
This appears to be about freedom of choice, but for women who later embrace Christ, it’s a snare.
Imagine signing a Sharia-based marriage contract, only to find, after choosing Jesus, you’ve lost rights to property, child custody, or even physical safety. In some Islamic interpretations, apostasy isn’t just frowned upon; it’s a death sentence. A young British woman I mentor, who converted to Christianity, was told by her family that she should be killed for her conversion. After her family repeatedly appeared at her workplace searching for her, she was forced to resign and move to a secret location. How can she live safely in England under this constant fear of murder? This is a firsthand example of the dangers these women face, and communities such as these would only exacerbate the problem.
EPIC City’s leaders claim it’s an inclusive community under Texas law. However, the project’s ties to scholars with controversial pasts, including views on harsh punishments, raise concerns about its true aims. This isn’t about all Muslims — many are faithful Americans who cherish liberty and love what America offers all of us. The issue is Islamism, a political movement seeking to impose Sharia as a societal framework.
Initiatives like EPIC City add a new dimension to this problem by prioritizing private arbitration, establishing areas where American justice is removed entirely.
Orthodox Jewish communities use Beth Din courts for arbitration, but the risks differ. Jewish law doesn’t enforce apostasy penalties or polygamy, which some Sharia interpretations allow. A woman leaving Judaism faces social rejection, not life-threatening decrees. In contrast, Sharia’s strictest forms can endanger apostates, especially women. This isn’t hypothetical — it’s real, and it’s a direct challenge to the biblical command to “act justly and to love mercy” (Micah 6:8).
Our nation’s experiment — a people united by values, not ethnicity — is fragile. We’ve embraced diversity, but we cannot forsake the biblical roots of our liberty. Europe’s struggles, where Islamist influence has reshaped communities, warn us of what’s at stake. The U.K., once a stronghold of Christian heritage, now faces cultural shifts we must resist. If we stay silent, America could follow.
This is a spiritual battle, and God calls us to act. We must protect men and women who choose Christ, ensuring they’re not ensnared by systems that erode U.S. protections. Texas officials are investigating EPIC City for alleged legal violations, but it is unlikely they will find enough to stop this project. Therefore, we must do more as Americans to stop the continued outgrowth of these sorts of endeavors.
First, we must join hands with the Jewish community to reject the anti-Jewish hate that is growing because of the unholy alliance between the radical Left and Islamists. The vitriol we see on college campuses — students cheering for groups like Hamas and calling for the destruction of Israel — demonstrates that our youth are blind to Scripture’s moral clarity. A generation questioning their God-given identity reflects a nation adrift, vulnerable to ideologies that reject biblical truth.
Second, we should make every attempt to help our Muslim neighbors integrate better into American mainstream society. If they felt more welcome in our homes and communities, maybe they would be less inclined to join these isolated cities that stifle their freedom. If we do not actively engage in the preservation of our values, not just for ourselves but for all of society, then we risk losing them through people actively seeking to destroy them.
What’s at stake? The right to change your faith without fear. The right to raise your children in Christ’s love. The right to live under laws reflecting God’s justice, not human oppression. Let us all join this fight — write to your elected officials, pray for courage, and stand for the principles that make America a light to the world. “Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up” (Galatians 6:9). We’re not just saving our nation; we’re saving souls. We must act now, before the lion devours what we hold dear.
Hedieh Mirahmadi was a devout Muslim for two decades working in the field of national security before she experienced the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. She dedicates herself full-time to Resurrect Ministry, an online resource that harnesses the power of the Internet to make salvation through Christ available to people of all nations, and her podcast LivingFearlessDevotional.com. She is the author of the International Bestselling book"Living Fearless in Christ-Why I left Islam to Win Battles for the Kingdom."
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Russia Source Says the Quiet Part Out Loud about Ukraine
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A source from inside the Russian Government delegation to Turkey for the negotiations, said the quiet part out loud today, about Ukraine.
I will report this verbatim. He said:
"I hope everyone can understand why the Russian President didn't come to Turkey or even consider the EU proposed Ceasefire.
This is a waste of our time.
Just look at the Ukrainian side, unorganized, and making unproductive statements "Crimea is Ukraine." We aren't here to argue, you are here to sign a neutrality peace deal and there is no negotiations over it;
> 4 regions and Crimea are accepted Russian
> Neutrality (No NATO)
> End to the killing and discrimination against ethnic Russians
> Denazified
These are permanent statements by Russia and are not changeable.
Did the Ukrainian side miss something?
We are all for peace, but we have the might to keep the SMO going, not you. The only ones to suffer will be the Ukrainian population.
Don't act like this is us begging you, we could declare war and crush you in days if Putin decides, and the world would watch us do it.
We do this to spare your population."
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Trump hails ‘incredible culture’ of Islam in rare presidential mosque visit
By Steven Nelson and Diana Glebova
Published May 15, 2025, 11:07 a.m. ET
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — President Trump shed his shoes Monday to take in the splendor of the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates — a rare visit by a sitting American chief executive to an overseas Muslim house of worship.
“It’s so beautiful,” Trump, clad in stocking feet as a mark of respect, told reporters inside the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
“This is an incredible culture.”
Trump, 78, was joined at the ornate white marble edifice by Abu Dhabi’s crown prince Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan, who recently signed a deal with Disney to develop a theme park on nearby Yas Island.
The president, who began the third leg of his three-nation Middle East trip Thursday, said proudly that his visit marked the “first time they’ve closed the mosque for the day.”
“It’s in honor of the United States. Better than in honor of me,” he said. “Let’s give it to the country. That’s a great tribute.”
“I’m very proud of my friends,” said Trump, who has used his jam-packed schedule to focus on fostering business ties between American corporations and oil and gas-rich Arab leaders.
Only a handful of presidents have visited mosques — and even fewer have done so beyond American shores.
Bill Clinton toured Senegal’s Grand Mosque in 1998, while Joe Biden visited the same Abu Dhabi mosque while serving as Barack Obama’s vice president in 2016.
Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first president to visit a mosque in 1957 when he spoke at the opening ceremony of the Islamic Center of Washington, fewer than two miles from the White House.
John F. Kennedy spoke at Pittsburgh’s Syria Mosque during his successful 1960 presidential campaign; George W. Bush delivered an address at the Islamic Center of Washington six days after the 9/11 attacks in 2001; and Obama visited the Islamic Society of Baltimore in 2016.
During Trump’s first White House run in 2015, he floated a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” during the height of global ISIS-inspired terrorism, before refining the idea in his first term to restrict travel from a group of failed states.
Last year, Trump garnered critical swing-state support from Muslim leaders, particularly in Michigan, who were outraged by Biden’s failure to end the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
In March, the president hosted a White House Iftar dinner during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Trump has been lavishly welcomed on the first extended foreign trip of his second term by the royal families of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE — with each dispatching honor guards of fighter jets to escort Air Force One and packing carefully planned welcomes with over-the-top tributes to the American president.
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Earth could be hit by 600,000 mile-wide 'bird wing' solar eruption TOMORROW, astronomers warn
By WILIAM HUNTER
Published: 09:54 EDT, 15 May 2025 | Updated: 12:04 EDT, 15 May 2025
On Tuesday, astronomers watched as a vast 'bird wing' eruption sent waves of superheated plasma surging across the sun's northern hemisphere.
At over 600,000 miles long (one million km), the filament of solar material was more than twice as long as the distance from the Earth to the moon.
Now, scientists predict that part of this filament eruption could hit Earth tomorrow.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, aurora chaser Jure Atanackov predicted that the full force of this eruption could trigger a severe or even extreme geomagnetic storm, the highest level on official rating systems.
Stunning video recorded by NASA's solar observation satellites shows the moment that filaments of plasma 75 times larger than Earth peeled away from the sun in a pair of sweeping 'wings'.
Most of the material was shot out of the sun's north pole, so it will mostly avoid Earth.
However, astronomers say that Earth will probably receive a glancing blow from the wake of the passing storm.
That means there is an increased chance of being able to spot the Northern Lights and a risk of disruption to electrical equipment.
Solar filaments are dense ribbons of cooler solar plasma which are suspended above the sun's surface by powerful magnetic fields.
When these magnetic fields become unstable, they can release the filaments in a violent eruption.
Jake Foster, astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, told MailOnline: 'Loops of hot plasma can sprout up from the Sun’s surface, following along its magnetic field lines, and occasionally they break free and shoot off into space at high speeds.'
Sometimes this triggers an event called a coronal mass ejection, a wave of plasma and magnetic fields which is launched into space.
It is the arrival of these coronal mass ejections (CMEs) which trigger geomagnetic storms and enhanced auroral activity on Earth.
As astronomers observed, this is exactly what happened on Tuesday as two huge filaments became unstable and collapsed, triggering a huge CME.
As the filament eruption tore away from the sun's surface, eagerly-watching aurora chasers were amazed by the sheer scale of the blast.
Mr Atanackov wrote in a post on X that the blast 'dwarfs all the filament eruptions we have seen recently.'
Likewise, Northern Lights photographer Vincent Ledvina said: 'Not sure what to call this eruption, maybe the "bird-wing" or "angel-wing" event? Either way, it is truly something to witness! Look at how large the blast is off the Sun's northern hemisphere.'
In her solar forecast, space weather physicist Dr Tamitha Skov reported a 'massive dual filament launch that could give Earth a glancing blow.'
When a filament eruption escapes the solar surface, it leaves behind a cool 'scar' on the sun, which shows up as a dark region in solar imaging cameras.
While it initially appeared that most of the blast had been directed northward, away from Earth, the remains scars suggested that some of the eruption could be coming our way.
Dr Skov said: 'You’d think this was just going northward. But, believe it or not, the scar from this thing as it lifted off the sun makes us think that maybe there's part of this that’s Earth-directed.'
It is considered likely that part of the CME or its wake will hit Earth tomorrow, causing a minor geomagnetic storm and lingering effects for a few days.
Mr Foster says: 'These eruptions are huge collections of high energy solar particles, so when they hit the Earth’s atmosphere they can cause a few different effects.
'With enough energy, they have the potential to cause a geomagnetic storm, temporarily blocking out radio communications and satellite navigation in certain areas.
'On the more serious end of the scale, they can cause an overload to electrical infrastructure, damaging the power grid and railway lines, and potentially even sparking electrical fires.'
Additionally, as charged particles from the sun arrive, they are channelled towards the poles by the planet's powerful magnetic fields.
These particles then collide with nitrogen and oxygen in the air, transferring their energy into the gases and causing them to glow, in an effect we see as the aurora.
Since the Earth's magnetic fields protect us extremely well from these charged particles, auroras are only normally visible close to the magnetic poles.
Although Dr Skov predicts a 20 per cent chance of a major storm occurring, the chances of significant geomagnetic activity are low.
Stephen Dixon, Met Office spokesperson, told MailOnline: 'A coronal mass ejection could possibly glance the Earth later this evening and could lead to aurora being visible in northern Scotland, though there is low confidence in this.
'Should it occur, skies are relatively clear, but viewers might need to take a photo with a long exposure.'
SOLAR STORMS PRESENT A CLEAR DANGER TO ASTRONAUTS AND CAN DAMAGE SATELLITES
Solar storms, or solar activity, can be divided into four main components that can have impacts on Earth:
Solar flares: A large explosion in the sun's atmosphere. These flares are made of photons that travel out directly from the flare site. Solar flares impact Earth only when they occur on the side of the sun facing Earth.
Coronal Mass Ejections (CME's): Large clouds of plasma and magnetic field that erupt from the sun. These clouds can erupt in any direction, and then continue on in that direction, plowing through solar wind. These clouds only cause impacts to Earth when they're aimed at Earth.
High-speed solar wind streams: These come from coronal holes on the sun, which form anywhere on the sun and usually only when they are closer to the solar equator do the winds impact Earth.
Solar energetic particles: High-energy charged particles thought to be released primarily by shocks formed at the front of coronal mass ejections and solar flares. When a CME cloud plows through solar wind, solar energetic particles can be produced and because they are charged, they follow the magnetic field lines between the Sun and Earth. Only charged particles that follow magnetic field lines that intersect Earth will have an impact.
While these may seem dangerous, astronauts are not in immediate danger of these phenomena because of the relatively low orbit of manned missions.
However, they do have to be concerned about cumulative exposure during space walks.
The damage caused by solar storms
Solar flares can damage satellites and have an enormous financial cost.
The charged particles can also threaten airlines by disturbing Earth's magnetic field.
Very large flares can even create currents within electricity grids and knock out energy supplies.
When Coronal Mass Ejections strike Earth they cause geomagnetic storms and enhanced aurora.
They can disrupt radio waves, GPS coordinates and overload electrical systems.
A large influx of energy could flow into high voltage power grids and permanently damage transformers.
This could shut off businesses and homes around the world.
Source: NASA - Solar Storm and Space Weather
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14715291/bird-wing-solar-eruption-TOMORROW.html
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etc. The storms will be far greater than the storms you have seen before, more hurricanes, more tornadoes, more typhoons, more cyclones, more tidal waves, more earthquakes, more flooding, more mudslides, oh, the trouble, the trouble, the trouble that shall come. At times you may wonder what is taking place, and I say unto you, get into my word, look in my word, know what Jeremiah has said, know what Ezekiel has said, know what Joel told you etc
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4.6-magnitude earthquake felt across Israel, epicenter in Greece
Residents report earthquake across the country, including in Haifa, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The epicenter of the quake is likely Crete, Greece.
Israel National News May 14, 2025, 2:13 AM (GMT+3)
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 was felt across Israel early Wednesday morning.
Residents of Israel reported that the quake was felt, among other places, in Haifa, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and additional towns in central Israel.
The epicenter of the quake is likely Crete, Greece, where an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 was reported.
In March, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 was felt in the city of Eilat. No injuries or damage were reported.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the epicenter of the earthquake was near the Red Sea, approximately 65 km south of Eilat and 16 km from the resort city of Nuweiba in Sinai.
In August of 2024, an earthquake was felt in many towns and cities in northern and central Israel.
There were no reports of injuries or damages.
The epicenter is believed to be an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale that occurred in Syria, and was also felt in Jordan and Lebanon.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408317
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A 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off Egypt’s Marsa Matrouh early Wednesday morning
Ahram Online , Wednesday 14 May 2025
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale was recorded 421 kilometers south of the coast of Marsa Matrouh in the Mediterranean Sea at 1:51am Cairo time (GMT +3) on Wednesday, according to Egypt’s National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG).
Residents in both Cairo and Alexandria reported noticeably feeling the tremor despite the epicenter’s distance.
NRIAG confirmed that no casualties or material damage had been reported.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a lower magnitude of 6.1 for the same earthquake, placing the epicenter approximately 38 km south-southwest of Karpathos, Greece.
Head of the Seismology Department at NRIAG Sherif El-Hady stated that the earthquake’s epicenter lies about 420 kilometers south of Crete from the nearest Egyptian city—a safe distance that does not warrant concern.
El-Hady indicated that residents in Cairo felt the tremor due to the city's soft clay soil, which amplified the impact despite the quake’s remote epicenter.
He dismissed fears of aftershocks, noting that the first aftershock occurred around 2:00am and was felt by some residents of Marsa Matrouh governorate, according to El-Shorouk news website.
However, the USGS and EMSC have not reported any aftershocks in the same area at that time.
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/2/546226/Egypt/Society/UPDATED-A-magnitude-
earthquake-strikes-off-Egypt%E2%80%99s.aspx
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American Churches Turned into Mosques — But Who’s Really to Blame?
By Raymond Ibrahim Published on May 13, 2025
Muslims are buying and transforming American churches into mosques — and Americans are angry about it!
But is their anger being directed at the right source?
Recently, a year-old video clip of a Muslim cleric went viral on X. In it, Muhammad Musri, president of American Islam and chairman of the board of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, delivers a sermon saying that, due to its “unimpressive dogma” of “someone” being crucified for them, Christianity is dying out in America, preparing the way for Islam:
A lot of Christians are leaving their faith, especially the young generation. The churches are emptying out. The Pew Research Center has shown that in the last 10 years, 28% of people have left the church and became atheists or agnostics. They are not impressed anymore by the dogma that someone 2,000 years ago was crucified for their sins. They are searching for something that is more meaningful, that is consistent with science and consistent with the principles that we know today. Islam is the answer for them, and we are jumping on the opportunities.
As such, Muslims are busy buying up and transforming churches into mosques as part of their Islamization of America program, continued Sheikh Muhammad:
As these churches empty out … we are buying these churches. We bought three churches so far and converted them into mosques, and now we have one we are buying with a school… The [American] people who are part of that community one day will be Muslims. So we will make it into a mosque and an Islamic school for our children and their children, inshallah [Allah willing]…. I ask Allah to give Islam victory in this country…
Online Outrage
There is nothing new or shocking about such words and goals. Indeed, around the same time that Sheikh Muhammad was boasting about purchasing churches in Florida, Muslims purchased another large, especially important and historic Catholic church in New York: “St. Anne’s Church, Buffalo, NY. Permanently closed,” Fr. Ronald Vierling wrote in a post on August 11, 2024: “Sold to the Islamic community for $250,000 who are converting the historic church into a mosque.”
In both cases (that of the Florida churches, and that of the historic NY church) social media users expressed outrage. Thus, to quote from the most popular comment (by Mag 1775) concerning Sheikh Muhammad’s supplication to Allah to transform even more churches into mosques:
That’s not a prayer, that’s a threat. Converting churches, claiming territory, preaching takeover? Sounds less like faith, more like infiltration. This is America, not a caliphate. We don’t kneel to Sharia, and Florida damn sure won’t fall without a fight. We stand for Christ, Constitution, and country. No retreat. No surrender.
Similar outrage was voiced regarding the NY church, to the point that Fr. Vierling had to issue a follow-up statement:
No anger should be directed against the Islamic community. The parish complex was made available for sale by the diocese. No doubt the changing demographics of the area and the inability to financially support the complex made the continuance of St. Ann as a viable parish possible. This scenario is being played out in once large, urban dioceses across the country.
What to make of all this?
Not Business as Usual
For starters, let no one be deceived: For Muslims, these purchases are not mere business transactions; a point is being made.
From its very origins, Islam always sought to convert the temples of other religions into mosques — victory mosques, to be precise. Past and present, one of the very first signs of Muslim consolidation was/is the erection of a mosque atop the sacred sites of the vanquished: the pagan Ka’ba temple in Arabia was converted into Islam’s holiest site, the mosque of Mecca; the al-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, was built atop Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem; the Umayyad mosque was built atop the Church of St. John the Baptist; and the Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque upon the conquest of Constantinople (and again, recently).
For Muslims, the transformation of non-Muslim places of worship into mosques is the physical manifestation and validation of Islam’s ancient battle cry: Allahu akbar, which simply means “my god is greater than your god,” as seen by Allah’s taking up residence in the temple of his vanquished counterparts.
The transformation of Christian churches into mosques is especially emblematic of this phenomenon. Because most of the land Islam conquered (or stole) from Morocco in the west to Iraq in the east was for centuries Christian, most of the religious houses that were turned into victory mosques were churches.
As such, the transformation of American churches into mosques is, for Muslims, another example of Islam’s triumph over its Christian nemesis. “Allahu akbar” will be chanted as the Muslim deity makes his residence in this vacated church.
Look to Yourself
Even so, Fr. Ronald Vierling saying, “No anger should be directed against the Islamic community” is also true. Muslims are, after all, only doing what is good for them and their religion. Who can blame them? They are not directly conquering anyone or annexing any building; every American church they transform into a mosque was sold to them for a few silver pieces. All fair and legal.
This is the point that so many Western folk, who are otherwise wise to Islam and its wiles, do not seem to understand: Muslims cannot be faulted for flooding Western Europe or for having so many children (so that the number one name for newborn baby boys in several Western capitals is Muhammad), or for advocating for laws and behavior that conform to sharia. In doing all of these things, they are merely engaging in self-preserving and self-promoting activities, which is how all normal people behave.
So how can they be blamed for buying and turning churches into mosques?
Alarmed Christians or Westerners in general will get nowhere until they learn to point their fingers in the right direction — at themselves, or at least, at their “elected” leaders who allow Muslims to promote themselves over the native peoples of the West.
And then doing something about it.
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An example of how American leaders help empower Islam in America just occurred on May 2: New York City Mayor Eric Adams decreed that mosques no longer need to apply for permits to blast their “call to prayers” on loudspeakers.
Do you think American leaders would ever allow American churches to blast “Christian calls to prayers” — annoying surrounding non-Christians the way non-Muslims are now going to be annoyed in New York?
In short, yes, Christians should be angered that their churches are being pawned off to Muslims, who turn them into mosques. But Christian anger — if it is to be of any value — should be less directed against Muslims, whose actions are normal and representative of a people seeking to preserve and promote itself, and more toward themselves and their leaders, whose actions are suicidal and precisely what has led to Muslim empowerment in the West.
Raymond Ibrahim, author of Defenders of the West and Sword and Scimitar, is the Distinguished Senior Shillman Fellow at the Gatestone Institute and the Judith Rosen Friedman Fellow at the Middle East Forum.
https://stream.org/american-churches-turned-into-mosques-but-whos-really-to-blame/
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etc. truly darkness, darkness is growing darker and darker and darker, war is being prepared, war is being made ready. Watch Russia, watch Turkey, watch China, watch Iran, watch Pakistan, watch Saudi Arabia, for they are not your friends nor have they ever been your friends. They are not my friends, saith your Father God, for they shall wage war against me in the last days, these are the last days. etc..
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Iran isn’t building a civilian nuclear program
Iran has massive gas reserves and much cheaper power than we do.
May 12, 2025 at 4:49 pm Daniel Greenfield
Iran has some of the cheapest electricity prices in the world. The average cost of electricity in the United States per kilowatt hour is $0.181.
In Iran it’s $0.004.
A country where electricity is vastly cheaper than in America isn’t looking to lower power costs.
Iran joins Libya, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar and other oil-rich countries as having some of the cheapest electricity prices in the world. Countries with vast energy reserves and production don’t need nuclear energy the way that Germany or France, which depend on imports, do.
Saudi Arabia, with $0.053 electricity, did not begin pursuing a nuclear program because it needed to lower its energy costs. Neither did the United Arab Emirates. The Saudis and Emiratis became interested in developing a “civilian” nuclear program only as Iran’s nuclear program took off.
If Iran were developing a nuclear program to lower energy costs, it would have long ago dropped the program after sanctions cost its economy an estimated $1 trillion. Losing $1 trillion to shave a few more fractions of a cent off the average cost of a kilowatt makes no sense.
Iran is not interested in peaceful applications of nuclear energy, but in nuclear weapons. That’s why it’s been willing to lose $1 trillion and go to war to protect its nuclear program.
Despite these obvious, common-sense facts, the Obama administration and some figures in the current administration insist on pretending that a deal can be made to keep Iran’s nuclear program peaceful. The idea is just as false in 2025 as it was in 2015 when Obama pushed his Iran deal.
Consider Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant. Under construction since the ’90s, its 1,000 megawatts is a drop in the bucket compared to the billions spent constructing it. (Iran has variously claimed to have spent either $1.7 billion or $4 billion on the plant.)
One of the world’s largest energy producers would not be going to war to add 1,000 megawatts.
Despite Bushehr and the rest of Iran’s extensive and growing nuclear infrastructure, Iran gets only 1% of its electricity from nuclear power. Iran gets most of its actual electricity (86%) from natural gas. And Iran’s natural gas cost is $0.001 per kWh for residential customers (vs $0.081 on average in the world).
With 1.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, one of the biggest reserves in the world, Iran has all the energy it needs under its feet. Even without adding the $1 trillion cost of sanctions, the numbers for using nuclear power plants to generate electricity for homes and businesses make no economic sense.
Over 95% of Iranian households depend on gas. And Iran has so much power that it exports electricity to nearby Iraq. Despite putting on a facade of power and gas shortages to justify its nuclear-power program, that’s not because Iran doesn’t have enough gas but because it prioritizes exports over its domestic market, and uses the revenues for international terrorism.
Iran is the world’s third largest natural gas producer after America and Russia. Where does that money go? It certainly doesn’t go to the Iranian population, which gets little to no say in it.
Iran’s trillions of cubic feet of natural gas produced each year also help finance its extremely expensive and devastating nuclear program. Is Iran planning to spend another $20 billion building nuclear plants (in an economy with a GDP of only $404 billion) because it wants to make sure that its civilian population and businesses have everything that they need?
If Iran really cared about the welfare and prosperity of its civilian population, it would have stopped its nuclear program and ended the international sanctions imposed on it, which have hit its consumer goods and business exports and imports hardest while doing less to stop the core energy exports and construction businesses that the regime derives much of its wealth from.
When Trump reimposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, ballistic missiles and terrorism, its GDP growth fell from as high as 8.8% after the Obama deal to 2.4%.
Was adding some megawatts to the grid in a country powered by its gas reserves worth that?
Iran is not pursuing a nuclear program because it needs the electric power, because it makes any economic sense or because it cares about its civilian population.
No one in the Middle East is building nuclear power plants because they want a civilian nuclear industry. And certainly not countries that can get all the energy they want just by drilling.
Those who oppose any crackdown on Iran’s nuclear program should be honest and say so rather than promoting the Obama fiction that one of the world’s largest energy producers with dirt-cheap electricity lost $1 trillion to be able to slightly boost its electric generation capacity.
Iran is not building its Natanz uranium enrichment complex so far in the earth that it’s supposed to be unreachable by U.S. strikes because it wants a civilian nuclear program. And that much is obvious to everyone. But there are those who still insist on an imaginary separation between Bushehr and Natanz, between Iran’s supposedly civilian and military nuclear program, and using that as the basis for a deal limiting Iran’s capacity to civilian uses.
But all of that is premised on the idea that Iran wants a civilian program and would therefore accept and honor an arrangement that would limit it to a civilian program with no possibility of weapons development. That premise, which Obama accepted and sold to Congressional Democrats, quickly fell apart, only for Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and other administration players to try and revive it.
Iran isn’t looking to trade a weapons program for a civilian program. It’s doing what it has done from the very beginning, which is disguising its military program as a civilian program. Obama, like a number of figures in political office and in the intelligence community, knew that and chose to pretend otherwise. They are the reason why Iran has become a bigger threat over the years.
Defenders of rebooting Obama’s Iran deal have taken to calling critics “globalists” and claim that bringing back Obama’s old policy is somehow “America First.” They insist that being realistic about Iran’s nuclear program is a plot by the military-industrial complex and the CIA.
But it was the CIA and the “intelligence community” that bailed out Iran during the Bush administration by falsely declaring in the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate that “we judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program.”
The Trump administration can do what it chooses about Iran’s nuclear program. It can maintain sanctions, it can take out the program or it can do absolutely nothing. But it should be clear-eyed about what Iran’s nuclear program is and what it’s for. Deals with terrorists and terror states are worthless. Any agreement with Iran can only end one way, and that’s with a terror state whose motto is “Death to America” gaining the ability to carry out that threat against us.
Iran’s civilian nuclear program is as much of a front as a mob chain of pizza parlors. Negotiating with Islamic terrorists is a waste of America’s power and credibility. And it seduces those who negotiate into believing that a deal is possible, no matter how high the red flags fly.
The United States can choose to ignore Iran, but it should stop humiliating itself by negotiating with a terror state that has tortured and murdered Americans, and now treats us like suckers.
https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/iran-isnt-building-a-civilian-nuclear-program/
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etc. Keep your eyes; keep your eyes upon what is going on in the Mid-East, that is your tree, that is your tree, I have told you to watch Israel, that is your tree. etc.
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Trump calls on Saudi Arabia to join Abraham Accords recognizing Israel
By Steven Nelson and Diana Glebova
Published May 13, 2025 Updated May 13, 2025, 6:16 p.m. ET
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump called on Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel during a speech to the oil-rich kingdom’s leaders on Tuesday — saying “you’ll be greatly honoring me” by doing so.
Trump frequently referred to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by name during his speech at the Saudi-US investment forum as the country’s de facto ruler watched from the front row, flanked by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
“With the historic Abraham Accords that we’re so proud of, all the momentum was aimed at peace, aimed very successfully,” Trump said.
“It’s been an amazing thing, the Abraham Accords, and it’s my fervent hope, wish, and even my dream that Saudi Arabia — a place I have such respect for, especially over the last fairly short period of time, what you’ve been able to do — but will soon be joining the Abraham Accords.”
Trump added: “I think it’ll be a tremendous tribute to your country, and it will be something that’s really going to be very important for the future of the future of the Middle East. I took a risk in doing them, and they’ve been an absolute bonanza for the countries that have joined.”
Trump also used the speech to threaten Iran with “massive maximum pressure” and “drive Iranian oil exports to zero” if Tehran doesn’t agree to a new nuclear deal.
“The time is right now for them to choose is right now — we don’t have a lot of time,” Trump said.
The president brokered the Abraham Accords during his first term by negotiating with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to end formal hostilities towards Israel and recognize the Jewish state’s sovereignty.
Sudan and Morocco subsequently moved to normalize relations with Israel, adding to the historic diplomatic feat.
Saudi Arabia does not currently recognize Israel’s statehood and the two countries have never had formal bilateral relations.
Trump has supported Israel in its war against Hamas that broke out after the terror group carried out a massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, that killed an estimated 1,200 people in Israel.
Two weeks after the attack, then-President Joe Biden claimed that Hamas had carried out the atrocity “because they knew I was about to sit down with the Saudis, because the Saudis wanted to recognize Israel and that would in fact unite the Middle East.”
Talks on normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia have stalled while Israel carries out its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Trump has said Hamas has to be abolished, and called for the total relocation of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to make way for international development.
The president does not have a stop in Israel planned during his trip to the Middle East, the first major foreign travel of his second term.
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40 to 60 Million Tons of Poison a Year Sprayed in our Skies – Dane Wigington
By Greg Hunter On May 13, 2025 In Political Analysis 2 Comments
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
Renowned climate engineering researcher Dane Wigington is finally waking up the public to the profound damage being done to them while collapsing the environment. Florida’s Governor DeSantis has signed a law making geoengineering (aka chemtrails) illegal in his state. New HHS Secretary Bobby Kennedy Jr. has recently admitted geoengineering is real and DARPA, a secretive government agency, is doing it. Dark government forces are spraying toxic chemicals such as aluminum, radioactive coal ash, mercury, graphene, polymer fibers and nano particles. All are deadly poison over the skies in America. Many in the Trump Administration know this destructive policy is going on but are doing nothing to stop it. Wigington says, “The bees are dying of symptoms resembling Alzheimer’s and dementia because they are packed full of aluminum. They can’t even find their way back to the hive. It’s happening to us, all of us, as well. It’s not normal or natural to assume you are going to get Alzheimer’s or dementia when you get up in your years. We are being trained, taught and programmed to think this is normal. It’s not normal. . . . This whole MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement, I want people to stop and consider that MAHA anything means absolutely nothing, zero, if we don’t stop the contaminants raining down from our skies. 40 to 60 million tons annually are contaminating everything. Focusing on food dyes while this is going on is absolutely ludicrous. That’s way worse than polishing the rails on the Titanic as it sinks. How is this not a real right now fight-for-life?”
The weird weather you are seeing with high winds, hail and wild temperature swings are not normal and do not come from nature. Much of it is caused by geoengineering. Wigington says, “They are all using terms like ‘weather whiplash’ all the time as if this is normal. They use the term ‘Mother Nature’ to try to associate those two, and they have nothing to do with each other. These radical swings in weather are absolutely engineered. . . . We have record high temperatures. We just had that happen in Minnesota and Montana. One location in Montana has a record high and broke the record by 14 degrees. That’s almost 40 degrees above normal. Then, it snows two days later. Seriously? People think that is normal or natural?”
In closing, Wigington warns, “I don’t see us making it to the end of this year without seeing major links to the chain breaking. Those in power will be trying to feed normalcy bias in any and every way they can. It will be mass distraction with societal division with outrageous social issues always being pushed into the media. It will be mass distraction while all hell is breaking loose all over the world.”
There is much more in the 50-minute interview.
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Scribe note: Pray over your food, sanctify it 1 Tim 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; 5 for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. (NKJ)
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Gene-edited pork sneaks onto your plate: FDA quietly approves CRISPR pigs amid health and ethical concerns
05/13/2025 // Lance D Johnson // Views
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has quietly green lit the first-ever gene-edited pigs for human consumption, marking a controversial leap into the future of biotechnology. While corporate giants and biotech proponents celebrate this as a solution to disease-ridden factory farming, skeptics warn of hidden dangers—unintended genetic mutations, viral resistance, and a disturbing lack of transparency for consumers. As CRISPR-altered pork inches toward dinner tables, the question remains: Are we trading short-term agricultural gains for long-term health disasters?
Key points:
The FDA approved gene-edited pigs resistant to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), a costly virus plaguing industrial pig farms.
CRISPR technology removes a cellular receptor to block PRRS, but critics warn the virus could mutate into more dangerous strains.
No labeling requirements mean consumers may unknowingly eat gene-edited pork as early as next year.
Previous gene-editing experiments have led to unintended side effects, raising concerns about food safety.
The approval follows a pattern of regulatory secrecy, with the FDA failing to prominently disclose the decision.
The hidden cost of "disease-resistant" pork
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has plagued pig farms for decades, causing massive economic losses. Genus, a British biotech firm, claims its CRISPR-edited pigs—engineered to lack the CD163 receptor targeted by PRRS—could be the answer. However, genetic modifications often have unintended consequences. In 2018, He Jiankui’s controversial CRISPR experiment on human embryos demonstrated the technology’s unpredictability. While pigs are not humans, similar risks exist: viruses evolve, and genetic alterations may disrupt biological functions in unforeseen ways. As one expert warned, PRRS has no simple fix—CRISPR may create new problems while solving old ones.
He Jiankui’s controversial human embryo experiment
He Jiankui used CRISPR to edit human embryos (targeting the CCR5 gene) to purportedly confer HIV resistance.
Unintended consequences: Off-target effects or disruptions to other genes could lead to long-term health risks.
Ethical violations: Lack of transparency, informed consent, and regulatory oversight raised global condemnation.
Existential risks: Germline editing (heritable changes) could have unpredictable effects on future generations.
The PRRS-resistant pig dilemma
Genus’s CRISPR-edited pigs lack the CD163 receptor, theoretically making them immune to PRRS.
Viral evolution: PRRS virus could adapt, rendering the genetic fix obsolete.
Biological disruption: Removing CD163 (a multifunctional protein) may impair immune responses or metabolic functions.
Unintended effects: Similar to He Jiankui’s experiment, CRISPR may introduce new vulnerabilities.
The FDA’s silent approval and the labeling loophole
The FDA quietly approved gene-edited pork without public debate, burying the decision in obscure regulatory documents. Even more concerning, Genus acknowledges that no labeling is required, leaving consumers unaware if their food contains CRISPR-modified meat. The Center for Food Safety has long advocated for transparency, arguing that people deserve the right to know what they’re eating. This secrecy mirrors past failures, such as AquaBounty’s GMO salmon, which faced consumer rejection. If history repeats, gene-edited pork may enter the market unnoticed—until public backlash forces a reckoning.
A dangerous precedent: Who controls our food?
The FDA’s approval of CRISPR pork sets a worrying trend, paving the way for gene-edited chickens, cattle, and other livestock with minimal oversight. Corporate interests, including Bill Gates—a major CRISPR proponent—are driving this agenda under the guise of solving food insecurity. But the lack of long-term safety studies and mandatory labeling raises ethical and health concerns. Critics warn that tampering with nature can backfire, introducing unforeseen risks to human health and ecosystems. As industrial agriculture pushes forward, food sovereignty—the right to choose what we eat—hangs in the balance.
What you can do
Buy organic – USDA-certified organic products prohibit GMOs, including CRISPR-edited meat.
Support local farmers – Seek out transparent, ethical meat sources that avoid genetic modifications.
Demand labeling – Advocate for laws requiring clear GMO labeling so consumers can make informed choices.
Reduce industrial meat consumption – Opt for pasture-raised, non-GMO, and regenerative farming options.
The CRISPR food revolution is already underway, but public awareness and resistance can shape its future. The question remains: Will we accept unregulated genetic experiments in our food, or demand accountability?
Sources include: NaturalHealth365.com NationalPigAssociation.co.uk
TechnologyReview.com
https://www.naturalnews.com/2025-05-13-gene-edited-pork-sneaks-onto-your-plate.html
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these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the
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Matt 24:6 "And you will hear of wars and
rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to
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BREAKING NEWS: HUNGARY MOVING TROOPS, TANKS-ARTILLERY TO UKRAINE BORDER
Hal Turner World May 13, 2025 Hits: 28105
11:33 AM Eastern US time, Tuesday, 13 May 2025 -- As this story is published, troops, tanks, artillery, armored personnel carriers of the Hungarian Army are mobilizing toward the Hungary Border with Ukraine.
Intel Analysts suspect that Hungary is about to make a military move to re-acquire "Transcarpathia" (highlighted in Red on the map above) which was formerly the country of Hungary, but was given over to Ukraine during the time of the Soviet Union.
Despite it being technically "Ukraine" since Soviet times, the people there mostly speak Hungarian!
Tanks Have been taken off their Transportation units & Driving through several towns on UKRAINE border on main road routes! Video below, taken TODAY, shows vast military mobilization:
Is ORBAN preparing to take over the Hungarian Region inside UKRAINE when peace talks fail & Russia goes full BAGRATION to KIEV ?
Hungarian towns located on or near main roads leading to the Ukraine border, where Hungarian ARMOUR has been seen massing:
1. **Záhony** - Situated on the M3 motorway and near the Chop-Záhony border crossing, a major entry point for both road and rail traffic into Ukraine.
2. **Beregsurány** - Located near the Luzhanka-Beregsurány border crossing, accessible via Route 41 and connected to the M3 motorway. This crossing is open 24/7 and handles cars, buses, and trucks.
3. **Tiszabecs** - Close to the Vylok-Tiszabecs border crossing, reachable via Route 49.
4. **Barabás** - Near the Kosyno-Barabás border crossing, accessible via local roads connecting to Route 41.
5. **Nagyhódos** - Located at the Velyka Palad-Nagyhódos border crossing, a newer checkpoint opened in 2025 for passenger vehicles up to 3.5 tons.
These towns are strategically positioned along key routes, including Hungary’s Main Road 4 (connected to Ukraine’s M06) and Route 491 (connected to Ukraine’s M26), part of the international E-road network (E573 and E58).
Hal Turner Analysis
If this is what Hungary is actually doing, re-taking Transcarpathia, the European Union will likely go berserk. They are already fed-up with Hungary voting to deny additional aid to Ukraine. A vote coming later this week, is specifically being designed to neutralize Hungary's ability to bloc further EU aid to Ukraine; they will adopt legislation in a manner that prevents a single nation from blocking more aid.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who leads Hungary, has already seen the writing on the wall of Europe when, last month, discussions took place to strip Hungary of EU voting rights.
Apparently, in the European Union, you can only vote when you agree with the EU. A totally fraudulent "Democracy."
No time line is known as to when (or if) Hungary will actually proceed into Ukraine to take back Transcarpathia, but very clearly, something gigantic is about to take place. It will likely tear Europe apart.
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Ramifications of a Nuclear Iran
By Tom Gilbreath
An April 16th Newsweek article by Amir Daftari said, “Russia's upper house of parliament ratified a sweeping 20-year strategic partnership agreement with Iran on Wednesday, deepening military and nuclear cooperation just as fears of conflict between Washington and Tehran intensify.” A few days later, Vladimir Putin signed the agreement into law.
The treaty marks a new high point in a remarkable, and once unexpected, friendship. Russia and Iran had been enemies going back centuries. That began changing when the present radical Shia Muslim regime took over Iran in 1979. The two nations have grown closer over the years. In Russia’s war against Ukraine, it has used Iranian drone technology to deadly effect.
Iran longs to become a nuclear power. Russia brags about its position as the holder of the world’s largest nuclear arsenal. And now they have signed a pact promising to deepen their “military and nuclear cooperation.”
Here’s what makes that so dangerous. The Shiite religious leaders of Iran are zealots who believe that their expected messiah, known as the “Mahdi,” will come to rid the world of evil and bring on the judgment day. He will arise, they believe, at a time of maximum chaos in the world. And the Iranians have shown themselves more than willing to create that chaos. They promise to wipe Israel from the earth. They cry, “Death to America,” and they mean it. They remain the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism. They already create chaos whenever and wherever they can.
Some might see this as the pot calling the kettle black since the Bible teaches that Messiah Jesus will return at the end of a period of chaos and turmoil. The difference is that, even if we wanted to (and we don’t), Christians have no way of creating the kind of fire-from-the-heavens chaos that Bible prophecy tells us will strike the world before the Lord’s return. We stand in awe as we see end-time events unfold. But we do not and cannot create those massive events. The mullahs running Iran have a different outlook. They long to hasten the Mahdi’s coming by creating a conflagration they believe only he can extinguish. And they are on the verge of creating an inferno like the world has never seen before.
Iran uses missile designs from their ally, North Korea. If Iran builds nuclear weapons, they have an ally ready to supply them with parts and designs for intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of striking practically anywhere in the world, including Europe and the United States. North Korea needs cash. Iran has cash — mostly from oil sales to China and Russia. Iran needs to know how to build ICBMs. North Korea has already built and tested machines capable of carrying nuclear weapons from North Korea to the continental United States. The North Koreans may see that as a win-win situation, but Iranian theology makes it an enormous threat to the whole world.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking that keeping nukes out of the hands of the Iranians is just about Israel. It impacts everyone. Iran looks to be the first nation ever to gain nuclear weapons… and be happy to use them.
The Trump Administration just completed a third round of talks with Iran, and both sides expressed guarded optimism regarding their progress. We heard similar things a few years ago, though from a very different Administration. Previous experience should remind everyone that the mullahs who rule Iran are good at buying time while giving away nothing.
The Bible talks about a future war where Russia and Iran lead a coalition of nations in an all-out assault on Israel. That war will one day happen whether Iran has nukes or not. The Bible says this massive attack will not defeat Israel. But it gives no such assurances about the future of the United States. So, pray for President Trump and his team.
https://www.hallindsey.com/ww-4-27-2025/
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U.S. to put military option back on table if no immediate progress in Iran talks is made, i24NEWS understands
A source close to Steve Witcoff says the administration's choice of Michael Anton to lead the technical talks shows Trump wants to secure a deal with Iran
Barak Betesh ■ Foreign correspondent, i24NEWS Hebrew Channel
Unless significant progress is registered in Sunday's round of nuclear talks with Iran, the U.S. will consider putting the military option back on the table, sources close to U.S. envoy Steve Witcoff told i24NEWS.
American and Iranian representatives voiced optimism after the previous talks that took place in Oman and Rome, saying there was a friendly atmosphere despite the two countries' decades of enmity.
However the two sides are not believed to have thrashed out the all-important technical details, and basic questions remain.
The source has also underscored the significance of the administration's choice of Michael Anton, the State Department's policy planning director, as the lead representative in the nuclear talks' technical phases.
Anton is "an Iran expert and someone who knows how to cut a deal with Iran," the source said, saying that the choice reflected Trump's desire to secure the deal.
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/artc-u-s-to-put-military-option-back-on-table-
if-no-immediate-progress-in-iran-talks-is-made-i24news-understands
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US/EU To Russia: Accept 30-Day Ceasefire by Monday or New Sanctions. Medvedev: "Shove your Plan up your arse"
Hal Turner World May 10, 2025 Hits: 24332
The European Union/United States/NATO has told Russia they must begin a 30--day, unconditional, ceasefire with Ukraine this coming Monday, or face the severe new economic sanctions on their Banking and Oil sectors.
Dmitry Medvedev spoke about this publicly today on social media, telling the EU/US/NATO what they can do with their plan:
Dmitry Medvedev spoke about this publicly today on social media, telling the EU/US/NATO what they can do with their plan:
I think Medvedev's remark was a bit less cordial than most in the West expected.
Why would Russia agree to this when it is Russia who is winning?
Moreover, Russia talked to them about a 30-day ceasefire and demanded methods to make certain Ukraine was NOT being re-armed during that period. The West completely discarded that condition.
As such, it seems to most THINKING people that the sole reason the EU/US/NATO want this ceasefire is to re-arm Ukraine so as to start the conflict again, only with Ukraine re-armed. It seems to most people that Russia knows it cannot trust the West, after it came out that the Minsk Agreement was a deliberate deception that Ukraine "had no intention of honoring."
Without methods to assure Ukraine is not being re-armed, Russia would not agree to a ceasefire. So now the West is trying to force the issue under threat of additional economic sanctions.
Russia does not respond well to threats.
Russia is presently the most-heavily sanctioned country on earth, and they're doing just fine!
Most people are expecting Monday to come and go without Russia agreeing to a ceasefire. We'll all see soon enough.
In the meantime, Russia is warming up their new ORESHNIK hypersonic, medium-range, Ballistic Missiles at their Kapustin Yar facility. They have issued a NOTAM, restricting air space, presumably for launches early next week. (Story Here)
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US Greenlights Long-Range Missile Transfer to Ukraine – Report
by RT May 11th, 2025 2:37 PM
The US has approved the transfer of 100 Patriot air-defense missiles and 125 long-range artillery rockets from German stockpiles to Ukraine, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing a congressional official. Under US export rules, American-made systems cannot be re-exported without prior approval from Washington.
The move follows Russia’s declaration of a 72-hour unilateral ceasefire from the start of May 8 to the end of May 10 to mark Victory Day, as well as President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to hold direct peace talks in Istanbul on May 15.
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has long advocated for long-range missiles and Patriot systems. He recently stated that Kiev is prepared to spend $30-50 billion on US weapons or obtain production licenses, and has instructed his government to pursue a Patriot deal. Each unit costs over $1 billion and requires around 90 personnel to operate.
Since returning to office in January, US President Donald Trump has not authorized new military aid for Ukraine. Shipments previously approved under former President Joe Biden have been nearly exhausted. According to the New York Times, the Trump administration has shown little interest in pursuing further assistance, instead urging European NATO allies to take on a greater share of the burden in supporting Ukraine.
On Thursday, the Ukrainian parliament ratified a landmark agreement with the US that grants Washington preferential access to critical natural resources, including rare-earth elements. Originally signed in April, the deal outlines the creation of a joint investment fund to support Ukraine’s economic recovery. While it does not include formal security assurances, Kiev views the agreement as a pathway to deeper cooperation with the US and potential future military support.
“This gives us hope,” Egor Chernev, the deputy chair of Ukraine’s parliamentary defense committee, said, as quoted by the New York Times. He noted that Ukrainian forces are running low on long-range missiles, artillery, and ballistic air defense systems, the majority of which are produced in the US.
In April, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Berlin could not immediately send more Patriot systems due to supply issues. However, he confirmed plans to deliver four German-made IRIS-T SLM systems and 30 additional missiles. Germany has also sent 60 mine-resistant vehicles, 50,000 artillery shells, and one IRIS-T interceptor.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government has decided to stop publishing shipment details, aiming to establish “strategic ambiguity.”
Russia says it remains open to dialogue but insists that halting Western arms shipments is a prerequisite for any lasting ceasefire. Kiev has repeatedly called for a 30-day truce in recent months, describing it as critical to launching diplomatic efforts. Moscow has pushed back against the proposal, arguing that a pause would largely benefit Ukraine by giving its forces time to regroup and replenish their stockpiles.
https://www.infowars.com/posts/us-greenlights-long-range-missile-transfer-to-ukraine-report
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Matthew 24:3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples
came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will
these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the
age?"
Matt 24:6 "And you will hear of wars and
rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to
pass, but the end is not yet.
Matt 24:7 "For nation will rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines,
pestilences, and earthquakes in various
places.
Matt 24:8 "All these are the beginning of sorrows.
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JUST IN: Secretary Brooke Rollins Announces IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION of Cattle, Horse, and Bison Imports at Southern Border Over “New World Screwworm” Threat
by Jim Hᴏft May. 11, 2025 2:20 pm
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins took bold action to protect America’s food supply and ranching industry from an imminent biological threat.
Effective immediately, all live cattle, horse, and bison imports through U.S. southern border ports of entry have been suspended in response to the reemergence of the New World Screwworm.
The New World Screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) is a parasitic fly whose larvae (maggots) are flesh-eating parasites that infest warm-blooded animals, including cattle, wildlife, pets, and humans. It is considered one of the most destructive parasites known to livestock.
According to the CDC:
NWS infestations are very painful. If you have an NWS infestation, you may see maggots (larvae) around or in an open wound. They could also be in your nose, eyes, or mouth. Tell your healthcare provider of any recent travel to Central or South America, or the Caribbean.
Symptoms can also include
Unexplained skin lesions (wounds or sores) that do not heal.
Skin wounds or sores that worsen over time.
Painful skin wounds or sores.
Bleeding from open sores.
Feeling larvae movement within a skin wound or sore, nose, mouth, or eyes.
Seeing maggots around or in open sores.
A foul-smelling odor from the site of the infestation.
Secondary bacterial infections sometimes occur and may cause fever or chills.
“Due to the threat of New World Screwworm, I am announcing the suspension of live cattle, horse, & bison imports through U.S. southern border ports of entry effective immediately,” Rollins announced on Sunday.
“The last time this devastating pest invaded America, it took 30 years for our cattle industry to recover. This cannot happen again.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/just-secretary-brooke-rollins-announces-
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Young men are leading a religious resurgence
Erica Pandey
Christianity is starting to make a comeback in the U.S. and other western countries, led by young people.
Why it matters: A decades-long decline has stalled, shaping the future of Gen Z, the drivers of the religion revival.
“We’ve seen the plateau of non-religion in America,” says Ryan Burge, a political scientist at Eastern Illinois University. “Gen Z is not that much less religious than their parents, and that’s a big deal.”
By the numbers: Data from Pew shows that, for decades, each age group has been less Christian than the one before it.
Americans born in the 1970s are 63% Christian. 1980s babies are 53% Christian, and 1990s babies are 46% Christian.
But there was no decline from the 1990s to the 2000s. Americans born in the 2000s are also 46% Christian.
Stunning stat: Gen Z-ers — especially Gen Z men — are actually more likely to attend weekly religious services than millennials and even some younger Gen X-ers, Burge’s analysis shows.
Between the lines: Young men are leading American’s religion resurgence.
Within older generations, there’s a consistent gender gap among Christians, with women more likely to be religious than men.
Within Gen Z, the gap has closed, as young men join the church and young women leave it. If the current trajectory sticks, the gender gap will flip.
Zoom in: Many young people have turned to religion to find community and connection after the isolating years of the pandemic, which hit Gen Z harder than most.
In some ways, this trend mirrors men's shift to the political right. "Religion is coded right, and coded more traditionalist" for young people, Derek Rishmawy, who leads a ministry at UC Irvine, told The New York Times.
Plus, for some young men, Christianity is seen as "one institution that isn't initially and formally skeptical of them as a class," Rishmawy told the Times.
Zoom out: The resurgence is global.
“In France, the Catholic Church has baptized more than 17,000 people, the highest yearly number of entrants in over 20 years,” New York Times columnist David Brooks writes.
The share of British people between 18 to 24 who attend church at least monthly jumped from 4% in 2018 to 16% today, including 21% gain among young men, according to research from the Bible Society.
What to watch: The deepening gender divide within America's religion revival could have broader consequences for young people, Burge says.
"People like to marry people like them, and women are increasingly liberal and increasingly non-religious, while men are the opposite of them," says Burge. "Partnering is going to be a problem."
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/10/religious-young-people-christianity-rise
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they have been poked in the eye so long they are ready to fight.
North Korea has been mocked for so long they are ready to fight.
They are not afraid of those ships that are out there; they were out
there during the Korean War. Oh, wake up, wake up, you need to turn to me and not to your
own ways, for the old ways never did work etc
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Germany Ultimatum to Russia: "Moscow, you have now five hours"
Hal Turner World May 12, 2025 Hits: 17907
At about 12:00 Noon, eastern US time, Germany sent an "ultimatum" to Russia: "Moscow, you have now five hours."
Presumably they mean to accept and begin an unconditional 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine.
The Russians were not impressed. In fact, the Russians replied they are "offended and reject it."
Apparently, the Germans have forgotten the lesson taught to them some 80 years ago, when the Red Army stormed Berlin.
What's the saying? "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it?:
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Panic as US vacation rental boom collapses and owners rush to sell at steep discounts
READ MORE: Panic as home buyers bail in droves while waiting for a crash
By MARIANNE GARVEY U.S. REAL ESTATE REPORTER
Published: 15:49 EDT, 10 May 2025 | Updated: 16:39 EDT, 10 May 2025
Vacation homes are being dumped at a rapid rate as fresh fears of a housing market crash — and a shrinking pool of renters — rattle sellers.
The number of people buying second homes has plunged to its lowest level since records began, and is under a third of what it was during the pandemic boom.
A toxic mix of sky-high mortgage rates, soaring maintenance costs, and a widespread return-to-office push is fueling the trend.
In 2024, just 86,604 mortgages were issued for second homes across the United States.
That's a 5 percent drop from the year before and down dramatically from the 258,289 in 2021.
At the height of the pandemic, remote workers who could afford it were fleeing big cities in droves and buying up homes in sunny spots like Florida and California.
Those days are over.
Vacation homes (second homes) made up just 2.6 percent of all US mortgages last year, according to a new analysis from Redfin. That's half what it was in 2020.
Redfin began keeping records in 2018, when there were 175,644 second home mortgages in the US. They rose after that steadily until 2021 and have been falling since.
'Most people aren't buying vacation homes at all because mortgage rates and insurance costs — especially for waterfront properties — have skyrocketed,' said Lindsay Garcia, a Redfin Premier agent in Fort Lauderdale.
It's even worse for owners who depend on rental incomes to keep the home.
Airbnb demand has crashed and rental rates are priced too high, and landlords who want a quick profit just aren't getting it.
Even the ultra-wealthy are ditching the vacation home.
They're too expensive to hold onto while the markets are so risky.
In 2024, the average second home cost $495,000.
Mortgage rates have skyrocketed, driving up the overall monthly cost of maintaining a second home. It's just not worth it for many.
Some were simply forced to sell as in-office mandates came back and full-time remote work is no longer an option.
In particular, Florida, once a vacation home buyers playland, is seeing the most second home listings hit the market.
In Miami, vacation-home mortgages plunged 32.2 percent in 2024.
Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Tampa also saw huge drops.
Florida has a major problem due to rising insurance premiums, soaring HOA fees, and the constant threat of natural disasters turning many buyers off.
in the Northeast, Maine is also seeing a problem.
Second-home owners there are racing to offload their properties, spooked by fears of a house price crash and their financial future.
Maine once topped the nation for vacation ownership — nearly 1 in 5 homes there were second residences as of 2019.
Local realtors say it’s mostly Baby Boomers dumping their properties after their stock market portfolios took a hit during the recent tariff crash.
'People tell me, "I’m really concerned about what’s going to happen over the next year or two with my retirement, Social Security, and my money,"' Portland realtor Tom Landry told DailyMail.com.
'People’s funds are way down, and they have this other asset — they want the cash.'
Listings have tripled rom just over 1,000 in February to more than 3,000 in March — most of them vacation homes.
'What is really driving it is a collective anxiety — they lived through the 2008 crash, and now they’re thinking, "I have to get out now."'
Yet, one area in the Sunshine State has held strong.
In West Palm Beach, second-home mortgages made up 5.6 percent of all mortgages, the highest percentage across the US.
But — shocker — those buyers tend to be rich, white, and over 45, says the study.
Nearly 9 in 10 (86.4 percent) earn over $280k a year.
Gen X buyers (ages 45-64) were the biggest group of second home buyers.
Baby boomers were the only age group that increased their vacation home purchases last year.
White buyers accounted for nearly 80 percent of all second-home mortgages across the US.
Some metros did see an uptick in second home buying.
Detroit, San Francisco, and San Jose all saw increases, although they were small. Less than 2 percent of all local mortgages were second homes.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/real-estate/article-14696527/america-vacation-rental-boom-declines
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Chinese President Xi Jinping To Russian Media: 'This Year Also Marks The 80th Anniversary Of The Restoration Of Taiwan'
May 8, 2025
On May 7, 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping published an article titled "Learning from History to Build Together a Brighter Future" in Russia's state-run Rosciskaya Gazeta ahead of his arrival in Russia for a state visit and attendance at the May 9 Victory Day parade, marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945.
In his article, Xi stated: "This year also marks the 80th anniversary of the restoration of Taiwan. Taiwan's restoration to China is a victorious outcome of WWII and an integral part of the postwar international order. A series of instruments with legal effect under international law, including the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, have all affirmed China's sovereignty over Taiwan. The historical and legal fact therein brooks no challenge. And the authority of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 brooks no challenge. No matter how the situation on the Taiwan island evolves or what troubles external forces may make, the historical trend toward China's ultimate and inevitable reunification is unstoppable."
"The Strong Camaraderie Between Our Two Nations"
"This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, and the World Anti-Fascist War. It also marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (UN). In this season when 'apple and pear trees are blossoming,' I will soon pay a state visit to Russia and attend the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, joining the heroic Russian people in honoring the history and the fallen heroes.
"Ten years ago around this time, I came to Russia to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the victory. During that visit, I made a special arrangement to meet with 18 representatives of Russian veterans who endured the blood and fire of battlefields during the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War and the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Their unyielding resolve and indomitable bearing left an indelible impression on me. In the past few years, General M. Gareyev, Major General T. Shchudlo and other veterans passed away. I pay my deepest tribute to them and to all veterans-from generals to the rank and file-for their extraordinary service and heroic feats in securing the victory over fascists around the world. We will never forget them. Heroes never perish; their noble spirit lives forever.
"During the World Anti-Fascist War, the Chinese and Russian peoples fought shoulder to shoulder and supported each other. In the darkest hours of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Volunteer Group, which was part of the Soviet Air Force, came to Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing to fight alongside the Chinese people, bravely engaging Japanese invaders in aerial combat-many sacrificing their precious lives. At the critical juncture of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, Yan Baohang, a legendary intelligence agent of the Communist Party of China (CPC) who was hailed as the 'Richard Sorge of the East,' provided the Soviet Union with primary-source intelligence. In the crucible of the war-torn years, the Soviet Union provided China with large quantities of weapons and equipment. China, for its part, shipped much-needed strategic supplies to the Soviet Union. The two countries jointly established a supply line spanning the treacherous Gobi Desert. It was an international lifeline, vital for our mutual support in fighting fascists. The strong camaraderie between our two nations, forged in blood and sacrifice, surges onward unceasingly, mighty as the Yellow River and the Volga. It is an eternal wellspring nourishing our everlasting friendship."
"We Must Resolutely Uphold The Postwar International Order"
"Eighty years ago, the forces of justice around the world, including China and the Soviet Union, united in courageous battles against their common foes and defeated the overbearing fascist powers. Eighty years later today, however, unilateralism, hegemonism, bullying, and coercive practices are severely undermining our world. Again humankind has come to a crossroads of unity or division, dialogue or confrontation, win-win cooperation or zero-sum games. In War and Peace, the great writer Leo Tolstoy observed, "History is the life of nations and of humanity." Indeed, historical memory and truth will not fade with the passage of time. They serve as inspirations that mirror the present and illuminate the future. We must learn from history, especially the hard lessons of the Second World War. We must draw wisdom and strength from the great victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, and resolutely resist all forms of hegemonism and power politics. We must work together to build a brighter future for humanity.
"-- We must uphold a correct historical perspective on WWII. China and the Soviet Union were the principal theaters of that war in Asia and Europe respectively. The two countries served as the mainstay of resistance against Japanese militarism and German Nazism, making pivotal contribution to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. The Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression began the earliest and lasted the longest. United as one under the banner of the Chinese united front against Japanese aggression, which was advocated and established by the CPC, the Chinese people launched a relentless struggle against and defeated the brutal Japanese militarists. With immense sacrifice, they carved out an immortal epic of heroic resistance and ultimate victory against Japanese aggression. In the European theater, the Soviet Red Army advanced like an iron tide with unwavering fortitude and valor, crushed Nazi Germany's ambitions and liberated millions from its brutal occupation, writing an epic of victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War.
"History teaches us that light will always overcome darkness, and that justice will ultimately prevail over evil. The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and the International Military Tribunal for the Far East condemned the convicted war criminals to perpetual infamy. The justice and integrity of the two landmark trials, their historic significance, and their contemporary relevance stand beyond challenge. Any attempt to distort the historical truth of WWII, deny its victorious outcome, or defame the historic contribution of China and the Soviet Union is doomed to fail. Neither of our two nations will tolerate any act to reverse the course of history-nor will the people of the whole world.
"-- We must resolutely uphold the postwar international order. The most significant decision by the international community around the end of WWII was to establish the UN. China and the Soviet Union were among the first to sign the UN Charter. Our permanent membership in the UN Security Council is a product of history, earned through blood and sacrifice. The more turbulent and complex the international situation becomes, the more we must uphold and defend the authority of the UN, firmly uphold the UN-centered international system, the international order underpinned by international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and steadily promote an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization."
"China's Sovereignty Over Taiwan"
"This year also marks the 80th anniversary of the restoration of Taiwan. Taiwan's restoration to China is a victorious outcome of WWII and an integral part of the postwar international order. A series of instruments with legal effect under international law, including the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, have all affirmed China's sovereignty over Taiwan. The historical and legal fact therein brooks no challenge. And the authority of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 brooks no challenge. No matter how the situation on the Taiwan island evolves or what troubles external forces may make, the historical trend toward China's ultimate and inevitable reunification is unstoppable.
"China and Russia have all along firmly supported each other on issues bearing on our respective core interests or major concerns. Russia has reiterated on many occasions that it strictly adheres to the one-China principle, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, it opposes any form of "Taiwan independence," and it firmly supports all measures of the Chinese government and the Chinese people to achieve national reunification. China highly commends Russia's consistent position.
"-- We must firmly defend international fairness and justice. Now, the global deficits in peace, development, security and governance continue to widen unabated. To address these deficits, I have proposed to build a community with a shared future for mankind and put forward the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative as a way forward to steer the reform of the global governance system toward greater fairness and justice.
"The world needs justice, not hegemonism. History and reality have proven that to meet global challenges, it is important to uphold the vision of global governance featuring extensive consultation and joint contribution for shared benefit. It is also important to choose dialogue over confrontation, build partnerships over alliances, and pursue win-win cooperation over zero-sum games. It is equally important to practice true multilateralism, accommodate the legitimate concerns of all parties, and safeguard international norms and order. We firmly believe that people around the world will choose to stand on the right side of history and the side of fairness and justice."
"Jointly Accelerate The Shift Toward A Multipolar World"
"China and Russia are both major countries with significant influence in the world. The two nations are constructive forces for maintaining global strategic stability and for improving global governance. Our bilateral relationship is founded upon a clear historical logic, sustained by strong internal drive, and rooted in profound cultural heritage. Our relationship is neither directed against nor swayed by any third party. Together we must foil all schemes to disrupt or undermine our bonds of amity and trust, and we must not be baffled by transient matters or unsettled by formidable challenges. We must leverage the certainty and resilience of our partnership of strategic coordination to jointly accelerate the shift toward a multipolar world and build a community with a shared future for mankind.
"China and Russia are both great nations with splendid civilizations. The Chinese and Russian peoples are both great peoples defined by heroic legacies. Eighty years ago, our peoples won the anti-fascist war through heroic struggles. Eight decades later today, we must take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard our sovereignty, security, and development interests. We should be guardians of historical memory, partners in national development and rejuvenation, and champions of global fairness and justice, and work together to forge a brighter future for humanity."
https://www.memri.org/reports/chinese-president-xi-jinping-russian-media-year-also-marks
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Two of “The Wars of the Apocalypse” Threaten to Spiral Entirely Out of Control
by Michael Snyder May 8, 2025
(End of the American Dream)—Decisions that are being made this month could dramatically alter the course of human history. If the Ukrainians decide to attack Russia’s Victory Day parade with a vast army of drones, the Russians would almost certainly absolutely devastate Kyiv in return, and any hope for peace in Ukraine would be gone. Meanwhile, negotiations between the Trump administration and the Iranians will determine whether an apocalyptic scenario unfolds in the Middle East in the months ahead.
Over the past few years, I have written extensively about “the wars of the apocalypse” in my articles and in my books. At this moment, 2 of those wars threaten to spiral entirely out of control. So let us hope that global leaders choose to make wise decisions when faced with tough choices.
There has been a lot of speculation that Ukraine could attack this year’s Victory Day parade in Moscow. Let us hope that this does not happen, because that would essentially be the equivalent of bombing our 4th of July festivities in Washington. The Russians would inevitably respond with fury, because this is one of their most important national celebrations…
Every year, the spring rain clouds over Moscow are carefully seeded with powerful chemicals to ensure clear skies for the annual May 9 Victory Day parade, Russia’s most important show of national pride.
This year, the threat from above comes not from rain showers, but squadrons of potentially lethal Ukrainian drones.
Already, in the days running up to this year’s parade on Red Square, multiple drone strikes have forced airspace closures at all four Moscow airports and heightened anxiety across the Russian capital.
2025 is the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, and dozens of foreign leaders will be in attendance.
It is being reported that even Xi Jinping of China will be there…
Tens of thousands of patriotic Russians are expected to line the streets, applauding as tanks and intercontinental ballistic missile launchers rumble past.
Putin has also invited an impressive array of foreign leaders, including Xi Jinping of China and Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in part to project a personal return to the world stage.
The leaders of Belarus, Venezuela, Cuba, Vietnam and the Republic of the Congo are also expected to attend, alongside presidents of several fellow former Soviet states.
Can you imagine what would happen if Ukrainian drones start hitting the parade as all of those world leaders are watching?
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Don’t think that it can’t happen. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the Moscow area was disrupted by Ukrainian drones over and over again…
Days before the Victory Day parade in the Russian capital — one of the largest public holidays and the most important events for President Vladimir Putin — chaos in Moscow’s airspace persisted for the third day in a row.
According to the Association of Russia’s Tour Operators, some airports have been closed, while around 350 flights have been reportedly affected.
At least 60,000 passengers have experienced disruption, with many of them left stuck on board planes for several hours.
Hopefully the presence of so many foreign leaders will restrain the Ukrainians from taking similar action on Friday.
If the Ukrainians do give in to temptation, the Russians would probably hammer Kyiv in retaliation. In fact, Irish journalist Chay Bowes is telling us that some Ukrainian officials are “moving their families out of Kiev in anticipation of a massive Russian response”…
Reliable sources here in Moscow are telling me that Ukraine is planning to attempt to “disrupt” Victory Day with “Serious provocations, worse than Drones”
So serious that Zelenskys’ inner circle is moving their families out of Kiev in anticipation of a massive Russian response
I am really hoping that things are quiet in Moscow on Friday.
Because if the Ukrainians do something really crazy, there will be no turning back.
On the other side of the world, President Trump is once again threatening to bomb Iran. Yesterday he was interviewed by Hugh Hewitt, and during that interview he explained that either the Iranians have to destroy their nuclear facilities or the U.S. will…
Host Hugh Hewitt asked, “Now, last night, I was on Sean Hannity, and Sean asked me what I thought about your Iran statements, and I said the one thing that President Trump has done, I think every day, since he got back, is tell Iran they have a choice. They can turn over the centrifuges and the uranium, or they can get bombed. Is that as explicit as you’ve made it to them, either/or?”
Trump responded, “It’s very simple. Yeah, it’s very simple. And I’d much rather make a deal, a really verified deal. We want total verification. We can do that. We have some very brilliant people up at MIT and various other [places]. We could do that very, very solidly. But I would much prefer a strong, verified deal where we actually blow them up, but blow them up or just de-nuke them. But the other — there are only two alternatives there: blow them up nicely or blow them up viciously.”
The Iranians are not willing to accept either of those two alternatives. They are insisting that they must be allowed to continue to enrich uranium, and they are not willing to move off of that position.
So that means that the “blow them up viciously” option is coming.
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Prior to Trump’s interview with Hugh Hewitt, Vice-President JD Vance delivered a speech on Wednesday in which he also laid out the potential options…
“That would be really good for the Iranian people, but would result in the complete cessation of any chance that they can get a nuclear weapon. That’s what we’re negotiating towards,” Vance said in his remarks at the Munich Leaders Conference.
“As the President has said, that’s Option A and Option B — if Option A is very good for the Iranian people and even, you know, some of the folks, the leadership in Iran — option B is very bad. It’s very bad for everybody, and it’s not what we want, but it’s better than option C, which is Iran getting a nuclear weapon. That is what is completely off the table for the American administration. No ifs, ands, or buts.”
The Iranians are not going to dismantle their nuclear program, and the Trump administration is not going to allow them to get to a point where they can build their own nukes.
So an apocalyptic showdown with Iran is near.
Of course Israel would also be involved in any military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities, and Defense Minister Israel Katz just issued a very ominous warning to the Iranians…
“I also warn the Iranian leadership which funds, arms and operates the Houthi terror organization: The proxy method is over and the axis of evil has collapsed. You bear direct responsibility. What we did to Hezbollah in Beirut, Hamas in Gaza, to Assad in Damascus and the Houthis in Yemen, will also be done to you in Tehran.”
Wow.
Katz is not mincing words.
I would love to see a peace agreement that would keep an all-out war from happening, but at this stage both sides do not trust one another.
The Iranians do not trust the United States and Israel, and the United States and Israel do not trust the Iranians.
Of course the Iranians keep showing over and over again why they cannot be trusted. It now appears that the Iranians have been operating a secret facility that produces tritium that they haven’t told anyone about…
As Tehran and Washington continue negotiations over a potential new nuclear agreement, satellite images of a previously unknown facility in northern Iran—allegedly linked to the country’s nuclear weapons program—were published Thursday.
According to the report on Fox News, the site is located in Semnan Province, not far from known nuclear facilities. The Iranian opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) claims the facility has been operating for over a decade and is referred to by Iranian officials under the codename “Rainbow Site.”
Iran insists the facility is a chemical plant. However, the NCRI alleges it is used for developing nuclear weapons and specifically for producing tritium—a radioactive isotope that can be used to enhance the explosive power of nuclear warheads. Unlike enriched uranium, the report notes, tritium has no commercial or civilian use, “casting further doubt on Iran’s longstanding claims that its nuclear ambitions are solely for energy or civilian use,” Fox News reported.
In the days ahead, I believe that we will discover that the Iranians have been hiding all sorts of things from us.
Once we start bombing their nuclear facilities, the Iranians will strike back with everything that they have got.
When Iranian missiles are falling on Israeli cities and on U.S. military bases throughout the Middle East, there will be no turning back.
So let us hope that cooler heads prevail.
And let us hope that cooler heads also prevail in Ukraine.
We are so close to the unthinkable, and it won’t take much to push us over the edge.
Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.
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America ‘Dangerously Close’ to ‘Rolling Blackouts & Grid Failure’ Like ‘We Just Saw in Spain,’ Trump’s Interior Secretary Warns
Frank Bergman May 8, 2025 - 3:12 pm
President Donald Trump’s Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is warning that the United States is at risk of major widespread blackouts similar to the power cuts that recently shut down most of Spain and Portugal.
In a new interview, Burgum said the blackouts in Europe were caused by over-subsidizing intermittent renewable energy sources.
However, he warns that America is now “dangerously close” to suffering from similar “rolling blackouts and grid failure.”
Speaking to David Freeberg on “The All-In Podcast,” Burgum admitted that the artificial intelligence (AI) “arms race” with China keeps him “awake at night” due to the amount of electricity that the technology requires.
“We just saw in Spain, they were celebrating on April 12th of this past month that they’d shut down their last coal plant,” Burgum explains.
“A week after that, they were celebrating the fact that they had their first day of 100% renewables on their system.
“Then, the next week, they were a global news story because people were trapped in subways, all airline flights canceled, hospitals were panicking with a lack of power because they had a rolling blackout and grid failure.”
Burgum attributed the devastating blackouts to a fundamental flaw in relying solely on intermittent power sources like solar and wind.
“It just defies physics,” the Interior secretary noted.
“You can’t run an electrical grid with just intermittent power.
“You cannot run with something that is based on intermittent, which is the definition of solar or wind, because the sun doesn’t shine at night, and the wind doesn’t blow every day.”
Burgum then said that the U.S. is teetering on the edge of a similar fate due to misguided energy policies embraced by the Biden administration.
“We became dangerously close to that right now,” the Trump official told Friedberg.
“We’ve got parts of our country that are at risk for those same kind of—what I’ll call the Biden brownouts and blackouts—to happen.”
Burgum criticized the over-subsidization of unreliable green energy and the stringent regulations on stable base load power sources like coal and nuclear.
He argues that these measures, driven by the goal to “save the planet,” are jeopardizing national energy security.
“All we’re doing is potentially putting our own country at risk,” he stressed.
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He continued by especially in the face of China’s rapid energy expanurging a reevaluation of energy policies to ensure a reliable grid capable of supporting the Trump administration’s technological and economic ambitions,sion.
Spain faced severe blackouts just weeks after celebrating the closure of its last coal plant and a day of 100% renewable energy.
The grid, reliant on intermittent solar and wind, collapsed.
The blackouts led to people being trapped in subways, canceled flights, and hospitals in chaos.
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National Grid Executives Warn Citizens Must Prepare for Rolling Blackouts Due to ‘Net Zero’
Frank BergmanAugust 8, 2024 - 12:23 pm
National Grid executives are warning that citizens must prepare for imminent rolling blackouts as governments push to comply with the “Net Zero” demands of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Industry whistleblowers have revealed that executives from the UK Grid’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) are raising the alarm that large portions of the population will soon be facing major power outages.
An industry insider reportedly told the UK’s Telegraph that, in private conversations with the energy industry, ESO execs revealed that the network is now becoming so congested that “there will be blackouts in the South East by 2028.”
They warned London and the South East of the country will be plunged into blackouts before the end of the decade due to “Net Zero” targets.
However, the threat of blackouts is being kept hidden from the public, giving citizens little chance to prepare.
In order to comply with the WEF’s “Net Zero” goals, the UK government heavily relies on unreliable wind and solar power.
The ISO officials blamed the looming threat on the switch to less predictable “green” energy.
The ESO is campaigning to introduce so-called zonal pricing where power suppliers can be paid more in the South East than elsewhere if demand is higher.
A second energy industry source confirmed that the ESO is “very worried about keeping the lights on” in the region.
They added that the possibility of blackouts was “credible” in the coming years if the government continues to play into the globalist “Net Zero” agenda.
In a statement responding to the whistleblower claims, the ESO said that its official position did not predict blackouts in 2028.
However, the ESO declined to comment on the private remarks.
In the UK, the “Net Zero” push is being led by Ed Miliband – the leftist Labour Party government’s so-called Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.
According to a report from the Spectator, Miliband, who is listed as one of the “people” of the WEF, is not being “honest” with the public about his “decarbonization” agenda.
The report notes the fact that National Grid’s “public utterances are at odds with what its executives are saying in private is perhaps the most worrying aspect.
“It shows we are not having an open and honest debate about Miliband’s decarbonization plan, nor about Net Zero targets in general.”
Meanwhile, the American people could also be facing the same fate.
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Canada has already moved to comply with this agenda.
In April, the Canadian government signed an agreement with the WEF that will see Canada begin paying taxes to the unelected globalist organization to supposedly “fight climate change.”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government signed the WEF’s Global Minimum Tax agreement.
The plan is part of the WEF’s New Global Tax Agenda.
Once the agreement has been signed by globalist nations worldwide, governments will be paying billions of dollars a year into the WEF’s Global Carbon Tax program.
The deal involves over 140 countries that have agreed to sign a multilateral international treaty consisting of two pillars.
The U.S. government has yet to sign the agreement, but the outcome of the November election could change that.
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10:00 PM on a Thursday Night and 111 U.S. Military Helicopters are Airborne?
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As of about 10:00 PM Thursday evening, 08 May 2025, there are 244 Helicopters airborne over the United States, with 111 of them being MILITARY.
This is amazingly unusual - and quite worrisome. Who is going where in these Helicopters at this hour????
Are the "Bigshots" being "bugged-out?" Taken to secure locations????
With "Victory Day" beginning in Russia today, along with its annual massive gathering of troops and dignitaries in Moscow's Red Square, Ukraine has soured the day with word they "cannot guarantee the safety of Red Square for the Victory Day celebration."
It is already well-known that Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federations Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, said "if Red Square is attacked on May 9, there won't be a May 10 in Kiev."
It is also well known that NATO has said, if Russia uses a nuclear weapon against Ukraine, and radiation drifts through the air into a NATO country, they will consider that to be an "attack upon NATO" and enter the Ukraine war.
Russia has said that if NATO declares Article 5 collective self defense against Russia, the people of the West "will die so fast they won't have time to pray."
As this story publishes, it is 10:52 PM eastern US time and 5:53 AM, May 9, in Moscow. Just hours away from the start of Russia's annual "Victory Day."
Today could be . . . . . . historic.
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US city rocked by back-to-back earthquakes amid growing fears ancient fault is reawakening
READ MORE: Earthquakes detected near major US volcano
By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 15:16 EDT, 8 May 2025 | Updated: 05:23 EDT, 9 May 2025
New Mexico was rocked by back-to-back earthquakes just five minutes apart.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.6 and 3.1 magnitude quakes beginning at 12:24pm local, with the epicenter less than 10 miles south of Eunice.
The region sits on top of the Alamogordo fault that formed around 30 million years ago.
This ancient fault is part of the Rio Grande Rift, a 600-mile long geological feature stretching from southern Colorado to north Mexico, which is actively widening up to two millimeters a year and causing earthquakes.
It is unknown if the Rio Grande Rift triggered Thursday's earthquakes.
Eunice is also located in the heart of the Permian Basin, an area experiencing a significant oil and gas boom, including fracking.
Fracking is carried out by blasting large quantities of water, chemicals, and sand into rock formations to crack them open and release the fuels trapped inside.
The extraction process is not usually the direct cause of an earthquake, but the process of disposing wastewater produced through fracking that can trigger tremors.
There are several cities surrounding the epicenter that may have felt shaking, including Hobbswith a population of 38,400 and Kermit that is home to 6,400.
Eunice, however, is hope to around 3,100.
The tremors hit at shallow depths, which are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface.
The Alamogordo fault extends about 68 miles, from south to central New Mexico and marks the boundary between the Tularosa Basin and the Sacramento Mountains uplift.
The back-to-back earthquakes were likely result from natural crustal processes like swarms, stress redistribution or small fault adjustments.
These are common in rift zones and do not usually indicate a major earthquake is imminent—but they do show that the Earth's crust is always shifting.
The Rio Grande Rift is part of a continental rifting process, where the Earth's crust is being pulled apart as tectonic forces stretch it.
This rift is formed by the stretching and thinning of the Earth’s lithosphere (the outer shell of the planet), creating a zone of weakness where the crust breaks, faults and sinks.
Southern New Mexico experienced as powerful 5.4 magnitude tremor on May 4.
The earthquake was located about 35 miles south of Whites City.
The USGS reported it hit 4.6 miles deep and rattled thousands across the region, according to the US Geological Society.
Video taken about 200 miles away in El Paso showed the a street being shaken amid the tremor.
It was followed by two smaller 2.9 magnitude aftershocks, although the USGS warned that more could follow in the coming week.
'Damaging earthquakes can occur in the future, so remember to: Drop, Cover, and Hold on,' USGS said on its website.
'More earthquakes than usual (called aftershocks) will continue to occur near the mainshock.'
No fatalities or damage has been reported from the tremors so far, although more than 1,500 people reported feeling its impact.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14693237/US-city-rocked-earthquakes-new-mexico.html
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age?"
Matt 24:6 "And you will hear of wars and
rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to
pass, but the end is not yet.
Matt 24:7 "For nation will rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines,
pestilences, and earthquakes in
various places.
Matt 24:8 "All these are the beginning of sorrows.
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Why All the Recent Violent Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions?
by Jack Wellman · Print · Email
Why have earthquakes and violent volcanic eruptions suddenly increased in activity?
The Ring of Fire
Why have earthquakes and violent volcanic eruptions suddenly increased in activity? The vast majority of these earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are along the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire is a string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity, or earthquakes, that wraps around the edges of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly 90 percent of all earthquakes on earth occur along this Ring of Fire, and the ring is dotted with 75 percent of the most active volcanoes on earth, so that is why the Ring of Fire is the most seismically and volcanically active zone in the world. The Ring of Fire is the result of plate tectonics. Tectonic plates are titanic slabs of the earth’s crust, which all fit together like pieces of a puzzle, however, the plates are not fixed, meaning they are constantly moving atop a layer of solid and molten rock called the mantle. Sometimes these plates collide, move apart, or slide next to each other and the result is an earthquake, but also volcanic activity. Earthquakes is a daily occurrence around the Ring of Fire.
Warnings From Scientists
Scientists are warning the public that two volcanoes in the United States could soon erupt. There is one in Alaska and the other is in Hawaii, but they are also monitoring with heightened interest one in the state of Washington. Mount Adams, which is the largest in the state, was rocked by a series of small earthquakes recently, so scientists are keeping a close eye on it. The reason they’re so concerned is this 12,000 foot volcano is considered high risk. It is very capable of triggering landslides, debris avalanches and mudslides. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions such as the many that strike the nation of Japan can have cataclysmic results. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, so Japan’s geographical positioning along the “Ring of Fire” contributes to its susceptibility to seismic activity and volcanic eruptions.
The Land Vomits Out the People
Does the increased volcanic and earthquake activity have anything to do with humans? I don’t mean global warming, but I mean the weight of sin placed upon the land. God warned ancient Israel to obey Him and not fall into idolatry, otherwise, “the land vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you” (Lev 18:28). Sadly, Israel failed to heed God’s warning and the “land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants” (Lev 18:25). Yet a third time, God warms Israel, “You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my rules and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out” (Lev 20:22). Of course, the land won’t literally vomit them out, but it’s as if the creation is groaning under the weight of sin.
The Creation Groans
We groan and moan as we get older. At least I do, so I guess I’m being biblical, but so too does the creation groan. It’s not that the creation is tired, but it eagerly waits for the revealing of the children of God and the new creation of a new heaven and earth. Paul says that “we know that the whole creation thas been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now” (Rom 8:22). The groan will stop someday (Rev 21:1-5; 22:1-5), but not until Jesus Christ judges the world (Rev 20:12-15). We too groan and eagerly await the coming Kingdom when the earth will be full of the knowledge of God (Hab 2:14).
Global Warming?
A new study suggests that the rapid rise in sea levels caused by global warming could cause a dramatic increase in volcanic eruptions. We have already seen a spike in volcanic activity, but the greatest threat is not global warming, but global cooling caused by volcanic eruptions. These eruptions project volcanic ash and dust into the air, blocking sunlight, sometimes worldwide like during the mini-ice age of 1815. That ice age was directly tied to the huge volcanic eruption in Indonesia (Mount Tambora). Many volcanologists regard the Mount Tambora eruption as the largest and most-destructive volcanic event in recorded history. This eruption released 36 cubic miles of ash, pumice and other rock, and aerosols. This included an estimated 60 megatons of sulfur released into the upper atmosphere. That could easily happen again, and so too could this trigger another mini-ice age. That means a drastic worldwide reduction in food production and bitter cold over the global, killing perhaps millions in the process.
Another Ice Age?
In 1816, parts of the world as far away as western Europe and eastern North America experienced sporadic periods of heavy snow and killing frost through June, July, and August. Such cold weather events led to crop failures and starvation in those regions, and the year 1816 was called the “year without a summer.” Climate change will also accelerate the dispersal of volcanic material in the form of small, shiny droplets called volcanic sulfate aerosols – sending them to higher latitudes. For large eruptions, the combined effect will cause the haze created by volcanic aerosols to block more sunlight from reaching Earth’s surface.
Conclusion
I pray that these natural catastrophes make lost sinners aware of their own mortality. It’s as if God is giving us one last warning before the coming judgment at the Great White Throne Judgment. Jesus gave Jerusalem one last warning and they failed to heed it (Matt 24:7). Will our nation? That’s precisely why I pray you have put your trust in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ already. Then you don’t have to worry about anything separating your from God (Rom 8:35-39). If that has not happened yet my friend, you are in real danger of hell fire. And I mean in immediate danger. You’re one breath, one heartbeat…one accident away from eternity when it will be too late to repent. Today is the best day to believe (2 Cor 6:2) since tomorrow is no guarantee. If Jesus Christ came today, here is your fate (Matt 7:21-23). This is why I plead with you as you read this, repent today…and I mean right now. Put your trust in Jesus Christ. If you do not, you will face God’s judgment after death guaranteed (Heb 9:27) or at Jesus Christ’s appearance (Rev 20:12-15), which could happen at any moment.
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Trump: There are only 21 living hostages remaining in Gaza
President Trump tells reporters three hostages in Gaza have died, lowering the total number of living hostages to 21. Coordinator for Hostages and Missing Gal Hirsch clarifies: 59 hostages are being held by Hamas, 24 of them are listed as living hostages.
Elad Benari
Published: May 7, 2025, 12:32 AM (GMT+3) Updated: 2:22 AM
US President Donald Trump spoke to reporters on Tuesday and stated that 21 of the 59 remaining hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza are still alive.
"They told me a few days ago that there are only 21 hostages alive in Gaza," he said. “As of today, it’s 21. Three have died.”
He did not provide additional details.
Following the remarks, Coordinator for the Hostages and Missing Gal Hirsch issued a statement in which he clarified, “Currently, 59 hostages are being held by the Hamas terrorist organization. 24 of them are listed as living hostages. 35 of them are listed as deceased hostages, with their deaths having been officially confirmed.”
Hirsch added, "54 of the hostages are Israeli citizens. Five of the hostages are foreign citizens. The Captives and Missing Persons Unit maintains continuous contact with all the hostages' families, and we are available to them for updates, clarifications, and reviews through various means at all times. All the hostages' families are always updated with the information we have regarding their loved ones."
Trump told the reporters that he is not planning to make a stop in Israel during his trip to the Middle East next week, but added that he might visit Israel at some point in the future.
The White House recently confirmed that Trump will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates starting May 13.
While Israel is not on the itinerary, Axios reported on Saturday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is set to travel to Israel on May 12 before joining Trump in Saudi Arabia.
In his remarks on Tuesday, Trump also told reporters, “We are talking to Netanyahu about a lot of things right now” and proceeded to mention the Iranian nuclear issue, saying that it is “crunch time for Iran”.
“I hope Iran does what is right,” Trump stated, before stressing, “Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.”
The President also commented on his earlier announcement that the Houthis had agreed to stop attacking US vessels.
“We just told the military to stop attacks against the Houthis. The Houthis have decided they don’t want to do this anymore,” he said.
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'Houthis capitulated, we'll stop bombing them'
Asked what would happen if the Houthis attack Israel, Trump replied, “If something happens between Israel and the Houthis, I’ll discuss that.”
The Iranian-backed rebels stressed earlier that while they had agreed to stop attacks on US targets, they would continue attacks on Israel.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/407954
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Signs of Revival: Christianity in Britain 'Died…and Has Risen Again'
Dale Hurd 05-06-2025
A Muslim man on social media stands before an old British church, saying, "You'll be excused to think that this is a church, but as is the case across the UK, we took it over. It's now actually a mosque, a Masjid. Christianity is depleting, Atheism is unfulfilling. Islam is here and is here to stay."
For decades in Britain, interest in church was so low that thousands of historic church buildings were abandoned, with some turned into bars, skate parks, and mosques.
And in this officially Christian nation, where the King is prayed over and anointed with oil by an archbishop, polling shows that most British Christians experience 'hostility and ridicule' for their faith.
One Army veteran was convicted last year for a "thought crime" for his private prayer, and residents living near abortion clinics have been warned about praying inside their own homes. A public stand for Christ here could easily cost you your job or career.
In officially Christian Britain today, it is Bible-believing Christians who are the outsiders. They're the ones who are expected to keep silent and not offend others.
The Rushmoor Borough Council, west of London, even proposed criminalizing public Christian prayer, singing and evangelism in the towns of Aldershot and Farnborough, before an intervention by Christian Legal Centre attorney Michael Phillips temporarily halted the move.
Phillips told us, "It was literally banning almost everything. It would ban amplification, ban singing, ban street preaching if it is hostile towards people with 'protected characteristics.' It means the decimation of free speech. These are the kinds of threats that we're seeing across the country."
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One of the evangelists facing a ban is Jamie Broadey, who told us about one of his encounters with police.
"Some junior officers came, and they tried to shut off the microphone straight away," Broadey recounted. "So, I began recording them and I just tried to engage them in a discussion. And I said, 'Look, please, can you tell me what law you're acting upon?' She then called for backup. In the end, eight officers came."
When we asked Jamie if a new law against public preaching would stop him, he told us, "Much of the New Testament was written from prison, so, no."
Andrea Williams of Christian Concern, which is helping Jamie, said, "This just didn't happen overnight. This has been happening for decades in this country."
Williams says while there are large, dynamic churches in the UK, anti-Christian hostility has caused many British Christians to 'self-censor,' to keep their faith private.
"There's a whole raft of self-censorship. It's as if we've become ashamed of the gospel, ashamed of our history, ashamed of who Christ is, so that we've removed him from the public space," Williams said.
Suddenly, after decades of both religious apathy and secular opposition, British newspapers are beginning to use the word 'revival.' British churches reported record attendance on Easter, and more British young men are going to church.
MORE: UK Experiencing a 'Remarkable Spiritual Shift'
Justin Brierley, the author of The Surprising Rebirth in Belief in God, said, "I think that's been the surprise for me is a real wave of interest, especially interestingly from young people in this country who it appears are returning to church again. Very often, these are young people who don't necessarily have any history with Christianity."
"This new generation that are rising up," Williams said, "they're growing up with no knowledge of Christianity. They don't even know if they're male or female. They've been given no idea of the beauty and value of marriage. When they've been told all of these things, they're confused, and that's why this new wave of Christians are generally quite radical about justice and truth because they've lived with the fallout."
Jamie Broadey, too, believes revival is near.
"I can feel it," he said. "I can feel it in my fingers. He (God) is doing it. And I believe that in the UK we will see a significant revival. We will see it."
Jamie also says God has taken the attempt to silence his preaching and turned it around.
"I have never seen more unity in the local area between the churches, and I've never seen more interest in evangelism," Bradey said. "God knows what He's doing."
The British author G.K. Chesterton once wrote that "Christianity has died many times and risen again."
It appears to be rising again in Britain.
About The Author
Dale Hurd
Since joining CBN News, Dale has reported extensively from Western Europe, as well as China, Russia, and Central and South America. Dale also covered China's opening to capitalism in the early 1990s, as well as the Yugoslav Civil War. CBN News awarded him its Command Performance Award for his reporting from Moscow and Sarajevo. Since 9/11, Dale has reported extensively on various aspects of the global war on terror in the United States and Europe. Follow Dale on Twitter @dalehurd and "like" him at Facebook.com/DaleHurdNews.
https://cbn.com/news/world/signs-revival-christianity-britain-diedand-has-risen-again
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Matt 24:6 "And you will hear of wars and
rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to
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Matt 24:7 "For nation will rise against
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BREAKING: Trump responds to India military operation against Pakistan: 'I just hope it ends very quickly'
"You know they’ve been fighting for many, many decades—and centuries, actually, if you really think about it. I just hope it ends very quickly."
President Donald Trump was asked about rising tensions between Pakistan and India in the Oval Office on Tuesday, to which he said he hoped that the conflict "ends very quickly."
A reporter asked for Trump’s reaction to the attacks between the two nations, to which Trump said, "it’s a shame, we just heard about it as we were walking in the doors of Oval. Just heard about it. I guess people knew something was gonna happen based on a little bit of the past. They’ve been fighting for a long time. You know they’ve been fighting for many, many decades—and centuries, actually, if you really think about it. I just hope it ends very quickly."
Several missiles were reportedly fired into Pakistan by India, labeled Operation Sindoor. The Indian Defense Ministry said that it targeted nine sites of "terrorist infrastructure" in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Jammu, ABC News reported. Pakistan’s army said that India attacked Bahawalpur, Kotli, and Muzaffarabad, with three people being killed and 12 injured.
According to CNN, India carried out the attack in response to one carried out on tourists in India-controlled Kashmir in April. In that attack, gunmen opened fire on tourists in Pahalgam, killing dozens.
Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s office said in response to the military operation, "The Pakistani nation and the Pakistani Armed Forces know how to deal with the enemy very well. The enemy will never be allowed to succeed in his nefarious objectives."
This is a breaking story. Please refresh the page for updates.
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Defense Minister Katz warns Iran: 'What we did to the Houthis – we'll do in Tehran'
Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz warns Iranian leadership amid ongoing Houthi threats, declaring the end of the 'proxy era' and vowing direct retaliation for any attacks.
Nitsan Keidar
1 minutes May 8, 2025, 8:47 AM (GMT+3)
Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a stern warning to Iran on Thursday morning, asserting that Israel will not hesitate to respond to any Houthi attacks on its territory.
"Israel must be capable of defending itself independently against any threat and enemy. This has been true in the past and will remain so in the future. The Houthis will suffer heavy blows from Israel if they continue to fire at us. The IDF is prepared for any mission," Katz stated.
He also directed a pointed message to the Iranian regime, which he accused of funding, arming, and operating the Houthi terrorist organization.
"I warn the Iranian leadership: the era of proxies is over, and the axis of evil has collapsed. You bear direct responsibility. What we did to Hezbollah in Beirut, to Hamas in Gaza, to [former Syrian President Bashar al-]Assad in Damascus, and to the Houthis in Yemen – we will do to you in Tehran. We will not allow anyone to harm Israel – and those who harm us will be severely harmed," Katz concluded.
Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump announced at the White House, during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, that the United States would immediately cease attacks against the Houthis in Yemen.
"The Houthis told us they don't want to fight anymore," Trump said. "They said they would no longer attack ships, and we will honor their promise. That was the goal we wanted to achieve."
However, following Trump's statement, senior Houthi officials declared they would continue operations against Israel.
Later, Trump added in a conversation with reporters at the White House that he trusts the Houthis' word.
"We reached a very good outcome with the Houthis, and we respect their word. They gave a commitment, and we also dealt with other countries close to them and with their representatives, and we respect everyone's words. We'll see what happens. But I believe and hope this is behind us, and that they will leave those ships alone," Trump said.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408019
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India-Pakistan latest: Pakistan says it has killed up to 50 Indian soldiers in retaliation for Kashmir strikes
Pakistan says it downed 25 Israel-made kamikaze drones sent by India as conflict escalates between nuclear-armed nations
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
in Delhi
Maroosha Muzaffar
Thursday 08 May 2025 13:15 BST
Pakistan claims it has killed “40-50 soldiers” by shelling Indian military installations along the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border in Kashmir, in retaliation for Wednesday’s pre-dawn airstrikes by India.
At least 16 civilians and an Indian soldier were killed in heavy shelling in India’s Poonch district, which forced locals to flee the border villages, the Indian police said. Pakistan and India also said they had both shot down projectiles fired at each other’s military installations on Thursday.
Pakistan said it downed 25 Indian kamikaze drones, while India said it shot down 15 missiles. It comes a day after Islamabad vowed to avenge the death of 31 civilians in Indian airstrikes.
India said the strikes killed 100 “terrorists” as a retaliation for a massacre of tourists in Kashmir last month. Also on Thursday, French officials said at least one Indian-owned Rafale fighter jet was shot down during Wednesday’s “Operation Sindoor”.
The Independent spoke to witnesses at the site of one crashed jet, who described a huge explosion lighting up the night sky, though Indian officials have refused to acknowledge that any planes were downed.
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-strikes-poonch-war-
map-live-updates-b2747121.html
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Trump warns Iran over nuclear sites: We can ‘blow ‘em up nicely or blow ‘em up viciously’
By Diana Glebova Published May 7, 2025, 5:37 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — President Trump publicly promised Iran Wednesday that he would bring the country’s nuclear project to an end — one way or another.
“I would much prefer a strong, verified deal,” the president told syndicated radio host Hugh Hewitt about the prospect of a revised nuclear agreement with Tehran.
“Well, we could actually blow ’em up. Blow ’em up, or just de-nuke ’em,” the 78-year-old added, referring to the theocracy’s atomic sites. “But there are only two alternatives, blow ’em up nicely or blow ’em up viciously.”
Trump pulled the US out of the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018, but has been trying to come to a diplomatic understanding with Iran to halt the development of its nuclear program during his second term.
Three rounds of talks have taken place, mediated by the government of Oman and involving Trump’s special Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff.
A fourth session, scheduled to take place in Rome this past weekend, was canceled for “logistical reasons.”
In an interview with NBC News’ “Meet The Press” Sunday, Trump insisted that he will only accept “total dismantlement” of Iran’s nuclear program — because otherwise “the world will be destroyed.”
Iranian leaders have insisted its nuclear program is for civilian uses only, an argument that the US and its allies have met with skepticism.
“You know, civilian energy often leads to military wars,” Trump pointed out Sunday. “And we don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon.”
Vice President JD Vance stressed earlier Wednesday that the US believes that “there is a deal here that would really bring Iran into the global economy.
“That would be really good for the Iranian people, but would result in the complete cessation of any chance that they can get a nuclear weapon. That’s what we’re negotiating towards,” Vance said in his remarks at the Munich Leaders Conference.
“As the President has said, that’s Option A and Option B — if Option A is very good for the Iranian people and even, you know, some of the folks, the leadership in Iran — option B is very bad. It’s very bad for everybody, and it’s not what we want, but it’s better than option C, which is Iran getting a nuclear weapon. That is what is completely off the table for the American administration. No ifs, ands, or buts.”
https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/us-news/trump-warns-iran-over-nuclear-sites-we-can-blow-
em-up-nicely-or-blow-em-up-viciously/
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US dollar exodus to unleash $3.2 trillion ‘avalanche’ of selling, currency analyst says
Singapore - The US dollar may face a US$2.5 trillion (S$3.2 trillion) “avalanche” of selling as Asian countries unwind their stockpile of the world’s reserve currency, according to currency analyst Stephen Jen.
Asian exporters and investors may have amassed an “extremely large” pile of dollars through the years, widening the region’s trade surplus with the US, Eurizon SLJ Capital’s Mr Jen and Ms Joana Freire wrote in a note on May 7.
As a US-led trade war deepens, some Asian investors might repatriate chunks of funds or ramp up levels of protection against a weakening dollar – potentially triggering an exodus from the world’s reserve currency.
“We suspect these dollar hoardings by Asian exporters and institutional investors may be extremely large – possibly on the order of US$2.5 trillion or so – and pose sharp downside risks to the dollar vis-a-vis these Asian currencies,” they wrote.
The greenback’s long-term appeal is coming under threat as President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the global trade order prompt investors to reconsider their US exceptionalism trade strategies.
An outsized jump in the Taiwan dollar on May 5 added to speculation that Asia’s policymakers may be prepared to let their currencies appreciate versus the dollar, as part of efforts to secure a trade deal with the US.
Mr Jen, known for his work on the “dollar smile” theory, had previously said about US$1 trillion could flow back to the world’s No. 2 economy as Chinese companies sell their dollar-denominated assets when the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates.
Accelerating the multi-trillion dollar flows may be “naked long-dollar positions” prevalent among Asian countries that run large external surpluses, he wrote, referring to positions that are not hedged against fluctuations in the dollar. Some of these economies include China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam.
There is an “important imbalance in the world that puts the dollar in a vulnerable position”, Mr Jen wrote in the latest report. BLOOMBERG
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/us-dollar-exodus-to-unleash-3-2-
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Ramifications of a Nuclear Iran
By Tom Gilbreath
An April 16th Newsweek article by Amir Daftari said, “Russia's upper house of parliament ratified a sweeping 20-year strategic partnership agreement with Iran on Wednesday, deepening military and nuclear cooperation just as fears of conflict between Washington and Tehran intensify.” A few days later, Vladimir Putin signed the agreement into law.
The treaty marks a new high point in a remarkable, and once unexpected, friendship. Russia and Iran had been enemies going back centuries. That began changing when the present radical Shia Muslim regime took over Iran in 1979. The two nations have grown closer over the years. In Russia’s war against Ukraine, it has used Iranian drone technology to deadly effect.
Iran longs to become a nuclear power. Russia brags about its position as the holder of the world’s largest nuclear arsenal. And now they have signed a pact promising to deepen their “military and nuclear cooperation.”
Here’s what makes that so dangerous. The Shiite religious leaders of Iran are zealots who believe that their expected messiah, known as the “Mahdi,” will come to rid the world of evil and bring on the judgment day. He will arise, they believe, at a time of maximum chaos in the world. And the Iranians have shown themselves more than willing to create that chaos. They promise to wipe Israel from the earth. They cry, “Death to America,” and they mean it. They remain the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism. They already create chaos whenever and wherever they can.
Some might see this as the pot calling the kettle black since the Bible teaches that Messiah Jesus will return at the end of a period of chaos and turmoil. The difference is that, even if we wanted to (and we don’t), Christians have no way of creating the kind of fire-from-the-heavens chaos that Bible prophecy tells us will strike the world before the Lord’s return. We stand in awe as we see end-time events unfold. But we do not and cannot create those massive events. The mullahs running Iran have a different outlook. They long to hasten the Mahdi’s coming by creating a conflagration they believe only he can extinguish. And they are on the verge of creating an inferno like the world has never seen before.
Iran uses missile designs from their ally, North Korea. If Iran builds nuclear weapons, they have an ally ready to supply them with parts and designs for intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of striking practically anywhere in the world, including Europe and the United States. North Korea needs cash. Iran has cash — mostly from oil sales to China and Russia. Iran needs to know how to build ICBMs. North Korea has already built and tested machines capable of carrying nuclear weapons from North Korea to the continental United States. The North Koreans may see that as a win-win situation, but Iranian theology makes it an enormous threat to the whole world.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking that keeping nukes out of the hands of the Iranians is just about Israel. It impacts everyone. Iran looks to be the first nation ever to gain nuclear weapons… and be happy to use them.
The Trump Administration just completed a third round of talks with Iran, and both sides expressed guarded optimism regarding their progress. We heard similar things a few years ago, though from a very different Administration. Previous experience should remind everyone that the mullahs who rule Iran are good at buying time while giving away nothing.
The Bible talks about a future war where Russia and Iran lead a coalition of nations in an all-out assault on Israel. That war will one day happen whether Iran has nukes or not. The Bible says this massive attack will not defeat Israel. But it gives no such assurances about the future of the United States. So, pray for President Trump and his team.
https://www.hallindsey.com/ww-4-27-2025/
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“I realised that we were in the midst of militant Muslims. I wrestled with one of them who was holding me tightly, but I managed to escape. My friend, who was held by two men, could not,” Wepuhulu told Morning Star News.
The next morning, Moses Kutosi, local council chairperson, discovered Washume’s body near a Bible college chapel. Authorities found a knife and a note reading, “You, infidel, will meet Allah in judgment,” written in Arabic.
This attack adds to a growing list of Christian persecution incidents in Uganda, particularly in areas with large Muslim populations. Police are investigating the murder, though the perpetrators remain at large.
According to Open Doors, Uganda faces a growing threat from radical Islamic groups, particularly the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which has increasingly targeted Christians and minorities. ADF attacks, such as the June 2023 massacre of over 40 Christians at Mpondwe-Lhubiriha Secondary School, have shocked the nation.
In eastern Uganda, Islamic radicalism is embedding itself socially, with Christian communities facing mob violence and converts from Islam often ostracised or confined by their families.
https://caldronpool.com/evangelist-killed-in-eastern-uganda-after-leading-muslims-to-christ/
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Beloved Arizona pastor found dead in bed with his arms spread out, hands pinned to a wall in disturbing scene
By Emily Crane Published May 6, 2025, 7:58 a.m. ET
A beloved Arizona pastor was found dead with his arms spread out in his bed and his hands pinned to a wall in a disturbingly sick scene, authorities said.
The body of Pastor William “Bill” Schonemann, 76, was discovered inside his New River home on April 28 after the local sheriff’s office received a 911 call, Fox10 reported.
Investigators have been tight-lipped about his cause of death but law enforcement sources said the pastor appeared to have suffered significant injuries.
Police on the scene after an Arizona pastor was found dead in his home. AZ Family
The medical examiner has already ruled his death a homicide.
Authorities haven’t disclosed if they have a suspect or motive in the sadistic slaying.
“Based on observations at the scene, it appeared there may have been foul play,” Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy Will Jinks said.
“MCSO is actively working the case. There are specific and unique circumstances to this case that we are not at liberty to discuss to ensure we keep the integrity of the investigation.”
Despite authorities saying there was no threat to the community, Schonemann’s killing sparked fear among churchgoers and locals.
“I mean, we locked our doors last night. It’s just something that we are just not used to doing. Everybody is just, until we know what’s going on, we don’t know if it was a family member, or, we don’t know what, who could do this to him,” his neighbor, Mike Anders, said.
“Honestly, I was shocked because New River is so small. … I leave my keys in my vehicles, don’t lock my door and things like that,” local resident Emily Brean added. “Why are you gonna murder a pastor or a minister? You know, for what?”
Meanwhile, Schonemann’s son, Randall Schonemann, insisted his father didn’t have beef with anyone and was a well-respected pastor in the tight-knit community.
He had led the New River Bible Chapel for roughly 25 years.
“Our dad had such a positive impact on people everywhere he went,” Randall said in a statement.
“We will miss the loving guidance and patience. The happiness he showed just getting to walk around an airport, getting his steps in. The creativity of all machines he built. There are never enough words to say it all or to say it as well as a person would like. Simply, he is missed.”
https://nypost.com/2025/05/06/us-news/beloved-arizona-pastor-found-dead-in-bed-with-his-
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Beyond reach: Why America’s ‘Golden Dome’ may be powerless against Russia’s doomsday missile
A nuclear-powered cruise missile with unlimited range could outmaneuver even the most ambitious US missile defenses
Earlier this year, US President Donald Trump launched the ambitious “Golden Dome” initiative – a sweeping plan to build a national missile defense system capable of shielding America from modern threats: ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons, and advanced cruise missiles. Designed as a next-generation shield, the Golden Dome aspires to close gaps in the nation’s defenses and guarantee security against a broad range of airborne dangers.
But even the most sophisticated defense can face a threat it wasn’t designed to stop. As Washington doubles down on its plans for a new shield, Russia is preparing a weapon unlike anything currently in existence – a nuclear-powered cruise missile with unlimited range. And it’s a threat the Golden Dome may struggle to counter.
Unexpected question for America’s new shield
Russia is on the verge of deploying an entirely new class of cruise missile that could fundamentally alter air defense paradigms: nuclear-powered, unlimited-range cruise missiles. Chief among them is the Burevestnik.
It’s only logical that US missile defense planners are thinking ahead to such unconventional threats. Open-source intelligence researchers like MT_Anderson have recently shared satellite imagery revealing suspected construction of Burevestnik launch facilities near Vologda. If verified, this would mark the next phase in the deployment of a weapon capable of shaking the foundations of global strategic stability.
Russia first revealed the Burevestnik missile during President Vladimir Putin’s address to the Federal Assembly on March 1, 2018. Dubbed SSC-X-9 “Skyfall” in the West, the missile has been cloaked in secrecy ever since. The commonly used designation “9M730 Burevestnik” is actually a misnomer, as the 9M730 label originally referred to a version of the Iskander-M missile system – but that’s a minor detail in the larger picture.
Reports suggest that Burevestnik testing has been ongoing for years at sites like Novaya Zemlya, the Nenoksa naval testing range near Severodvinsk, and the Kapustin Yar missile complex – the latter featuring specialized infrastructure operated by Rosatom. As recently as two years ago, it seemed Russia was still far from completing development. Now, however, signs point to a major shift: operational launch sites are reportedly under construction.
How the Burevestnik works
Visually, the Burevestnik resembles a traditional cruise missile, with folding wings for compact launch storage. It launches from a ground platform using a solid-fuel booster, then switches to an air-breathing nuclear-powered jet engine once it reaches cruising speed. In theory, this engine heats incoming air via a compact nuclear reactor, allowing the missile to stay airborne for weeks or even months without refueling.
Sources estimate the missile’s operational range at 22,000km, though in practice it may be virtually unlimited. Such a missile could patrol potential conflict zones indefinitely, awaiting launch commands. Upon receiving orders, it could maneuver toward targets from unpredictable vectors, making interception extraordinarily difficult.
Effectively, the Burevestnik is designed to serve as a “doomsday weapon” – a guaranteed retaliatory strike platform in the event of nuclear war.
Outflanking defenses
A nuclear-powered cruise missile would be capable of striking anywhere on the globe from any direction. It could exploit satellite communications to update flight paths, evade interception, and even receive new target information mid-flight. Naturally, preventing accidents is critical, but it’s likely that specialized recovery systems – possibly involving parachutes – have been developed.
The ability to safely operate a nuclear-powered engine stems from technological breakthroughs achieved in the 1990s and 2000s, when Russian scientists successfully built compact nuclear reactors. These advancements paved the way not only for the Burevestnik, but also for other projects like the Poseidon underwater drone.
Notably, the US and the Soviet Union both explored nuclear-powered aircraft concepts during the Cold War. Despite extensive research on platforms like the B-36 and Tu-95, both nations ultimately abandoned the projects due to insurmountable engineering challenges, astronomical costs, and radiation safety concerns.
Today, with more advanced reactor technology, Russia seems poised to achieve what Cold War engineers only dreamed of: a practical, nuclear-powered, unlimited-range missile.
Is the Burevestnik ready?
Can the Burevestnik be considered operational? Full details remain classified, but tests in 2020–2021 at Kapustin Yar and Nenoksa strongly suggest significant progress. The completion of permanent launch sites points to an impending deployment phase.
According to some reports, Russia could begin fielding Burevestnik missiles as early as 2025-26 – potentially in large numbers. Thanks to their nearly limitless range, these missiles could patrol vast areas, including the Arctic, Siberia, or the Pacific Ocean, remaining invisible to conventional defense systems.
A major challenge for America’s Golden Dome initiative will be detecting and tracking such missiles – no easy task. It would likely require unprecedented coordination with the US Navy and the full use of space-based tracking systems.
Space: The final frontier of missile defense
Ultimately, defeating a weapon like the Burevestnik would demand a fully integrated space-based missile defense component. Satellite tracking, rapid identification of launch zones, and intercept capabilities far beyond current systems would be necessary. Even advanced naval assets like Aegis-equipped ships would face a monumental challenge.
For now, there is no simple solution. And while Washington scrambles to prepare, Moscow holds a major advantage – especially when considering additional next-generation weapons like the Poseidon nuclear drone.
In this high-stakes race, Russia may have already moved the strategic chessboard – and set up a checkmate that America’s Golden Dome might not be able to prevent.
By Dmitry Kornev, military expert, founder and author of the MilitaryRussia project
https://www.rt.com/russia/616492-golden-dome-vs-burevestnik/
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Rite Aid files for second bankruptcy in two years... sparking fears of mass closures
READ MORE: Rite Aid shoppers owed $6.8million in data breach settlement
By DANIEL JONES, CONSUMER EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 18:39 EDT, 5 May 2025 | Updated: 02:42 EDT, 6 May 2025
Rite Aid is filing for bankruptcy — again. Just seven months after emerging from Chapter 11, the drugstore chain is running out of money again and seeking a new owner.
Filing for bankruptcy protection allows it to negotiate with lenders to reduce its debts.
Announcing the move on Monday, Rite Aid said it will keep its 1,245 stores open during the bankruptcy process and will work to ensure customer prescriptions are transferred to other pharmacies as it seeks a sale.
Retail expert Neil Saunders said the second bankruptcy was inevitable because the chain's lack of money means it cannot keep store shelves stocked. This poor shopping experience means shoppers don't return.
Rite Aid remains a distant third in the retail pharmacy race, trailing industry giants CVS and Walgreens.
When Rite Aid filed for its last bankruptcy in October 2023, the company operated more than 2,000 stores and employed about 47,000 people.
After shuttering hundreds of locations — including almost all in Ohio and Michigan — Rite Aid emerged from bankruptcy with around 1,245 stores in 15 states. It is a far cry from 2008 when it operated 5,059 locations.
If a buyer doesn’t emerge the chain could be forced to shut down even more of its stores.
Retail expert Neil Saunders, of GlobalData, said: 'The second bankruptcy of Rite Aid comes as no real surprise. The first bankruptcy did little to resolve the chain’s issues, and it has been teetering on the edge of survival for quite some time.
'The business currently hasn’t even got the financial firepower to trade on a normal basis. It is currently in the position of not being able to secure enough inventory to keep shelves stocked. This in turn deters customers which reduces sales and squeezes cash flow.
'Sadly, the chain has now reached the bottom of this vicious cycle and bankruptcy is the only route available to it.'
The pharmacy sector is in the midst of major upheaval, including Walgreens' recent deal to go private in a leveraged buyout led by Sycamore Partners
Rite Aid has been facing a series of challenges. Drugstores, generally, are struggling to compete with big-box chains and with Amazon, which launched its own online-only pharmacy in 2020.
On top of that, Rite Aid faced a series of lawsuits accusing the company of overprescribing opioids.
Rite Aid's move to almost totally leave Ohio and Michigan sparked panic.
Experts think that Rite Aid is moving out of areas where it cannot compete with much bigger chains CVS and Walgreens, which also owns Duane Reade.
Instead it is focusing where it can aim to be number two behind one or the other, such as in Pennsylvania.
Walgreens, the second largest pharmacy in the US behind CVS, is grappling with its own financial troubles, announcing last month it would close a 'significant' number of its 8,700 US stores.
The widespread 'retail apocalypse' that has seen brick-and-mortar stores struggle to combat rampant theft and increasingly tight margins is certainly not contained to drugstores.
In 2024, more than 7,300 stores closed, a nearly 60 percent increase from the year before.
Experts predict 2025 will be worse. They warn up to 15,000 physical storefronts could shut down by the end of this year.
Dozens of giant chains — including Macy's, Party City, and Big Lots — have been behind store closures in the past 12 months amid changing customer trends.
Dollar stores have been hit hard too, with 99 Cents Only announcing in April it would shutter all 371 of its locations across California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada.
Express — a mall staple — filed for bankruptcy last April and said it would shut 95 Express outlets alongside all of its UpWest stores.
It has also been a tough 12 months for home improvement chains. LL Flooring entered bankruptcy in September, and was set to close all 442 stores across 47 states under a buyer came in later that month.
Meanwhile, The Container Store shut stores after bankruptcy in December.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-14681279/rite-aid-second-bankruptcy-two-years
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Major banks close 42 local branches in just a few weeks... is YOURS affected?
READ MORE: Experts reveal date that last bank branch in America will shut
By ALICE WRIGHT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 15:05 EDT, 5 May 2025 | Updated: 15:15 EDT, 5 May 2025
US banks filed to shut 42 local branches in just under a month — leaving dozens of communities with fewer services.
Between April 1 and April 26, major lenders including Bank of America, Chase, and U.S. Bank were among the 14 banks to notify the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) closure plans.
Banks are required to alert the OCC before shutting down a branch. The agency then publishes the filings in a weekly report.
While the listings indicate intent to close, they are not final confirmations. Scroll down to see the full list with addresses.
Flagstar Bank closed 16 locations, more than any other institution in the period. Flagstar did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment.
Bank of America, which closed the most locations last year, followed by shutting nine.
Chase and U.S. Bank both closed three locations. The rest were made up of Citizens Bank, Cumberland Valley, Fifth Third Bank, FSNB, KeyBank, Pacific Premier Bank, PNC, Warsaw FS, Well Fargo and Zions Bancorporation.
In 2024, banks closed a total of 1,043 branches nationwide. The trend has accelerated in 2025, with 272 closures already logged in the first quarter alone.
Industry consolidation — both in the number of banks and branches — is a long-standing trend that will continue, especially as more transactions move online,' Bankrate's chief financial analyst Greg McBride told DailyMail.com.
'Consumers and small businesses in rural areas are the most impacted, particularly business owners that must make a daily bank run to deposit cash or consumers that lack viable transportation,' he explained.
The bloodbath is set to accelerate in 2025. Branch numbers are predicted to fall a further 4.11 percent decrease by the end of the year, a recent study from Self Financial revealed.
'Retail bank closures in the US aren't slowing,' Darren Kingman from Root Digital — who worked on the Self Financial study — told DailyMail.com. 'The last time this many people shared a local branch was in 1995.'
He warned that while the US edges toward a cashless future, over 200 million Americans still deposit cash — meaning longer lines and worse service as access shrinks.
Despite the digital shift, a new GoBankingRates survey found 45 percent of Americans still prefer in-person banking.
The shift towards online banking is growing more intense in 2025,' GoBankingRates lead data content researcher Andrew Murray told DailyMail.com.
'Despite the trend towards online banking, our survey data shows more than half of Americans are concerned about the rising number of physical branches that have shut down in the past few years,' Murray explained.
Wells Fargo was among the major banks to register plans to shut some of its branches
'Meanwhile, a whopping 76 percent says that the current banking system needs small or major changes.'
Further to this more than half of respondents said they were concerned about the rising number of physical bank branch closures over the last few years.
Meanwhile, new research recently revealed that the last physical bank branch could close in the US in 2041.
Experts from Self Financial reached the number by studying the rate of net closures across the country, which has averaged 1,646 each year since 2018.
Despite the majority of Americans now opting to do the majority of their banking online, customers still prefer to use physical branches for particular services.
It is also a struggle for some older clients to operate services such as mobile banking.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans still use a physical branch to make cash deposits, while over half use them to speak to an in-person adviser, the report found.
'Client's banking preferences and behaviors are changing, including a rapid migration toward digital and mobile banking platforms, and a desire for greater simplicity,' a spokesperson for US Bank recently told DailyMail.com.
'As we evolve along with our clients, we are reevaluating our physical footprint, and in some instances, consolidating branch locations in select markets.
'Although we are closing some branches, we continue to open and enhance others, as well as rapidly enhancing our digital capabilities.'
Wells Fargo echoed similar sentiments in a previous statement to DailyMail.com.
'Branches continue to play an important role in the way we serve our customers in combination with our mobile app, online website, and ATMs,' a spokesperson for the bank said.
'As we optimize our branch network, we are focused on evolving our branch presence based on customer usage and the changing traffic patterns and retail landscape to best meet the banking needs of each community we serve.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-14679857/us-bank-branch-closures-chase-flagstar.html
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Despite their denials, China is losing the tariffs war and retreating as fast as it can
By Steven W. Mosher Published May 3, 2025, 10:00 a.m. ET
As President Trump brings manufacturing back to the US — and closes in on trade deals with India, Japan, and South Korea — China’s days as “the world’s factory floor” are numbered. And Beijing is furious.
In a move harking back to the Cultural Revolution, Chinese schoolchildren are again being taught to hate the US. Class time is devoted to shouting anti-American slogans like “China must win the China-US trade war!”
China’s foreign ministry even released a video claiming that China “won’t kneel down” to the US, warning that bowing to US hegemony would be like drinking poison. At the BRICS meeting in Rio this week, Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked tough as well: “Silence or retreat will only embolden bullies.”
But it turns out that — in secret — Beijing has been quietly retreating as fast as it can.
Trump divulged in a Time magazine interview on April 25 that China’s Xi Jinping contacted him directly about tariffs, and later affirmed that he has since spoken with the Chinese dictator “many times.”
The Korean press has confirmed that “the United States and China have begun behind-the-scenes contact in relation to the ‘tariff war,’ ” and a high-ranking Chinese delegation was photographed entering the US Treasury Department in the early morning hours of April 24.
The hush-hush negotiations over trade have already begun to bear fruit, with China unilaterally reducing its punitive tariffs on 131 American goods.
Not surprisingly, the regime continues to lie to the Chinese people and to the world about all this.
Guo Kiakun, an official with the Chinese Foreign Ministry, has repeatedly claimed that no tariff negotiations have taken place.
Any suggestion otherwise is “groundless” and “fake news,” said Guo, who urged the US to stop “misleading the public.”
Understand that the “public” that Guo is worried about “misleading” does not live in America, but in China.
You see, China’s state media has portrayed Xi Jinping as heroically standing up to Trump.
The Chinese have been told that not only did their stalwart leader, alone among all world leaders, match Trump’s tariffs with his own, but that he has stood strong and never, ever backed down.
Think of how much face Xi Jinping will lose when the Chinese people learn that he, after grandstanding on tariffs, has caved. But Xi Jinping has, and for good reason.
The signs of China’s impending economic collapse are everywhere:
They are in the huge piles of containers that missed the April 9 tariff deadline, sitting in Chinese ports. These are filled with goods that the tariffs have priced out of the US market. Meanwhile, cargo bookings for container voyages between China and the US are down by half.
They are in deserted factory floors all along the coast of China, where workers are being laid off by the tens of thousands. Textile, toy, electronic, and furniture factories are just a few of the industries being crushed by the tariffs.
They are in the empty streets and shuttered shops of the surrounding industrial towns and cities, whose one-time customers — the now unemployed factory workers — can’t afford to eat or shop in their favorite noodle stand or convenience stores.
America is by far China’s largest customer, absorbing about one-sixth of China’s exports. If the tariffs stay in place for any length of time, economists estimate that 80% of China’s goods will be priced out of the American market, representing a loss of almost $400 billion.
As many as 10 million Chinese workers might lose their jobs over the next few weeks, says Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a number that could easily double in the months that follow as the ripple effects of the slowdown tear through the economy.
Beijing’s biggest worry is not a tariff recession, but the social unrest that will follow.
The country’s unemployment rate was already well over 10% before Trump’s tariff increases. With millions joining the ranks of the unemployed, it is only a matter of time before they take to the streets.
Beijing officials continue to bluster in public, echoing Wang Qishan, the former vice president of China and a close ally of Xi Jinping, who says: “We are not afraid of a trade war with the US. The Chinese people can survive an entire year eating nothing but grass.”
Privately, however, they are worried about a reprise of the 1989 Tiananmen demonstrations.
That’s why Xi’s calling.
Steven W. Mosher is the president of the Population Research Institute and the author of “The Devil and Communist China.”
https://nypost.com/2025/05/03/opinion/despite-their-denials-china-is-losing-the-tariffs-war/
4-14-02 At the altar after the pm service etc So listen not to the world, nor the lies of the world, or to those that say it is all turning around, for it is not so. You shall hear of more fish being washed ashore that are dead, because of the pollution of the water. You will hear of more icebergs breaking off and melting. You will hear of places in the south that will continually throughout summer be in the hundred and above range. You will hear of droughts like you have never heard of before. Not only here, but all over the world. Volcanoes, earthquakes, straight-winds, tidal waves, you will hear of things you have not heard of in the degree that you shall now hear of them. Realize that it is only signs of the end-time. etc
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Witnesses hear explosion at power plant in Karaj, Iran - report
Videos published by Iran International appeared to show a fire at the scene.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
MAY 3, 2025 23:23 Updated: MAY 4, 2025 08:03
An explosion was heard at a power plant in the city of Karaj in Iran, according to footage shared on social media on Saturday night.
Videos published by Iran International appeared to show a fire at the scene.
According to reports, a 4.0 magnitude earthquake was felt in Karaj, located northwest of Tehran; however, it was unclear whether it was triggered by the explosion or vice versa.
Iranian officials respond
Iranian officials cited by the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen news outlet claimed the power outages reported in the area were due to bad weather.
On April 26, an explosion occurred at the Port of Bandar Abbas, killing at least 70 and wounding over 1,000 people.
According to The Washington Post, the blast at the Islamic Republic's largest port was caused by a chemical fire that began in a shipping container, as confirmed by visual evidence and explosives experts.
This is a developing story.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-852490
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For I say unto you, my children, don’t be concerned or worried about the time, says the Lord, but I say unto you, be ready, says the Lord, to be ready, says the Lord, for my fig tree is budded, says the Lord. Are you aware of what is going on over in Israel, says the Lord? Therefore, I say unto you, look, look and see what I have said unto you, says the Lord, my fig tree has budded. Are you ready, says the Lord, for I am soon coming, says the Lord?
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UPDATED 9:09 AM EDT -- Yemen Missile Hits Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv
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This morning, a ballistic missile fired by Houthis in Yemen, struck Ben Gurion Airport in Israel.
A crater 25 Meters Deep was made by the impact and detonation, indicating a massive explosion and indicating the missile was flying at tremendous speed.
This region is one of the most highly protected areas on this planet, yet the missile got through.
Attempts were made by Israel to shoot down the missile with both the Israeli "Arrow" and the U.S. supplied 'THAAD" but both systems missed the incoming missile.
At present, it is not known what building within the airport may have been the final target. The missile landed and detonated on a roadway at the airport.
While injuries and deaths seem unlikely, there is a single report of an injury from the impact.
The Houthis in Yemen have been firing missiles at Israel over the Genocide being carried out by the Israeli government in the Gaza Strip.
Yemen says they will continue to fire missiles into Israel, and attack ships on the Red Sea traveling to or from Israel, as a sort of naval blockade of Israel, until the Genocide stops.
The United States has been attacking Yemen with the intention of brining attacks on ships to a halt, but the US effort has not achieved its goal.
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Israeli Army Radio: Following today's attack on Ben Gurion Airport, Israel is no longer bound by any restrictions and will respond with extreme force.
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the troubles that are going on here, the troubles that are going on there, the preparation for war, not just North Korea but Russia and other countries that hate America, they are preparing and getting ready. For the hour is much later than most people think, it is far later than those that are walking in the false and tell you etc.
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4 Iranians Among 5 Arrested In UK For 'Terrorism Offences': Police
Arrests made in London, Swindon and the Greater Manchester area, the London Metropolitan Police says, adding that the investigation is in its early stages to establish whether there may be any further risk to the public
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British police on Sunday said they had arrested five men, including four Iranians, on suspicion of "terrorism offences".
The arrests were carried out in London, Swindon and the Greater Manchester area and were related to "a suspected plot to target a specific premises", London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
The men aged between 29 and 46 were arrested on suspicion of "preparation of a terrorist act" and remain in custody, the police said. The nationality of one of the men is still being established, they said.
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"This is a fast-moving investigation and we are working closely with those at the affected site to keep them updated," said Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism chief Dominic Murphy.
"The investigation is still in its early stages and we are exploring various lines of enquiry to establish any potential motivation as well as to identify whether there may be any further risk to the public linked to this matter," he said.
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Report: Defense Secretary Hegseth to visit Israel ahead of Trump’s Middle East tour
Axios reports that US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will visit Israel on May 12 to meet with Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz, amid rising tensions over Iran and ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Yemen.
Israel National News May 4, 2025, 6:03 AM (GMT+3)
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is set to travel to Israel on May 12, marking his first official visit to the country since assuming his post, two Israeli officials told Axios on Saturday.
The visit is scheduled to take place shortly before President Donald Trump’s planned tour of the Gulf region.
During his stay, Hegseth is expected to meet with Defense Minister Israel Katz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Axios.
Following his visit to Israel, Hegseth will continue to Saudi Arabia, where he will join Trump for the next leg of the president’s Middle East trip. The White House recently confirmed that Trump will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates starting May 13, but is not currently expected to include Israel in his itinerary.
A Pentagon spokesperson declined to comment on Hegseth’s travel schedule.
Hegseth’s reported visit will take place as Israeli defense officials and pro-Israel groups in Washington have voiced concerns over what they perceive as skepticism among several of Trump’s Pentagon appointees regarding US military engagement in the Middle East—especially with respect to Iran.
Prime Minister Netanyahu and his advisers have reportedly continued to urge American officials to consider a credible military option to confront Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
The US and Iran have held two rounds of nuclear talks. Trump has repeatedly said he prefers to solve the nuclear standoff with Iran through a deal, but has also not ruled out military action against Iran.
Two weeks ago, the US President said that, if military action is required to thwart Iran’s nuclear program, Israel will be involved and even lead the effort.
“With Iran, if it requires military, we’re going to have military. Israel will be the leader of that. But nobody leads us, we do what we want to do,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office.
Later, Trump expressed optimism that a deal could be reached between the US and Iran on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
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"On the Iran situation, I think we're doing very well. I think a deal is going to be made there. That's going to happen. Pretty soon it's going to happen,” Trump told reporters.
“We'll have something without having to start dropping bombs all over the place," he added.
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How ordinary Poles are preparing for a Russian invasion
2 days ago
Will Vernon BBC News
Reporting fromWroclaw, Poland
At a military training ground near the city of Wroclaw, ordinary Poles are lining up, waiting to be handed guns and taught how to shoot. "Once the round is loaded, the weapon is ready to fire," barks the instructor, a Polish soldier, his face smeared with camouflage paint.
Young and old, men and women, parents and children, they've all come here for one reason: to learn how to survive an armed attack.
As well as a turn on the shooting range, this Saturday morning programme, called "Train with the Army", also teaches civilians hand-to-hand combat, first aid and how to put on a gas mask.
"The times are dangerous now, we need to be ready," says the co-ordinator of the project, Captain Adam Sielicki. "We have a military threat from Russia, and we are preparing for this."
Capt Sielicki says the programme is oversubscribed, and the Polish government now has plans to expand it so that every adult male in the country receives training. Poland, which shares borders with both Russia and Ukraine, says it will spend almost 5% of GDP on defence this year, the highest in Nato.
Statements by Donald Trump and members of his administration have caused deep concern among officials in Warsaw. During a visit to the Polish capital in February, the US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said Europe mustn't assume that the US troop presence on the continent "will last forever".
The US currently has 10,000 troops stationed in Poland, but Washington announced last month it was pulling out of a key military base in the city of Rzeszow in the east of Poland. Officials say the troops will be redeployed within Poland, but the move has caused yet more unease in the country.
Donald Trump's apparent hostility towards Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and warm words for Russia's Vladimir Putin, have only added to the worry.
Poland is due to sign a defence agreement with France in the coming days, and another pact with the UK is in the pipeline – further moves by Warsaw to pivot away from its historically strong military ties with Washington. There is also talk of Poland being brought under the French military's "nuclear umbrella".
"I think [Trump] has certainly pressed us to think more creatively about our security," says Tomasz Szatkowski, the permanent representative of Poland to Nato and presidential advisor on defence. "I think the US can't afford to lose Poland, because that would be a sign… that you can't rely on the US. However, we do have to think of other options and develop our own capabilities."
"If the Russians continue their aggressive intentions towards Europe, we're going to be the first one – the gatekeeper," Mr Szatkowski says. He ascribes Poland's rapid military build-up to "first of all, the geopolitical situation, but also, the experience of history."
98-year-old Wanda Traczyk-Stawska looks directly into the camera. She is sitting on an armchair wearing an embroidered blouse and a cardigan.
Wanda Traczyk-Stawska was 12 years old the last time Russia invaded Poland
The painful legacy of Russian occupation can be felt everywhere here.
At a state-run care home in Warsaw, 98-year-old Wanda Traczyk-Stawska recalls the last time Russian forces invaded – in 1939, when a pact between Stalin and Hitler resulted in Poland being carved up between the USSR and Nazi Germany.
"In 1939 I was twelve years old. I remember my father was very concerned about [the Russians]," Wanda recalls, "We knew that Russia had attacked us, they took advantage of the fact that the Germans had exposed us."
On a shelf is a photograph of Wanda as a fighter, brandishing a machine gun during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, when the Polish underground fought the German Army amidst the ruins of the city. After pushing back the Germans in the dying days of World War Two, the Soviet Union installed a pro-Moscow regime in Poland, which ruled the country until 1989.
Currently, around 216,000 servicemen and women make up the Polish armed forces. The government says they intend to increase that to half a million, including reservists – which would give it the second-largest military in Nato after the United States.
An old photograph, with colour added later, of three Polish resistance fighters. Wanda is on the far left. They are crouched behind a wall aiming a gun. The ground is covered in rubble.
Wanda (left), aged around fifteen, fighting in the Polish resistance in the 1944 Warsaw uprising
I ask Wanda whether she thinks it's a good thing that Poland is building up its military. "Of course, yes. Russia has this aggression written into its history. I'm not talking about people, but the authorities are always like that," she sighs. "It is better to be a well-armed country than to wait for something to happen. Because I am a soldier who remembers that weapons are the most important thing."
Eighty years since the end of World War Two, Poles are once again eyeing their neighbours nervously. In a warehouse in southern Poland, by popular demand, one company has constructed a mock-up of a bomb shelter.
"These shelters are designed primarily to protect against a nuclear bomb, but also against armed attacks," says Janusz Janczy, the boss of ShelterPro, who shows me around the steel bunker, complete with bunk beds and a ventilation system. "People are building these shelters simply because they don't know what to expect tomorrow."
Janusz is wearing a checked jacket and jeans inside one of his bomb shelters. He is pointing to the ceiling. The shelter contains a bunk bed and a toilet with a curtain. It is clean but sparse.
Janusz says he receives dozens of inquiries a week from Poles looking to buy bomb shelters
Janusz says demand for his shelters has soared since Donald Trump took office. "It used to be just a few phone calls a month. Now there are dozens a week," he says, "My clients are most afraid of Russia. And they're concerned that Nato wouldn't come to defend Poland."
But are Poles ready to defend the country if those fears become a reality? A recent poll found that only 10.7% of adults said they would join the army as volunteers in the event of war, and a third said they would flee.
On a sunny afternoon in Wroclaw, I ask Polish students whether they'd be ready to defend their country if attacked. Most say they wouldn't. "The war is very close but feels quite far," says medical student Marcel, "but if Russia attacked, I think I'd run."
"I would probably be the first one trying to escape the country," says another student, Szymon. "I just don't really see anything worth dying for here."
Additional reporting by Aleksandra Stefanowicz
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etc. truly darkness, darkness is growing darker and darker and darker, war is being prepared, war is being made ready. Watch Russia, watch Turkey, watch China, watch Iran, watch Pakistan, watch Saudi Arabia, for they are not your friends nor have they ever been your friends. They are not my friends, saith your Father God, for they shall wage war against me in the last days, these are the last days. etc..
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Widespread Unrest In China Over US Tariff Layoffs, UNPAID WAGES, Massive Protests
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Widespread unrest has erupted across China as President Donald Trump's steep tariffs devastate the nation's export-driven economy, triggering factory closures, unpaid wages, and massive protests by workers, The Daily Caller reported.
Riots and mass protests are spreading across China as economic fallout from Trump's tariffs pushes the nation's manufacturing sector to the brink, shuttering factories and leaving millions of workers without pay.
From industrial zones near Shanghai to the remote edges of Inner Mongolia, workers have taken to the streets demanding back pay and denouncing mass layoffs. The unrest comes amid a sharp drop in Chinese export orders.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Huang Deming, a garment exporter in southern China, has already laid off 30% of his staff after losing three U.S. clients. Qian Xichao, a textile factory manager, described cutthroat conditions in the domestic market.
"To be frank, personally speaking, all we can do is go out and look for new opportunities," Qian told the Journal.
The labor unrest mirrors the protests in 2022 during President Xi Jinping's strict COVID-19 lockdowns. At the time, government forces suppressed demonstrations through violent crackdowns. Analysts expect similar responses now as economic instability threatens the regime's control.
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Africa Is Tearing Apart: A New Ocean Is Emerging at Unprecedented Speed, Much Sooner than Expected
A giant crack is ripping through East Africa, reshaping the continent’s future in ways few imagined. Scientists have spotted signs of something far more dramatic beneath the surface.
Arezki Amiri Published on April 15, 2025 Read : 3 min
A monumental geological event is underway in East Africa. Deep within the Earth’s crust, tectonic forces are gradually breaking the African continent apart. This slow-motion rupture is now advancing faster than previously believed, and it could ultimately give birth to a brand-new ocean.
The Rift That’s Changing the Continent
Stretching from Mozambique in the south to the Red Sea in the north, the East African Rift System is a vast fault network that marks the boundary between the African and Somali tectonic plates. These plates are moving apart at a rate of about 0.8 centimeters per year, pulling the eastern edge of the continent away from the rest of Africa.
While this pace might seem slow, geological events like earthquakes and volcanic activity have the potential to significantly speed up the process. One of the most compelling examples of this transformation is visible in Ethiopia’s Afar region. In 2005, the Earth suddenly tore open in a dramatic sequence of events.
Over the course of just a few weeks, more than 420 earthquakes struck the region, opening a 60-kilometer-long fissure up to 10 meters deep. Geologists were astonished. What would normally take centuries happened in a matter of days.
This unexpected speed shift prompted experts to revise their timelines: what was once thought to take tens of millions of years might occur in as little as one million years—or even faster.
East Africa’s Changing Landscape
The East African Rift is unique in the world. It is currently the only place on the planet where scientists can observe a continent splitting and an ocean forming in real time. The long-term effects of this process will be transformational.
As the rift widens, the Horn of Africa—including countries such as Somalia, Djibouti, and Kenya—will eventually detach from the mainland and drift away, forming an island surrounded by a new ocean basin. The scale of the geographical shift is enormous.
The projected coastline of this future landmass could extend from the Afar region near the Red Sea all the way down to the Tanzanian border. Although scientists cannot predict the final shape of the new landscape, the fracture lines are already visible, forming deep valleys and rugged terrain across thousands of kilometers.
The iconic Great Rift Valley, stretching over 6,000 kilometers from north to south, is one of the most striking features carved by these tectonic forces. The region’s geology is shaped by the meeting point of three tectonic plates: the African, Somali, and Arabian.
Their slow divergence is creating enormous stress within the Earth’s crust, which builds up until it’s released in bursts of seismic activity. When that happens, the land quite literally breaks apart.
Implications Beyond Geology
The separation of East Africa has far-reaching consequences. Economically, it could reshape regional trade. Landlocked countries such as Zambia and Uganda might eventually gain access to the ocean, opening new pathways for commerce and development.
New coastlines will emerge, potentially leading to the construction of ports and new infrastructure hubs. From an ecological perspective, the formation of a marine environment where there is now dry land will bring major changes to biodiversity. Entire ecosystems will need to adapt, while new habitats will emerge.
At the same time, governments across the region will be forced to contend with the challenges of a shifting landscape, from the threat of rising sea levels to the persistent risk of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
The Horn of Africa’s strategic location adds another layer of complexity. Situated near the entrance to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, the region is a critical passage for global shipping. Any major tectonic disruption here could reverberate far beyond the continent’s borders.
Scientists Race to Understand the Timeline
For now, much of the future remains uncertain. Experts agree that Africa is breaking apart, but the exact timeline and ultimate configuration of the land are still the subject of ongoing research and debate.
Some scientists are skeptical about the acceleration hypothesis, pointing out that tectonic shifts are not always linear and can slow down after brief periods of intense activity. Still, the events of 2005 remain a turning point in how geologists view this transformation.
The sudden appearance of a massive fissure over such a short time served as a wake-up call, confirming that while Earth’s changes are usually gradual, they can also occur in rapid bursts.
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More than 70 earthquakes hit massive volcano as 300,000 Americans prepare for eruption
READ MORE: Experts warn volcano set to erupt will trigger international chaos
By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 15:45 EDT, 2 May 2025 | Updated: 16:07 EDT, 2 May 2025
Approximately 73 earthquakes have struck a massive volcano in the last week that scientists warn could soon erupt.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) shared on Friday that Mount Spurr remains at an elevated level of unrest, and an explosive eruption is possible.
In addition to the 73 recorded tremors, AVO noted that 'much smaller quakes are occurring several times per hour.'
The seismic activity is caused by magma rising toward the surface, which creates pressure and fractures in the surrounding rock.
The agency has also observed steam rising from the volcano and increased gas emissions.
AVO warned that any eruption would likely resemble those in 1953 and 1992.
Those past events involved one or more explosive bursts—each lasting several hours—that produced ash clouds traveling hundreds of miles and dropped up to a quarter inch of ash across southcentral Alaska.
Mount Spurr is located about 80 miles from Anchorage, home to nearly 300,000 residents, which could be blanketed in volcanic ash.
City residents are already preparing for a possible eruption, which experts have said could occur within 'weeks to months.'
Mount Spurr has been showing signs of an eruption since last fall. leading experts to put it on an advisory.
AVO said in the update that ground deformation at Mount Spurr has slowed over the past month, but noted it had previously occurred in November and December 2024 before restarting.
'Unrest continues at Mount Spurr, though at a lower level than observed in early 2025,' the updated shared.
'While the likelihood of an eruption has decreased since March, the volcano remains at an elevated level of unrest.'
Each ash-producing explosive episode would last three to four hours, and the resulting cloud could blanket the city of Anchorage and other nearby communities in a thick layer of dust.
The eruption would also produce destructive mudslides and avalanches of volcanic debris racing down the volcano's side at over 200 miles per hour, 'but fortunately, there are not any communities in that radius that would be affected,' Haney said.
In addition to locals stockpiling for the event, transportation systems are also scrambling as the eruption will cause international chaos.
The massive cloud of ash would force international hubs such as Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) and potentially Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) to shut down.
Halting all incoming and departing flights at these airports could have a ripple effect across the country, resulting in widespread delays and cancellations and even disrupting the global supply chain.
Hundreds of planes fly over Anchorage and Fairbanks per day, and it's not just passenger flights that would be impacted. ANC is the fourth-busiest cargo airport in the world, with more than 8,000 cargo flights passing through each month.
Then last time Mount Spurr erupted in 1992, ANC shut down for 20 hours while the ash cloud hung over Anchorage.
It darkened skies in the middle of the day, and ultimately settled an eighth of an inch thick across the city.
When Mount Spurr blows, the resulting ash cloud will pose a significant hazard to airplanes because the particles are highly abrasive.
Flying through an ash cloud can quickly damage windscreens, fuselage surfaces, compressor fan blades and even kill the plane's engine. Ash particles can also cause critical navigational and operational instruments to fail.
All of this means that it is extremely dangerous to fly a plane while a volcanic eruption is occurring nearby. So, all airports in areas affected by the ash cloud will have to shut down.
ANC is perfectly positioned to transit freight between Asia and North America, which is why it is a major cargo hub.
Even moderate disruptions at this airport can delay freight shipments, e-commerce and manufacturing deliveries. A total shutdown would bring all of this to a screeching halt.
As for passenger flights, both ANC and FAI are also critical for polar and Pacific air routes.
Flights between North America and Asia, or the US and Europe, sometimes rely on these airports for diversion, refueling or emergency landings.
Closing them would force incoming passenger flights to re-route, resulting in longer flight times and congestion at alternate airports.
Any departing flights from these airports would be grounded until the ash cloud clears, which could take hours or days depending on how long the eruption lasts.
Therefore, Mount Spurr has the potential to snare travel and cargo logistics, resulting in disruptions that extend far beyond the Alaskan border.
The last time this volcano erupted was in 1992, when it saw three back-to-back explosive events in July, August and September.
During the August eruption, ANC shut down for about 20 hours, impacting commerce and transportation.
The Municipality of Anchorage reported nearly $2million in damages, office closures and cleanup costs from the August eruption.
No one was killed by these events directly. But two heart attacks, one fatal, from shoveling ashfall were reported in Anchorage.
Breathing in ash also poses a health hazards. The tiny particles can work their way deep into the lungs, worsening symptoms for people with respiratory conditions such as asthma or bronchitis.
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Chile braces for Antarctic tsunami with coastal evacuation underway after huge 7.5-magnitude earthquake
This news is breaking: more to follow
By JAMES REYNOLDS and PERKIN AMALARAJ
Published: 09:31 EDT, 2 May 2025 | Updated: 12:27 EDT, 2 May 2025
Officials fear a huge tsunami could be heading for Chile after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Argentina.
The warning came after the quake struck around 200km (124miles) south of Puerto Williams, near Chile's southern tip, at 9am local time. According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake struck at a depth of 10km, with four more smaller aftershocks being recorded in the region shortly after.
The US' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that Chile risks facing tsunami waves that could be up to 9ft tall, while Antarctica faces potential waves of up to 3ft.
Chile's Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA) estimated that waves will reach bases in Antarctica and cities in Chile's extreme south in the coming hours.
Chilean disaster authorities said the coastal area of the Magallanes Region in Southern Chile would have to be evacuated due to the tsunami risk. Video footage from the region showed civilians slowly making their way out of the danger zone.
Another clip, this time taken from the city of Punta Arenas, showed scores of people evacuating the city, alongside dozens of cars that were speeding out of the region.
National threat evaluation systems said that tsunami waves from this quake may appear within 300km (186miles) of the epicentre, seemingly putting the Falkland Islands out of harm's way.
The National Disaster Prevention and Response System, SENAPRED, added that it will 'continue to assess the impact on people and damage to infrastructure and basic services'.
It also reminded Chileans: 'Don't forget to consider your pet and its needs.'
The country's president Gabriel Boric, a native of the area, wrote on his X account that: 'We call for the evacuation of the coastline throughout the Magallanes Region.'
'Right now, our duty is to prevent and heed the authorities. Regional and national COGRID are just getting started. All state resources are available,' he added.
The Interior Ministry reported that both its minister, Álvaro Elizalde, and his undersecretary, Víctor Ramos, are headed to SENAPRED offices.
The Magallanes region, where the quake struck, is Chile’s largest and southernmost and one of its least populated. According to government figures, in 2017, the population totalled about 166,000 people.
Chile was devastated by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in 1960, recording a magnitude of 9.5.
Between 1,000 and 6,000 people were killed in the quake and resulting tsunamis, which swept across the Pacific Ocean, affecting countries as far away as Japan, the Philippines and Australia.
Waves reached heights of 35ft (10.7m) as they crashed into Hilo, Hawaii, more than 6,200 miles from the epicentre at Lumaco.
Fifty years later, the country was hit by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake and tsunamis, with intense shaking lasting some three minutes.
Tremors from the quake were felt in Peru, some 1,500 miles away.
A subsequent tsunami devastated coastal towns in south-central Chile. Some 9 per cent of residents in affected areas lost their homes.
At least 525 people were killed and more than two dozen went missing.
Chile lies on the boundary of the Nazca and South American tectonic plates, leaving it vulnerable to hard-hitting tremors.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14672329/Tsunami-warning-Chile-huge-7-5-
magnitude-earthquake-strikes-coast-Argentina.html
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Rev 6:4 Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword. (civil war)
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Ukrainian Drones Have Been Targeting Historic Orthodox Churches In Russia
by Tyler Durden
Authored...
Throughout over three years of the Russia-Ukraine war, there has been a sad and tragic trend of churches being struck by missiles, drones, or bombs on both sides of the conflict.
But attacks on religious sites have gone all the way back to 2014, and the start of the conflict in the Donbass, which saw pro-Kiev forces frequently shelling Russia-aligned areas, including attacks on Orthodox churches.
Famous, historic monasteries have been shut down or seized by authorities, monks expelled, and churches have been raided by far-right nationalist militant groups. As for the other side, Russian aerial raids have often devastated whole Ukrainian neighborhoods, including destruction of local churches.
In a fresh incident, Russian government and media sources say a Ukrainian drone was sent across the border and struck an iconic, historic church in Belgorord region, which set the church on fire.
Local Belgorod governor Vyacheslav issued a statement on Telegram Saturday saying "the enemy is striking our holy sites again – an enemy drone has attacked Saint George Church in the village of Tolokonnoye."
Emergency crews were able to extinguish the blaze, but not before the church's domes caught on fire...
Earlier, Russia claimed a church was hit by FPV drones in Belgorod region.
The St. George the Victorious Church in the village of Tolokonnoe caught fire. The flames were quickly put out and no-one was injured. pic.twitter.com/jDlSCWZmOA
— Tim White (@TWMCLtd) May 3, 2025
Friday into early Saturday saw Ukrainian forces launch over 40 drones and some 150 artillery shells in Russia's southern Belgorod region. Along with neighboring Kursk, Belgorod has seen repeat incursions by Ukraine's military over the course of the war.
While it's impossible to confirm whether all these attacks on churches were 'deliberate' and targeted, Russian authorities believe this is the case, given an even more well-known church was just recently destroyed:
Last Thursday, the iconic New Jerusalem Orthodox church complex in the region burned down following a Ukrainian drone strike. Commenting on the incident at the time, Gladkov described it as a “deliberate” attack and also accused the Ukrainian military of subsequently targeting the firefighters who were trying to contain the blaze.
The New Jerusalem Church complex in the village of Sukharevo was entirely made of wood and so went up in flames quickly. That did clearly seem a targeted attack given Ukrainian drones dropped explosives directly on it.
❗️‘New Jerusalem’ orthodox church attacked by Ukraine UAV burnt to the ground in Russia’s Belgorod region.
⚠️The Ukrainian Armed Forces reportedly attacked the temple at least twice, preventing local residents and firefighters from putting it out. At the time of the attack, four… pic.twitter.com/GB8hunxt49
— Russian Embassy in South Africa ?? (@EmbassyofRussia) April 25, 2025
Currently, Moscow and Kiev are still far from agreeing on a ceasefire. President Zelensky has accused his Russian counterpart Putin of playing a "game" with offers of very limited, 3-day ceasefires. Kiev instead wants to start with a month-long truce, but Russia has described this as a pretext for Ukraine forces rearming and replenishing along the front lines.
"This is more of a theatrical performance on his part. Because in two or three days, it is impossible to develop a plan for the next steps to end the war," Zelensky has said in his latest statement.
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Hegseth sends strong message to Iran and Houthis: ‘You will pay’
By Greg Wehner, Fox News Published May 1, 2025, 12:13 a.m. ET
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent a message to Iran on Wednesday night, warning the country that, because of its “LETHAL” support of the Houthis terrorist organization, they will pay the consequences.
“We see your LETHAL support to The Houthis. We know exactly what you are doing,” Hegseth said in a post on X. “You know very well what the US Military is capable of — and you were warned. You will pay the CONSEQUENCE at the time and place of our choosing.”
Earlier this week, a Houthi drone forced the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier to make an evasive maneuver, which some believe caused an F-18 fighter jet worth $67 million to fall off the carrier and into the Red Sea.
The move came after 47 straight days of US airstrikes against Houthi targets.
Hegseth then retweeted a Truth Social post by President Donald Trump from March 17.
“Let nobody be fooled! The hundreds of attacks being made by Houthi, the sinister mobsters and thugs based in Yemen, who are hated by the Yemeni people, all emanate from, and are created by, IRAN,” Trump posted.”Any further attack or retaliation by the ‘Houthis’ will be met with great force, and there is no guarantee that the force will stop there.
“Iran has played the ‘innocent victim’ of rogue terrorists from which they’ve lost control, but they haven’t lost control,” the president continued.
“They’re dictating every move, giving them the weapons, supplying them with money and highly sophisticated Military equipment, and even, so-called, ‘Intelligence.’ Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of IRAN, and IRAN will be held responsible, and suffer the consequences, and those consequences will be dire!”
https://nypost.com/2025/05/01/us-news/hegseth-sends-strong-message-to-iran-and-houthis-you-will-pay/
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A Coming Peace Or A Deceptive Pact? Israel's Next Treaty Could Fulfill Prophecy
Prophetic tremors are shaking the soil of the Middle East. As war rages in Gaza, the talk of peace is already escalating--not just a truce, but something far bigger, more historic, and perhaps far more dangerous.
By PNW Staff May 01, 2025
The same voices now urging Israel to finish off Hamas are also beginning to whisper of regional realignment, the expansion of the Abraham Accords, and a sweeping deal with the Arab world. For those who study prophecy, these aren't just headlines--they're harbingers.
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, a key figure in Israeli diplomacy, has emphasized that a decisive victory over Hamas is essential for Israel to secure broader peace agreements with Arab nations. He stated, "In the Middle East, when you win, when you're strong, that's what attracts others." In a podcast appearance Dermer argued that Hamas would have to be defeated before a real plan for the "day after" could be created.
Any plan put forward by Israel would be "dead on arrival," and would be automatically opposed by any local faction, Dermer warned. Therefore, the international community and moderate Arab States, especially in the Gulf region, should be an integral part of the post-war plan, he said.
The Abraham Accords could possibly be part of this process. Initiated in 2020, marked a significant step in normalizing relations between Israel and several Arab nations, including the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. There is ongoing speculation about the potential inclusion of Saudi Arabia and Syria in these accords.
However, Saudi Arabia has made clear it will only join when a much larger plan is put in place that will involve the Palestinians. If Saudi Arabia does join it is expected to open the floodgates to many other Arab and Muslim nations. If Saudi Arabia was to propose a much larger agreement with many more nations, one could see how this might start to look prophetic or at least create the precedent for more agreements to follow.
Many Christian theologians interpret Daniel 9:27 as a prophecy concerning a future seven-year peace agreement involving Israel. This period, often referred to as the "70th week" of Daniel, or 'The Tribulation Period' is believed to be initiated by a covenant confirmed by a prominent world leader, commonly identified as the Antichrist. The verse states: "He will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering."
According to this interpretation, the Antichrist will broker a seemingly beneficial peace treaty, possibly facilitating the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. However, midway through the seven-year period, he will violate the agreement, ceasing temple sacrifices and committing the "abomination of desolation," an act of profound desecration. This event is seen as the commencement of the 'Great Tribulation', a time of unparalleled suffering described in the Book of Revelation.
Make no mistake--what we are witnessing in the Middle East is not just political theater; it may very well be prophetic prelude. The flurry of diplomatic activity, the talks of normalization with Saudi Arabia and even Syria, and the insistence by Israeli leaders that peace will only come through strength--all these are strikingly consistent with the kind of dramatic, sweeping peace accord the Bible warns us will one day be brokered and confirmed by a deceiver.
The ground is being tilled for a covenant that could look like the solution the world has been begging for, yet underneath it may lie the ticking clock of Daniel's final seven years. This isn't just geopolitics--it's potentially the final trigger for a countdown to the return of Christ.
As believers, we must not watch these events unfold with apathy or fear--but with discernment, prayer, and readiness. The Bible has already mapped the road ahead, and every headline feels like a mile marker drawing us closer to the end of this present age. If a sweeping peace treaty emerges, confirmed by many and embraced as a global breakthrough, it may not be the dawn of lasting peace--it could be the calm before the storm.
But for the Church, this is not a time to retreat. It is a time to rise, to proclaim the Gospel with boldness, and to remember that our hope is not in any earthly peace accord--but in the soon return of the Prince of Peace. Lift up your heads, for your redemption is drawing near.
https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=8184
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Israel strikes near Syrian presidental palace amid violence against Druze
Jerusalem says airstrike near Damascus was a 'clear message' to al-Sharaa regime as deadly attacks on Druze villages continue and protests erupt in Israel
Yoav Zitun, Lior Ben Ari|01:24
Israel carried out an airstrike near the presidential palace in Damascus overnight, The IDF said Friday, describing the attack as a warning to the Syrian regime amid escalating violence against Syria’s Druze minority.
The strike came in response to what Israeli officials described as a massacre of Druze civilians in Syria’s southern Sweida province, where extremist groups reportedly attacked several villages. The Israeli leaders said the strike was intended to prevent the deployment of hostile forces south of Damascus and to send a “clear message” that threats to the Druze community would not be tolerated.
The Israeli military confirmed the strike after the prime minister’s office released its statement. The Israel Defense Forces said fighter jets targeted an area near the residence of Ahmad Hussein al-Sharaa in Damascus. Military officials described it as a non-lethal “knock on the roof” — a warning strike aimed at an area not designated as a military target, such as an open field.
Lebanon-based Al-Manar TV, affiliated with Hezbollah, aired footage purportedly showing the strike's aftermath, including smoke rising near the presidential palace and the sound of sirens. Hezbollah-aligned Al Mayadeen also reported smoke in the area.
Syrian opposition media and local sources reported that several Druze-populated villages in Sweida — including Lubin, Haran, and Jareen — came under sustained attack Thursday night. Residents said they returned fire at the attackers. SyriaTV reported that local Druze factions repelled a broad assault by extremist groups using mortar shells.
The Syrian government has denied involvement, blaming “outlaw groups not affiliated with the Ministry of Defense or the security apparatus” for the violence.
As international condemnation of the attacks mounted, Syrian Information Minister Hamzah al-Mustafa wrote on Facebook that Syria remains “a homeland for all,” calling for inclusive national dialogue and rejecting incitement and misinformation.
The events sparked protests across northern Israel on Thursday, as hundreds of Druze citizens blocked major highways and lit bonfires at key intersections. Demonstrators demanded Israeli intervention to protect their relatives in Syria, chanting, “We will sacrifice our lives for Sweida.”
Traffic came to a standstill on roads including Highways 6, 85, 65, and 90, with blockages reported at intersections such as Elyakim, Amiad, Kfar Vradim, Eilabun, Kabri, Rama, Tzalmon, and Ein Tut. Police reopened Highway 6 at the Elyakim interchange shortly before midnight.
Around the same time, hundreds of protesters gathered near Netanyahu’s residence in Caesarea, urging him to “honor his promise and act.”
Druze reservists also organized in response. In closed forums, many expressed anger over what they viewed as Israel’s inadequate response to jihadist threats in Syria. In a letter sent to Netanyahu, Katz, Knesset members, and Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, the Association of Druze Veterans wrote that “hundreds of Druze fighters are ready to immediately volunteer and fight alongside our brethren to save them, even at the cost of assuming all risks to our safety and lives.”
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1drvr11geg
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Rev 6:4
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remove peace from the earth. And there was war and
slaughter everywhere. (NLT)
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Missile from Yemen intercepted, fragments found in preschool
Explosions heard in central Israel, despite interception outside Israel's borders; interception fragments found in Mishmar Ha'emek's Gan Zayit preschool. Houthis claim: We fired ballistic missile at Ramat David base.
Israel National News
Published: May 2, 2025, 5:40 AM (GMT+3) Updated: 6:00 AM
The IDF said on Friday morning that it has identified the launch of a missile from Yemen toward Israeli territory, and that aerial defense systems are operating to intercept the threat.
Moments later, sirens were sounded in Haifa, Wadi Ara and the Galilee regions of northern Israel.
The IDF said that "an interceptor was launched toward the missile and the results of the interception are under review. Sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol."
In a subsequent update, the IDF said that "the missile was intercepted prior to crossing into Israeli territory. Sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol."
Magen David Adom reported that no calls were received about casualties, except for one case of a man who was injured on the way to shelter.
Early Sunday morning, sirens were sounded in the Dead Sea and Arava regions following the firing of a missile from Yemen.
The IDF said, "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in the areas of the Arava and the Dead Sea, a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted."
It added that the missile was intercepted prior to crossing into Israeli territory. Sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol.
Early on Saturday morning, the Houthi rebels in Yemen launched another missile toward Israeli territory, but it was intercepted before crossing into Israeli airspace.
Preliminary alerts were activated on the Home Front Command app in several areas across the country, including Gush Dan, Jerusalem, the Shfela, and the south. However, actual sirens were only triggered in Be'er Sheva and the area.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/407729
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Did a Hole in the Earth’s Rapidly Weakening Magnetic Field Cause the Electrical Blackout in Spain and Portugal?
by Michael Snyder May 1, 2025
in Curated, Opinions
(End of the American Dream)—Without the Earth’s magnetic field, our way of life could not exist. In fact, without it life on our planet could not exist at all. The magnetosphere is essentially a shield that protects us from the charged particles from the Sun that are constantly bombarding us. Unfortunately, that protective shield is steadily getting weaker.
In fact, scientists tell us that every ten years it is getting about 5 percent weaker. Needless to say, that has enormous implications for our future. In addition, the Earth’s magnetic field is becoming more unstable, and there are many that are speculating that an episode of instability may have caused the electrical blackout that we just witnessed in Spain and Portugal.
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Officials openly admit that they still don’t know exactly what caused the blackout, but we are being told that it “may have been” caused by a phenomenon known as “induced atmospheric vibration”…
Preliminary reports out of Europe about the massive blackout that left millions powerless say the cause may have been something called “induced atmospheric vibration,” a rare phenomenon where weather changes affect power lines.
The outage was centered in Spain on Monday, where the lack of power caused widespread chaos. Renfe, Spain’s national railway company, said on social media that the “entire national electricity grid was cut off” at 12:30 local time.
It brought parts of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, grounding planes, halting public transport, and forcing some hospitals to suspend routine operations.
Induced atmospheric vibration can happen when there are very rapid changes in temperature or wind speed.
But many have pointed out that temperatures were very normal in Spain when the blackout occurred.
So there is a lot of skepticism about the narrative that we are being given.
This blackout was extremely unusual, and as Michael Shellenberger has pointed out, it looks like we were literally seconds away from “a continent-wide blackout”…
This is truly bananas: all of Europe appears to have been seconds away a continent-wide blackout.
The grid frequency across continental Europe plunged to 49.85 hertz — just a hair above the red-line collapse threshold.
The normal operating frequency for Europe’s power grid is 50.00 Hz, kept with an extremely tight margin of ±0.1 Hz. Anything outside ±0.2 Hz triggers major emergency actions.
If the frequency had fallen just another 0.3 Hz — below 49.5 Hz — Europe could have suffered a system-wide cascading blackout.
At that threshold, automatic protective relays disconnect major power plants, and collapse accelerates.
And it’s disturbingly easy to imagine multiple scenarios where that could have occurred…
What could have caused an event of this magnitude? Many are suggesting that a hole in the Earth’s magnetic field could have been responsible.
The only reason why we are able to have operational power grids in the first place is due to the protection that the magnetosphere provides. If you are not familiar with the importance of the magnetosphere, the following is a pretty good summary that comes from NASA…
Unlike Mercury, Venus, and Mars, Earth is surrounded by an immense magnetic field called the magnetosphere. Generated by powerful, dynamic forces at the center of our world, our magnetosphere shields us from erosion of our atmosphere by the solar wind (charged particles our Sun continually spews at us), erosion and particle radiation from coronal mass ejections (massive clouds of energetic and magnetized solar plasma and radiation), and cosmic rays from deep space. Our magnetosphere plays the role of gatekeeper, repelling this unwanted energy that’s harmful to life on Earth, trapping most of it a safe distance from Earth’s surface in twin doughnut-shaped zones called the Van Allen Belts.
If the Earth’s magnetic field suddenly disappeared, the atmosphere of our planet would soon be stripped away and we would no longer have any air to breathe…
Our protective magnetic “bubble,” known as the magnetosphere, protects us from harmful space weather such as solar wind. Without the magnetosphere, the solar wind would erode our atmosphere, devoiding our planet of the life-giving air we breathe.
According to NASA, the magnetosphere also protects Earth from large quantities of particle radiation emitted during coronal mass ejection (CME) events and also from cosmic rays — atom fragments — raining down on Earth from deep space. The magnetosphere repels harmful energy away from Earth and traps it in zones called the Van Allen radiation belts. These donut-shaped belts of radiation can swell when the sun’s activity increases.
After reading all that, you should definitely be very thankful for the magnetosphere.
Unfortunately, as NASA has pointed out, the protective bubble above our heads “isn’t a perfect defense”
But Earth’s magnetosphere isn’t a perfect defense. Solar wind variations can disturb it, leading to “space weather” — geomagnetic storms that can penetrate our atmosphere, threatening spacecraft and astronauts, disrupting navigation systems and wreaking havoc on power grids. On the positive side, these storms also produce Earth’s spectacular aurora. The solar wind creates temporary cracks in the shield, allowing some energy to penetrate down to Earth’s surface daily. Since these intrusions are brief, however, they don’t cause significant issues.
Yes, “temporary cracks” in the Earth’s magnetic field are happening all the time.
And as you just read, some energy does make it through those “temporary cracks” to the Earth’s surface on a daily basis.
Is this what happened in Spain?
Did a temporary hole in the Earth’s magnetic field allow enough energy to get through to cause a massive disruption of the power grid in Spain?
Interestingly, just days before the blackout a “giant coronal hole” that was about a million kilometers wide opened up on the Sun…
The Northern Lights may be visible in the U.S. on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 22/23 due to a large hole opening up in the sun’s atmosphere. Visible to NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft, the giant coronal hole measures about 600,000 miles (1 million kilometers); geomagnetic storms could be the result — causing displays of aurora in around 12 U.S. states.
Did that coronal hole have anything to do with the blackout?
At this stage, we just don’t know.
But I think that we will see a lot more episodes like this in the future, because the Earth’s magnetic field is steadily getting weaker. We are being told that the magnetosphere is “losing approximately 5 percent of its strength every decade”…
This isn’t the first research to show that Earth’s magnetic field is changing. Our magnetic field has always been in flux, and over the past few years it’s become clear that the invisible bubble that protects our planet from the harsh conditions of outer space has been getting weaker and weaker.
According to scientists’ best estimates, the field is now weakening around 10 times faster than initially thought, losing approximately 5 percent of its strength every decade. But they don’t really know why, or what that means for our planet.
I asked Google AI about this, and I was told the following…
Yes, Earth’s magnetic field is indeed weakening, and at a faster rate than previously estimated. Scientists have observed that the field is weakening by about 5% every decade, which is 10 times faster than the previously thought rate of 5% per century.
Eventually, the magnetosphere will get so weak that it simply will no longer be able to protect us sufficiently.
This is yet another reason why the clock is ticking for humanity.
In addition, Google AI says that the Earth’s magnetic field is also becoming increasingly unstable…
Yes, there’s evidence that Earth’s magnetic field is becoming unstable, including weakening in the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) and a general trend of weakening over time. This instability is related to the Earth’s natural processes, including pole reversals and the complex dynamics within the Earth’s core.
As a result, temporary cracks in the magnetosphere could be a lot more common in the days ahead.
Needless to say, that could mean big trouble for our power grids. So I hope that you have a plan for that.
The quote above mentioned the South Atlantic Anomaly, so I thought that I should get into what that is.
According to earth.com, it is essentially a “dent” in the Earth’s magnetic field that “stretches from South America to southwest Africa”…
Something strange is happening in Earth’s magnetic field, and it has caught NASA’s attention. A massive region of lower magnetic intensity, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), has appeared above our planet.
This dent in Earth’s magnetic field, or “space pothole,” stretches from South America to southwest Africa. The mysterious anomaly has puzzled scientists for years.
In this particular area above our planet, the magnetic field has gotten significantly weaker…
As satellites and spacecraft traverse this region while orbiting the Earth, they are exposed to the weakened magnetic field within the anomaly.
The reduced field strength allows charged particles from the Sun to assault the vehicles, potentially causing technological systems onboard to malfunction or even short-circuit.
These unexpected high-energy proton strikes typically result in minor glitches. However, they can also cause significant data loss or irreparable damage to key components.
At first, scientists believed that this anomaly was relatively static.
But more recent research has determined that the anomaly is actually “drifting” and that it is beginning to divide into two different parts…
Research led by NASA heliophysicist Ashley Greeley in 2016 revealed that the South Atlantic Anomaly isn’t stagnant; it’s drifting slowly. This drift was confirmed through subsequent tracking from CubeSats in a 2021 study.
Moreover, the anomaly seems to be splitting into two distinct cells, each representing a separate center of minimum magnetic intensity within the greater anomaly. The implications of this division, however, remain unknown.
The more we learn about the Earth’s magnetic field, the more alarmed scientists have become.
It is steadily getting weaker and more unstable, and we have no replacement for it.
And once it is gone, life on Earth will no longer be possible.
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https://discernreport.com/did-a-hole-in-the-earths-rapidly-weakening-magnetic-field-cause-
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Major US city rocked by earthquake felt by thousands
READ MORE: Pacific Northwest could crumble if earthquake strikes
By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 09:42 EDT, 1 May 2025 | Updated: 09:55 EDT, 1 May 2025
A 3.9 magnitude earthquake hit just outside of Utah's capital city Thursday morning.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the tremor at 6:11am ET, with the epicenter located in Independence, about 43 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.
More than 2,200 people within a 45-mile radius reported feeling the shaking.
The epicenter sits on top of the Wasatch Fault, which is one of the most active and studied fault systems in the US.
The Wasatch Fault is capable of producing a magnitude 7.5 earthquake.
Locals have shared their experiences on social media, with many saying their homes shook for a few seconds during the quake.
Dr Darby Bailey from Draper said she felt the initial earthquake and several other 'small rolling aftershocks.'
No injuries or damages have been reported.
Residents from Ogden to Spanish Fork reported feeling weak to light shaking from Thursday's earthquake, which struck at a depth of roughly seven miles, according to the USGS.
Tremors were also felt in Draper, Provo, Lehi, and West Jordan.
The quake occurred along the Wasatch Fault, a 220-mile-long fault system stretching from southern Idaho to northern Utah.
Known formally as the Wasatch Fault Zone (WFZ), the system consists of a series of fault segments rather than a single continuous break.
A report from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute outlines a worst-case scenario: a magnitude 7.0 earthquake along the Salt Lake City segment of the fault.
'The entire Salt Lake Valley and surrounding areas will experience strong to severe shaking as the result of a Salt Lake City segment rupture,' they shared.
The tremore would trigger landslides, rock avalanches and cause the ground to sink.
Salt Lake City is home to more than two million people.
'An estimated 84,400 households will be displaced with 52,700 individuals seeking shelters,' researchers said.
'Depending on the time of day, there will be an estimated 2,000 to 2,500 deaths. An estimated 7,400 to 9,300 people will be injured and need hospital care. The number of available hospital beds will be reduced from 4,790 to 3,200.'
The report estimated there would be a total economic loss of more than $33 billion.
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Salt Lake in 2020,, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, shutting down the city's airport and bringing the light rail system to a halt.
The epicenter was just southwest of Salt Lake City and an estimated 2.76 million residents likely felt the quake, the US Geological Survey reported.
Residents reported feeling shaking across a 100-mile area, with the heaviest impact in Salt Lake County, officials said.
People reported feeling the quake in the neighboring states of Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada.
There were no reports of injuries, but the tremor knocked power to nearly 55,000 homes and businesses, said utility Rocky Mountain Power.
Property damage was reported at Rescue Mission of Salt Lake City, where a wall collapsed, sparking an evacuation, reported KTVX.
The USGS reported said the earthquake hit at 7.09am about 2.5 miles north of Magna, a township in Salt Lake County located about 10 miles away from Salt Lake City, at a depth of 6 miles.
At least six aftershocks were recorded in the immediate aftermath of the main quake, and more were expected throughout the day.
The quake damaged the Angel Moroni statue atop Salt Lake Temple, the Mormon Church's largest, knocking a trumpet from the angel's hand. A church spokesman also said some of the temple's smaller spire stones were displaced, according to the Deseret News.
In Herriman, just south of the capital Salt Lake City, bricks from the facade of the Silver Crest Elementary School fell in front of the main entrance.
Cracks appeared in the brick facade of a Salt Lake City bank building, and rubble appeared on the sidewalk in front of an unoccupied building under construction, social media images showed.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14668289/Major-US-city-rocked-earthquake
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Russia blasts Trump over mineral deal, says Ukraine will soon ‘disappear’
By Caitlin Doornbos
Published May 1, 2025 Updated May 1, 2025, 3:10 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — The Kremlin on Thursday blasted President Trump’s historic mineral rights deal with Ukraine inked a day earlier, sarcastically praising the US leader for making a deal with a nation that will soon “disappear.”
“Trump has finally pressured the Kyiv regime to pay for US aid with mineral resources,” Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Telegram.
“Now, the country that is about to disappear will have to use its national wealth to pay for military supplies.”
Unlike military aid packages under the Biden administration, Ukraine would pay the United States for these weapons — benefiting both Kyiv’s defense and the US defense industry without the use of American taxpayer dollars.
“President Trump’s US-Ukraine Minerals Deal is a masterstroke,” Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) said in a post on X. “Ukraine is now a permanent partner to the United States and both sides will benefit greatly.
“The next step is strong secondary sanctions on Russia.”
The deal holds that Washington and Kyiv will split all profits from licenses for new oil, gas and minerals mining in Ukraine in a mutual fund.
While Kyiv will contribute to the fund largely through mineral profits, the US has the option to contribute to the fund by letting Ukraine purchase weapons.
Still, there are no requirements that the US must allow Ukraine to purchase weapons as part of the arrangement.
Medvedev — considered Russian President Vladimir Putin’s right-hand man — has previously criticized Trump, taking aim at the president on April 3 as his tariff plans rolled out — even though none of the tariffs targeted Russia.
“Trump has severely bent the global trading system, introducing tariffs against almost the entire world. The consequences will be global.” he posted to Telegram at the time.
“Counter tariffs will be imposed on US goods. Old trade chains will be broken, but new ones will emerge.”
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Wildfires not yet under control, authorities warn
Highway one connecting Jerusalem to the coast is reopened after some 100 cars, abandoned amid the chaos on Wednesday, are removed; Israel awaits the arrival of planes and equipment from countries approached to help
ynet correspondents|00:46
Firefighters continued to work overnight and into the morning hours on Thursday to contain the wildfires that spread in the Jerusalem hills on Wednesday. Authorities said they have not yet been able to control the flames.
Fire-extinguishing aircraft resumed flights attempting to put out flames approaching communities, to form barriers that would prevent the fires from reaching homes.
Preliminary investigations into the source of the wildfires found no definitive proof of arson. The fire began at the same point where last week's forest fire was ignited and officials said that could have been the source of Thursday's eruption.
The main highway connecting Jerusalem to the coast was reopened after some 100 cars, abandoned in the chaos caused by the flames, were removed.
After the government appealed for help from other countries, planes from Greece, Croacia, Romania, France, Spain and Italy were expected to arrive later in the day.
The Israel Meteorological Service warned Israelis of the danger of fires spreading and urged extra caution as many set out to celebrate Independence Day with picnics in parks and woodlands.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1kiyolgel#autoplay
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Foreign aircrafts land in Israel with more expected to come, police arrest 18 suspected of arson
Authorities investigating terrorism as motive for arson • Syrian Islamist attacks on Druze could be a collision course with Israel
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/2025-05-01/live-updates-852223
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“It Is A Full-Blown Crisis Already”: Farmers Cry Out For Help As Massive Financial Losses Pile Up And Demand For U.S. Agricultural Products Disappears
April 28, 2025 by Michael
China is normally the largest export market for U.S. agricultural products. In a typical year, we sell tens of billions of dollars worth of agricultural products to the Chinese, but now that door has been slammed shut thanks to the extremely high tariffs that China has imposed on U.S. imports. If that door is not reopened very soon, farmers all over the nation will be facing financial ruin due to massive financial losses that are already piling up. This is not a crisis that may or may not arrive someday. As you will see below, this is a crisis that is already here.
More than 1.4 billion people live in China. We send them massive amounts of soy and pork in a normal year, and that has been a very profitable arrangement for U.S. farmers. Unfortunately, demand has dried up due to the trade war, and this has thrown the U.S. agriculture industry into a state of chaos…
Soy has been severely impacted, with a 125% tariff imposed by China causing a steep decline in exports. Although recent comments from Trump hint at possible tariff reductions, prices for soy derivatives like tofu and animal feed have already climbed. Pork exports have suffered from tariffs reaching up to 72%, leading to higher domestic prices for bacon and pork chops. Dairy products, including cheese and milk, have seen prices spike after China and Mexico introduced new tariffs, affecting popular varieties like cheddar and mozzarella.
Apple exports were curtailed by tariffs from China and India, causing price hikes for varieties such as Gala and Fuji. California’s almond industry has also been hit hard, with China applying a 50% tariff; the additional logistics costs have pushed up prices for products like almond milk. Lobster prices have become increasingly volatile domestically after exports to China fell sharply under tariffs of up to 35%.
There were a few months during the pandemic that got a bit crazy, but if high tariffs persist we are going to witness a meltdown unlike anything we have ever experienced before.
The executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition told CNBC that what we are facing “is a full-blown crisis already”…
Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition, or AgTC, a leading export trade group for farmers, told CNBC the number of canceled purchases of U.S. agricultural products should not be described as approaching a crisis. “It is a full-blown crisis already,” he said.
Data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday revealed China made its biggest cancellation of pork orders since 2020, halting a shipment of 12,000 tons of pork.
Even though the tariffs have only been in place for less than a month, the Agriculture Transportation Coalition is reporting that many of its members have already been hit by “massive” financial losses…
AgTC said “massive” financial losses are already being felt by its members as a result of the trade war, based on reports it is receiving from member companies.
It is easy to say that all of the soy, pork and corn that China normally purchases should just be sold to someone else.
But the truth is that “there are no other markets that can quickly replace China’s demand”…
Agricultural exporters warned that there are no other markets that can quickly replace China’s demand and absorb the volume, and that is already affecting prices.
“We have diverted employees and production to other (less profitable) production and dramatically slowed down purchasing from independent venders (loggers, truckers, sawmills),” one lumber exporter reported to AgTC. Some products have already declined 20% in market value, the exporter reported, which it said will influence inventory planning and future investments.
On the flip side, U.S. demand for clothing that is imported from China is plummeting dramatically.
Temu has made a ton of money by selling U.S. consumers fashionable clothes at super cheap prices, but now extremely high tariff rates are forcing Temu to add “import charges” to most orders…
Chinese e-tailer Temu has started adding “import charges” of about 145% in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
The fees, which began cropping up over the weekend after price hikes went into effect on Friday, cost more than the individual products consumers are buying and can more than double the price of a typical order.
For example, a summer dress sold on Temu for $18.47 will cost $44.68 after $26.21 in import charges are added to the bill, a 142% surcharge, a CNBC analysis shows. A child’s bathing suit priced at $12.44 will cost shoppers $31.12 when the $18.68 import charge is taken into account, a staggering 150% fee. A handheld vacuum cleaner listed at $16.93 now costs $40.11 when factoring in an import charge of $21.68, which is a roughly 137% markup.
Everything that we buy from China is going to be a lot more expensive from now on, and that is only going to intensify our cost of living crisis.
Inflation has been a major problem for years, and an increasing number of people are turning to debt in order to make ends meet.
Even before the tariffs went into effect, one survey found that the percentage of Americans that have been using “buy now pay later” services has been rapidly growing…
In a survey conducted April 2-3 of 2,000 U.S. consumers ages 18 to 79, around half reported having used buy now, pay later services. Of those consumers, 25% of respondents said they were using BNPL loans to buy groceries, up from 14% in 2024 and 21% in 2023, the firm said.
Meanwhile, 41% of respondents said they made a late payment on a BNPL loan in the past year, up from 34% in the year prior, the survey found.
Those numbers are extremely alarming.
As a society, we are not ready for a major economic downturn at all.
In fact, almost a quarter of the entire U.S. population is currently dealing with “unmanageable” levels of debt…
Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. adults currently have “unmanageable” debt, as of April 1, according to a survey of 1,000 respondents. Unmanageable debt is defined as when an individual is forced to choose between debt payments and basic necessities.
If you are facing severe financial stress at this moment, I want you to understand that there are millions of others that are just like you.
We are just going to have to batten down the hatches, because the economic storm that we have entered is not going to be easy to endure.
Decades of very foolish decisions have brought our country to this point, and now a day of reckoning has arrived.
So I hope that you have been preparing for this time, because things are only going to get crazier from here.
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About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing. You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter. Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites. These are such troubled times, and people need hope. John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.
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Shocked by US peace proposal, Ukrainians say they will not accept any formal surrender of Crimea
By SAMYA KULLAB
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A peace proposal by the Trump administration that includes recognizing Russian authority over Crimea shocked Ukrainian officials, who say they will not accept any formal surrender of the peninsula, even though they expect to concede the territory to the Kremlin, at least temporarily.
Giving up the land that was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 is also politically and legally impossible, according to experts. It would require a change to the Ukrainian constitution and a nationwide vote, and it could be considered treason. Lawmakers and the public are firmly opposed to the idea.
“It doesn’t mean anything,” said Oleksandr Merezkho, a lawmaker with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s party. “We will never recognize Crimea as part of Russia.”
Unlike a territorial concession, a formal surrender would permanently relinquish Crimea and abandon the hope that Ukraine could regain it in the future.
The Ukrainian public largely understands that land must be ceded as part of any armistice because there is no way to retake it militarily. Polls indicate a rising percentage of the population accepts such a trade-off.
By SAMYA KULLAB
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A peace proposal by the Trump administration that includes recognizing Russian authority over Crimea shocked Ukrainian officials, who say they will not accept any formal surrender of the peninsula, even though they expect to concede the territory to the Kremlin, at least temporarily.
Giving up the land that was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 is also politically and legally impossible, according to experts. It would require a change to the Ukrainian constitution and a nationwide vote, and it could be considered treason. Lawmakers and the public are firmly opposed to the idea.
“It doesn’t mean anything,” said Oleksandr Merezkho, a lawmaker with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s party. “We will never recognize Crimea as part of Russia.”
Unlike a territorial concession, a formal surrender would permanently relinquish Crimea and abandon the hope that Ukraine could regain it in the future.
The Ukrainian public largely understands that land must be ceded as part of any armistice because there is no way to retake it militarily. Polls indicate a rising percentage of the population accepts such a trade-off.
But much of the public messaging about land concessions has suggested that they are not necessarily permanent, as when Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko told the BBC recently that Ukraine may need to temporarily give up land as part of a peace deal.
Saying otherwise would effectively admit defeat — a deeply unpopular move, especially for Ukrainians living under Russian occupation who hope to be liberated and reunited with their families one day. It also would call into question the sacrifices made by tens of thousands of Ukrainian service members who have been killed or wounded.
U.S. President Donald Trump underscored the Crimea proposal in an interview published Friday in Time magazine: “Crimea will stay with Russia. Zelenskyy understands that, and everybody understands that it’s been with them for a long time.”
Asked by reporters on Sunday if Zelenskyy was ready to give up Crimea, Trump said, “Oh, I think so. Crimea was 12 years ago. That was President Obama that gave it up without a shot being fired.”
His comments offered the latest example of the U.S. leader pressuring Ukraine to make concessions to end the war while it remains under siege. Trump has also accused Zelenskyy of prolonging the war by resisting negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Crimea, a strategic peninsula along the Black Sea in southern Ukraine, was seized by Russia years before the full-scale invasion that began in 2022. The Russian takeover followed large protests that ousted former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who had refused to sign an association agreement with the European Union.
In the lead-up to peace talks, Ukrainian officials told The Associated Press for months that they expect Crimea and other Ukrainian territory controlled by Russia to be among Kyiv’s concessions in the event of any deal. But Zelenskyy has said on multiple occasions that formally surrendering the land has always been a red line.
Elements of Trump’s peace proposal would see the U.S. formally recognizing Crimea as Russian and de facto accepting Moscow’s rule over occupied Ukrainian territories, according to a senior European official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic discussions.
Whether the U.S. formally recognizes Crimea as Russian is out of Zelenskyy’s hands. But many obstacles prevent the Ukrainian president from doing so, even under immense pressure. He cannot unilaterally sign any such proposal, and he could be reprimanded by future governments for even attempting it, experts said.
Ukraine began to accept that it would not regain its lost territories after the failure of the country’s 2023 summer counteroffensive. From then on, the Ukrainian military concentrated on defending the territory it still held.
In return for territorial concessions, Ukraine wants robust security guarantees that ideally would include NATO membership or concrete plans to arm and train its forces against any future Russian invasion with the pledged support of allies. One scenario envisions European boots on the ground, which Russia rejects.
Zelenskyy has said negotiations over occupied Ukrainian territory will be drawn out and will not likely occur until a ceasefire is in place. In late March, he told reporters after a call with Trump that the U.S. president “clearly understands that legally we will not recognize any territories.”
He said giving up territory would be “the most difficult question” and “a big challenge for us.”
Formal recognition of Crimea would also amount to political suicide for Zelenskyy. It could expose him to legal action in the future, said Tymofiy Mylovanov, president of the Kyiv School of Economics and a former economics minister.
Signing a potentially unconstitutional document could be interpreted as high treason, Mylovanov said.
The Ukrainian government cannot act either. It has no constitutional means to accept a violation of its territorial integrity, and altering the territorial makeup of the country requires a nationwide referendum.
If Ukrainian lawmakers were even to entertain the idea of surrendering Crimea, it would trigger a long, drawn-out legal debate.
“That’s why Russia is pushing it, because they know it’s impossible to achieve,” Mylovanov said.
“Anything related to constitutional change gives so much policy and public communication space to Russia,” he added. “This is all they want.”
Soldiers on the front line say they will never stop fighting, no matter what the political leadership decides.
“We lost our best guys in this war,” said Oleksandr, a soldier in the Donetsk region, who spoke on the condition that only his first name be used in line with military protocols. “We won’t stop until all Ukrainian lands are free.”
Associated Press writer Hanna Arhirova contributed to this report.
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the troubles that are going on here, the troubles that are going on there, the preparation for war, not just North Korea but Russia and other countries that hate America, they are preparing and getting ready. For the hour is much later than most people think, it is far later than those that are walking in the false and tell you etc.
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Harvard task force uncovers widespread antisemitism, urges sweeping institutional reform
Harvard’s antisemitism task force reveals a pervasive climate of hostility toward Jewish and Israeli students, driven by politicized instruction and rising intolerance.
Elad Benari
Apr 30, 2025, 4:14 AM (GMT+3) 2 minutes
Harvard University on Tuesday released two major reports detailing a deeply troubling climate of antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment on its campus.
Compiled by twin task forces charged with addressing bias against Jewish, Israeli, Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian affiliates, the reports expose a fractured academic environment where Jewish students increasingly feel marginalized, threatened, and silenced, according to The Harvard Crimson.
The task forces, convened by President Alan Garber in early 2024 in the wake of Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel and the war in Gaza, conducted surveys and listening sessions involving thousands of students, staff, and faculty.
Their findings reveal a campus culture marked by fear, polarization, and growing intolerance — particularly toward Jewish and Israeli voices.
Among the most alarming findings: over a quarter of Jewish students reported feeling physically unsafe at Harvard, and 61 percent said they feared professional or academic consequences for expressing their views — a fear heightened by what the task force labeled a shift toward increasingly aggressive, uncompromising pro-Palestinian activism.
“Some students reported being pushed by their peers to the periphery of campus life because of who they are or what they believe,” wrote Garber in a statement accompanying the reports. He called the testimonies “searing” and issued a formal apology to those the University had let down.
The antisemitism-focused report attributed the deteriorating climate to the radicalization of campus discourse around the Israel-Palestinian Arab conflict and the proliferation of “politicized instruction.”
It cited several courses at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and School of Public Health that allegedly presented one-sided, factually questionable narratives about Israel, sometimes minimizing Jewish historical claims or casting Israeli Jews as colonial occupiers.
The report also highlighted an incident in which a Jewish student was barred from speaking at a conference about Holocaust survivors — an event allegedly dismissed by organizers as “not tasteful,” despite lacking any political content. Another case involved a panelist appearing to ignore a student’s question after recognizing their Jewish first name.
Task force members flagged numerous course materials that they said advanced antisemitic stereotypes or falsely portrayed Israeli military actions. In some cases, these materials were later quietly removed from syllabi.
The report also criticized the University’s failure to adequately supervise programs that disseminate biased content, recommending that schools face consequences for failing to uphold academic integrity and viewpoint diversity. It called for instructors to be evaluated not only on scholarly merit but on their demonstrated ability to foster inclusive, pluralistic classrooms.
“Too often, Jewish students found themselves socially isolated and accused of supporting genocide simply because of their nationality,” the report noted, urging reforms to the admissions process that would prioritize candidates capable of respectfully engaging across political and cultural divides.
Among its dozens of recommendations, the antisemitism task force called for the creation of a dedicated academic center focused on Jewish history and antisemitism, new faculty hires through a “cluster hire” model, and the prohibition of masks at protests to discourage intimidation.
Meanwhile, a parallel report addressing anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian Arab bias pointed to incidents of doxxing, harassment, and verbal abuse targeting students associated with pro-Palestinian Arab causes.
The reports come as Harvard faces continued scrutiny over its handling of antisemitism on campus.
The federal government announced recently that it would freeze $2.2 billion in funding to Harvard due to its failure to fight campus antisemitism.
That move came after Garber stated that Harvard would not comply with the administration’s directives.
Related articles:
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White House rejects universities' criticism of interference
Harvard sues Trump administration over research funding freeze
Trump admin. furious with Harvard, to freeze another $1 billion
Subsequent reports indicated that the Trump administration is preparing to freeze another billion dollars in federal funding for Harvard University because the administration was angered by Harvard's decision to publish a letter listing the government's demands, as the contents of the letter were supposed to be kept private.
Harvard then filed a lawsuit in response to the administration’s funding freeze.
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China's Factories Being CRUSHED by U.S. Tariffs; Workers Going Unpaid, RIOT; For USA "Depression-Like" Conditions by August
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China’s factory activity contracted at its fastest pace in 16 months in April, as steep US tariffs took a heavy toll on the manufacturing sector, adding urgency to Beijing’s efforts to roll out fresh economic stimulus. For the US, Artificial Intelligence says "Depression-Like" Conditions by August.
The manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 49.0 in April, the weakest reading since December 2023, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday. A reading below 50 signals a contraction.
Zhao Qinghe, a senior statistician at the NBS, said in a statement that the contraction in factory activity was due to “sharp changes in the external environment and other factors.”
The acute decline underscores the damage that US President Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs on Chinese goods have already inflicted on the country’s export and manufacturing-reliant economy. Chinese manufacturers began to feel the brunt of the sky-high levies last month, as order cancellations and production cuts spread, raising fresh concerns over the country’s growth prospects.
The April data marks a setback for Beijing, as top leaders strive to maintain a defiant and confident posture amid Trump’s trade war. The Chinese economy was already struggling with weak domestic consumption and a protracted property crisis.
While activity in China’s services and construction sectors showed marginal expansion, with non-manufacturing PMI hitting the 50.4 level, the April data points to a downturn. A parallel measure of new export orders also dived to 44.7, the lowest since late 2022 when the country was still grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Robin Xing, chief China economist at Morgan Stanley, wrote in a Wednesday research note that the decline in PMI shows the impact of tariffs, which has led to weakening external demand.
“We believe the tariff impact will be the most acute this quarter, as many exporters have halted their production and shipments to the US, given heightened tariff uncertainties,” the report said. “The overall policy framework remains reactive and supply-centric, insufficient to offset tariff shocks.”
FACTORIES ARE NOT PAYING WORKERS
Unpaid factory workers are burning buildings, unrest is spreading, and Xi Jinping is fighting turmoil from within.
Below, video explains how bad things have already gotten:
Here in the United States, the port of Seattle found itself pretty much EMPTY of inbound ocean container ships on Monday. Three vessels were in the port and almost finished unloading, with zero vessels from China reported inbound and zero ships outside the port waiting to get in.
Elsewhere, the Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plummet 35% next week as China tariffs start to bite.
After Los Angeles, similar plummeting is expected at the port of Houston, two weeks from now, and similar plummeting is expected at the port of New York City, three weeks from now.
As containers stop arriving from China, Americans will begin to see product outages on store shelves.
"AI" Projects "Depression-Like" Conditions by July
Artificial Intelligence (AI) makes some stark observations and predictions for how the Trade War pans-out. Below is one AI analysis which says the DOW drops below 30,000 and Depression-Like Conditions appear in the US by August.
MAY 2025 – Tipping Begins
• Markets peak, then stall as GDP and consumer data come in soft.
• Tariff costs hit wholesalers and retailers, leading to sudden price hikes in goods like electronics, appliances, clothing, and food.
• China retaliates—slaps tariffs on U.S. soy, semiconductors, and autos. EU follows with steel and tech equipment.
• Small businesses slow hiring; jobless claims tick up.
Outcome: Fear spreads. Volatility rises. Bond markets start whispering “stagflation.”
JUNE 2025 – Confidence Breaks
• CPI spikes due to import costs, but retail sales fall—a stagflation marker.
• Corporate earnings warnings surge. Supply chains begin to shut down.
• Farm bankruptcies increase, especially in the Midwest.
• U.S. allies publicly condemn U.S. policy, further isolating Trump diplomatically.
• Consumer confidence collapses.
Outcome: Recession officially declared in some models. Yield curve inverts. S&P 500 drops 15–20% from highs.
JULY 2025 – Crash Conditions Emerge
• Multiple retail chains and manufacturers announce mass layoffs.
• Dow drops below 30,000 as major indexes correct >25%.
• Corporate credit markets freeze—companies can’t refinance debt.
• Trump holds “America First Prosperity” rallies, denying any crisis.
• Fed is paralyzed: rate cuts won’t fix supply-driven inflation.
Outcome: This is the entry point into depression conditions—unemployment rising, deflation risk in asset markets, and structural demand destruction.
AUGUST 2025 – Depression Becomes Visible
• Unemployment hits 7–8%, rising fast.
• Consumer credit defaults surge.
• Housing demand crashes, prices roll over, mortgage lenders falter.
• Bank stress appears in regional lenders tied to small business or farming.
• Global markets decouple or fall into contagion.
Outcome: The term “depression” enters media discourse seriously. Trump’s approval collapses even among loyalists. Calls for emergency action rise—likely too late.
Bottom Line:
If the tariffs are not reversed by mid-June, the U.S. enters self-induced economic contraction that becomes depression-like by August 2025. The window to prevent that shuts fast—because inflationary damage front-loads, while policy responses (like investment pullbacks and layoffs) snowball after.
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one. Its rider was given a mighty sword and the authority to
remove peace from the earth. And there was war and
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Trump Says Ukraine 'Will Be Crushed Very Shortly' Without Peace Deal
by Tyler Durden
Authored...
US President Donald Trump in a recent interview with conservative show host Glenn Beck expressed doubt whether the White House can actually achieve a comprehensive peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
Trump has made Ukraine peace the top foreign policy priority of the early part of his administration, and on the campaign trail and within his first hundred days expressed continual confidence that the US can successfully mediate, but this confidence appears to be fading with each passing week.
In the interview he noted his belief - not for the first time - that Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to making a deal on Ukraine, and is actually easier to deal with than Zelensky.
"When Zelenskyy was in the Oval Office. I was talking about getting it done, and he starts screaming, ‘but we need security’, meaning security, after the fact, I said, ‘security’? I don't even know if we can get this deal done," Trump told Beck.
That's when he expressed rare doubt, saying he's not sure "if we can get this deal done."
Referencing Zelensky, Trump continued: "He's asking for more, just more and more and more. And he doesn't have the cards. He doesn't have the cards, so hopefully he's going to get it done," Trump said.
And in reference to Putin, Trump explained, "I think he had the idea of going all the way through" if Trump were not in the Oval Office. "I think he's [Putin] willing to make a deal. And I would say thus far, he's been easier to deal with than Zelensky," Trump added.
Another interesting section of the interview came as follows:
Glenn Beck: Yeah, is he the problem? Is Putin the problem? Or is Europe the problem?
DT: So, look: Russia is a very big military force, and Ukraine isn’t. Without Ukraine — and I’m the one that supplied the Javelins [anti-tank missiles] to them, so, you know, I did a lot for them, because the tanks got stuck in the mud, and then they got Javelined, right? And they always say, “Trump gave the Javelins,” and it was, in that case, “Obama gave sheets.” He gave sheets! They said nothing.
But Biden gave money like nobody’s ever seen — $350 billion! He gave military equipment, gave storage. We had massive storage bins full of ammunition — buildings as long as the eye could see.
And in a separate '100-day' interview published in The Atlantic on Monday, Trump said that without a peace deal Ukraine will soon be crushed:
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he believes Ukraine will be "crushed very shortly," as it is up against Russia's "big war machine" that it cannot defeat.
"I think I'm saving that nation. I think I'm doing a great service to Ukraine. I believe that," he said in an interview with The Atlantic published April 28.
Trump argues it has been easier to deal with Putin than Zelensky pic.twitter.com/TsajLRSaBB
— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) April 29, 2025
Trump admin officials have called this week "very critical" for determining whether lasting peace in Ukraine can be forged:
Rubio said that the coming week will be “very critical” for the White House as it makes a “determination about whether this is an endeavor that we want to continue to be involved in.”
“There are reasons to be optimistic, but there are reasons to be realistic,” Rubio said, adding: “We’re close, but we’re not close enough.”
“Throughout this process, it’s about determining, do both sides really want peace and how close are they or how far apart they are after 90 days of effort here ... that’s what we’re trying to determine this week,” Rubio said of negotiations.
Will the US stop arming Ukraine if no peace deal is reached? Will more sanctions simply be piled onto Moscow? Or perhaps Washington will simply step aside and let Europe lead the way in fueling the proxy war.
Already NATO is said to be making plans to fill the sizeable gap of US leadership in the Western military alliance, anticipating the a US drawdown of support.
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Put your money, your time, your efforts into what I tell you to do, for I will cause you to have a victory such as you have never seen. And it shall be so clear, yes; it shall be so clear what you are all to do. Yes, for I shall speak to you, my power shall be awesome and miracles shall come to pass. It shall not be the fake gold or the fake feathers or the false shaking or the animal noises or the falling under the power and not coming away with permanent results or changed lives. My prophetic shall speak concerning things to come in a clear concise manner that no one shall want to miss or read second hand. For they will want to hear it under the anointing of the prophets and to receive the anointing of the prophet that shall manifest miracles, signs and wonders. People shall now see the signs of the last days like never before. Not only in a strange and confusing weather, the heat, the drought, the floods, the forest fires, the volcanoes, lack of jobs, shortage of money, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, sandstorms, straight wind, electrical storms, electrical shortages, hail, locusts, pestilence’s, the sicknesses, terrorists attacks, wars, the uniting of the false church under the false prophet, the rise of the anti-christ, the riots, the crime, the drugs, alcoholism, great open gay activities and movies, more open sex on TV, more street people, homeless, lack of crops, food shortages, great fear in those who do not know me. No peace as my word says for the world. The UN taking more control, martial law established, rationing and many more disasters that shall now begin to come. etc.
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We are in a Hot War Now – Steve Quayle ( The CEOs’ of Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe’s Warn That Store Shelves All Over America Could “Soon Be Empty”)
By Greg Hunter On April 29, 2025 In Political Analysis 7 Comments
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
Renowned radio host, filmmaker, book author and archeological dig expert Steve Quayle is warning, in the not-so-distant future, war could be everywhere and food could be nowhere. Let’s start with the under-reported escalation that could go nuclear between Pakistan and India. Will it be confined to just these two countries? Quayle says, “No, it will not be confined to just them. What Pakistan did was to directly threaten India. They told India we have 130 nuclear warheads aimed at you. What most people lose track of is all the different defense agreements, and China is on Pakistan’s side. . . .What is coming under most people’s radar is this is the first nuclear launch of nuclear armed missiles with one nation against another. When you start talking about the two most populated countries in the world, and that is India and China, you get a golden jackpot of these people going at each other. So, this will not stay confined.”
What would happen if a nuclear exchange occurred anywhere in the world? Everyone would be affected, and Quayle explains, “When the first nuclear weapon is fired by one country against another. . . or a terrorist incident with a nuclear warhead, then all of us know there is a countdown. It will be possibly in days, or possibly in weeks, but no longer than weeks will we have to be prepared. At that point . . . your checks won’t come in the mail; you won’t be able to get anything by FedEx, and every parcel service . . . will shut down. . . . This is why people will have to take this seriously. We are talking about a nuclear crisis.”
In Europe, Quayle says, “The Ukraine/Russia peace deal is dead. . . . I believe NATO is toast. You are seeing it breaking down in real time. . . . You will see US military move out of Europe. We are not in a cold war. We are in a hot war now. . . . You are seeing global economic collapse, and it cannot be stopped. . . . Death, famine and plague are all coming.”
In closing, Quayle says, “Food is everything. . . . This is WWIII. We are at war. Get canned food, rice and sauces. If you do not listen to the warning and get food supplies now, you are going to starve.
There is more in the 54-minute video.
There is an 8-minute video to explain how easy it is to ride out any terror attack or extreme storm. You can get more information on Starlink and Sat phones, too, at Sat123.com or BeReady123.com. You can also call 1-855-980-5830 and talk to a real human.
Join Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog.com as he goes one-on-one with Steve Quayle, who talks about very hard times coming to America and what you need to do now for 4.29.25.
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After Large Explosion at Port of Bandar Abbas, Iran now seeing fires/explosions at multiple other sites
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As many of you may already be aware, an accidental fire involving a fuel tank at the Port of Bandar Abbas, triggered a very large explosion in a nearby Chemical Storage building yesterday. Today, more (ahem) "accidents" are happening.
A steel Plant - miles away - has now also gone up in flames, as has the Bandar Abbas Electric Generating Station - also miles away.
Tonight, miles away from all the other situations, the "Persian Gulf Star Refinery" is now also burning. It is the largest gas condensate plant in the entire Middle East.
It has processing capacity of roughly 360,000 barrels of gas condensate a day since it became fully active in 2018.
For some unknown reason, Israel refuses to publicly comment on the initial explosion at the Port of Bandar Abbas and today, Israel's "Maariv" newspaper flashed: "Israel is preparing for an extreme scenario after the explosion in Iran."
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Matthew 24:3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples
came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will
these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the
age?"
Matt 24:6 "And you will hear of wars and
rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to
pass, but the end is not yet.
Matt 24:7 "For nation will rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines,
pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
Matt 24:8 "All these are the beginning of sorrows.
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The United States has deployed an armed B-52 Stratofortress aircraft into India.
The aircraft landed in Jaipur, India, after taking off from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Hours earlier, aircraft from Israel also landed in India.
India has issued readiness notification to all government hospitals in Kashmir.
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The Collapse Of U.S. Home Sales Is Here
April 24, 2025 by Michael
This is a very difficult time for real estate agents and homeowners that are trying to sell their homes. As I have documented below, sales of previously-owned homes in the United States just fell to the lowest level that we have seen during the month of March since 2009. Needless to say, in March 2009 we were in the middle of the Great Recession. Meanwhile, the number of unsold homes that are currently on the market just continues to pile up. This is likely to put an enormous amount of downward pressure on home prices in the months ahead.
Of course the collapse of U.S. home sales that we are now witnessing did not actually begin during the Trump administration.
In 2024, while Joe Biden was still in the White House, sales of previously-owned homes hit the lowest level in almost three decades…
The final figures for home sales last year are in, and the story is quite grim: 2024 was the slowest year for existing home sales in nearly three decades.
Existing-home sales last year totaled 4.06 million, the lowest on an annual basis since 1995, according to the National Association of REALTORS® on Friday.
A big factor behind the slowdown was elevated mortgage rates, which spent most of the year above 6.5%.
In 1995, 266 million people were living in the United States.
Today, 340 million people are living in the United States.
So on a per capita basis, things were even worse last year than they were in 1995.
And now it appears that our problems are accelerating. The number of previously-owned homes sold in March 2025 was even lower than it was in March 2024. In fact, we haven’t seen a March this bad since 2009…
Higher mortgage rates and concern over the broader economy are making for a weak start to the all-important spring housing market.
Sales of previously owned homes in March fell 5.9% from February to 4.02 million units on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. That’s the slowest March sales pace since 2009.
The housing market is in a depressed state.
Nobody can deny that.
Sales are falling even though the number of homes being listed for sale has been rising at a very brisk rate…
Sales fell despite a sharp increase in available listings. At the end of March, there were 1.33 million units for sale, an increase of nearly 20% from March 2024.
In Florida, the number of homes listed for sale has actually risen to the highest level ever recorded…
The number of homes on the market in the Sunshine State rose 23% year over year to a record high in January amid a decrease in homebuying, an influx of newly built homes for sale, intensifying natural disasters, and surging insurance costs and HOA fees.
Florida ended January with 172,209 homes for sale—the highest inventory of any month in records dating back to 2012. That’s up 22.7% from a year earlier.
When supply is very high but demand is very low, that is inevitably going to force prices down.
And we are already starting to see condo prices decline precipitously in some areas of the country…
Condos are often the first and biggest movers in local housing markets. Prices exploded in many of them over the three years between mid-2019 and the peak in mid-2022, by 60% such as in Austin, TX; by 70% such as in Tampa, FL, and Chula Vista, San Diego County, CA; or by 80% such as in Mesa, AZ, and Lakeland, FL.
But this absurdity is now coming unglued, and prices have begun spiraling down. In Austin, which is on the forefront of this movement, prices have already given up nearly two-thirds of the 60% three-year gain. People who bought at the top in mid-2022 are 22% underwater. People who bought in mid-2019 are still sitting on a 20% gain that is shrinking.
Unless the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, it is likely that home prices will decline significantly.
But of course the truth is that the Federal Reserve may soon be forced to start cutting rates because economic conditions are really starting to deteriorate.
Once rates go down, home prices could start rising again.
In this economic environment, there is just so much uncertainty.
But what we do know is that much of the population is really struggling right now.
In fact, a brand new survey that was just released found that approximately two-fifths of all U.S. adults under the age of 30 are barely getting by financially…
Young Americans are sounding the alarm about their finances, with roughly 2 in 5 people under 30 saying they’re either “struggling to make ends meet” or “getting by with limited security.”
That’s according to a survey of 2,096 adults ages 18 to 29, conducted by Harvard’s Institute of Politics between March 14 and 25, 2025. The survey found that among that age group, financial insecurity most affected women, Hispanics and those without college degrees.
Times are tough.
Four years of Bidenomics did an incredible amount of damage to our economy, and now consumers have far less discretionary income than they once did.
This is one of the reasons why so many restaurant chains are now in such deep financial trouble. This week, we learned that Jack in the Box will be closing “between 150 to 200 underperforming restaurants”…
Jack in the Box said Wednesday it is planning to close between 150 to 200 underperforming restaurants and could sell the Del Taco brand it acquired three years ago.
The San Diego-based chain, which currently operates and franchises 2,200 restaurants across 22 states, primarily on the West coast and Midwest, said it plans to close 80 to 120 locations by the end of 2025, with the “remaining underperforming restaurants closing thereafter based on respective franchise agreement termination dates.”
I wish that I had better news for you.
I really do.
But what we are facing is undeniable.
When the Federal Reserve started to raise interest rates, I warned that it would be absolutely devastating for the housing market.
And that is exactly what has transpired. March 2025 was the worst March for home sales since the Great Recession.
Hopefully the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates. If they choose to do so, I will cheer.
But for now, we have got a real mess on our hands.
The collapse of U.S. home sales is here, and so far the Federal Reserve is choosing to sit on the sidelines and watch it happen.
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etc. For it is that time and it is that hour, the clock cannot be stopped, the clock cannot be turned back, man has made their own minds up, they have made decisions and have not counseled with me, your Father God, therefore I cannot hold things back any longer. For they go their own way, etc.
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An Industry Insider Explains Why The Coming Shortages Are Going To Be So Crazy
April 24, 2025 by Michael
The United States imported 438 billion dollars worth of goods from China in 2024. All of a sudden, most of that trade is being cut off. Tariffs on Chinese goods are now so high that it no longer makes economic sense for Chinese companies to export products to us, and it no longer makes economic sense for U.S. companies to import products from China. As a result, container bookings are absolutely plummeting, and retail CEOs are warning that store shelves all over America will “soon be empty”. Yes, retailers will attempt to find replacement items from other sources when it is possible to do so. But in many cases, things that are made in China are not made anywhere else. As retailers run through existing inventory levels, shortages will begin to emerge.
I do not believe that we should have ever started trading with China.
And I would love to see a day in the future when we no longer trade with China.
But at this moment we are deeply, deeply dependent on China.
Nobody can deny this.
Our economy literally cannot function normally without Chinese imports, and now most of those imports will no longer be coming across the ocean.
Most Chinese imports fall into these 10 categories…
Electrical machinery and TV parts: $124.97 billion, 28% of total imports from China
Nuclear reactor parts and mechanical appliances: $82 billion, 18% of total imports from China
Toys, games and sports equipment: $30.03 billion, 7% of imports from China
Plastics: $19.29 billion, 4% of total imports from China
Furniture, lamps and pre-fabricated buildings: $18.52, 4% of total imports from China
Vehicles: $16.85 billion, 4% of total imports from China
Iron and steel: $11.98 billion, 3% of total imports from China
Optical and photographic parts: $11.88 billion, 3% of total imports from China
Clothing: $9.99 billion, 2% of total imports from China
Shoes: $9.78 billion, 2% of total imports from China
Did you know that China makes 80 percent of our toys?
If you are going to need toys later this year, you may want to stock up now.
It is being reported that container bookings from China to the United States have already “plummeted by over 60% in just three weeks”…
Container shipping between China and the United States faces unprecedented disruption following the implementation of new Trump administration tariffs on U.S. imports from China, with industry leaders warning of potential widespread supply chain impacts and economic consequences that could rival the pandemic.
According to Ryan Peterson, Founder and CEO of Flexport, ocean container bookings from China to the United States have plummeted by over 60% in just three weeks since the new tariffs took effect. The dramatic decline follows the introduction of reciprocal tariffs that went into effect on April 9, setting rates at 145% for China and 10% for all other origin points.
I told you what I thought about this in an article that I posted yesterday.
Today, I would like to share some insights from an industry insider.
Molson Hart is the founder and president of an educational toy company called Viahart. He just posted an analysis of what we are facing that is so good that I decided to share his entire Twitter post in this article…
The White House has put itself and the country in a bad situation but doesn’t realize it yet.
Around April 10th China to USA trade shut down.
It takes ~30 days for containers to go from China to LA.
45 to Houston by sea, 45 to Chicago by train.
55 to New York by sea.
That means that there are no economic effects of what was done on April 10th until about May 10th.
Around that time (it’s already started to happen) trucking work is going to dry up. Warehouses will start doing layoffs because no labor is needed to unload containers and some products will be out of stock, reducing the need for shipping labor.
All this will start in the Los Angeles area.
After about 2 weeks, it’ll start hitting Chicago and Houston.
Let’s say the White House, after 3 weeks, changes its mind, on May 31st.
“This isn’t working out like we thought it would. Tariffs back to 0.”
Let’s say China says “bygones be bygones, we’ll go back to how things were”.
Let’s say every factory in China that got screwed by their orders being cancelled says the same thing “no problem, we’ll make and ship”.
The problem is, even under the most favorable conditions of China and the factories restarting economic ties as though nothing happened, it will be at least another 30 days before economic activity is revived.
And that’s just in LA.
In Chicago/Houston, you’ll need to wait another 45 days.
New York, at that point, will still be getting containers from before April 10th, they will then have 50 days (May 31 minus April 10) of zero economic activity at the ports, in trucking of Chinese goods, in warehousing.
The whole situation is a bit like lockdowns. Once you shut down, it takes a long time to get economic activity back to where it was, if you ever can.
And again, this assumes, that China and its factories, which make things you can’t buy elsewhere, will start right back up again as though nothing happened, which is unlikely.
It’s almost like we’re speeding towards a brick wall but the driver of the car doesn’t see it yet.
By the time he does, it’ll be too late to hit the brakes.
I could not have said it better myself.
When we finally hit that brick wall, millions of people are going to be extremely angry.
Many are suggesting that we should just start making stuff here, and I agree with that.
But the reality of the matter is that it takes a long time to construct new factories.
In a subsequent post on Twitter, Molson Hart commented on this…
Lego is building a factory in the United States.
They began looking for a location in 2021.
They originally expected to start production in the second half of 2025.
They are now forecasting 2027.
The biggest toy company in the world needed 6 years to make in America.
We can’t wait for years until new factories are built, because we are going to be in the middle of a full-blown crisis just months from now.
For example, what are you going to do if you need to get your vehicle repaired and the parts that you need have tripled in price or are no longer available at all?…
“From brake pads and batteries to bumpers and sensors, many of the parts used to repair and maintain vehicles are imported,” Cars.com editor-in-chief Jenni Newman told FOX Business. “If those parts are hit with tariffs, suppliers are expected to pass on the extra cost to repair shops and dealership service departments.”
Not only would this drive up repair bills for consumers, but it could also cause longer wait times if parts become harder to get or inventory is scaled back, Newman said.
There are thousands upon thousands of supply chains that will be disrupted by ultra-high tariffs on Chinese imports.
Unless we want to have a full-blown meltdown, we need to reach a deal with China.
Unfortunately, the Chinese just publicly stated that no negotiations with the U.S. are currently happening…
China is not negotiating with the U.S. over tariffs, Beijing declared Thursday, despite President Donald Trump recently suggesting the 145% tax on its imports could be reduced “substantially.”
Ministry of Commerce spokesman He Yadong said, “Any claims about the progress of China-U.S. trade negotiations are groundless as trying to catch the wind and have no factual basis,” according to the Associated Press.
“The unilateral tariff increase measures were initiated by the United States. If the United States really wants to solve the problem, it should face up to the rational voices of the international community and all parties at home, completely cancel all unilateral tariff measures against China, and find ways to resolve differences through equal dialogue,” he continued.
We should have never allowed ourselves to become so dependent on China.
Sometimes I feel like tearing my hair out, because decades of very foolish decisions have put us into this position.
Now we desperately need Chinese imports, but most of them won’t be coming to us for the foreseeable future, and President Trump just told Glenn Beck that he feels like he is holding all the cards and doesn’t need to negotiate…
‘I don’t have to negotiate. I don’t have to negotiate. I’m talking to people out of respect, but I don’t have to,’ Trump told the former Fox News host.
‘So we’re this giant store that people want to come in and buy from, we’re the United States. We have the richest consumers, etcetera, etcetera, right?’ the president continued.
Trump said he was currently negotiating with ’70 different countries.’
‘We’re negotiating, we’re showing great respect, but in the end, we may make deals, but either that or I just set a price and I say “here’s what you’re going to pay for the privilege of servicing the United States of America,”‘ Trump said.
There are some people out there that are insisting that I am overstating the seriousness of the crisis that we are facing.
Okay, let’s see what happens.
If a deal with China can be reached quickly, it is quite likely that the damage will be minimized.
I would be thrilled if that actually happens.
But if a deal with China cannot be reached quickly, we are going to experience a tremendous amount of pain.
Container traffic across the Pacific Ocean has already fallen dramatically, and the clock is ticking…
Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.
About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing. You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter. Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites. These are such troubled times, and people need hope. John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.
https://endoftheamericandream.com/an-industry-insider-explains-why-the-coming-shortages
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etc. For the disasters that shall take place are many, the flooding shall be far greater than in times past, the mudslides far greater than in times past, the earthquakes shall be more numerous and far greater than in times past. The tornadoes, oh the savageness of the tornadoes that shall rip across the land, the straight winds, the hurricanes, the forest fires, the volcanoes shall erupt, the rising of the sea level that will be marked not in inches but in feet. etc..
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Earthquake rocks Ohio city that sits on top ancient fault line
READ MORE: The 'inevitable' US disasters that keep scientists up at night
By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 15:55 EDT, 24 April 2025 | Updated: 16:43 EDT, 24 April 2025
An earthquake measuring a 3.1 magnitude has hit outside the capital city of Ohio.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the tremor 77 miles east of Columbus at 3:14pm ET.
The region sits atop an ancient fault line, a pre-existing weakness in the Earth's crust that can be reactivated by tectonic stress, making it more prone to earthquakes.
The USGS shows 'weak' to 'light' shaking was felt around the epicenter in Cambridge.
Another earthquake hit the same around on Tuesday, also measuring a 3.1 magnitude.
An assessment from Michigan Tech University showed that people typically do not feel quakes with a magnitude of 2.5 or less.
Those from 2.5 to 5.4 are often felt but only cause minor damage.
However, no injuries or damages have been reported following Thursday's quake.
The fault line near Cambridge is known as the Burning Springs-Cambridge fault zone that formed more than 4.6 million years ago.
The 31-foot fault extends from West Virginia through eastern Ohio.
The USGS shows Thursday's quake hit at a shallow depth of two miles.
The shallower an earthquake, the more damage it can produce at the surface.
The 3.1 magnitude earthquake that hit on April 22 was centered about 1.2 miles southeast of Pleasant City in Noble County and occurred at a depth of three miles.
No injuries or damages were reported.
While the epicenter sits on an ancient fault, Ohio is also home to fracking that has been linked to earthquakes.
Fracking involves miners drilling deep into the earth's surface and releasing high-pressure water that creates a small explosion to release natural gas and oil that can be used to create energy.
Improved technology has allowed energy companies to gain access to huge stores of natural gas, but has raised widespread concerns that it might lead to groundwater contamination and earthquakes.
Texas, another major fracking state, has also experienced increased seismic activity in recent years.
A 2022 study by the University of Texas at Austin concluded that 68 percent of Texas quakes above magnitude 1.5 were 'highly associated' with oil and gas production.
Dr Alexandros Savvaidis recently explained how more drilling could end up leading to more seismic activity in the state.
'Deep injection wells, in particular, are linked to higher-magnitude earthquakes,' Dr Savvaidis told KMID.
'Whereas shallower injections seem to be less hazardous in terms of large seismic events.'
Ohio has experienced eight earthquakes of magnitudes above 2 and up to 3.1 since the start of 2025.
The Ohio Geological Survey released a new report this week, showing the state experienced 129 earthquakes last year.
That puts the state right on par with recent years, but was slightly higher than 127 that hit in 2023 and 135 in 2022.
'The largest earthquake recorded within Ohio's borders in 2024 was the ML 3.9 earthquake on December 16 in Lawrence County,' the report reads.
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:: 4-24-25 Hal Turner Radio Show :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
FLASH TRAFFIC: INDIA CUTS-OFF FRESH WATER TO PAKISTAN
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3:56 PM Eastern US Time, 24 April 2025 -- About twenty minutes ago, India closed all the flow gates at four (4) separate Dams along the Indus River, that feed fresh water into Pakistan.
Yesterday, in response to a terrorist attack in Kashmir which killed 26 India (Hindu) Tourists, India blamed Pakistan and took aggressive actions against Pakistan.
Among the actions taken by India was "suspension" of the Indus River Water Treaty, which has been in-place since 1960.
The Indus River flows from the Himalaya Mountains southwestward through northern India. It then crosses into Pakistan and flows due south through all of Pakistan, emptying into the Arabian Sea. The River provides Pakistan with fresh water for its people. The map below shows the river in red:
Pakistan said today that if India halts the flow of water from the Indus River, Pakistan will treat that as an "act of War" and respond with force.
India has done done exactly that.
UPDATE 4:30 PM EDT --
Imagery is now coming in confirming the spillways in the final dam on the Indus River are now SHUT OFF, halting the fresh water from the Indus River from flowing into Pakistan.
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Rev 6:8 So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth. (NKJ) (disease & famine)
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Major US airport on red alert after patient infected with world's most infectious disease passes through
READ MORE: I visited US town being hit by world's most infectious disease
By SADIE WHITELOCKS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 09:30 EDT, 24 April 2025 | Updated: 12:20 EDT, 24 April 2025
Health officials are sounding the alarm over a potential measles exposure at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
An infected infant visited the airport's S Concourse with their family, potentially exposing others to the world's most infectious disease.
The person was at the airport - the largest in the Pacific North West, and one of the busiest in America - on April 17 between 4:50pm to 7:45pm.
The individual also passed through the customs and baggage claim areas before exiting through the south end of main terminal.
They later visited Seattle Children's Emergency Department after developing symptoms on April 17, 18 and 20, and they were admitted on April 20. Their condition remains unknown.
Officials are warning anyone who fears they may have been exposed to contact their health provider and monitor for symptoms in what is the latest in a string of measles scares to rock America's major airports.
It marks the fifth case of measles in Washington state this year, three of which have been infants.
In the past month, New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport and John F. Kennedy airport along with hubs in Washington DC and Los Angeles were all plunged into chaos over measles alerts.
It comes amid a major outbreak in West Texas, that has already sickened around 500 people and led to two deaths, marking the first fatalities in a decade in the US.
Nationwide, cases crossed a grim milestone last month surpassing the tally for the whole of 2024 and reaching their highest level since 2019.
Health officials suspect the latest patient was exposed to measles while traveling abroad. They had not yet been vaccinated.
Officials are warning anyone who may have been exposed to the virus to monitor themselves for symptoms for the next two weeks, particularly if they are unvaccinated, and contact their health provider.
Anyone who develops symptoms is encouraged to immediately contact health services for treatment.
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport is the primary international airport serving Seattle and its surrounding metropolitan area.
In 2024, it served 52.6 million passengers, ranking 11th in the US by passenger numbers.
Officials say no infections linked to the infected individual have been reported to date.
Commenting on the matter, Seattle-based public health worker Elysia Gonzales said: 'Measles is highly contagious and if you don't have immunity, you can get it just by being in an area where a person with measles has been.
'We've seen an increase in measles cases around the world and in the US, so it's an important time to check your vaccination status and get vaccinated if you aren't protected.'
Measles is one of the most infectious diseases in the world, with one person capable of spreading the virus to nine out of every 10 people they meet if those individuals are unvaccinated.
Measles is transmitted via breathing in infectious droplets that can remain suspended in the air for two hours after an infected patient passes.
Patients develop a fever, cough, and runny nose, which then develops into a rash that starts at the hairline before spreading to the neck, trunk, arms, legs and feet.
There's no cure for measles, with doctors instead using antibiotics to treat related infections and IV fluids.
If unvaccinated, about one in five people who are infected are hospitalized while one in 20 children develop pneumonia.
Among unvaccinated children infected with measles, about one in 1,000 will develop encephalitis — or swelling of the brain. And nearly one to three out of every 1,000 will die from the disease.
The vaccine is 97 percent effective at preventing an infection and is required for children attending school in some states.
In terms of when to get vaccinated, Gonzales says: 'Children need two doses of MMR vaccine: the first dose at age 12-15 months, and the second dose at age 4-6 years.
'Babies ages 6-11 months should get an early dose if traveling internationally. Adults should also check to see if they are immune to measles.'
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A Shocking Sixty Percent Of All Fresh Fruit And 38% Of Fresh Vegetables Sold In The U.S. Are Imported From Foreign Nations, Time To Start Growing Your Own
By Susan Duclos - All News Pipeline April 23, 2025
Taking a minute away from the maddening world of politics for a minute, it is Spring and time for some time in the sun, planting our gardens and finally being done with snow for those of us living in states that have suffered through a brutal Winter.
Granted, politics have a little to do with the need to be more proactive in growing your own food this year and although many of the reports President Trump's about immigration policies causing a rise in cost for certain foods grown in the U.S. come from left leaning sources trying to create fear over Trump's agenda, an objective look shows that some prices may rise for U.S. grown food products, but worth it to have Americans doing jobs associated with farming, instead of using illegal aliens who get paid less.
Via Food and Wine: (Emphasis mine)
"The price of domestically produced food items will also go up as U.S. agricultural farms suffer from labor shortages," Elahee says. "A large proportion of U.S. agricultural workers are undocumented immigrants. The deportation of undocumented immigrants is causing a further shortage of agricultural labor, thereby pushing the wages of existing farm workers. Such higher wages will translate into higher prices for agricultural produce and food items that are grown or made in the U.S."
Undocumented immigrants they call them. The appropriate and legal terms are illegal immigrants and illegal aliens.
Also with beef prices spiking due to low inventories, growing your own frits and vegetables can save money at the grocery store for fresh produce and allow that money to be used for beef products for those that have to have their beef!
Here is another shocking statistic garnered from another left-leaning source complaining about President Trump's tariffs, but the data itself about this point, is objective, as specific statistical data has no inherent bias.
Sixty percent of all fresh fruit and 38% of fresh vegetables sold in the U.S. were imported from other countries as of 2021, according to the USDA.
How is that possible with so many farming communities in America? That is an article in and of itself, but the bottom line is the same, it isn't just manufacturing that has been offshored over the decades, it is also our fresh produce supply.
That isn't going to change overnight, it will take years if not decades to turn those numbers around, so in the meantime Americans should be growing as much as possible, and for those in cold climates, when the summer is over, indoor vegetable gardening will be a must.
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No matter how much space one has, inside or outside, to grow, unless we do want to be totally dependent on foreign government for our fresh produce, growing all our own is going to be the only way to prevent that.
A handful of freeze dried meats, which most preppers already have so I won't be linking to those in this piece, and homegrown veggies can be used to make casseroles, stews, soups, salads and more, can be the difference between independence and being completely dependent on foods from other countries.
So, some planting links, and books for those new to prepping.
Books:
The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener: How to Grow Your Own Food 365 Days a Year, No Matter Where You Live
The Old Farmer's Almanac Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook (Old Farmer's Almanac)
Vegetable Gardening for Beginners: A Simple Guide to Growing Vegetables at Home
Seeds:
Survival Vegetable Seeds Garden Kit Over 16,000 Seeds Non-GMO and Heirloom, Great for Emergency Bugout Survival Gear 35 Varieties Seeds for Planting Vegetables 35 Free Plant Markers Gardeners Basics
100 Assorted Heirloom Vegetable Seeds 100% Non-GMO (100, Deluxe Assorted Vegetable Seeds)
Back to the Roots Heirloom Organic, Non-GMO & USA Grown Seeds, 30ct Herb, Fruit, and Veggies, Assortment May Vary, Guaranteed to Grow
120 Cells Seeding Trays Seed Starter Tray with Mini Gardening Hand Tools Kit, Humidity Adjustable Plant Germination Trays with Dome and Base Greenhouse Mini Propagator for Starting Seeds Growing
If growing indoors, grow lights are a must.
For outdoor, or indoor if space allows, garden beds of all sizes can be found that can be utilized to get as much grown as possible for the space being worked with.
Plant grow bags are also a space-saving and easy way to grow everything from potatoes to tomatos to carrots, etc.
Plant Grow Bags, 3 Pack 10 Gallon Vegetable,Tomatoes,Potato Grow Bags, Planting Bag Breathable Durable Waterproof Felt Storage Bag for Carrot, Cabbage,Flower, Fruit, Garden, Balcony, Home, Outdoor
Kits:
AeroGarden Black Harvest Indoor Hydroponic Garden
iDOO Hydroponics Growing System, Indoor Garden Starter Kit with LED Grow Light, Automatic Timer Germination Kit, Height Adjustable (7 Pods)
Hydroponics Growing System, EZORKAS 12 Pods Indoor Herb Garden Starter Kit with LED Grow Light, Smart Germination Kit Garden Planter for Family Home Kitchen with Cycle Timing Function
iDOO Hydroponic Growing System, 12 Pods Indoor Herb Garden with Grow Light, Germination Kit with Air System, Automatic Timer, Height Adjustable
10 Herb Window Garden - Indoor Herb Growing Kit - Kitchen Windowsill Starter Kit - Includes Everything You Need to Easily Grow Herbs from Scratch
Hydro Plus Grow Tent Room Kit 24"x24"x48" Indoor Plants Growing Reflective Mylar Dark Room Non Toxic Hut + Hydroponics Growing System Accessories
Herb Kits:
Indoor Herb Garden Starter Kit - Heirloom, Non-GMO Herb Seeds - Basil Thyme Parsley Cilantro Seed, Potting Soil, Pots, Scissors - DIY Grow Kits for Growing Herbs Indoors, Kitchen, Balcony, Window Sill
Indoor Herb Garden Starter Kit - Certified USDA Organic Non GMO - 5 Herb Seed Basil, Cilantro, Parsley, Sage, Thyme, Potting Soil, Peat Pots - DIY Kitchen Grow Kit for Growing Herb Seeds Indoors
Fruits:
Back to the Roots Organic Strawberry Grow Kit — Grows Year Round, Includes Everything Needed for Planting
Gardeners Basics, Melon Fruit Seeds for Planting Home Garden 5 Variety Packs - Hales Best Cantaloupe, Crimson Sweet Watermelon, Yellow Canary Melon, Green Flesh Honeydew Melon, Sugar Baby Watermelon
Mix Dwarf Bonsai Fruit Tree Seeds for Planting, 50+ Lemon Tree Seeds 50+ Cherry Tree Seeds 50+ Orange Tree Seeds 50+ Apple Seeds, 4 Variety Individual Packs, Organic Heirloom Fruit Seeds
Mini Trees!:
200+ Mix Dwarf Bonsai Fruit Tree Seeds for Planting, 4 Variety Individual Packs, 50+ Lemon Tree Seeds 50+ Cherry Tree Seeds 50+ Orange Tree Seeds 50+ Apple Seeds Organic Heirloom Fruit Seeds
Note: I have never tried the mini trees, so anyone that has, please tell us how they well, or badly, they produce.
Containers/Beds:
Mars Hydro DWC Hydroponics Grow System 5 Gallon Deep Water Culture with 8W Air Pump, Multi-Purpose Air Hose, Air Stone, 2 Buckets and Top Drip Kit
4Ft Vertical Raised Garden Bed - 5 Tier Food Safe Planter Box for Outdoor and Indoor Gardening Perfect to Grow Your Herb Vegetables Flowers on Your Patio Balcony Greenhouse Garden
VIVOSUN 5-Pack 25 Gallon Plant Grow Bags, Premium Series 300G Thichkened Non-Woven Aeration Fabric Pots w/Handles - Reinforced Weight Capacity & Extremely Durable (Black)
GROWNEER 12 Packs 1 Gallon Nursery Pot Garden Flower Pots, Nursery Plant Container Kit with 12 Pcs Matching Pallets and 15 Pcs Plant Labels, Brick Red
Augshy 150 Pcs 4" Plastic Plants Nursery Pot,Seed Starting Pots
ANPHSIN 2 Pcs Large Fabric Raised Planting Beds Garden Grow Bags with 3 Compartments- Potato Tomato Planter Pots for Outdoor Vegetables Plant Flowers
Best Choice Products Raised Garden Bed 48x24x30-inch Elevated Wood Planter Box Stand for Backyard, Patio, Natural
5 Tier Stackable Strawberry, Herb, Flower, and Vegetable Planter - Vertical Garden Indoor/Outdoor
Canning:
As always we start with books, for methods and recipes.
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
The Complete Guide to Pressure Canning: Everything You Need to Know to Can Meats, Vegetables, Meals in a Jar, and More
Water Bath Canning And Preserving Cookbook For Beginners: The Easy Homemade Recipes Guide To Enjoy Healthy Foods And Meals In Jars, Canning Meats, And Prepping Low-Sugar Marmalades And Jams
The Homestead Canning Cookbook: •Simple, Safe Instructions from a Certified Master Food Preserver •Over 150 Delicious, Homemade Recipes
Note: For those that already can their own foods, please feel free to share resources, links, videos, books or websites to help others learn easily.
Granite Ware Enamel-on-steel 12-Piece Canner Kit, Includes 21.5 qt. Water Bath Canner with lid, Jar Rack, Blancher, Colander & 5 pc. Canning Tool Set
Ball Regular Mouth Pint 16-oz Mason Jar with Lids and Bands (Pack of 24)
Canning Lids Regular Mouth - 108 Pcs Regular Mouth Canning Lids 108 Canning Labels, Canning Jar Lids Regular Mouth For Ball Canning Jars, Canning Supplies Mason Jar Lids Regular Mouth Mason Jar Lids
BOTTOM LINE....
It is a shame that the U.S. depends so heavily on foreign nations for our fresh produce, but it is what it is, for now at least. Fresh vegetables and fruits that are grown in the U.S. will see prices rise, which is the price we pay for deporting those in the U.S. illegally, so fresh produce will be hit by a double whammy.
When prices rise, those growing their own produce will be the ones not affected by it near as much as those that depend on the grocery store for everything they eat.
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A massive explosion at an Iranian port possibly linked to missile fuel kills 25, injures some 800
By JON GAMBRELL
MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing 25 people and injuring around 800 others.
Helicopters and aircraft dumped water from the air on the raging fire through the night into Sunday morning at the Shahid Rajaei port. The explosion occurred just as Iran and the United States met Saturday in Oman for the third round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.
By JON GAMBRELL
MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing 25 people and injuring around 800 others.
Helicopters and aircraft dumped water from the air on the raging fire through the night into Sunday morning at the Shahid Rajaei port. The explosion occurred just as Iran and the United States met Saturday in Oman for the third round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.
Meanwhile, state TV reported the fire was under control and will be fully extinguished later Sunday. It also said activities have resumed at the port, showing footage of containers of a commercial ship being unloaded. etc and the news story continues..
https://apnews.com/article/iran-explosion-fire-bandar-abbas-72637c6b3e152a30045275f57ace29ed
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building and testing and testing. Soon
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Trump says he fears Putin ‘may be tapping me along’ after Zelenskyy meeting
US president admits to concern Russian counterpart does not want to ‘stop the war’ and ponders new approach to Moscow
William Christou
Sat 26 Apr 2025 10.56 EDTFirst published on Sat 26 Apr 2025 08.54 EDT
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Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have sat down for a face-to-face talk in the opulent halls of a Vatican basilica to discuss a possible ceasefire, after which the US president accused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, of not wanting to “stop the war”.
The White House described Trump’s meeting with the Ukrainian leader before Pope Francis’s funeral as “very productive”, while Zelenskyy said on X that the talk with the US president was symbolic and had the “potential to become historic, if we achieve joint results”.
It was the first time that Zelenskyy and Trump had met face to face after a frosty February encounter in the White House where Trump and the US vice-president, JD Vance, berated the Ukrainian leader and accused him of ingratitude for US aid.
Trump later published a social media post criticising Putin. “There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days,” he posted on Truth Social.
“It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through ’Banking’ or ’Secondary Sanctions?’ Too many people are dying!!!” the US president wrote.
In an effort to to end fighting between Ukraine and Russia, Washington is engaging in intense mediation between the two countries, at war since Russia’s 2022 invasion.
On Friday, Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff met Putin, in Moscow for three hours to discuss Washington’s peace proposal. Trump said that “most of the major points are agreed to”, in a post on his Truth Social platform, without further elaboration. He called for a meeting between Kyiv and Moscow’s leadership to sign a ceasefire deal, which he said was “very close”.
Despite Trump’s eagerness for a deal, significant differences remain between the US vision for peace and what Ukraine and its European allies have deemed acceptable conditions for a ceasefire.
Two sets of peace plans published by Reuters on Friday showed that the US is proposing Moscow retain the territory it has captured, including the strategic Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014.
This is seemingly a non-starter for Ukraine and European countries, with Zelenskyy insisting the territory is the “property of the Ukrainian people”.
“Our position is unchanged,” the Ukrainian president told reporters in Kyiv. “The constitution of Ukraine says that all the temporarily occupied territories … belong to Ukraine.”
It is also unclear if Moscow will agree to the US peace deal, which is seen as offering considerable concessions to Russia.
On Saturday, the Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said all Ukrainian troops had been forced from Russia’s Kursk region, a key aim for Moscow. Ukrainian officials disputed the claim.
The technical details of a ceasefire deal still need to be hammered out, including how western sanctions imposed on Russia would be lifted and what sort of security guarantees would be offered to Ukraine.
Trump acknowledged on Friday that the talks were “very fragile”, and he has warned that the US would halt its mediation efforts if the two sides did not come to an agreement soon.
Fighting continues in tandem with mediation efforts, and the Kremlin blames Ukraine for a car bomb that killed a senior Russian general near Moscow on Friday. Kyiv did not comment on the incident, the latest in a string of killings of Russian military officials over the past three years.
The day before, Russia carried out its deadliest attack in months on Ukraine, launching 70 missiles and 145 drones, mostly towards Kyiv.
The attack caused Trump to lash out at Putin on social media. “I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Let’s get the Peace Deal DONE!” Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday.
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Sirens sounded in the Dead Sea and Arava areas, missile from Yemen intercepted
Sirens sounded in the Dead Sea and Arava regions following the firing of a missile from Yemen. IDF says the missile was intercepted before it crossed into Israeli territory.
Israel National News
1 minutesApr 27, 2025, 4:59 AM (GMT+3)
YemenDead SeaAravaHouthisSwords of Iron
Rocket fire (archive) Reuters
Sirens were sounded early Sunday morning in the Dead Sea and Arava regions following the firing of a missile from Yemen.
The IDF Spokesperson's Unit said, "The IDF has identified the launch of a missile from Yemen toward Israeli territory, aerial defense systems are operating to intercept the threat."
"The public is instructed to follow the guidelines issued by the Home Front Command," it added.
In a subsequent update, the IDF said, "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago the areas of the Arava and the Dead Sea, a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted."
It added that the missile was intercepted prior to crossing into Israeli territory. Sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol.
Magen David Adom (MDA) updated that "at this stage, no calls have been received following the sirens that were sounded in the last few minutes in the Dead Sea and Arava areas."
Early Saturday morning, the Houthi rebels in Yemen launched another missile toward Israeli territory, but it was intercepted before crossing into Israeli airspace.
Preliminary alerts were activated on the Home Front Command app in several areas across the country, including Gush Dan, Jerusalem, the Shfela, and the south. However, actual sirens were only triggered in Be'er Sheva and the area.
Early Wednesday morning, the IDF identified the launch of a missile from Yemen towards Israeli territory.
Related articles:
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US airstrikes in Yemen have killed 500 Houthis
Sirens in Haifa, Acre and other towns in northern Israel
Moments later, sirens sounded in Haifa, Nahariya, Acre and many other towns across northern Israel. Residents of the area reported hearing explosions.
Later, the IDF said that one missile was launched from Yemen, an interceptor was launched toward the missile, and the missile was most likely successfully intercepted.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/407433
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Trump slates Ukraine for not ceding land to Putin as he warns Zelensky to accept peace deal
US president lashes out at Ukrainian leader, insisting Crimea was lost 11 years ago as he says agreement to end war ‘very close’
Jane Dalton Thursday 24 April 2025 05:18 BST
Donald Trump has lashed out at the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, warning that if he does not accept a peace deal he will lose his country.
Mr Trump said a Russia-Ukraine agreement was very close – but accused his Ukrainian counterpart of prolonging the “killing field” after he refused to cede Crimea to Vladimir Putin as part of a potential peace plan.
Claiming the territory had been lost for good in 2014 and was not up for discussion, Mr Trump accused Mr Zelensky of making an end to the war harder to achieve.
Donald Trump is pushing hard for a resolution to the war in Ukraine
Putting pressure on the Ukrainian president to give up land, Mr Trump branded Mr Zelensky’s words “an inflammatory statement”, writing on his social media platform Truth Social: “This statement is very harmful to the peace negotiations with Russia...
“Nobody is asking Zelensky to recognise Crimea as Russian territory but, if he wants Crimea, why didn’t they fight for it eleven years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired?”
Mr Zelensky had insisted on Tuesday that Ukraine would not recognise Russia's occupation of Crimea under any agreement, saying: “There is nothing to talk about – it is our land, the land of the Ukrainian people.”
Later on Wednesday Mr Zelensky posted a statement on X: “Emotions have run high today. But it is good that 5 countries met to bring peace closer. Ukraine, the USA, the UK, France and Germany.
“We are grateful to partners. Ukraine will always act in accordance with its Constitution and we are absolutely sure that our partners in particular the USA will act in line with its strong decisions.”
Mr Trump added: “He has nothing to boast about! The situation for Ukraine is dire – he can have peace or he can fight for another three years before losing the whole country.”
In talks last week in Paris, US officials presented a proposed deal that allowed Russia to keep control of occupied Ukrainian territory, according to a European official.
Hours before Mr Trump’s outburst, his vice-president JD Vance also upped the pressure on Mr Zelensky, threatening that the US would abandon peace talks unless both sides agreed to Washington’s proposals.
US vice-president JD Vance also upped the pressure on Zelensky
Mr Vance said: “We’ve issued a very explicit proposal to both the Russians and the Ukrainians, and it's time for them to either say 'yes' or for the United States to walk away from this process.”
He said it was “a very fair proposal” that would “freeze the territorial lines at some level close to where they are today”, with both sides having to give up some territory they currently hold.
He issued his warning after a high-level summit in London to discuss the terms of a deal was abruptly downgraded when Mr Trump’s top diplomat, US secretary of state Marco Rubio, pulled out of the meeting.
Foreign secretary David Lammy announced the talks would involve only lower-ranking officials after Mr Rubio was unable to attend because of a scheduling issue.
Nine people were killed when a Russian drone hit a bus in Dnipropetrovsk
Nine people were killed when a Russian drone hit a bus in Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian Emergency Service)
Mr Rubio had indicated that Wednesday's meeting could be decisive in determining whether the Trump administration remained involved, and his cancellation raised doubts about the direction of the negotiations.
But Ukraine's defence minister Rustem Umerov said after the meeting that his side had productive talks with US envoy Keith Kellogg.
“We talked about our consistent position regarding a ceasefire, also about security guarantees. For my part, I believe the meeting was very productive and successful,” Mr Umerov said.
Mr Zelensky said on Wednesday that Ukraine was ready for any format of negotiations that might bring a ceasefire and open the door to full peace negotiations.
Commenting on those attending the London talks, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that they had so far “failed to bring their positions closer on some issues”. He said the Kremlin was still in consultations with American officials.
A drone strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday sparked fires
US special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Moscow again later this week, according to Russian officials.
Even achieving a limited, 30-day ceasefire has been beyond the reach of negotiators, as both sides have continued to attack each other along the 998km (620 miles) front line and launch long-range strikes.
Eight women and a man were killed on Wednesday when a Russian drone struck a bus in Marganets, in eastern Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, governor Serhii Lysak said. More than 40 people were injured, he said.
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The CEOs of Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe’s Warn That Store Shelves All Over America Could “Soon Be Empty”
April 23, 2025 by Michael
If you are going to need anything made in China, I would buy it now while you still can. Many companies have already decided that it no longer makes any economic sense to import Chinese-made products into the United States because tariff rates are so high. As a result, there are certain things that will soon no longer be available to U.S. consumers. On Monday, when I posted an article warning about “empty shelves” in the months ahead, some people thought that I was exaggerating. But of course the truth is that I was not exaggerating at all. On Tuesday, the CEOs of Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe’s specifically warned President Trump that store shelves all over the country could “soon be empty” during a meeting at the White House…
The CEOs of Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe’s, all of whom delivered a blunt message about interruptions in the supply chain and its effects on consumers, were invited to the White House as part of an ongoing internal campaign to make the case to Trump about the real-world impact of his policies, administration officials said.
Trump’s tariffs have placed significant pressure on the retail sector. The business leaders warned that store shelves across America could “soon be empty,” two people familiar with the meeting said, as they presented a dire economic picture that could come into sharper view within weeks.
Those CEOs are not bluffing.
Our biggest retailers normally import massive amounts of goods from China, and there is no easy short-term way to replace that production.
According to Axios, the CEOs “flat out told him [Trump] the prices aren’t going up, they’re steady right now, but they will go up”. They also told President Trump that “shelves will be empty” if current tariff levels persist.
I am so glad that President Trump is getting input from these CEOs.
That is very important.
The CEO of Walmart reportedly told President Trump that his supply chains are already being disrupted…
Doug McMillon, the CEO of Walmart who has developed a cordial relationship with Trump through meetings at Mar-a-Lago and several mutual friends, bluntly told Trump that the trade war with China had already started to disrupt the supply chain, officials said, and would only intensify by summer.
We should have never become so dependent on imports from China.
I have been ranting about this for years.
Now we find ourselves in a situation where our economy literally cannot function properly without Chinese-made goods.
According to Zero Hedge, scheduled import volumes at the Port of Los Angeles are beginning to plummet dramatically…
The Trump administration is likely monitoring sliding scheduled import volumes at the Port of Los Angeles—the largest container port in the Western Hemisphere—amid President Trump’s overnight remarks hinting at a potential de-escalation in the trade war with China. The president’s comments to ease trade tensions with Beijing come as scheduled import volumes at the LA Port indicate possible inbound trade disruptions on the horizon.
According to Port Optimizer, a tracking system for vessel operators, scheduled import volumes for the LA Port for the week ending May 3 show a 38.53% week-over-week plunge. Year-over-year, the data shows a 9.79% decrease. For the week ending May 10, scheduled import volumes continued to slow, with a year-over-year change down around 35%.
Those numbers might not mean anything to you now.
But you will be quite upset when you go to a big box store and the item that you are looking for is not there.
The reality of the matter is that our supply chains have already been thrown into a state of chaos.
One industry insider warned CNBC that more than 700,000 truckloads “have evaporated nationally” in just the last week…
The fallout from the ocean freight slowdown is beginning to hit ground transport linked to ports.
“We are at a tipping point on the West Coast,” said Ken Adamo, chief of analytics at DAT Freight & Analytics. “Looking at how many truck loads are available versus trucks, we’ve seen a precipitous drop, over 700,000 loads have evaporated nationally in the past week compared to two weeks prior,” he said.
That is cataclysmic.
In all my years, I have never seen anything even close to this.
And the outlook for the weeks ahead is even more troubling. We are being told that “ocean container bookings from China to the United States are down over 60%”…
In the 3 weeks since the tariffs took effect, ocean container bookings from China to the United States are down over 60% industry wide.
But there is some good news.
After his meeting with the retail CEOs, President Trump told the press that tariffs on Chinese imports will “come down substantially” and that we “are going to have a fair deal with China”…
Mr Trump told reporters late on Tuesday that levies on China would “come down substantially”.
“We are going to have a fair deal with China,” the president told reporters on Wednesday, without addressing the report.
The suggestion that tariffs could be halved sent stocks soaring on Wall Street, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index up as much as 4pc at one point.
Unfortunately, this is not going to happen right away.
According to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, it is still the position of the Trump administration that there will be “no unilateral reduction in tariffs against China”…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday said on Fox News there will be “no unilateral reduction in tariffs against China.”
“The president has made it clear China needs to make a deal with the United States of America, and we are optimistic that will happen,” Leavitt said. “And when that continues, it will be up to the president what the tariff rate on China will be.”
What this means is that the tariffs will remain where they are until a deal with China is reached.
That could take weeks, that could take months, or that could take years.
Or it may never happen at all.
At least the Chinese are willing to talk. In fact, a top Chinese official just declared that “our doors are wide open”…
China said “our doors are wide open” for talks after President Donald Trump softened his tone on the unfolding trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
Guo Jiakun, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, made the comments at a press briefing on Wednesday, according to Chinese state media.
That is a promising sign.
But the Trump administration has no intention of going back to the way that things were before. According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the Trump administration is seeking a deal that will fundamentally rebalance trade between the United States and China…
“Recent data shows the Chinese economy tilting even further away from consumption toward manufacturing. China’s economic system, with growth driven by manufacturing exports, will continue to create even more serious imbalances with its trading partners if the status quo is allowed to continue,” he said.
“China’s current economic model is built on exporting its way out of its economic troubles. It’s an unsustainable model that is not only harming China, but the entire world,” Bessent said. “China needs to change. The country knows it needs to change. Everyone knows it needs to change, and we want to help it change, because we need rebalancing too.”
Negotiating such a deal with the Chinese will not be easy at all.
And even if a deal is eventually reached, President Trump is warning that tariffs on Chinese goods “won’t be zero”…
Trump yesterday said the current tariff is ‘very high, and it won’t be that high. … No, it won’t be anywhere near that high. It’ll come down substantially. But it won’t be zero.’
The bottom line is that Chinese goods will never be more affordable than they are right now.
And until a deal with China is reached, many Chinese goods may not be available at all.
So you might want to stock up while it is still possible to do so.
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India Orders ALL Pakistan Citizens to "Leave the country within 48 Hours"
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After a Pakistani Muslim terrorist attack in Kashmir, India has ordered EVERY Pakistani to leave the country within 48 hours.
The decision comes following a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, in which 26 Indian tourists were killed — an incident for which India blames Pakistan.
In a stunning series of moves over the past 12 hours, India also took the following actions:
Indus Waters Treaty suspended: The treaty, signed in 1960 and brokered by the World Bank, is no longer in effect, according to Indian officials.
Wagah border closure: After shutting down the Attari checkpoint, India is preparing to close the Wagah Border, halting people-to-people contact.
Reduction in diplomatic staff: Pakistan's diplomatic staff in New Delhi will be reduced from 55 to 30. India too will recall its own military experts — Defense, Navy, Air — from Islamabad.
No more visas: India will not issue any visas to Pakistani nationals. Even regional SAARC visas have been revoked.
48-hour deadline for Pakistanis: All Pakistani nationals currently in India have been ordered to leave the country within 48 hours.
What is the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan?
The Indus Waters Treaty is an important water-sharing treaty between India and Pakistan that was agreed upon in September 1960 after decades of talks, with the World Bank acting as a mediator. The treaty was signed in Karachi by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan\'s then-head of state, General Ayub Khan.
Notwithstanding the decades-long political strains, conflicts, and disagreements, the treaty has endured for more than 62 years. It is celebrated as one of the most successful pacts between the two countries. It was once referred to by former Indian Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz as the most significant agreement in their history.
In accordance with the treaty, the Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab rivers in the west were demarcated to Pakistan, to which it has access to 80% of their water. India has a right to utilize the water from these rivers to generate power but cannot store the water or noticeably change its direction.
Control of the Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej rivers in the east was demarcated to India, to which it has the right to utilize projects on the rivers without protest from Pakistan. This treaty is a cornerstone of water resources management between the two nations and has been extraordinarily resilient in spite of continuing challenges.
Global concerns
With nuclear-armed neighbors on high alert, global observers are calling on both nations to exercise restraint. The world holds its breath as diplomatic bridges are destroyed and regional peace is in the balance.
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China asks South Korea not to export rare earth products to US defense, warns companies could be sanctioned
Beijing instructed South Korea to halt rare material products such as transformers, EVs, aerospace and medical equipment
By Bonny Chu , Danielle Wallace FOX Business
Beijing has asked South Korean companies to cease exporting products containing Chinese-originated heavy rare earth metals to U.S. defense firms, warning that Seoul could face sanctions.
China’s Ministry of Commerce sent official notices to at least two South Korean companies recently, the Korea Economic Daily reported on Tuesday, citing sources in the South Korean transformer industry.
The outlet said the letters did not specify what type of penalties South Korean companies could face if the industry continues to export equipment to the U.S. military or its contractors. The equipment in question can include power transformers, displays, batteries, electric vehicles, aerospace and medical equipment.
While the move is intended to retaliate against President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on China, Beijing may start blocking sales of critical metals altogether, disrupting the global economy.
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Containers are seen stacked up near a cargo vessel in Busan, South Korea, on Nov. 24, 2024. South Korean transformer companies have been warned not to export products containing Chinese rare earth metals to the U.S. military amid the ongoing trade wa (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP / Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense for comments, but they did not immediately respond.
The warning marks the first time Beijing has taken formal measures to control exports from non-American companies tied to the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China. The move could heavily impact South Korea’s export-reliant economy, according to Korea Economic Daily.
Early this month, China effectively halted exports of seven precious minerals - vital for assembling cars, robotics and defense systems - to the U.S. in a direct strike on America's manufacturing and defense supply chain.
Overseas deliveries of magnets halted on April 4 when new licensing rules took effect, according to The New York Times. Companies were only allowed to export the rare earth materials if they obtained special export licenses, which take 45 days to receive, the Korea Economic Daily reported.
The halt could potentially undercut Trump's tariff strategy as China produces around 60% of the world’s critical mineral supply and processes even more, up to 90%.
China's mineral halt to the U.S. defense department comes after Beijing already imposed sanctions on multiple U.S. military contractors late last year, according to Reuters. Chinese entities were prohibited from engaging or cooperating with them in response to an arms sales to Taiwan, the outlet reported.
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett acknowledged the growing alarm on April 14.
"Rare earths are a part of lots of the economy," Hassett said to reporters at the White House. "The rare earth limits are being studied very carefully, and they’re concerning, and we’re thinking about all the options right now."
Fox News' Morgan Phillips and Reuters contributed to this report.
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NJ wildfire prompts evacuation orders for thousands as it explodes in size, closes part of Garden State Parkway
By Shane Galvin
Published April 22, 2025, 8:11 p.m. ETA raging wildfire broke out across 8,500 acres in New Jersey on Tuesday, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate their homes and shuttering a large stretch of the state’s busiest highway.
Firefighters were battling the Jones Road Wildfire, which was burning over about 13 square miles, through the night after it broke out at 11 a.m. in Lacey and Ocean townships in Ocean County — utilizing fire engines, bulldozers, air support and ground crews, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.
Despite the massive response, the blaze roared on and was just 10% contained as of 10:46 p.m. Roughly 3,000 residents were under evacuation orders and 1,320 homes and buildings were threatened by encroaching sparks, the fire service reported.
Emergency shelters were organized for those forced to flee their homes — in areas near portions of Routes 532, 539, 72 and 9, officials said.
Road closures are also in effect Tuesday night all across the county, including for 17 miles of the Garden State Parkway, Route 9, Route 532, Lakeside Drive, Jones Road, Bryant Road and Route 72, according to the state forest fire agency.
About 25,000 homes and businesses are without power in the area as Jersey Central Power & Light cut electricity in the area to protect responding firefighters, according to a statement.
“Safety is our top priority and all restoration timing will be determined by the safety of firefighters, our crews and the public. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time,” the company said in the statement.
Photos show the flames ripping through wooded areas along the New Jersey highway, with dark smoke blotting out the sky on the otherwise beautiful day.
Drought levels in Ocean County are “abnormally dry” to “moderately dry,” according to the US Drought Monitor.
There are no known injuries as a result of the fire.
The cause of the Jones Road Wildfire is under investigation.
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etc. Have you read my word, do you know that Ezekiel thirty eight and thirty nine is knocking on the door, as a matter of fact, its got a battering-ram and it is knocking the door down, but you are not aware of that. Are you aware of how they are removing the Bible, are you aware of how they are fighting Christians, are you aware of the countries that are killing every Christian that is there? etc
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Over 60 Christians killed by radicalized Fulani in Nigeria; 383 homes destroyed: report
By Christian Daily International/Morning Star News, Wednesday, April 09, 2025
Fulani terrorists on April 2 and 3 killed more than 60 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, in what the governor called a “genocide,” sources said.
The attacks were carried out against seven Christian communities in Bokkos County, including Hurti village, where more than 40 Christians were slain, said community leader Maren Aradong.
“More than 1,000 Christians were displaced [in Hurti] during the attacks, and 383 houses were destroyed by these bandits,” Aradong told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “These attacks began on Wednesday, 2 April, at about 3 p.m., when these armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen invaded our communities in large numbers; they came on motorcycles and attacked us.”
The assailants destroyed food stores and looted other items, he added.
Farmasum Fuddang, chairman of the Bokkos Community Development Council (BCDC), said initially 21 Christians were killed on April 2, but by the next day, 40 more Christians were slaughtered, bringing the death toll to “more than 60 Christians killed during the two days of onslaught against our communities.”
“These attacks were carried out by Fulani terrorists who targeted Christian communities of Ruwi, Mangor, Tamiso, Daffo, Manguna, Hurti, and Tadai,” Fuddang said.
An attack in Ruwi village on Wednesday resulted in the deaths of 11 Christians attending a wake for a deceased community member, he said, and by the following morning, 10 other Christians were killed in the village.
Plateau Gov. Caleb Mutfwang told Arise News on Monday that the attacks in Bokkos constituted genocide.
“I would say it unapologetically, what happened in the last two weeks in Bokkos is genocide — I say it unreservedly,” Mutfwang said in a televised interview. “No one has given me any reason to believe that what happened was politically motivated, and if there is any such suggestion, I’ll be glad to receive the evidence of such, because these were unprovoked attacks on innocent people, vulnerable people.”
Over the years such attacks have come during the onset of the farming season, followed by a respite while Christian farmers cultivate what little remains, and then attacks resume at harvest time, he said.
“So, it suggests to us that this is a well-coordinated plan to keep the people in those areas in perpetual poverty,” Mutfwang said. “It is possible that there could have been tensions in the past between communities, but I’ve challenged anyone to tell me who the feuding communities are. If we knew any community feuding with another community, we’ll be able to step in and bring in a reconciliation process. But at the moment you are dealing with attackers that are faceless, and so you just leave it to the fact that this is ill-motivated and is aimed at driving the people out of their lands.”
Predominantly Christian farmers are driven from their lands for three to five years of occupation by predominantly Muslim Fulanis, suggesting the attacks are motivated by desire to seize lands, he said.
“I’ve had people dispute that land-grabbing is the motive, but we are yet to find evidence to the contrary,” Mutfwang said. “These communities have lived in peace with other ethnic nationalities, with other people of religious persuasions. The interesting thing you will know on the Plateau is that many families are inter-religious, and so religion is not so much the issue. I think that here we are dealing with some powerful forces who mobilize these faceless people and come and unleash it on these natives. And at the end of the day, the natives are left defenseless because they never envisaged that this kind of attack will happen.”
He condemned the attacks as “unprovoked.”
Maj. Samson Zakhom, military spokesman for soldiers drafted to Bokkos, confirmed in a statement that villages attacked included Tamiso, Daffo, Manguna, Tadai and Hurti. He added that soldiers repelled the assailants and that ongoing military operations aimed at tracking down the assailants.
“On April 3, further clearance operations were carried out at Hurti, where troops encountered and engaged militants hiding in the mountainous region,” Zakhom said. “The ensuing confrontation resulted in the recovery of a locally fabricated pistol, six rounds of 9 mm ammunition and four motorcycles. The troops are continuing efforts to neutralize the remaining militants still at large in the area.”
Amnesty International on Friday called on the Nigerian government to stem killings in Plateau state and demanded justice for victims, calling attacks “a pattern of mass killings and government inaction” in central Nigeria.
The statement from Amnesty International noted that the villages of Ruwi, Mangor, Daffo, Manguna, Hurti and Tadai have been repeatedly attacked.
“Apart from killing people, the attackers are also razing entire villages, deliberately destroying homes and farms,” Amnesty stated. “Investigations carried out by us have showed that at least 1,336 people were killed between December 2023 and February 2024 across Plateau state, with Mangu, Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas being the worst affected.”
Residents continue to express deep frustration with the response of security forces, alleging that they are either absent during attacks or show up too late to prevent bloodshed, the group reported.
“Most villagers repeatedly told Amnesty International that the government left them at the mercy of their attackers,” it stated. “They complained of receiving little or no help from security officials during attacks, despite informing them prior or calling for help during the incidents. The fact that no perpetrators have been brought to justice leaves rural communities of Plateau state feeling completely helpless and at the mercy of ruthless gunmen.”
The Rev. Tongsmangs Dasbak, a Christian leader in Plateau state, said the attacks have deeply affected the areas.
“The ongoing security crisis in Plateau state, particularly in Mangu and Bokkos Local Government Areas, has reached alarming levels,” Dasbak said in a statement to Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “The persistent attacks by marauding Fulani herdsmen have led to significant loss of lives, destruction of property, and displacement of communities. Despite the concerted efforts by the state government to restore peace, the situation remains dire, necessitating urgent federal intervention.”
Mangu and Bokkos counties have suffered high numbers of casualties, with hundreds of people losing their lives and many more sustaining life-threatening injuries, he said.
“The indiscriminate killings often target defenseless civilians, including women, children and the elderly,” Dasbak said. “Entire families have been wiped out in midnight raids, leaving behind a trail of sorrow and despair. This loss of human life is not just a statistic but a profound tragedy that has disrupted the social fabric of the region.”
Homes, schools, church buildings and markets have been razed to the ground as communities that took years to build have been reduced to ashes within hours, he said. Many survivors who managed to escape the violence now live in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps, unable to return to their homes.
“The destruction of infrastructure further exacerbates the crisis, as essential services such as healthcare, education and transportation are severely disrupted,” he said. “Without proper security measures, these attacks continue to escalate, leaving behind a wasteland of desolation.”
Military intervention is required to dismantle the networks of the armed herdsmen and restore peace, he said, adding that intelligence-based operations, coupled with the deployment of well-equipped security personnel, can help neutralize the violence.
“Romans 13:4 states, ‘For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer,’” Dasbak said. “The federal government must exercise its authority to bring justice to the oppressed and end the reign of terror in Plateau state.”
Numbering in the millions across Nigeria and the Sahel, predominantly Muslim Fulani comprise hundreds of clans of many different lineages who do not hold extremist views, but some Fulani do adhere to radical Islamist ideology, the United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom or Belief (APPG) noted in a 2020 report.
“They adopt a comparable strategy to Boko Haram and ISWAP and demonstrate a clear intent to target Christians and potent symbols of Christian identity,” the APPG report states.
Christian leaders in Nigeria have said they believe herdsmen attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt are inspired by their desire to forcefully take over Christians’ lands and impose Islam, as desertification has made it difficult for them to sustain their herds.
Nigeria remained among the most dangerous places on earth for Christians, according to Open Doors’ 2025 World Watch List of the countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian. Of the 4,476 Christians killed for their faith worldwide during the reporting period, 3,100 (69 percent) were in Nigeria, according to the WWL.
“The measure of anti-Christian violence in the country is already at the maximum possible under World Watch List methodology,” the report stated.
In the country’s North-Central zone, where Christians are more common than they are in the North-East and North-West, Islamic extremist Fulani militia attack farming communities, killing many hundreds, Christians above all, according to the report. Jihadist groups such as Boko Haram and the splinter group Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), among others, are also active in the country’s northern states, where federal government control is scant and Christians and their communities continue to be the targets of raids, sexual violence, and roadblock killings, according to the report. Abductions for ransom have increased considerably in recent years.
The violence has spread to southern states, and a new jihadist terror group, Lakurawa, has emerged in the northwest, armed with advanced weaponry and a radical Islamist agenda, the WWL noted. Lakurawa is affiliated with the expansionist Al-Qaeda insurgency Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin, or JNIM, originating in Mali.
Nigeria ranked seventh on the 2025 WWL list of the 50 worst countries for Christians.
This article was originally published by Christian Daily International–Morning Star News.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/over-60-christians-killed-by-radicalized-fulani-in-nigeria.html
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BREAKING NEWSPowerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake hits Istanbul: Citizens flee shaking buildings and terrified news presenter clings on during live broadcast
Did you feel the earthquake? Get in touch: james.reynolds@mailonline.co.uk
By JAMES REYNOLDS
Published: 06:12 EDT, 23 April 2025 | Updated: 10:13 EDT, 23 April 2025
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 has hit Istanbul and the surrounding regions, one of the strongest to strike the city of 16 million in recent years.
Buildings shook and crowds fled down busy streets as a quake in the Sea of Marmara rocked the major Turkish city and nearby communities.
Footage showed people running down a busy street to safety. The initial tremor reportedly lasted 30 seconds, before as many as 51 aftershocks hit.
A news reporter filming a live broadcast for CNN Turkey shook and gripped onto her desk as the earthquake was felt in Istanbul offices.
There were no immediate reports of damage, but people evacuated buildings as the quake hit and shook the city.
More than 150 people were injured when they jumped from buildings during the quake, which occurred during a public holiday in Turkey.
People reported to have felt the quake as far away as Greece, North Macedonia, Romania and Bulgaria, with lower intensity. AFP journalists in Sofia said they had felt tremors.
Turkey was devastated by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2023, which killed more than 50,000 people and levelled tens of thousands of buildings in eastern Turkey and Syria.
Hundreds of construction contractors were placed under investigation as it emerged the disaster's impact may have been exacerbated by widespread unsafe building practices.
The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported that the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.02 and was at a depth of 10km (6.21 miles).
The epicentre was just off the Silivri, a coastal area known for its seismic activity some 50 miles to the west of Istanbul.
It was followed by several aftershocks, including one measuring 5.3. The disaster and emergency management agency urged residents to stay away from buildings.
Turkey's disaster agency reported three more quakes shortly before 12.00 GMT, all in Istanbul's Buyukcekmece district.
Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency had already reported that the 6.2 quake was preceded by a 3.9 magnitude tremor at 12.13 local time (10.13 GMT), and succeeded by a 4.4 magnitude quake in Buyukcekmece district at 12.51 local time (10.51 GMT).
Later, the interior minister reported that 51 aftershocks had been recorded following the 6.2 quake.
Tremors were felt in neighboring regions and rescue teams have been dispatched, local media reported.
A total of 151 people were hurt and received hospital treatment after leaping from buildings in panic during the tremor but none were in a critical condition, the Istanbul governor's office said.
Sandra D'Souza, holidaying in Istanbul from London, said she and her husband were near the famous Galata Tower when the quake struck.
They were having lunch in a local coffee shop 'when we felt the tremor and the building started to shake and sway'.
'Everyone started looking and one another. Thankfully it only lasted a short while and everyone resumed business as usual,' she told MailOnline.
'There were far more people out in the street after however as we were told there could be aftershocks.'
'I just felt earthquake, I've got to get out,' said a shaken-looking decorator rushing out of a fourth floor apartment where he was working near the city's Galata Tower, who did not want to give his name.
Turkey's AFAD disaster agency warned people in the region against entering damaged buildings.
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality said there were no 'serious cases' in the earthquake in a statement made on its social media accounts.
Kemal Cebi, the mayor of Kucukcekmece district in western Istanbul, told local broadcaster NTV that there were 'no negative developments yet' but he reported that there were traffic jams and that many buildings were already at risk due to the density of the area.
'Until now, we have no information about any buildings collapsing,' the governor's office said, urging people to avoid any structures that might have been damaged in the tremors.
Video showed large waves rolling in the Bosphorus as the quakes first struck.
Turkey is crossed by two major fault lines, and earthquakes are frequent.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake on February 6, 2023, and a second powerful tremor that came hours later, destroyed or damaged hundreds of thousands of buildings in 11 southern and southeastern Turkish provinces, leaving more than 53,000 people dead.
Another 6,000 people were killed in the northern parts of neighboring Syria.
While Istanbul was not impacted by that earthquake, the devastation heightened fears of a similar quake with experts citing the city's proximity to fault lines
In a bid to prevent damage from any future quake, both the national government and local administrations started urban reconstruction projects to fortify buildings at risk and started campaigns of demolishing buildings at risk of collapse.
The latest tremor also revived memories of a 1999 earthquake near Istanbul that killed 17,000.
Environment Minister Murat Kurum in February renewed his warning about a massive earthquake poised to strike Istanbul by 2030.
Experts believe the tremor could topple as many as 600,000 houses and affect millions in the country's largest city.
They calculated a 65 per cent probability that a quake with magnitude 7 or higher could occur before 2030 in the region including Istanbul.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14638883/Powerful-6-2-magnitude-earthquake-
shakes-buildings-Istanbul.html
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etc. Keep your eyes; keep your eyes upon what is going on in the Mid-East, that is your tree, that is your tree, I have told you to watch Israel, that is your tree. etc.
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Biggest Indicator of Middle East War Came Today . . .
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Of all the military movements we have seen towards the Middle East over the last month or so, this one to me is the most telling that something is likely imminent.
After DOZENS of C-17's and numerous C-5 military cargo aircraft bringing-in thousands of tons of war gear, today two U.S. Air Force E-3 “Sentry” Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft arrived earlier today in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area-of-responsibility, from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
USAF 79-0001 E-3G Sentry call sign EDGY26 Hex #AE11E7
USAF 75-0556 E-3B Sentry callsign EDGY25 Hex #AE11D6
The arrival of these particular aircraft seem to indicate a battle sequence is laid-in and ready. They use THESE planes to detect foes for our military as we go into battle.
It is worth noting that Russia has enacted, and Russian President Putin has signed, a strategic agreement with Iran. It is valid and in full force and effect as of yesterday.
It is also worth noting that both Russia and China have spoken publicly about Iran, telling the world they will not sit back an allow their BRICS member and ally, Iran, to be attacked and destroyed.
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/biggest-indicator-of-
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Iran gains ground as the U.S. fumbles
Tehran has managed to check the deterioration of its strategic balance without offering any meaningful concession, while planting the notion that diplomacy is the path forward
Dr. Yossi Mansharof
Dr. Yossi Mansharof ■ Expert on Iran and Shiite political Islam at Misgav — Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy
As Iran enters the second round of negotiations with the U.S.—scheduled for this Saturday —it already enjoys temporary yet tangible advantages. President Trump ultimately halted an Israeli plan to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities in May—a move driven by Iran’s agreement to enter negotiations with the U.S., according to a report by The New York Times. At the same time, top Iranian officials seem increasingly confident that the threat of military confrontation is weakening—despite ongoing U.S. troop deployments in the region meant to project resolve.
On the economic front, Tehran is also seeing gains. The Iranian stock exchange has shown upward momentum, and the rial has appreciated notably, with the exchange rate dropping below one million tomans per dollar. Another advantage for Tehran was highlighted by the Saudi defense minister’s recent visit to Tehran. This reflects the state of affairs in Riyadh in the absence of a clear and resolute U.S. policy to deter Iran.
Thus, despite persistent gaps in the negotiations, Tehran has succeeded in halting the negative momentum against it in both Israel and the U.S. It has also slowed the deterioration of its strategic balance, without offering any meaningful concession. Alongside these developments, Tehran has also managed to plant the notion within circles in the U.S. and Israel that diplomacy, despite its flaws, is preferable to the risks of military escalation.
Perhaps most troubling, this evolving consensus risks becoming a trap. By clinging to diplomacy alone, Washington may forfeit a rare moment of leverage—one that could have compelled more substantial Iranian compromises. The diplomatic track may thus incur a historic cost: a missed opportunity to confront the Iranian threat—in all its dimensions—in a meaningful and comprehensive manner, after over two decades of Western hesitation.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei himself expressed satisfaction with the first round of talks in Oman during his April 15 address. The Conservative camp senses what it describes as an "extraordinary urgency" on the part of President Trump to finalize an agreement. This, in turn, has emboldened tits belief that a somewhat revived version of the JCPOA is within reach. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, a central figure in the negotiations, even stated that if the U.S. maintains its current course in the upcoming April 19 round, “it won’t take long to reach an agreement.”
Yet even as Washington equivocates over what restrictions Iran must accept, Tehran remains explicit in signaling its ambitions. In an April 16 interview on Iranian state television, Gharibabadi declared Iran’s intention to preserve both its nuclear capabilities and the infrastructure supporting them—even under a new agreement. He emphasized that IAEA regulations and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) do not prohibit uranium enrichment short of military-grade levels. This amounted to a thinly veiled declaration of intent: Iran will continue enriching uranium to high levels, maintaining a threshold nuclear capability.
Should Iran succeed in preserving this status under a future agreement, the consequences may be perilous. Tehran would secure a latent military nuclear capability, restrained only by a political decision to exit or bypass the agreement. While Khamenei has thus far indicated satisfaction with a threshold status and publicly opposed acquiring military nuclear capability, his speeches confirm Iran’s long-term nuclear vision. He openly enables future leaders to adopt a different stance.
In a March 12 speech, Khamenei argued that even if Iran decided to build a nuclear weapon, the US would be powerless to stop it. In a follow-up address on April 13, he condemned the West for possessing "the most destructive weapons" while refusing to permit Iran to develop comparable military capabilities.
Alongside Khamenei’s recent statements emphasizing his commitment to Israel’s destruction, Iran is attempting to establish a maritime smuggling route to Hezbollah through the port of Beirut. This effort, spurred by ongoing difficulties in aerial smuggling and tighter controls at Beirut’s airport, serves as a stark reminder of the urgent need to dismantle Iran’s sponsorship of its proxy network.
The fracture in which the regime in Iran currently finds itself was clearly reflected in Khamenei's Nowruz speech, Khamenei compared the past year to 1360 in the Iranian calendar (March 1981–March 1982)—a year marked by regime instability, political assassinations, military weakness during the Iran-Iraq War, and economic major difficulties. The analogy was telling: Khamenei himself appears to recognize the current fragility of the regime.
Given these realities, the current diplomatic process itself serves as a critical test for U.S.-Israel strategic alignment under Trump. As revealed in the retirement interview of former IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, and corroborated by reports of Iranian opposition media outlets, Tehran continues pursuing to a nuclear weapons group. Simultaneously, Tehran refuses to allow IAEA inspections at key sites—including Marivan, Turquzabad, and Lavizan.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi’s April 16–17 visit to Tehran must be seen in this sobering context. His warning that Iran is approaching the developing of a nuclear weapon even though "there's still a way to go before they get there but they're not far off, that has to be acknowledged"—underscores the urgency for a robust American response. Tehran’s ongoing refusal to provide transparency regarding suspect nuclear activity demands escalated pressure. Trump’s oft-repeated line that “Iran must never be allowed to have nuclear weapons” no longer suffices in the face of current realities. The goal must now be clearly defined: dismantling Iran’s nuclear program.
This objective must be pursued with resolve—through pressure, deterrence, and the presentation of a credible alternative to diplomatic appeasement. At the same time, the deteriorating state of Iran’s proxy network offers a strategic opening. Israel and the U.S. must exploit this moment of weakness to neutralize the proxy apparatus and act directly against the Quds Force.
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/analysis-opinion/artc-iran-gains-ground-as-the-u-s-fumbles
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etc. truly darkness, darkness is growing darker and darker and darker, war is being prepared, war is being made ready. Watch Russia, watch Turkey, watch China, watch Iran, watch Pakistan, watch Saudi Arabia, for they are not your friends nor have they ever been your friends. They are not my friends, saith your Father God, for they shall wage war against me in the last days, these are the last days. etc..
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Turkish intelligence chief meets Hamas in defiant move against Israel
Turkey’s intelligence chief holds with Hamas representatives amid rising anti-Israel rhetoric from Ankara.
Elad Benari
Apr 21, 2025, 6:22 AM (GMT+3)The head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), İbrahim Kalın, convened with senior Hamas members on Saturday to discuss aid routes into Gaza, according to JNS.
The agency released a statement condemning Israel following the meeting, accusing it of carrying out “genocidal activities.”
The meeting featured Muhammad Darwish, chairman of the Hamas Shura Council, though the location was not disclosed. According to MİT, the discussion centered on enabling humanitarian assistance to reach Gaza and assessing “efforts to halt Israel’s genocidal activities” while pushing for a “permanent and comprehensive ceasefire.”
“The latest situation in the efforts to halt Israel’s genocidal activities in Gaza and to reach a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire was evaluated,” the agency said, reiterating Ankara’s full support for Hamas’s stance against Israel.
“Turkey will always stand by the people of Gaza, who have shown great determination and patience to protect their lands, despite Israeli attacks targeting civilians and hunger policies implemented to displace the people,” the statement added.
Kalın’s engagement with Hamas comes amid increasingly hostile rhetoric from Turkish leadership, particularly from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has increased his verbal attacks on Israel since the start of the war in Gaza on October 7, 2023.
Turkey has regularly expressed support for Hamas. Last April, Erdogan met then-Hamas political bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul, who was later eliminated by Israel in Tehran.
Weeks after meeting Haniyeh, Erdogan boasted of the fact that more than 1,000 members of Hamas were being treated in hospitals across Turkey and also took issue with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ reference to Hamas as a terrorist organization.
Related articles:
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Erdogan also met with senior Hamas members in Ankara in late January. The meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Kalin, and other Hamas officials.
Fidan last month discussed the latest situation in Gaza in a phone call with Khalil al-Hayya, one of the leaders of the Hamas terrorist organization.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/407122
12-31-19/1-1-20 New Years Eve Service etc It is not time to see the mark yet, for that will be one of the last things that you see. Etc You will see the mark of the beast, yes, you will not in two thousand twenty, but you shall see these things and as you see these things know that I have told you etc
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IN ONE HOUR THE AMERICAN ECONOMY WILL FALL – Alison Pound
Posted by 444 Prophecy News on 2025/04/20
Alison Pound
On April 10 in the morning, the Lord began speaking to me. He said: These are very serious times. These are not times for foolish games, foolish thinking. America is right on the brink. Very sudden and complete economic crash is right at the door. The Lord said to me: This is not a time to be planning trips to Europe. Your family should be planning how they are going to survive. They should be coming to Me for strategy. ( Some of my family have begun planning a trip to Europe in the next couple of years).
On the 9th of April, the day before the Lord spoke these things, I had a call from my daughter asking for prayers for my granddaughter. She had fallen out of a tree. She is nine yrs old. When she fell, she was completely winded. The breath was knocked out of her to the extent that she could not move or draw breath for long moments. The Lord said to me: This is a picture of what the economic crash will do – this is the effect it will have on the people. All the wind will be knocked out of them. They will wonder if they will breath again.
The Lord went on to say – this is what Australia will experience ( when America’s economy crashes): At first, all you will hear is what has hit America. All over the news, 24/7. In ONE HOUR OF ONE DAY it will hit America. Very sudden collapse. Complete panic and fear. Doors shut on all big business. High rise buildings (big business), all staff pushed out and doors shut. Wall street pandemonium will be televised. Then nothing. There will not be any announcement from the President. There will be a silence. After one hour, pay attention dear one, after one hour, Australia and other parts of the world will begin to react and governments will act accordingly. All trade will cease. ALL trade will cease. For 24 hours there will be no trade AT ALL on the stock exchange. NOTHING. Such is the shock the world will feel. In Australia, the lives of the middle to lower class of people will continue, businesses will open their doors and continue to sell goods and services. They will do it with eyes glued to their televisions and phones. There will be ONE WEEK of this. And then they will be addressed by the government, the Prime Minister. Yes, you heard me correctly. It will be one whole week before your Prime Minister addresses the nation. You will be told that govt. leaders are behind closed doors talking. Their meetings will last a week. Then you will be told that the world has changed forever. That the world can no longer operate in business/trade as before. A New World Order will be put in place, for the benefit of the people – this is what you will be told. This has been planned for a long time, many years. But it will take some years to set it up and get it rolling. This will happen in the midst of a war. The War that I told you is coming. So I want you to understand that these things are not years away. Not off in some distant future. They are AT THE DOOR.
Right now, Donald Trump has started a trade war. There is some dismay and anger at his actions. He has set the world on edge, there is chaos in that nation. So much uncertainty because his actions since taking the Presidential seat are not in line with what he said he would be doing. He, Trump, wants to call the tune. He wants all the world to bow to America and dance to his tune. He is a wild bull of a man, with so much pride and arrogance – a perfect picture of America. If the people of America do not like this man, then they in effect do not like themselves because he is a mirror image of them. Proud and arrogant. Secure in the knowledge that they live in the best nation in the world and they know things that others do not know. And they have not needed God (Me)to get where they wanted to get. This is the homeland of the self-made man. In ONE HOUR all that will be wiped out. The hopes and dreams of millions will be in ruins.
I know that you can not comprehend what it will be like to live in this world after this. But remember: he who dwells in the safety of the Most High, he who has made Him his dwelling place, will find shelter there from this storm. This person will have provisions laid up (for him). I will be your provider in this time and until such time as I return. Do not fear the things to come but fear Me. Honour and obey Me in all that you do. Do not look to the left or the right but look up, for salvation comes from the Lord.
This is the Scripture that was going through my mind as I wrote down what the Lord was speaking to me :
Revelation 18:[16] And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls![17] For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
He also reminded me of my personal responsibility. He said :The important thing is the people have heard My voice. And now it is ‘on them’ as to whether they heed My voice. This is what I require of the prophet……… to speak all that I have said to them. It is not your responsibility to make them believe. That is their responsibility. The responsibility becomes theirs the moment they have heard or read what I said.
Alison Pound
https://444prophecynews.com/in-one-hour-the-american-economy-will-fall-alison-pound/
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HomeWorld News
China detonates non-nuclear hydrogen bomb – media
The South China Morning Post has cited researchers as saying the 2kg magnesium hydride device generated a 1,000 degrees Celsius fireball
Chinese researchers have successfully tested a non-nuclear hydrogen bomb that created a sustained fireball, far outperforming traditional explosives, the South China Morning Post has reported.
In an article on Sunday, the newspaper cited the researchers’ study published last month in the Chinese-language Journal of Projectiles, Rockets, Missiles and Guidance. According to the report, a team from the China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s (CSSC) 705 Research Institute — a key player in underwater weapon systems — developed a 2kg (4.4lbs) bomb primarily composed of magnesium hydride, with conventional explosives serving as the catalyst.
In a field test, the device reportedly generated a fireball with temperatures exceeding 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,832 degrees Fahrenheit) that lasted for more than two seconds, which is "15 times longer" than what an "equivalent TNT blast" is capable of producing.
In the reaction, magnesium hydride, a compound originally developed as an efficient fuel, rapidly releases stored hydrogen gas, resulting in a sustained inferno.
The novel explosive device’s destructive power thus is said to lie not in its blast pressure, but rather in the ability to generate extreme heat.
The South China Morning Post quoted CSSC research scientist Wang Xuefeng as explaining that its properties also allow for “precise control over blast intensity, easily achieving uniform destruction of targets across vast areas.”
If fully developed, the method could presumably yield a weapon similar to a thermobaric device – ideal for annihilating defensive structures and armored vehicles.
While the production of magnesium hydride used to be mostly small-scale and rather complicated, China has recently developed a cheaper and safer production method and built a plant capable of producing 150 tons of the compound per year.
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https://www.rt.com/news/616033-media-china-tests-non-nuclear-hydrogen-bomb/
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Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas, dead at 88
By Chris Nesi,
Shane Galvin and Nika ShakhnazarovaPublished April 21, 2025, 4:03 a.m. ET
Pope Francis, who became the first South American and first Jesuit to ascend to the most powerful position in the Catholic Church, has died at age 88 — just one day after Easter Sunday.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo — the “chamberlain” who essentially acts as head of the Vatican between the end of a papacy and the start of the next — confirmed the beloved pontiff’s passing on Monday after a prolonged battle with double pneumonia.
“Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis,” Farrell said in the announcement.
“At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of his Church.”
The statement continued, “He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with faithfulness, courage, and universal love, especially for the poorest and most marginalized.
“With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite, merciful love of God, One and Tribune.″
When Pope Francis became pontiff: A timeline of his religious journey and career
Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose Bergoglio, an accountant from Italy, and Regina María Sívori, the daughter of Italian immigrants.
Dec. 13, 1969: Ordained a priest with the Jesuit religious order, which he would lead as Argentina provincial superior during the country’s murderous dictatorship that began in the 1970s.
May 20, 1992: Named auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and in 1998 succeeds Cardinal Antonio Quarracino as archbishop of the Argentine capital.
Feb. 21, 2001: Elevated to cardinal by Pope John Paul II.
March 13, 2013: Elected 266th pope, the first from the Americas, the first Jesuit and the first to take the name Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi.
Read more about the life of Pope Francis
https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/world-news/pope-francis-first-pontiff-from-the-americas-dead-
at-88-after-respiratory-crisis/
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How Might Washington's Relations With Ukraine & Russia Change If It Abandons Its Peace Efforts?
by Tyler Durden
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Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack,
The US might cut off military aid to Ukraine while suspending its strategic resource talks with Russia...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that the US might stop mediating an end to the Ukrainian Conflict if it concludes within “a matter of days” that no peace deal is doable.
That coincided with the Wall Street Journal reporting that Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff told them that “Putin had been fixated on Ukrainian land in their discussions. He said that Russia might get some of the regions, but not all.”
This analysis here explained why it’s so important for Russia to obtain full control over the disputed lands.
If no breakthrough is achieved, such as the US coercing Ukraine into withdrawing from those regions or Russia agreeing to freeze this dimension of the conflict, then the US might indeed abandon its peace efforts. The question therefore arises of how that could change its relations with Ukraine and Russia. Beginning with the first, Trump and his team’s explicitly expressed exhaustion with this conflict bodes ill for the scenario of the US continuing military support for Ukraine, which would please Russia.
The Europeans would try to replace some of this lost aid in order to keep the conflict going in alignment with Zelensky’s vision, but they’d be unable to replace all of it and he might ultimately be forced into agreeing to worse terms than the US’ if Russia successfully expands its ground offensive. At the same time, however, the US might also suspend its talks with Russia on the strategic resource deals that were supposed to serve as the centerpiece of their planned “New Détente” as long as the conflict continues
This balanced approach would be predicated on pressuring Ukraine and Russia into committing to compromises aimed at restoring the US-led peace talks since the first doesn’t want to lose territory in other regions while the second is interested in shaping the post-conflict era in partnership with the US. These evidently aren’t their top priorities, however, otherwise the land issue would have already been resolved one way or another and there wouldn’t be any talk of the US abandoning its peace efforts.
Other than the unlikely scenario of the US “escalating to de-escalate” on better terms for Ukraine, another comparatively more probable one exists but which is still less likely than the aforesaid, and that’s the US discontinuing military support for Ukraine but continuing resource talks with Russia. These negotiations are connected to Ukraine since the US is seeking privileged terms from Russia in exchange for coercing Kiev into Moscow’s demanded concessions but can still proceed even if that doesn’t occur.
The reason why this scenario is considered less likely than the balanced one described above is because some of the US’ sanctions that impede the clinching of resource deals with Russia can’t easily be lifted without first bringing about an end to the Ukrainian Conflict. Moreover, sanctions relief and the prospect of jointly shaping the post-conflict era are the only carrots that the US can dangle for incentivizing Russia to compromise on ending the conflict, which Trump wants it to do for solidifying his global legacy.
He’s therefore expected to at least temporarily suspend such talks with Russia for that reason in that scenario but might resume them if the conflict remains protracted with no clear diplomatic or military solution. That would make the most sense since he wouldn’t prematurely give up the only means that the US has for incentivizing Russia to compromise for peace but he also wouldn’t lose the objective economic and strategic benefits that a resource deal would bring.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/how-might-washingtons-relations-ukraine-russia-
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China Is In Economic Dire Straits And They're No Longer Able To Hide It
by Tyler Durden
Authored...
Official economic data from any government is always treated with suspicion by anyone with common sense. The US, for example, witnessed some of the most egregious statistical tinkering imaginable under the Biden Administration, not to mention outright lies and propaganda from the establishment media on the health of the economy. To this day no one has been fired (or tarred and feathered) for hiding the reality of the stagflation crisis. Any government or corporate economist that called the threat "transitory" should be stripped of their financial prestige and banished to a cash register at Arby's.
And let's not forget Biden's misrepresentation of the labor market, portraying millions of new jobs for illegal migrants and visa holders as if they were jobs benefiting American citizens. In the US and across the western world, lying about the economy is generally seen by politicians as a temporary solution to secure reelection. However, in China, lying about the economy is treated as a national security imperative. If there's anything in the world that gives communists a feeling of existential dread, it's the fear that their ideological enemies will discover proof that communism doesn't work.
The Trump Administration's tariffs on China are not the initiator of the nation's troubles, they are more a bookend to a process of decline that has been ongoing for years.
Overall tariffs on Chinese goods currently sit at 124%, but some goods will be taxed as high as 245%. Trump has given a 1 month exemption on electronic parts and devices, perhaps to offer manufacturers like Apple, Nvidia and Microsoft time to arrange sourcing from alternative vendors. The problem for Chinese manufacturers is not just the tariffs but the uncertainty of timing and sudden changes to policy. They say no one is willing to make a big move on production or shipments until the trade landscape becomes more predictable. This means most Chinese factories are frozen in stasis.
Trump's tariff actions are widely criticized by the media as erratic or poorly planned, but what they don't understand is that uncertainty is the real leverage, not the tariffs. What seems like a spur of the moment decision or a sudden capitulation on Trump's part can be highly effective at throwing foreign governments and corporations off balance. Globalism requires a perpetual status quo, change of any kind is like holy water to a vampire.
Chinese shipments are on standby and orders are frozen. Nothing is moving.
At bottom, China will not be able to survive tariffs on the current scale for long (a single year of 124% tariffs would crush China's economy beyond repair). The US is 15% of China's export market, which may not sound substantial but their next largest trading partner (outside of Hong Kong) is Vietnam at 4% of exports. In terms of domestic buying, China is 11% of the global consumer market which is not too shabby, but compared to the US with its 30%-35% global consumer market share there is no chance that the Chinese will be able to fill the void domestically and stay afloat.
But the situation is far worse than most people know...
China has been suffering from a deflationary crisis since 2023. An uptick in exports during the pandemic was offset by the CCP's draconian lockdowns. This was, essentially, fiscal suicide on the part of the government and China has been struggling ever since. Their property market has imploded, partially due to overbuilding through government subsidized infrastructure programs that flooded the market with poorly constructed homes and buildings that were then left to rot. Corporate defaults have run rampant and left investors with nothing.
There was some optimism that the government’s measures to end the crisis had been working to reinvigorate the market, but on Mar 31st, government-linked developer Vanke reported a record 49.5 billion yuan (S$9.1 billion) annual loss for 2024. It’s the company’s first full-year loss since its initial public offering in 1991, reigniting concerns about the sector and showing just how deep the problem runs.
The deflationary spiral has been eating away at employment and has also resulted in numerous factories refusing to pay their workers on time (or at all). Unpaid wages are leading to frequent protests and a disturbing trend of factory fires. The government is limited in how it can respond to the problem. Stimulus is an option, but China's overall non-financial debt is well over 300% of GDP already.
China's attempts to hide the decay from the outside world are becoming less and less effective. With Chinese citizens able to access the internet beyond the "Great Firewall", more and more videos are being leaked by people within the country who are tired of the misinformation. Again, the CCP views negative economic data as a national security threat and any citizen caught leaking this info could be subject to harsh punishment. Chinese citizens have taken substantial risks to get the truth out there.
It cannot be stressed enough that the global economy is largely a farce, but China is closest to the edge of the cliff in terms of consequences and crisis. The interdependency of globalism has left many nations without the ability to weather a trade dispute and China's survival is almost entirely based on steady exports to the west and the US in particular.
Don't let high paid TikTok and YouTube influencers fool you with videos of Chinese skyscrapers caked with LED lights or lavish parties with dancing robots. This is not the true China. Underneath the facade is a nation on the brink of disaster.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-economic-dire-straits-and-theyre-no-longer-able-hide-it
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Hamas in financial crisis, unable to pay terrorists after Israel cuts Gaza aid - report
Prior to the Israel-Hamas War, Hamas received $15 million monthly transfers from Qatar, as well as $500 million in funds it raised worldwide.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
APRIL 17, 2025 09:47 Updated: APRIL 17, 2025 13:45
Hamas faces a severe financial setback as it lacks cash to pay its members, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing Arab intelligence officials.
Israel's discontinuing of humanitarian aid, which Hamas pilfered for monetary gains, and the IDF strikes targeting Hamas officials responsible for distributing funds have contributed to this trend, according to the officials.
Hamas also exploited the humanitarian aid to increase the flow of money, such as taxing merchants, collecting taxes, and using foreign cash to buy humanitarian aid, which was then sold in Gaza for a profit, according to Western, Israeli, and Arab officials, detailing the terror group's financial web.
The January ceasefire-hostage deal brought an increase of humanitarian aid, and thus funds, which ceased when Israel discontinued the aid entering Gaza in March.
The report noted that prior to the Israel-Hamas War, Hamas received $15 million monthly transfers from Qatar as well as $500 million in funds it raised worldwide, and specifically in Turkey.
According to the report, many government workers in Gaza have had their pay cut off, while Hamas terrorists have seen their salaries reduced.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-850425
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:: 4-16-25 All Israel :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
Jordan arrests 16 Muslim Brotherhood members accused of plotting terror attack against kingdom
Network reportedly received training from Hezbollah and Hamas in Lebanon
All Israel News Staff | Published: April 16, 2025
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan announced on Tuesday that it had arrested 16 members of the radical Muslim Brotherhood, the mother organization of the terrorist organization Hamas.
Jordanian authorities reported that the arrested terrorist suspects stand accused of “manufacturing missiles using local tools and others imported from abroad for illegal purposes, possessing explosives and firearms, concealing a missile ready for use, a project to manufacture drones, in addition to recruiting and training individuals inside the kingdom and subjecting them to training abroad.”
Political sources in Jordan told the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat that the network was funded by countries in the region and received training from Hezbollah operatives and senior Hamas commanders in southern Lebanon.
Jordan’s General Intelligence Department announced in a post on ? that “the plot aimed at harming national security, sowing chaos and causing material destruction inside the kingdom.”
It did not specify the targets of the terrorist plot, however, security analyst Amer Al Sabaileh told Reuters that the terror plot included “new tactics, rockets and drones.”
“This means a complete change in the way the Muslim Brotherhood are dealing with Jordan and targeting its security,” Al Sabaileh assessed.
Jordanian authorities reportedly also arrested Khaled El Juhani, the head of the Muslim Brotherhood-linked political party Islamic Action Front. It is unclear whether El Juhani is one of the 16 suspects arrested or an additional arrest.
Jordanian authorities said they had been monitoring the cell since 2021.
According to the report in Asharq Al-Awsat, the kingdom will sharpen its tactics against the operations of the Muslim Brotherhood in the future, and surveil all activities connected to it.
The Brotherhood famously operates numerous related organizations, many of them in the field of humanitarian aid and education, in the countries in which it operates, thus gaining popularity and influence.
Jordan signed a peace agreement with Israel in 1994 and is considered to be one of Washington’s closest allies in the Arab world. Various Islamist factions have over the years tried to undermine the fragile Hashemite Kingdom’s stability.
While Jordan maintains diplomatic ties with the Jewish state, there are widespread anti-Israel sentiments in the country, which has a Palestinian Arab majority population.
In an effort to placate the anti-Israel sentiments in its society, Jordanian officials have been vocal in their criticism of Israel’s military operations against the terrorist militia Hamas in Gaza.
In February, U.S. President Donald Trump asked Jordan and Egypt to take in a large number of Gazans as part of Trump’s Gaza reconstruction plan. Both Jordan and Egypt have expressed their strong opposition to the idea of Gazans being relocated to their countries.
However, Trump has insisted that they should receive Gazans and has warned that Washington could withhold financial assistance to Jordan and Egypt if they do not comply with the Gaza plan.
While the Muslim Brotherhood is a Sunni organization, Jordan is also threatened by Shiite extremism exported from the Islamic Republic of Iran. The ayatollah regime in Tehran has tried for years to incorporate Jordan in its “Iranian Crescent,” a strategy that is aimed to build the a Shiite empire stretching rom Tehran in the east to the Mediterranean in the west. The ayatollahs have also tried to transform Jordan into an active terrorist front against the neighboring Jewish state.
In December 2023, merely two months after the Oct. 7 massacre, Israeli authorities foiled a large-scale weapon smuggling attempt from Jordan into Judea and Samaria, internationally known as the West Bank.
https://allisrael.com/jordan-arrests-16-muslim-brotherhood-members-accused-of-plotting-terror
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Fed chair's ominous warning sends Wall Street into meltdown as tariff carnage hammers retirement savings
By JAMES CIRRONE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 21:44 EDT, 16 April 2025 | Updated: 02:42 EDT, 17 April 2025
US stocks took another historic tumble Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that President Donald Trump's tariffs are 'highly likely' to cause more inflation.
'The level of the tariff increases announced so far is significantly larger than anticipated,' Powell said at an event in Chicago. 'The same is likely to be true of the economic effects, which will include higher inflation and slower growth.
'Tariffs are highly likely to generate at least a temporary rise in inflation. The inflationary effects could also be more persistent,' he added.
Powell's remarks began at 1:30pm ET. The major indexes were largely flat until then but a precipitous downturn began as soon as investors digested Powell's ominous warning.
By market close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 700 points, or 1.73 percent. The broader S&P 500 fell 2.24 percent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dipped 3.07 percent.
This dip will have a marked effect on millions of American's retirement accounts, which have already taken a beating since mid-February when Trump's tariffs on China took full effect.
Portfolios suffered even more when Trump announced on April 2 that he would be placing what he deemed reciprocal tariffs on dozens of countries. Stocks had their worst decline since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.
Powell's comments on the economy came nearly a week after the most recent CPI report showed that inflation in March had cooled to 2.4 percent year-over-year, edging ever closer to the Fed's goal of 2 percent. The caveat is that the report did not account for the effects of Trump's tariffs.
Some of the worst performing stocks in today's broad selloff were tech companies, many of which center their manufacturing in China, which now faces a stiff 145 percent tariff to import goods to the US.
Apple and Dell Technologies, two firms particularly reliant on Chinese factory output, dipped by 3.89 percent and 2.51 percent, respectively.
Shares of Nvidia dropped by a larger 6.87 percent after the chipmaker announced that the US moving to restrict exports of their H20 artificial intelligence chips to China would cost it $5.5 billion.
The US government has long sought to prevent Chinese companies from acquiring powerful computer chips in an effort to handcuff them from advancing their technology.
The H20 chips had been designed to comply with previous export restrictions, since they were less powerful than Nvidia's H100 AI chip. Those chips have already been banned from China.
Stocks have generally been jittery since Trump enacted a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs. Investors have been cautious, knowing the White House could upend trade policy at any moment.
The S&P 500 on Monday had posted its first back-to-back gain in two weeks after the Trump administration said electronics imported from China would not face tariffs, in addition to Trump saying he is considering exemptions on tariffs on automakers.
The S&P 500 traded away all those gains and more on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is still down nearly 7 percent since April 2, what Trump affectionately called 'Liberation Day.'
'In the interim, if the recent flip-flopping around US tariffs and their implementation (as with last Friday’s reprieve for tariffs on tech) is anything to go by, the only certainty is that market participants will be forced to endure a period of extended market uncertainty,' analysts at Citi Bank said in a Monday note.
Leaders of the biggest investment banks are also sounding the alarm about possible tumult in the economy yet to come.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon released a statement Friday saying that the economy is 'facing considerable turbulence.'
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said on a call with analysts that 'the prospect of a recession has increased with growing indications that economic activity is slowing down.'
'Our clients, including corporate CEOs and institutional investors, are concerned by the significant near-term and longer-term uncertainty that has constrained their ability to make important decisions,' Solomon added.
Average Americans are also concerned about what's to come. Consumer sentiment fell by 11 percent this month according to the longtime University of Michigan index tracking how people feel about the economy.
It was the second lowest consumer sentiment has been since the university began tracking it in 1952.
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:: 4-16-25 The Economic Collaspe :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
The U.S. Dollar Is Crashing, And Our Reserve Currency Status Is In Serious Jeopardy – Is This Being Done By Design?
April 16, 2025 by Michael
For many years, pundits have been warning us that the U.S. dollar would collapse. In 2025, it is actually starting to happen. The U.S. dollar hit a three year low against other global currencies last week, and on Wednesday the crash of the dollar resumed. Overall, the U.S. dollar is now down about 9 percent over the past 3 months. The currency that has benefitted the most is the Swiss franc. The USD/CHF recently hit the lowest level that we have seen in 14 years. What we are witnessing is literally a bloodbath, and many experts are suggesting that our reserve currency status is now in serious jeopardy.
Many were hoping that the dollar would bounce back this week, but there was more carnage on Wednesday…
The dollar resumed its fall on Wednesday with both safe havens and risk sensitive currencies outperforming the greenback as traders waited to see if U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration reaches new trading agreements with partners.
The dollar tumbled last week on concerns over the economic impact new tariffs will have, and as investors shifted allocations overseas due to uncertainty over the erratic implementation of the trade levies.
To me, one of the best ways to evaluate the strength of the U.S. dollar is to look at the price of gold.
Needless to say, the price of gold in U.S. dollars has been absolutely soaring lately, and on Wednesday it went up another 3.1 percent…
Gold prices extended their record run on Wednesday, to breach $3,300 per ounce, as a weaker dollar and escalating U.S.-China trade tensions pushed investors towards the safe-haven asset.
Spot gold climbed 3.1% to $3,327.78 an ounce.
During times of financial chaos, investors tend to flock to gold.
And times are definitely very chaotic right now.
If the dollar continues to become more unstable, other global currencies will inevitably become a lot more attractive.
At this point, we are being warned that the dollar’s role as the primary reserve currency of the planet is “looking increasingly uncertain”…
Specifically, the dollar’s status as a reliable “safe haven” has been tarnished, and its role as the de facto global reserve currency has been looking increasingly uncertain.
Signs of growing dissatisfaction with the dollar can be seen in the breakdown of its longstanding correlation with other markets.
Having the primary reserve currency of the world has been a major advantage for us, but there are other currencies that are widely used in global trade.
In recent weeks, the euro, the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen have all done extremely well…
For decades, the dollar, the Swiss franc and Japanese yen were among the most popular options for investors seeking calmer ports in volatile markets.
But while the yen, franc and euro have shot higher over the past few weeks, the ICE U.S. Dollar Index, a popular gauge of the dollar’s value against its main currency rivals, sank to its lowest level in three years. By comparison, the Swiss franc recently climbed to its strongest level in 14 years.
Could the euro or one of the major currencies in Asia eventually take the place of the U.S. dollar?
It is entirely possible.
The truth is that the status of the U.S. dollar has already been slipping.
According to MarketWatch, “the dollar’s share of global central-bank reserves has been shrinking since the late 1990s”…
By some measures, the world has been shifting away from its dependence on the dollar for decades. Data from the International Monetary Fund show the dollar’s share of global central-bank reserves has been shrinking since the late 1990s.
When the dollar is strong, U.S. government bonds are attractive to foreign investors.
This keeps our borrowing costs down.
But in recent weeks we have witnessed a “major sell-off” in bonds at the same time that stocks have been going down…
During the financial crisis of 2008, investors around the world bought more Treasury bonds, confident that despite the crash, this was the safest place in the world for their money. That is how things usually go: The bond market moves in the opposite direction as stocks.
This time, as the stock market took a nosedive, an alarming trend emerged. Investors were dumping their U.S. government bonds. The yield on the 10-year Treasury jumped from 4% to 4.5% in a week, a huge jump for the bond market that indicates a major sell-off. Investors were putting their money into euros, yen, pounds, and gold instead of into dollars.
We haven’t seen a financial crisis like this in a long time.
And we only have a limited amount of time to turn this around before things start getting really messy.
If this new crisis begins to spiral out of control, there will be an immense amount of pain, and we could witness a collapse of confidence in the U.S. dollar.
One expert is warning that the U.S. dollar has now been put on a “watch list”…
“It is too early to call if we are seeing the demise of the dollar, but the dollar has certainly been put on a ‘watch list,’” says Kevin Gallagher, director of the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University. For the rest of the world, “The U.S. is no longer innocent until proven guilty, but the opposite.”
Sadly, most Americans simply do not understand how important the strength of the dollar is.
Our primary export is currency.
For decades, we have been exchanging the world’s dominant currency for goods manufactured in poorer nations all over the planet.
If the U.S. dollar becomes much weaker, our standard of living will go way down.
Unfortunately, it appears that there are those in positions of power that want to see the value of the U.S. dollar drop.
The chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Stephen Miran, believes that devaluing the dollar is the best way to reduce our trade deficit…
For Miran, tariffs and moving away from a strong dollar could have “the broadest ramifications of any policies in decades, fundamentally reshaping the global trade and financial systems”.
Miran’s essay argues that a strong dollar makes US exports less competitive and imports cheaper, while handicapping American manufacturers as it discourages investing in building factories in the United States.
“The deep unhappiness with the prevailing economic order is rooted in persistent overvaluation of the dollar and asymmetric trade conditions,” Miran wrote.
It is true that if the dollar is substantially devalued our trade deficit will be reduced.
But in the process our standard of living will be greatly diminished.
This would particularly be true for those on the bottom levels of the economic food chain.
And if another global reserve currency ultimately takes the place of the U.S. dollar, that would be absolutely catastrophic for our standard of living.
At this stage in our history, the strength of the United States is dependent upon the strength of our currency to a very large degree.
If the dollar crashes and burns, so will our society as a whole.
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https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/the-u-s-dollar-is-crashing-and-our-reserve-currency-status
-is-in-serious-jeopardy-is-this-being-done-by-design/
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Has flying in America become more dangerous?
With 29pc of Americans thinking it is unsafe to travel by plane, data analysis reveals such concerns are not entirely unfounded
Ollie Corfe 16 April 2025 10:30am BST
Just over 100 days in, 2025 is already the deadliest year for US aviation since 2001 – forever etched in memory by the 9/11 terror attacks.
In January, American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with an army Black Hawk in Washington DC killing all 64 on board, the first major commercial passenger flight to crash in the US in over a decade.
A spate of aviation disasters followed, with a tourist helicopter plummeting into the Hudson river in New York last week, claiming the lives of the six people on board, including three children.
Fear of flying has spiked with 29 per cent of Americans now thinking it is unsafe to travel by plane, according to a recent CBS News/YouGov poll.
Telegraph analysis of Aviation Safety Network (ASN) data reveals such concerns are not entirely unfounded. While the 21 accidents recorded up to April 10 are lower than the 24 recorded by this point last year – the number of aviation fatalities in 2025 exceed that of the past 15 years combined.
Some 40.6 million commercial flights took to the skies in 2024 carrying around five billion passengers, the latest report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) shows.
The ASN Safety Database contains descriptions of all accidents involving fixed-wing aircraft capable of carrying at least 12 people since 1919. The figures show that as civil aviation took off, the number of fatalities worldwide soared.
From the mid-1980s, however, the trend began to nose downwards.
This has been attributed to increasingly strict regulatory frameworks, including requirements for rigorous pilot and air traffic controller training, as well as technological advancements in navigation systems, fail-safes and, in particular, airframe construction.
This is plain to see in the diminishing severity of accidents over time: whereas “hull loss”, when the plane is damaged beyond repair, used to account for the vast majority of outcomes, it makes up for a fraction today.
So is the US bucking the trend in 2025?
There have been 83 fatalities on civilian airliners in the US so far this year, making up 63 per cent of the global total of 131. And this is not inclusive of helicopter crashes, so the overall aviation total is even higher.
The rate of fatalities per month is, as such, 10 times higher in 2025 relative to 2024.
Restricting the sample to passenger airliners only – dropping private, cargo and medical flights, sightseeing tours and parachuting trips – shows 79 accidents resulting in at least one death since 2000, for a total of 987 fatalities.
The latest data on passenger numbers from the United States Department of Transportation covers January 2025 only. After the mid-air collision over the Potomac alone that month, this works out to a rate of 0.9 fatalities per million enplanements that month, representing a 1-in-1.1 million chance of death – slightly worse than the 1-in-1.2 million odds in 2001.
But this is largely the product of having only one month in which there was a major disaster to go on. The 2024 rate was over one in 100 million.
The Flight Safety Foundation is an independent non-profit that promotes the cause of aviation safety, notably through maintaining the ASN Safety Database.
Dr Hassan Shahidi, its president and chief executive, said: “The recent accidents – such as the tragic tour helicopter crash in New York, the small aircraft accident over the weekend, and the military helicopter-airliner collision near DCA – are each deeply saddening.
“It’s important to emphasise, however, that these events are unrelated. Each involves a unique aircraft type, operating environment, and set of circumstances.”
The relative safety of travelling by plane is best illustrated per mile covered.
Preliminary data from the Federal Highway Administration show the fatality rate for cars was 1.2 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles in 2024. The airline equivalent was just 0.002.
However in the same CBS News/YouGov poll, respondents thought flying to be less safe than cars, buses or trains.
“While they are not connected, they understandably raise public concern when seen in close succession,” Dr Shahidi added.
Todd Curtis, an aviation risk assessment expert, believes this is down to distorted perception.
“While the level of risk in the aviation system is low and continues to get lower, the perceived level of safety is lower, with the more high-profile events of the last three months driving that change,” he said.
He cited the example of the Hudson River helicopter accident, which killed a Spanish technology executive’s family. The mainstream and social media attention it received was partly a result of the conditions of the crash which occurred in broad daylight, close to the heart of the country’s most populous city, he said.
He contrasted this with the helicopter crash that killed a Nigerian billionaire and his family at night in the deserts of southern California last February, which he deemed garnered far less attention.
Just three countries have seen a steeper rise in commercial aviation fatalities this year than the US relative to their 2014 to 2024 average by mid-April: Sudan, Honduras and Somalia.
The unusually large US proportion of global fatalities in 2025 means aviation safety has rarely had more exposure – or been the source of more debate.
Some have tied the trend to downsizing at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the behest of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge).
No official tally exists, but Sean Duffy, the secretary of transportation, rejected such claims, insisting less than 400 FAA employees had been let go in mid-February, out of a 45,000 total – all of which he claimed were probationary, meaning they had been hired less than a year ago, and none of which were air traffic controllers or “critical safety personnel”.
They instead included maintenance mechanics, aeronautical information specialists, aviation safety assistants and management and program assistants, according to the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) union. “These are positions that are vital to supporting public safety,” a spokeswoman said.
Testifying before Congress last month on the state of the US Air Traffic Control system, David Spero, national president of PASS told lawmakers that “haphazardly eliminating positions and encouraging resignations” were both “demoralising” the workforce and constituted a “distraction for employees performing safety-critical duties”.
“The FAA manages the world’s safest and most complex aviation system,” the agency said. “On an average day, we serve more than 45,000 flights and 2.9 million airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace.”
It added: “The FAA’s priority is to advance the safety of the nation’s aviation system. We are continuously proactive, consistent, and deliberative in executing our responsibilities to the American public.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/04/16/has-flying-in-america-become-more-dangerous/
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etc. For I have done all, all that I can, saith your Father God, to make you aware of what time it is, what hour it is and the things that are taking place. For I have put many signs in the sky, I have placed many reminders here and there, I have called your attention to the things that I am doing and the things that the enemy is doing that you may see, etc..
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Massive solar storm set to hit in matter of HOURS causing global blackouts
READ MORE: What would happen if a solar SUPERSTORM hit Earth
By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 13:54 EDT, 16 April 2025 | Updated: 20:52 EDT, 16 April 2025
A massive solar storm due to hit Earth today could cause radio blackouts and power grid disruptions.
Officials are tracking a powerful burst of solar plasma and magnetic fields, which made impact Tuesday and continues to affect our planet.
The G3 geomagnetic storm could interfere with power grid operations in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and Midwest regions of the US.
It may also lead to GPS outages, satellite malfunctions and other system disruptions.
A geomagnetic storm is a temporary disturbance of Earth's magnetic field caused by a massive eruption of plasma from the sun's outermost layer.
Dr Tamitha Skov, an independent space weather physicist, told DailyMail.com that if the storm persists for another 10 hours, power outages could occur.
Scientists have also predicted that the event will produce colorful aurora displays in 19 states.
Northern lights are forecasted as low as New York to Wisconsin to Washington state.
Northern lights have been forecasted in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
Parts of northern Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania may also get a view.
The best time to see the colorful lights is between 10pm and 2am local time.
To see the spectacle, wait for clear skies to get dark and then go outside, ideally away from bright city lights.
Taking a picture with a smartphone camera may also reveal hints of the aurora that aren’t visible to the naked eye.
The coronal mass ejection (CEM) hit Tuesday, triggering northern lights in the upper northern hemisphere and a moderate 'G2' level geomagnetic storming overnight, which was upgraded to G3 today.
This space weather scale is much like the scale for measuring hurricanes, tracking how intense a geomagnetic storm will be when it collides with Earth, ranging from G1 (minor) to G5 (extreme).
A G3 geomagnetic storm can cause minor disruptions to radio and satellite communications, potentially leading to a few hours of lost radio contact, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
'Power grid fluctuations can occur. High-latitude power systems may experience voltage alarms,' SPWC shared in the alert.
'HF (high frequency) radio propagation can fade at higher latitudes.'
The SWPC predicts a high risk in electrical grid disruptions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern, specially Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, US.
Parts of the Midwest, like Minnesota and the Dakotas, also show elevated activity.
The Western region mostly shows low levels, meaning little risk.
'The key is the length of the G3,' said Dr Skov 'So guaranteed, the grid operators are paying close attention right now.
'Storms like this one that have sustained strong southward fields are the hardest on the grids for sure.
'I would check Sweden, Norway and possibly New Zealand for reports of grid strain and outages.
'Higher latitudes always suffer more than lower latitudes during these storms and typically, the higher latitudes countries are the proverbial 'canary in the coalmine' for lower latitudes.'
The last Geomagnetic Storm Warning was issued in October 2024 over a G4 storm set to hit Earth.
There were concerns about potential disruptions to power grids, especially in areas already weakened by recent hurricanes that hit Florida and North Carolina.
While no widespread outages were reported, utilities were on high alert for voltage control issues
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14618827/solar-storm-set-hit-northern-lights.html
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Letitia James Referred to the DOJ for Possible Mortgage Fraud – Update
By M Dowling - April 16, 2025
Update:
JAMES RESPONDS: A spokesperson for James’ office has released a statement, which has been shared by PIX11 News. The defiant statement, which does not actually deny the allegations, reads as follows:
“Attorney General James is focused every single day on protecting New Yorkers, especially as this Administration weaponizes the federal government against the rule of law and the Constitution. She will not be intimidated by bullies – no matter who they are.”
If she is guilty, she has a lot of gall issuing this statement.
It is interesting that she didn’t deny it.
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Original Story
On Tuesday, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) sent a criminal referral to the Department of Justice accusing Letitia James of mortgage fraud.
The FHFA director, William Pulte, wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi that Letitia James appears to have falsified records to meet lending requirements and receive favorable loan terms.
THE DOCUMENTS ARE HERE
That’s just too ironic. That’s exactly what she’s trying to extort half a billion dollars out of Donald Trump for allegedly doing.
Pulte said that a property in Virginia that James claimed as her principal residence and a property in New York that she claimed as a four-unit structure instead of five could mean she could get a different and more favorable loan.
Jonathan Turley said the irony of the accusation of falsifying records is “perfectly crushing.”
“This is a person who prosecuted Trump for everything short of ripping a label off the mattress, and among the charges that were brought in New York, and not just the civil but the criminal case, was making false or misleading statements to financial institutions,” Turley said. “ As for James, if we apply the Letitia James standard she created, there’d be little question here. This seems pretty straightforward.”
The Trump administration is saying that this Virginia residence is not her principal residence because she is a New York elected official; New York elected officials must have their principal residence in New York. She is also accused of saying her father was her husband to file as a married couple.
“These are misleading statements,” Turley said. Turley said that in another case, the Thompson case, the Supreme Court wanted to see knowing false statements. The issue has been prosecuted in the past, he added but “the documents themselves are quite damning.”
The evidence was compiled by Sam Antar and published by Paul Mauro on his Substack. It seems solid, so I guess we’ll find out soon.
https://www.independentsentinel.com/letitia-james-referred-to-the-doj-for-possible-mortgage-fraud/
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Canada’s Free Ride Is Finally Over: It Is Time For Canada To Pull Its Weight or Be Treated Not As A Partner It once Was, But As The Liability It has Become
By Charlton Allen (American Thinker) - All News Pipeline
President Trump’s tariffs on Canadian imports triggered the usual response from Ottawa. First under Justin Trudeau and now under his successor, Mark Carney, Canada’s political class didn’t just protest—they retaliated, slapping on symbolic countermeasures and accusing the United States of economic aggression.
Outrage as policy—the Canadian default setting when Washington asserts leverage. But beneath the indignation lies a more straightforward truth: Canada had it coming.
Canada has basked in American economic and military protection for years while shirking its responsibilities.
Regarding trade, defense, energy, and foreign policy, successive Liberal governments have treated the U.S.-Canada relationship as a one-way arrangement—Washington provides the muscle, and Ottawa collects the perks. That indulgence is over.
The Tariffs Are Long Overdue
The 25% tariffs on Canadian exports to the U.S. are no longer hypothetical—they're real and biting. Trudeau’s last-minute border pledges bought a brief reprieve, but Mark Carney now inherits the fallout.
These tariffs aren’t a response to one slight—they’re the compound interest on years of strategic freeloading by Canadian leaders, made worse by Washington’s past reluctance to demand accountability.
Canada has dodged NATO spending commitments, neglected Arctic defense, appeased Beijing, and let its military atrophy into a paper force. The Canadian Armed Forces are in such disrepair they can barely police their airspace—much less contribute meaningfully to allied operations abroad.
This is the legacy Carney inherits: a hollowed-out defense posture, a strained trade relationship, and a shrinking diplomatic profile. And now, with tariffs active and patience exhausted, the burden is his to reverse—for now.
Canada’s sudden gestures of cooperation earlier this year weren’t born of an alliance. They were squeezed out by economic pressure.
That’s the lesson: U.S. leverage works.
Strategic Friction, Not Spite
Trump’s tariff strategy isn’t some fit of pique—it is deliberate. He uses economic pressure not just to check rivals but to realign allies. The message is clear: You cannot enjoy American protection while freeloading off the American taxpayer.
Canada remains among NATO’s worst defense underperformers. The alliance’s 2% GDP defense spending benchmark has become a punchline in Ottawa, where defense outlays hover near 1.3% despite repeated warnings.
Carney may talk about reform, but his party authored the neglect—and it will soon fall to the Canadian people to decide whether he represents change or merely Trudeauism in a tailored suit.
The rot goes deeper than defense. Chinese influence permeates Canadian politics, universities, and critical infrastructure. Intelligence services have confirmed Beijing’s election interference. Huawei lingered long after other democracies cut ties. Yet, Canada’s government has pledged to advance relations with Beijing rather than confront the CCP’s malign reach.
Some U.S. policymakers continue to misplace their outrage. Senator Tim Kaine, for example, recently lamented, “There’s no reason to treat an ally and neighbor and friend like they’re an enemy”—failing to grasp that Canada’s chronic strategic dereliction, not diplomatic tone, is the problem.
Canada stopped acting like a reliable partner long ago. Trump has ended decades of unreciprocated American subsidization—military, economic, and diplomatic.
Arctic Absenteeism, Maritime Neglect, and Pacific Indifference
Geography is destiny, and Canada is uniquely situated: an Arctic, Pacific, and Atlantic nation with enormous strategic potential. But good fortune has become a liability.
Canada’s leaders squandered every Arctic advantage, and the country is now vulnerable to exploitation—posing not only sovereignty risks but direct threats to U.S. security.
This decline was not inevitable. The Royal Canadian Navy—once a credible force and symbol of national resolve—has withered into a ceremonial fleet. Aging hulls, recruitment shortfalls, and procurement debacles have left Canada incapable of patrolling its coastline, much less projecting power abroad.
This is not the Canada of Juno Beach. In 1944, Canadian troops were entrusted with one of five assault sectors during the D-Day invasion—a testament to their value and martial competence.
That legacy has since crumbled beneath the weight of a failing welfare state and a political class more eager to draft climate pledges than confront the complex demands of modern defense doctrine. The decline has been slow, deliberate, and entirely self-inflicted.
As Arctic sea lanes open and Russian militarization intensifies, Canada has failed to meet the moment. The Kremlin has reactivated Soviet-era military bases and expanded its icebreaker fleet. China, declaring itself a “near-Arctic state,” has poured resources into research outposts and economic beachheads.
Canada’s response? Hesitation, hollow rhetoric, and empty gestures. Instead of asserting Arctic leadership, Ottawa has chosen dependency—outsourcing its defense to the United States while posturing for a tighter alliance with continental Europe, itself a patchwork of military dependents propped up by the very American power the Canadian government seeks to snub.
Even NATO has sounded the alarm. Yet Ottawa continues to delay, dither, and deflect.
Under Trudeau, Canada even balked at allowing NATO military exercises on its own Arctic territory. According to CBC reporting, Trudeau was noncommittal when then–Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg requested Canadian participation in critical Arctic drills.
That kind of indecision doesn’t just erode Canada’s credibility—it reveals the strategic incoherence of its leadership while jeopardizing both North American and European collective security.
The Indo-Pacific tells the same story. As the U.S., Japan, Australia, and India deepen cooperation to counter Beijing, Canada is nowhere to be found. Like Trudeau before him, Mark Carney treats the region as a rounding error—an afterthought of little strategic or logistical consequence.
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A Different Relationship? Canada Chose It
After an emergency cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Carney announced the end of “deepening integration” and the birth of a “fundamentally different relationship” with the United States. “It’s clear the U.S. is no longer a reliable partner,” he claimed.
But that gets the causality backward. The relationship didn’t change because Washington stopped being reliable—it changed because Ottawa stopped being serious.
Carney even floated the idea of a new “like-minded” world order that would exclude the United States. “The 80-year period when the United States embraced global economic leadership… is over,” he declared, lamenting that Canada would now have to “lead” this new alignment.
That’s not a strategy—it’s a delusion.
No “like-minded club” can patrol 151,000 miles of Canadian coastline. Brussels cannot defend four million square miles of North American airspace. And Europe’s hollowed-out militaries cannot replace the American security umbrella Ottawa has relied on for generations. Carney’s statement is not a vision for Canadian leadership.
It’s an abdication masquerading as aspiration—proof that Canada’s failed political class and institutional hauteur have drifted into strategic hallucination.
What Washington Should Demand
The tariffs now in place are not punitive—they are overdue leverage. They should remain until Canada:
Commits 2% of GDP to NATO-aligned defense spending.
Launches a real Arctic security initiative aligned with American interests—including U.S. basing cooperation if necessary.
Dismantles Chinese political and technological influence in national institutions.
Reengages the Indo-Pacific with meaningful military and diplomatic investment.
Recognizes that American protection is not—and never was—unconditional.
Hardens its borders and ports of entry to stem the flow of fentanyl, transnational crime, and foreign subversion.
The Free Ride Ends Here
Mark Carney may speak with a banker’s composure, but his government inherits Trudeau’s failures—and the runway is nearly gone.
Canada has failed in trade, defense, and alliance credibility. Now, it is being held to account for the first time in decades.
That’s the new reality in U.S.-Canadian relations. And it’s long overdue.
Real allies don’t ride for free.
It’s time for Canada to pull its weight—or be treated not as the partner it once was, but as the liability it has become.
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much more. Russia,
they have been poked in the eye so long they are ready to fight.
North Korea has been mocked for so long they are ready to fight.
They are not afraid of those ships that are out there; they were out
there during the Korean War. Oh, wake up, wake up, you need to turn to me and not to your
own ways, for the old ways never did work etc
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Russia threatens response if Ukraine uses German Taurus missiles
Firing such missiles would be impossible without involvement of Berlin’s military, the Foreign Ministry has noted
Moscow would consider any strikes by Kiev on Russian targets using German-supplied Taurus missiles as direct participation by Berlin in the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has warned.
Her comments come after incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz indicated that he would be open to supplying Kiev with long-range Taurus cruise missiles. The weapon has a 500km strike range, meaning they could be used to attack targets deep inside Russian territory.
Germany’s current acting chancellor Olaf Scholz has repeatedly refused Kiev’s requests for the missiles, citing fears of an escalation of the conflict.
Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, Zakharova said that even if the missiles would be transferred to Ukraine, they would still be controlled by Germany, meaning that Berlin would be directly participating in the conflict.
”Since live firing these cruise missiles is impossible without the direct assistance of Bundeswehr servicemen, a strike on any Russian facilities, critical transport infrastructure... all this will be regarded as direct German participation in military operations,” Zakharova said.
Earlier this week, in an interview with German media, Merz stated that he could supply Taurus missiles to Kiev and avoid direct intervention in the conflict itself. Ukraine’s forces should use the missiles to destroy the most “important land connection between Russia and Crimea,” Merz suggested, apparently referring to the Crimean Bridge.
READ MORE: German banks exclude arms makers on ethical grounds
In response, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev branded the incoming chancellor a Nazi trying to follow in the footsteps of his father who had served in Hitler’s Wehrmacht. “Think twice, Nazi,” Medvedev wrote on X.
Russia’s ambassador to Germany, Sergey Nechaev, has also warned that while the delivery of Taurus missiles to Ukraine would not alter the battlefield situation, they could lead to an escalation of the conflict and provoke Moscow to take retaliatory measures.
Throughout the Ukraine conflict, Moscow has repeatedly condemned Western military aid shipments to Ukraine, claimed that they only lead to more bloodshed, and hinder any peace process.
https://www.rt.com/russia/615906-russia-german-missiles-warning/
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The Fast-Approaching Digital Control Grid: A Checklist of Trump Administration Actions to Date
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The Solari Report Apr 17, 2025
Introduction
A digital control grid is an electronic network of digital telecommunication and information systems that allows individuals to be surveilled, tracked, and made subject to invasive controls applied to their financial transactions and resource use (such as electricity, food, water, transportation)—compromising, if not ending, all human rights and liberties. Control grids operate with significant data collection and AI to apply social credit systems that can be dictated on a highly centralized basis. A digital control grid ends financial freedom, replacing markets with technocracy—a system run by rules created and maintained centrally by “experts.”
Is the Trump Administration building a digital control grid? We provide the following checklist to assess the steps the Administration is (and is not) taking in a variety of areas to facilitate a rapid control grid build-out. We invite subscribers to post suggestions in the Comments section below.
Money
Summary: An all-digital currency and monetary system is essential to institute a digital control grid.
The GENIUS Act
There is support for legislation to create digital stablecoin infrastructure. Presumably, this can be used to create a programmable money system in both the U.S. and globally—in essence, a private CBDC.
White House AI & Crypto Czar
The White House created a position to coordinate policy on AI and crypto.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The new SEC Commissioner is a crypto lobbyist; all indications point to a reversal of policies related to crypto.
$21 Trillion Missing Money
There is $21T in undocumentable adjustments at the Department of Housing and Urban Development ($1T) and the Department of Defense ($20T) in the U.S. federal government as of fiscal 2015. To the best of our knowledge, the Administration has made no mention of any effort to identify where that money went and to get it back.
The Missing Money website
Debt-Based Currency
There has been no discussion of the artificial nature of the U.S. debt and the possibility of issuing currency directly from the U.S. Treasury without debt. With as much as 50% or more of monthly spending coming from debt borrowings, the U.S. government is deeply dependent on the New York Fed and Treasury borrowings through the 24 primary dealers.
The War for Bankocracy, a series by John Titus
Banking
The number of banks in America continues to fall.
Number of FDIC-insured commercial banks in the United States from 2000 to 2024 (Statista)
We know that the creation of small banks is one of the fastest ways to create real economic growth without inflation.
The Case for Building Wealth with Richard A. Werner
More community banks would be especially helpful to rebuild domestic capacity in the face of new tariff policies. The Trump Administration has indicated its intention to reengineer the FDIC. However, we do not yet know of any effort to encourage more community banks or the creation of State Banks.
The Trump Administration Is Targeting the FDIC, Putting Americans’ Financial Wellbeing at Risk
Organizing a Sovereign State Bank with Professor Richard A. Werner
Executive Orders and Actions: Strengthening U.S. Leadership in Digital Financial Technology
While banning CBDC, on the one hand, the Administration is aggressively working toward stablecoin adoption.
Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology (White House, Jan. 23, 2025)
The War on Cash
Summary: An all-digital monetary system with complete central control requires putting an end to the circulation of cash.
Cancellation of Pennies
President Trump has directed the Treasury to stop minting new pennies.
Trump Orders U.S. Treasury to Stop Minting New Pennies, Citing Rising Cost of Producing the Coin
Executive Orders and Actions: “Modernizing” Federal Bank Payments
This order requires all-digital payments—no more checks and money orders.
Modernizing Payments to and from America’s Bank Account (White House, Mar. 25, 2025)
Financial Disclosure
Summary: Secrecy in government finances, and missing money past and present, permit funding of the control grid and those who support it.
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) Statement 56
There has been no attempt to rescind this administrative policy, which essentially has taken U.S. financial statements dark; it was instituted by the first Trump Administration and Congress in October 2018.
FASAB Statement 56: Understanding New Government Financial Accounting Loopholes
Financial Disclosure
There has been no effort to publish reliable financial statements or to move toward compliance with laws related to financial disclosure, nor has there been any discussion of the possibilities of providing easily accessible disclosure by place, such as disclosure of U.S. federal budgets and financials contiguous to Congressional districts.
Legal Series – U.S. Monetary and Fiscal Operations
Discussion of Community Wizard software in “Hamilton Securities Group,” Chapter XI in Dillon Read & Co. Inc. & the Aristocracy of Stock Profits
DOGE
As the DOGE team determines and implements large layoffs and changes in systems, there is a real question as to whether it is “whiting out” institutional memory and documentation. There appears to be no effort to find the $1T missing from HUD, even as half of HUD employees are scheduled to be laid off. There have also been reports of layoffs in FOIA offices, including at FDA and CDC. To what extent are the DOGE team’s “efficiency efforts” being used to “white out” records about criminality, such as missing money or the poisoning of the citizenry?
Epstein Files
While the Epstein files remain undisclosed, the White House and Cabinet appear to have multiple appointees who were intimate with Epstein, including the President and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, who was Epstein’s next-door neighbor in Manhattan as chairman of primary dealer Cantor Fitzgerald.
Dual-Citizen Passports
There is no disclosure regarding how many Cabinet and subcabinet positions have more than one citizenship and passport—and no disclosure regarding the President, the First Lady, and their family—or about the financial privileges that such arrangements may provide.
White House Ethics
The White House Ethics officer was fired at the beginning of the Trump Administration, along with 18 Inspector Generals.
Digital IDs
Summary: A highly precise digital ID system is essential to operate a digital control grid. The U.S. has been trying to implement this type of digital ID since the immediate passage of the Patriot Act after 9/11, with the current drive to do so happening through the REAL ID system operated through the states.
REAL ID
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is aggressively promoting the REAL ID with a misleading campaign that is trying to persuade people that they will not be able to fly in the United States without a REAL ID. This is not correct.
Yes! You Can Fly – Without a Real ID
Signs at airports and driver’s license bureaus inaccurately maintain that, starting May 7, 2025, an unconstitutional REAL ID in the works since 2005 is required to fly; however, the REAL ID Act only requires a federal ID (among other federal IDs, a passport qualifies). A number of states have mandated REAL ID driver’s licenses, and many others make acquiring a non-REAL ID difficult. REAL ID regulations allow federal agencies to require REAL ID for entry into federal buildings or take other agency-relevant actions involving REAL ID. Many expect that biometric features will be added to the REAL ID and that the REAL ID may be used to institute a social credit score or system to limit or condition receipt of federal benefits on REAL ID use.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Biometrics
TSA continues to aggressively promote biometrics with travelers who fly to the United States; many do not know they can opt out, and reports vary as to whether opting out is even still possible at some airports. TSA procedures are making it difficult to fly without entering biometric information.
Ground Travel Biometrics
A federal regulatory agency has implemented biometrics for commercial motor vehicle applications.
Trucker ID Verification with Idemia Biometrics Launched by US Regulator
Financial Data and Payment Systems and AI
Summary: To build a digital control grid, digital IDs must link with programmable money and interoperable systems across multiple platforms (banks, credit cards, online payment systems), which can be integrated with social credit and surveillance systems. The data capacity required for an all-digital monetary system combined with programmable money and a social credit system is significant, as are the related energy demands.
Stargate LLC (Data Centers and AI)
The Stargate initiative involves the building out of data centers sufficient to support a complete control grid and all-digital monetary system.
Stargate LLC (Wikipedia)
The Stargate proposal for personalized mRNA “vaccines” for cancer (and everything else) indicates a plan to roll out the injection program sufficient to implement the Internet of Bodies and continue to lower life expectancy. Stargate funding also helps support the ongoing global rollout of “mega” vaccine factories. It is not clear how Musk’s desire through Neuralink to insert mesh networks inside human brains fits in, as it appears that injections can get the system most if not all of the way to where it wants to go—and it is much easier to market injections that are “good” for you.
DOGE
Based on detailed reporting by WIRED magazine, it appears that significant federal data are being privatized on the “just do it” method, presumably through Musk’s Xai and its partnership with Palantir. There is also a push for digitizing federal systems and records and updating systems. DOGE is focusing on agencies that handle high-quality payment data for most or all Americans, including Social Security, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and Treasury. These are some of the agencies whose data would be most appropriate for implementing programmable money with a social credit system.
WIRED reporting on DOGE
DOGE’s focus on Social Security and the IRS is important. In a recent review of American legal history from the 1871 “Act to Provide a Government for the District of Columbia” forward, Josh Stylman had some interesting comments on these two agencies:
“What can be verified in the historical record is that during Wilson’s administration, several mechanisms were indeed established that fundamentally altered the relationship between citizens and government—including the Federal Reserve System, income taxation, and later the Social Security system with its universal numerical identification. These systems, while presented as public benefits, effectively created trackable financial identities that constitutional scholars like Edwin Vieira Jr. have analyzed as potential instruments of financial monitoring and control. As Vieira argues, these mechanisms transformed the citizen-state relationship into one increasingly mediated through financial institutions rather than direct constitutional protections.”
The Corporate Veil: America’s Hidden Transformation
The Administration has denied the rumored closing of Social Security satellite offices, but staff members say planned office closures, staffing and service cuts, and policy changes at the Social Security Administration have caused “complete, utter chaos” and are threatening to send the agency into a “death spiral.” Recorded phone messages to those who call for help encourage online problem-solving, where it is necessary to set up an ID-me account with an offshore entity.
DOGE leader Elon Musk initially announced that the DOGE goal was to cut $2 trillion in current expenditures from federal spending. DOGE later reduced that goal to $1 trillion. During the second week of April, Musk provided a Cabinet briefing indicating that DOGE expected to reduce 2025 expenditures by $150 billion, which is significantly less than expected increases in military and interest expenses. Was the privatization of data and systems the priority?
Musk has also donated Starlink Wi-Fi to the White House, which begs the question: Who has access to confidential White House data and conversations?
Corporate Contractors
The reduction in civil service employment is expected to increase control of information and payment systems by private parties and corporate contractors, resulting in increased control of fiscal policy by central bankers (as opposed to Congress). Reducing the membership and powers of public unions can also make implementation of unconstitutional policies much easier.
Cross-Border Payments
The Trump Administration is requiring disclosure on payments on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Feds to Collect Personal Info of People Exchanging, Sending Money from U.S.-Mexico Border
Executive Orders and Actions: America’s Bank Account; Information Silos; AI Leadership
Three executive orders centralize federal data and payment verification into Treasury; centralize federal databases and systems integration; and promote “decisive” action to retain global AI leadership.
Protecting America’s Bank Account against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (Mar. 25, 2025)
Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos (Mar. 20, 2025)
Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (Jan. 23, 2025)
The Internet of Bodies
Summary: During the first Trump Administration, the president appointed a pharmaceutical executive who was an expert in brain-machine interface to run Operation Warp Speed. Around the same time, the chief science officer at Moderna described the mRNA technology in the Covid injections as the installation of an “operating system” in the human body. Our interest in the Internet of Bodies as a potentially integral part of the control grid and surveillance has grown ever since.
Center for Internet of Bodies: Where Connectivity, Security, and Intelligence Meets Human Body to Transform Lives
It should be noted that the Administration continues to promote the Covid mRNA injections.
Staying Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines (published as of Apr. 13, 2025, while dated Jan. 7, 2025)
At his confirmation hearing, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated,
“I’ll just say about Operation Warp Speed, it was an extraordinary accomplishment, [it] showed demonstration of leadership by President Trump.”
Telecommunication Systems
Summary: The push is on to get the entire population online so that they can interact in an all-digital system, accessible to surveillance, AI, and transaction control.
US Senate Panel Advances Trump Nominee to Oversee $42-Billion Government Internet Fund
The U.S. Postal Service has filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission to raise prices by approximately 7.5%, effective July 13, 2025. If approved, the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp would increase from $0.73 to $0.78, further crippling efforts to communicate non-digitally.
Assets
Summary: Before the presidential election, now-Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick described U.S. land and mineral resources as a “balance sheet” worth an estimated $500T.
Plunder Capitalism: Is the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Trial Balloon the Next Step in the Great American Land Grab?
The Department of the Interior and HUD have announced a task force to explore housing development on Federal lands.
Secretary Burgum, HUD Secretary Turner Announce Joint Task Force to Reduce Housing Costs and Open Access to Underutilized Federal Lands Suitable for Residential Development (Mar. 17, 2025)
HUD Secretary Turner has experience with Opportunity Zones—place-based investment zones that shelter investors from capital gains taxes if they reinvest in these state-designated vehicles.
Opportunity Zones: Prototyping Community Technocracy with Patrick Wood
Executive Orders and Actions: Crypto Asset Forfeiture; Creation of Sovereign Wealth Fund
Asset Forfeiture Fund included in the push to increase federal crypto holdings. The announcement raised concerns about related insider trading.
Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Strategic Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile (Mar. 6, 2025)
Ranking Member Connolly Urges Treasury to Cease Plans to Establish Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve, Trump’s New Get Rick Quick Scheme
A Plan for Establishing a United States Sovereign Wealth Fund (Feb. 3, 2025)
Energy
Summary: An all-digital control grid and AI use extraordinary amounts of energy. One article in Bloomberg predicted that Texas would need 30 new nuclear power plants to support data centers by 2030.
Texas Needs Equivalent of 30 Reactors to Meet Data Center Power Demand
Energy Policy
President Trump’s “Drill, baby, drill” energy policy is focused on significantly increasing domestic energy resources.
President Trump: “Drill, Baby, Drill”
Energy Demands of All-Digital Monetary System
Big Tech has been open about its desire for additional sources of energy.
Big Tech Wants to Become an Independent Nuclear Power
Executive Orders and Actions: Unleashing Energy; Energy Emergency
Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential (Jan. 20, 2025)
Unleashing American Energy (Jan. 20, 2025)
Declaring a National Energy Emergency (Jan. 20, 2025)
Budget
Summary: Despite the early emphasis on cutting expenditures, the Administration is taking numerous steps to increase expenditures. It supported the Continuing Resolution, which extended the Biden spending plan.
The Tax Policy Institute estimates that the Trump tariffs will generate approximately $3.3T from 2026 to 2035, including an additional $190 billion in 2025. However, this will be more than offset by the Trump tax cuts:
“The Tax Policy Center estimates extending the TCJA [2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act] would add $4.4 trillion to the national debt over the next decade. Interest on the additional debt would cost another $800 billion. Tax-free tips would cost at least $6.5 billion in 2025 alone, while exempting Social Security benefits from tax would reduce federal revenues by $1.5 trillion over a decade.
The Senate is considering a budget framework that would cut taxes by about $5.3 trillion. If not offset by tariffs or other tax increases, or by substantial cuts in federal spending, the Senate fiscal plan would increase the national debt to 134 percent of Gross Domestic Product in a decade.”
Trump’s Tariffs Will Raise Much Less Than the White House Says, TPC Finds
The Administration has hoped that the tariff policy would help lower interest rates, lowering the cost of refinancing maturing Treasury debt and issuing more debt as well. However, the initial response has been to raise the yields on Treasury bonds.
In the meantime, the Secretary of Defense has indicated that the military budget needs to be increased from its current level in the Continuing Resolution of $893 billion for 2025 to an annual $1 trillion.
Federal Reserve
Summary: Independent of the Administration, the Fed continues to roll out its FedNow “instant payments” system.
FedNow
Other
Border Control
The military has been deployed on the southern border, with heightened controls on the northern border. What increased federal border and port control will be needed to enforce tariffs? There are increasing signs of tech being used to control the border.
Federal Judge Allows Trump to Require Illegal Aliens to Register in Online Database or Face Prison Time, Fines
Trump Can Solve Illegal Immigration Crisis by Requiring Employers use E-Verify
Trump Orders Military to Seal Southern Border
What Military Assets Has Trump Deployed to the US Southern Border? Troops, Warships, Spy Planes, and More
Colombia and U.S. Sign Biometrics Deal on Migration
Surveillance
Police departments in various cities have instituted “Ring” doorbell registries for local residents that allow the police to surveil “connected” neighborhoods. In the case of the Cincinnati program (powered by Axon Fusus), camera registration offers location details for investigators to request footage. Additionally, the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) is offering residents and businesses the opportunity to upgrade their video systems to include live video feeds. Installation of a small CORE device enables sharing of live footage with CPD “during emergencies to improve police response times.” The live feed can be triggered using a smartphone app or manual button.
Real-Time Operations Platform: A Unified Public Safety Ecosystem for Connected Communities
CPD Launches Voluntary Community Camera Registry
Election Fraud
The Administration is citing election fraud as an excuse to push for digital IDs. The proposed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would amend the National Voter Registration Act to require Americans seeking to register or re-register to vote to present a REAL ID-compliant ID proving U.S. citizenship. People whose federal ID names (e.g., on their passports) do not match their birth certificates would be required to provide proof of name change or a marriage certificate.
Support H.R. 55 to Repeal the National Voter Registration Act
Organized Crime
Cybercrime, fraud, and scams continue to escalate to alarming levels. The Administration is discussing downsizing or shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and disbanding the cybercrime task force at the SEC. Meanwhile, drug cartels continue to operate with impunity throughout the U.S.
Weather Warfare
The targeting of selected populations and related land grabs continue.
Geoengineering
The spraying of toxic materials, impacting all living things, includes Internet of Bodies nanoparticles.
Invisible Weaponry
Promotion of Gold Electronic Systems
Targeting Universities
Hate Crime Targeting and Enforcement
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Pentagon suspensions continue in mad dash to plug leaks
by Ellen Mitchell - 04/16/25 7:48 PM ET
Pentagon suspensions continue in mad dash to plug leaks
A third top Pentagon official is being placed on administrative leave amid an ongoing investigation into information leaks at the Defense Department.
Colin Carroll, chief of staff to deputy secretary of Defense Steve A. Feinberg, was placed on administrative leave on Wednesday, a U.S. defense official told The Hill. The department did not have any more information to share.
Carroll’s suspension came just a day after two of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s advisers were suspended and escorted out of the Pentagon.
On Tuesday, the Defense Department suspended and escorted out Dan Caldwell, Hegseth’s senior adviser, and Darin Selnick, the department’s deputy chief of staff. Caldwell and Selnick formerly worked at Concerned Veterans for America, a nonprofit group previously headed by Hegseth.
The department officials said in March that the building had begun an investigation into “recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information.”
“This investigation will commence immediately and culminate in a report to the Secretary of Defense,” Hegseth’s chief of staff Joe Kasper wrote in a March 21 memo. “The report will include a complete record of unauthorized disclosures within the Department of Defense and recommendations to improve such efforts.”
Leaks under probe by the DOD include the movement of a second aircraft carrier to the Red Sea, military operations plans for the Panama Canal, tech billionaire Elon Musk’s visit to the department and halting intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
Carroll, a Marine Corps intelligence officer, deployed to Afghanistan four times before working at Anduril Industries, a defense contractor specializing in autonomous systems, according to his LinkedIn. He also worked at Applied Intuition, a software company headquartered in California.
Read the full report at TheHill.com.
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & National Security newsletter, I’m Ellen Mitchell — your guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond.
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Former FAA Contractor Pleads Guilty to Spying for Iran for Years
By Publius • Apr. 17, 2025
(Substack)—A naturalized U.S. citizen from Great Falls, Virginia, Abouzar Rahmati, 42, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to acting as an agent of the Iranian government while working as an FAA contractor from 2017 to 2024.
Rahmati, a former 1st Lieutenant in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from 2009 to 2010, conspired with Iranian intelligence and government officials, providing them with sensitive U.S. aviation and solar energy information.
Between December 2017 and June 2024, Rahmati met with Iranian intelligence operatives in Iran, used a cover story to conceal his actions, and secured a job with an FAA contractor, gaining access to non-public U.S. aviation data. He offered his services to Iran in August 2017 through a former colleague tied to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security.
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After traveling to Iran in December 2017, he agreed to supply information on the U.S. solar industry, which he later provided to Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology office in 2018.
As an FAA contractor, Rahmati downloaded 175 GB of sensitive files, including restricted FAA documents on the National Aerospace System, radar systems, and radio frequency data. In April 2022, he took these files to Iran on removable media and shared them with government officials. He also passed additional data on solar energy, the FAA, U.S. airports, and air traffic control to his brother in Iran for delivery to intelligence officials.
Rahmati faces up to 10 years in prison for acting as a foreign agent and five years for conspiracy. His sentencing is set for August 26.
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:: 4-16-25 Hal Turner Radio Show :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
Incoming German Chancellor CONFIRMS: WILL Give "Taurus" Missiles to Ukraine
Hal Turner World April 16, 2025 Hits: 1985
Germany’s next Chancellor Friedrich Merz confirmed today that he will donate Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
The warhead weighs nearly 500kg (~1,000 lbs) and its range is 500+ km, 200 km more than the UK’s Storm Shadows.
Merz hinted they could be used against the Kerch Strait (Crimean) Bridge.
An escalation"
The Kremlin has reacted negatively to statements by Germany’s incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz regarding the potential supply of long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine.
This was reported by Russian media outlet Interfax, citing Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, as reported by European Pravda.
In an interview published on 13 April, Merz said he would be willing to transfer Taurus missiles to Ukraine, provided there was coordination with European partners.
Peskov claimed that such a move would lead to inevitable escalation.
"Judging by Mr Merz’s remarks, he is in favor of strengthening [Ukraine’s] position and supports actions that will likely – and inevitably – lead only to further escalation of the situation around Ukraine," Peskov said.
He added that Russia sees similar positions in other European capitals.
"Unfortunately, European capitals are not inclined to look for ways to move towards peace negotiations, but rather continue provoking the prolongation of the war," the Kremlin spokesman stated.
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:: 4-15-25 Hal Turner Radio Show :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
Hong Kong BLOCKS Postal Shipping to USA
Hal Turner World April 15, 2025 Hits: 12240
Hong Kong suspended postal services for goods to the U.S. on April 16, 2025.
This immediate disruption is UN-expected and likely due to escalating trade tensions, following a brief U.S. Postal Service ban on Hong Kong and China parcels in February 2025, which was reversed after potential disruptions to platforms like Shein and Temu.
The suspension aligns with heightened U.S.-China trade restrictions, including the U.S. closing the “de minimis” exemption in February 2025, which previously allowed tax-free shipments under $800, impacting low-cost imports from China.
This move could disrupt global supply chains, as Hong Kong is a major shipping hub, potentially raising costs for U.S. consumers already facing inflationary pressures from recent tariffs and trade policies.
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Russia sends horror WW3 threat to UK - 'We will kill all British people'
The Kremlin apologist and Putin propagandist threatened the 'coalition of the willing' with war if they were to deploy soldiers into Ukraine.
By Conor Wilson, News Reporter
17:01, Tue, Apr 15, 2025 | UPDATED: 10:28, Wed, Apr 16, 2025
A Russian propagandist has taken to state TV to issue a direct threat of nuclear war against Sir Keir Starmer’s coalition of the willing. Vladimir Solovyov, regarded as a mouthpiece of Vladimir Putin and a regular commentator on Russia’s war in Ukraine, issued the chilling threat in response to Western media claims and the work of European countries to support Ukraine.
On the Russian state TV show 'Sunday Evening With Vladimir Solovyov’, Putin’s puppet said it was clear that the UK and United States “are directly waging war against us.” He said: “You don’t understand the main thing. We see right through your coalition of peacemakers, who are not peacemakers but basically interventionists, will be destroyed. You have to realise that not only the frontline units you’re planning to deploy on the territory of Ukraine will be destroyed, but since we can’t perceive it in any other way other than the direct participation of your countries, you will feel the consequences, the likes of which you have never seen.”
He added chillingly: “All of your howling will not help you.”
Solovyov also warned Britain, France, and Germany, as well as the Baltic states - "your fate will be sad."
Another commentator, Margarita Simonyan, said a recent article in the Times proves that "the West is backing down."
Putting her spin on the article, she added: "The article basically says, 'Should we keep going? If we go on that means we have to send our troops. Is the British public ready for this? Because our people may perish.'
"It's not that they may perish. They will certainly perish. We will kill them all."
The clip was translated by the Russian Media Monitor.
Solovyov and co's programmes are heavily controlled by the Kremlin, and President Putin himself has issued threats of World War 3 in the past.
Last November, Putin warned that Russia could strike the UK with its new missile.
He said: “In response to the use of American and British long-range weapons on November 21 of this year, the Russian armed forces launched a combined strike on one of the facilities of the Ukrainian defence industry.
“One of the newest Russian medium-range missile systems was tested in combat conditions, in this case, with a ballistic missile in a non-nuclear hypersonic warhead.
“We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities.”
And last September, Putin warned Russia could strike Western allies with nuclear weapons if they hit Russian territory with conventional missiles.
Despite Donald Trump’s claims that he would end the war in Ukraine on day one of his presidency, the conflict shows little sign of abating as the President approaches his 100th day in the White House.
Last month both sides agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea but there has been no let up in fighting on the frontline.
Russia has continued to bombard Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure, and on Sunday, Russian forces launched a missile strike on the city of Sumy, which killed 35 people and injured 117 others.
The US President told reporters that the “terrible” incident happened after Russian forces “made a mistake” without elaborating further.
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etc You shall see China as she continues to rise in her power. etc.
:: 4-15-25 Hal Turner Radio Show :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
China Official Refers to Americans as "Peasants"
Hal Turner World April 15, 2025 Hits: 16772
A senior Chinese official warned Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s tariffs would backfire and that soon, “those peasants in the U.S.” would “wail in front of the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.”
The remarks are the latest Chinese repudiation of Trump’s global trade war as Beijing shifts gears from attempting to communicate with the White House to hitting back frequently and forcefully in an effort to cast the United States as an irresponsible global power.
China’s top official overseeing Hong Kong and Macao, Xia Baolong (shown above), lashed out at the U.S. during a speech on national security, in which he linked 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong with what Beijing sees as continued U.S. efforts to suppress China.
Xia called the U.S. decision to levy a tariff of 145 percent on all goods from Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, “brutally unreasonable and extremely shameless.”
“The U.S. isn’t after our tariffs but our very survival,” he said. “The U.S. has repeatedly contained and suppressed Hong Kong … and this will eventually backfire on itself.”
Since Trump took office in January and set about remaking the global trading system, the world’s two largest economies have levied import duties on each other that are now so high they amount to a trade embargo.
China has countered Washington’s latest levies by imposing a tariff of 125 percent on all U.S. goods while Trump has maintained 145 percent taxes on all Chinese imports, with temporary exceptions for semiconductors and consumer electronics.
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Put your money, your time, your efforts into what I tell you to do, for I will cause you to have a victory such as you have never seen. And it shall be so clear, yes; it shall be so clear what you are all to do. Yes, for I shall speak to you, my power shall be awesome and miracles shall come to pass. It shall not be the fake gold or the fake feathers or the false shaking or the animal noises or the falling under the power and not coming away with permanent results or changed lives. My prophetic shall speak concerning things to come in a clear concise manner that no one shall want to miss or read second hand. For they will want to hear it under the anointing of the prophets and to receive the anointing of the prophet that shall manifest miracles, signs and wonders. People shall now see the signs of the last days like never before. Not only in a strange and confusing weather, the heat, the drought, the floods, the forest fires, the volcanoes, lack of jobs, shortage of money, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, sandstorms, straight wind, electrical storms, electrical shortages, hail, locusts, pestilence’s, the sicknesses, terrorists attacks, wars, the uniting of the false church under the false prophet, the rise of the anti-christ, the riots, the crime, the drugs, alcoholism, great open gay activities and movies, more open sex on TV, more street people, homeless, lack of crops, food shortages, great fear in those who do not know me. No peace as my word says for the world. The UN taking more control, martial law established, rationing and many more disasters that shall now begin to come. etc.
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Sandstorm sweeps Iraq, hospitalises over 3,700 people
April 15, 2025 at 1:25 pm
A sandstorm has swept Iraq and hospitalised more than 3,700 people with respiratory problems, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports.
“At least 3,747 people have so far been admitted to hospitals in Baghdad and other provinces since Monday,” Ministry spokesman, Saif Al-Badr, told the state news agency, INA.
He said the highest number of cases was reported in Baghdad, with at least 1,014 people admitted to hospitals, and Al-Muthanna with 874 cases in southern Iraq.
The spokesman said most of the cases were recovered and were discharged.
No deaths were reported in the sandstorm.
“We have not faced any problems in providing medicines, medical supplies or oxygen,” Badr said.
Sandstorms are common in Iraq, but experts believe they are becoming more frequent due to climate change.
According to the United Nations Global Environment Outlook, Iraq is the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250415-sandstorm-sweeps-iraq-hospitalises-over-3700-people/
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Bankrupt healthcare giant with 181 hospitals and clinics begins closure process which will 'devastate' locals
READ MORE: Landmark hospital chain files for bankruptcy
By TILLY ARMSTRONG DEPUTY CONSUMER EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 21:38 EDT, 15 April 2025 | Updated: 21:54 EDT, 15 April 2025
A bankrupt healthcare giant is shifting services to other providers as it braces for a full shutdown.
Prospect Medical Holdings — which filed for bankruptcy in January — has started moving key services from its two Pennsylvania hospitals, Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital, to other providers in the state.
A lawyer for Prospect said in bankruptcy court on Thursday that services including obstetrics and gynecology would move out of the hospitals.
The move comes as the healthcare company prepares for a full shutdown of its Pennsylvania facilities that it has been threatening for months, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Prospect operates 16 hospitals and more than 165 clinics across California, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
Once an aggressive acquirer of struggling hospitals, Prospect collapsed under mounting debt earlier his year.
In Rhode Island, two of its facilities — Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Medical Center — are expected to be sold to another healthcare provider.
But Prospect has been trying to hammer out a similar rescue deal with an unnamed buyer who could rescue the Pennsylvania facilities for months, but with no luck. Doctors have warned that their closure would 'devastate' local residents.
In recent months, Prospect received $40 million in aid from state and local governments and local nonprofit Foundation for Delaware County, The Wall Street Journal reported.
But requests for additional funding were denied, William Curtin, a lawyer for Prospect, said at a bankruptcy hearing in Dallas on Thursday.
The hospital operator raised an additional $6 million — mostly from a potential buyer willing to assume leases and equipment at two medical offices, the court heard.
This should help Crozer-Chester Medical Center avoid an 'abrupt closure', Judge Stacey Jernigan said at the hearing.
She also ordered Pennsylvania state officials to hold meetings with Prospect representatives and the Foundation for Delaware County to come up with a long-term solution to save Crozer.
Prospect plans to raise additional funds through the sale of minor Crozer assets in the coming weeks, the outlet reported.
The operator hopes this will keep the sale negotiations going and prevent a full hospital shutdown.
Doctors at Crozer said in a letter in March that closure of the facility 'will devastate not only our residents but also the thousands of employees and patients who rely on this network for their wellbeing,' Bloomberg reported.
State Rep. Leanne Krueger, whose district includes Crozer-Chester, told CBS News in March: 'All of the hospitals around us will feel the pain if Crozer closes, especially if it's a disorderly closure, which is what we've been trying to prevent.'
'So in the meantime, we've been expecting this could happen for quite a while because this isn't the first time Prospect has threatened a closure, they have been doing this for months.'
Prospect did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment on a potential closure of the facilities.
Prospect is not the only major hospital chain which has filed for bankruptcy in recent years.
Landmark, which operates six specialty hospitals across Florida, Missouri and Georgia, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month.
The company, which is run by CEO Bryan Day, filed for bankruptcy in Florida on March 9 with debts of between $50 million to $100 million.
It is not yet known whether Landmark plans to close any hospitals as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, or if facilities will continue to operate as normal.
Problems at Landmark also came less than a year after the collapse of Steward Health Care, a major hospital system backed by private equity.
Steward, which owned more than 30 hospitals across eight states, was reported by CBS to have been drained of hundreds of millions of dollars by private equity investors, potentially contributing to shortages of life-saving medical equipment.
The Steward bankruptcy drew government scrutiny and prompted debate about the regulation of private-equity owned hospitals whose failure could lead to devastating consequences for local communities.
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Trump Issues Holy Week Declaration on 'the Living Son of God', Plans White House Easter Service
Benjamin Gill 04-14-2025
President Trump issued a faith-filled presidential message on Palm Sunday in honor of Holy Week as Christians around the world commemorate the holiest time of the year. And now there are reports that his administration is also planning a unique Easter staff worship ceremony at the White House with Rev. Franklin Graham as well as Pastors Greg Laurie and Jentezen Franklin.
Trump's Holy Week message wasn't a typical, obligatory, official government statement. Instead, it was filled with the type of language used by Christians, pointing to this week as being sacred to his personal faith, as his own post to Truth Social even declared, "HE IS RISEN!"
He declared, "This Holy Week, Melania and I join in prayer with Christians celebrating the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ—the living Son of God who conquered death, freed us from sin, and unlocked the gates of Heaven for all of humanity."
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The White House statement referred to the pivotal events that filled this Holy Week, including Jesus' "triumphal entry into Jerusalem," Holy Thursday when His Last Supper took place, Good Friday as the day Christ was crucified for our sins, and finally "His miraculous Resurrection from the dead" on Sunday.
"During this sacred week, we acknowledge that the glory of Easter Sunday cannot come without the sacrifice Jesus Christ made on the cross. In His final hours on Earth, Christ willingly endured excruciating pain, torture, and execution on the cross out of a deep and abiding love for all His creation. Through His suffering, we have redemption. Through His death, we are forgiven of our sins. Through His Resurrection, we have hope of eternal life. On Easter morning, the stone is rolled away, the tomb is empty, and light prevails over darkness—signaling that death does not have the final word," Trump's statement continues.
President Trump's declaration is just the start of what's expected to be a week of intense White House focus on Christ's world-changing sacrifice, including a number of special moments.
In a post on social media, the White House confirmed a report by Fox News that the president will participate in special faith events this week, and Franklin Graham also confirmed that he'll be joining the White House during Holy Week. "I'm thankful for President @realDonaldTrump and the White House Faith Office, and I look forward to being there this week," he wrote.
The new White House Faith Office, led by Jennifer Korn and Paula White-Cain, is reportedly organizing the events.
"Throughout the week, we will distribute a Holy Week proclamation, a special presidential video message (and) host a pre-Easter dinner and White House staff Easter service," Korn told Fox.
That staff worship service is planned for Holy Thursday and will reportedly be led by Franklin Graham, as well as Pastor Greg Laurie and Pastor Jentezen Franklin, who will participate in prayer, scripture reading, and communion.
Korn said that service "will be a special time of prayer and worship at the White House to be shared with Americans celebrating the week leading up to Resurrection Sunday."
There will also be an Easter dinner on Wednesday night, and musical performances on Wednesday and Thursday by a Liberty University worship choir, the Marine Corps Band, and Charles Billingsley.
Meanwhile, Rev. Franklin Graham is celebrating Trump's declaration by pointing out the difference between last year and this year, stating, "What a contrast to Easter last year at the White House when President Biden declared the most holy day of the year on the Christian calendar 'Transgender Day of Visibility'."
LAST YEAR: Biden White House Faces Strong Backlash for Declaring Transgender 'Visibility' Day on Easter
READ: Trump's Full Presidential Message on Holy Week, 2025
"This Holy Week, Melania and I join in prayer with Christians celebrating the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ — the living Son of God who conquered death, freed us from sin, and unlocked the gates of Heaven for all of humanity.
Beginning with Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and culminating in the Paschal Triduum, which begins on Holy Thursday with the Mass of the Lord's Supper, followed by Good Friday, and reaching its pinnacle in the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night. This week is a time of reflection for Christians to memorialize Jesus' crucifixion—and to prepare their hearts, minds, and souls for His miraculous Resurrection from the dead.
During this sacred week, we acknowledge that the glory of Easter Sunday cannot come without the sacrifice Jesus Christ made on the cross. In His final hours on Earth, Christ willingly endured excruciating pain, torture, and execution on the cross out of a deep and abiding love for all His creation. Through His suffering, we have redemption. Through His death, we are forgiven of our sins. Through His Resurrection, we have hope of eternal life. On Easter morning, the stone is rolled away, the tomb is empty, and light prevails over darkness — signaling that death does not have the final word.
This Holy Week, my Administration renews its promise to defend the Christian faith in our schools, military, workplaces, hospitals, and halls of government. We will never waver in safeguarding the right to religious liberty, upholding the dignity of life, and protecting God in our public square.
As we focus on Christ's redeeming sacrifice, we look to His love, humility, and obedience — even in life's most difficult and uncertain moments. This week, we pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon our beloved Nation. We pray that America will remain a beacon of faith, hope, and freedom for the entire world, and we pray to achieve a future that reflects the truth, beauty, and goodness of Christ's eternal kingdom in Heaven.
May God bless you and your family during this special time of year and may He continue to bless the United States of America."
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etc. for the world hates the Christians more now than at anytime in history. Even during the days Jesus walked on earth, it is much worse now and it is not going to get better because those that don’t believe the truth are going to come against you like never before because they don’t want you to know the truth etc.
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China Escalates Persecution of Christians to Unprecedented Levels
Communist regime targets foreigners, evangelical house churches, and dissident Catholics
By Jules Gomes Published on April 14, 2025
China’s repression of Christians has surged to record levels as the regime intensifies its crackdown on evangelical house churches, dissident Catholics, and even foreigners in China, according to reports from local churches, international agencies, and the Chinese government.
Those being severely punished are Protestants who refuse to join the state-controlled Three Self Church or Catholics who remain faithful to the underground Catholic Church instead of joining the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) church governed by the Vatican-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concordat.
According to International Christian Concern’s 2024 report, the government investigated, threatened, or detained at least 12,000 Christians for participating in house church activities, with more than 1,000 individuals sentenced or sent to “re-education camps.”
The CCP regime also shut down 2,000 house churches and demolished 500 churches and meeting places across the nation.
The Church of Almighty God, which claims to be the fastest-growing house church movement in China, suffered from the persecution in 2024 more than in any previous year, its officials reported, with 24 of its members dying of torture, brainwashing, and abuse from the police.
According to the church’s figures, 19,053 of its members were arrested; 2,175 were convicted; 1,051 were sentenced to three years imprisonment or longer; and 168 were jailed for seven years or more. One member received the longest sentence of 14 years.
More than 20 pastors and members from the Hubei Suizhou Word of Life Church were arrested for “spreading heresy,” with charges including organizing worship, church activities, and discipleship training. Nine were formally indicted, and four were released on bail.
On Christmas Day 2024, at another Word of Life church in Nyingchi, Tibet, 10 Christians were criminally charged for evangelizing, with three formally arrested and seven released on bail.
Churches Labeled “Evil Cults”
House churches that subscribe to evangelical teachings or the doctrines of the Reformation are being classified as “xie jiao” — a term which literally means “organizations promoting heterodox teachings” but translated in China’s official English-language documents as “evil cults.”
In its annual report published on WeChat in mid-February, China’s Ministry of Public Security boasted that it had conducted 56,000 raids against the “xie jiao” in 2024, targeting over 17 million believers.
“Public security authorities across the country have also carried out anti-xie jiao education in villages, universities, primary and secondary schools, residential communities, governmental institutions, and enterprises to enhance public vigilance against xie jiao recruitment efforts,” the report stated.
While the “xie jiao” label was previously mostly used to target new non-Christian religious movements like the Falun Gong, the atheist CCP dictatorship is expanding the category to suppress networks of house churches.
“What is a xie jiao? The answer is, any religious organization the authorities decide to suppress,” Bitter Winter, a magazine reporting on religious liberty and human rights, noted. A “xie jiao” is punished by Article 300 of China’s Criminal Code, with heavy prison penalties.
An 85-page report published by China Aid Christians in 2024 noted that the CCP had ramped up its efforts to fully implement President Xi Jinping’s “Sinicization of religion” policy.
The policy strictly controls religious education for minors and bans children from churches, forces clergy to undergo political indoctrination, alters the Bible to align with communist ideology, forces churches to sing hymns to Chairman Mao and Xi Jinping, and requires pastors to preach sermons reinforcing communism.
“By controlling symbols, teachings, and personnel, Beijing is fundamentally transforming these religions so that they promote allegiance — not to people’s religious beliefs, but to the Party,” Human Right Watch explained.
Communists Crack Down on Foreigners
On April 1, the CCP’s National Religious Affairs Administration (NRAA) released 85 new regulations governing the religious activities of foreigners visiting or living in China.
The Catholic diocese of Shanghai was the first to publish them. The Catholic Church in China — the body loyal to the CCP and governed by the terms of the Vatican-CCP concordat — also posted the document on its website.
The newly revised “Implementation Rules for the Regulations on the Administration of Religious Activities of Foreigners in the People’s Republic of China” takes effect on May 1. Under the rules, foreigners are only permitted to attend state-controlled churches.
They also are required to seek state authorization before holding collective religious activities in churches, monasteries, or temples. Except for Chinese clergy who are permitted or invited to preside over religious activities, only foreigners will be allowed to attend religious activities held by foreigners.
Religious, cultural, and academic exchanges between foreigners in China and Chinese religious groups, religious schools, religious venues, etc. must be conducted only through state-approved religious groups directly under the control of the central government.
A foreigner may only bring a “reasonable quantity” of religious printed or audio-visual material for personal use and is prohibited from bringing “distributable religious printed materials and religious audio-visual products.”
The government will grant permission for any religious activity conducted by a foreign organization only if it has a record of “being friendly to China” and is ready to “respect the principle of independence and self-management of Chinese religions.”
Christians Persecuted for Online Activity
The Chinese government continues to use facial recognition technology to monitor religious activities, with over 40,000 new surveillance cameras installed in 2024 specifically for monitoring churches, temples, and religious schools, Freedom House revealed in its China Report for 2024.
“Members of marginalized religious and ethnic minority groups are among the internet users most vulnerable to extralegal detention, torture, and killing,” the report stated. These groups “face particularly harsh treatment for their online activities.”
In 2024, the CAC (Cyberspace Administration of China) announced it had shut down 14,624 “illegal” websites, removed 259 apps, and terminated 127,878 individual social media accounts.
“People face severe legal and extralegal repercussions for online activities like sharing news stories, talking about their religious beliefs, and communicating with family members and others overseas,” the report noted.
Catholics Targeted Despite Vatican-CCP Accord
Last July, Chinese authorities removed Hallow from the Apple App Store in China. Hallow, which provides Catholic devotional content, was the first religious app to top the Apple App Store charts, with more than 14 million downloads since its launch in 2018.
In the Catholic diocese of Baoding, Frs. Chen Hekun and Ji Huitian were “forcibly disappeared.” Meanwhile, Fr. Xie Tianming “lost contact” and is suspected to have been taken to a secret center for “brainwashing” and “political reeducation,” China Aid reported.
Similarly, Bishop Shao Zhumin of the Catholic diocese of Wenzhou has been taken away and lost contact with the outside world because of his opposition to the interference of Communist authorities in the affairs of the diocese.
Underground Catholic bishops and laypeople who refused to join the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association are among the most heavily persecuted groups in China, Bitter Winter reported.
A Hudson Institute report listed 10 Catholic bishops who remain in prison or have “disappeared” for refusing to submit to the CPCA following the signing of the Vatican-CCP in 2018.
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That agreement was renewed for a third time last October despite the increasing persecution of Catholics. The Vatican agreed to extend the accord, which permits the CCP to appoint bishops of its choice to Chinese Catholic dioceses, for another four years.
“The Vatican Party remains dedicated to furthering the respectful and constructive dialogue with the Chinese Party, in view of the further development of bilateral relations for the benefit of the Catholic Church in China and the Chinese people as a whole,” the Holy See Press Office said.
Human Rights Watch is concerned about this.
“By renewing a secretive deal with Beijing, the Vatican is effectively endorsing the Chinese government’s perversion of religions and is dangerously close to being complicit in the country’s deepening rights abuses,” it warned.
However, the Vatican “has made it chillingly clear that neither [Cardinal] Zen’s arrest, nor the continued detention, enforced disappearance, and imprisonment of Catholic bishops and followers in China … will sway its actions,” it added.
Dr. Jules Gomes, (BA, BD, MTh, PhD), has a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, he is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral.
https://stream.org/china-escalates-persecution-of-christians-to-unprecedented-levels/
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etc. The storms will be far greater than the storms you have seen before, more hurricanes, more tornadoes, more typhoons, more cyclones, more tidal waves, more earthquakes, more flooding, more mudslides, oh, the trouble, the trouble, the trouble that shall come. etc
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San Diego rocked by monster earthquake
By RACHEL BOWMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 13:18 EDT, 14 April 2025 | Updated: 06:17 EDT, 15 April 2025
San Diego has been rocked by an enormous earthquake Monday morning.
Initial reports put the earthquake's magnitude at a whopping 6.7. It has since been reported by the US Geological as 5.2 and 6.
The earthquake struck around 10 a.m. PT and was felt across Southern California, including across Los Angeles, reported Fox 11.
An emergency alert was sent out warning residents, 'Earthquake Detected! Drop, Cover, Hold On. Protect Yourself.'
Video obtained by ABC 10 showed the quake rattled homes and light fixtures. Other clips on social media showed computers and TVs rocked by the jolt.
Footage from NBC 7 showed a woman jump off the couch, grab her baby and run to safety when the tremble struck. Another video showed a terrified cat watch its house shake during the quake.
The quake's epicenter was recorded 2.49 miles south of Julian, according to KCAL.
At least seven aftershocks, including one 3.9 magnitude shake, were reported. It is unknown if there are reports of injuries or damage.
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department said it received no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The California Department of Transportation shared images of rocks that fell on State Route 76 just east of E Grade Road and warned drivers to watch out for obstacles on the road.
One man told the local news station he was inside Mountain Spirits Liquor in Julian when the quake hit and bottles started flying off the shelves.
'I just hear like consecutive three to four different bursts and pops of different bottles,' he said.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has been briefed on the earthquake, his office said in a statement on social media.
'The state is coordinating with local authorities to assess any damage and if emergency response is needed.'
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria addressed the strong earthquake on X.
'San Diego experienced a strong earthquake centered near Julian. There’s no known visible or major damage to the city so far and I’m in communication with local, state, and federal officials,' he said.
San Diego State University reported no damage or injuries, according to NBC San Diego.
The school sent an alert at 10:42 a.m. PT stating the campus will remain open and events and assessments will remain ongoing.
Schoolchildren were escorted outside of buildings as a precaution when the ground started moving, said Capt. Thomas Shoots of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for San Diego County.
'There was a lot of shaking and rattling around,' he said. 'But thankfully everything seems to be back to normal.'
Riley Ozuna, owner of the Julian Cafe & Bakery, said some cups fell onto the ground at her business. 'But everything is OK,' she said.
Metrolink OC closed the tracks between Oceanside and San Clemente and canceled OC Line 608 for precautionary track inspections due the earthquake.
This is a breaking news story...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14610147/San-Diego-rocked-monster-earthquake.html
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Bible Reading Surges Among Surprising Portions of the Population: Study
By Billy Hallowell
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There’s an increase in Bible use and Scripture engagement among younger Americans and men, according to a new study from the American Bible Society.
In fact, the first chapter of the organization’s annual State of the Bible report titled, “The Bible in America,” found a rise in Bible users from 38% to 41%, which means there are 10 million more U.S. adults reading the Bible outside houses of worship at least three times each year.
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But the increases are particularly notable among young people and men.
“Millennials saw a 29% increase in Bible Use from 2024 to 2025 and men saw a 19% increase, closing the long-time gender gap in Bible Use,” a press release reads. “In recent years, Millennials and men were among the least likely to use the Bible.”
The American Bible Society also found that Scripture engagement — something described as a “deeper” exploration of people’s interactions with the Bible — increased in 2025, with younger people also driving that shift.
Among members of Gen Z, Scripture engagement rose from 11% in 2024 to 15% in 2025. Likewise, Millennials saw a shift during this same time that crew from 12% to 17%, according to the study.
Notably, the survey also explored Americans’ beliefs about how they wish to interact with the Bible, with 51% telling the American Bible Society they would like to read the Christian Scriptures more often.
Dr. John Plake, editor-in-chief of the State of the Bible series and the chief innovation officer at the American Bible Society, said the findings are notable.
“For the first time since 2021, we’re seeing an increase in both Bible Use and Scripture engagement, particularly among younger adults and in men,” he said in a statement. “People are curious about the Bible and Jesus.”
Plake continued, noting there’s an opportunity for Christians and the church to meet this interest with the truth: “How will the Church respond? Together we must respond with creativity and innovation. Opportunities like this don’t come along every day, so we need to listen carefully and respond to our neighbors with grace, hope, and truth.”
In a recent interview with CBN News prior to the survey’s release, Plake said he recently “woke up” to the positive changes happening surrounding faith in America when he observed shocking spikes in Bible sales.
“I guess I woke up … when … the press reached out to me about the Wall Street Journal article that was published last October about a spike in Bible sales,” Dr. John Plake, chief program officer at the American Bible Society, recently told CBN News.
Plake said he often takes great strides to compare what’s happening anecdotally in his own church experience with the real numbers and statistics on the ground to ensure he’s rightly understanding real patterns versus what he’s “personally experiencing.”
He said there are numerous positive trends and that this positive trajectory is happening in other nations as well.
“I think from a lot of angles, from Europe, from the United States, from Canada, from data, and from experience, we’re starting to get a sense that there is something going on,” Plake said. Read more here.
Data for the State of the Bible was collected among 2,656 U.S. adults via online interviews conducted from Jan. 2-21, 2025.
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Entire Kentucky Church Survives as Tornado Destroys Building: 'God Is so Good to Us'
Wendy Griffith
04-10-2025
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A series of storms has devastated several states with tornadoes, heavy rain, and flooding. In the aftermath, members of a Kentucky church are thanking God no one was hurt when a powerful twister destroyed their main sanctuary at a time when the building would have been full of people.
Amid the incredible destruction, the believers at Christ Community Church are grateful to God. That's because, in an unprecedented move, the building sat empty during its usual Wednesday night prayer service.
It was April 2nd, and the forecast over Paducah, Kentucky, didn't look good. In that moment, Pastor Tim Turner felt compelled to do something he'd never done before.
"We canceled that night because of the storms," he recalls. "It is the first time in my 35 years of pastoring that we've ever done that."
All signs point to divine intervention. "We just feel like that was an act of God," Turner tells CBN News. "If you look at all these blocks, it was a block wall, 18 feet high, and it all fell, and the roof caved in to and I doubt there would've been any survivors. So we're not mourning today, we're praising God," he says.
Church member Lindsay Stanley says she and her husband rarely miss Wednesday night service.
"But we had a feeling like we should just stay home. And then Pastor Tim actually decided to cancel services and we never canceled services," she says.
"Actually, when we got the call that the church was gone, we were in the closet because the tornado had literally just gone past over our house... It was me, my husband and our two daughters, literally in the closet with helmets on and everything. It was that like this thing's coming," Stanley recalls.
The tornado hit just as the church had completed five years of renovation on their new sanctuary, wiping out thousands of dollars in new cameras, instruments and lighting equipment.
"It's a gut punch," Turner says. "I mean we had just finished all the remodels. Matter of fact, on Monday, I had told someone, I said, we can slow down now. The sanctuary is finally beautiful. And on Wednesday, it was gone."
But Stanley sees something special in this moment.
"I truly believe that what looks like a setback is actually a setup. Like the Lord knows that we have been very faithful. I say all the time. When I first started going to that church about four years ago, the Lord told me this is the End Times army. My dad was actually healed in that church, a stage four cancer. We've had so many cancer healings and just amazing moves of the Holy Spirit," she explains.
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"And I truly believe he knows that we needed a bigger place because we were outgrowing that sanctuary and we thought it would be years and years down the road. And I think he's just like, you know what, let's go a little quicker and I'm going to help," she continues. "I truly believe that we are going to need the space to house more broken, lost people because our church is serious about evangelism."
Pastor Tim also sees a silver lining, despite this devastation.
"The first and foremost is we are so thankful no one was hurt. Had we had service here that night? We all linger after church, you know how church people are, we linger and talk and there would've been people here," he says. "And the way it looks, the way that the structure, how it fell, it looked like the roof came off and the walls all came off and they were 18 foot concrete walls and nobody would've survived."
The pastor says the other good news is that their old youth center building remained nearly untouched, and although smaller, it can still be used for services until they can build something bigger.
"We're resilient people. We'll build back," Turner says. "But we're so thankful. God is so good to us. I preached it on Sunday morning. I want everybody, I want the world to know that this church still loves God, still trusts God, still believes in God."
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Wendy Griffith
Wendy Griffith is a Co-host for The 700 Club and an Anchor and Senior Reporter for the Christian Broadcasting Network based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. In addition to The 700 Club, Wendy co-anchors Christian World News, a weekly show that focuses on the triumphs and challenges of the global church. (https://www.facebook.com/CBNCWN). Wendy started her career at CBN on Capitol Hill, where she was the network’s Congressional Correspondent during the Impeachment trial of former President Bill Clinton. She then moved to the Virginia Beach headquarters in 2000 to concentrate on stories with a more
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etc. But it is not an exciting time for the lukewarm or the ungodly, it shall be a terrible time, a time of a dictator, a dictator government that dictates, that takes away your rights, that takes away your freedoms, that takes away the things that you have, etc
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New Australian Law Makes Certain Prayers 'Unlawful'
By Ben Johnson/The Washington Stand April 11, 2025
As Vice President J.D. Vance warns about the suppression of Christians' free speech rights, a new law in a Western nation makes "praying with or over a person" in some circumstances "unlawful even if that person has asked you to pray for them." Making the wrong kind of intercession for someone in this U.S. ally could land a believer up to five years in prison.
The government of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) explains the newly enacted Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024 allows "prayer" or expression of any "religious belief" only if it is not "directed to changing or suppressing an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity." The bill -- which took effect last Friday, April 4 -- bans any speech the government classifies as attempting to change someone's LGBTQIA2S+ status, with a maximum penalty of "imprisonment for 5 years."
"The Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024 does not prohibit prayer. However, praying with or over a person with the intent to change or suppress their sexuality or gender identity is unlawful. It is unlawful even if that person has asked you to pray for them to be able to change or suppress their sexuality or gender identity," explains Anti-Discrimination NSW, the state government body that fields discrimination complaints under the law. (It also has "investigation, education and research functions.")
Christian clergy have the right to make "statements of belief or principle about gender, sexuality, marriage, celibacy or homosexuality in documentation or on a website" or to hold studies about those topics -- but only "as long as the statement is not targeted at an individual to change or suppress their sexual orientation or gender identity."
Presumably, the law would criminalize someone who said a word as short as "repent."
These kinds of "prayer or pastoral conversations" are "damaging to the whole community," states an explainer video from Anti-Discrimination NSW. "Faith and [LGBTW] identity are not mutually exclusive."
"This is a terrible new law in this Australian state, and they aren't even trying to hide it," Arielle Del Turco, director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council and co-author of "Heroic Faith: Hope Amid Global Persecution," told The Washington Stand. "According to the state government's own admission from their website, this law will prevent a pastor or any believer from praying with someone who is asking for prayer for freedom from gender identity issues."
"What right does this state government have to ban someone from praying for a person who is specifically asking for it?" asked Del Turco. "It's difficult to think of a more obvious violation of religious freedom."
Lawmakers rushed the bill through the assembly with just 24 hours deliberation, according to Christian Schools Australia. Chris Minns, premier (governor) of New South Wales and a member of the Labour Party, signed it. Alex Greenwich, an independent member of the Legislative Assembly who identifies as LGBT, authored the bill in the name of "equality," insisting, "We should not have a situation where children are being told something is wrong with them and that they need to be fixed."
"This isn't equality. This is a radical apostasy law -- criminalising conversion one way while promoting it the other," agreed Kurt Mahlburg, a writer for the Australian Christian website, The Daily Declaration. He cited a number of Bible verses instructing believers to repent and change their ways (1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Ephesians 4:22-24; and Colossians 3:5-10).
The bill comes as Vice President J.D. Vance warned of the West's "backslide away from conscience rights" and "deterioration of fundamental freedoms" at the Munich Security Conference on February 14. He specifically stated that multiple European governments' have "placed the basic liberties of religious believers in the crosshairs."
For instance, the Scottish government sent a letter threatening any resident who prays "in a private place (such as a house)" if the prayers "can be seen or heard" within a free speech restriction zone that surrounds abortion facilities. The government will punish such prayers if the Christian is deemed to have prayed "intentionally or recklessly."
Del Turco chronicled numerous additional instances in a new FRC study released last week titled "Is Prayer a Crime? Government Restrictions on Prayer in Europe." Her report highlighted the stories of eight British Christians arrested for praying outside abortion facilities, often silently.
Similar "conversion therapy" bans may be coming throughout the West. Laying out the legislative priorities of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party, King Charles announced in his King's Speech last summer, "A draft bill will be brought forward to ban conversion practices."
"The Christian Institute has obtained legal advice from leading King's Counsel on every attempt to legislate for conversion therapy in the UK and every time those KCs have advised that there are multiple risks to the human rights of innocent parents, pastors and professionals," explained The Christian Institute's Deputy Director Simon Calvert. "Extending the law to criminalise casual conversations -- as anti-conversion therapy activists have demanded -- would punish the innocent, not the guilty."
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has also promoted a so-called "conversion therapy" ban in a letter last September 17 "promoting equality and inclusion." She wrote that "equality in all of its senses" must include eradicating all forms of "harassment ... including online," and "banning the practice of conversion therapy." She also called for "resolute actions to address discrimination and hate speech."
A total of 22 U.S. states make it illegal to practice reparative therapy: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington. So does the District of Columbia. But thanks to the First Amendment, none do -- or can -- presume to regulate the content of people's prayers.
New South Wales is Australia's most populous state, with approximately one-third of the nation's population.
Originally published at The Washington Stand
https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=8100
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etc. Keep your eyes; keep your eyes upon what is going on in the Mid-East, that is your tree, that is your tree, I have told you to watch Israel, that is your tree. etc.
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They kidnapped, murdered and were eliminated: 11 terrorists killed by IDF for roles in October 7 massacre
IDF and Shin Bet identify Hamas, Islamic Jihad terrorists as those behind IDF soldier Shaked Dahan’s abduction, grenade attacks at Re’im and murder of hostage Inbar Haiman; 9 killed since collapse of ceasefire, 2 earlier
Yoav Zitun|Yesterday | 13:18
Israeli security forces have killed 11 terrorists involved in the October 7 cross-border attack on southern Israel since the resumption of hostilities in Gaza last month, the IDF and Shin Bet said Thursday.
In a joint statement, the military and the internal security agency said two other “key terrorists” had been eliminated in targeted strikes before fighting resumed on March 18. The terrorists, affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, were reportedly involved in killings and kidnappings of Israeli civilians and soldiers.
“These are central terrorists who took part in the murderous massacre and in the abduction and killing of Israeli soldiers and civilians,” the statement said.
Among those killed:
Hassan Na’am – Responsible for the kidnapping of Sgt. Shaked Dahan.
Ismail Shaqshaq – Took part in the killing of Israeli civilians, threw grenades at a fortified shelter at the Re'im Junction and launched a shoulder-fired missile inside Israel.
Jalal Karaan – Participated in the murder of Inbar Haiman and attacked the Nova music festival and several military bases. He murdered two civilians and distributed video footage of the killings online.
Mohammed Issa – Infiltrated Kibbutz Mefalsim and participated in the massacre.
Mohammed Shabakhi, Fares Qarshin, Yahya Astal and Mohammed Astal – All entered Israeli territory and took part in the October 7 killings.
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Mohammed Sakar – Infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz and participated in the attacks.
The two terrorists killed prior to March 18 were:
Mohammed Asfur – Involved in the assault on the southern IDF brigade command center during the October 7 attacks.
Khaled Aldin – Responsible for the murder of Israeli civilians and reportedly used personal items belonging to victims Arik and Hodaya Peretz during the assault.
The IDF and Shin Bet vowed to continue pursuing all individuals involved in the October 7 massacre, saying, “We will continue to act against anyone who took part in the murderous attack.”
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjydcur0yg#autoplay
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etc. I have talked about the EU and how they have grown in power and shall grow to more power. I have talked to you about China and yet America embraces China their enemy and they build them up that later China shall come against many and destroy many because of the finances you have provided for them. That was not my wisdom, that was not my knowledge. It was not my wisdom nor my knowledge when you gave your secrets to a country that worships a false god and they have sold them to other countries and become superior. Oh how foolish man is. etc..
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China amps up its factories threatening to crush US industry with new ‘tsunami’ of cheap products
In recent months, a growing chorus of concern has emerged over China’s aggressive ramp-up of industrial production, with analysts warning of a potential economic tidal wave that could overwhelm U.S. industries.
Dubbed a “tsunami” of cheap products, this surge in exports has sparked debates about trade imbalances, domestic manufacturing, and the broader implications for American competitiveness.
According to a detailed report from the New York Post, China has significantly “amped up its factories,” leveraging state-backed subsidies and advanced manufacturing capabilities to flood global markets with inexpensive goods.
The piece highlights how Beijing’s strategic investments in key sectors—such as electronics, automotive parts, and renewable energy technologies—have enabled Chinese firms to undercut competitors on price.
This isn’t a new tactic, but the scale and speed of the current push have caught many off guard. The article quotes industry experts who warn that this wave of exports could “crush U.S. industry” if unchecked, pointing to the sheer volume of goods now hitting American shores.
Supporting this view, Reuters has reported on China’s export figures, noting a marked increase in shipments of consumer goods and industrial components over the past year.
The news outlet attributes this surge to a combination of factors: excess capacity in Chinese factories, a slowing domestic economy prompting a pivot to foreign markets, and deliberate policy moves by the Chinese government to maintain economic growth.
Data cited in the report shows double-digit growth in exports to the U.S., even as trade tensions linger from previous tariff battles.
The Wall Street Journal offers a closer look at the fallout for American manufacturers.
In an analysis of the industrial sector, it describes how U.S. companies, particularly small and mid-sized firms, are struggling to compete with the flood of low-cost Chinese imports.
Steel, textiles, and solar panel producers are among the hardest hit, with some factories scaling back operations or closing entirely. A factory owner in Ohio, interviewed by the Journal, lamented that “we can’t match their prices without losing money on every sale.”
The piece underscores a broader anxiety: that America’s industrial base, already weakened by decades of offshoring, may not withstand this latest onslaught.
Meanwhile, CNN has highlighted the consumer angle, noting that while cheap Chinese goods benefit American shoppers in the short term—think lower prices at big-box retailers like Walmart—the long-term cost could be steep.
Economists interviewed by CNN warn of job losses in manufacturing hubs and a further erosion of the U.S.’s ability to produce essential goods domestically.
The report draws a historical parallel to the early 2000s, when China’s entry into the World Trade Organization triggered a similar influx of imports, leading to what some call the “hollowing out” of American industry.
Public sentiment, as reflected in posts found on X, reveals a mix of frustration and resignation. Some users echo the New York Post’s alarm, with one stating, “We don’t want cheap shit anymore. Buy American.”
Others see the issue as inevitable in a globalized economy, urging policymakers to adapt rather than resist. This divide mirrors the broader policy debate unfolding in Washington.
The New York Times reports that the Biden administration is weighing new tariffs and trade restrictions to stem the tide, though such measures face hurdles.
Critics, cited in the article, argue that tariffs could spark retaliation from China and raise costs for U.S. consumers, while supporters insist they’re necessary to protect domestic jobs.
The Times also notes that some lawmakers are pushing for subsidies to bolster American manufacturing—a move that could level the playing field but risks escalating into a costly subsidy war with Beijing.
Zooming out, Bloomberg frames China’s export push as part of a larger geopolitical strategy. With its domestic demand faltering amid a real estate slump and aging population, China is doubling down on its role as the “world’s factory,” according to the outlet.
This aligns with Beijing’s long-term goals of economic dominance and self-reliance, even as it floods markets with goods that other nations struggle to absorb. The report warns that without coordinated international action, the U.S. and its allies could find themselves outmaneuvered.
The BBC adds a global perspective, pointing out that the U.S. isn’t alone in feeling the pressure.
European Union officials have voiced similar concerns, with some member states pushing for stricter import controls. The BBC cites trade analysts who predict a “race to the bottom” in pricing, potentially destabilizing economies worldwide.
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California rocked by multiple earthquakes in less than 12 hours
READ MORE: Earthquake swarm hits near massive US volcano
By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 08:23 EDT, 10 April 2025 | Updated: 11:33 EDT, 10 April 2025
California has experienced four earthquakes in less than 12 hours.
The seismic activity began around 9pm ET when a 3.5 magnitude hit outside of Little Lake.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the most recent quake, a 2.8 magnitude, around 4:30am near Petrolia in the northern region of the state.
An assessment from Michigan Tech University showed that people typically do not feel quakes with a magnitude of 2.5 or less.
Those from 2.5 to 5.4 are often felt but only cause minor damage.
No injuries or damages have been reported following the California earthquakes.
The latest quake struck along the San Andreas fault that spans 800 miles up and down California, which experts fear is overdue for another massive earthquake, according to the Great California Shakeout.
Experts have estimated that over 39 million people on the West Coast would feel the effects of the 'Big One,' which is a magnitude 8 or higher.
The USGS also detected a 2.7 magnitude earthquake at 4:55am along San Andres, just northwest of San Diego.
The last major earthquakes on the San Andreas fault were in 1857 and 1906.
The Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857 was a 7.9 magnitude, which caused ground fissures in the Los Angeles, Santa Ana and Santa Clara Rivers.
Trees were uprooted, buildings were destroyed and two people were killed during the event.
The catastrophic 1906 San Francisco event was also a magnitude 7.9 earthquake, which killed 3,000 people and leveled much of the city.
Some research suggested more activity happens before it hits, while others have found there is no warning, she added.
California has had more than 11,000 earthquakes this year, with nine tremors above magnitude 2, Volcano Discovery reported.
The vast majority of earthquakes result from the constant movement of tectonic plates, which are massive, solid slabs of rock that make up the planetary surface and shift around on top of Earth's mantle — the inner layer between the crust and core.
As the tectonic plates slowly move against each other, their edges can get stuck due to friction and stress will build along the edges.
When that stress overcomes the friction, the plates slip, causing a release of energy that travels in waves through the Earth's crust and generates the shaking we feel at the surface.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14592977/California-multiple-earthquakes.html
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Congressmen tell Glenn Beck they are being monitored and threatened by CIA
The revelation suggests Congress is compromised in its legislative functions, and even that the U.S. is not currently a true democratic republic.
Wed Apr 9, 2025 - 6:20 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Conservative commentator Glenn Beck shared that congressmen have repeatedly told him they are being monitored by the CIA, with two also claiming they’ve been threatened by the intelligence agency.
In a clip shared by Valuetainment host Patrick Bet-David on Monday, Beck told how he is frequently asked to leave electronics behind when holding discussions with congressmen during his visits to Washington, D.C.
“I don’t know how many times in the last five years I’ve had congressmen ask me, can you leave your cell phone outside? Let’s go for a walk. You’re carrying any electronics? Do you have an Apple Watch?”
“And then they’ll say, outside as we’re walking, quietly, the CIA is monitoring everything that we’re doing in Congress. They’re monitoring all of us,” Beck continued.
“And two of them have told me we’ve been threatened behind closed doors, we’ve been threatened by the CIA. That was a little scary to hear that. And I’ve heard it over and over and over again,” Beck said.
If true, the revelation suggests Congress as a whole is subject to coercion and therefore compromised in its legislative functions, and even that the U.S. is not currently a true democratic republic. This is especially momentous given that Congress has the sole power to declare war, in addition to its nearly unlimited lawmaking power.
The CIA has a long history of controversy for engaging in unconstitutional, illegal and evil activities. Most grievous is its documented use of torture, such as in Project MKUltra, a human control program, and the training of groups that have killed civilians and helped overthrown democratically elected governments.
A CIA whistleblower told commentator Candace Owens in November 2024 that the CIA has a refined system of intimidation by which it suppresses dissent within its own ranks, one he said was used on himself and his family.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/congressmen-tell-glenn-beck-they-are-being-monitored-and
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etc. Have you read my word, do you know that Ezekiel thirty eight and thirty nine is knocking on the door, as a matter of fact, its got a battering-ram and it is knocking the door down, but you are not aware of that. Are you aware of how they are removing the Bible, are you aware of how they are fighting Christians, are you aware of the countries that are killing every Christian that is there?
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Have You Heard About the Absolutely Horrifying Things That Are Being Done to Christians in China?
by Michael Snyder April 10, 2025
in Curated, Opinions
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(End of the American Dream)—For more than a billion people living in China, freedom of religion does not exist. So those that do wish to worship as they please must do it in secret, and if they are discovered the consequences can be extremely severe.
This week, China is in the news because it is suddenly engaged in a massive trade war with the United States. But most of the time, people living in the western world don’t pay much attention to what is really going on inside China, and so very few actually know about the absolutely horrifying things that are being done to Christians by the communist Chinese government.
If you are a Christian that does not live in China, I would recommend avoiding the country for the foreseeable future, because practicing your faith in China could get you arrested. New regulations that just went into effect totally ban foreigners “from preaching, sharing their faith, or establishing religious organizations without official government approval”…
New regulations released this week by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) impose severe restrictions on missionary activity in the country, according to Chinese state media and representatives of the Chinese Communist Party.
The regulations, which take effect May 1, prohibit foreigners from preaching, sharing their faith, or establishing religious organizations without official government approval.
Justifying these regulations, Chinese state media claimed that the newly revised rules promote national security—a common justification for CCP persecution of religion—and help to protect “normal religious activities,” referring to activities run under strict government oversight as part of state-run religious institutions.
This is just the latest attempt to crack down on “unauthorized” religious activity in China.
The Chinese government openly admits that it “intensified efforts to dismantle cult organizations in 2024”…
Earlier this year, the Chinese government issued a report boasting about the increased persecution of independent religious groups in 2024.
“China’s public security authorities intensified efforts to dismantle cult organizations in 2024,” reported the Global Times, a state-run media outlet. “They have worked to curb the growth and spread of cult organizations, mitigating potential threats to national political security and maintaining social stability.”
To the Chinese, any religious organization that is not controlled by the government is considered to be a “cult”.
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If you consider yourself to be a Christian in China, you are only legally permitted to attend certain types of state-controlled churches…
The protestant Three Self Church and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association are prominent examples of these state-run institutions. They work to promote CCP propaganda and the personality cult surrounding country President Xi Jinping through songs, sermons, and community events.
Independent house churches, which operate outside the state-sponsored system, are often raided, and their members are arrested on charges of working against the interests of the state.
It has been estimated that there are more than 100 million Christians in China, and independent house churches are extremely popular. But when a house church is discovered, the leaders are often arrested and taken to secret interrogation facilities…
Authorities in China are detaining Christians in secretive, mobile “transformation” facilities to make them renounce their faith, RFA has learned.
A member of a Christian “house church” in the southwestern province of Sichuan who asked to be identified by a pseudonym Li Yuese said he was held in a facility run by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s United Front Work Department, working in tandem with the state security police, for 10 months after a raid on his church in 2018.
“It was a mobile facility, that could just set up in some basement somewhere,” Li said. “It was staffed by people from several different government departments.”
Li claims that he was beaten, abused and tortured in a very small windowless room for almost 10 months…
Li said he was held in a windowless room for nearly 10 months, during which time he was beaten, verbally abused and “mentally tortured” by staff, eventually resorting to self-harm by throwing himself against a wall.
His account is chillingly similar to those of former inmates of “transformation” camps in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.
Ultimately, Li is one of the fortunate ones.
Many Christians that are grabbed by authorities are never seen again.
Chinese officials are hoping to eventually make religion of as little importance as possible in China.
One of the ways that they hope to achieve this is by banning all children from participating in religious activities…
Children under 18 are constitutionally prohibited from having any formal religious affiliation in China. There is also a ban on religious education, including Sunday schools, religious summer camps and other forms of youth religious groups. Schools focus on promoting non-religion and atheism, and many children join CCP-affiliated youth groups, where they must pledge commitment to atheism.
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Every child in China is prohibited by law from setting foot in a church.
That is evil on a level that I don’t even have the words to describe.
We need to understand who we are dealing with.
As they continue to grow in power, the Chinese would love to start imposing their “values” on the entire globe.
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Meanwhile, persecution of Christians continues to intensify in areas of the world that are heavily Islamic.
In fact, in some cases it can literally be a death sentence for a Muslim to become a Christian…
A mother of six children was stabbed to death by her Muslim husband in Uganda after she attended her first church service, sources said.
Nasiimu Mirembe, whose children range in age from 3 to 18, had put her faith in Christ on March 21 after hearing the Gospel from a friend in eastern Uganda’s Busembatya town council. She was 41.
She and her friend were on their way to a church service on March 23 when a Muslim neighbor, Awudu Mbulalina, greeted them 218 yards (200 meters) from the worship site and continued on, said the friend, whose name is being withheld for security reasons.
This sort of thing happens all the time in Islamic nations, but we hardly ever hear about it.
Of course things are becoming a lot more uncomfortable for Christians in many western nations as well.
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For example, Christians in New South Wales, Australia can now be hit with fines of up to $100,000 simply for praying for a gay or lesbian friend…
Christians in Sydney and throughout the rest of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, could now face five years in prison and fines of up to $100,000 for offering counseling to or praying for “LGBTQA” individuals, even if they say their same-sex attraction or gender confusion is unwanted.
On April 4, legislation known as the Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024 became law, raising alarm among Christians who by merely explaining the Good News of Jesus’ power to heal, the immutable definition of marriage, or timeless truths about the complementarity of man and woman, risk being punished as criminals in NSW.
As such, this is a major step toward criminalizing Christianity and the fullness of the Gospel message in “the land down under.”
Jesus warned us that those that decide to follow Him will be hated.
And we are certainly witnessing that all over the world right now.
But the persecution that is coming in the years ahead will be even worse.
Is that something you are ready to face?
Jesus gave everything for you. Are you prepared to give everything for Him?
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Iran transfers long-range missiles to Iraq in major escalation - report
Iraqi proxies received the missiles last week, according to the report, which contradicts earlier claims that the militias were willing to disarm after US placed pressure on the government in Baghdad
i24NEWS
Iran has sent long-range missiles to its proxies in Iraq for the first time, constituting a major escalation against the US and Israel, according to the British paper The Times.
This comes as US President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure by threatening military action against the Islamic Republic, all the while advocating for negotiations to find a diplomatic resolution to the Iranian nuclear program.
Citing intelligence sources who monitored the 1,000-mile border between Iraq and Iran, the paper said that the missiles were transferred last week.
"Iran has recently transferred missiles to Shia militias in Iraq, including new models with longer range, which have not been given in the past to those militias. It’s a desperate move by the Iranians, risking the stability of Iraq," one source said.
The US has pressured Iraq to force the Shi'ite militias in the country to disarm, with the recent development contradicting reports that the proxies had signalled they would cave in to the pressure.
After the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the crippling offensives against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and the defeat of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Iran's regional network of proxies has run thin. Besides the Houthis in Yemen, the Iran-backed militias in Iraq are the only major ally Tehran has left against the US.
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/iran-eastern-states/artc-iran-transfers-long-range
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Trump renews call to relocate Gazans to other countries
There are “plenty” of countries willing to take in Gazans, said the U.S. president.
By David Isaac | Apr 8, 2025 at 9:45 am | Topics: Trump, Gaza
US President Donald Trump on Monday renewed his call to transfer to safer locales those Palestinians who wish to leave the Gaza Strip
“For years and years, all I hear about is killing and Hamas and problems,” he said during a press gathering in the Oval Office on Monday together with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“And if you take the people, the Palestinians, and move them around to different countries, and you have plenty of countries that will do that … you really have a freedom zone … a zone where people aren’t going to be killed every day,” he added.
The US president first announced his Gaza relocation plan during a press conference with Netanyahu in February.
Netanyahu, who has endorsed the plan, said on Monday that “what the president is talking about is: give people a choice. Gazans were closed in. Every other place, including arenas of battle, whether it’s Ukraine or Syria, or any other place, people could leave. What is wrong with giving people a choice? … Enabling the people of Gaza to really make a choice to go wherever they want?”
He noted that Gaza’s reconstruction would take years.
A senior Israeli diplomatic source told JNS on April 4 that polls showed that many Palestinians in Gaza want to leave.
“Even before Israel restarted military action, 60% said they wanted to leave—40% of those don’t want to come back, and another 20% want to go but with the option to return. That’s more than 1 million people who say they want to leave,” said the source.
Israelis support the president’s proposal, according to polls.
The sticking point has appeared to be finding partner countries willing to take Gazans in. However, Netanyahu said on Monday that “countries are responding to [Trump’s] vision. We’re working on it. I hope we’ll have good news for you.”
Though he would not name the countries, Danny Danon, who returned to serve as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations in 2024, having previously held the post from 2015 to 2020, said in December 2023 that South American and African countries had expressed interest in taking in Palestinians in exchange for financial remuneration.
Arab countries should lend a hand, too, as they “have an obligation to help the Palestinians. Let them help instead of giving inflammatory speeches,” said Danon.
Arab countries have so far refused to lend a hand to Trump’s proposal, instead offering alternative reconstruction plans in which Gazans would stay in place.
US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, in an interview with Tucker Carlson in March, appeared to reject such reconstruction plans as unrealistic.
“I think it’s really important that when you’re making these decisions that you level-set the facts,” he said, pointing out that the conditions in the Strip are far too dangerous to live in.
How do we put people back in a battle zone where there are munitions all over the field? Or where there are these latent conditions so that a kid can fall into a hole and go 40, 50, 60 feet down, and you’d never know that he was there,” he added.
“Who would do such a thing? If we had buildings and those conditions in New York, there would be yellow tape all around it and no one would be allowed in,” said Witkoff, estimating it would take 15 to 20 years to rebuild Gaza.
He shared the president’s view that past policy prescriptions for Gaza hadn’t worked, perpetuating a cycle of war, rebuilding and more war. It didn’t make “any sense,” he said, adding, “The president began to say, ‘Maybe we need to think about it in a different way.’”
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Negative record: Over half of US adults view Israel unfavorably, Pew survey finds
Survey looking at U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign policy and global trade actions finds some 31% say he is favoring the Israelis too much and 29% say he is striking the right balance; in addition, most Americans do not think Trump will pursue a takeover of Gaza
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More than half of U.S. adults, or 53%, have an unfavorable opinion of Israel, up from 42% in March 2022 – before the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023, and the ensuing Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted March 24-30 looking at U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign policy and global trade actions.
The survey also found that Americans’ confidence in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also remains relatively low, at 32%.
U.S. President Donald Trump has so far received mixed or negative views from Americans regarding his early foreign policy actions, including his involvement with Israel and in trying to end the war with Gaza.
Other foreign policy actions surveyed include Trump's working more closely with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, withdrawing the U.S. from international agreements, his statements about taking over Greenland and Gaza and tariffs imposed on U.S. trade partners.
One example is that more Americans disapprove than approve of the U.S. leaving international organizations and agreements including the World Health Organization, the Paris Climate Agreement and cancelling most U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) programs
Some 43% of Americans says Trump is favoring Russia too much in his negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war, but when asked about their opinion on whether Trump is striking the right balance when it comes to U.S. relations with Israelis and Palestinians, opinions are more mixed.
Some 31% say they see him favoring the Israelis too much and 29% say he is striking the right balance. Another 3% say he is favoring the Palestinians too much. This leaves 37% who say that they are unsure.
For comparison, in July, views of how U.S. President Joe Biden was handling the conflict were more even with 21% saying he favored Israelis too much and 20 % saying he favored Palestinians too much, with another 18% saying he was striking the right balance and 40% unsure.
Meanwhile, most Americans do not think it’s likely Trump will pursue a takeover of Gaza.
Some 38% say it’s either not too or not at all likely, 26% say it’s somewhat likely, and 20% say it’s extremely or very likely. Another 16% are unsure.
Some 62% of Americans oppose the U.S. taking over Gaza, including 49% who strongly oppose it. Another 22% are unsure, while 15% favor it.
From the perspective of politics, Republicans are somewhat more likely than Democrats to say it is unlikely that Trump will try to take over Gaza, with Republicans at 43% and Democrats at 34%.
Republicans are also more likely than Democrats to be in favor of a U.S. takeover of Gaza at 27% to 5%, though a plurality of people in both parties oppose it. Some 44% of Republicans oppose the U.S. taking over Gaza, while another 28% are unsure. Democrats are fairly united in their opposition, with 80% saying they oppose the measure, including 72% who strongly oppose it.
On Monday, speaking to reporters before a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump described the Gaza Strip as “a tremendous piece of real estate” and said the U.S. still plans to take control of the territory. “It’s a great place. I don’t understand why Israel gave it up,” he said in remarks from the White House.
The survey was conducted from March 24 to March 30. A total of 3,605 panelists responded out of 4,045 who were sampled, for a survey-level response rate of 89%. The margin of sampling error for the full sample of 3,605 respondents is plus or minus 1.9 percentage points.
The survey includes oversample of Jewish, Muslim and non-Hispanic Asian adults in order to provide more precise estimates of the opinions and experiences of these smaller demographic subgroups. These oversampled groups are weighted back to reflect their correct proportions in the population.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bk00hrzx01x#autoplay
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The Vatican’s Embrace of Sex Change Mutilation Suggests We’re at a Maccabees Moment
By John Zmirak Published on April 8, 2025
You might not have read the Book of Maccabees. (Catholics and Orthodox regard it as canonical while Protestants and Jews mostly consider it simply an inspiring, accurate history of God’s people enduring corruption and persecution.)
But the Lutheran George Frederick Handel thought the story important enough to compose a beautiful oratorio retelling it, Judas Maccabeus. The Jewish holiday of Channukah has its origins in the events recounted in Maccabees — commemorating the rededication of the Temple after pagans had profaned it.
Maccabees is certainly worth a read for Christians today trying to navigate a path between an overbearing, increasingly intolerant secular culture and Church leaders who dither, waver, or even seem to be on the side of the Enemy. (I’m focusing here on my own Roman Catholic Church, but as you read this, think of all the rainbow-flagged, “affirming” pastors and churches in your own tradition, some of which you might once have trusted.)
Those Oiled, Muscular Seductive Greeks
In Maccabees, we see the plight of the Jewish people under foreign occupation — this time not the cruel Assyrians or the tolerant Persians, but the glittering, sophisticated, and above all seductive Greeks. After Alexander the Great destroyed the Persian Empire in 323 B.C., fought his way to India, then died at age 33, his generals split up the new empire he’d founded among themselves, squabbling over its component parts for the next century. The section that included ancient Palestine was the Seleucid Empire.
Its rulers prided themselves on the artistic, philosophical, and cultural inheritance of Greece, whose civilization Alexander’s armies had spread throughout Central Asia and the Near East. Wherever they ruled, these Hellenistic kings established academies and gymnasia (athletic/cultural centers) — and set up temples to the Greek pagan gods. The goal was to gradually assimilate all the natives to the “higher” civilization, making them easier to govern. It was a form of colonialism.
After a few decades of relatively tolerant rule over the Jews, Seleucid rulers decided it was time to force these subjects, too, to fall into line. They started encouraging pagan worship, bribing and corrupting the Jewish high priests, then finally just picking their own, collaborationist priests — whose job it was to keep the Jews in line while gradually Hellenizing and paganizing them.
They discouraged circumcision and urged Jews to take part in the scandalous, naked athletics that Greeks saw as central to their culture. If Jews worshiped false, Hellenic gods and Seleucid governors profaned the Temple by sacrificing pigs to Zeus, these priests’ reaction was the same as Pope Francis’s more recent response to homosexual practice: “Who am I to judge?”
Many Jews went along, eager to shed their provincial, eccentric heritage and join the prestigious global culture of their richer, more powerful rulers. But some Jews remained faithful and found leaders in the Maccabee family, a band of zealous brothers captained by the gifted warlord Judas. That family led a series of violent guerrilla campaigns against one of the most powerful kingdoms on earth.
Though Judas would perish in combat and his brother Jonathan would be murdered, the faction of faithful Jews eventually triumphed and established an independent, religiously faithful Jewish kingdom once again. That would last until 37 B.C., when Jews fell under the domination of their one-time allies, the empire of Rome.
A Very Bad Version of Moses
All Christians face a Maccabees moment right now, but Catholics face it in a very pointed way: We actually have a high priest (pontifex maximus) in Pope Francis. Given his authority to teach and rule, his status is even higher than the chief priest’s in Jerusalem’s Temple: According to Catholic tradition, a pope stands almost in the same role that Moses did to the Israelites, as the trustworthy interpreter of divine revelation to the faithful.
Our current Moses isn’t handing down God’s commandments, alas. As Jules Gomes reported here a few days ago, Pope Francis’s doctrine cop, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger’s old job), has blown up a key Christian doctrine: God’s creation of human beings as men and women.
Up till now, the Catholic church has firmly and without wavering denounced the hormonal disruptions and surgical mutilations promoted by our psychological establishment to “treat” gender dysphoria by remaking the body to match the mind’s sad delusions. Now Fernández has ruled that there are exceptions to this teaching in cases of “strong dysphorias that can lead to an unbearable existence or even suicide.”
Here Fernández is simply repeating a favorite talking point of the transgender industry: that the grotesque procedures necessary to torture a male body to look female, or vice versa, are often the only alternative to suicide. Research has proved this claim false again and again, but don’t expect that to matter. Claiming that resistance to transgenderism threatens the lives of those who suffer dysphoria is key to winning a highly political battle. Fernández is on the Enemy’s side in that battle — and evidently Francis is as well.
Morality via Sob Stories
Keep in mind that current Catholic teaching (for the moment) does not allow exceptions to the ban on contraception. Even married couples dealing with medical issues that make pregnancy dangerous may not use birth control. Likewise, Fernández has seconded Francis’s claim that capital punishment is always wrong, no matter the situation (and no matter what the Bible says.) But a Catholic doctor may perform a sex-change operation, if the sob story offered is heart-wrenching enough.
This apostasy by the Vatican’s highest authority on doctrine (apart from the pope) carries many grave implications.
Just as it did in issuing Amoris Laetitiae in 2016, the Vatican here is undermining fundamental doctrines of the entire Jewish-Christian tradition and shredding the foundations of Natural Law — the moral code the Creator wrote on the heart of every rational human being.
Speaking practically, the Vatican has handed a dagger to post-Christian legislators, judges, prosecutors, and LGBT+ litigants with bottomless financial resources — which any or all of those will drive into the heart of religious liberty. How will a Catholic doctor, nurse, or parent defend his conscience rights in court when his own Church’s highest doctrinal authority has renounced the doctrinal basis for refusing to butcher children to match the fantasy sex-identity some groomer or fetishist has planted in their young minds?
A Cudgel for Leftist Judges
As John Gravino, author of the groundbreaking Confronting the Pope of Suspicion, told The Stream:
Leftist judges can pretend that Francis changed the teaching on LGBT equality. And with that, the conscience rights of Catholics will no longer be protected by the First Amendment. No Catholic will be able to defend himself from the coming LGBT invasion on the grounds that ‘gay equality violates my religious beliefs.’ Leftist judges will be able to deny such claims on the grounds that ‘Pope Francis changed your religious beliefs.’
But the tsunami this Vatican has unleashed will flatten more than our freedoms. Francis has made it clear that he wants Catholics to conform themselves in virtually every way to the modern heirs to the Seleucids who tyrannized Jerusalem. In order to gain acceptance from the new global, pagan culture that now dominates the West, we must ape its toxic empathy, revere its sexual fetishes, and internalize its Gnostic contempt for God’s noblest creation: the human person, which He made male and female.
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In doing all this, Francis is emulating the paganizing high priests in the Temple whom the Maccabees rose up to topple. Telling Catholic doctors to butcher human bodies in the name of “compassion” is arguably worse than sacrificing a few pigs to Zeus in the Holy of Holies.
What will be left of papal authority by the time Francis goes to his rich, rich reward? Will future popes have to denounce his heretical words and deeds, perhaps rule retroactively that he lost the papal office by leaving the Catholic faith? I don’t know when we’ll get another truly Catholic pope, but I do know the Latin title of the document he’ll have to publish evaluating Francis’s legacy: Damnatio Memoriae.
John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or coauthor of 14 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First.
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etc.. the cost of things, because they have gone over the cliff, shall skyrocket and taxes, taxes, it shall be like in the days of old when everyone will have to bring their taxes in and they will be condemned and judged if they do not. Oh the things that are going to take place now, the things that you haven’t even thought of, the things that you haven’t been aware of, but I have told you, I have warned you. I have tried to prepare you that you would be totally ready, that you wouldn’t have to run real fast to make up time, but that you would be walking right by my side. etc..
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Trump issues crude and humiliating response to trade partners as he tanks the global economy
By NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Published: 00:05 EDT, 9 April 2025 | Updated: 08:13 EDT, 9 April 2025
Donald Trump was unabashed last night as he claimed that America held all the cards in the ongoing trade war that is sending global markets to the brink of collapse.
'I am telling you, these countries are calling us up, kissing my ass,' the president said during a speech at the National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner in Washington.
'They are dying to make a deal. "Please, please sir, make a deal. I'll do anything sir."'
It comes as markets puked again on Wednesday. Japan's Nikkei 225 and London's FTSE 100 were down 4 percent. Dow and S&P futures were trading down 1 percent and 0.75 percent before the bell.
Trump remained defiant as he spoke to his MAGA base last night.
'They ripped us off left and right. But now it's our turn to do the ripping,' the president declared.
'Japan is coming here as we speak. They're in a plane, flying lots of them, all tough negotiators, but things that people wouldn't have given us two years ago ... three years ago, five years ago, seven - they're giving us everything.
'They don't want tariffs on themselves.'
Last Wednesday Trump announced that every country - even uninhabited islands - would be hit with a 10 percent tariff on imports, with 'reciprocal' tariffs doled out to countries the White House considered to be the worst offenders.
Since then markets have cratered.
On Tuesday, after a brief rally attributed to a tariff pause possibly being on the table, the Dow ended more than 300 points down. Overall the tariff-related market drop amounted to more than 4,500 points. As 12:01 a.m. Wednesday approached - when the tariffs would kick in - U.S. stock futures and Asian equity markets dropped.
Trump escalated his trade war Tuesday - by announcing a 104 percent tariff on China would go into effect, after China refused to lift its retaliatory tariffs by Trump's deadline of noon on Tuesday.
'Until they make a deal with us, that's what it's going to be,' Trump said at Tuesday night's NRCC President's Dinner.
At the same dinner, Trump also teased more tariffs were coming.
'We're going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals,' he said.
Trump had initially pitched a 34 percent increase on China when he announced the new tariffs during last Wednesday's Rose Garden 'Liberation Day' event, on top of the 20 percent tariffs on China he had rolled out earlier this year. He then stuck Beijing with another 50 percent increase.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that 'it was a mistake for China to retaliate.'
'The president, when America is punched, he punches back harder,' she said, but added that 'if China reaches out to make a deal, he'll be incredibly gracious, but he's going to do what's best for the American people.'
She answered that it would be 'imprudent' of her to share what conditions it would take for Trump to lower the 104 percent tariff.
Leavitt confirmed, however, that the president was open to making deals after the tariffs go into effect.
'Moving forward the president will talk to any country that picks up the phone to call and I can tell you the phones have been ringing off the hook wanting to talk to this administration, this president and his trade team to try and strike a deal,' Leavitt said.
'And it's because the world knows that they need the United States of America, they need our markets, they need our consumer, the president has a lot of leverage on his side because he has the best economy and the best country in the world that he leads,' she continued. 'And he knows that.'
'And it's about dang time we have a president who uses that economic leverage to benefit American workers and that is what the president is trying to do,' the press secretary added.
During an executive order signing Tuesday afternoon, Trump said both South Korean and Japanese officials were flying to the U.S. to make a deal.
Both strong allies of the U.S., Trump placed a 24 percent tariff on Japanese imports and a 25 percent tariff on items from South Korea.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is expected at the White House on April 17.
Her country is being hit with the 20 percent European Union tariffs.
Trump met yesterday with his first world leader post-Liberation Day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, yet a 17 percent tariff on Israeli imports is going into effect.
With the tariffs in place, a lot of items are about to become more expensive.
Groceries
Trump won the election in November over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris by persuading Americans he would be better on the economy.
He hammered President Joe Biden and later Harris on COVID-19 pandemic inflation that drove up food prices.
But the Food and Drug Administration estimates that about 15 percent of the U.S.'s food supply is imported, including 32 percent of fresh vegetables, 55 percent of fresh fruit and 94 percent of seafood Americans consume annually.
Bananas are brought in from Guatemala and Costa Rica, which are both being hit with a 10 percent import tax. Guatemala also exports melons, plantains and papayas into the U.S., while Costa Rica exports pineapples, avocados and mangoes.
Among the top sources of seafood, Chile will be hit with a 10 percent tariff, India with a 26 percent tariff, Indonesia a 32 percent tariff and Vietnam, one of the highest at 46 percent.
About 80 percent of coffee comes from Latin America, with 35 percent of it from Brazil and 27 percent from Colombia, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Both Brazil and Colombia will be hit with 10 percent tariffs.
Chocolate will get pricier as cocoa beans being imported into the U.S. from Cote d'Ivoire and Ecuador will be hit with 21 percent and 10 percent tariffs respectively.
Already produced chocolates from Switzerland will be hit with a 31 percent tariff - higher than the European Union's 20 percent and the U.K.'s 10 percent tariff rate.
Cheese will be impacted as top imports are from Italy, France, Spain and the Netherlands, all E.U. countries and thus susceptible to the 20 percent rate.
Food industry analyst Phil Lempert estimated to NPR that 40,000 grocery products will be impacted by Trump's tariffs, 'whether it's the entire product or just an ingredient.'
One lucky break - while Canada and Mexico were hit with 25 percent tariffs over Trump's fentanyl emergency order, items involved in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement signed in 2020 were carved out.
That includes avocados from Mexico - which should make millennials happy.
Alcohol
Trump had previously threatened a 200 percent tariff on European wine.
That didn't happen but the tariffs going into effect will make alcohol pricier.
Major beer, wine and liquor brands sold in the U.S. are imported from overseas. '
Some of the most popular wine sold in the United States comes from the European Union - France, Italy and Spain - and will be hit with a 20 percent tariff.
Argentinian, Australian and New Zealand wines will come with a 10 percent tariff.
Corona from Mexico has already been impacted by a 25 percent tariff, while Guinness from Ireland and Heineken from the Netherlands will now be hit with the 20 percent European Union tariff.
Scotch whiskey will be hit with a 10 percent U.K. tariff.
Even American breweries anticipate being impacted by the Trump tariffs due to the aluminum being used to make cans coming from China.
Clothing and shoes
Clothing costs will be majorly impacted by the Trump tariffs.
The American Apparel & Footwear Association told the Associated Press that about 97 percent of the clothes and shoes purchased in the United States are imported - predominantly from Asia.
The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America additionally told the AP that 99 percent of shoes in the U.S. are imported.
The group warned that the U.S. does not have domestic sources for more than 70 materials that go into making a shoe. 'These materials simply do not exist here, and many of these materials have never existed in the U.S,' the organization told the AP.
Products coming in from China will see the biggest hikes, as Trump said Tuesday that China will not be hit with 104 percent tariffs.
But other Asian nations also got hit with high rates, including Vietnam with 46 percent, Cambodia with 49 percent, Bangladesh with 37 percent and Indonesia with 32 percent.
A number of U.S. companies had moved production away from China, but set up shop in these heavily tariffed Asian countries instead.
Lululemon, for example, said that 40 percent of its sportswear last year was manufactured in Vietnam, 17 percent in Cambodia, 11 percent in Sri Lanka - which got hit with a 44 percent rate - 11 percent in Indonesia and 7 percent in Bangladesh, according to the AP.
Electronics and household items
Electronics are expected to get hit especially hard due to how many companies' supply lines are still in China.
Apple products are almost exclusively made in China.
Even Android products are going to be hit - as most phones are made in China, South Korea, Vietnam and India.
South Korea is getting hit with a 25 percent tariff, Vietnam a 46 percent tariff and India a 26 percent tariff.
Nintendo products are manufactured in China and Vietnam.
Many household electronic devices - like Crockpots and pressure cookers - are also made in China.
Wired did the math on what a laptop manufactured would cost once Trump's 104 percent China tariffs are factored in.
That laptop, which previously would have cost the American importer $395 jumps to $795 and if they pass the costs onto the consumer, the laptop would now cost $966 - a 69 percent hike.
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China Has An Insidious 6 Point Plan To Defeat Donald Trump And Win The Economic War
April 8, 2025 by Michael
The Chinese have no intention of giving in to President Trump and are vowing to “fight to the end”. So that means that an economic war between the number one economy on the entire planet and the number two economy on the entire planet is officially on. Yesterday, I warned my readers that imports from China were about to be hit with a 104 percent tariff, but because this number had not been reported by the mainstream media yet a lot of people didn’t believe me. Of course this morning major news outlets all over the globe were using that number. Here is just one example…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that because China declined to lift its retaliatory tariff, the president’s additional 50% tariff levied on top of previously imposed tariffs of 20% and 34% took effect, bringing the total tariff on Chinese goods to 104%.
She added that the tariffs took effect at noon Eastern Time on Tuesday, with tariff collection set to begin on Wednesday. Leavitt said that U.S. trading partners should be coming to the administration with deals to improve trade terms.
“The president’s message has been simple and consistent from the beginning to countries around the world – bring us your best offers and he will listen,” Leavitt said during a White House press briefing Tuesday. “Deals will only be made if they benefit American workers and address our nation’s crippling trade deficits.”
Many were expecting the Chinese to back down, but that isn’t happening.
In fact, China’s Commerce Ministry has released a statement that ominously declares that they are ready to “fight to the end”…
China’s Commerce Ministry said it “resolutely opposes” U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of escalating tariffs, and vowed to take countermeasures to safeguard its own rights and interests.
The comments came after Trump said he would impose an additional 50% duty on U.S. imports from China on Wednesday, if Beijing does not withdraw the 34% tariff it imposed on American products last week.
“The U.S. threat to escalate tariffs on China is a mistake on top of a mistake,” the statement said, according to a CNBC translation. “China will never accept it. If the U.S. insists on its own way, China will fight to the end.”
I have a feeling that phrase comes from the very top, because a different Chinese spokesperson used almost the exact same language…
At a regular news conference on Tuesday, Lin Jian, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said Beijing would take “necessary measures” against U.S. tariff threats, according to a CNBC translation of reports in Chinese state media.
He reiterated the Commerce Ministry’s statement, “If U.S. insists on waging a tariff war, a trade war, China will fight till the end.”
What we are witnessing is a real life game of economic chicken.
So what happens if neither side blinks?
The truth is that we could soon have a real nightmare on our hands.
According to Bloomberg, “two influential state-linked Chinese bloggers” have published identical lists of “countermeasures” that the Chinese government is prepared to implement…
While China hasn’t said how it would respond if Trump follows through on his threat, two influential state-linked Chinese bloggers posted an identical set of countermeasures that they said authorities are considering. They include raising tariffs on US farm products, a ban on Hollywood movies and investigating American firms’ intellectual property gains in the country.
Without a doubt, some of these “countermeasures” would definitely cause quite a bit of pain for our economy…
Suspending cooperation with the U.S. on fentanyl (which Beijing itself helped flood into American communities),
Jacking up tariffs on American farm goods like soybeans and sorghum,
Blocking U.S. poultry,
Clamping down on American service industries,
Investigating U.S. intellectual property in China,
And, of course, reducing/banning U.S. films.
In addition, the Chinese have already placed new restrictions on rare earth elements and have added more U.S. companies to the “unreliable entities list”.
On top of everything else, it appears that a major currency devaluation could be right around the corner…
The People’s Bank of China on Tuesday set the midpoint rate for onshore yuan at 7.2038 per dollar, the weakest level since September 2023, according to data provider Wind Information. The yuan is allowed to trade within a 2% band of this midpoint rate.
The yuan’s weakening is a “big signal,” Robin Brooks, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia,” “this is Beijing politely saying this is getting a little too much, we are putting you on notice, we can devalue if we want and bigger things may come if you keep this up.”
“This is a clear shot across the bow of Washington,” Brooks added.
Anyone that suggests that the Chinese are not able to hurt us does not know what they are talking about.
Yes, we can really hurt China, but they can really hurt us too.
Wouldn’t it be better if we could all just find a way to get along?
Because the reality of the matter is that history has shown us over and over again that trade wars have a way of evolving into shooting wars.
Interestingly, two Chinese soldiers that were apparently fighting for the Russian military have just been captured by Ukraine…
The Ukrainian military has captured two Chinese men fighting with the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday.
Ukraine has information that there are “significantly more” Chinese nationals fighting alongside the Russians in the more than three-year war, Zelenskyy said, adding that he has asked his top diplomat “to immediately contact Beijing and find out how China is going to react to this.”
It appears that the two men that were just captured were part of a group of six Chinese soldiers that got into a firefight with Ukrainian forces…
Zelenskyy said a clash with Chinese soldiers occurred near the villages of Tarasivka and Bilohorivka in the Donetsk region, where six Chinese military personnel engaged Ukrainian troops. Two Chinese were taken prisoner, Zelenskyy said at a news conference in Kyiv alongside visiting Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever.
At this point, there is no indication that these soldiers were from the Chinese military.
Instead, it appears that they were actually part of the Russian military.
Just like Ukraine does, Russia hires soldiers from all over the world…
However, this is not evidence of a state-sanctioned deployment by China.
Russia is known to have recruited mercenaries from around the world to fuel its fight to seize control of Ukraine.
Many have come from Cuba, India, Yemen and several African countries, attracted by promises of significant cash incentives.
The conflict in Ukraine definitely has a global flavor to it, because there are literally soldiers from dozens of different countries involved in the fighting.
Of course the same thing could be said about the war in the Middle East as well.
Now we have added a worldwide economic war to our troubles, and I have a feeling that a lot more surprises are coming in the months ahead.
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Joe Rogan left stunned as biotech boss reveals how China has genetically modified 'super babies'
READ MORE: Joe Rogan fled 'violent' father for San Francisco's gay scene
By ISHITA SRIVASTAVA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 14:54 EDT, 8 April 2025 | Updated: 07:58 EDT, 9 April 2025
Joe Rogan was left in shock after a biotech billionaire laid bare how China is 'engineering babies' using gene-editing technology.
Ben Lamm, co-founder of Colossal Biosciences - which just announced it has brought the dire wolf back from extinction - explained how Chinese scientists had cloned and modified babies to be resistant to HIV.
But he added there were rumors researchers in Beijing had also been tinkering with genes responsible for human intelligence, which prompted Rogan to let out a shocked 'ooh.'
Lamm said on the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience: 'They actually were engineering babies, editing their embryos to confer a resistance to HIV now still to this day.'
He added: 'The CEO of BGI [Beijing Genomics Institute], which is funded by the CCP, has said that they are looking at genes with humans, they are looking at what makes humans more intelligent, they don't shy away from this, this is not some conspiracy... this is something that is very real.'
Genetic editing of human embryos has been officially outlawed in China since 2003. However in 2018, Chinese scientist Dr He Jiankui revealed he had created the world's first genetically modified embryos.
Doctors implanted them in two women and three babies were born who were HIV-resistant, but due to fierce ethical criticism, he was jailed for three years in 2019.
Rogan asked Lamm if China is editing genes to create 'intelligent kids.' Lamm noted such theories were 'under debate' - pointing toward rumors that China had collected DNA through Covid testing and was analyzing it for intelligence genes.
Between 2016 and 2018, Dr Jiankui modified the genes of embryos belonging to eight couples in which only the father was HIV positive.
Using a gene-editing technique called Crispr-Cas9, he rewrote sections of the embryos' DNA with the goal of preventing the virus from being passed on.
Following his announcement, Dr Jiankui was promptly arrested and tried by Chinese authorities for 'illegally carrying out the human embryo gene-editing intended for reproduction' in 2019.
Officials found him guilty of conducting 'illegal medical practices' and sentenced to him to three years in prison. He was released from jail in 2023.
Rogan, however, said: 'The scary thing was that they didn't just do that. They also edited something that would allow the child to have much higher intelligence.'
But Lamm said this claim was 'under debate'.
He added: 'There's people that say that happened. There's people that say it doesn't happen.'
But the entrepreneur told Rogan the BGI Group, formerly Beijing Genomics Institute, had collected data from people across the world under the guise of Covid testing and planned to analyze the DNA for intelligence genes that could then be used potentially to create intellectually superior children.
Lamm said: 'During COVID they're like "We'll do all the COVID testing for you free. No worries, just send us your data. You just want to help the world right? We'll work with the World Health Organization."
He added: 'They are openly saying we are sequencing as much as we can of the world population, looking for genes for intelligence and we will act on that.
'That is not a hidden thing.'
While the genomics company had offered help with virus testing to some US states at the height of the pandemic, BGI has not commented on whether the Covid samples were used to collect human DNA information.
Rogan then jokingly asked if the HIV-immune kids were 'already winning chess championships'.
He added: 'We should find out. These kids are probably in a lab somewhere with a headset on, teaching them how to be psychic'.
Gene editing for reproductive purposes involves modifying DNA in either gametes, sperm, eggs or early embryos to prevent the transmission of genetic diseases or potentially for genetic enhancement.
However, the process has raised significant ethical concerns over the possibility of it being used to create 'designer babies' with specific traits.
Gene editing is currently considered unsafe as there is a lack of long-term data and evidence about potential risks like side effects and mosaicism (a condition in which cells within the same person have a different genetic makeup).
As of now, gene editing for reproductive purposes is effectively banned in the US and most of Europe.
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The Elite Explained Why "China Is The Big One." Who Was It That Made China
September 18, 2013, Elite Update - by PASTOR LINDSEY WILLIAM
The Elite Explained Why "China Is The Big One." Who Was It That Made China; Who Financed All Those Buildings; Who Financed All Those Massive Projects; Who Took All The Industries Abroad; When China Collapses; What's Going To Happen To The Banks Of America?
• The Elite Told You 4 Years Ago That "China Is The Big One" • The Elite Said Don't Pay Any Attention to the Euro... It Matters Not What the Stock Market Does... Don't Pay Any Attention to Other Things in the World... North Korea, Iran & Things Like That... He Said Keep Your Eyes On China! "He Said China's The Big One " • George Herbert Walker Bush, Daddy Bush, The Vice President of The United States of America Under President Ronald Reagan... • George Bush Was the Ambassador to China, September 26, 1974, Through December 27, 1975 • Prior To That Time, As Long As Anyone Has Known, China Was A Closed Society, There Was A Great Wall, People Didn't Go In, People Didn't Go Out! People Lived That Way For A Few Thousand Years • China Was Basically Unknown To The Rest Of The World, Almost... In 40 Years Time Since, George Herbert Walker Bush Became The Ambassador & There Was A Reason Why He Did That... He Became The Ambassador To China In Order To Open It Up... He Saw In China, The Population Of 1.35 Billion People, The Largest Population On The Face Of The Earth • In Comparison To The United States Is Only 313.6 Million People • In China They Have More People In Uniform That In The Continental United States • George Herbert Walker Bush, Mr. New World Order Himself, The One You Can't Get Anymore As Part Of The Elite, Than Bush & Kissinger... And Bush Himself In China As In Ambassador And The 1 Year He Was There, He Literally Opened Up China, A Closed Society To The Rest Of The World • To The Point In 40 Years, China Has Become The Second Largest Economy In The World • America #1, China #2, Japan #3 - All Because Of Mr. New World Order & He Knew Exactly What They Were Going To Do... • He Knew That Great Population Could Change The Face Of The World • The Elite Knew They Would Move America's Industries Abroad, They Knew They Were Going To Take Our Trade Secrets & Move Them Their... The Elite Knew What Their Plans Were... They Had This Planed Many Years Ago • They Were Going To Make China What It Is Today! • This Is Happening Right Before Your Eyes & The Average American Has Not The Slightest Idea, What Is Going To Take Place... • There Is A Collapse, Under Way Right Now, That Is Going To Affect Your Family More, Than The Collapse Of The American Dollar! • And You Must Take Precautions Accordingly • CHINA Is On The Verge of COLLAPSE! • CBS 60 Minutes - China Real Estate Bubble - Building Cities And No One Lives There • China Has All Of Our Major Industry, They Have Caterpillar, Boeing, Your Clothing, Shoes, TV, Appliances, Hardware In Hardware Store... We Don't Have That In America Anymore... It's All Been Moved To China • In Order For Any Company To Go To China, They Must Have A Chinese Government Partner, When There Is Going To Be A Collapse In China, And There Is Going To Be, In A Very Short Time... • When You Begin To See Riots... • What's Going To Happen? • The First Person That's Going To Be Honored Is That Chinese Partner... • When Caterpillar Moved There Facilities To China, They Were Required By The Chinese Government To Give Them All Their Trade Secrets Everyone, One Of Them , Now They Would Not Divulge This Information to Any Other Company In The United States Because They Have Patents On it... And Those Are Individual To That One Company That Has Made Them So Great! Why Is Caterpillar Engines Not Equaled By Any Other Engines In The World, Bar None? Why Because They Have Trade Secrets, They Have Copyrights! • Boeing The Largest Builder Of Aircraft In The World Have Given All Their Trade Secrets To Chinese Government In Order To Go In & Get Dirt Cheap Labor, So They Wouldn't Have To Pay Unions, They Wouldn't Have To Pay Retirement Funds... • American Companies After Going Into China, India, Mexico... What They Have They Done, It's Appalling.... The American Companies Have Gone Into These Other Countries & They Moved Their Equipment, If We Had To Build War Tanks, The War Machines Necessary For War Today, We Could Not Do It, Don't Have The Dies In This Country, We Do Not Have The Equipment In This Country, We Do Not Have Detroit In This Country, We Could Not Fight A WWII Today! You Could Not Even Make A Jeep! • Why? • Because All The Trades Secrets Are Gone! All Have Been Given To China • Industries Moved Abroad • American Companies Not Only Have Moved Equipment & Industries Abroad • The American Companies Have Taken The Profits That They Have Made... (Remember 2 Of The Companies Have Been Bailed Out By You & Me The Tax Payer... General Motors, Chrysler, You Bail Them Out) They Are Keeping Those Profits Outside The United States! American Corporations, Everyone Of Them, Have Stashed All Their Profits Outside The United States... • Why Do You Think The Government Of The United States Is Having So Much Problems, So Much National Debt, The Taxes Being Received Have Gone To Zilch! • Whether It Be A City, A State, A County, Federal Government, The Tax Base Is Not Their Any Longer... • Why Is Detroit In The Trouble It's In? • It Doesn't Have A Tax Base • Now What Does These Americans Companies Do With This Monies? • They Stash It Away In Foreign Banks... Trillions Of Dollars • All These American Companies Instead Of Bringing It Back To American & Helping The Country That Made Them Great & The Free Enterprise System That Made Them Great & Helping The Tax Load Our States, Counties, Cites & Federal Government Have... Instead Of That They Stashed That Money Abroad, In Banks All Around The World • And When The Collapse Takes Place, After The Federal Reserve Chairman Makes His Announcement That Interest Are Going To Rise... The Interest Rate Derivatives Will Collapse (Over $441 Trillion Dollars) Within 24 Hours Will Bring Every Currency In The World To Its Knees! • If It's Paper It's Worthless! • What's Going To Happen To All The American Profits That Have Been Stashed Abroad? • Just As Hugo Salinas Price Said: We Are Going To Have Major Corporations Go Bankrupt! • Now Do You Know Why? • Because They Were Greedy • When Caterpillar Can't Produce In China, When Boeing Can't Produce In China, & Your Clothes, Shoes, Appliances & Hardware Because Of A China Collapse... You're The One's That Are Going To Suffer, If You Haven't Made Preparations Ahead Of Time! • China Will COLLAPSE! • America Companies BANKRUPT! • Who Is It, Who Help Finance All That? • Now Keep In Mind Who Opened All This Up, George Herbert Walker Bush, 30 Years Plus, He Opened Up China • Who Was It That Made China? • China Didn't Have Any Money • Who Made China? • Who Finance All Those Buildings? • Who Took All This Industry Abroad? • JP Morgan, AIG, CITI Bank, Bank Of America, Wells Fargo... • When China Collapses, What's Going To Happen To The Banks Of America? • What's Going To Happen To JP Morgan, AIG, CITI BANK, Bank Of America, Wells Fargo? • Who Financed All Those Massive Construction Projects? • These Very Companies Right Here! • China Didn't Have Anything, They Were Behind A Wall, They Were A Closed Society • Who Made Them Great? • America! America's Greedy Corporations That Wanted Wages That Were Low & Wanted To Bring These Products Back Into This Country Cheaply & Make Money On Both Sides & Stash Money Abroad! • What Going To Happen To Those Companies? • I Hope Your Getting The Message What Is About To Happen To You!
https://www.stevequayle.com/index.php?s=658
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etc. truly darkness, darkness is growing darker and darker and darker, war is being prepared, war is being made ready. Watch Russia, watch Turkey, watch China, watch Iran, watch Pakistan, watch Saudi Arabia, for they are not your friends nor have they ever been your friends. They are not my friends, saith your Father God, for they shall wage war against me in the last days, these are the last days. etc..
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Turkish President Erdogan calls for Allah to “bring destruction upon Zionist Israel,”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered a provocative statement during an Eid al-Fitr address, calling on Allah to “damn Zionist Israel” and bring about its destruction.
The remarks, made during a celebratory prayer marking the end of Ramadan, have ignited a firestorm of reactions across social media and international news outlets, highlighting the deepening rift between Turkey and Israel amid ongoing regional tensions.
According to reports circulating on X, Erdogan’s speech was unequivocal. One source, linked to a post from @rojavanewsnetw, quoted him saying, “May Allah damn Zionist Israel,” framing it as a direct call for divine intervention against the Jewish state.
Another post from @Danale elaborated, stating that Erdogan urged Allah to “destroy and destroy Zionist Israel,” emphasizing the intensity of his rhetoric.
These statements align with Erdogan’s long-standing criticism of Israel, particularly over its policies toward Palestinians, but the explicit invocation of divine destruction marks a notable escalation in tone.
News of the speech quickly spread beyond Turkey. A post from @UkandNireland referenced an article claiming Erdogan’s remarks were part of his broader Eid al-Fitr address, suggesting they were intended to resonate with his domestic base and the wider Muslim world.
Meanwhile, @WillemH1969 linked to a report noting that Israel swiftly condemned the statement, labeling it as anti-Semitic and inflammatory. The Israeli response underscores the diplomatic fallout, with tensions between the two nations already strained by years of political and ideological clashes.
Erdogan’s comments also drew attention to theological and political interpretations. A post from @sadcjp cited a source arguing that Erdogan’s plea was misguided, asserting that “Allah is a Zionist and is not going to harm his chosen people, EVER.”
This perspective, while provocative, reflects a counter-narrative challenging Erdogan’s framing of divine will, though it remains a minority view amid the broader discourse.
The timing of the statement, during a major Islamic holiday, amplifies its significance.
Posts on X, such as one from @AvixAvix linking to a report titled “Erdogan: ‘Allah will destroy Israel,'” suggest that the Turkish leader sought to leverage the religious occasion to rally support.
Critics, however, see it as a calculated move to bolster his image as a defender of Muslim causes, particularly in light of Turkey’s domestic economic struggles and his party’s political challenges.
International reactions have been mixed but intense. While some X users praised Erdogan’s boldness, others decried it as reckless.
The phrase “Muslim Ass Kisser Alert” from @UkandNireland’s post reflects a segment of sentiment viewing the remarks as pandering, while @AvixAvix’s fiery language—”This son of a Demon whore who spawned him”—illustrates the visceral opposition from pro-Israel voices. These posts, though not conclusive evidence, highlight the polarized global response.
Critically, Erdogan’s rhetoric raises questions about its practical implications. Turkey, a NATO member, has historically balanced its criticism of Israel with pragmatic relations.
Yet, this latest outburst could signal a shift—or simply be another instance of performative outrage. Without official transcripts or additional context from Turkish state media, the exact wording and intent remain subject to interpretation, a gap that X posts alone cannot fully bridge.
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'Their final days': Iran orders advisers to leave Yemen, abandoning Houthis
Senior officials say move, notable shift in Tehran's regional policy, intended to avoid direct confrontation with U.S. in event Iranians are hurt by air offensive
Ynet|Yesterday | 16:50
Iran has ordered its military personnel to leave Yemen, effectively cutting off support for its Houthi allies as the United States intensifies its air campaign against the rebel group, the British newspaper The Telegraph reported Thursday.
A senior Iranian official told the newspaper that the move was intended to avoid a direct confrontation with the United States in the event that an Iranian soldier is killed. The withdrawal marks a notable shift in Iran’s regional strategy as it reduces support for proxy forces to prioritize what it sees as direct threats from Washington.
“The main concern in Tehran now is Trump and how to deal with him,” the official said. “Every meeting is dominated by discussions about him. None of the regional groups we previously supported are being discussed.”
President Donald Trump has escalated pressure on Iran, issuing repeated warnings that failure to negotiate over its nuclear program and regional activities would result in devastating airstrikes. He has also declared that any attack carried out by the Houthis—who continue to receive backing from Tehran—would be treated as an attack by Iran itself.
According to the Iranian source, officials in Tehran no longer believe the Houthis can withstand the sustained American bombardment.
“They are living their final months or even days,” the official said. “There is no point in keeping them on our list. They were part of a chain that relied on [Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah and [Syrian President Bashar] Assad, and keeping only one part of that chain for the future makes no sense.”
The United States has launched near-daily airstrikes on Houthi positions in Yemen. Trump has described the campaign as “unbelievably successful,” with strikes eliminating senior commanders and destroying key military assets. The Houthis claim American bombs have hit civilian and government sites, including a water management facility in the town of Mansouriya.
In response to the escalating conflict, the Pentagon announced this week that the USS Carl Vinson, currently deployed in the Indo-Pacific region, is en route to the Middle East to support operations alongside the USS Harry S. Truman, already stationed near Yemen. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also ordered reinforcements of air squadrons and additional air defense capabilities.
American defense officials told Reuters that six B-2 stealth bombers have been deployed to the U.S.-British military base on Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean. The aircraft, designed to penetrate deep into enemy territory undetected, are capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear payloads.
“This location is close enough to reach Yemen or Iran,” a defense expert told Reuters.
According to The Telegraph, Iranian military commanders have considered a preemptive strike on Diego Garcia to deter a potential U.S. offensive. A senior Iranian official said military leaders were instructed to prepare for such an option.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjk71d3tyg
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etc.. All these things are end-time signs, the economy, the loss of jobs, the government control. You are in a time that the world has never seen before and that time does not get better, etc..
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FARMER STRIKE Hits Britain - PANIC BUYING of Bread and Flour Hits British Stores
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A first national farmers “strike” is under way in England with a number of farmers refusing to ship milling wheat out to stores for the next two weeks, in protest at the raft of Labor government policies that are hitting the industry hard.
Supermarkets across the nation have already seen a glut of shoppers stocking up on flour, yeast, and what’s left of baked goods, which will all disappear from shelves soon.
Tescos Supermarkets across London have already registered an uptick in flour sales, as have Costco, and Sainsbury’s. Fights broke out in a Croydon supermarket on Tuesday over a packet of flour, resulting in police shutting down the supermarket.
At the moment the UK government is trying to hush the news, and keep the controlled media under their leash, but news will soon gain speed through social media.
The strike began on April 1 and is already having noticeable effects throughout the UK.
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these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the
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Matt 24:6 "And you will hear of wars and
rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to
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US base and 4,000 of its troops are 'at risk of complete destruction' if Trump decides to strike Iran, state newspaper warns as it lays out how Tehran would launch attack with long-range drones
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By TARYN PEDLER
Published: 05:43 EDT, 3 April 2025 | Updated: 11:48 EDT, 3 April 2025
Iran has issued a chilling warning that a key US military base and thousands of American troops could be obliterated if President Donald Trump orders a strike on Tehran.
Iranian armed forces-run Defra Press claimed Wednesday that Iran 'certainly has sufficient weapons' to attack Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean where the US has recently bolstered military presence.
The report directly threatened US Air Force and Navy assets, stating that the 4,000 American soldiers it claims are stationed there would be 'risk of complete destruction' in the event of an American attack on Iran.
While official estimates suggest the base at Diego Garcia typically hosts 400 military personnel and 2,000 civilian contractors, the state newspaper suggested the current presence of strategic assets makes it a prime target.
It comes as the US launched a fresh round of airstrikes on pro-Iranian targets Thursday as it prepares to reportedly bomb Iran's nuke programme.
The Houthis, a rebel Iranian proxy force, said six people were killed in the fresh strikes across the land they control, including a guard at a communications tower. They also claimed the US struck a water project, killing four, in the Hodeida governorate's Mansuriyah District. Some 17 strikes also hit Saada, near the Saudi border, and another person was killed at Ras Isa port in Hodeida, the Houthis said.
The US is shooting missiles from its destroyers and launching fighter jets from its aircraft carrier nearby - the USS Harry Truman.
Defra Press also outlined a number of potential attack strategies including how Iran could launch a devastating assault using its advanced Shahed-136 drones, which have a range of 4,000km - enough to reach Diego Garcia from Iran.
The Shaheds pack an explosive charge, can be fired one after the other, and can 'loiter' above potential targets for hours before being slammed directly into enemy soldiers, vehicles or buildings from above - causing a blast.
However, the drones' speed of 185km/h would mean a journey of nearly 20 hours - a significant window for US forces to intercept them.
Tehran could also unleash Khorramshahr ballistic missiles and other long-range weapons to strike the base. The weapon has a range of 2,000km and is able to carry a 3,300-pound warhead.
But Iran's missile stockpile has been severely depleted following Israeli airstrikes in April and October 2024, meaning Tehran may struggle to carry out a sustained attack.
Iranian warships could also attempt to get closer to Diego Garcia and launch missile and drone attacks from the Indian Ocean, but the vessels are poorly equipped to withstand a US naval response.
In a show of force, the US has significantly increased its military presence in the Middle East.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has extended the deployment of the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier in the region.
Additionally, the USS Carl Vinson, which usually patrols the South China Sea, has been redirected to the Persian Gulf, directly south of Iran, to joint its sister carried USS Truman.
This will result in a rare two-carrier presence aimed at deterring Iranian aggression.
America has also already moved six B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to the Chagos Islands, a third of its fleet, with satellite imagery showing them resting at the Diego Garcia military base on the UK-controlled island.
These high-tech planes have the capability of carrying bunker busting bombs across Iran that could destroy its military and nuclear sites.
The B-2 Spirits will likely be supported by a fleet of six Stratotanker in-flight refuelling craft, which were seen at Diego Garcia.
These would give the Spirits the capability to fly to Iran, deliver payloads and fly back to the Chagos Islands in a roughly 5,000-mile round trip.
The deployment underscores the escalating tensions and the US's preparedness for any possible conflict with the Middle Eastern country.
But Iran has stepped up its rhetoric against the US in recent weeks, repeatedly threatening American bases across the Middle East.
A senior Iranian officials ominously warned the Wall Street Journal that 'each American soldier will be an individual target' if the US carried out a strike on Iran.
Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of Iran's Aerospace Force, claimed the US has at least 10 bases and over 50,000 troops in the region - all of whom are within range of Iran's weapons.
Tehran has previously launched strikes on US bases in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan, while Iran-backed Houthis have targeted Al Dhafra Airbase in Abu Dhabi, which hosts both US and French personnel.
And with tensions at an all-time high, all eyes are on President Trump, who has vowed to take a harder stance on Iran.
He has threatened to attack the Middle Eastern nation with a 'bombing the likes to which they've never seen before' should its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, refuse to destroy its nuclear programme and stop supporting proxy wars in the Middle East.
But Iran appears to be stepping up to the military challenge, with Khamenei adviser Ali Larijani recently telling local media: 'If America or Israel bomb Iran under the nuclear pretext, Iran will be compelled to move toward producing an atomic bomb.'
Last month, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran had substantially increased its production of nuclear-capable uranium, and had increased its stockpile of near-weapons grade material.
The US is also exerting financial pressure on Iran, with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday meeting in Washington with 16 global banks and federal law enforcement agencies on US sanctions policy on Iran including efforts to cut its oil exports.
Bessent said President Trump's administration is applying economic pressure to the maximum extent possible to disrupt Iran's access to financial resources that help it fund Hamas and other militant groups throughout the Middle East and its efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon.
This includes the billions of dollars each year that Iran generates via its oil sales, which the regime also uses to finance its dangerous agenda and support its multiple terrorist proxies and partners,' Bessent said, according to a copy of his remarks.
Iran says its nuclear program is for civilian purposes.
Trump restored his policy of maximum pressure on Iran in February that includes efforts to drive its oil exports down to zero.
In March Treasury slapped sanctions on tankers carrying Iranian oil and on a Chinese 'teapot' refinery for processing the oil. Teapots are small, independent refineries in China. China's national oil company refineries have stopped buying Iranian oil over concerns about sanctions.
Bessent mentioned the US sanctioning of Shandong Shouguang Luqing Petrochemical Co., Ltd, the small refinery, and its chief executive officer for purchasing and refining hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Iranian crude oil, including from vessels linked to the Houthis and the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics.
'Teapot refinery purchases of Iranian oil provide the primary economic lifeline for the Iranian regime,' Bessent said.
Bessent also warned the banks that Iran conducts its foreign exchange activities through a covert shadow banking network.
'My message to financial institutions worldwide is unequivocal: safeguard your institutions from being exploited by this malign network, so you can continue to serve your legitimate clients with integrity,' Bessent told the banks, according to the Treasury Department.
The department did not immediately respond to a request about which banks and agencies participated.
Bessent said Treasury uses tools such as Wednesday's meeting to bring together financial institutions, regulatory agencies, and law enforcement, to disrupt what it calls Iran's illicit revenue streams.
In an NBC interview over the weekend, Trump also threatened so-called secondary tariffs, which affect buyers of a country's goods, on both Russia and Iran.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14566599/US-base-troops-risk-destruction-Trump-
strike-Iran-attack-long-range-drones.html
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Microsoft scales back AI data center boom as China’s DeepSeek upends the market
04/04/2025 // Cassie B. // Views
Microsoft scales back AI data center construction globally, halting projects in the U.K., Australia, Indonesia, and the U.S.
China’s DeepSeek AI model disrupts the market with 40 to 50x greater efficiency than Western competitors.
Analysts warn of AI infrastructure oversupply as demand softens and Chinese innovation reduces computing needs.
Microsoft cancels or defers projects worth 2 gigawatts of power, equivalent to 1.5 million U.S. homes’ electricity demand.
The AI boom faces a reality check as efficiency, not expansion, becomes the new industry benchmark.
In a move signaling potential turbulence for the artificial intelligence investment frenzy, Microsoft has dramatically scaled back construction of AI data centers across the U.S., Europe, and Asia—including halted projects in Indonesia, the U.K., Australia, and multiple American states.
The retreat, first reported by analysts at TD Cowen and later detailed by Bloomberg, comes as China’s DeepSeek AI model emerges as a disruptive force, boasting efficiency gains 40 to 50 times greater than Western competitors. The shift raises urgent questions about whether the AI industry has overbuilt infrastructure, with Goldman Sachs analyst Rich Privorotsky warning: “If you can do more with less, it naturally raises the question of whether so much capacity is necessary.”
The pullback marks a notable reversal for Microsoft, which had pledged $80 billion in AI infrastructure spending for 2025. Now, with demand projections softening and Chinese innovation undercutting cost assumptions, the tech giant’s retrenchment may foreshadow a broader reckoning for an industry banking on endless growth.
A global retreat
Microsoft’s cuts span continents. In the U.K., the company abandoned negotiations to lease space near Cambridge for a facility designed to host advanced Nvidia chips. Similar talks collapsed near Chicago, while construction paused outside Jakarta and in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin—a site once championed by former president Joe Biden. TD Cowen estimates Microsoft walked away from projects representing 2 gigawatts of power capacity, equivalent to the annual electricity demand of 1.5 million U.S. homes.
“We continue to believe the lease cancellations and deferrals point to data center oversupply relative to its current demand forecast,” analyst Michael Elias wrote in a client note. The slowdown isn’t isolated: Google and Meta are reportedly absorbing some abandoned capacity, but even their spending faces scrutiny as investors question AI’s near-term profitability.
The DeepSeek disruption
The unspoken catalyst for Microsoft’s retreat may be Beijing-based DeepSeek. Since its January debut, the model has upended industry assumptions with claims of 40 to 50x greater efficiency than rivals like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Privorotsky of Goldman Sachs flagged the implications: if AI workloads require far less computing power, the justification for sprawling data center networks weakens.
The efficiency gap threatens to accelerate “peak AI capacity”—the point at which demand plateaus—years ahead of Goldman’s late-2026 estimate. Meanwhile, Western tech firms face mounting pressure to justify billions in spending while Chinese rivals advance with leaner infrastructure.
Microsoft’s stock dipped 1% on the news, echoing broader tech sector unease. The AI boom, fueled by hype and speculative investment, now confronts a reality check. CoreWeave, a cloud startup reliant on AI contracts, scrambled to deny rumors of Microsoft canceling agreements, but the market’s jitters persist.
While Microsoft insists its $80 billion annual AI budget remains intact, the strategic pauses suggest recalibration. A spokesperson said although the company may "strategically pace or adjust our infrastructure in some areas, we will continue to grow strongly in all regions". Skeptics see a deflection. As TD Cowen’s notes underscore, the math is changing: when competitors achieve more with less, overbuilding becomes a liability.
Microsoft’s retreat underscores a pivotal moment for AI. The industry, once racing to outbuild rivals, now faces a disruptive truth: efficiency, not sheer scale, may dictate winners. With China’s DeepSeek resetting cost benchmarks and demand timelines tightening, the data center gold rush looks increasingly precarious. For investors, the question isn’t just about Microsoft—it’s whether the AI bubble has met its first major leak.
Sources for this article include: ZeroHedge.com Futurism.com Reuters.com
https://www.naturalnews.com/2025-04-04-microsoft-scales-back-ai-data-center-boom-chinas
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Russia Warns Against US Strikes On Iran Nuclear Sites: 'Catastrophic & Illegal'
by Tyler Durden
Authored...
Via The Cradle
The Russian Foreign Ministry warned on Thursday that US threats of attack against Iran are "unacceptable" and could result in a "catastrophe".
"The use of military force by Iran's opponents in the context of the settlement is illegal and unacceptable. Threats from outside to bomb Iran's nuclear infrastructure facilities will inevitably lead to an irreversible global catastrophe. These threats are simply unacceptable," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also told Life magazine that the "consequences of this, especially if there are strikes on the nuclear infrastructure, could be catastrophic for the entire region."
Kremlin Pool via AP
Russia and the US have recently held talks on ending the war in Ukraine. Ryabkov said these talks have not resulted in a breakthrough.
Regarding tension between Tehran and Washington, Ryabkov said Russia "condemns US threats." The Russian Foreign Ministry comes after US President Donald Trump renewed his threat to attack Iranian nuclear facilities.
"If they don't make a deal, there will be bombing. But there's a chance that if they don't make a deal, that I will do secondary tariffs on them like I did four years ago," the president said on Sunday. Iran issued a formal complaint to the UN Security Council and said it would respond to any threat.
Trump had sent a letter to Iranian leadership in early March, threatening an attack if Tehran did not come to the negotiating table. Iranian officials said they would not negotiate under threats and economic sanctions, which Trump has imposed with full force as part of his "maximum pressure" policy.
This week, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran has officially responded to Trump’s letter signaling a willingness for indirect talks, which the US is reportedly considering.
However, Washington is simultaneously beefing up its forces in the region in preparation for a potential attack. This follows several reports over the past two months that Israel is planning to strike at the Iranian nuclear program.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht Ravachi held talks on the nuclear issue with Ryabkov on Wednesday.
"The sides stressed the illegality and inadmissibility of the use of military force by Iran's opponents to resolve disagreements and the unacceptability of threats from the outside to bomb Iran's nuclear energy infrastructure, as this will inevitably lead to large-scale and irreversible radiological and humanitarian consequences for the entire Middle East region and the world as a whole," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Satellite imagery from earlier today by @IndoPacWatch shows 6 B-2 “Spirit” Long-Range Strategic Stealth Bombers with the 509th Bomb Wing, on the tarmac at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, a little more than 2,000 miles away from Iran. pic.twitter.com/divXs4o9kb
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 1, 2025
China, Russia, and Iran released a joint statement on March 14 demanding an end to "unlawful" US sanctions against the Islamic Republic after meetings in Beijing between the three countries.
Tehran insists that its nuclear program is entirely peaceful, in line with a religious fatwa against weapons of mass destruction, as well as the fact that it is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
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Put your money, your time, your efforts into what I tell you to do, for I will cause you to have a victory such as you have never seen. And it shall be so clear, yes; it shall be so clear what you are all to do. Yes, for I shall speak to you, my power shall be awesome and miracles shall come to pass. It shall not be the fake gold or the fake feathers or the false shaking or the animal noises or the falling under the power and not coming away with permanent results or changed lives. My prophetic shall speak concerning things to come in a clear concise manner that no one shall want to miss or read second hand. For they will want to hear it under the anointing of the prophets and to receive the anointing of the prophet that shall manifest miracles, signs and wonders. People shall now see the signs of the last days like never before. Not only in a strange and confusing weather, the heat, the drought, the floods, the forest fires, the volcanoes, lack of jobs, shortage of money, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, sandstorms, straight wind, electrical storms, electrical shortages, hail, locusts, pestilence’s, the sicknesses, terrorists attacks, wars, the uniting of the false church under the false prophet, the rise of the anti-christ, the riots, the crime, the drugs, alcoholism, great open gay activities and movies, more open sex on TV, more street people, homeless, lack of crops, food shortages, great fear in those who do not know me. No peace as my word says for the world. The UN taking more control, martial law established, rationing and many more disasters that shall now begin to come. etc.
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Seismic rainstorms and wild tornadoes kill at least 18 people as 22 MILLION Americans are put under severe alert
By MELISSA KOENIG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 19:08 EDT, 6 April 2025 | Updated: 19:24 EDT, 6 April 2025
The devastating storms that tore through the Midwest since Wednesday have officially taken the lives of 18 Americans, including at least two children, as the East Coast braces for impact.
Among the fatalities were a boy, 5, found in a storm-battered home in Arkansas; a nine-year-old boy named Gabriel Andrews who was swept away by floodwaters while walking to his bus stop in Kentucky; and a 74-year-old who was found dead in a fully-submerged vehicle in Nelson County, according to CNN.
A 16-year-old volunteer firefighter in Missouri also died in a crash while seeking to rescue people caught in the storm, and in Tennessee, a Carroll County Electric Department lineman died on the job.
The state has reported the most deaths from the wild weather that battered the state and left towns fully flooded, with 10 storm-related deaths.
Half of those were in McNairy County, where an EF3 tornado on Thursday damaged 332 buildings, leveling 108, the Emergency Management Agency announced on social media.
But the deluge isn't yet over, as rivers continue to rise and torrential rains persisted across the South and Midwest, threatening the already waterlogged communities with 'moderate to major' flooding, according to the National Weather Service.
Nearly 22 million people are now at risk of severe storms, as the system moves east.
The highest-risk zone for wild weather now extends from northern Georgia to eastern Louisiana, and includes cities like Atlanta, Birmingham, Mobile and New Orleans.
A tornado watch is also in effect for southern and eastern Alabama, the Florida Panhandle and western and northern Georgia - affecting 8 million people.
If any tornadoes did form on Sunday, it would mark the eleventh consecutive day with twisters reported somewhere in the country, according to CNN.
There were four tornadoes reported on Saturday, along with 87 reports of severe weather, 78 reports of high wind and five reports of hail.
Over a foot of rain has now fallen across the mid-South since Wednesday, setting over a dozen daily rainfall records in Arkansas and Tennessee.
As a result of the deluge, more than 118,500 people remained without power across the Midwest as of Sunday evening, according to PowerOutage.us, a website that tracks outage reports.
At the same time, there were 898 delays and 29 flight cancelations, following 523 domestic and international flights canceled within the U.S. and more than 6,900 delayed on Saturday, per FlightAware.
Major highways were also left impassible in Kentucky and Tennessee due to the rising water levels, including sections of Interstate-40 in Memphis and Interstate-69 in Kentucky.
The National Weather Service is now urging drivers to 'turn around' if they encounter flooded roadways, and the Nelson County Sheriff's Office in Kentucky declared: 'Turn around, don't drown is more than saying it's the difference between life and death,' Wide Open Country reports.
Meanwhile, utility companies from Texas through Ohio scrambled to shut off power and gas, while cities closed roads and deployed sandbags to protect homes and businesses.
In Frankfort, Kentucky, rescue crews checking up on residents in the state capital had to traverse inundated streets in inflatable boats.
'As long as I´ve been alive - and I´m 52 - this is the worst I´ve ever seen it,' said Wendy Quire, the general manager at the Brown Barrel restaurant in downtown Frankfort.
As the swollen Kentucky River kept rising on Sunday, officials diverted traffic and turned off utilities to businesses in the city built around it, Quire said.
'The rain just won´t stop. It´s been nonstop for days and days,' she said.
For many, as the rain kept falling, there was a sense of dread that the worst was still to come.
'This flooding is an act of God,' said Kevin Gordon, a front desk clerk at the Ashbrook Hotel in downtown Frankfort. The hotel was still open Sunday and offering discounted stays to affected locals, but Gordon said the hotel could eventually be forced to closed.
State officials have since ordered evacuations in parts of the state, including in Montgomery County, where the Kentucky River is forecast to crest at 47 feet - high enough to cause near record flooding, according to the New York Times.
Flood warnings also remain in effect in Tennessee and Alabama.
The National Weather Service has even warned on Sunday dozens of locations in multiple states were expected to reach a 'major flood stage,' with extensive flooding of structures, roads, bridges and other critical infrastructure possible.
It said on Sunday there is still some threat for heavy rainfall and flash flooding for portions of the Southeast and the Gulf Coast region going through this evening and overnight.'
Communities in areas affected by flooding 'should prepare for possible long duration and severe disruptions to daily life,' with 10 to 15 inches of rain expected over the weekend.
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etc. you shall see more problems throughout the world, bigger terror attacks, you shall see earthquakes, oh even the big earthquake and you shall see the division before long from one end of the states to another that you cannot cross for that fault shall be opened. You shall see the stock market as it crashes, for I have warned you and yet the world has mocked me, your President has mocked me, both parties have mocked me and judgment day is coming fast. etc
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We Are Witnessing “Lehman-Style Margin Calls” In The Aftermath Of The Biggest Stock Market Wipeout In U.S. History
April 6, 2025 by Michael
We have never seen so much stock market wealth get wiped out in such a short period of time. Unfortunately, many major players on Wall Street that made a ton of money on the way up were not prepared for a rapid reversal of this magnitude. In an article that I posted on Friday, I wrote that “a lot of financial institutions that are deeply overextended” could quickly “find themselves in a tremendous amount of trouble”, and that is definitely turning out to be quite accurate. All of a sudden, hedge funds are being hit with absolutely enormous margin calls, and this threatens to create a “doom loop” which could potentially push stock prices a whole lot lower.
The panic that we are witnessing on Wall Street right now is very real.
Since January 17th, more than 11 trillion dollars in stock market wealth has been wiped out.
In fact, a total of 6.6 trillion dollars in stock market wealth was wiped out on just Thursday and Friday…
Roughly $11.1 trillion has been wiped away from the U.S. stock market since Jan. 17, the Friday before President Donald Trump took the oath of office and began his second term, according to data from Dow Jones Market Data.
Some $6.6 trillion of that figure was lost on Thursday and Friday alone — the largest two-day wipeout of shareholder value on record, Dow Jones data showed.
We have seen larger percentage drops over the course of two days, but in dollar terms we have never seen stock prices drop as much as they did during that two day period…
Markets have seen bigger percentage drops, such as in 1929 when they tumbled 25 percent over October 28 and 29 that year, but never as much in dollar terms.
This was truly historic.
And now a lot of people are concerned that we could potentially see a “Black Monday” and a “Black Tuesday”…
The selloff that followed President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement was large by any measure, a Black Thursday and a Black Friday. If they are followed by a Black Monday and Tuesday, then everyone is in trouble.
Hopefully global financial markets will start to stabilize soon.
But it certainly hasn’t happened yet.
During an interview with CNN, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins openly admitted that the White House knew that there would be “uncertainty”…
“The idea that we didn’t know that there would be some uncertainty just isn’t true,” Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We knew there would uncertainty.”
But Rollins urged Americans not to look at Thursday and Friday’s trading and say, “the world is ending; the markets are crashing.” Instead, she argued, “the markets are adjusting.”
I wouldn’t call this an “adjustment”.
The Nasdaq is already in bear market territory.
I would call this a crash.
But Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is insisting that most Americans “don’t look at the day-to-day fluctuations” of the financial markets…
In an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Bessent called it a “false narrative” that people who are close to retiring may be reluctant after their retirement savings may have dropped last week because of the stock market downturn.
“I think that’s a false narrative,” he told moderator Kristen Welker. “Americans who want to retire right now, the Americans who put away for years in their savings accounts, I think they don’t look at the day-to-day fluctuations.
I understand that they are trying to keep everyone calm.
But it isn’t working.
At this point, even the largest Wall Street banks are officially freaking out. They are hitting hedge funds with “Lehman-style margin calls”…
Hedge funds are facing Lehman-style margin calls as a market crash triggered by President Donald Trump’s tariffs raises fears of a looming ‘Black Monday.’
The market’s sharp downturn has forced hedge funds to sell off assets, with major Wall Street banks demanding collateral after the value of holdings sharply declined, according to sources familiar with the situation.
There is now fear that these margin calls could create cycles of forced selling that could drive stock prices down to extremely painful levels.
The sheer panic that we witnessed in New York on Friday was unlike anything that we have seen since the darkest days of 2008…
‘Rates, equities, and oil were all down significantly… it was the broad market movements that caused the scale of the margin calls,’ one prime brokerage executive told the Financial Times.
While, another prime brokerage executive noted: ‘We are proactively reaching out to clients to assess [risk] across their entire portfolios.’
Prime brokerage teams on Wall Street, which lend money to hedge funds, held ‘all hands on deck’ meetings on Friday to prepare for the increasing volume of margin calls, sources told the Financial Times.
Wow.
This is all happening so fast.
A lot of major players that were way out on a limb are going to end up getting their clocks cleaned.
Leverage can be so seductive. On the way up, it can help you make tremendous amount of money, but on the way down it can feel like the world is ending.
As I have always warned my readers, you only make money in the stock market if you get out in time.
Wall Street loves stability, because stability leads to predictability.
Unfortunately for Wall Street, we have now entered times that are going to be extremely unstable.
A number of my readers have pointed out to me that the stock market was way overdue for a correction, and I agree with that assessment very much.
But what we are witnessing at the moment is not just another run of the mill correction.
What we are witnessing is a full-fledged panic.
Will the White House be able to settle the markets down?
I don’t know, but I will definitely be watching.
Without a doubt, it appears that a very “interesting” week is ahead of us.
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About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written eight other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing. You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter. Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites. These are such troubled times, and people need hope. John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.
https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/we-are-witnessing-lehman-style-margin-calls-in-the-aftermath
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etc Russia and Turkey now have become one together, they have ratified their means, they have ratified their goals and soon you shall see others that join arms with them. For Ezekiel thirty-eight and thirty-nine shall soon come to pass, for it has not been fulfilled yet, but it shall be, saith your Father God etc
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On the road to Gog and Magog? Increasing Turkish military presence in Syria concerns Israel
Expanding Turkish military presence across region catches the attention of Bible prophecy teachers
All Israel News Staff | Published: April 2, 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan invited Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham leader and Syrian interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa to Ankara for discussions regarding the establishment of Turkish bases in Syria, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Several sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters that Erdoğan and al-Sharaa discussed the possibility of establishing two Turkish bases in Syria's central desert region, including a former Russian airbase (T4) east of the city of Homs.
The agreement could also include the use of Syrian airspace for military purposes and Turkish participation in the training of the forces of the new Syrian army.
The report also said that the agreement could include Turkish protection of Syrian airspace to prevent future attacks, such as the Israeli strikes aimed at destroying military supplies left by the former government of Bashar al-Assad.
According to a report in "Middle East Eye", Turkey has already begun formulating construction plans for the base, which is located near the city of Palmyra in central Syria. That report claims that Turkey would initially establish air defense systems on the base, before stationing long-range UAVs, such as the Turkish Bayraktar TB2, which has seen extensive use by Turkish forces and Turkish militias against Kurdish fighters in Syria, Iraq, and eastern Turkey, as well as in Libya.
An Israeli security source said that any Turkish air base in Syria would harm Israel's freedom of action. "This is a potential threat that we oppose," the source said.
While the Turkish air force is not as advanced as the Israeli Air Force, which boasts newer versions of the F-16 and F-15 fighter planes also used by Turkey, as well as the F-35 stealth fighter, the Muslim country is working to develop its own fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, the "TF Kaan."
The Kaan was developed by Turkey after its involvement in the F-35 program was terminated by the United States over its purchase of the Russian-made S-400 air defense system. On paper, the Turkish Aerospace Industries' (TAI) Kaan claims to be superior to the F-35, but it is still in development and not ready for combat roles, while the F-35 has already demonstrated itself to be a valuable part of the IAF.
Israeli defense officials are said to be very concerned over Turkey’s push to gain official military access to Syria. While Turkey likely sees the move as important for being able to threaten and contain Kurdish forces in the northeast of Syria, Turkish President Erdoğan’s repeated threats against Israel over the past decade also have Israeli officials concerned that the country might begin to implement its Neo-Ottoman ambitions in the rest of the Levant more aggressively.
Turkey has significantly increased the flow of weapons and money into Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime, and it has strongly supported the new government.
Israeli officials are also reportedly concerned that a Turkish air force presence in Syria in the near future could prevent Israeli participation in a joint strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, or Israel’s ability to strike Iran in retaliation for possible future attacks from the Islamic Republic.
Turkey gave significant backing to the Syrian rebels who overthrew the Assad regime, including Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, and the Turkish-funded Syrian National Army (formerly called the Free Syrian Army).
In January, Syria’s new Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra welcomed Turkish partnership, stating that the new government would work to build strong regional ties, saying, “and through these ties we will be able to build our military power well.”
Previously, Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler had indicated Turkey’s willingness to provide military support to the new Syrian government, saying the country was also willing to discuss a Turkish military presence “when the necessary conditions are ripe.”
A security official told The Jerusalem Post, “We targeted the military T4 base recently to send a message that we will not allow harm to our air freedom of operation.”
[Editor's note]
The expansion of Turkish military forces into Africa over the past decade, especially into Islamic countries, along with its Neo-Ottoman irredentist moves in northern Syria, has also caught the attention of many in the world of Christian Bible prophecy interpretation.
For some, the presence of the Turkish forces in the modern-day countries named by the prophet Ezekiel in his apocalyptic vision of the war of Gog and Magog against the nation of Israel appears to have prophetic significance.
These moves, together with Erdoğan’s repeated comments about returning to Jerusalem, appear to signify to many in the Christian Bible prophecy community that modern geopolitical interests and biblical prophecy are converging.
Read more: TURKEY | ISRAEL TURKEY RELATIONS | RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN | BIBLE PROPHECY | SYRIA | FALL OF ASSAD REGIME | HAY'AT TAHRIR AL SHAM (HTS) | ABU MOHAMMED AL JOLANI (AHMAD AL SHARA)
All Israel News Staff
The All Israel News Staff is a team of journalists in Israel.
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etc. If you look at Russia she is ready to strike, Iran ready to strike, North Korea ready to strike, they are not playing games; they are serious with the things that they are saying. Only you have felt that they have feared you, and because you have felt that they have feared you, you are not listening as close as you should. etc.
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Iran escalates threats against US military bases: Iranian officer warns US not to ‘throw stones in glass house’
Discussions over nuclear agreement escalate into mutual threats
All Israel News Staff | Published: April 1, 2025
Iran and the U.S. continued threatening each other, as tensions over the Trump administration’s push to reach an agreement over the Iranian nuclear program appear to be coming to a head.
Over the weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump issued his most violent threat, saying that if the two nations fail to reach an agreement, “there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.”
Last month, Trump reportedly sent a letter to the regime and proposed starting new nuclear talks, while threatening military action if the talks failed to reach a quick conclusion within two months.
Trump's most recent comment sparked outraged responses from several Iranian officials.
Holding a rifle during a televised speech marking the end of Ramadan, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said, “They threaten to attack us, which we don’t think is very probable, but if they commit any mischief, they will surely receive a strong reciprocal blow.”
“If the enemies think they can instigate sedition within the country, the Iranian nation itself will respond to them,” he added.
Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the Aerospace Division of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), directly threatened U.S. bases in the Middle East.
“The Americans have at least 10 bases with 50,000 troops in the region, meaning they are sitting in a glass room. Someone in a glasshouse should not throw stones at anyone,” he added.
This followed a report by The Telegraph that Iranian military officials have been calling for a preemptive strike on the U.S. base on Diego Garcia island in the Indian Ocean.
According to the Associated Press, in the past several days at least seven B-2 bombers were deployed to the base, which is about 3,800 kilometers (2,300 miles) from the Iranian border. Reports suggested the base could be used by the U.S. in the case of a military operation to destroy the regime’s nuclear sites.
“Discussions about the island have increased since the Americans stationed bombers there,” Iranian officials said. “The response to Trump's threats must come through action, not words. Every base in the region is within the range of our missiles.”
Tamir Hayman, the director of Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies and former IDF intelligence chief, estimated that “the escalation in the Persian Gulf is increasing.”
Writing on ?, Hayman warned, “The threats are escalating and the next two months are critical, between negotiations and an American or Israeli attack.”
In recent days, the threats by the regime and the military were echoed by Iranian state media as well.
The Tehran Times recently published a report claiming that Iran is ready to launch missiles against U.S. bases in the region. “A significant number of these missiles, ready for launch, are located in nderground facilities scattered across the country, designed to withstand aerial attacks,” the newspaper wrote.
Iran has also used diplomatic channels to protest against Trump’s statements. The regime reportedly filed a complaint with the Swiss embassy in Tehran, which represents U.S. interests in the country.
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei declared: “The explicit threat of bombing Iran by the head of a country is clear contradiction to the essence of international peace and security. Such a threat is a gross violation of the United Nations charter and a violation of the International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards regime. Violence brings violence and peace creates peace, America can choose.”
Amid the recent escalation, several Iranian officials have even begun discussing the building of a nuclear weapon more explicitly than before.
Last week, U.S. director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard assessed that the regime is not currently working on a nuclear weapon but added that public discussions of the issue, long a taboo, are now increasing.
Accordingly, Khamenei’s senior advisor, Ali Larijani, said on Monday that U.S. military action would “force Iran to move toward nuclear weapons because it must defend itself,” according to Iran International.
"Iran does not want to take this path, but when you apply pressure, it finds a secondary justification and has no other choice. The people will push for it, arguing that it is necessary for the country’s security."
https://allisrael.com/iran-escalates-threats-against-us-military-bases-iranian-officer-warns-us
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Iran unveils new underground ‘missile city’
All Israel News Staff | Published: March 28, 2025
In a video released on Tuesday by the Tasnim News Agency, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unveiled a new underground “missile city.”
The underground facility is claimed by Tehran to be “one of the hundreds of missile cities operated by the [IRGC],” the Jerusalem Post reported, and is the third to be unveiled in the past month.
“Kheibar Shekan (900-mile range), Haj Qassem (850-mile range), Ghadr H (1,240-mile range), Sejjil (1,550-mile range), and Emad (1,050-mile range) missiles, as well as Paveh cruise missiles, are reported to be held in the city,” the report stated.
The video shows Iran’s Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri and IRGC Aerospace Forces Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh walking through large underground corridors filled with missiles.
In one scene, Iranian military officials can be seen walking over a large Israeli flag on the floor of the facility.
“Iran’s iron fist is far stronger than before,” Bagheri states in the video, saying it is “10 times stronger than True Promise I,” the first of the two missile attacks Iran launched against Israel.
“All the [defensive] dimensions that are required for generating a [military] capability that is 10 times [stronger than] the one deployed during Operation True Promise II,” he says, according to the translation. “The enemy will definitely fall behind in this balance of power.”
The recent announcements of Iran’s underground “missile cities” come as the Trump administration threatens military action against Iran if a nuclear deal cannot be reached.
“There are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal," Trump said earlier this month. "I would prefer to make a deal, because I'm not looking to hurt Iran. They're great people."
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff echoed Trump’s statements in an interview on Sunday.
“Our signal to Iran is let's sit down and see if we can, through dialogue, through diplomacy, get to the right place,” Witkoff said.
“If we can, we are prepared to do that. And if we can't, the alternative is not a great alternative."
https://allisrael.com/iran-unveils-new-underground-missile-city
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Is a massive US-Israeli attack coming soon on Iran’s nuclear program?
A growing number of signs suggest answer is yes
Joel C. Rosenberg | Published: April 2, 2025
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — In early March, President Donald J. Trump secretly sent a letter to the leaders of the Iranian regime, inviting them to come to the table and negotiate a deal with American officials to end the Iranian nuclear threat to the world once and for all.
On March 7, Trump told Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo that he wants a diplomatic solution.
"The other alternative is you have to do something [militarily] because Iran can't have a nuclear weapon," Trump told Bartiromo.
A few days later, Trump told reporters, “We are down to final strokes with Iran. We are down to the final moments. We can't let them have a nuclear weapon. Something is going to happen very soon. I would rather have a peace deal than the other option, but the other option will solve the problem.”
Indeed, as more details have leaked out, we’re learning that the Trump letter was more than an invitation and an implied threat of U.S. and/or Israeli military force.
The letter also included a deadline.
“President Trump's letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei included a two-month deadline for reaching a new nuclear deal,” one American official and two additional diplomatic sources told the Axios news service in a report published on March 19.
In the days since, there are growing signs suggesting American and Israeli forces are preparing for a massive military strike against Iran’s nuclear program.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just extended the deployment of a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the Middle East – the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group – and ordered another group, Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, to the Middle East.
Hegseth also reportedly ordered the deployment of additional fighter and bomber squadrons to the region.
What’s more, it’s now being reported by a former Israeli fighter pilot that “at least six U.S. B-2 bombers are now stationed at Diego Garcia air base in the Indian Ocean. This is important because the B-2 is the only aircraft that can deliver the massive GBU-57, one of the only bombs that can destroy Iran’s nuclear sites at Natanz and Fordow.”
Joel C. Rosenberg
Joel C. Rosenberg is the editor-in-chief of ALL ISRAEL NEWS and ALL ARAB NEWS and the President and CEO of Near East Media. A New York Times best-selling author, Middle East analyst, and Evangelical leader, he lives in Jerusalem with his wife and sons.
https://allisrael.com/is-a-massive-us-israeli-attack-coming-soon-on-iran-s-nuclear-program
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Man Who Allegedly Threatened to Gun Down ICE Not So Tough When Homeland Security Shows Up
By Samuel Short April 3, 2025 at 6:43am
The Department of Homeland Security decided to pay a visit to a man in McKinney, Texas, after he allegedly made threats against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Homeland Security Investigations Dallas posted to social media platform X on Wednesday that Robert King had been arrested for a series of social media posts.
HSI Dallas reported that King had stated his intentions to “open fire” if ICE agents were seen in his neighborhood.
The post included a picture of King in custody.
KXAS-TV was told by DHS that King is a U.S. citizen.
He had also allegedly threatened harm against Noem and called her a Nazi.
Tarleton State Criminology professor Dr. Alex Del Carmen spoke to KXAS on the matter, telling the outlet, King’s posts probably aren’t the only incriminating aspect of his behavior as DHS probably uncovered information showing his intent to make good on those statements.
“If this particular charge or if this claim has been made by the Department of Homeland Security, you know what it basically alludes to is the fact that they must have evidence in place that shows that this person had not only verbal comments that were made against her and against DHS but rather that he had the ability and he had the intent of doing both,” Del Carmen said.
One DHS official told KXAS about the department’s position, as they take matters like this seriously.
“Like Secretary Noem said: If you threaten or attempt to harm a law enforcement officer, we will find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. Promises made, promises kept,” the official commented.
Does King believe he is some sort of freedom fighter standing up to tyranny?
ICE and DHS are working to remove some of the worst people imaginable from our country.
Illegal aliens exploited a lax border under the Biden administration, flooding the country in droves.
Some of these people went on to commit incredibly evil crimes, like murder and child rape.
Take 21-year-old Honduran David Hector Rivas-Sagastume of Georgia. He had been stopped at the southern border but released under the Biden administration in 2021.
In March, he was arrested and charged with capital murder in the death of 52-year-old Camilia Williams, a mother and grandmother.
He allegedly put her in a chokehold until she was dead.
This is who King fights for.
https://www.westernjournal.com/man-allegedly-threatened-gun-ice-not-tough-homeland-security-shows/
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etc. For the disasters that shall take place are many, the flooding shall be far greater than in times past, the mudslides far greater than in times past, the earthquakes shall be more numerous and far greater than in times past. The tornadoes, oh the savageness of the tornadoes that shall rip across the land, the straight winds, the hurricanes, the forest fires, the volcanoes shall erupt, the rising of the sea level that will be marked not in inches but in feet. etc..
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Texas hit by DOZENS of earthquakes in less than 24 hours
READ MORE: Texas rocked by earthquake just miles from city home to 1.5 million people
By CHRIS MELORE, ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 10:04 EDT, 3 April 2025 | Updated: 13:01 EDT, 3 April 2025
The state of Texas has been rocked by over a dozen earthquakes in just the last day.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the quake struck just north of Odessa at 8:14am CT.
Just 15 minutes earlier, a 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck roughly 30 miles away.
Since 4am CT on Wednesday, Texas has experienced 16 minor earthquakes, all along the central and western parts of the state.
In April alone, USGS has recorded 36 earthquakes in this part of Texas, stretching from Stanton (41 miles northeast of Odessa) to Culberson County along the state's western border with New Mexico.
The vast majority have been very small tremors, measuring between 1.0 and 1.8 in magnitude.
However, two quakes this morning were larger, the 3.4 magnitude quake and a 2.1 tremor 13 minutes later in the same spot - approximately 17 miles southwest of Garden City.
Since March 13, USGS revealed that there have been a staggering 311 tiny earthquakes in this region of Texas.
It continues to be a seismically active year for all of Texas, which has also seen record-setting quakes in the southern part of the state.
On March 10, a 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck less than 50 miles south of San Antonio.
Historically, earthquakes had been a rare event in South Texas, until this year.
On January 29, a near-historic magnitude 4.5 earthquake was felt in San Antonio, followed by a 3.6 tremor two days later.
The 4.5 earthquake was the third-strongest quake in South Texas history - behind a 4.8 magnitude earthquake in 2011 and a 4.7 quake in February 2024.
Seismic activity above 2.5 in magnitude can often be felt and cause minor damage.
As for what's causing this earthquake swarm in West Texas, the answer may actually be man-made.
Odessa sits in the Permian Basin, a major oil and gas production region for the state. That area is also completely clear of major fault lines, like the ones in California that could cause major devastation.
Cities like Odessa, Stanton, and Midland are all in the rich oil-drilling area which only has smaller faults that usually get discovered when oil activity ramps up.
Texas is the biggest producer of crude oil and natural gas in the US, based on an assessment of 2023 data by the US Energy Information Administration.
The state is known for its extensive use of fracking, or the process of extracting oil and gas from deep underground by blasting large quantities of water, chemicals, and sand into rock formations to crack them open and release the fuels trapped inside.
Fracking is not usually the direct cause of an earthquake. It is actually the process of disposing wastewater produced through fracking that can trigger tremors.
This wastewater is injected into disposal wells that typically operate for longer periods of time and receive much more fluid than is injected into the ground during the fracking process, making them more likely to produce earthquakes, according to the USGS.
In President Trump's most recent address to Congress, he said: 'We have more liquid gold under our feet than any nation on earth… I fully authorize the most talented team ever assembled to go and get it… By unleashing American energy, we will defeat inflation and dramatically lower costs. It's called drill baby drill.'
Dr Alexandros Savvaidis recently explained how more drilling could end up leading to more seismic activity in the state.
'Deep injection wells, in particular, are linked to higher-magnitude earthquakes,' Dr Savvaidis told KMID. 'Whereas shallower injections seem to be less hazardous in terms of large seismic events.'
'We don't know yet if this aggressive drilling in the Permian Basin will create problems and increase the seismic risk. Maybe yes, maybe no. The key here…is that we have to monitor everything,' Dr Savvaidis continued.
USGS noted that the largest earthquake known to be induced by hydraulic fracturing in the US was a magnitude 4.0 earthquake that occurred in 2018 in Texas.
To this point, only today's 3.4 magnitude quake has come close to approaching that level of disturbance.
A 2022 study by the University of Texas at Austin concluded that 68 percent of Texas quakes above magnitude 1.5 were 'highly associated' with oil and gas production.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14567853/Texas-hit-DOZENS-earthquakes-24-hours.html
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Let your spiritual eyes be open, for many things shall come to pass, many things you shall see, for you have not seen the big terrorist attack here in America yet, but you will see it, you will see it. For you shall yet see great and mighty attacks here in the United States, you shall see these things come to pass. You will also see the stock market, if you have got money there get it out, says the Lord, get it out now, for later will be too late. Also you shall see many things taking place overseas like you have never seen before in your life. And the political realm shall get even, even darker now, you shall hear things that you did not know, etc
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Trump gives stunning response to Wall Street bloodbath as his tariffs cause biggest stock drop since Covid crash
By DANIEL JONES, CONSUMER EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT
Published: 09:29 EDT, 3 April 2025 | Updated: 16:29 EDT, 3 April 2025
Wall Street had its worst day since the height of the Covid crash after President Donald Trump's tariffs sparked fears of a US and global recession.
Trump seems unfazed. Asked about tumbling stocks on Thursday as he boarded Air Force One to attend a golf dinner in Miami — as the Dow Jones was down 1,400 points — Trump said: 'I think it is going very well.'
'It was an operation. [It is] ike when a patient gets operated on and it's a big thing. I said this would exactly be the way it is,' he added, claiming that 'six or seven trillion' dollars would be coming into US.
'The markets are going to boom... the country is going to boom and the rest of the world wants to see if there's any way they can make a deal,' the president continued.
Wall Street was awash in red today after the President unveiled steeper-than-expected tariffs on Wednesday. For every stock that gained value, six were losing ground.
When the markets closed at 4pm in New York, the S&P 500 was down 4.84 percent, its worst day since June 2020 — as $2 trillion was wiped from an index almost every American has in their normal and retirement investments.
The Nasdaq plummeted 5.97 percent, its worst day since March 2020. The Dow Jones 3.98 percent, a headline-grabbing 1,700 point drop.
Individual stocks took an even bigger battering. Five Below ws down 26 percent and Gap by 21 per cent. Ralph Lauren, Dockers and Dell down 17 percent. Nike was down 13 per cent. Apple down 10per cent.
A 10 percent baseline tariff on all countries will take effect on April 5, with even higher duties for China, the European Union and Asian countries that supply cheap clothes to the US.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on April 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke a day after announcing sweeping new tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. on countries including China, Japan and India.(Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The small-cap Russell 2000 index — a key benchmark for smaller, US-focused businesses — plunged 5 percent to hit a 52-week low. That drop extended its decline from its November 25 record high to 21 percent, officially pushing it into bear market territory.
On Wall Street, a 10 percent drop signals a correction, while 20 percent marks a bear market. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq remain in correction territory, with the Dow Jones hovering just below that threshold.
Trillions of dollars was wiped off the value of US stocks — a blow that will also hit ordinary Americans whose retirement savings, including 401(K) are tied to the market.
Retail experts say tariffs will also push up prices for shoppers since they are so big companies will have to pass on higher costs.
Companies that rely on imports were down the most, since they will now be hit by tarifs as high as 54 percent for cheap goods from Asia.
Wall Street had hoped the sharp sell-off would encourage the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. But Fed member Philip Jefferson, speaking Thursday afternoon, said there were no plans to change track on the two planned cuts for 2025.
'The silver lining for investors could be that this is only a starting point for negotiations with other countries and ultimately tariff rates will come down across the board,' Northlight Asset Management's Chris Zaccarelli wrote in a note to clients. 'But for now traders are shooting first and asking questions later,' he added.
On Thursday morning, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dismissed the possibility of exemptions for certain countries under the new US tariffs.
'I don't think the word exemption is going to be a factor. I don't think that's such a thing,' Lutnick said on CNBC's Squawk Box.
Lutnick also warned that other nations would be making a mistake if they retaliated with their own tariffs against the U.S.
Trump made his tariff announcement Wednesday afternoon in the White House Rose Garden, unveiling broad 10 percent tariffs — with even higher rates for certain countries. This includes 34 percent on China, on top of an existing 20 percent tariff. For the European Union, it is 20 percent, much higher than expected. Tariffs will be 25 percent on South Korea, 24 percent on Japan and 32 percent on Taiwan.
By then, Wall Street had closed, but futures tied to major US indexes immediately nosedived as investors worried about rising inflation and economic fallout.
Overnight, global stocks tumbled as recession fears spread. Japan's Nikkei index sank tumbled more than 3 percent, while South Korea's Kospi slipped 1.5 percent. In Australia's main index dipped 1.9 percent, heading for its worst single-day decline since September.
Trump on Wednesday accused foreign nations of 'ripping off' the United States. He announced a baseline 10 percent tariff on all imports, effective April 5, with higher rates for countries imposing steeper duties on US goods.
Trump confirmed that a 25 percent tariff would be imposed on all foreign cars imported to the US starts Thursday.
The president used aggressive rhetoric to describe a global trade system that the United States helped to build after World War II, saying 'our country has been looted, pillaged, raped, plundered' by other nations.
He has promised that factory jobs will return back to the United States as a result of the taxes, but his policies risk a sudden economic slowdown as consumers and businesses could face sharp price hikes on autos, clothes and other goods.
'Taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years,' Trump said in remarks at the White House. 'But it is not going to happen anymore.'
He condemned 'foreign scavengers.' And he talked of other nations that had 'pillaged, raped and plundered' the U.S. and 'foreign cheaters' who 'ransacked' American factories.
It took nearly 20 minutes before Trump shared the tariff details.
'For nations that treat us badly we will calculate the combined rate of all their tariffs, non-monetary barriers and other forms of cheating. And because we are being very kind ... We will charge them approximately half of what they charge us,' Trump said.
Trump then held up a large sign that showed the calculations. As Trump went through the chart, he knocked even some of the U.S.'s closest allies for charging import taxes.
'The European Union. They're very tough, very, very tough traders. You think of European Union, very friendly. They rip us off. It's so said to see. It's pathetic,' Trump said. 'Thirty-nine percent, we're going to charge them 20 percent, so we're charging them essentially half.'
The largest tariff will hit the African nation of Lesotho, at a rate of 50 percent.
Canada and Mexico were exempt from Wednesday's tariff announcement, due to the president already charging them 25 percent excluding the goods outlined in the trade agreement from Trump's first administration.
'They all understand, we're gonna have to go through a little tough love maybe? But they all understand. They're ripping us off and they understood,' Trump said.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-14565937/wall-street-stocks-turmp-tariffs-panic.html
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etc. For truly blood shall flow in the streets and things will be very bad in that sense and in the weather also that you have already seen a change in like I have said you would see. Drought shall affect very many places and food shall be scarce, but I have given unto you my word and my promise that I will take you through these days victoriously. etc
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'Food Deserts' Are About To Explode All Across America As Grocery Food Chains Prepare To Close Dozens Of Stores From One End Of The Country To The Other
By Susan Duclos - All News Pipeline April 2, 2025
Food deserts are described by Very Well Health as "lower-income communities that lack access to nutritious, affordable food. Instead of grocery stores or farmers’ markets, these areas have corner stores or gas stations with limited shelf space for anything other than packaged foods that are convenient and shelf-stable. More often than not, these foods are unhealthy."
That is about to change very quickly after four years under the Biden regime and the inflation that made it impossible for some families to afford three full meals a day, even when not considered a "food desert."
While some prices are going down, to the consternation of President Trump's critics, a lack of access to foods other than "convenience" type stores selling absolute garbage is now spreading into areas not considered "low income," but rather middle class areas, because thousands of grocery store, as well as other types of retailers, closed in 2024.
In 2025, that pattern is continuing with the announcement of nine major grocery store chains are shuttering multiple locations this year, 2025.
Unfortunately, things are only going to get worse from here. Coresight Research also issued a grave prediction that 2025 is set to see even more closures, with as many as 15,000 stores closing its doors this year. Grocery stores are set to take a particular hit, and some of your favorites may be more in trouble than you think. Giants like Walmart, Kroger, and Albertsons are set to close several stores in 2025, and others are following suit. Let's take a look at some of the major chains set to shut some of their doors.
The national media will instantly blame President Trump's tariffs, which is why we highlighted and linked to the 2024 closures, well before Trump took over as President.
Some key data and reports from Daily Meal.
• Walmart: closing a number of its stores in California throughout 2025, with others in Georgia and Ohio shutting up shop.
• In an earnings call in January 2025, Albertsons' leaders stated that they would be looking to close some stores over the coming year as part of a streamlining effort.
• In late January, Kroger announced the closure of its Belle Meade Plaza store in Nashville, Kroger will also see its Sterling Ridge location close in The Woodlands, Texas, with a planned final operation date of May 6.
• Winn-Dixie:Two stores in Columbus and Phenix City have announced their closures in April and May, while others in Fort Lauderdale, Jackson, and Orlando have begun the conversion process into Aldis.
• Safeway: 2025 looks to be an incredibly tough year for the supermarket chain, with its stores closing across the country at warp speed.
• Shaw's store closures in Gloucester, Massachusetts and Concord, New Hampshire were announced in mid-March, with employees being relocated to nearby locations.
• Amazon Fresh: In March 2025, the chain announced the closure of two of its stores California and Virginia, with the Virginia branch to close pretty much immediately and the California one to shut at the end of April.
• Piggly Wiggly: 2025 will see several of its branches closing... - Things got even worse from there on in, with a beloved Piggly Wiggly in Columbia, South Carolina announcing that it was shutting its doors for the final time in March
• Dollar General to close 96 of its stores by the start of 2026.
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Some of those listed above are limited to certain areas of the country, while others are spread throughout the nation, but every closures provides one less place to buy food at reasonable prices and to be able to obtain healthier foods like fruits and vegetables.
Dollar stores became popular for many during the Biden years, with some doing the majority of their grocery shopping at them due to their prices which were lower than most regular grocery stores.
Ditto for Walmart.
We are seeing calls from liberals to open "public grocery stores," which would be government owned, such as New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
From the far left New Republic:
A novel solution to give Americans better access to fresh food is picking up steam across the country: government-owned, government-operated grocery stores. Such stores are touted by proponents as a way to provide groceries to so-called food deserts: communities that have been abandoned by for-profit stores that decided they weren’t worth the investment. But to succeed, public stores have to find ways to compete with the big chains that dominate the industry, keeping costs and prices low.
New York, being one of the most liberal states in the U.S., might go for it, but it is doubtful most Americans want the government in control of their ability to eat, or the prices of food products, especially with the waste and fraud being highlighted by DOGE (Department Of Government Efficiency). For some it would seem to be just another way for the state governments to track the habits of their constituents.
Related: FarmboxRx addresses access to proper nutrition in America’s food deserts
As mentioned above, some prices for food are going down, but others remain stubbornly high, such as beef. Due to ranchers selling off a couple years ago, that is something that was expected, and ANP warned about it back in November of 2023. It takes time to rebuild the stock after a cattle production collapse, with beef cows in the US hitting the lowest number since 1962.
Via Market Place:
In February, beef was up nearly 2.5% from January. And of course, eggs were up nearly 10.5%. Meanwhile, lots of categories were down. Bacon fell more than 2%, fruits and vegetables 0.5%.
The good news is that food inflation came in at 0% in February (March's numbers aren't in yet), and more prices are falling than rising, so finally things are starting to head in the right direction, but prices at the grocery stores that are staying open are still far too high.
Hard to turn around years of constant inflation in less than three months. Most Americans understand that, despite the media bias and attacks on President Trump, but patience isn't the issue, depleted bank accounts are, so things are still tough.
April 2, 2025
'Food Deserts' Are About To Explode All Across America As Grocery Food Chains Prepare To Close Dozens Of Stores From One End Of The Country To The Other
By Susan Duclos - All News Pipeline
Food deserts are described by Very Well Health as "lower-income communities that lack access to nutritious, affordable food. Instead of grocery stores or farmers’ markets, these areas have corner stores or gas stations with limited shelf space for anything other than packaged foods that are convenient and shelf-stable. More often than not, these foods are unhealthy."
That is about to change very quickly after four years under the Biden regime and the inflation that made it impossible for some families to afford three full meals a day, even when not considered a "food desert."
While some prices are going down, to the consternation of President Trump's critics, a lack of access to foods other than "convenience" type stores selling absolute garbage is now spreading into areas not considered "low income," but rather middle class areas, because thousands of grocery store, as well as other types of retailers, closed in 2024.
In 2025, that pattern is continuing with the announcement of nine major grocery store chains are shuttering multiple locations this year, 2025.
Unfortunately, things are only going to get worse from here. Coresight Research also issued a grave prediction that 2025 is set to see even more closures, with as many as 15,000 stores closing its doors this year. Grocery stores are set to take a particular hit, and some of your favorites may be more in trouble than you think. Giants like Walmart, Kroger, and Albertsons are set to close several stores in 2025, and others are following suit. Let's take a look at some of the major chains set to shut some of their doors.
The national media will instantly blame President Trump's tariffs, which is why we highlighted and linked to the 2024 closures, well before Trump took over as President.
Some key data and reports from Daily Meal.
• Walmart: closing a number of its stores in California throughout 2025, with others in Georgia and Ohio shutting up shop.
• In an earnings call in January 2025, Albertsons' leaders stated that they would be looking to close some stores over the coming year as part of a streamlining effort.
• In late January, Kroger announced the closure of its Belle Meade Plaza store in Nashville, Kroger will also see its Sterling Ridge location close in The Woodlands, Texas, with a planned final operation date of May 6.
• Winn-Dixie:Two stores in Columbus and Phenix City have announced their closures in April and May, while others in Fort Lauderdale, Jackson, and Orlando have begun the conversion process into Aldis.
• Safeway: 2025 looks to be an incredibly tough year for the supermarket chain, with its stores closing across the country at warp speed.
• Shaw's store closures in Gloucester, Massachusetts and Concord, New Hampshire were announced in mid-March, with employees being relocated to nearby locations.
• Amazon Fresh: In March 2025, the chain announced the closure of two of its stores California and Virginia, with the Virginia branch to close pretty much immediately and the California one to shut at the end of April.
• Piggly Wiggly: 2025 will see several of its branches closing... - Things got even worse from there on in, with a beloved Piggly Wiggly in Columbia, South Carolina announcing that it was shutting its doors for the final time in March
• Dollar General to close 96 of its stores by the start of 2026.
ANP EMERGENCY!! - Since the passing of Stefan Stanford, ANP's financial situation has become dire. Without significant contributions, the future of All News PipeLine, and our ability to stay online, is in danger. Anything at all ANP readers can do to help us is hugely appreciated.)
Some of those listed above are limited to certain areas of the country, while others are spread throughout the nation, but every closures provides one less place to buy food at reasonable prices and to be able to obtain healthier foods like fruits and vegetables.
Dollar stores became popular for many during the Biden years, with some doing the majority of their grocery shopping at them due to their prices which were lower than most regular grocery stores.
Ditto for Walmart.
We are seeing calls from liberals to open "public grocery stores," which would be government owned, such as New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
From the far left New Republic:
A novel solution to give Americans better access to fresh food is picking up steam across the country: government-owned, government-operated grocery stores. Such stores are touted by proponents as a way to provide groceries to so-called food deserts: communities that have been abandoned by for-profit stores that decided they weren’t worth the investment. But to succeed, public stores have to find ways to compete with the big chains that dominate the industry, keeping costs and prices low.
New York, being one of the most liberal states in the U.S., might go for it, but it is doubtful most Americans want the government in control of their ability to eat, or the prices of food products, especially with the waste and fraud being highlighted by DOGE (Department Of Government Efficiency). For some it would seem to be just another way for the state governments to track the habits of their constituents.
Related: FarmboxRx addresses access to proper nutrition in America’s food deserts
As mentioned above, some prices for food are going down, but others remain stubbornly high, such as beef. Due to ranchers selling off a couple years ago, that is something that was expected, and ANP warned about it back in November of 2023. It takes time to rebuild the stock after a cattle production collapse, with beef cows in the US hitting the lowest number since 1962.
Via Market Place:
In February, beef was up nearly 2.5% from January. And of course, eggs were up nearly 10.5%. Meanwhile, lots of categories were down. Bacon fell more than 2%, fruits and vegetables 0.5%.
The good news is that food inflation came in at 0% in February (March's numbers aren't in yet), and more prices are falling than rising, so finally things are starting to head in the right direction, but prices at the grocery stores that are staying open are still far too high.
Hard to turn around years of constant inflation in less than three months. Most Americans understand that, despite the media bias and attacks on President Trump, but patience isn't the issue, depleted bank accounts are, so things are still tough.
LEARN TO LOVE FREEZE DRIED EGGS AND BEEF.....
For those that want a nice juicy steak, be prepared for the prices to stay high until cattle production numbers start rising again, but for those that like meaty casseroles, or stews, soups, or a handful of meat on salads, learn to season and love freeze dried beef.
Same goes for eggs, even though wholesale prices are down, it hasn't been reflected widely at grocery stores across the country.
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BOTTOM LINE.....
It is going to take time to lower the food prices to the point where families can eat properly again, but with many stores closing and creating more and more "food deserts," getting nutritional meals for many seems a long way off.
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etc.. the cost of things, because they have gone over the cliff, shall skyrocket and taxes, taxes, it shall be like in the days of old when everyone will have to bring their taxes in and they will be condemned and judged if they do not. Oh the things that are going to take place now, the things that you haven’t even thought of, the things that you haven’t been aware of, but I have told you, I have warned you. I have tried to prepare you that you would be totally ready, that you wouldn’t have to run real fast to make up time, but that you would be walking right by my side. etc..
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Visualized: The Cost of Building a Home in the U.S.
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Building a new home is a major undertaking that involves many moving parts—from laying the initial foundation to giving the house its final touches.
In 2024, the average construction cost of a new home, which represents over 60% of an average home’s total sales price, hit a record high in the United States.
This infographic breaks down the average cost of building a new single-family home in the U.S. in 2024, by stages of construction. The data is based on a survey of 4,000 U.S. home builders by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
Home Construction Breakdown: What Costs Most?
The average cost of constructing a new home was $428,215 in 2024, the highest level recorded by NAHB since it began its annual cost surveys in 1998. This equates to around $162 per square foot of finished floor space, with the average home spanning 2,647 square feet in 2024.
Here’s the full breakdown of the cost of building a new home, across different stages of the building process:
Construction Stage Description Average Cost Share of Construction Cost
Site Work Building permit fees, impact fee,
water & sewer fees inspections,
architecture, engineering $33K 7.6%
Foundations Excavation, foundation,
concrete, retaining walls, backfill $45K 10.4%
Framing Framing (including roof), trusses, sheathing,
general metal and steel $71K 16.6%
Exterior Finishes Exterior wall finish, roofing, windows and doors $58K 13.4%
Major Systems Rough-ins Plumbing and electrical (except fixtures), HVAC $82K 19.2%
Interior Finishes Insulation, drywall, interior trims, doors, mirrors, painting, lighting, cabinets and countertops, appliances, flooring, plumbing fixtures, fireplace $103K 24.1%
Final Steps Landscaping, outdoor structures (deck, patio, porches), driveway, clean up $28K 6.5%
Other - $9K 2.1%
Average Total Construction Costs - $428K 100.0%
The two initial stages—site work and foundations—together make up around 18% of the total construction costs. Framing and exterior finishes make up another 30%, costing around $71,000 and $58,000 per home, respectively.
Furthermore, rough-ins for plumbing, HVAC, and electrical systems account for nearly one-fifth of the total cost at over $82,000 per home. Rough-ins refer to the initial stages of installing these essential services, before fixtures and finishing touches.
Interior finishes—one of the final stages of construction—account for the largest share of costs at 24.1% (roughly $103,000). This reflects the wide range of fixtures and features that go into making a home livable, from flooring and lighting to appliances and cabinetry.
The finishing steps of home construction include landscaping, building outdoor structures, driveways, and post-construction clean-up.
The U.S. Housing Construction Market in 2025
The outlook for residential construction in 2025 looks constrained due to various factors.
According to NAHB, builder confidence remains relatively low due to higher material costs, with recent tariffs by the Trump administration threatening further cost increases.
Meanwhile, home construction starts have been relatively stable since 2021, but the number of new homes available for sale is at the highest level since 2010, suggesting a lack of demand for new housing amid high borrowing costs.
As affordability concerns persist, builders are employing price reductions and sales incentives (such as mortgage buydowns) to lure new buyers.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-the-cost-of-building-a-new-home-in-the-u-s/
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As you can clearly see the evil in the world is almost fifty-fifty, my word has shown you that before, so that should not be a surprise. For I have said that two shall be standing in the field and one shall go and one shall remain, that is fifty-fifty, and it has got to that place, that also means that the end is very, very near. So you will still have half of the world that desires to do evil and half of the world that desires to do good, but only about thirty percent are true Christians. etc.
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First Male to Be Inducted Into the Women’s Hall of Fame
By M Dowling - April 2, 2025
Leftists are still trying to erase women. They can’t insult us enough. There are two genders, and one of them is not a trans woman.
Sandy Stone reportedly started the academic field of transgender studies. She is also a recording engineer, an artist, and the first known trans woman in the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a trans woman.
Around the end of this year, her story will be told in a documentary film.
Stone was inducted into the hall last year, along with several other prominent [Democrat] women, such as civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, tennis champion Serena Williams, and scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw. They are all Democrats, and Professor Crenshaw is a Marxist CRT proponent.
Adults can live as whatever gender they want, but what they are doing now is nuts.
https://www.independentsentinel.com/first-male-to-be-inducted-into-the-womens-hall-of-fame/