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It Is Being Projected That “Peak War Panic” Could Hit The Global Financial System In 1 To 3 Weeks
March 15, 2026 by Michael
A worst-case scenario could be just weeks away. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been essentially paralyzed by the war with Iran, and there is a lot of speculation that the Houthis could soon bring commercial traffic through the Red Sea to a screeching halt. If such a scenario actually materializes, it would be catastrophic for the global economy. The good news is that so far we are not witnessing widespread panic among investors. Most of them still seem to believe that this crisis is just temporary. So even though the price of oil is up over 40 percent since the start of the war, the overall global financial system is still relatively stable at this stage…
The S&P 500 is only down 3% so far this year and 5% off its all-time high, still far from reaching bear market territory or even a correction, suggesting investors aren’t panicking yet about the U.S.-Israel war on Iran. But that could change soon.
To be sure, oil prices have soared more than 40% since the war began two weeks ago and are up nearly 70% year to date. But they remain below the peak seen after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, despite one-fifth of the world’s oil supplies being bottled up by Iran’s de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Of course it certainly wouldn’t take much to push the financial markets over the edge.
Dan Alamariu, the chief geopolitical strategist at Alpine Macro, is warning that if this war with Iran persists we could see “peak war panic” in approximately 1 to 3 weeks…
Alamariu acknowledged there’s a growing chance that the war lasts longer than his two-month outlook, and the Strait of Hormuz would likely remain closed for the duration. That means Brent crude prices will stay above $100 a barrel and possibly even top $150. And yet, the market hasn’t reached maximum panic yet.
“Peak war panic is more likely to hit in the next 1 to 3 weeks,” he predicted. “The longer the conflict lasts, the more investors price in economic damage.”
Using oil prices as a gauge for market panics, crude has historically peaked four to eight weeks into similar conflicts, according to Alamariu. The Iran war has now entered its third week.
If the price of oil surpasses $150 a barrel and stays there for an extended period of time, it will cause widespread panic.
I have no doubt about that at all.
What investors would really like to see is an end to the war, but an end to the war is not even on the horizon at this stage…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that “we don’t see any reason why we should talk with Americans” as President Trump has claimed Iran is seeking a deal to end the war between the U.S. and Iran.
“We never asked for a ceasefire, and we have never asked even for negotiation,” Araghchi said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
As the war entered its third week, Mr. Trump has claimed in recent days that Iran wants to reach a deal. The president said in a post on Truth Social late Friday that Iran “is totally defeated and wants a deal – But not a deal that I would accept!” On Saturday, he told NBC News that “Iran wants to make a deal, and I don’t want to make it because the terms aren’t good enough yet.”
As long as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is paralyzed, there is no way that the war will end.
An IDF spokesperson is telling us the the Israelis are gearing up “for at least three more weeks of operations”…
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson said the military is preparing for at least three more weeks of operations against Iran and still has ‘thousands of targets’ remaining.
Brigadier General Effie Defrin told CNN that Israeli forces are coordinating closely with the United States and have plans extending beyond the Jewish holiday of Passover.
‘We have thousands of targets ahead,’ Defrin said. ‘We are ready, in coordination with our US allies, with plans through at least the Jewish holiday of Passover, about three weeks from now.’
Let us hope that the war will be over in just a matter of weeks.
But from where I am sitting, I think that is a very optimistic target.
There are so many ways that this war could become so much worse.
For example, if the Houthis were to shut down commercial traffic through the Red Sea by blocking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, we really would be facing a nightmare scenario that would be unlike anything we have ever seen before…
Alamariu noted that it’s likely Iran’s Houthi allies in Yemen will try to close the Red Sea to commercial shipping, heaping additional economic pain on top of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
“A simultaneous two-strait disruption would compound the shock, impacting the additional ~5 mb/d oil flows that normally transit the Bab el-Mandeb and impairing a main Europe-Asia trade route,” he warned. “This could stoke inflation further, especially in Europe.”
If the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait were blocked simultaneously, hardly anything would be getting out of Saudi Arabia or other Gulf countries.
I have already written much about oil, natural gas and fertilizer, but so many other industries would be deeply affected as well.
For example, the largest aluminum smelter in the entire world has just been forced to reduce its output…
The world’s largest single-site aluminium smelter in the Middle East cut its output by about 20% on Sunday, marking yet another troubling development for the global economy. The disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is no longer just an energy story – it’s now spreading into industrial metals. These second- and third-order effects could soon disrupt global supply chains and tighten aluminium availability, thus pressuring prices higher.
Bloomberg reports that Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) began a controlled, safe shutdown of three reduction lines on Sunday to preserve business continuity amid heavily disrupted maritime shipping routes through the Hormuz chokepoint.
The global economy has become far more integrated than most people realize.
When the price of oil rises, it rises for everyone.
And the pain is already starting to be felt throughout the entire U.S. economy…
Uber and Lyft drivers told us they’re getting more selective about which rides they accept as gas prices rise. That’s because Uber and Lyft control fares, meaning drivers can’t raise prices when their operating costs go up. Some gig drivers are rejecting shorter, lower-paying trips that burn fuel and instead are chasing longer fares that make the math work.
Meanwhile, EV drivers are having a moment. As gas-powered drivers wince at the pump, electric vehicle owners are taking what some have called a “victory lap.” Charging costs haven’t surged in step with oil prices. This is giving EV drivers, including those on rideshare platforms, a meaningful cost advantage.
Higher gas prices are also playing a role in the return-to-office debate. For people who drive to work, pricier fill-ups mean less money in their pockets for everything else.
“When gas prices spike, commuting effectively becomes a pay cut,” one chief operating officer told us.
If this war keeps going for a while, things will get a lot worse.
Just about everything that we purchase on a regular basis is affected by the price of oil, and that includes food.
It takes energy to grow food, and it takes energy to transport food to the stores.
If the price of oil goes up to $150 a barrel and stays there, it is going to become much more expensive to go to the grocery store.
Already, the average price of ground beef has risen almost 20 percent over the past year…
The average price of ground beef, 100% beef, excluding round, chuck, and sirloin, and excluding preformed patties, finally took a breather in February and barely budged, rising by just 0.2%, after spiking month after month almost uninterrupted for a whole year.
At $6.74 per pound, the average price is up by nearly 20% from a year ago and by 73% from January 2020.
By disrupting traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranians are hitting us where it hurts.
They know that U.S. consumers do not have a very high tolerance for pain.
So they figure that they can sit back and wait for the pain to reach unendurable levels.
But I don’t think that President Trump is going to end this war until he breaks Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz.
That could take a while, and so it appears that this crisis will be with us for quite some time.
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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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Churches All Over America Are Being Set On Fire – Are Sleeper Cells Involved?
March 16, 2026
Over the past couple of weeks, there have been numerous warnings that terrorist sleeper cells may conduct attacks on U.S. soil in response to the war with Iran. Over the past couple of weeks, there have also been a lot of church fires all over America. Why isn’t anyone making a connection between these two things? We know that Islamic terrorists love to attack houses of worship. Since 2020, there have been hundreds of churches in Europe that have been vandalized or burned down, and in many of those cases radical Islamists were involved. Is a similar trend beginning to occur in the United States?
On Saturday morning, a church in Reese, Michigan that was about 100 years old burned all the way to the ground…
A historic Southeast Michigan church burned to the ground Saturday morning.
Reese Fire Rescue, an all-volunteer crew, responded at 2:45 a.m. March 14 to find Reese Faith Community Church “fully engulfed” in flames, said Jeremy Ross, fire chief.
“It was through the roof, through the walls – it was really fully engulfed when we arrived,” Ross said. “There was no way to make entry.”
This was an absolutely massive fire that erupted very suddenly.
One fire truck parked too close to the fire, and as a result “some of the plastic items on the outside of the truck were warped and melted from the heat”…
He said a Reese fire truck was parked a little too close to the fire and some of the plastic items on the outside of the truck were warped and melted from the heat. He said everything affected still functions, including some emergency lights, but will need to be replaced.
In so many cases, these church fires are happening in the middle of the night when no witnesses are around.
So even if authorities are able to determine that it is arson, it will be very difficult to catch whoever did this.
Today, more than 240,000 Muslims live in the state of Michigan.
The city of Dearborn is 55 percent Muslim, and it is not too far from Reese.
That certainly doesn’t prove anything.
But we do know that Michigan has experienced a lot of church burnings in recent years.
Last August, someone purposely firebombed St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Flint…
On August 30, 2025, an arsonist firebombed St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Flint, Michigan, causing extensive damage. Flint Councilwoman Tonya Burns said an individual “purposely brought three gasoline cans, used a metal object and fire bombed the church.” The fire burned several classrooms, and the church also had smoke damage and several broken windows. The church has an outreach center that hosts community events and food drives.
Flint is even closer to Dearborn than Reese is.
But that could just be a coincidence.
Arsonists tend to like to work at night, because that greatly increases their chances of getting away with it.
Very early on Sunday morning, an enormous fire broke out at The River Church in Post Falls, Idaho…
A Post Falls church was damaged in a fire early Sunday morning.
Kootenai County Fire and Rescue responded to the blaze in the 1600 block of E. Horsehaven Ave. about 4 a.m.
Units arrived to find The River Church burning and requested a second alarm.
“Due to the size of the building and challenges with accessing the fire, crews were on scene through the late morning hours,” KCFR said in a press release.
This is another case where it is going to be difficult to prove that it was arson.
But I think that it was.
Thankfully, most of the building was saved, but one portion “was lost and is now unusable”…
A large portion of the church building was saved during the response, but a part of the structure was lost and is now unusable, according to Kootenai County Fire and Rescue interim fire chief Pete Holley.
Another church fire that occurred this past weekend was definitely arson.
Video footage clearly shows “a man intentionally igniting the entrance to the building” at a church in Newark, New Jersey…
An overnight fire outside a Newark church is under investigation after video obtained by RLS Media appears to show a man intentionally igniting the entrance to the building while people were inside.
According to a statement released by Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda, firefighters responded at approximately 12:06 a.m. Saturday, March 14, to a report of a fire at a church located at 136 Mt. Pleasant Avenue.
I hope that the police are able to find this guy.
He just walked right up to the entrance of the church and started pouring gasoline around…
However, video obtained by RLS Media shows a man carrying what appears to be a gasoline can approaching the entrance of the church, identified as Centro Familiar Casa de Dios.
In the footage, the individual appears to pour a liquid near the doorway before spending several seconds striking a match.
The video then shows the suspect tossing the lit match toward the entrance area, igniting flames near one of the church doors.
Another clear case of church arson just happened at an abandoned church in Peoria, Illinois…
The Peoria Fire Department responded to a fire at an abandoned church near North East Madison and Park Avenues on Friday.
Fire crews saw moderate smoke and fire on the second floor of the church when they arrived on the scene at 6:56 p.m, said Battalion Chief Matthew Smith.
Fire crews used a hand line to quickly put out the fire and also went to the roof to check for additional damage.
Authorities have determined that the cause of the fire was definitely arson.
But in most of these cases the perpetrators are never apprehended.
Earlier this month, there was a large fire at the First Baptist Church of Little Rock that local residents believe “may have been intentionally set”…
A vacant church building in Little Rock was heavily damaged by a fire some neighbors believe may have been intentionally set.
The blaze broke out at the First Baptist Church of Little Rock, also known as Ernie’s Museum of Black Arkansas, late Monday evening. The building, long closed and in a state of disrepair, hadn’t been used in several years. According to a man who was looking to buy the property, the structure had previously served multiple purposes before falling vacant.
The Little Rock Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire, though some neighbors believe it may have been arson.
I cannot prove that any of the examples that I have shared in this article have anything to do with the war in Iran.
But I think that it is quite noteworthy that so many U.S. churches are suddenly burning now that the war in Iran has begun.
And without a doubt there have been some incidents of violence in recent weeks that do have a direct link to what is going on in the Middle East. For instance, it turns out that the man that recently attacked a synagogue in Michigan had brothers in Lebanon that “were members of a Hezbollah rocket unit”…
Ghazali, born in Lebanon, entered the U.S. legally in 2011 on a spousal visa and gained citizenship in 2016. He lived in Dearborn Heights, working at a local restaurant—seemingly integrated, but harboring connections that proved deadly.
Sources confirmed his brothers in Lebanon were members of a Hezbollah rocket unit, the Iranian-backed group notorious for targeting civilians. Those same brothers, along with Ghazali’s niece and nephew, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on March 5, potentially fueling his rage.
There are more than 200 million Shiite Muslims living in our world today.
Approximately 2.5 million of them are living on U.S. soil.
There will be more terror attacks.
It is inevitable.
So please be very careful out there, because things are starting to get really crazy.
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.
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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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By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR
Published: 13:20 EDT, 16 March 2026 | Updated: 16:15 EDT, 16 March 2026
A record-shattering heatwave is set to scorch millions across the Southwest, sending temperatures over 100 degrees three months before the US reaches summer.
The shocking forecast has been triggered by a massive 'heat dome' forming over 14 states, including California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.
Parts of Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas will also be affected, with meteorologists from AccuWeather warning that temperatures throughout the week will be 15 to 30 degrees above average for mid-March.
A heat dome works like a lid of high pressure. It builds overhead, trapping hot air at the surface level, suppressing clouds and intensifying sunlight.
The historic warming trend is expected to last through Thursday, with dozens of cities throughout the region expected to set daily temperature records from March 17 through March 19.
By Wednesday, temperatures in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Las Vegas are expected to hover near 100 degrees Fahrenheit, which typically does not happen until mid-June.
Temperatures in California's Death Valley, the hottest and driest national park, may reach 108 degrees by Wednesday, which would mark the earliest heat above 105 degrees ever recorded.
The AccuWeather team added that 'little movement' was expected heading into the weekend, meaning the extreme heat could last well beyond Thursday, and potentially lead to unexpected wildfires throughout Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
A heat dome forms when the jet stream, the fast-flowing river of air high over the US, develops a bulge or ridge.
This ridge creates a barrier that blocks normal weather patterns, allowing warm air to sink and get trapped under the 'dome,' while keeping storms and cooler fronts away.
AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alan Reppert said: 'Heat domes are a lot like a balloon. They expand and contract as the day goes by, and when you are inside of it, it can be very warm.'
In this case, the extreme conditions while much of the US is still battling fierce winter weather have set the stage for countless climate records to fall in just four days this week.
Meteorologists projected that Los Angeles would reach 98 degrees on Wednesday. However, if the heat dome pushes it to 100, forecasters revealed that it would break a record set in 1874 for the earliest 100-degree day.
Phoenix, Arizona is expected to see back-to-back 100-degree days on Wednesday and Thursday, reaching 101 and 104, respectively.
The city typically sits in the mid to upper 70s in March. Until this week, the only day Phoenix has ever seen 100 degrees in March was on March 26, 1988.
In Las Vegas, Nevada, temperatures in mid-March usually stay in the low 70s. Breaking 100 degrees this week would shatter the record books, erasing the previous mark for the earliest 100-degree day set on May 1, 1947.
Even if some areas do not reach 100 degrees, most of the Southwest is expected to climb into the 90s this week.
In Denver, Colorado, residents are expecting the earliest 90-degree day to hit the city since 1992. The previous record for such heat was April 30, meaning this heatwave should smash that by five weeks.
Forecasters also warned that the intense heat will cause flowers to wilt during a period called 'superbloom,' - a rare natural event where huge numbers of wildflowers suddenly bloom all at once in desert areas.
'The surging heat will dry out vegetation quickly, increasing the risk of wildfire ignition,' the AccuWeather team added.
Temporary lakes that formed in the winter, such as in Death Valley, could also dry up due to the early blast of summer.
AccuWeather Meteorologist Elizabeth Danco said in a statement: 'This heat is arriving far earlier than normal, with temperatures in parts of the Southwest running one to two months ahead of historical averages.'
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U.S. Asks for Naval Help With Opening Strait of Hormuz; "Allies" say "No."
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Donald Trump asked the world to join a multinational naval coalition to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
Italy: Rejected
Spain: Rejected
Japan: Rejected
France: Hesitant
Norway: Rejected
Canada: Rejected
Australia: Rejected
Germany: Rejected
China: No response
UK: No commitment
Netherlands: No response
South Korea: No confirmation
For years allies said the U.S. should stop being the world’s policeman. Now Donald Trump asks them to help patrol the Strait of Hormuz, and suddenly nobody answers the phone.
These countries may not realize it yet, but they walked straight into his trap . If you won't assist, ( by the way we don't need your assistance ) then why is the USA funding NATO, UN, EU, and more?
This was a test and they failed.
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By PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER
Published: 10:00 EDT, 16 March 2026 | Updated: 12:07 EDT, 16 March 2026
One of Donald Trump's closest advisers has broken with the President over his war with Iran, warning the conflict risks spiraling into nuclear catastrophe.
David Sacks, Trump's czar for artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency, said Israel was weighing whether to deploy a nuclear weapon against the Islamic regime.
Sacks, a close ally of Vice President JD Vance, made the remarks on the All-In podcast, cautioning there are 'risks' of an 'escalatory approach' by Israel.
'Israel could get seriously destroyed,' he said. 'And then you have to worry about Israel escalating the war by contemplating using a nuclear weapon.'
Sacks urged Trump to find an 'off-ramp' and bring the war with Iran to a swift close.
'This is a good time to declare victory and get out,' he added. 'I agree that we should try to find the off-ramp.'
The White House confidante noted the US had largely neutralized the Islamic regime's military capabilities.
Sacks is the most senior figure in Trump's White House to publicly break with the President over the conflict.
'If escalation doesn't lead anywhere good, then you have to think about, well, how do you de-escalate? De-escalation, I think, involves reaching some sort of ceasefire agreement or some sort of negotiated settlement with Iran,' he said.
Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons but maintains a policy of ambiguity and has never publicly confirmed its arsenal.
Sacks, who donated around $1 million to a super PAC backing Vance's 2022 Ohio Senate campaign, appears to be aligned with the Vice President's reported position on the conflict.
Vance privately warned against the Iran war, urging Trump that if action were taken, he should 'go big and go fast,' according to reports.
He has kept a low profile while Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have publicly fronted the campaign, after US-Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the opening day of the war, February 28.
Trump even acknowledged that Vance had been 'less enthusiastic' about the war while addressing reporters at his golf club in Doral, Florida, last week.
The US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28. Iran and its ally in Lebanon, Hezbollah, have responded with strikes on Israel and other countries in the Middle East.
The war has shaken global markets and raised oil prices.
Iran's UN ambassador says more than 1,300 people have been killed in Iran in US and Israeli attacks. Israel says 12 victims in the region died in Iranian attacks. The US says 13 of its troops have been killed.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15650523/Trumps-billionaire-adviser-publicly-rebukes-
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Al Jazeera op-ed praises US-Israel operation against Iran, says Dems, media critics are wrong
‘When you look at what has actually happened to Iran’s principal instruments of power," the op-ed declared, ‘the picture is not one of US failure’
By Joseph A. Wulfsohn Fox News
Published March 17, 2026 7:40am EDTOperation Epic Fury is receiving praise from an unlikely source. Al Jazeera, the Qatari government-funded news organization, published an op-ed Monday declaring in the headline, "The US-Israeli strategy against Iran is working."
"Two weeks into Operation Epic Fury, the dominant narrative has settled into a comfortable groove: The United States and Israel stumbled into a war without a plan. Iran is retaliating across the region. Oil prices are surging, and the world is facing another Middle Eastern quagmire. US senators have called it a blunder. Cable news has tallied the crises. Commentators have warned of a long war... But this narrative is wrong," the piece began.
"Not because the costs are imaginary, but because the critics are measuring the wrong things. They are [cataloging] the price of the campaign while ignoring the strategic ledger."
Muhanad Seloom, an assistant professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, authored the piece.
"When you look at what has actually happened to Iran’s principal instruments of power – its ballistic missile arsenal, its nuclear infrastructure, its air [defenses], its navy and its proxy command architecture – the picture is not one of US failure. It is one of systematic, phased degradation of a threat that previous administrations allowed to grow for four decades," he continued.
Seloom marveled at how "every aspect of Iran’s ability to project regional power is being successfully degraded" and "collapsing in real time."
He also pointed out how Iranian ballistic missile launches "have fallen by more than 90 percent" since Operation Epic Fury was first underway, dropping from 350 to roughly 25 — similar to its drone launches going from 800 on Day 1 to 75 by Day 15.
"Hundreds of Iranian missile launchers have been rendered inoperable. According to some reports, 80 percent of Iran’s capacity to strike Israel has been eliminated," Seloom wrote. "Iran’s naval assets, fast-attack craft, midget submarines and mine-laying capabilities are being liquidated. Its air [defenses] have been suppressed to the point at which the US is now flying nonstealth B-1 bombers over Iranian airspace, a decision that signals near-total confidence in air dominance."
The Qatari professor insisted the Iranian regime is facing a "strategic dilemma" — that firing any remaining missiles will expose the launchers and would promptly be targeted by the US and Israel while reserving missiles "forfeits the ability to impose costs of the war."
"This is a force managing decline, not projecting strength," Seloom said.
After highlighting the damage to Iran's nuclear facilities, Seloom pushed back against Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who claimed the Trump administration misjudged Iran's retaliation, as well as CNN's suggestion that the administration lost control over the war regarding the Strait of Hormuz, saying their framing "inverts the strategic logic."
HEGSETH BLASTS BRITS, SAYS IRAN'S CHAOTIC RETALIATION HAS DRIVEN ITS OWN ALLIES 'INTO THE AMERICAN ORBIT'
"Closing the strait was always Iran’s most visible retaliatory card, and always a wasting asset. About 90 percent of Iran’s own oil exports pass through Kharg Island and then the strait," Seloom wrote. "China, Tehran’s largest remaining economic partner, cannot receive Iranian crude while the strait is shut. Every day the blockade continues, Iran severs its own economic lifeline and alienates the one major power that has consistently shielded it at the United Nations. The closure does not just hurt the global economy; it accelerates Iran’s isolation."
He continued, "Meanwhile, the naval assets Iran needs to sustain the blockade – fast-attack boats, drones, mines, shore-based antiship missiles – are being degraded daily. Its naval bases at Bandar Abbas and Chahbahar have been severely damaged. The question is not whether the strait reopens but when and whether Iran retains any naval capacity to contest it. Critics compare the challenge of escorting a hundred tankers daily to an impossible logistical burden. But you do not need to escort tankers through a strait if the adversary no longer has the means to threaten them. That is the operational trajectory."
Seloom also pushed back against the notion that the war is expanding through Iran's proxies like Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iraqi militias, stressing that the command structure of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) "has been decapitated at multiple levels" and that the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei "eliminated the apex of the [authorization] pyramid."
"When proxies launch retaliatory attacks across the region, this is not evidence of an expanding network; it is evidence of predelegated response authority, which is what a [centralized] command system activates when it anticipates its own destruction," he wrote. "Predelegation is a sign of desperation, not strength. It means the centre can no longer coordinate. The attacks will continue, but they will become increasingly uncoordinated, strategically incoherent and politically costly for the host states where these groups operate."
Seloom went on to say President Donald Trump's rhetoric "has not helped" combat critics who question the endgame, which the professor said is the "permanent degradation of Iran’s ability to project power beyond its borders through missiles, nuclear latency and proxy networks." He also acknowledged critics like Murphy have a "legitimate concern" about what happens in Tehran after the fighting stops, something he says the Trump administration needs to lay out.
"Call it strategic disarmament. This is closer to the approach of the Allies to Germany’s industrial war-making capacity in 1944-1945 than to the US war on Iraq in 2003," Seloom said. "The campaign’s execution has been imperfect, its public communication poor and its post-conflict planning incomplete. War is never clean. But the strategy – the actual strategy, measured in degraded capabilities rather than cable news cycles – is working."
Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
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Report: Trump weighs seizure of Iran’s Kharg Island as Hormuz blockade continues
Axios reports President Donald Trump is working to assemble a multinational coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz amid Iran’s blockade, but also weighing the possible seizure of Kharg Island.
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Mar 16, 2026, 5:29 AM (GMT+2) 2 minutesUS President Donald Trump is working to assemble a coalition of countries aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and hopes to announce the initiative later this week, four sources confirmed to Axios on Sunday.
At the same time, according to US officials, Trump is also weighing the possibility of seizing Iran’s critical oil depot on Kharg Island if oil tankers remain trapped in the Persian Gulf. Such a move would require US troops on the ground.
The effort comes as oil and gas prices rise due to Iran’s blockade of the narrow Gulf waterway, which has disrupted a significant portion of the world’s crude oil supply.
Iran has blocked Gulf countries from exporting their oil through the strait while allowing tankers carrying Iranian crude to pass freely, enabling Tehran to continue exporting oil to China and other countries.
A source familiar with the situation told Axios that as long as the blockade remains in place and Gulf oil exports are restricted, Trump would not be able to end the war even if he wanted to.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said he “demands" that NATO members and other oil-importing nations, including China, assist in securing the strait.
“We are talking to other countries about policing the straits. It will be nice to have other countries policing with us. We will help. We are getting a good response," Trump said.
Trump stated that the US is currently in talks with seven countries. He noted that some countries have already declined but emphasized that the mission “will be small" because Iran has “very little firepower" remaining.
Meanwhile, the US continues to carry out strikes against Iranian targets across the country, with particular focus on areas along the Persian Gulf and Kharg Island.
Kharg Island, located about 15 miles off Iran’s coast, handles roughly 90 percent of the country’s crude oil exports.
Trump said Friday that he had ordered strikes against military installations on the island but that oil facilities there were not targeted. Speaking to NBC on Saturday, he said the US “may hit it a few more times just for fun."
A senior White House official stressed that no final decision has been made regarding the island.
“No one should read into anything more than what the president announced," the official said. “The president has made no decisions on Kharg Island."
However, the official added that the situation could change if the effort to reopen the strait stalls.
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“The president is not going to wait around and let the Iranians dictate the pace of the conflict," the official said.
Another US official said Trump has shown interest in the idea of seizing Kharg Island outright, describing it as an “economic knockout of the regime" that could effectively cut off Tehran’s funding.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/424003
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Israel admits Iran regime collapse less likely than first thought
Israeli officials fear that the scenario in which Iran's regime remains in power even after the current military campaign is now more realistic. According to this updated assessment, Israeli decision makers are shaping their strategy accordingly, focusing on Iran's missile arrays, its weapons industry and Tehran's security forces.
by Yoav Limor
Published on 03-15-2026 00:02
Last modified: 03-15-2026 00:03Senior officials in Israel now acknowledge that the chances of overthrowing the regime in Iran are lower than initially estimated, and that the current military campaign may end without bringing down the government in Tehran. The assessment reflects the regime's firm grip on its security apparatus and the ruthless repression that has instilled deep fear among the Iranian public.
In recent days, Iran's leadership has appeared to regain a more orderly control over events inside the country, following the chaos that erupted after the elimination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Decisions are now reportedly being made mainly by Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of parliament. It remains unclear whether the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is involved in decision making or is currently serving mainly as a symbolic figure while others effectively run the country.
Larijani and Ghalibaf both appeared Friday at a mass rally in Tehran marking Iran's annual "Quds Day." Their appearance was intended to signal that the leadership remains in control and is not afraid to appear in public. In reality, the two, along with other senior Iranian officials, are reportedly behaving like wanted men, aware they could be targets for elimination.
Mojtaba Khamenei did not attend the rally, apparently because of injuries he sustained during the strike that killed his father, in which his mother and brother were also killed. Instead, the crowd heard a recording of the elder Khamenei from last year.
Although overthrowing the regime was never formally defined as one of the campaign's goals, it was widely perceived as such by the Israeli public. Now Israeli officials are seeking to lower expectations, partly to prevent disappointment once the operation ends.
Decision makers in Israel still hope that a chain of events could lead to the regime's collapse, but the scenario in which the ayatollahs and their supporters remain in power is now considered more realistic. Israeli strategy is therefore being shaped around that assumption.
Three main lines of attack
Israel's offensive effort in Iran is now focused on three primary targets.
The first is Iran's missile threat to Israel, including launchers, missile stockpiles and air defense systems that could limit the Israeli Air Force's freedom of action.
Contrary to some highly optimistic estimates circulated earlier, the effort to dismantle Iran's missile-launch infrastructure is far from complete. Still, the Israeli Air Force's systematic hunt for launchers has made it harder for Iran to carry out attacks. In recent days, Iranian forces have begun redirecting some missiles toward northern and southern areas and have attempted to challenge Israel's air defense system by altering launch patterns and dispersing warheads.
The second effort targets Iran's weapons industry, particularly facilities involved in producing missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.
US War Secretary Pete Hegseth emphasized this objective last week, stating that the campaign will not end until Iran's production capabilities are completely destroyed. The network includes hundreds of factories, research centers, laboratories and other facilities, which are now being systematically struck according to a coordinated plan dividing the work between the Israeli Air Force and US forces.
Israel already struck production facilities during the 12-day war with Iran last June. At the time, the goal was to create leverage for a future agreement restricting missile production and Iran's nuclear program. Now the objective is to physically dismantle those capabilities so that even if the regime survives and no agreement is reached, Iran will need years to restore large-scale weapons production.
The third effort focuses on Iran's security forces and their infrastructure.
Israeli assessments indicate that about 4,000 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Basij militia and other security forces have been killed so far, with at least twice as many wounded. Only a very small number of civilians have reportedly been harmed. Unlike Hezbollah and the Hamas terrorist organization, which deliberately operate from within civilian populations, Iranian security forces generally operate from closed compounds that are easier to target.
US forces are assisting in strikes against these three target circles while also carrying out parallel missions to defend allied states in the Gulf and ensure freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
At the same time, Gulf states appear reluctant to join the offensive effort directly, largely out of concern that Iran would intensify retaliatory attacks against them, especially against oil infrastructure.
Israeli officials estimate that about two more weeks will be needed to achieve the campaign's main objectives. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir has identified the eve of Passover, April 1, as a possible target date for ending the operation, while officials in Washington are discussing the possibility of ending it a few days earlier ahead of US President Donald Trump's planned visit to China at the end of March.
Jerusalem and Washington currently agree that the campaign should not be halted earlier, in order to avoid having to return to military action against Iran again in a few months.
Preparing for intensified fighting in Lebanon
At the same time, Israel is preparing to intensify fighting in Lebanon in the coming weeks.
This stems from two main factors. The first is Hezbollah's entry into the war, including attempts to deploy its Radwan force south of the Litani River in order to attack Israeli civilians and IDF troops. The second is Israel's effort to further weaken Hezbollah's capabilities and personnel in order to make it easier for the Lebanese government to assert control over the country in the future.
As part of the expanded activity, the IDF has moved infantry and armored forces to the northern Israel in recent days. Some units have deployed in forward positions in southern Lebanon to push Hezbollah away from Israeli border communities.
Israelis are naturally most concerned about the possibility of terrorist infiltrations into Israeli territory, but IDF Northern Command officials are also worried about anti-tank missile attacks on communities. The current operations are intended to reduce towns' exposure to such missiles and push additional communities out of rocket range.
During the previous round of fighting in Lebanon, which the IDF called "Northern Arrows," Hezbollah largely avoided ground combat in southern Lebanon and focused instead on launching rockets and drones into Israel. Now the organization has changed its approach, possibly under Iranian pressure or because its long-range attacks have had limited success.
This shift forces the IDF to adapt to the growing threat both to civilians and to ground forces.
The decision to engage more actively in combat also represents the first major test for Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem. Qassem has so far been seen as a cautious and relatively weak leader who has tried to maintain a low personal and organizational profile.
Israeli officials believe his current decision could also work to Israel's advantage, as it may increase friction between Hezbollah and the Lebanese government and strengthen Beirut's motivation to act against the group in the future.
Increasing pressure on Beirut
Until now, the fighting in Lebanon has been considered secondary to the campaign against Iran. However, after the massive rocket barrage fired at Israel on Wednesday night, it has gained greater weight in Israeli planning.
Israel is preparing to continue operations in Lebanon even after the main campaign against Iran ends, although it is unclear whether that will be possible depending on the policy pursued by Trump.
If a ceasefire is declared, Israel hopes to maintain control of extensive areas in southern Lebanon and evacuate them of residents, conditioned on significant action by the Lebanese army to disarm Hezbollah and demilitarize the south.
Before the current campaign began, the IDF held five positions inside Lebanese territory. It is now planning to control additional areas and prevent residents from returning to some villages in southern Lebanon, in an effort to increase pressure on the Lebanese government to act against Hezbollah.
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Strait of Hormuz open to everyone but US, Israel, Iranian FM Araghchi says
Other ships are free to pass, although many prefer not to due to “security concerns,” which Araghchi claimed have nothing to do with Iran.
ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
MARCH 15, 2026 01:11Updated: MARCH 15, 2026 03:37
The Strait of Hormuz is only closed to US and Israeli ships, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with MS NOW on Saturday.
Other ships are free to pass, although many prefer not to due to “security concerns,” which Araghchi claimed have nothing to do with Iran. He added that currently there are “many tankers and ships that are passing through the Strait of Hormuz.”
This comes after US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the US, along with several other countries affected by “Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait,” would be sending warships to keep the Strait “open and safe.”
In the post, Trump listed China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the UK as examples of countries affected by the closure, expressing hope that they would send ships to the area.
Araghchi says everything is under control amid claims of instability within regime
Araghchi also responded to claims made by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was wounded and likely disfigured, saying that “there is no problem with the supreme leader.”
“He sent his message yesterday and will perform his duties - he is performing his duties according to the constitution and will continue to do that,” Araghchi added.
Araghchi also emphasized that the Islamic Republic was well-established and not reliant on any one person, and that any loss of individuals could be weathered by the system.
“Everything is under control,” Araghchi said.
Later in the day, Trump claimed he was hearing that Mojtaba Khamenei was not alive, "and if he is, he should do something very smart for his country, and that's surrender," Trump told NBC News.
Araghchi claims US negotiators may have misunderstood him due to lack of knowledge
Araghchi also denied claims that he shouted at US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, threatening that Iran had the uranium for 11 nuclear bombs during the last negotiation talks in Geneva.
He explained that he had only been speaking about the potential of Iran’s 440 kilos of 60% enriched uranium, which, if enriched further, could be enough to create 10 bombs, to emphasize how big a concession Iran was offering.
Araghchi suggested that perhaps US negotiators had misinterpreted that “because of the lack of enough knowledge” or “their intentions to justify the act of aggression, which cannot be justified,” and added that he hoped the true story of the negotiations would come out.
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Rocket fire from Lebanon triggers sirens in central Israel without prior warning
Launch from Lebanon intercepted after setting off alerts in central Israel, with blasts heard in the Sharon, while later barrage toward south also shot down after night of alerts in center
Meir Turgeman, Maya Cohen, Elisha Ben Kimon|Updated:00:28
Air raid sirens sounded in central Israel on Sunday after a projectile launched from Lebanon was intercepted, with blasts heard in the Sharon area, in the latest round of alerts after overnight Iranian attacks.
Later, additional alerts warning of rocket and missile fire were activated in the Negev, the Judean area and the Dead Sea region after another barrage. Those launches were also successfully intercepted, the military said.
The latest incidents came after repeated overnight barrages from Iran, including three consecutive waves of sirens in central Israel. Earlier in the morning, some of the missiles fired toward central Israel were intercepted, while others fell in open areas.
A fire reportedly broke out in the central city of Holon due to fallen interception debris after one of the barrages, igniting vehicles and damaging a nearby building.
Fire and Rescue Services said crews were working to contain the blaze and searching for anyone who may have been trapped.
The Magen David Adom rescue service said that a man in his 80s suffered very minor injuries from glass shards, and a woman, also in her 80s, was in light condition with signs of smoke inhalation. Medics were also treating several people for shock at the scene.
The Home Front Command said residents could leave shelters after some of the incoming projectiles were intercepted and others fell in open areas.
Earlier, sirens were triggered in Eilat, the Shahorot industrial zone and Eilot in southern Israel, also because of fire from Iran that was intercepted. Magen David Adom said it had received no calls reporting injuries.
Meanwhile, sirens sounded in northern border communities throughout the night, including Metula, Misgav Am and Avivim, warning of rocket fire from Lebanon.
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Monster 6-inch hailstone likely to shatter Illinois state record
Hail the size of grapefruit fell in Illinois Wednesday night, and that may qualify as a new state record, if it can be officially confirmed.
By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist
Published Mar 11, 2026 3:12 PM EDT | Updated Mar 11, 2026 3:12 PM EDT
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Widespread severe storms on Tuesday produced massive hail across parts of Illinois, Texas and Missouri, including a new contender for a state record.
AccuWeather Meteorologist and Storm Chaser Tony Laubach measured a hailstone 5.25 inches in diameter in Kankakee, Illinois, on Tuesday evening, larger than the Illinois state record of 4.75 inches, set on June 10, 2015, at Minooka.
“This is ginormous hail,” Laubach said on Tuesday, holding up a hailstone.
“This is nuts. This is some of the biggest hail I’ve seen in quite some time. And again, the ground is just covered in it,” he continued. “You can see as I’m walking here, just massive hailstones everywhere.”
Laubach said the stones left “craters” in the ground.
Other Skywarn spotters and storm chasers also found big hail, as large as 6.4 inches across in Kankakee, 5.5 inches at Campus, Illinois, and 5.2 inches near Buckingham, Illinois. Hailstones 4.5 inches in diameter were also reported in Texas and Missouri on Wednesday. The large hail came from an intense storm stretching nearly from Mexico to Canada.
Any of these hailstones could break the record, but to make it official, the stones would typically have to be stored in a freezer at full size until they are weighed, measured and photographed by NOAA's State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC). This process can take months or years.
Other state records recently set for hail diameter include 6.4 inches at Hondo, Texas on April 28, 2021, and 5.25 inches near Kirk, Colorado, on Aug. 8, 2023. Hail records are only maintained by the SCEC for nine states: Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Vermont.
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Fears as banks seize 40,000 homes in a single month as foreclosure tsunami sweeps America
By MARTHA WILLIAMS, US REAL ESTATE & CONSUMER REPORTER
Published: 23:39 EDT, 12 March 2026 | Updated: 10:33 EDT, 13 March 2026
The number of Americans losing their homes to banks has risen for the twelfth consecutive month, highlighting mounting pressure in the US housing market.
In February, foreclosure activity reached 38,840 properties - a 20 percent increase compared with the same month last year.
Filings track the full spectrum of the process, from initial lender warnings to the formal repossession of homes after missed mortgage payments.
Although the February total was slightly lower than January, it marked the twelfth straight month of year-over-year increases, showing how Americans are increasingly struggling to pay their bills.
'Foreclosure activity in February marked the twelfth consecutive month of annual increases, extending a gradual upward trend that began early last year,' said Rob Barber, chief executive of ATTOM.
Foreclosure starts - when lenders officially begin reclaiming a property - have climbed 14 percent from last year, while completed repossessions have jumped 35 percent.
This strain is already being felt in neighborhoods. As more homes are seized, and the market is flooded with discounted properties, surrounding house values drop, eroding equity for nearby homeowners who have kept up with their payments.
The surge in foreclosures reflects broader financial stress for Americans. Rising taxes and interest rates are pushing some behind on mortgages, while unpaid credit card bills and auto loans add further pressure.
Foreclosure is the legal process through which a lender takes back a home after a borrower falls behind on mortgage payments.
The increase is raising concerns that the housing slowdown could worsen, drawing uneasy parallels to the prelude of the 2008 financial crisis.
Homeowners struggling with mortgages are likely cutting back on essentials such as food, transportation, and healthcare. That cut back in spending can ripple through the wider economy.
Foreclosures remain most concentrated in a handful of states, highlighting uneven impacts across the country.
Indiana had worst rate in the country, followed by South Carolina, Florida, Delaware, and Illinois. Among metros with a population of 200,000 or above, Lakeland, Florida had the highest foreclosure rate with one filing per ever 1,075 homes.
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Next came Punta Gorda, Florida; Indianapolis, Indiana; Evansville, Indiana; and Columbia, South Carolina.
Some big cities did see decreases, including Tucson, Arizona; New Orleans, Louisiana; Buffalo, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The concentration of distress in these major housing markets underscores how widespread the pressure has become - and why concerns about a broader housing downturn are gaining urgency.
The bleak start to 2026 follows an already brutal 2025, when 367,460 US properties faced foreclosure filings - up 14 percent from the year before, according to a previous report from ATTOM.
While foreclosure activity is rising, it's not quite at the level seen during the 2008 housing crisis.
'Even with the continued rise, overall foreclosure levels remain well below historic norms,' Barber said.
But with economic pressures continuing, the road ahead could get bumpier for some homeowners.
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Iran-linked cyberattack on US is 'first drop of blood' as experts reveal alarming new threat to homeland
READ MORE: Iran claims massive cyberattack on US as retaliation for 'brutal attack' on elementary school
By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
Published: 10:06 EDT, 13 March 2026 | Updated: 10:37 EDT, 13 March 2026
Security experts have issued a stark warning after an Iran-linked attack on a major US company this week, cautioning it may only be the beginning.
The alert follows a cyberattack on Michigan-based medical technology giant Stryker that knocked thousands of employees offline and disrupted internal systems across the company's global network.
The Iran-linked hacker group Handala later claimed responsibility, describing the operation as retaliation for what it claimed was a US strike on a school in Minab.
Lee Sult, chief investigator at cybersecurity firm Binalyze, said the incident could mark the start of a broader campaign targeting Western organizations.
'The Stryker attack looks to be the first drop of blood in the water as a result of nation-state and hacktivist activity off the back of the Iran conflict,' he said.
'This attack confirms Western organizations are not only in the adversary's crosshairs, but the adversary can also make the shot. More shots are coming.'
Frank A Rose, former US Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and a policy adviser at the Defense Department, told the Daily Mail the incidents may signal a dangerous shift toward targeting American infrastructure.
Rose warned that data centers, banking systems, energy facilities, and privately owned infrastructure could be next on the Iranian hackers' list.
When the Iranians know very well they cannot take us on head-to-head in America militarily, they're going to look for asymmetric ways to respond,' Rose said.
'Attacking American infrastructure might be one of those asymmetric vulnerabilities.'
He added that most of the US is commercially owned or privately held, and these groups do not think about security the way national security organizations do.
'You would hope companies in the private sector understand the evolving threat and start hardening key systems like data centers, banking networks and their cyber infrastructure, said Rose.
'But that costs money. When I worked on cyber issues in government, we often didn't make the investments we needed to because there were always other budget priorities.
'Since 9/11, we've improved security around critical infrastructure, but it's still not 100 percent.'
Sult said that the Wednesday cyberattack on Stryker 'be the first in a wave of attacks.'
The Handala group stated Telegram, saying it wiped more than 200,000 systems and extracted 50 terabytes of data in retaliation for military strikes on Iran.
Handala emerged around 2022 and has claimed responsibility for several cyberattacks against Israeli and Western targets.
The group claimed it shut down Stryker offices in 79 countries and that all extracted data is 'now in the hands of the free people of the world.' Stryker is active in over 100 countries around the world.
'Our major cyber operation has been executed with complete success,' Handala says in a statement, describing the attack as retaliation for what it calls 'the brutal attack on the Minab school' and for 'ongoing cyber assaults against the infrastructure of the Axis of Resistance.'
Children between the ages of seven and 12, along with staff members, were among those who died in the school strike. There were at least 175 people present during the February attack.
The company's staff found that remote devices running Microsoft's Windows operating system, such as cellphones, laptops and others configured to connect to Stryker's technology systems, had been wiped.
The logo of Handala appeared on login screens, according to the WSJ, which cited people familiar with the matter as well as social media posts.
However, Iran-linked hackers also launched a cyber campaign targeting US companies last week.
Cybersecurity experts revealed Thursday that the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group Seedworm had infiltrated multiple organizations, including a bank, an airport and a software supplier to the defense and aerospace industries.
Researchers at Symantec and Carbon Black discovered attackers installed a hidden malicious program, known as a backdoor, allowing them to secretly regain access to compromised systems.
Investigators said the hackers appeared to be spying, stealing sensitive data and positioning themselves for potential future attacks.
'These attacks are about sending a message rather than stealing information, which means any organization in the targeted country could be in the firing line,' the researchers warned.
The cyber activity comes as the US and Israel launched a major military offensive against Iran that killed the country's supreme leader and several senior officials.
'Because of the heated tension in the region and ongoing attacks, it is likely Iran and its allies may also initiate cyber operations to further target their adversaries,' the researchers said.
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Empire of the Son: Ayatollah's Billions Explain Why Iran's Regime Unlikely to Go Willingly
Paul Petitte
03-12-2026
JERUSALEM, Israel – Before a missile strike killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he oversaw oppression and funded terror groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah. Investigations reveal that he also controlled a financial empire, which is now headed by his son, Mojtaba, Iran's new supreme leader.
Khamenei's amassing of wealth contrasts sharply with the poverty many Iranians face today.
As U.S. and Israeli missiles hit Tehran, residents cheered. It was an ironic, yet telling, response of a population tired of oppression.
Dan Diker, director of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, told CBN News, "This entire massive, evolving demonstration by the Iranian people began as an economic grievance. And, you know, there's is no water in Iran. There's, the economy is in tatters. Their people are hungry. Inflation is in the hundreds of percent."
Until his death, Khamenei was a billionaire who portrayed himself as a modest religious leader.
Diker noted, "The Iranian regime has always lived according to the principle of what's called Taqiyya, which means deception or dissimulation..
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According to a 2013 investigative report by Reuters, Khamenei controlled or influenced a hidden business empire with stakes in oil, banking, telecommunications, and even the manufacturing of birth control pills.
Dr. Udi Levy from the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security told us, "I know that it sounds like a dream, but it's something around $100 billion."
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US President Donald Trump says USAF air tankers in Saudi base suffered 'virtually no damage'
The attack follows Thursday's USAF crash, where two KC-135 refueling planes collided, resulting in one aircraft crashing to the ground. All six crew members aboard the plane that crashed were killed.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MARCH 14, 2026 02:04 Updated: MARCH 14, 2026 16:06
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that four of five tanker aircraft targeted by an Iranian missile attack in Saudi Arabia suffered "virtually no damage," after five US Air Force refueling planes were struck on the ground at Prince Sultan Air Base, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing two US officials.
"Four of the five had virtually no damage, and are already back in service," said Trump on a Truth Social post. "One had slightly more damage, but will be in the air shortly."
The attack followed an incident on Thursday, where two KC-135 refueling planes collided, resulting in one aircraft crashing to the ground. All six crew members aboard the plane that crashed were killed, as confirmed by the Pentagon on Friday.
The collision occurred near Turaibil, along the Iraqi-Jordanian border, as reported by CBS News, citing an Iraqi intelligence source.
The second KC-135 had declared an emergency and was able to land safely in Israel after the incident.
Islamic Resistance takes credit
In the aftermath of the accident, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed factions, claimed responsibility for downing the US military aircraft.
The group stated they shot down the KC-135 "in defense of our country's sovereignty and airspace."
Additionally, last week, Kuwait's air defenses mistakenly shot down three US F-15 fighter jets during active combat, an incident that US Central Command (CENTCOM) described as apparent friendly fire.
All six crew members ejected from the aircraft safely and were recovered in stable condition.
Reuters, Shir Perets and Miriam Sela-Eitam contibuted to this report.
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-889882
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Pentagon to move more Marines, extra warships to Middle East amid Iran tensions
by JESSICA A. BOTELHO | The National News Desk Fri, March 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Updated Fri, March 13, 2026 at 1:59 PM
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Pentagon ordered the deployment of a Marine Expeditionary Unit and additional warships to the Middle East amid Operation Epic Fury, according to reports.
Citing an unnamed U.S. official, the Associated Press on Friday reported that Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth approved a request from U.S. Central Command (CENCOM) for "an amphibious ready group" and its Marine Expeditionary Unit -- which usually includes multiple warships and 5,000 Marines -- to help U.S. forces already operating in the region as the conflict with Iran continues.
Among the units being redirected is the Japan-based USS Tripoli and its embarked Marines, the outlet noted.
Marine Expeditionary Units are trained and equipped to conduct amphibious landings, but they also specialize in bolstering security at embassies, evacuating civilians and disaster relief. While the deployment is a major increase of troops in the region, it does not necessarily indicate that a ground operation is imminent or will take place at all.
The move comes nearly two weeks into the conflict, as Iranian attacks on strategic waterways and allied forces have intensified.
American warships and Marines have been moving toward the Middle East amid heightened Iranian strikes on the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global shipping corridor, which have disrupted commercial traffic and strained energy markets.
President Donald Trump and members of his administration have said the objective is to neutralize threats posed by Iran's military capabilities, including missile and naval assets, as part of a broader coalition response.
"We are totally destroying the terrorist regime of Iran, militarily, economically, and otherwise," Trump wrote, in part, on Truth Social early Friday morning.
"Iran's Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth," he added. "We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition, and plenty of time -- watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today. They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so!"
Hegseth on Friday said Iran's leadership is "desperate and hiding." He added that the nation's new supreme leader is "wounded and likely disfigured."
As for the U.S., six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran were killed after their plane crashed in western Iraq, the U.S. military said.
CENTCOM, which oversees the Middle East, said the crash followed an unspecified incident involving two aircraft in “friendly airspace,” and that the other plane landed safely.
The crash brings the U.S. death toll amid the conflict to at least 13 service members, seven of whom were killed in combat. About 140 U.S. service members have been injured, including eight severely, the Pentagon said earlier this week.
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US to give Israel one week to end the war
A senior regional political source told Israel Hayom that Iran's regime is unlikely to change and that the US has given Israel only a week to conclude the campaign. The source said regime change would require a ground invasion or renewed protests in Iran, which is not expected in the near term.
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Published on 03-12-2026 21:53 Last modified: 03-12-2026 21:53
A senior political source from the Middle East tells Israel Hayom that the US wants the military campaign against Iran to end, and has given Israel just one week to conclude it. The source also assessed that the regime in Tehran is unlikely to be replaced, because such a change would require either a ground invasion by troops or the renewal of large-scale protests inside Iran, something the source does not believe will happen in the near future.
According to the senior source, there is a major gap between how the war is viewed in the US and how it is seen in Israel. In Washington, the source said, officials are worried about the impact on oil prices, whereas Israel sees the war as an achievement and is celebrating it.
The source also addressed the issue of Lebanon and Hezbollah, saying that despite Israel's killing of Hezbollah's previous secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, the organization is still standing, as is Hamas.
According to the source, Israel is making a mistake by not fully pursuing diplomatic channels after the military achievements it has secured, adding that countries in the region could help advance such efforts, saying that the matter is sensitive.
Regarding Qatar, the source said Arab states now view it as a sister country. This marks a significant shift in the region's attitude toward Qatar, which had previously been seen as playing a "double game," not only in Israel's eyes but also among Arab countries. Now, after Qatar mediated the hostage deal together with Egypt, and after President Donald Trump gave it a central role in developments in the Gaza Strip, attitudes toward Doha have changed.
However, the source did not spare criticism of the Israeli government over developments in Judea and Samaria, also known as the West Bank. According to him, some elements within the government have extremist tendencies and are exploiting the confrontation with Iran to create facts on the ground and push Palestinians out of their homes. The source said the government is missing an opportunity to calm the situation, including in the Gaza Strip, and to pursue diplomatic steps.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/03/12/us-to-give-israel-one-week-to-end-the-war/
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Two wounded as Hezbollah continues attacks on Israel’s north
One of the wounded parties was a 50-year-old woman with shrapnel wounds on her limbs, while the other was a 60-year-old man who had been hurt by the shockwave of an explosion.
ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
MARCH 13, 2026 03:12
Updated: MARCH 13, 2026 13:09A wave of strikes from Lebanon on Friday afternoon led to two more wounded in northern Israel, Magen David Adom stated.
One of the wounded parties was a 50-year-old woman with shrapnel wounds on her limbs, while the other was a 60-year-old man who had been hurt by the shockwave of an explosion.
Both were only lightly wounded, MDA said.
Nearly 60 wounded by Iranian missile barrage
Some 58 people were wounded after a ballistic missile struck Israel during the third Iranian missile barrage targeted the country's north on early Friday morning, Magen David Adom said in a statement.
Seven firefighting teams from the Nof Galilee Station responded to the scene, Israel's Fire and Rescue Authority said on Friday morning.
According to the authority, the missile struck near four houses, heavily damaging one of the homes, as well as several cars.
The strike also sparked a fire in a nearby building, which quickly spread into an open field.
MDA said that it has evacuated one person moderately wounded from shrapnel and 57 others mildly wounded by glass shards to nearby hospitals for further medical treatment.
“When we arrived at the scene, we saw damage to several homes and shattered glass," MDA EMT Eran Abo said. "We saw a 34-year-old woman suffering from a back injury caused by shrapnel, and her condition is defined as moderate, as well as a 17-year-old girl who was mildly injured by broken glass."
All 58 admitted to hospital, incident being reviewed
Emek Medical Center in Afula said that it has admitted 30 of those wounded in the strike, including 15 adults and 15 children. Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa said it has admitted the additional 28, including 12 children.
Medical personnel also evacuated an additional 15 people suffering from anxiety to the hospital.
Regular and reserve forces of the Home Front Command are currently operating alongside emergency personnel at the scene of the strike, the IDF said early Friday morning.
A situational assessment was conducted at the site "in cooperation with emergency and rescue authorities, in order to clear the scene."
The IDF added that the circumstances of the incident are under review.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-889842
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Israel collecting intel from Iranians on the ground for strike targets - report
Security official says tips from civilians helped guide drone strike on Basij checkpoints in Tehran
i24NEWS
Israel has relied in part on information provided by ordinary Iranians to identify some targets for strikes inside Iran during the current conflict, a senior Israeli security official told the Wall Street Journal. The official said civilians have sent potential targets to Israel through Persian-language social media accounts operated by the country.
According to the official, information sent by Iranians on the ground is reviewed and verified before being used operationally. The official said that if the information is confirmed as accurate, Israeli forces may act on it.
The approach was used Wednesday night when an Israeli Hermes unmanned aerial vehicle struck Basij checkpoints in Tehran, the official said. The Basij militia is part of Iran’s security apparatus.
Iranian state media also reported Wednesday evening that Israeli drones targeted checkpoints in Tehran. The reports said the strikes resulted in the deaths of several members of the Iranian security forces, including personnel from the Basij militia.
The senior Israeli security official told the outlet that civilians have transmitted potential target information via Israeli social media accounts in Persian. The information is then vetted by Israeli authorities before any action is taken.
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Iran’s New Supreme Leader Is “Obsessed With The End Of Days”, And People On Both Sides Believe We Are Witnessing An End Times War In The Middle East
March 12, 2026
For a lot of people, this war with Iran is not just another war. Millions of Shiite Muslims all over the world are convinced that this is the war that will result in the rise of the Mahdi. In fact, most of Iran’s key leaders are eagerly watching for the appearance of the Mahdi. So why would they give up if they actually believe that the Mahdi is going to show up at any moment? To them, that wouldn’t make any sense at all. On the other side, there are millions of Christians all over the world that believe that this war with Iran is a fulfillment of Bible prophecy. Of course there is a tremendous amount of debate within Christian circles about which passages of the Bible are actually being fulfilled. But if this war with Iran is a fulfillment of Bible prophecy, we should expect other major events to soon follow.
According to someone that once knew Mojtaba Khamenei very well, Iran’s new supreme leader is “obsessed with the end of days”…
It comes as another source, a former study partner of Mojtaba, revealed that the new Supreme Leader is said to be ‘obsessed with the end of days’ and is ‘more dangerous’ than his father.
The man that is making this claim is an exiled Iranian official named Jaber Rajabi.
He says that Mojtaba truly believes that his destiny is to “have a special part” in ushering in the return of the Mahdi…
While studying with Mojtaba at The Qom Seminary – the most highly regarded centre for Islamic scholarship in Iran – Rajabi described him as ‘obsessed with the end of days’ and that he believed ‘he himself will have a special part in hastening humanity down that path’.
According to Twelver Shia – the largest branch of Shia Islam studied by Khamenei at Qom – the 12th Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, who is believed to be in hiding, will return at the end of times to establish a period of global justice in which oppression is eradicated.
Islamic apocalyptic traditions describe major conflicts happening before this era, including the Malhama al-Kubra – a great battle sometimes interpreted as a confrontation with Western powers.
If Mojtaba and other Iranian leaders are convinced that this war with the United States and Israel is actually “the Malhama al-Kubra”, why in the world would they ever give up?
From their perspective, that would be unthinkable.
It is so important to see this war from their perspective.
They believe that the U.S. and Israel represent everything that is evil, and they are also waiting for the imminent arrival of the Mahdi.
So there will be no surrender.
In fact, one expert is claiming that the Iranians will never surrender “in a million years”…
Citrinowicz said that if the war ended today, he would not consider it a victory for the U.S. “because the regime is not going to capitulate, not in a million years.”
“As long as this regime is there, [there will be] no unconditional surrender,” he said, adding that the regime is not going to give up its missile or nuclear capacity.
He said the new supreme leader could instead “cross the Rubicon towards a nuclear bomb.” According to Citrinowicz, the late ayatollah “was afraid to cross that threshold,” though he pushed to enrich uranium.
According to Twelver theology, a very evil figure must appear on the scene before the arrival of that Mahdi.
That very evil figure is known as “the Dajjal”.
As I discussed in a piece that I published earlier this month, many Shiite leaders have become convinced that Donald Trump is “the Dajjal”.
And Twelver Shiites also believe that the Mahdi is supposed to kill “the Dajjal” once he arrives.
Are you starting to understand why the Iranians view this war completely differently than we o?
Here in the western world, many Christian leaders are starting to link this current war with Iran to Bible prophecy.
In an article that was just put out by the Daily Mail, they quoted Pastor Jeff Cramer of Westminster Calvary in Colorado…
Pastor Jeff Cramer at Westminster Calvary in Colorado said the current moment carries ‘biblical significance’ because ‘Iran is ancient Persia,’ arguing that ‘there are prophetic issues that are with them for sure.’
He pointed to Ezekiel 38, which names Persia among the nations aligned against Israel, and said recent developments in the Middle East have caused some Christians to believe those prophecies could be moving closer.
‘We’re living in the prophetic timeline somewhere close to chapter 37 and the opening of chapter 38,’ Cramer said.
He argued that Israel remains central to biblical prophecy, saying, ‘Israel is always God’s timepiece when it comes to prophecy,’ and suggested modern conflicts involving Iran should be viewed through that lens.
Of course Pastor Cramer has a lot of company.
Right now, so many prominent Christian voices are talking about Bible prophecy.
Interestingly, discussions about the end times are reportedly even happening in the U.S. military…
One US solider reported his commander to the troops that the war with Iran was, “[A]ll part of God’s divine plan.” The soldier continues that this commander made numerous references to the Book of Revelation which predicts Armageddon and the Second Coming, saying US President Donald Trump “has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.”
Many are convinced that God is on Donald Trump’s side and that this will ensure victory over Iran.
On the other side, the Shiite Muslims that are running Iran believe that when the Mahdi shows up it will guarantee their victory over the United States and Israel.
I don’t think that this war is going to end any time soon, and many have been warning that we will see terror attacks on U.S. soil.
In fact, there were a couple of terror attacks on U.S. soil on Thursday.
In Michigan, someone drove a truck that was “carrying explosives” into a very large synagogue…
The shooter who drove a truck carrying explosives into a Michigan synagogue with an attached preschool has been killed, officials say.
The truck caught fire after ‘something ignited’ when the gunman smashed into the Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township on Thursday.
A man armed with a rifle was found dead inside the vehicle, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said. Law enforcement sources said his body is ‘badly burned’ but provided no further details.
In addition to “carrying explosives”, authorities are also telling us that there was a “chemical agent” inside the vehicle…
Authorities confirmed that a ‘chemical agent’ was found inside the truck that rammed Temple Israel in Michigan on Thursday morning.
Police sources confirmed to FOX 2’s Jessica Dupnack that the chemical agent, which was not identified, indicated that there was an explosive device inside the shooter’s vehicle.
The shooter, who died on the scene, threw an explosive projectile at the building before opening fire at the house of worship.
This incident could have been really, really bad.
We should be very thankful that there was not a very large explosion and that the chemical agent was not dispersed, because there were 140 students inside the building at the time…
Temple Israel released a statement late Thursday afternoon, confirming “everyone is safe.”
“All 140 students in our Susan and Harold Loss Early Childhood Center, our amazing staff, our courageous teachers, and our heroic security personnel are all accounted for and safe,” the statement read.
So who did this?
Well, Bill Melugin of Fox News is reporting that it was a “naturalized citizen from Lebanon”…
The suspect in the synagogue shooting is a naturalized citizen from Lebanon, Fox News reporter Bill Melugin reports, citing three law enforcement officials.
Did this “naturalized citizen from Lebanon” have any connection to Hezbollah?
I am sure that we will find out.
The other terror attack that happened today occurred at Old Dominion University in Virginia.
The terrorist gunman killed one person and wounded two others.
The shooter had been previously convicted of providing material support to ISIS in 2016, but he was allowed out of prison under the Biden administration in December 2024…
The gunman who killed one person and wounded two others at a Virginia university campus on Thursday had previously been imprisoned for trying to support ISIS, sources told CBS News.
Law enforcement sources identified the gunman in the Old Dominion University shooting in Norfolk as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a 36-year-old former Virginia National Guardsman who pleaded guilty in October 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the terror group ISIS. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison and was released early in December 2024, according to his Federal Bureau of Prisons record.
I am sure that there will be many more attacks if this war persists for an extended period of time.
For many Shiite Muslims, this is the big one.
For many Christians, this war has Biblical importance.
Personally, I fully agree that this war is extraordinarily important.
But I also think that things are going to play out differently than most people are anticipating.
We are truly living at one of the most pivotal moments in human history, and I expect global events to get really wild during the months ahead.
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Thanks To The War In Iran, A Moment Of Reckoning Has Arrived For The Entire Global Economy
March 12, 2026 by Michael
Global financial markets are starting to shake, and it is because of what is happening in the Middle East. At this stage, every day is a rollercoaster ride for investors, and that is not likely to change any time soon. The Iranians have paralyzed traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and trying to reopen it by force is going to be exceptionally difficult to do. As you will see below, this is going to have enormous implications for every nation on the entire planet. We are in the early chapters of a major global crisis, and a tremendous amount of pain is ahead.
On Thursday, Mojtaba Khamenei issued a statement in which he boldly declared that the Strait of Hormuz must remain closed in order to “pressure the enemy”…
Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said Thursday that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz maritime passage should be continued as a “tool to pressure the enemy,” in his first public statement since being appointed.
Khamenei also said all U.S. military bases in the Middle East should close immediately and “those bases will be attacked,” in televised comments translated by Reuters.
Oil prices extended gains following the statement, read out by a state TV broadcaster. The shipping of oil through the Strait of Hormuz has effectively stopped since the war began, causing global oil prices to soar. Iran warned on Wednesday that the price per barrel could climb to $200.
Needless to say, the Iranians are fully capable of carrying out Khamenei’s threats.
Several more vessels have been attacked within the past 48 hours, and that includes a U.S.-owned oil tanker that was completely destroyed…
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency also released a dramatic video apparently showing a missile strike on a U.S.-owned tanker in the Persian Gulf. The video shows a massive explosion on a vessel that is then engulfed in flames as people aboard what appears to be an IRGC attack boat celebrate. CBS News Confirmed identified the vessel as the Safesea Vishnu, a crude oil tanker sailing under a Marshall Islands flag, but owned by the New Jersey-based company Safesea Group LLC.
Now that Iran has officially closed the Strait of Hormuz, it will be up to the U.S. military to try to reopen it.
This will not be an easy task.
In fact, some military experts are warning that it could take months to accomplish that goal…
Unblocking the Strait of Hormuz is shaping up as a remarkably complex and time-consuming task.
The fate of the global oil markets—and the global economy—rests on whether ships can traverse the 22-mile-wide waterway from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman. More than 10 days after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, there is no clear plan for reopening it. Military experts say the effort is so daunting it could take months to achieve, absent a fast and full cease-fire.
So exactly why will it be so difficult to reopen the Strait of Hormuz?
As one expert has aptly noted, the Iranians are able to block traffic through the Strait in a multitude of different ways…
The problem is that the strait can’t be cleared solely through a bombing campaign, or an attack by destroyers. Iran’s navy has been severely depleted by the U.S., but the country doesn’t need large attack ships to scare commercial vessels away. Its weapons include mines, fast attack boats, missiles and drones. Layered on top of each other, they become exceptionally difficult to remove.
“They’ve created an integrated, vertical stack of threats that can cover the strait from undersea all the way to above the surface,” said Jonathan Schroden, chief research officer at the Center for Naval Analyses, a federally funded nonprofit that does research for the Navy.
If you take out all of their missiles, they would still have thousands of drones.
If you could somehow locate and eliminate all of the drones, they would still have their fast attack boats.
And even if you could eliminate all of their fast attack boats, they would still have thousands of naval mines.
My point is that this crisis is not going to be resolved easily.
And that is really, really bad news for the global economy.
Right now, approximately half of the available global fleet of liquified natural gas carriers is trapped in the Persian Gulf…
According to the WSJ, at least 20 LNG carriers about half the available global fleet – are trapped in the Persian Gulf, with daily freight costs soaring as demand from Asia surges, according to ship brokers.
This is a nightmare.
Liquified natural gas prices have already soared in Europe and in Asia, and this is probably only just the beginning…
Ship brokers said the 20 ships trapped in the Persian Gulf make up nearly half of all LNG ships currently available for charter, with daily rates rising to more than $200,000 from less than $98,000 before the start of the Iran hostilities.
Energy traders expect LNG prices to rise by early next week, adding to this week’s 40% rise in Asia and Europe. “The effect on LNG shipping will outlast the conflict for a few months,” Karathanos said.
Amid the scramble to procure LNG, more shipments bound for Europe are diverting to Asia. At least nine cargoes initially headed to Europe have changed course to Asia since the start of the fighting, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg, with the trend accelerating in recent days. A buffer of spare supply is quickly drying up, threatening more competition and higher prices for both regions.
Meanwhile, a very large percentage of the nitrogen fertilizer that famers in the northern hemisphere are counting on is also stuck in the Persian Gulf region…
Nearly half the world’s traded urea — the most widely used nitrogen fertilizer — comes from the Gulf region, with Qatar accounting for one-tenth of the global supply, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.
When QatarEnergy last week halted production after Iranian strikes on Ras Laffan, the world’s biggest LNG and fertilizer hub, hundreds of thousands of tons of key fertilizer nutrients and precursors were sidelined.
The compounding effects of the Iran war threaten the third major risk to global food security in six years, after the COVID-19 pandemic and Moscow’s seizure of farmland and ports used to export Ukrainian grain at the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine in 2022.
If we can’t get that fertilizer into the hands of the farmers that need it, we are going to have a massive problem on our hands.
Approximately half of the entire population of the world eats food that is grown using nitrogen fertilizer…
About 4 billion people on the planet eat food grown with synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. Roughly half of the global population, in other words, is alive because of these chemicals converted into nutrients for plants, said Lorenzo Rosa, who researches sustainable energy, water, and food systems at the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University.
If this war persists for an extended period of time, famine will become a major global theme.
Of course the war with Iran has also caused the greatest oil supply disruption in human history…
The war in the Middle East is creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market, the International Energy Agency said in a report on Thursday slashing its annual supply outlook, shortly after the group announced its biggest-ever oil stock release.
It is now being projected that the price of oil could soon hit $150 a barrel, and that would absolutely crush the global economy…
If it remains fully closed for weeks, analysts see oil prices climbing to $150—a level that could send the U.S. and other economies into recession. Countries are going to great lengths—from emptying their strategic oil stockpiles to rerouting supplies through underutilized pipelines—to find other ways to replace the shortage. None of those ideas will come close to replacing all the lost supplies.
Meanwhile, trouble is brewing in the financial markets.
In fact, George Noble is warning that a major crisis is emerging in the private credit market…
George Noble, a longtime Fidelity fund manager and Wall Street veteran, sees big problems brewing in the booming private credit market.
The former director of Fidelity Overseas Fund recently wrote that he sees the makings of a financial crisis in the sector, echoing others who have worried about a spate of negative headlines in recent months.
So what is it specifically that has him so spooked?
Well, it is the fact that so many big players are starting to block investors from withdrawing their money…
“We’re watching a financial crisis unfold in real time,” he said in a post on X. “The last time funds started blocking investors from getting their money back, Bear Stearns collapsed six months later.”
The collapse of the investment bank is often seen as one of the first dominoes of the 2008 financial crisis. Noble pointed to recent news of redemptions at major firms, including BlackRock, Blackstone, and Blue Owl.
Noble is right.
We haven’t seen anything like this since 2008.
And now we can add Morgan Stanley to the list…
Morgan Stanley’s investment management arm became the latest asset manager to cap withdrawals from a private credit fund, telling investors in a letter Wednesday evening that it saw a wave of redemption requests this quarter.
The company’s North Haven Private Income Fund, which has $7.6 billion in total investments, received investor requests to buy back around 10.9% of outstanding shares in its quarterly tender offer. The fund capped repurchases at 5%, its previously disclosed threshold.
“By maintaining appropriate limits on the quarterly repurchase offer, the [fund] seeks to avoid asset sales during periods of market dislocation and provide for conservative capital structure management through evolving market conditions,” the letter said.
This is it guys.
What we have been waiting for has officially begun.
I hope that you are ready for what is coming next, because the months ahead are going to be absolutely filled with chaos.
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Explosive Study Finds Almost 1 In 2 Muslims Under 40 Has ‘Islamist’ Attitudes
Remix News
12th March 2026
6 comments‘Societal time bomb
This post is republished with permission from Remix News
A newly released study by the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), nearly 50 percent of Muslims under the age of 40 in Germany hold “Islamist” views, with these Muslims expressing an attraction to Islamism, a preference for Sharia law over the German Basic Law, and harboring anti-Semitic prejudices.
The findings, described as “explosive in nature,” were featured in the latest edition of the “Motra Monitor.” The study reports that as of 2025, Muslims in Germany under the age of 40 (45.1 percent) hold “latent or manifestly Islamist attitudes.“
Some German politicians have already voiced their views on the study’s release. Wolfgang Kubicki, a prominent politician in the Free Democrats (FDP) and former MP, stated on X: “This study should set off all the alarm bells. It is a societal time bomb. We must not only talk about migration, but also about integration and religion. The policy of naively looking away has favored this development. The naivety must stop.”
He further stated that “anyone who demands a caliphate is an enemy of democracy. Enemies of democracy without German citizenship must leave the country. Neighborhoods where ghettoization provides fertile ground for radicalization must be restructured. Islamic associations without a clear demarcation from extremists must not be interlocutors for politics. Germany must act secular and self-confident.”
He further called for an end to headscarves in schools and other state institutions “not to harass or suspect the wearers, but to make it clear that the only binding source of our values is the Basic Law.”
Beyond rising crime rates, terrorism offenses, and demographic change, the soaring numbers of Muslims in Europe also raise fundamental questions about worldview and society.
The “Motra monitor,” a monitoring system tracking radicalization, spans 598 pages. It is published by the BKA and receives funding from several entities, including the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Family Affairs. While the report addresses various forms of extremism, including right-wing movements, it places a significant focus on Islamist extremism.
Evidence of these tensions surfaced in the summer of 2025 when “young Muslims and radical left-wing Germans occupied the Gutenberg Memorial in Frankfurt to demonstrate against Israel, some of them willing to use violence.“
The study’s researchers highlight a concerning core demographic, noting that “manifest Islamist attitudes are most prevalent among Muslims under 40, at 11.5 percent.“
In this context, “manifesto“ indicates that a person’s radicalization toward Islamism is already clearly evident and pronounced.
Further complicating the social landscape is a much larger group identified by the authors as having “latently Islamism-savvy attitudes.” This segment has seen a massive increase since 2021. The research group writes that “this amounts to 33.6 percent for those under 40 in 2025.“
While “latent” suggests these Islamist attitudes are present, the radicalization has not yet become openly visible. Combined, these two groups account for “45.1 percent“ of all under-40 Muslims in Germany.
Renowned Islamism researcher Prof. Susanne Schr
öter, who conducted most of her research into Islamism at the Institute of Ethnology at Goethe University Frankfurt and served as the director of the Frankfurt Research Center for Global Islam until 2025, said to Bild: “Islamism-savvy means that Muslims consider Islamist interpretations of Islam to be correct, are attracted to Islamist organizations close to the Muslim Brotherhood or Salafism, prefer Sharia to the Basic Law, and usually also have anti-Semitic prejudices.”The BKA study suggests that the radicalization of young Muslims accelerated significantly following the Hamas terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, 2023.
Germany is far from the only country seeing the rise of Islamism within the populace. A sobering study from the prestigious polling service Ifop from last year shows that hardline views are growing amongst Muslims in France, including an emphasis on the laws of Islam being placed over those of the state, particularly among young Muslims. At the same time, Christianity is collapsing in France.
Among Muslims in general, 44 percent polled say they “respect the rules of Islam” as being more important “than respect for French laws.” For those aged 15-24, 57 percent believe the rules of Islam are more important than “respect for French laws.”
Some 38 percent of French Muslims approve of all or part of Islamist positions, doubling the figure of 19 percent in 1998, underlines Ifop.
Correspondingly, the share of Muslims who want Islam to modernize has fallen from 48 percent in 1998 to 21 percent today. When Ifop requested respondents to choose between the Civil Code and Sharia law on “an important subject in your family, such as ritual slaughter, marriage or inheritance,” 49 percent of Muslims chose to respect French laws, down from 62 percent in 1995. The consumption of alcohol among Muslim men has also fallen sharply, from 46 percent in 1989 to only 26 percent today.
Today, 33 percent of Muslims residing in France — French citizens or foreign nationals — feel sympathy for one of the Islamist movements, a figure that rises to 42 percent among young people. Within this population, 3 percent have sympathy for the most radical and bloody ideology, jihadism.
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Fresh US Intel Assessment Says Iran Regime Not Close To Collapse After 2 Weeks At War
by ZeroHedge
March 12th, 2026 1:45 PM
A fresh report in Reuters says what should already be quite obvious to all: US intelligence has assessed that Iran’s leadership and government are largely in tact and the system does not risk collapse, after two weeks of heavy sustained US-Israeli bombardment and ‘decapitation’ strikes which have killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and over forty top military leaders.
One of the intel sources was cited as saying that “multitude” of intelligence reports provide “consistent analysis that the regime is not in danger” of collapsing and “retains control of the Iranian public”.
The source in the Wednesday-issued Reuters report indicated the most recent US intelligence was only completed within a few days prior. This week President Trump has also been busy declaring that the war could end “soon” and that “we won”.
And yet, the intelligence assessments indicates Iran’s clerical leadership has remained cohesive, now rallying around the late supreme leader’s successor – his son Mojtaba Khamenei, who is said to be more hardline. Other sources suggest that it is the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) effectively running the country and executing the war. Indeed Israel and Gulf states continue to get pummeled in retaliatory missile and drone waves. Of course, Tehran itself is enduring heavy destruction, also as the US-Israeli strikes go after civic infrastructure.
Reuters adds: “Israeli officials in closed discussions also have acknowledged there is no certainty the war will lead to the clerical government’s collapse” – based also on the perspective of a senior Israeli official.
We might point out that any serious analyst would have assessed this before the strikes had even started, and indeed there’s some evidence that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Sstaff tried to warn just this before Trump ordered the operation.
As one pundit has pointed out: “Endurance regimes do not need clean victory to change the game. They only need to survive the shock while making the old equilibrium too costly for their adversaries to restore.” So ‘winning’ for Iran looks much different, compared to US objectives.
Journalist Jeremy Scahill, who starting over two decades ago covered the lead-up to the Iraq war from on the ground in Baghdad, has reiterated that “In asymmetric warfare, the less powerful side does not need to militarily defeat an adversary, but rather force it to a point where it determines the costs of continuing the war is too high.”
Concerning Trump’s Operation Epic Fury, there does appear to be a concerted effort to collapse the system, though pretty much all war analysts are in agreement that doing this in a purely air campaign is next to impossible.
Striking directly at the banking system could be part of these efforts, as a Wednesday regional report indicates:
The data center of Iran’s state-run Bank Sepah was hit by a strike in Tehran on Wednesday, The Jerusalem Post learned.
The disruption at the bank, which is largely responsible for paying the salaries of Iran’s military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is expected to prevent it from paying salaries for a period, forcing it to find alternative solutions.
Reports suggest that a vital data center crucial in carrying out payments to some up to 190,000 IRGC members was impacted, though we might also presume there’s redundancy to the data and other systems capable of carrying this out. But the thinking might be that if the troops can’t get paid, and their families can’t survive, this would immediately weaken the country’s ability to defend itself.
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Only one scenario turns 'Roaring Lion' into victory
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is not rushing to lay down its arms, while Hezbollah continues launching rockets and oil prices soar. Each of these three fronts will influence the length of the war and its final outcome.
by Oded Granot
Published on 03-10-2026 08:19
Last modified: 03-10-2026 08:19The selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran's new Supreme Leader is the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' provocative battle cry. They chose him as successor even though he has never held a single official position in his life, despite his lack of charisma and despite his limited religious authority to serve as the earthly representative of al-Mahdi, the last imam who ascended to heaven and is expected one day to return to redeem the world and Iran from its suffering. He was chosen for one reason only: to continue the fight.
For many leaders of the Revolutionary Guards who are still fighting, this ceased long ago to be an ideological war or a religious struggle between believers and infidels. It is a fight for survival. If they lose, they will be forced to reunite in heaven with their assassinated leader and, at the very least, lose the status, the billions they have pocketed and the privileges they accumulated over years at the expense of the Iranian people.
There is no dispute about the basic facts of this war. A vast majority of Iranian citizens are fed up with the rule of the ayatollahs, want lives of freedom and liberty, and cannot understand why the brutal regime has devoted decades to the illusion of destroying Israel instead of ensuring the welfare of its own people.
A war with three unknowns
The same is true in Lebanon, perhaps even more so. Lebanon's entire government, both the president and the cabinet, along with a large majority of the Lebanese public, do not want the war with Israel to continue. They do not accept the absurd claim that Israel has territorial ambitions in Lebanon, and they are convinced that Hezbollah, since its founding 44 years ago, has brought the country nothing but a chain of disasters and destruction.
Lebanon Border
Israel is now fighting simultaneously against the Iranian regime and its most dangerous terrorist proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah. But this is a war shaped by three unknowns that no one can yet predict or solve.
When will the regime collapse?
The first unknown: What is the precise Archimedean point at which the intensive strikes by the US and Israel will bring about the collapse of the regime in Tehran? When will the moment come when Revolutionary Guard members lay down their weapons, scatter in all directions and the Iranian public floods the streets to seize power and establish a free, democratic and life-seeking state?
As the war enters its second week, that moment has not yet arrived. Missile launches continue, a new leader has been chosen and official statements from the regime keep appearing as usual.
When will Hezbollah be weakened enough?
The second unknown: What is the Archimedean point at which Hezbollah will be so exhausted that the Lebanese Armed Forces will gather the courage to move against it and disarm it?
So far, that has not happened either, even though the Lebanese government has declared that the organization is operating outside the law and threatening Lebanon's sovereignty and independence, and has instructed the army to act.
The army, which includes many members of the Shiite community, still fears confronting Hezbollah. Chief of Staff Rudolph Haikal reportedly suggested in a closed government meeting that officials should "open dialogue with Hezbollah about handing over its weapons" rather than storming its positions.
The decision by Lebanon's military court last night to release Hezbollah operatives on $20 bail after they were detained at checkpoints with rocket launchers showcases the weakness of the central government.
When will Trump decide to stop?
The third unknown: What is the Archimedean point at which US President Donald Trump will decide, under pressure from domestic opponents of the war, from soaring oil prices, from dwindling weapons supplies or from other considerations, to declare that Iran has been defeated, that victory has been achieved and then withdraw the armada?
Such a scenario, which is not entirely imaginary, would leave Israel alone with three open fronts: Iran, Lebanon and Gaza, the last of which almost forgotten by now. Of the three, the Hezbollah front is the most dangerous and troubling.
Before the war began, Trump, the most Israel-friendly US president, was the one who restrained Israel both in Gaza and in Beirut. Now American involvement may also be required to help Israel finish the job in Lebanon.
"Roaring Lion" cannot end without the full and complete removal of the Hezbollah threat to residents of northern Israel and the opening of a real, not imaginary, possibility of a peace agreement with the Lebanese government and its eventual entry into the Abraham Accords.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/03/10/only-one-scenario-turns-roaring-lion-into-victory/
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Kremlin says 'it seems the end of the world is upon us' because we have never lived through something worse
By WILL STEWART and PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER
Published: 03:41 EDT, 9 March 2026 | Updated: 13:28 EDT, 9 March 2026
Putin's spokesman has addressed the growing fear that 'the end of the world is upon us' with most people having never lived through a worse time.
Dmitry Peskov also hit out at a breakdown in 'international law' as massive US and Israeli strikes on Iran continued in an onslaught the Kremlin has labelled a 'perfect storm.'
Russia appears helpless to assist Tehran except possibly in providing intelligence on American and Israeli military positions.
Putin's mouthpiece said today: 'There have been worse things in human history… but we weren't alive then, so it seems to us that the end of the world is upon us.'
Amid the war in the Middle East, Putin, who illegally invaded Ukraine four years ago, believes 'we have all lost what we call international law', said Peskov.
'To be honest, I don't even understand how anyone can call on others to follow the norms and principles of international law. It no longer exists.'
'It is unlikely that anyone can now formulate what law has replaced international law….No one can provide a clear definition,' said the Russian dictator's spokesperson.
'Therefore, Putin is correct. Against the backdrop of this perfect storm that has now begun, we need to focus on ourselves, our interests, and our potential.
'Where it is lacking, we need to build it up, think carefully, and remain focused.'
Today, Putin pledged 'unwavering support' to Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, appointed after his father and predecessor was killed in US-Israeli strikes.
'I would like to reaffirm our unwavering support for Tehran and solidarity with our Iranian friends,' Putin said in a message to Khamenei, adding that 'Russia has been and will remain a reliable partner' to Iran.
'At a time when Iran is confronting armed aggression, your tenure in this high position will undoubtedly require great courage and dedication,' the Russian leader said.
It comes as the war in the Middle East caused an enormous spike in the price of oil, as the cost of a barrel rocketed to above $100 for the first time in years.
An emergency meeting of the G7 has been called for today, where firefighting options including the release of oil reserves - held back for crises such as this - will be discussed.
The main issue is the near-total closure of the Straight of Hormuz, through which around a fifth of the world's oil travels, which means major uncertainty hangs over short-term supply.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has threatened to 'set ablaze' any Western tanker that attempts to navigate the strait, and hundreds of ships laden with oil, as well as liquefied natural gas, have amassed either end of it.
For the first time since war broke out, the effect of this disruption was felt reflected acutely in the markets, when the price of a barrel of Brent crude shot up almost 24 percent.
It took just a minute for the price to rise by 10 percent, and 15 minutes for another 10 percent, seeing it surge beyond the $100 mark for the first time since the early days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Petrol prices at the pump are also likely to spike as the higher cost filters through to consumers.
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves will attend an emergency meeting of G7 finance ministers at 1:30pm GMT, chaired by France, to address the economic fallout of the war.
The ripples from war in the Middle East are already being felt in Europe, with rising energy prices and NATO allies targeted, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said today.
'We are now seeing a regional conflict with unintended consequences. And the spillover is already a reality today,' the European Commission president told EU ambassadors, ahead of a midday call with Middle Eastern leaders.
'Our citizens are caught in the crossfire. Our partners are being attacked,' she said, citing an Iranian-made drone hitting a British base on EU-member Cyprus, trade disruptions and the 'displacement of people'.
While Iran has not officially shut off the Strait of Hormuz - through which a fifth of the world's crude supplies and a substantial amount of gas run - shipping through the critical waterway has all but dried up.
European gas prices also jumped as much as 30 percent Monday, albeit remaining well below the peaks reached in the aftermath of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Von der Leyen stressed that 'there should be no tears shed for the Iranian regime'.
'The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, and the right to decide their own future - even if we know this will be fraught with danger and instability during and after the war'.
The 'longer-term impact' of the war posed 'existential questions' on the future of an international rules-based system and the 27-nation's bloc place in the world, she told the annual gathering of European Union diplomats in Brussels.
'The idea that we can simply retrench and withdraw from this chaotic world is simply a fallacy,' she said.
Von der Leyen also addressed the Ukraine conflict and assured the gathering that Brussels will see through a vital 90 billion euro ($104 billion) loan to Kyiv that is being blocked by Hungary.
'We will deliver on our commitments, because our credibility - and more importantly, our security - is at stake,' she said.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15627737/The-end-world-Kremlin-warns.html
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IRGC: We will decide when war ends, Trump warns of death, fire, and fury
Iran’s IRGC warns it will “determine the end of the war" and threatens to halt regional oil exports if US and Israeli attacks continue. Trump: If Iran does anything, we will hit them 20 times harder.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) responded on Monday night to US President Donald Trump, after he predicted that the war against Iran could be over soon.
In a statement quoted by Reuters, the IRGC said they would "determine the end of the war", adding that Iran would not allow "one liter of oil" to be exported from the region if US and Israeli attacks continue.
Responding to the threats in a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote, “If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far."
He added, “Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again - Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them - But I hope, and pray, that it does not happen! This is a gift from the United States of America to China, and all of those Nations that heavily use the Hormuz Strait. Hopefully, it is a gesture that will be greatly appreciated."
Trump, speaking earlier at a news conference, said that “we are close to finishing". He added the war would be over “soon" but estimated it would not happen this week.
The President was asked what “winning" looks like and replied, "When, basically, I can see that they will no longer have any capacity whatsoever, for a very long period of time, of developing weaponry that could be used against the United States... or any of our allies."
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Earlier on Monday, the IRGC said that any Arab or European country that expels the ambassadors of Israel and the US from its territory will have full authority and freedom to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
The fighting has halted shipping and energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz, which carries roughly a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas flows.
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The Israeli military says it has killed more than 1,900 members of the Iranian regime since the start of its campaign, while continuing strikes on Iranian missile launchers and Hezbollah targets
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The Israeli military said Monday evening it is continuing its campaign against Iran and its regional allies, reporting significant strikes on Iranian military infrastructure since the start of the operation.
IDF spokesperson Effie Defrin said Israeli forces have killed more than 1,900 members linked to the Iranian regime and wounded many others as part of efforts to weaken Tehran’s military and strategic capabilities.
According to the army, Israeli strikes have also targeted key logistical assets, including six military airports and 16 transport aircraft used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to move weapons and funding across the Middle East.
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Syrian President expresses support of Hezbollah disarmament
The IDF said it is also continuing operations against Iranian missile launchers to reduce the threat to Israel. In Lebanon, the military reported striking more than 700 Hezbollah targets, including over 100 linked to the group’s Radwan force, as well as infrastructure in Beirut. Israeli troops are also continuing ground operations in southern Lebanon aimed at dismantling Hezbollah positions.
Defrin acknowledged that Iranian and Hezbollah attacks have resulted in two deaths and several civilian injuries in Israel, noting that while the country’s air defense systems are highly effective, they cannot provide complete protection.
He urged the public to follow safety instructions issued by the Home Front Command and said there are currently no changes to civilian security guidelines, including the reopening of schools.
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/defense/artc-more-than-1-900-iranian-regime-members-
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Iran's strikes on Gulf oil signal desperation, diplomats warn
Diplomatic sources in Washington and the Gulf warn that Iran's escalating attacks on regional energy facilities reflect a leadership convinced it has nothing left to lose.
by Danny Zaken
Published on 03-09-2026 23:00
Last modified: 03-09-2026 23:15Washington and Gulf capitals assessed Monday that Iran plans to intensify attacks on Gulf oil and gas facilities, despite the risk that the United States could respond by fully disabling Iranian energy infrastructure. Diplomatic sources from the Gulf said the escalating pattern of Iranian strikes on Gulf energy sites reflects two conclusions.
The first is Iran's broadening effort to pressure the US by driving up global oil prices through those attacks. The second is the extreme pressure on the Iranian regime, and the sense within it that all available measures must be used – with no red lines – to prevent its collapse.
According to those sources, the impact of American and Israeli strikes has been felt deeply, and as a result, the regime has shifted toward the more extreme position advocated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – that negotiations are pointless, that there should be no limits on attacks, and that only severe damage to the global economy will end the war.
Before the operation, this scenario was considered and gamed out, but the assessment was that Iranian strikes against Gulf oil facilities would come only at a later stage. "If Iran is attacking the oil facilities of its Arab neighbors, it means it feels the end is near and must use every maximum measure available to force the Americans to stop," one of the Gulf diplomats said.
The American response scenarios for such attacks include insurance backing and naval escorts for tankers passing through the Gulf, neutralizing threats from the Iranian navy, and heavy strikes on missile and drone launchers targeting the Gulf states. Even so, Iran still has enough launchers to sustain the campaign.
Simultaneously, the Americans are increasing their own natural gas exports and working to boost oil output from other countries. Among the options being weighed is easing sanctions on Russia to allow it to expand oil exports, primarily to India, a major consumer of Gulf energy. The current expectation is that this situation will last several days – perhaps somewhat longer – with oil prices rising to some degree, more so in Europe and the East than in the US, but not over the long term.
The American scenario anticipates that after several difficult days, Iranian attacks will taper off due to the daily attrition from American and Israeli strikes and from damage to the regime's leadership and infrastructure. On the offensive side, a hard strike against Iranian oil fields and facilities is also on the table, and a symbolic strike of that kind may come soon as a warning to the Tehran regime.
Over the longer term, the American war plan is projected to yield very positive economic outcomes for the US and the Middle East. These stem from several factors: the removal of the Iranian threat to Gulf states and to oil and gas shipping lanes; opportunities to develop Iranian oil and gas fields in partnership with Western – and primarily American – companies; the development of Iran's mineral reserves, which are used in advanced industries; and more.
For example, Iran holds half of one of the world's largest natural gas fields. That field is Qatar's primary source of revenue, but Tehran has failed to develop its share.
In this context, Israel's strike on the refinery and storage facilities near Tehran was coordinated with the Americans, but subsequently drew criticism from Gulf states, who fear further escalation against their own oil fields.
Discussions on the topic have taken place among the Gulf states and the US, and the handling of Iranian oil fields and facilities has been left to the Americans. An Israeli official told Israel Hayom that Iran had been attacking Gulf oil facilities before, and unrelated to the Israeli strike on Tehran's oil infrastructure. According to the official, Israel struck – among other reasons – because of Iranian missile targeting of Israeli infrastructure.
The official also assessed that the current Tehran leadership, facing acute distress, is playing every remaining card to bring the war to a quick end. "They are willing to jeopardize their main economic sector – oil – for the chance that the US will decide to stop, due to economic pressure."
On the question of fire directed at Israel, the official said Iran's current strategy amounts to a war of attrition – firing individual missiles during daylight hours to disrupt the Israeli economy, while carefully managing its weapons inventory to sustain weeks of harassment. Israel and the US, the official said, are working to degrade launch capabilities, hit symbols of regime power and its infrastructure, and will strike hard at civilian infrastructure, including oil facilities, if necessary.
"Iran is in a far worse position than we are. They are simultaneously waging a battle for public opinion, trying to convince audiences in the US and the West to pressure their governments into halting the strikes before the regime falls or loses its grip on the military units and the country as a whole."
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/03/09/iran-gulf-oil-attacks-regime-survival-diplomats/
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Largest US military hospital abroad halts labor, delivery services amid Iran war -- Too Many U.S. Casualties
Hal Turner World March 07, 2026 Hits: 19728
The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, located near Ramstein Air Base in Germany, is temporarily referring some labor and delivery patients to other hospitals within the local community, hospital.
The medical center sent a notice about the halt in those services to Landstuhl patients through a Tuesday memorandum that circulated on the unofficial Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page. The memo states that the closure of labor and delivery is due to the hospital’s “primary objective.”
Although the memo doesn’t elaborate on what that objective is, the hospital’s primary role is critical combat care ; to treat patients that are injured during training or combat operations throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East, according to the hospital’s website.
Many people see this as extremely solid evidence the U.S. is hiding casualty figures.
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Tel Aviv Fully Blacked-Out and Port of Haifa Burning to the Ground as Iran Pounds Israel
Hal Turner World March 08, 2026 Hits: 23700
The entire city of Tel Aviv is reported to be without electric power as of 9:42 PM eastern US (Daylight) Time on Sunday, March 8, 2026 after Iran struck Power Plants with heavy missiles.
Video reported to be from Tel Aviv, shows the black-out:
Tel Aviv is reportedly being hit by "dozens" of Iranian Ballistic Missiles tonight.
HAIFA
In far northern Israel, the Port of Haifa is said to have burned to the ground after Iranian missiles struck the Refinery in Haifa. Numerous videos are circulating showing that inferno:
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by Tyler Durden
Authored...
Flight disruptions tied to Operation Epic Fury in the Middle East exceeded 14,000 by the end of last week. While there were early signs of normalization by mid-week, the global aviation industry remains disrupted, with some of the weakest airlines facing an increased risk that surging energy prices could lead to the idling of commercial jet fleets.
The epicenter of the disruption is Persian Gulf airports and airlines. As of Friday, ten countries had closed their airspace, either partially or completely, since Operation Epic Fury against Iran began one week ago, according to Flightradar24 data.
Despite ongoing IRGC drone and missile attacks across Gulf states - sometimes targeting civilian infrastructure such as airports - some airports began resuming flights by midweek, including Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and King Khalid International near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. However, there are reports of a direct strike on the airport in Dubai on Saturday.
It is clear that flight disruptions across the Gulf states will persist as long as Operation Epic Fury continues. With U.S. CENTCOM stating overnight that the operation is only accelerating and only suggests disruptions will extend into next week.
The big risk flagged by Deutsche Bank analysts, led by Michael Linenberg, is that surging jet fuel prices could hit some of the weakest airlines.
With Brent crude futures up roughly 52% year to date and jet fuel up 100% to 125%, Linenberg warned clients in a note on Friday that "financially weakest carriers could halt operations."
"Year-to-date oil prices are up ~50% while jet fuel prices are up 100% - 125%. Absent near-term relief, airlines around the world could be forced to ground 1,000s of aircraft while some of the industry's financially weakest carriers could halt operations," the analyst said.
Linenberg continued:
US jet fuel crack spreads (i.e., the difference between underlying oil prices and jet fuel prices) for Gulf Coast, New York Harbor, and West Coast now range from $85 to $95 per barrel, a level that is at or above the underlying feed stock - WTI oil price currently trading at $86.04 and Brent oil price $88.99 (see Figure 1 below).
The last time we witnessed this phenomenon was in 2005 when crack spreads of as high as $65 per barrel exceeded ~$60 per barrel oil prices in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The damage to the airline industry was significant and widespread including major airlines Delta and Northwest filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2005.
He warned that surging crack spreads amount to a major headwind of more than $20 billion for the airline industry and identified the carriers he sees as most exposed:
Over the past month, we have seen jet fuel prices climb $2.00 per gallon (e.g., Gulf Coast jet fuel prices last close of $4.30 versus $2.24 on February 5, 2026). Our current industry forecast calls for the US airline industry to consume 20 billion gallons of jet fuel in 2026, which suggests a fuel price headwind in the $10s of billions on an annualized basis. This compares to our 2026 operating income forecast of ~$20 billion. In Figure 2 below, we highlight 2026 EPS sensitivity to fuel price changes on a ceteris paribus basis. In reality, airlines will respond to higher fuel prices.
For example, we estimate a $10 across-the-board fare increase sustained on an annual basis could add $7 - $8 billion to top-line. Other important considerations include the negative impact of higher fuel prices on the US economy, and more specifically on demand for air travel, particularly among the most price sensitive consumers.
Looking at airline stocks, the S&P 500 Passenger Airlines Index fell 12.6% on the week, marking its largest decline since the 18% drop in the first week of April 2025, when Trump and China argued back and forth over trade.
The index hits turbulence as soon as the operation began.
Also see this:
These EM Countries Face Greatest Risk If Energy Shock Spreads
This adds to the growing list of secondary effects from Operation Epic Fury: the next wave of flight disruptions may stem not from disrupted Gulf air hubs, but from the energy shock itself, which could force the weakest carriers to idle fleets.
Professional subscribers can read the full note at our new Marketdesk.ai portal.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/deutsche-bank-warns-energy-shock-existential-threat-airlines
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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)
:: 3-8-26 Right Journalism :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
BREAKING: FBI Upgrades NYC Islamic IED Plot Against Christians to Potential Terrorism – Suspect Name-Dropped ISIS to Cops…Here’s the Disgusting Media Spin
March 8, 2026
Mark Van der Veen
You know that infuriating moment when radical Islamists throw an IED at peaceful Christians, shout “Allahu Akbar,” and the mainstream media still refuses to call it what it is — Islamic terrorism? That’s the sickening reality unfolding in New York City after two apparent Islamic terrorists attacked a group of Christians staging an anti-Islam protest outside Muslim race-communist Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s mansion. The suspects lit and threw devices clad in black tape toward the protesters, prompting immediate chaos.
The FBI has now upgraded the investigation to a potential act of terrorism after one of the Muslims referenced ISIS to police. NBC is already spinning this as Islamic terrorism, plain and simple — no word games. The bomb was charged with an enormously volatile substance known as TATP, the same explosive used by Muslim terrorists in the Middle East. This was serious. And it was ISLAM.
Instead of reporting on the reality of the situation, the media and large left-wing social media accounts have decided to frame the attempted bombing as an attack on Mamdani himself. Even CBS, who the Left has called state-media of the Trump administration lately, got in on the action.
Social media platforms joined in as well, as the news headline on Elon Musk’s X boiled it down to “Counter-Protesters Throw Lit Devices at Anti-Islam Rally Near Mayor’s Home.” Counter-protesters? Not exactly what I would call genuine framing. While the media plays games about genuine instances of terror against American citizens, their Democrat allies continue to withhold funding from Homeland Security. By omitting the reality of the story, they are letting their pals in Congress off the hook.
NEW YORK – Today, in response to yesterday’s protests outside of Gracie Mansion, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani released the following statement:
Yesterday, white supremacist Jake Lang organized a protest outside Gracie Mansion rooted in bigotry and racism. Such hate has no place in New York City. It is an affront to our city’s values and the unity that defines who we are.
What followed was even more disturbing. Violence at a protest is never acceptable. The attempt to use an explosive device and hurt others is not only criminal, it is reprehensible and the antithesis of who we are.
I want to thank the brave men and women of the NYPD who acted quickly to keep New Yorkers safe. Our officers ran toward danger without hesitation, demonstrating once again the courage and dedication it takes to protect this city every single day.
My administration is closely monitoring the situation and I remain in close contact with our Police Commissioner.
The uploaded image shows Mamdani’s statement overlaid on a photo of the Gracie Mansion entrance with a protester in a white cap walking past police barriers. The mayor’s statement frames the protest as “white supremacist” and bigotry while downplaying the attempted bombing as “violence at a protest.” No mention of the ISIS reference, TATP explosives, or the clear Islamic motivation. Classic deflection.
This is the culture Mamdani has enabled — radicals throw bombs at Christians, shout “Allahu Akbar,” and the mayor blames the victims. The media spins it as an attack on him. The left protects their own while Americans suffer. The FBI calling it potential terrorism is the only honest reporting we’ve seen so far.
Patriots are furious. This isn’t “counter-protesting.” It’s attempted murder. The media and Mayor Mamdani are complicit in the cover-up. Demand justice — name it Islamic terrorism and hold them accountable.
**Opinion Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article, including characterizations of the incident as Islamic terrorism and criticisms of media and Mayor Mamdani, reflect a critical perspective and may not align with all readers. Facts are based on reported events, videos, and official statements; readers should form their own conclusions.**
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https://www.rightjournalism.com/breaking-fbi-upgrades-nyc-islamic-ied-plot-against-christians-
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Saudi Pipeline Blown-Up; 5 Million Barrels of Oil Per day OFFLINE
Hal Turner World March 07, 2026 Hits: 30728
With the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia began re-routing their oil through a 742 mile long pipeline called the "East-West Pipeline (PETROLINE) as seen on the map above. That pipeline is now blown up.
The pipeline was capable of carrying five million barrels of oil per day. Now, it can move nothing.
Middle Eastern countries have watched their ability to ship oil, crippled by the Israel/US/Iran conflict. Saudi Arabia had previously built the East-West pipeline in case of such an eventuality, so THEIR oil could still be shipped, albeit via the Red Sea.
Those plans just got blown up.
Expect the price of oil to jump again, and the price for Gasoline to follow.
Here in northeastern Pennsylvania, 94 octane gasoline ("Super unleaded") was $3.279 per gallon one week ago; tonight is is $3.72 Up $0.45 per gallon in one week.
Diesel fuel one week ago was $4.079 per gallon one week ago; today diesel at that same station is now $4.999 per gallon. Up $0.92 in one week.
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/component/content/article/saudi-pipeline-blown-up-
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Explosion hits US embassy in Oslo... as rockets targeting embassy in Baghdad are shot down
By WILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Published: 21:02 EDT, 7 March 2026 | Updated: 04:08 EDT, 8 March 2026
Attacks were launched on US embassies in Norway and Iraq on Saturday night as the crisis in the Middle East threatens to spiral out of control.
Rocket fire aimed at the US Embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad was blamed on 'rogue groups' by local officials.
Footage appeared to show a US Army C-RAM interceptor system shooting down the rocket fire, sending a stunning red laser across the skies as it took down the munitions.
A security source told AFP that four rockets were launched toward the embassy. Three were intercepted but one fell in an open area in the embassy's airbase.
There have not been any reports of injuries so far. Non-emergency staff were ordered to leave the embassy four days ago amid the escalating tensions.
Meanwhile in Norway, a large explosion was also reported outside the US Embassy in Oslo at 1am local time.
The explosion caused 'minor injuries' and damage to the consular entrance of the embassy, Oslo Police Chief Michael Dellemyr told NKR.
The source of the explosion in Oslo or who was responsible is unclear, police said.
Smoke was seen rising from the area around the embassy compound, eyewitnesses told Norwegian outlet Verdens Gang.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani indicated the attack in Baghdad was launched by a rebel group, saying that he ordered his security forces to find the perpetrators of the 'terrorist act.'
'The perpetrators of these attacks are committing an offence against Iraq, its sovereignty, and its security. These rogue groups that operate outside the framework of the law in no way represent the will of the Iraqi people,' Shia al-Sudani said.
Iraqi security officials told AP that the missile that evaded interception landed on the helicopter landing pad in the embassy's airbase.
The attack marked the first such strike on Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government offices and diplomatic missions, since the US-Israeli strikes on Iran eight days ago.
It comes as President Donald Trump admitted he may 'possibly' deploy US troops on the ground in Iran, but said there would have to be a 'very good reason' for him to do so.
The president floated the idea on Air Force One on Saturday, after attending the dignified transfer of the remains of six US servicemembers killed so far in his war with Iran.
His remarks came as Israel launched a fresh wave of airstrikes on Tehran, engulfing the Iranian capital in fireballs as plumes of black smoke filled the skies across the region.
Stunning footage circulating social media showed apocalyptic scenes in the capital on Saturday night, which came as the Israeli military said it was moving into a 'new phase' of the war by targeting Iranian oil refineries and storage sites.
Hours earlier, Iran sent another barrage of retaliatory strikes at its Gulf neighbors, with debris from an intercepted missile striking the luxury 23 Marina skyscraper in Dubai.
In a separate incident in Dubai, one man was killed after debris from an 'aerial interception' fell on his car, and Dubai Airport was evacuated following an Iranian drone attack.
The strikes were launched while Iran's de facto leader Ali Larijani told state media that the nation would not cede to Trump's demands for 'unconditional surrender', and he vowed that the United States 'must pay the price' for killing late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
In a furious speech on Saturday night to state media, Larijani said: 'Americans must know that we will not let them go.'
'When the enemy attacks us from military bases in the region, we will respond, this is our right and our policy.
'We don’t want the region to be destabilized but the essence of this war will destabilize the region.'
The reciprocal strikes have threatened to spiral the war across the Middle East out of control, with Trump earlier warning that he was considering sending a mega-strike he dubbed 'the big one' this weekend.
Larijani, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, who many consider the most powerful man Iran after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was assassinated, issued a series of outlandish, issued a string of unverified claims about the conflict on X on Saturday night.
The leader claimed that American soldiers have been taken prisoner, and baselessly accused Donald Trump of lying about the number of American military deaths.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the stories were unfounded, and told Al Jazeera: 'The Iranian regime’s claims of capturing American soldiers are yet another example of its lies and deceptions.'
They issued the rebuke after Larijani accused Trump of 'promoting a misleading narrative' about the six American soldiers killed in Iranian strikes in the week since the war broke out. Larijani previously alleged that the true number of US casualties is 'over 500.'
'Then, soon enough, with the passage of time, they gradually increase the number of the dead, under various pretexts, such as incidental accidents or fabricated incidents,' he said in an X post
In another post minutes later, Larijani added: 'Under the pretext of an accident, they will inflate the number of casualties.'
'It has been reported to me that several American soldiers have been taken prisoner. But the Americans claim that they have been killed in action. Despite their futile efforts, the truth is not something they can hide for too long,' Larijani said in another post.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15625279/Oslo-Embassy-explosion-Norway-Iran.html
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Hegseth explains religious aspect of Iran war amid eschatology concerns: 'We're fighting religious fanatics'
By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter Monday, March 09, 2026
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth acknowledged during an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes Overtime" that aired Sunday that the war in Iran has a religious element, a comment that comes amid concerns regarding the role eschatology is playing in the conflict.
When Hegseth asserted that U.S. troops involved in the conflict are protected by "the providence of Almighty God," CBS News' chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett asked the secretary to clarify if he "views any of this in a religious context."
Pete Hegseth admits the war against Iran has religious meaning for him, according to his version of Christianity.
Hegseth says it’s important to give U.S. soldiers faith before they go to war.
“They need a connection with their almighty God.” pic.twitter.com/u45lnwhytm
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) March 9, 2026
Hegseth responded by at first pivoting to Islam, saying, "Obviously, we're fighting religious fanatics who seek a nuclear capability in order for some religious Armageddon; but from my perspective, obviously I'm a man of faith who encourages our troops to lean into their faith, rely on God. There's no atheists in foxholes. Your mortality is right on front of you."
"I remember prayer, for me, on combat missions, how important that was. That's why we're making the chaplain corps great again and active again, making sure we're pouring into the faith of our troops."
Hegseth went on to note that Christian faith "and faith in general" is important to President Donald Trump and that he believes service members facing danger must be grounded in faith that steels them more firmly than "self-help, self-esteem nonsense."
"They need a connection with their almighty God in these moments, and I'm proud of how our troops are conducting themselves, and I pray for them every day," he added.
The eschatology of the Twelver Shia Islam that prevailed among the late Iranian leadership anticipates that Muhammad al-Mahdi, or "the Mahdi," who is considered the "final imam," has remained hidden since the ninth century and will reappear to restore justice at the end of the world.
The potential role such theology has played in driving Iran's pursuit of nuclear capabilities remains highly debated. Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was initially reported killed by the joint U.S.-Israeli attacks last month but later said to be alive, has invoked the Mahdi publicly.
Some have expressed concern regarding the potential role certain interpretations of Christian eschatology might also be playing in the Iran war. Last week, the nonprofit Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), led by Mikey Weinstein, claimed that hundreds of service members have sent him complaints alleging that they are being told there is a religious element to the conflict.
One complaint alleged that a commander told non-commissioned officers during a briefing on March 2 that Trump was "anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth."
The Pentagon did not respond to The Christian Post's request for comment on Weinstein's claims.
During a 2018 speech he delivered in Jerusalem that has recently resurfaced, Hegseth expressed optimism that a third temple might be rebuilt on the Temple Mount, which has been occupied by the Islamic Dome of the Rock since the seventh century. Some schools of Christian eschatology believe that a third temple must be rebuilt to usher in the reign of the Antichrist before the Second Coming of Christ.
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth talking in 2018 about the 'miracle' of reconstructing the 3rd Temple of Solomon, the place where the Antichrist will be worshiped according to our Orthodox Christian faith. pic.twitter.com/SkWcBHHSk6
— Orthodox Christian (@orthodox_33ad) March 3, 2026
"There's no reason why the miracle of re-establishing the temple on the Temple Mount is not possible," Hegseth said at the time. "I don't know how it would happen, you don't know how it would happen, but I know that it could happen."
Political commentator Tucker Carlson, who has fielded intense backlash and accusations of antisemitism in recent months for his unfavorable attitude toward the Israeli government and his vocal opposition to military intervention in Iran, criticized Hegseth's apparent eschatological views during a monologue last week, and questioned what role they might be playing in U.S. foreign policy.
Tucker Carlson exposes Pete Hegseth as a Zionist shill.
“I had no idea he had such evolved and specific and apparently very informed opinions on rebuilding the third temple. This is not something they teach you about in Sunday school.”
“That’s the Secretary of War right now.” pic.twitter.com/bmXtWCqq5f
— Fractured Light (@FracturedLight0) March 6, 2026
Carlson also noted that Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., an outspoken supporter of the war, has characterized it as "a religious war" between radical Islamic terrorists and those whom they see as infidels, especially Jews and Christians.
Christians disagree on whether a third temple will be built in Jerusalem. Even the early church fathers disagreed, with figures such as Irenaeus and Hippolytus of Rome associating a rebuilt physical temple with the figure of the Antichrist. Later church fathers, such as John Chrysostom and Jerome, were skeptical at the notion of a rebuilt temple, teaching that the true temple is now spiritual.
Roman emperor Julian the Apostate's attempt to rebuild the temple in A.D. 363 was abandoned when an earthquake shook the region of Jerusalem, prompting fire to erupt from the Earth and scorch the workers who were attempting to rebuild it, according to Jerome and Ammianus Marcellinus, a contemporary Roman historian.
Most pastors and church leaders in the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), Hegseth's denomination, are postmillennial in their eschatology, according to Douglas Wilson, a prominent CREC pastor in Moscow, Idaho, who helped found it.
Jon Brown is a reporter for The Christian Post. Send news tips to jon.brown@christianpost.com
II Th 2:3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that
Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin
is revealed, the son of perdition, (NKJ)
:: 3-9-26 End Time Headlines
Only 47% of Americans say religion is ‘very important’ as Religious ‘nones’ reach record high
Mar 9, 2026
(OPINION) Americans with no formal religious identity, popularly known as the “nones,” reached a record share of the population in 2025, according to Gallup data that shows fewer than 50% of adults also report that religion is “very important” in their lives.
The findings, based on interviews with more than 13,000 U.S. adults across Gallup’s monthly 2025 surveys, show that the share of Americans identifying as “nones” reached a new high of 24%, up from 21% to 22% over the previous four years. The share of Americans identifying as “nones” has grown steadily from 2% in 1948 to its current record.
In addition to the quarter of American adults identifying as “nones,” some 28% have said religion is “not very important” in their lives, which has remained constant since 2022.
Less than half (47%) of American adults say religion is “very important” in their lives, while another 25% said it is “fairly important” to them.
The share of Americans who say religion is “very important” in their lives has registered below 50% in recent years. It has been in gradual decline from 58% in 2012, and 70% to 75% in the 1950s and 1960s, according to Gallup.
“Americans’ relationship with religion continues to evolve, marked by fewer adults describing religion as central to their lives, rising religious nonaffiliation and persistently low levels of religious service attendance,” Megan Brenan, a senior editor at Gallup, concluded.
The survey shows that while a majority of all demographic groups in America said their faith was very important to them from 2001 to 2005, only six groups remain highly religious, well over 50% today.
They are: Latter-day Saints (Mormons), Republicans, Protestant or nondenominational Christians, black adults, adults aged 65 and older, and Southerners, said Gallup. Majorities of lower-income Americans, women, and those aged 50 to 64 also report that religion is very important to them. READ MORE
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.
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2026/03/only-47-of-americans-say-religion-is-very-important-as-
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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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Authorities search debris after suspected tornadoes kill 6 in Michigan, Oklahoma
By DAVE COLLINS, STEVE KARNOWSKI and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
UNION CITY, Mich. (AP) — Authorities searched through rubble and debris in southern Michigan on Saturday after suspected tornadoes tore through the region and killed four people, including a 12-year-old boy, during powerful storms also blamed for two deaths in eastern Oklahoma.
First responders from multiple agencies in the Union Lake area near Union City looked for more possible victims and worked to clear roads, authorities said. Photos and videos posted on social media showed flattened homes and downed trees in a lakeside neighborhood.
The National Weather Service said an initial assessment confirmed that an EF3 tornado with winds of at least 150 mph (241 kph) struck the Union Lake area Friday.
The weather service also reported seven preliminary tornado tracks in eastern Oklahoma that same day, according to the state’s emergency operations center.
The threat of severe weather continued Saturday in the nation’s midsection, with tornado watches posted in the afternoon for eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia and western Pennsylvania and New York.
Severe thunderstorms that began in northern Indiana appeared to spawn multiple tornadoes in southern Michigan the previous day, said meteorologist Lonnie Fisher of the National Weather Service, which sent teams to the region to evaluate the damage and confirm tornadoes.
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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
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.
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IDF hits key commanders in the Quds Force's Lebanon Corps in precise strike in Beirut
IDF strikes a Beirut hotel, targeting IRGC Quds Force commanders linked to Hezbollah and Iran. Lebanese reports say four killed and ten wounded in the precise strike.
Uzi Baruch
Published: Mar 8, 2026, 3:10 AM (GMT+2)
Updated: 3:44LebanonHezbollahBeirutRoaring Lion
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The strike in Beirut
The strike in BeirutSocial media
The IDF early Sunday morning conducted a precise strike targeting key commanders in the IRGC’s Quds Force's Lebanon Corps who operated in Beirut, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement.
According to reports in Lebanon, the targeted strike occurred at the Ramada Hotel in the Raouche district in central Beirut. The strike targeted one of the rooms inside the hotel.
The IDF statement said that the commanders of the Quds Force's Lebanon Corps operated to advance terror attacks against the state of Israel and its civilians, while operating simultaneously for the IRGC in Iran.
“The Iranian terror regime operates systemically in the heart of the civilian population in Iran and Lebanon, cynically exploiting the civilian population as human shields to advance terror attacks," it said.
“The Lebanon Corp connects the Hezbollah terrorist organization and the Iranian terror regime, supports Hezbollah force-building, and functions as the connection between senior IRGC personnel and Hezbollah leadership," added the IDF.
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The statement noted that prior to the strike, steps were taken to minimize harm to civilians, including the use of precise munition and aerial surveillance.
“The IDF will not allow the Iranian terror regime elements to establish themselves in Lebanon and will continue to precisely eliminate the commanders of the Iranian terror regime wherever they operate," stated the IDF.
According to reports in Lebanon, four people were killed and ten were injured in the direct strike.
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Who really runs Iran?
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian apologized on state television to neighboring countries for recent attacks, but missiles and drones continued to strike the Gulf region soon afterward. At the same time, parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and other hardline figures publicly rejected the president's statement, showing deep divisions within Iran's leadership and suggesting that real power remains in the hands of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
by Danny Citrinowicz
Published on 03-07-2026 23:05
Last modified: 03-07-2026 23:06Pezeshkian's statement was not a marginal episode. It raises a fundamental question: who is actually in charge of Iran right now? The assumption that the Iranian system was resilient enough to withstand the shock of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's assassination, partly because it had long prepared for such a possibility, is now facing serious doubt, especially in light of Israel's continuing strikes on Iranian command and control centers.
Pezeshkian, who can be described as perhaps the weakest president in the history of the Islamic Republic and someone with limited influence in the regime's key power centers, now joins Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in suggesting that they are struggling to reach forces on the ground that had already received prior instructions.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Photo: Reuters
In his address to Iran's neighbors on state television, Pezeshkian offered a rather subdued apology for the attacks and called for regional cooperation. "From now on, we will not attack neighboring countries unless they attack us first," he said, referring to attacks launched from their territory. Pezeshkian is one of three members of the temporary leadership council established following Khamenei's assassination, alongside the head of the judiciary and a cleric representing the Assembly of Experts.
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, together with other figures from the hardline camp closely aligned with the Revolutionary Guards, responded in unmistakable terms, openly challenging the authority of someone who is theoretically one of the three people tasked with running the country during the interim period until a new supreme leader is selected.
"The defensive policy of the Islamic Republic is fixed and will not change, according to the directives of our martyred imam," the parliament speaker wrote. "As long as American bases exist in the region, countries will not see calm. The source of any attack will be the target of our response."
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
The continued attacks point to two possible explanations: either there is a growing disconnect between the political leadership and the security apparatus, or elements within the security establishment are acting independently of the political leadership. What is happening behind the scenes is impossible to see, but when the political leadership says one thing while the opposite occurs on the ground, it signals a mounting challenge within the regime's decision-making system.
Pezeshkian was a weak president even before the war. Khamenei's death may have increased his authority on paper, but in practice the security establishment appears to pay little attention to his statements or directives. He can say whatever he wishes. The reality is that the decisions that matter are made by the security institutions, foremost among them the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Every day that Iran delays appointing a new supreme leader deepens the sense of uncertainty within the regime. The system was expected to move relatively quickly after Khamenei's death, but the ongoing hesitation suggests profound internal disagreements over the succession.
One possible outcome is the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei, the eliminated leader's son. Such a move could raise concerns that the next supreme leader would function largely as a figurehead while the Revolutionary Guards hold the real power.
Mojtaba Khamenei. Photo: From Wikipedia
If that scenario unfolds, it could further complicate Iran's internal power structure and make the situation even more volatile. While Pezeshkian appears to be trying to participate in the decision-making process, or at least signal that he is doing so, the Revolutionary Guards seem to be operating according to their own calculations, with the forces on the ground still guided by instructions that Khamenei issued before his death.
In a sense, the spirit of the supreme leader still governs events. Even the appointment of a successor may not necessarily lead to a departure from the course he set.
Either way, the regime's embarrassing chain of events likely increased pressure to accelerate the decision on Iran's next supreme leader, if only to provide it a sense of certainty.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/03/07/who-really-runs-iran-pezeshkians-humiliation-reveals
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Could Israel’s fight with Iran accelerate Gulf-Israel cooperation?
Maayan Hoffman | Published: March 7, 2026
Israel’s exit strategy from the war with Iran must deliver more than battlefield victories. It must also reshape the strategic reality of the Middle East, according to Dr. Erel Margalit, a former member of the Knesset and the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
Margalit contends that the conflict offers a unique opportunity to forge stronger partnerships among regional countries, especially with Gulf states, in security, technology, and economic development, pushing cooperation beyond wartime necessity.
The need to defend ourselves, all of us in the region, creates an alliance,” Margalit, the founder and executive chairman of Jerusalem Venture Partners, said. “You need to share resources and strategies… I think our security alliances can go to the next level.”
Since the conflict began last Saturday (28 Feb), Iran has attacked installations in a dozen countries, drawing much of the region in. As a result, many countries are now working with Israel to strengthen air defenses and coordinate against the Islamic regime, which has long spread terror directly and through proxies.
Regional partners first demonstrated this potential cooperation in April and October 2024, when several countries worked together to help intercept hundreds of drones and missiles that Iran had fired at Israel.
Some analysts now argue that this growing coordination could accelerate a broader security architecture, linking Israel with Sunni Arab states that share concerns about Iran.
Margalit, whose venture capital firm is one of the largest in the region, said he envisions cooperation that extends beyond defense. He pointed to partnerships not only with Abraham Accords countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, but potentially with Saudi Arabia and others.
He said collaborations are already underway in areas such as cybersecurity, anti-money laundering, and artificial intelligence for the insurance, banking, and defense industries.
“These collaborations could be taken to the next level,” he said.
Margalit’s experience informs his perspective. For more than three decades, he has worked at the intersection of business, security, and regional cooperation, advancing economic partnerships both before and after the Abraham Accords.
“I lead JVP in Jerusalem, but we also have big hubs in New York and Tel Aviv,” Margalit explained. “You have an ecosystem collaboration that is much larger than just a company-to-company collaboration.”
He said that effectively bringing the UAE into this ecosystem could open trade and partnerships with India and other countries in the region. Moreover, if a political and diplomatic agreement could be formed with the Saudis, it could be complemented by a much larger economic move.
“Saudi Arabia is very inspiring, and many people from there are talking to us or to some of our companies, and there's already some collaboration behind the scenes,” Margalit shared. “It's time to take it to the next level. And the next level means broader security collaboration, broader economic collaboration, and probably it's about time that Israel, in its next chapter, takes a proactive move diplomatically, just like it knows how to take proactive moves militarily.”
Margalit’s vision is for the Middle East to sit around the table as a major economic partner with the United States and Europe. He said many young people in the region are looking for their next chapter, and that future wealth need not come from oil but could come from major global strategies in areas such as artificial intelligence for healthcare, agriculture, and other industries.
“Israel is also a leader there, and we'd love to expand our collaboration on that level as well,” Margalit said.
He added that cybersecurity is also essential. While Israel and the United States fight Iran, much of the media is counting missile attacks. But what the public does not see are the cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure across the region. Margalit warned that such attacks can cause damage almost as severe as physical strikes.
He said this is another area where regional collaboration is needed to protect people, banks, governments, insurance systems, and other key infrastructure.
He also highlighted additional areas for partnership, including data center technologies and cloud capabilities.
“We like the triangle between Israel, New York, and Europe,” Margalit said. “It would be so good to add the Gulf region into that, creating a quartet of capabilities.”
Ultimately, whether Israel and the region can translate short-term military coordination into lasting diplomatic and economic frameworks will determine if this moment catalyzes transformative Gulf-Israel cooperation, a central opportunity emerging from the war.
For now, the military war against Iran continues. But if Israel and the United States succeed, Margalit’s vision could become one of the most significant outcomes of the conflict.
Read more: ABRAHAM ACCORDS | ISRAEL IRAN CONFLICT
Maayan Hoffman
Maayan Hoffman is a veteran American-Israeli journalist. She is the Executive Editor of ILTV News and formerly served as News Editor and Deputy CEO of The Jerusalem Post, where she launched the paper’s Christian World portal. She is also a correspondent for The Media Line and host of the Hadassah on Call podcast.
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Missile barrages and national determination: The signs that the conflict could continue for some time
Nine days into the Israel–U.S. offensive on Iran, missile launches are declining but the war shows no sign of ending; Hezbollah has escalated attacks from Lebanon as Washington deploys more forces and leaders signal a long campaign ahead
Ron Crissy|Yesterday | 20:49
Missile barrages from Iran and Hezbollah, and a “campaign that may last a long time — but is necessary”: Nine days have passed since Israel and the United States launched a large-scale offensive against Iran, and although there appears to be a downward trend in the number of launches by the Islamic Republic, the end of the campaign is nowhere in sight.
Over the weekend, Israel and the U.S. entered the “next phase” of the operation, and on Saturday night Hezbollah launched its most significant barrage since joining the fighting. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted the conflict could continue for some time, telling Israelis in a national address on Saturday night that “we will need determination together.”
Attack in Tehran on Saturday night
Netanyahu also said regarding the operation in Iran that “we still have many targets, and I will not detail them here.”
IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin also said earlier on Saturday that the campaign may last a long time, but stressed that “it is necessary.”
Meanwhile, the winds of war are also blowing strongly within the U.S. administration. On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump sent a threatening message to Iran amid the arrival of four American B-1 bombers in Britain.
The arrival of the bombers in Britain came as the Pentagon pledged to increase the pace of strikes against Iran. In addition to the bombers, it was reported Saturday that another aircraft carrier — the USS George H.W. Bush — is also on its way to the Middle East, accompanied by a strike group of three missile destroyers, indicating American preparations for a prolonged campaign. In addition, at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, the massive C-5M Super Galaxy transport aircraft was also documented. The aircraft can carry two M1 Abrams tanks, six Apache helicopters, or 36 military vehicles.
Trump himself said earlier this week that the United States had expected the war to last four to five weeks. “We can do much more if necessary. I don’t get bored,” he said. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth added this week: “We are winning, Iran is finished — and we’ve only just begun.”
He noted that additional forces are on their way to the region, saying: “We’re hitting them while they’re on the ropes. More waves are coming — we’ve only just started. The United States will use an unlimited stockpile of guided bombs. Iran will not be able to withstand us. We can continue this fight easily for as long as necessary.”
An escalation in launches from Lebanon
Amid nearly constant waves of strikes in Beirut’s Dahiyeh district, and despite numerous attacks on villages in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah carried out a significant barrage of dozens of launches toward northern Israeli communities overnight. The move marks an escalation by the Lebanese Shiite terrorist organization since it joined the fighting, after firing far smaller barrages in recent days.
Alongside a major barrage, Hezbollah fired missiles and drones at northern Israeli communities multiple times throughout the day and overnight, indicating that, despite a long confrontation with Israel over the past two years, the organization still retains capabilities to strike the Israeli home front. In addition to the launches, Hezbollah operatives also have been attacking IDF forces reinforced along the northern border and in southern Lebanon. Since Hezbollah joined the campaign, 14 soldiers have already been wounded by anti-tank fire, five of them seriously.
Entering 'next phase' of war with Iran
Netanyahu also addressed the Lebanese government in his statement Saturday night. “It is your responsibility to enforce the ceasefire agreement and disarm Hezbollah — otherwise there will be disastrous consequences," he said. "The time has come for you to take your fate into your own hands. We will do whatever is necessary to protect our citizens.” He added: “We continue with full force in the war and are winning through initiative and ingenuity, but also through determination.”
Defrin also addressed the fighting with Hezbollah in his statement, stressing that “we will not compromise on dismantling the terrorist organization’s weapons. We are exacting a heavy price from it.” Regarding the possibility of a ground entry into Lebanon, he added that “all options are on the table.”
On Thursday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and the commander of U.S. Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, both spoke separately about moving to the “next phase” of the war in Iran. While the first phase focused on regime targets — primarily degrading Iran’s launch capabilities through intensive hunting of launchers and missiles — thousands of new targets have now been added to the list: Iran’s military industry.
The Israeli and American objective is to dismantle Iran’s entire capability chain, from production to the finished weapon. In the case of ballistic missiles, for example, the goal is to strike the entire process — from manufacturing plants, through missile storage facilities, to launchers and the commanders and soldiers who ultimately operate them. The IDF and the U.S. military intend to apply this approach to all of Iran’s military capabilities in the near future, including the use of American bombers capable of penetrating targets located deep underground.
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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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The world’s largest asset manager is telling people: no, you can’t have your cash back. This has never happened before.
BlackRock has begun limiting customer withdrawals from their Flagship "HLEND" Private Credit Fund. Many shocked Investors are openly asking if BlackRock is quickly headed to becoming the next ENRON?
The Withdrawal Limits came after a surge in redemption requests, as investor worries mount around the $2 trillion private credit industry. Those Investors pulled out $1.2B in Q1 redemption requests (9.3% of Net Asset Value(NAV)). BlackRock is now capping payouts at 5% ($620M) per the fund's rules.
Shares of BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, fell 6.7% on the New York Stock Exchange, amid a broader market selloff after worse-than-expected U.S. jobs data and escalating U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
It's not just BlackRock, either.
Blackstone’s similar fund saw a RECORD 7.9% in redemption requests. They had to raise their withdrawal cap and inject $400 million of their own money just to cover the demand.
Blue Owl straight up stopped honoring redemptions. Replaced them with IOUs.
It's starting to look like the financial so-called "Masters of the Universe" weren't so smart after all.
BLK dropped 5%. KKR, Carlyle, Apollo, Ares, Blue Owl, and TPG all fell 5-6% with it.
The entire private credit sector sold off in a single day.
These funds lend money in illiquid loans. Loans that can’t be sold quickly.
So when too many investors want out at the same time, the fund doesn’t have the cash to pay everyone.
BlackRock also just wrote a separate $25 million loan down to ZERO.
It was valued at full price three months ago. Gone overnight.
JPMorgan’s Bill Eigen said it best: “Bad news often happens all at once. The opacity and the leverage in the sector is concerning.”
This is a $1.8 TRILLION industry.
– Rising oil.
– War in the Middle East.
– AI disrupting the software companies that borrowed heavily from these funds.
– Rate cuts off the table.
When the biggest funds in the world start telling investors you can’t have your money back…
That’s a MAJOR warning.
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Rare 4.9 magnitude earthquake rattles north Louisiana
Based on available data, this could be the strongest earthquake ever recorded inland in Louisiana.
Author: Athina Morris
Published: 7:37 AM CST March 5, 2026 Updated: 6:42 PM CST March 5, 2026
The United States Geological Survey reported that a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Red River Parish early Thursday, an update from their initial estimate of 4.4 magnitude.
The tremor occurred shortly before 5:30 a.m. at a shallow depth of 3.1 miles. Its epicenter was about four miles northwest of Edgefield, and shaking was felt as far away as Shreveport.
"From what I can find in the data, could be the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Louisiana, at least inland," WWL Meteorologist Payton Malone said. The state’s overall strongest quake occurred offshore near Grand Isle in 2006, a magnitude 5.3.
Large earthquakes are rare in Louisiana, as the state is not located on an active fault line like California or the Pacific Northwest. Geologists say these quakes in Louisiana, as well as in neighboring Oklahoma and Texas, are linked to saltwater disposal wells used by the oil and gas industry.
"It's almost certainly induced by man-made operations," USGS Research Geophysicist Thomas Pratt told The Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate last year.
While the USGS recorded Thursday’s tremor, the agency does not assign specific causes to individual earthquakes.
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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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A Pakistani man is on trial over a plot to kill a US politician, possibly Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — A Pakistani man went on trial this week on charges of trying to orchestrate the killing of a U.S. politician, potentially President Donald Trump as he campaigned in 2024.
Asif Merchant, 47, has pleaded not guilty to attempted terrorism and other federal charges. As his trial opened Wednesday in New York, prosecutors said he met with and paid $5,000 to supposed hit men who actually were undercover FBI agents.
Using objects on a hotel napkin to illustrate, Merchant roughed out in June 2024 a scenario for shooting a political figure at a rally, then staging a protest as a distraction for the killer to get away, according to an intermediary’s testimony and a video played in court Wednesday.
“I was shocked,” the intermediary, Nadeem Ali, told the anonymous jury in a Brooklyn federal court. In conversations over two days, Merchant asked him to line up hit men, Ali testified as prosecutors played recordings that he surreptitiously made for the FBI.
Merchant, who eventually met the supposed hit men and gave them $5,000 as an initial payment, was arrested before he gave them a name to target, but he told Ali it would be “someone who was hurting Pakistan and the Muslim world,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Nina Gupta said in an opening statement.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-pakistan-trump-assassination-asif-merchant-trial-
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Mood Inside Pentagon: Intense. Paranoid. Turns out the "Experts" --- were wrong.
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'Inside the Pentagon, and among some members of the Trump administration, there is deepening concern which began on Sunday and worsened Monday and Tuesday, that the Iran conflict could spiral out of control.
'The mood here is intense and paranoid', one person said.
There is anxiety among senior leaders that the fighting will extend for weeks, further stressing limited U.S. air defense stockpiles.
'There is concern about this lasting more than a few days', said another person. 'I don't think people have fully absorbed it yet, like, what it has done to our stockpiles. It often takes two or three interceptors to ensure a missile is stopped.'
Others mock that view saying "What kind of nonsense is he talking about? Two or three to stop a missile? They need about ten interceptors to watch the missile strike anyway."
Apparently, the "experts" are trapped in a fairy-tale La-La-Land of their own making. They seem to believe the lies they have been telling themselves for years about how effective US weapons systems are, and how weak our adversaries are.
When the real world intruded upon their La-La-Land echo chamber, the results proved catastrophic. The real world has proven that US Missile defenses are not nearly as effective as the "experts" concluded them to be. Turned out that the real world is not a test range where perfect conditions exist for defenses to operate.
The real world is messy, chaotic, electronically noisy. The defensive systems don't perform as expected.
Making things worse, the incompetent morons in the former Biden regime, gave very large amounts of our defensive missile inventory, to Ukraine. So our supplies are now "very low" and the US has begun TURNING DOWN requests from Persian Gulf allies who are seeking immediate replenishment of their near-empty defense missiles.
The country of Qatar now has less than ONE WEEK of defensive missiles.
In the meantime, Iran keeps firing their older, less accurate missiles at all those US allies, to use-up their missile defenses. Once the defenses are exhausted, Iran can start firing their bigger, better, newer, missiles, and really inflict far more serious damage.
The Trump people approached Iran via Italy over the weekend to talk about a ceasefire. Iran flatly rejected it without any further discussion at all.
Iran's plans are clearly coming together with regard to overwhelming the US and Israeli defenses.
Unless the US can neutralize Iran's launch capability - and as already made incredible progress to that goal - Iran can actually win this conflict.
Russia and China are helping Iran. Payback to the US for what the US has been doing to Russia by supplying Ukraine, and what the US is trying to do to China: Cutting off Iran oil to China, which has to import 80% of Iran's oil to meet China's annual oil needs.
(HT Remarks: Long before this conflict began, I told readers of this website and listeners to my radio show, that if we went to war against Iran to placate the whiny Israelis, we would be opening Pandora's Box. Now, even the most mentally dense can see that Pandora's Box is open, and it isn't working out well for us.)
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Many Muslims Believe That Donald Trump Is The Islamic Version Of The Antichrist
By Michael Snyder/End of the American Dream March 05, 2026
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For large numbers of Muslims all over the world, the fact that Donald Trump is leading an attack on Iran is evidence that the Islamic apocalypse is upon us. I realize that this may sound crazy to many of you, but this is what they actually believe.
In Islamic theology, there is a shadowy figure known as "the Dajjal" that rises during the end times. According to Wikipedia, "the Dajjal" roughly corresponds to the figure of the Antichrist in the Christian faith...
Al-Masih ad-Dajjal (Arabic: الْمَسِيحُ الدَّجَّالُ, romanized: Al-Masih ad-Dajjal, lit. 'the deceitful Messiah'),otherwise referred to simply as the Dajjal, is an antagonistic figure in Islamic apocalyptism who will pretend to be the promised Messiah and later claim to be God, appearing before the Day of Judgment according to the Islamic eschatological narrative.
The Dajjal is not mentioned in the Quran, but he is mentioned and described in the Hadith. Corresponding to the Antichrist in Christianity, the Dajjal is said to emerge out in the East, although the specific location varies among the various sources.
There is nobody in the world that Shiite Muslims hate more than Donald Trump.
And so it shouldn't be any surprise that many of them have started to believe that Trump is "the Dajjal"...
But a Fox News Digital investigation reveals that, for certain hardline Shiite ideologues, including in the U.S., this is not an ending but a prophetic showdown that will usher in the arrival of the "Mahdi," a messiah, according to Islamic eschatology, or the theology of end times.
In this prophecy, Mahdi will emerge to battle Dajjal, the Islamic equivalent of the Antichrist, in a final battle of Armageddon. For many of these ideologues, President Donald Trump is Dajjal.
Yes, a lot of them really do believe this.
And this is not a recent phenomenon.
More than a year ago, a senior cleric in Iran preached a sermon in which he boldly declared that "the Dajjal" is Trump...
A senior cleric appointed by Iran's Supreme Leader suggested in a sermon on Friday that US president Donald Trump was the one-eyed Islamic equivalent of the Antichrist prophesied to menace humanity around judgment day.
"He is completely one-eyed, and this is a sign of the end times," Seyyed Hassan Ameli told congregants in a sermon for Islamic Friday prayers according to the Tehran-based Didban News website.
Now that war has erupted, Muslims all over the world are having debates about whether Trump is "the Dajjal" or not.
This is particularly true in Shiite communities.
To many Shiites, the rise of the Dajjal is a sign that the Mahdi is about to reappear...
In the Twelver denomination of Shīʿa Islam, one of the signs of the reappearance of the Mahdi whom Twelvers consider to be their 12th Imam from the Ahl al-Bayt ("People of the Household"), is the advent of the Dajjal.
"Whoever denies al-Mahdi has denied God, and whoever accepts al-Dajjal has denied God (turned an infidel)." This Shīʿīte ḥadīth attributed to Muhammad strongly emphasizes the return of Dajjal and the event of the reappearance of the Mahdi.
This is why many of those that are currently running Iran do not fear this war.
They have actually been looking forward to exactly this sort of a scenario. Once the Dajjal rises, the Mahdi is supposed to return during a time of great chaos and war...
Before his reappearance (Arabic: ظهور, romanized: ṭuhūr), the world will plunge into chaos, where immorality and ignorance will be commonplace, the Qur'an will be forgotten, and religion will be abandoned. There will be plagues, earthquakes, floods, wars and death.
Of course it isn't just Shiite Muslims in Iran that believe this nonsense.
Fox News actually discovered that this ideology is being preached at a Shiite mosque in northern Virginia...
At a recent Friday sermon at a local Shiite mosque in northern Virginia, an imam closed prayer with an earnest plea, before war broke out in Iran: "May Allah destroy all the nonbelievers - or kafiroon or munafiqoon," he said, using Arabic words that refer to "nonbelievers" and "hypocrites."
He asked for this victory "before the arrival of Imam Mahdi."
Fox News Digital observed the sermon and also witnessed a special table of honor in the middle of the mosque's main prayer hall, featuring framed photos of Khamenei embracing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrullah, also killed by Israel for orchestrating terrorist attacks.
Even though the United States and Israel clearly have the upper hand in this war so far, many Shiites fully expect the tide to turn once the Mahdi shows up.
Apparently the Mahdi's army is supposed to travel from Iran to Syria where the Mahdi will join forces with Jesus. Then the Mahdi is supposed to kill the Dajjal in the land of Israel...
In the majority Sunni sect and the minority Shiite sect of Islam, clerics describe the Mahdi's army traveling from modern-day Iran to Damascus, Syria, where Jesus would appear at the Umayyad Mosque and pray behind the Mahdi. The Mahdi's forces would battle Dajjal in Syria and kill him in Lod, Israel, conquering the world.
Days ago, Iran's state-run Islamic Republic News Agency repeated the end-times narrative, quoting Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem, claiming the regime is the "government of Imam Mahdi" and its anti-U.S. "resistance is the path to hastening his reappearance."
I know that this sounds like a bunch of nonsense, but many Shiites take this stuff very, very seriously.
And a lot of them are entirely convinced that now is the time for these things to happen.
So they aren't going to just lay down their arms and give up, because they are expecting the Mahdi to show up on a white horse at any moment.
The Shiite leaders of Iran will fight like mad because they believe that the Mahdi will soon come riding to their rescue.
Of course that isn’t going to happen, and millions of Shiite Muslims will be deeply disillusioned once all of this is finally over.
Originally published at End Of The American Dream
https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=9640
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Silver Lights Fuse of Derivatives Time Bomb – Bill Holter
By Greg Hunter On March 4, 2026 In Market Analysis 68 Comments
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
Financial writer and precious metals expert Bill Holter (aka Mr. Gold) predicted that by March, silver would likely suffer a failure to deliver physical metal at COMEX. In other words, demand for physical silver will swamp the existing supply. The math is scary and simple, and Holter breaks it down, “The registered inventory at COMEX in silver is 86 million ounces. On the second day of March, there are already 52 million ounces of silver standing for delivery. That leaves 30 million to 35 million ounces unspoken for. . .. This looks dicey. If they have 52 million ounces standing for delivery now, where is it going to be at the end of the month? If silver fails to deliver, then what you are going to have in the gold market is buyers stepping up that normally would not even buy and ask for delivery. . .. The bottom line is if silver fails to deliver, gold will fail to deliver in 24 hours. Once that happens, then confidence breaks. . .. You are looking at two quadrillion dollars in derivatives in a global economy with $350 trillion in debt with an underlying $100 trillion annual GDP. The math does not work. I think silver, and I have said this for many years, silver will be the spark or the fuse that lights off gold, which then lights off the derivatives time bomb. Warren Buffett calls derivatives weapons of mass financial destruction.”Mr. Gold thinks, “When the system resets, governments will start a money print fest that will touch off global hyperinflation. . .. The ofpure math of debt outstanding is that it cannot be repaid in current terms. It will be hyperinflation the things we need and hyper-deflation of the things we already have. . .. How is somebody going to buy your house if the capital is not there? If the capital is not there, then the price is going to have to come down. . .. It is highly likely that silver will kick off the demise of the financial system.”
Mr. Gold thinks this kind of global debt will go bad fast. Holter warns, “When this thing cascades and collapses, you are either in place, or you are out of place. If you are out of place, you will not be able to repair your mistake. It will be a lifetime mistake to have not gotten ready. Let me just say there is a difference in being early and being wrong. In 2000 to 2005, if you were buying gold or you were buying silver, you were an idiot, a complete idiot, and people thought you walked around with a tin foil hat on. . .. Now, we are at the point where the best place to have invested your money since January 2000 would be in gold or silver. When Noah was running around building his ark, he looked wrong. He was not wrong–he was just early.”
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US And Ecuadorian Forces Launch Joint Strikes On Narco-Terror Targets
Jack Cowhick
ContributorAmerican and Ecuadorian military forces launched joint strikes against narco-terror targets in Ecuador on Tuesday, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced.
The joint operations target Designated Terrorist Organizations within the country, the U.S. announced in a press release. SOUTHCOM described the operations as a “powerful example of the commitment of partners in Latin America and the Caribbean” to partner with the U.S. in combatting narco-terrorism. (RELATED: Trump Admin Takes Out 11 Designated Narco-Terrorists In ‘Lethal Kinetic Strikes’)
“Together, we are taking decisive action to confront narco-terrorists who have long inflicted terror, violence, and corruption on citizens throughout the hemisphere,” the press release stated. SOUTHCOM also posted the announcement on X, along with video of soldiers being deployed.
President Donald Trump designated several cartels as terrorist organizations on the first day of his second term in office, which the administration has used to justify military strikes in the Caribbean.
Marine Gen. Francis L. Donovan commended the Ecuadorian armed forces “for their unwavering commitment” to the fight against drug trafficking.
“We commend the men and women of the Ecuadorian armed forces for their unwavering commitment to this fight, demonstrating courage and resolve through continued actions against narco-terrorists in their country,” he stated.
The strikes come less than a week after Trump announced Operation Epic Fury in Iran, hitting nuclear and military targets alongside the Israeli military. Both operations are part of a series of recent U.S. military and law enforcement campaigns conducted with regional partners.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/03/04/us-ecuador-strikes-narco-terrorists/
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Millions left without power after major blackout hits Cuba's western region
A blackout has left millions of people without power in Havana and the rest of western Cuba in the latest outage on an island struggling with dwindling oil...
Author: Associated Press, MILEXSY DUR
ءN and DءNICA COTOPublished: 12:37 PM CST March 4, 2026
Updated: 7:11 AM CST March 5, 2026HAVANA(AP) — A blackout left millions of people without power in Havana and the rest of western Cuba on Wednesday in the latest outage on an island struggling with dwindling oil reserves and a crumbling electric grid.
Government radio station Radio Rebelde quoted an energy official as saying that it could take at least 72 hours to restore operations at one of Cuba's largest thermoelectric power plants, where a shutdown sparked the outage.
The government’s electric utility said on social platform X that the outage affected people from the western town of Pinar del Rio to the central town of Camaguey.
Energy and Mines Minister Vicente de la O Levy wrote on X late Wednesday that the government was powering critical infrastructure in the affected region as two power plants came online. Such infrastructure includes hospitals and medical clinics.
“We are working to restore the National Electric System amid a complex energy situation,” he wrote earlier on X.
The U.S. Embassy warned people to “prepare for significant disruptions” and conserve fuel, water, food and mobile phone batteries. “Cuba’s national power grid is increasingly unreliable, and scheduled and unscheduled power outages are prolonged and a daily occurrence across the country, including Havana,” it said on X.
‘We’ll have to eat bread again'
By late afternoon, the government said crews had restored power to 2.5% of Havana, or some 21,100 customers, noting that efforts were gradual and tied to what the system's conditions would allow. It did not provide updated numbers by late Wednesday night.
“We trust in the experience and effort of the electrical workers to overcome this situation in the shortest possible time,” Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz wrote on X.
As night fell, people across Havana lingered on doorsteps and used wood or charcoal to prepare “caldosas,” a popular soup shared among neighbors who contribute items including vegetables, chicken and meat. A group of musicians along the city's famed seawall played into the night.
Others played dominoes by a rechargeable lightbulb.
“With the power outages, this is the only thing we young people have to distract ourselves,” Jeferson Silvera said.
Daily, prolonged outages have become so common in Cuba that 66-year-old Genoveva Torres was waiting for power to return at night as usual to cook dinner. She was perturbed when told about the massive blackout.
“My God, until when?” she exclaimed. “Then we won't eat. We'll have to eat bread again.”
State media reported that the outage was caused by a shutdown of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant east of Havana following a leak in its boiler.
Radio Rebelde quoted the plant's technical director Rom
لn Pérez Castaٌeda as saying that crews must first locate the fault before repairing it and restarting the unit.Pérez Castaٌeda said that a pipe burst in the boiler, causing a water leak and subsequent fire that was extinguished without major damage, according to Radio Rebelde.
The outage caught 63-year-old Odalis S
لnchez out on the street with her grandson. She was unable to walk because of a recent operation, so she called someone for a ride home.Some 200 people waited at a bus stop near her, but buses were not running given a lack of fuel, so they tried to get a ride via any means available, including hitchhiking.
“I need to be able to get home to see what I can do,” S
لnchez said. “Without power, you can’t do anything. My grandson also is studying and I have to make him food. Public transportation isn’t helping.”‘We have to move forward’
It is the second such outage to affect western Cuba in three months.
The outage in early December lasted nearly 12 hours. Officials said a fault in a transmission line linking two power plants caused an overload and led to the collapse of the energy system's western sector.
Authorities have noted that some thermoelectric plants have been operating for over 30 years and receive little maintenance given the high cost. U.S. sanctions also have prevented the government from buying new equipment and specialized parts, officials say.
Cuba also is struggling with dwindling oil reserves after the U.S. attacked Venezuela in early January, which halted critical petroleum shipments from the South America country. Later that month, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on any country that would sell or supply Cuba with oil.
Ernesto Couto Mart
يnez, 76, was trying to find a ride home and said he would confront the latest outage “with the spirit that all Cubans have.”“We must keep fighting. There’s no other way,” he said. “We have to move forward, blockade or no blockade.”
Last month, Cuba’s government implemented austere fuel-saving measures and warned that jet fuel wouldn’t be available at nine airports until mid-March.
Prior to the attack on Venezuela, the island already was struggling with a crumbling electric grid, generation deficits and interruptions in fuel supplies.
Coto reported from San José, Costa Rica.
Follow AP’s Latin America coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/latin-america
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-after-major-blackout-hits-cubas-western-region/616-c673eb03-e45e-4ba7-b15b-9f9c51f2691f
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Trump Says US Decapitated Iranian Leadership As They Ate Breakfast
Harold Hutchison Media Reporter
President Donald Trump said Monday the initial strikes targeting Iran killed dozens of Iranian leaders during a breakfast meeting with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Trump confirmed Khamenei’s death in a post on Truth Social Saturday, hours after he announced the commencement of Operation Epic Fury early that morning. “Special Report” host Bret Baier told “America’s Newsroom” co-hosts Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino that Trump was “pleased” with the progress of Operation Epic Fury. (RELATED: Trump Confirms Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Is Dead)
“I said this is, it’s a tough succession plan in Iran. He said 49 L is deep, it’s very deep. When they met, they met for breakfast. They assumed it was good for a lot of reasons,” Baier said. “’Number one, they didn’t think we knew, but you never attack in the morning, having to do with winds and sun and a lot of things. It just, it was amazing that we knew everything we knew,’ he said there is a plan.”
On Monday, CENTCOM reported that a fourth American servicemember had died from wounds suffered in the initial Iranian attacks. (RELATED: ‘That’s The Way It Is’: Trump Concedes More Americans Will Likely Die In Iran Conflict)
WATCH:
“I asked, ‘so what you’re saying is that you know there is somebody on the ground in Iran that is going to rise up,’ Quote, ‘Yes, I feel there is, feel that, and some of them are no longer with us, to be honest, because it was 49 leaders that were taken out. That was going to take four weeks,’” Baier continued. “’We thought to get rid of the Iranian leadership, and it’s always, you know, if they hide, it’s a lot longer than four weeks, and they would have been hiding. We were shocked when we heard what was going on. We knew exactly what was happening and where 49 leaders, and you know they’re talking about using people now that nobody ever heard of, even though they don’t know. They’re using people, studying people to be the leader that even they don’t know who they are. Can they? Can you believe that?’”
“He points to Venezuela as a template, which means to me that going in they had some sense on the ground of what was coming next,” Baier added.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said during a Monday Pentagon briefing that the Trump administration would not rule out putting U.S. troops on the ground in Iran.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/03/02/trump-us-decapitated-iranian-leadership-ate-breakfast/
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Iran's drones cost $35k to make... but $4m to shoot down: How Tehran can keep launching attacks indefinitely but Western missile supplies are weeks from running out
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By ELIANA SILVER, SENIOR FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER
Published: 06:50 EST, 2 March 2026 | Updated: 09:48 EST, 2 March 2026
Iran's retaliatory campaign has exposed a growing imbalance between the production of drones and the exorbitant cost to shoot them down.
A single Iranian drone can cost as little as $35,000 to produce, while intercepting it can cost anywhere from $500,000 to $4 million.
This issue has come into focus during the latest escalation, known as Operation Epic Fury, with Iran launching attacks at Israel and at US and allied bases in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
By spreading strikes across more than five theatres at once and sustaining over 2,500 drones per day, Tehran is forcing its adversaries to divide their defences.
Every interceptor deployed to protect one base is one that cannot be used elsewhere, since interceptors are finite.
This leads military planners to stretch their resources across thousands of kilometres, leaving weaker protections in each location.
Iran's advantage lies in scale, according to data gathered from open source intelligence and defence analysts.
Rather than a few thousand long range drones, its total Shahed fleet is estimated at between 80,000 and 100,000 across all variants.
Combined with an ongoing production rate of around 500 a month, if used at full capacity, those numbers could translate into waves of more than 2,500 drones a day for a month.
Western officials and analysts warn that interceptor stockpiles would struggle to keep up with that pace, adding that the strain is already showing.
Last year's fighting in June 2025 saw inventories severely depleted.
During the conflict last summer, The US alone fired around 150 THAAD interceptors to defend Israel over just 12 days, using roughly a quarter of its stockpile.
Each of those interceptors costs about $15 million and can take three to eight years to replenish.
Now, the same systems are being relied on across multiple countries at once as the intensity of Iranian attacks continue.
Interceptors aren't the only munitions in short supply, with the US expanding sea-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles (TLAMs) and aircraft launched weapons.
And with US President Donald Trump saying the war could go on for the next four weeks, dangerously low stocks can prove to be a problem.
Yesterday, the President told the Daily Mail: 'It's always been a four-week process. We figured it will be four weeks or so. It's always been about a four-week process so - as strong as it is, it's a big country, it'll take four weeks - or less.'
Speaking to Bloomberg, Kelly Grieco, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, said: 'Missile interceptors are a big concern, particularly anti ballistic interceptors. We are using these interceptors faster than we can make them.'
The way these systems are used adds another layer of pressure, as they require several interceptors.
Standard military practice is to fire two or even three interceptors at a single incoming target to increase the chances of a successful hit. That means even a relatively small wave of drones or missiles can quickly drain supplies.
William Alberque of the Pacific Forum said that 'magazine capacity was already low' after last year's fighting. If the current pace continues, officials fear stocks could run dangerously low within days.
In April 2024, a coordinated defence effort managed to intercept 99% of incoming threats. However, that attack was slower and more predictable and involved a smaller number of weapons.
Meanwhile, this week's attacks are faster, less predictable, and span a broader area, making that level of success far harder to repeat.
Using that data alongside the the current exchange rates between cheap drones and expensive interceptors, a prolonged campaign could run into tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars.
However, cheaper solutions are also being considered, with one option being the use of APKWS guided rockets, which only cost about $28,000 per shot.
They have shown strong results in testing with a 100% hit rate and now account for a significant share of drone interceptions in the region, with thousands already deployed.
Another is Israel's Iron Beam laser system, which can destroy targets for just a few dollars per shot.
However only 1-2 of these systems are operational and all are based in Israel, leaving other parts of the region without access.
At the same time, Israel is also low on Arrow 3 air-defense interceptors and air-launched ballistic missiles, which were used to take out Iranian missile launchers in 2025 and attack Hamas leaders in Qatar, according to a US official
Eyal Pinko, a former Israeli naval commander, said the key question is which side will manage to outlast the other.
He said: 'A lot more attacks are coming.'
'They have thousands of missiles and drones, huge stocks. They will do everything to maintain the regime. This is now an all out war for their survival.'
This comes as Iran vowed it will never surrender as it rejected an ultimatum from Donald Trump to lay down its weapons.
Trump told Iran's leaders to give up the fight which has exploded across the Middle East, with missiles raining down on the region.
A total of 555 people have been killed across Iran since the start of the strikes that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior leaders, the Iranian Red Crescent said Monday.
Israel's rescue services said nine people were killed and 28 wounded in a strike that hit a synagogue in the central town of Beit Shemesh, bringing the overall death toll in the country to 11. Another 11 people were still missing after the strike, police said.
'These intolerable threats will not continue any longer. I once again urge the Revolutionary Guard, the Iranian military police, to lay down your arms and receive full immunity or face certain death,' Trump said.
He urged the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the Islamic regime. 'Be brave, be bold, be heroic and take back your country,' he said.
'We're undertaking this massive operation not merely to ensure security for our own time and place, but for our children and their children, just as our ancestors have done for us many, many years ago,' the President said.
But Iranian national security official Ali Larijani confirmed the country will not negotiate with the US.
Donald Trump said the US-Israeli war with Iran could go on for the next four weeks, revealing that the US and Israel's attacks have taken out so many Iranian leaders that the succession line may lead to a surprise new leader.
'The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates,' Trump told ABC. 'It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead.'
On Monday, loud explosions were heard across the Gulf cities of Dubai, Doha and Manama on Monday as Tehran pressed into a third day of strikes against Gulf neighbours.
Saudi Arabia was also targeted, intercepting two drones that were launched during an attempted attack on an oil refinery in Ras Tanura.
The Saudi defence ministry has confirmed two missiles were intercepted and destroyed at the plant in Eastern Province along the country's east coast.
According to Al Jazeera, the site has now been temporarily closed.
Iran's army has confirmed it targeted the American Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait as well as vessels in the Indian ocean in retaliation of US and Israeli strikes.
'Missile units of the army's ground and naval forces operating from various locations targeted the US Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait as well as enemy vessels in the northern Indian Ocean over the past hours,' the army said in a statement.
It added that '15 cruise missiles' were used in the attacks.
Several American warplanes crashed in Kuwait earlier today but their crew survived, Kuwait's defence ministry said.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15605919/Irans-drones-cost-35k-make-4m-shoot-
Tehran-launching-attacks-indefinitely-Western-missile-supplies-weeks-running-out.html
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When Barack Obama Told Americans We Are a Muslim Nation
By M Dowling -
March 2, 2026
Former President Barack Obama furthered radical Islam in the United States. It was Barack Obama who ended investigations of Hezbollah crime syndicates in the US despite the ATF warning of the dangers. When the Holy Land Foundation was caught raising funds for terror, he ended the probe. It was Obama and his acolytes who forbade probes into and surveillance of radical mosques.
The former president legitimized the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR, and other radical organizations.
He promoted the idea that Islam was peace and peace alone.
Obama ended the FBI and CIA training in radical Islam. He canceled the counterterrorism training and replaced it with the Muslim Brotherhood representatives to train the FBI about Islamophobia, which is still happening today.
https://www.independentsentinel.com/when-barack-obama-told-americans-we-are-a-muslim-nation/
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Naval base 'on lockdown' as intruder arrives by BOAT
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By ROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Published: 11:24 EST, 2 March 2026 | Updated: 13:02 EST, 2 March 2026
A US Naval base in Florida has reportedly been placed on lockdown after an intruder arrived by boat.
Naval Air Station Pensacola (NAS) closed its gates to the public after a man ran onto the base after beaching his vessel nearby, according to police dispatch audio.
Residents who live near the base - home of the Navy's Blue Angels - reported hearing alerts on speakers, including: 'Potential threat to the installation.'
NAS Pensacola said: 'Both gates to the base are currently closed. Additionally, gates to NAS Pensacola's Corry Station Annex are closed.'
The base declined to provide further details, but locals claimed on social media that it is under lockdown.
It comes amid heightened terror fears after the US launched its war in Iran on Saturday.
A gunman shot dead two people at a packed bar in Austin, Texas, and wounded more than a dozen in the early hours of Sunday.
The Muslim attacker, originally from Senegal, was wearing an Iran flag T-shirt and a hoodie that said 'Property of Allah.'
An FBI official on Saturday said its counterterrorism and counterintelligence teams are on elevated alert across the country.
Iran uses a network of proxy militant groups around the globe to carry out violent attacks against Western countries.
The FBI did not say how long the terror alert will remain in effect.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirsti Noem said her department was working with law enforcement partners to 'thwart any potential threats to the homeland.'
Trump told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview on Sunday that the war with Iran is set to last weeks.
'It's always been a four-week process. We figured it will be four weeks or so. It's always been about a four-week process so - as strong as it is, it's a big country, it'll take four weeks - or less,' the President explained.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15607105/navy-base-pensacola-florida.html
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Iranian Drones Strike EU Country In War First
by Tyler Durden
Authored...
The Iran war has just for the first time, and rather quickly given it's only the third day of the conflict, expanded to include an EU nation in the Mediterranean. Iranian-made drones have reached Cyprus and at least one has made ground impact. But they may have been launched from nearby Lebanon.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Akrotiri, Cyprus came under attack Monday morning, with an Iranian drone striking the runway in the early hours, several reports say. This comes as Britain has mulled directly joining Trump's Iran operation, but now appears to be pulling back from the prospect.
General view of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, via PA/The Independent
"Our force protection in the region is at the highest level and the base has responded to defend our people," a British Ministry of Defence spokesperson has told international media.
Hours after the initial salvo, two more unmanned aerial vehicles were successfully intercepted while inbound over the same base. "Our armed forces are responding to a suspected drone strike at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus at midnight local time," the MoD statement continued. "Our force protection in the region is at the highest level and the base has responded to defend our people."
The RAF is now taking emergency precaution measures is at least partially evacuating the base after a prior build-up:
The attacks on Akrotiri, a British sovereign base area, comes after the RAF recently moved additional defensive capabilities to the location—including radar systems, anti-drone defenses, and F-35 jets—as part of ongoing efforts to support stability in the Middle East.
Showcasing the widening impact of the Iran conflict, an airport in Paphos, Cyprus, was later evacuated after a suspect object was picked up on radars.
Cooper spoke of the “international” threat Monday morning and expressed the importance of recognizing “the responsibilities we have around defensive support for areas where there are British citizens."
Cooper further said that in private conversations with officials throughout the Gulf region, the leaders expressed they were "frankly shocked and horrified at the way their countries have been targeted by Iran over the weekend."
Family members of UK military members have been ordered to leave the base as it is now clearly being targeted:
Family members of British military personnel have been asked leave to leave the base for their own safety, and will be based elsewhere in Cyprus until the alert passes.
The drone struck hours after the UK agreed to let the US use British military bases to attack Iranian missile sites, but officials indicate the possible flight times mean it was launched before the prime minister announced the new policy.
Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides has stated that "All the competent services of the republic are on alert and in full operational readiness." He also clarified his country has nothing to do with the war.
??????? BREAKING: Cypriot media has confirmed that an Iranian drone has damaged one of the runways at the UK Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus almost 1000km from Iran itself? pic.twitter.com/mTwsZAIhQk
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"I want to be clear: Our country does not participate in any way and does not intend to be part of any military operation," the Cyprus president added.
There's growing concern that the drones could have been sent from Iran's proxy arm in Lebanon: Hezbollah. Israel has just renewed its bombing of Beirut and other parts of Lebanon after the Shia paramilitary group (or possibly another group) fired rockets on northern Israel.
Lebanon is only a short, hours-long boat ride away from Cyprus. Israel is also not very distant. The British military has two sovereign military bases which it has maintained on Cyprus since the independence of its former colony in 1960.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iranian-drones-strike-eu-country-first-war
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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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IRGC - Americans Will No Longer Be Safe; Not Even in their own homes
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warn the US will ‘no longer be safe.’
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned on Monday that the United States “will no longer be safe”, on the third day of joint US-Israeli attacks against the Islamic republic.
“The enemy should know that their happy days are over and they will no longer be safe anywhere in the world, not even in their own homes,” the Guards’ Quds force, which oversees its foreign operations, said in a statement carried by state TV.
To the US and Israel, the IRGC is publicly saying:
"Do not sleep tonight. Tonight, you will become familiar with the newest weapons. Even shelters are no longer safe."
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, which oversees Iran’s overseas military operations, said on Monday that “enemies” who killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will not “have security anywhere in the world, even inside their own homes.”
“We declare to the Islamic nation and the freedom-seekers of the world that we will not cease fighting until the destruction of global arrogance and international Zionism, and we will take revenge for the oppressed of the world and the great martyrs from the oppressors and the arrogant,” the force added in a statement carried by state media.
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etc Pray about the earthquakes, the tornadoes, the hurricanes, pray about the hail, the snowstorms, the blizzards, pray concerning these things. For the enemy is moving mightily in different areas to cause the price in your grocery stores to skyrocket and if you don’t pray this will affect you. etc.
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Huge snowstorm in the Northeast forces millions to stay home, disrupts flights and closes schools
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE, CLAIRE RUSH, JULIE WALKER and ADAM GELLER
NEW YORK (AP) — A massive snowstorm pummeled the northeastern United States from Maryland to Maine on Monday, forcing millions of people to stay home amid strong wind and blizzard warnings, transportation shutdowns, and school and business closures.
Meteorologists said the storm is the strongest in a decade, dumping more than 2 feet (60 centimeters) of snow in parts of the metropolitan Northeast, shattering accumulation records in places, immobilizing transit and even leading the United Nations to postpone a Security Council meeting. Officials declared emergencies, schools closed, including in New York City, which had its first “old-school” snow day in six years, and people grappled with power failures.
Even as the snow moved northward and tapered off in other areas, the National Weather Service said it is tracking another storm that could bring more snow to the region later this week.
The weather service referred to Monday’s storm as a “classic bomb cyclone/nor’easter off the Northeast coast.” A bomb cyclone happens when a storm’s pressure falls by a certain amount within a 24-hour period, occurring mainly in the fall and winter when frigid Arctic air can reach the south and clash with warmer temperatures.
While it was paralyzing and potentially dangerous for millions along the Eastern Seaboard, meteorologists found themselves rhapsodizing over the combination of power and beauty.
The storm hit the “Goldilocks situation” of just the right temperature for wet, heavy snow: Any warmer and its precipitation wouldn’t have fallen as snow, any colder and there wouldn’t have been as much moisture in the air to feed that snowfall, said Owen Shieh, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.
People begin digging out even as snowfall continues
In Lower Manhattan, snow shovelers appeared to outnumber commuting office workers, and pedestrians walked freely in streets normally blocked by morning traffic.
“It’s very quiet, except for the howling winds,” said Luis Valez, a concierge at a residential tower just off Wall Street, as he cleared the sidewalk. “A couple of residents have gone out to get their essentials. Other than that, there’s nothing.”
Matthew Wojtkowiak, 57, an attorney, was also shoveling in his Brooklyn neighborhood.
“I’m from the Midwest, so this is in the zone,” he said. “Not too bad, not too easy, either.”
Schools were closed, and he said he hoped people would get out and enjoy the snow.
“We have sleds at the ready,” he said.
Karen Smith and Adele Bawden are tourists visiting New York from the United Kingdom.
“We’ve been dancing in Times Square this morning in the middle of the road in rush hour,” Bawden said. “We’ve just been dancing and not believing we could do it.”
Ingrid Devita said she liked to patrol the Lower East Side on skis, checking on people who might need help.
“I find people fall in the snow and they can’t get up,” she said.
Central Park in New York City recorded 19 inches (48 centimeters) of snow. Warwick, Rhode Island, exceeded 3 feet (91 centimeters), topping the nation so far. The highest wind gust of 83 mph (133 kph) was recorded in Nantucket, with hurricane-force gusts seen all over Cape Cod.
In Connecticut, crews at the Mystic Seaport Museum prepared to clear snow from a fleet of historic ships, including the 113-foot-long Charles W. Morgan, a wooden whaling ship from the 19th century American merchant fleet.
Shannon McKenzie, vice president of watercraft operations and preservation, said shipyard staff will clear the snow by hand using rubber or plastic shovels because machinery or metal shovels could damage the boats.
Storm fuels power outages and disrupts flights
New York, Philadelphia and other cities, as well as several states, declared emergencies.
More than 5,600 flights in and out of the United States were canceled Monday, and a further 2,000 flights scheduled for Tuesday were grounded, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware. Most of the cancelations involved airports in New York, New Jersey and Boston. Almost 2,500 flights were delayed.
Rhode Island’s T.F. Green International Airport announced Monday that it was temporarily ending all airport operations. The Weather Service reported that the facility got nearly 38 inches (96.5 centimeters) of snow, breaking a record set in 1978.
Public transit ground to a halt in some areas, while DoorDash suspended deliveries in New York City overnight into Monday.
Meteorologists said strong winds and heavy, wet snow are a recipe for damaged trees and prolonged power outages.
More than 450,000 utility customers nationwide remained in darkness Monday evening, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide.
https://apnews.com/article/us-east-coast-winter-storm-blizzard-c32d60af1f146359664d6688a2dcdada
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Let your prayers come before my throne, be covered in my blood, keep that covering upon you, be open in the spirit realm, for there are many, many cell groups across the United States. It is that time when you shall see this, and therefore, your prayers will be more for your protection than the protection of others. For many do foolish things and go to places without a covering, without an understanding, without a realization of what is taking place throughout the world. You can no longer be like that, you must be aware, you must have your spiritual eyes open, you must be listening to the things that I tell you, for it is extremely important. etc.
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etc. Watch, know what my word says, and there
shall be terrorist’s attacks, for they cannot be put off, for you
allow the terrorists to come in like Trojan horses and they are here and nobody
wants to deal with them. etc.
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etc. This area will be far more safe than other areas. Stay out of Texas, that is not the state that you think that it is, that has the largest terrorist group in the United States, stay out of there, regardless if you plan fifteen ways to go and come, stay out of there, stay out of there. etc:: 3-2-26 Fox News :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
Chasing the apocalypse: Radical Shiite clerics on American soil preach prophetic showdown with US
Fox News Digital investigation shows hardline Shiite ideologues framing conflict between US, Iran as prophecy for the arrival of the Mahdi, or 'messiah'
Asra Q. Nomani By Asra Q. Nomani Fox News
Published March 2, 2026 7:00am EST
MANASSAS, Va. – FIRST ON FOX: For many, the war with Iran — and the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — might seem like the climactic end to a long, brutal reign of terror by the theological clerics who have run the country since 1979.
But a Fox News Digital investigation reveals that, for certain hardline Shiite ideologues, including in the U.S., this is not an ending but a prophetic showdown that will usher in the arrival of the "Mahdi," a messiah, according to Islamic eschatology, or the theology of end times.
In this prophecy, Mahdi will emerge to battle Dajjal, the Islamic equivalent of the Antichrist, in a final battle of Armageddon. For many of these ideologues, President Donald Trump is Dajjal.
At a recent Friday sermon at a local Shiite mosque in northern Virginia, an imam closed prayer with an earnest plea, before war broke out in Iran: "May Allah destroy all the nonbelievers – or kafiroon or munafiqoon," he said, using Arabic words that refer to "nonbelievers" and "hypocrites."
He asked for this victory "before the arrival of Imam Mahdi."
Fox News Digital observed the sermon and also witnessed a special table of honor in the middle of the mosque’s main prayer hall, featuring framed photos of Khamenei embracing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrullah, also killed by Israel for orchestrating terrorist attacks.
The Friday service at the Manassas Mosque reveals a theological dynamic that Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned about in early February, noting that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s leaders are guided not merely by geopolitics and national security considerations, but by "pure theology."
"We have to understand that Iran ultimately is governed, and its decisions are governed by Shiite clerics — radical Shiite clerics — who make policy decisions on the basis of pure theology," Rubio said.
In its investigation, Fox News Digital conducted a digital analysis of hours of sermons and scores of pages of pro-regime protest slogans, messaging and social media posts, using large-language models, and found clerics, community leaders and media platforms in the U.S. framing tensions with Iran in explicitly apocalyptic terms rooted in eschatology, or Islamist end-times theology.
The investigation found that precepts shaping Tehran’s worldview, from its clerics to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, are also being preached on American soil by proxies for Iran’s propaganda.
From the mosque in northern Virginia to religious institutions in Michigan and Texas, clerics aligned with the Islamic Republic are advancing a doomsday interpretation of faith that casts geopolitical and military confrontation with the U.S. as part of a prophetic destiny tied to the return of the Mahdi.
After war broke out Friday night, Fox News Digital witnessed pro-regime chats on messaging platforms, like Telegram, filled with prayers, awaiting "the arrival" of Mahdi.
"We need Al Mahdi…His return with Jesus will be the final win permanently," one read.
"The saviour the warrior the dominator ‘ imam mahdi ’ [sic] will arrive," read another.
Last summer, the Manassas Mosque co-organized a White House protest with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the ANSWER Coalition, CodePink and other far-left groups to support the Iranian regime. The groups are now again protesting Trump’s military action against Iran.
One demonstrator, wearing a black-and-white Palestinian keffiyeh scarf over her face, carried a flag last summer that read "Labayk ya Mahdi" in Arabic, meaning, "At your service, oh, Mahdi."
In Farsi, Arabic and English, the flag also had the message, "I dedicate every single of my steps to your reappearance."
Pro-regime mosques, K-12 schools and local community organizations in the U.S. are "producing messaging that mirrors Tehran’s talking points almost word for word," warned Andrew Ghalili, policy director at the National Union for Democracy in Iran, an advocacy group led by Iranian Americans who oppose the theocratic regime running Iran.
In an upcoming report, "The Ayatollahs’ Influence Network in the United States," reviewed by Fox News Digital, the group's researchers conclude the Islamic Republic of Iran spreads "Tehran's messaging" in a network of institutions it supports in the U.S., for example, pitting Trump as the Dajjal fighting defenders of the Mahdi, like Khamenei and now his successors.
"What we're seeing is years of deliberate investment by the Islamic Republic inside the United States," Ghalili told Fox News Digital.
"This is happening on American soil, and it's just another way in which the regime poses a direct threat to the United States, this time not with missiles but through infiltration," he said.
A gunman just killed three in Austin, Texas, wearing a sweater that said, "PROPERTY OF ALLAH." According to media reports, law enforcement officials found the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran and photos of its leaders in his home.
After the recent Friday service, two community leaders at the Manassas mosque declined to speak for attribution but told Fox News Digital that the rhetoric of destroying "nonbelievers" and the photos of Khamenei and the terrorist group leaders are meant to challenge "injustice" before the Mahdi appears.
A Harvard University report on "The Hidden Imam and the End of Time" recognizes the world’s two billion Muslims hold a range of beliefs regarding eschatology and many reject strict or literal interpretations.
In the majority Sunni sect and the minority Shiite sect of Islam, clerics describe the Mahdi’s army traveling from modern-day Iran to Damascus, Syria, where Jesus would appear at the Umayyad Mosque and pray behind the Mahdi. The Mahdi’s forces would battle Dajjal in Syria and kill him in Lod, Israel, conquering the world.
Days ago, Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency repeated the end-times narrative, quoting Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem, claiming the regime is the "government of Imam Mahdi" and its anti-U.S. "resistance is the path to hastening his reappearance."
For women’s rights activist Sara Ghorbani, a writer who fled Iran’s rigid theocratic rule in 2010, the regime's death grip on power is disturbing.
"We’re fighting an evil that the world doesn’t truly comprehend in its belief that it has a divine mandate to usher in a day of apocalypse," Ghorbani told Fox News Digital.
"Our brave people in Iran are fighting a tyranny that believes it is God’s salvation for this earth when, in fact, it is a cruel and ungodly regime that is actually their own prophecy of Dajjal," added Ghorbani, who created a short video of children the Iranian regime allegedly killed in recent weeks.
In Dearborn, Michigan, Usama Abdulghani, imam at the Hadi Institute, recently posted a controversial video on a YouTube channel for "Light of Guidance," which says on its YouTube page that its content isn’t connected to any other organization.
Before war broke out, he warned congregants that "the empire is now right outside the door" of Iran, in the form of U.S. forces. The Hadi Institute and the Light of Guidance didn’t respond to requests for comment about the cleric’s statements.
In another lecture, he reassured congregants, "Iran has been waiting for the mother of all battles for 47 years," since 1979. He said Americans shouldn’t fight "for this empire."
He urged congregants to engage in a "clarification jihad" and convert Americans to Islam "before Imam Mahdi returns."
In its report, the National Union for Democracy in Iran alleges that the Hadi Institute is a "rhetorically aggressive node in the pro-Iran ecosystem." It has a publishing enterprise that says on its website that its staff "deliver an unfiltered message in promoting an Islamic worldview in preparation of the Mahdi." The Hadi Institute and its publishing initiative didn’t respond to questions about the criticisms about its work.
It alleges anti-U.S. propaganda, like the doomsday scenario, is often expressed at venues supported by a pro-regime New York-based 501(c)(3) organization, the Alavi Foundation, which it alleges has built "durable, institution-based influence networks operating inside the United States through religious, educational and nonprofit structures."
In its latest IRS Form 990 filing, the Alavi Foundation, headquartered on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan, reported $58 million in assets. The Alavi Foundation didn’t respond to a request for comment about the allegations that it promotes propaganda that supports the regime in Iran.
At one point, Abdulghani reassured his congregation that Iran would defeat U.S. forces, saying, "Iran has something for these guys. Don’t be worried about Iran. Iran has been waiting for the mother of all battles for 47 years. They’ve been waiting for this. Iran is prepared. Don’t worry about that. Iran’s going to be able to handle its business."
In a new report, researchers at the National Contagion Research Institute, based in Princeton, N.J., analyzed regime narratives alleging the CIA and Israel's Mossad spy agency, fomented January’s protests against the regime, an allegation that Abdulghani repeated. They found "decentralized influence networks," including in the U.S., "operationalize and amplify" pro-regime narratives.
The pro-regime messaging even invokes the end-times narrative to children. In late December, the "Muslim Student Association Persian-Speaking Group of North America" shared a video showing children coloring paper masks, swords and shields labeled "Ya Mahdi, Labayk," or "Oh Mahdi, come." The children staged mock attacks with their paper weapons amid Legos and glitter.
A few years ago, a video from the Islamic Education Center of Houston went viral in Iran, featuring students saying they would be soldiers for Imam Mahdi, singing, "I make an oath to be your martyr." The center didn't respond to requests for comment, but an academic told the local media the video was metaphorical allegiance to a religious figure.
The messianic messaging also extends to pro-regime media platforms. Earlier this month, a media website, TMJ News Network, published an article headlined, "The Promise of Justice Amid Corruption," featuring an image of convicted child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein alongside a green-cloaked silhouette and images of other figures referenced in documents released by the Justice Department. Only Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell has been implicated in illegal conduct in connection with the Epstein case.
The article stated that "against this backdrop, the Mahdist movement represents a promise of justice."
On the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution, the pro-regime Light of Guidance hosted an assistant imam, Hassan Salamey, who invoked "the Epstein list" to denounce "the Satanic" West.
"The Islamic Republic is the system that is working to prepare the grounds for the saviors who will come side by side: Jesus, the son of Mary, and the Mahdi from the final prophet's line," he said. "This is the transitional government that will lead the fight to save us all."
Back at the Manassas Mosque in northern Virginia, congregation members closed their prayers seeking to "destroy all the nonbelievers," the portraits of Khamenei, Sinwar and Nasrullah over their shoulders.
Fox News Digital's Hannah Brennan, Tessa Hoyos and Nikos DeGruccio contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chasing-apocalypse-radical-shiite-clerics-american-soil-
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A democratic Iran could become Israel's ally, regional power
While Israel would prefer to see the regime in Tehran collapse, Middle Eastern states are hoping for the exact opposite. The reason? A civil war in Iran could trigger refugee waves and disrupt key shipping lanes. Yet, if the regime falls, a pro Western government could emerge as a regional power.
by Shachar Kleiman
Published on 02-22-2026 08:45 Last modified: 02-22-2026 08:45
Governments across the Middle East are watching developments in Iran with mounting unease. The threat of a regional war is not the only issue, nor is the Iranian regime's threats to attack US sites and forces.
Two main scenarios worry the Arab states. The first is large scale chaos and civil war inside Iran, with spillover effects across the region. Such instability could trigger waves of refugees and disrupt shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf, a vital artery for Gulf economies.
The second scenario, seen by Israel the as optimistic one, is the rapid collapse of the Islamic Republic and the rise of a pro Western government in Tehran. Over time, that could transform Iran into a rising regional power.
"In the end, Arab states want the Islamic Republic to remain," an Iranian exile told Israel Hayom. "They fear a free Iran in the future, because they know that a free and democratic Iran would become Israel's first ally in the Middle East. Their double game or the Muslim Brotherhood project would no longer have buyers."
The exile argued that the regime's threats should be put in proportion. "The Islamic Republic's ultimate power lies in threats. These are empty threats of disrupting regional order for days and harming the economy and livelihoods of billions. That is why any blow to the Islamic Republic must be severe and effective, until it falls. Otherwise the regime will become bolder and more dangerous than before."
Against this backdrop, the strategy of most Arab states becomes clearer: embrace the regime diplomatically, while assisting mediation efforts with the US.
Egypt
The head of Iran's Interests Section in Cairo, Mojtaba Ferdowsi-Pour, issued a dramatic statement Friday announcing that a final decision had been made to exchange ambassadors between Iran and Egypt, with only a formal declaration pending. If implemented, the move would fully restore relations severed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Although lower level diplomatic channels have existed over the years, the announcement signals warming ties from the Egyptian side, which seeks to distance itself from a regional confrontation. The previous regional flare up following the war against the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza led to disruptions in the Suez Canal and heavy financial losses for Egypt. Cairo has no interest in renewed Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.
Qatar
The Gulf emirate, which hosts terrorist organizations, has much to lose from a war with Iran. The Al Udeid Air Base on its territory hosts thousands of US troops. Instability in the Persian Gulf could also damage its economy, which relies heavily on gas exports shipped by sea.
Qatar is therefore operating on two tracks. Diplomatically, it is passing messages between Iran and the US in an effort to preserve negotiations aimed at preventing war. Over the weekend, Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani conveyed a message to his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi that talks were "still ongoing."
Militarily, Qatar is relying on US defense systems being deployed to the region, in addition to American made systems it already possesses.
Saudi Arabia
The kingdom is increasing coordination with Iran in hopes of preventing an attack on US forces stationed on Saudi soil. On the sidelines of an international naval exercise in India, Milan 2026, a trilateral meeting was reportedly held between senior naval officials from Saudi Arabia and Iran. Discussions focused on improving maritime cooperation, including combating piracy, securing shipping lanes and crisis management.
This follows talks several weeks ago between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. The crown prince reportedly delivered conciliatory messages and pledged that he "would not allow any action from his territory."
Oman
The sultanate has emerged as the most significant Gulf mediator between Iran and the US. After the latest round of talks in Geneva, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said progress had been made and that the atmosphere was constructive. Still, it remains unclear whether Oman will succeed this time.
Diplomatic sources aligned with Iran said the US side raised the issues of ballistic missiles and regional involvement, while the Iranian delegation insisted on focusing solely on the nuclear file. According to a report in Al Akhbar, US envoy Steve Witkoff warned the Iranians that such insistence "would not be to their benefit."
United Arab Emirates
Officials in Abu Dhabi, like others in the region, have made clear they will not allow any attack on Iran to be launched from their territory, possibly in the hope that the regime in the Islamic Republic will limit its response. There is also concern about the economic impact of a regional conflict on the federation.
According to Reuters, stock markets in the UAE already fell Friday after investors reacted to a US ultimatum demanding that Iran reach an agreement within days or "suffer." At the same time, Emirati commentators argue that Tehran has lost most of its leverage and is at a dead end.
Kuwait
The emirate has also expressed concern. Earlier this month, senior Kuwaiti politician Abdullah al-Nafisi questioned why negotiations between Iran and the US could not be direct. "Wouldn't that be faster and avoid the tensions associated with indirect talks?" he asked. On another occasion, he predicted the talks would fail because President Donald Trump views the Iranian issue as the only solution to his "domestic problems."
Iraq
Amid the regional turmoil, Baghdad appears mired in political gridlock. The pro Iranian Shiite bloc had intended to nominate Nouri al-Maliki for prime minister. However, the US and various Iraqi actors quickly voiced opposition to a candidate seen as close to Tehran. As a result, alternative, less controversial names are now reportedly under consideration.
A US strike on Iran could plunge Iraq into chaos due to Shiite militias loyal to the Iranian regime. However, in January 2026 the US completed its withdrawal from its last major base in Iraq, Ain al-Asad. That development narrows the range of potential targets available to Tehran.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/02/22/a-democratic-iran-could-become-israels-ally-regional-power/
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Iran retaliates after EU blacklists IRGC
Iran designates EU member states’ navies and air forces as terrorist organizations in response to the EU’s decision to blacklist the IRGC.
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday that it has designated the navies and air forces of all European Union (EU) member states as terrorist organizations, the Xinhua news agency reported.
The move was described as a response to the EU’s recent decision to label Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization, which Tehran called “unlawful and unjustified."
In a statement, the ministry said the EU decision is “in contradiction with the fundamental principles and rules of the United Nations Charter and international law."
The statement added that the Iranian government acted in accordance with a 2019 law, under which “all those countries that in any way comply with or support the US decision to declare the IRGC a terrorist organization will be subject to reciprocal action."
Iran’s move came three days after the Council of the EU formally added the IRGC to the bloc’s terrorist list, following a political agreement reached by EU foreign ministers last month.
The agreement was made possible after France said it would support the move, withdrawing its longstanding opposition to it.
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Report: Hezbollah preparing for war with Israel
Trump weighing 'token' Iran enrichment, targeting Khamenei
Tehran: College students shout, Death to Khamenei'
EU designates Iran’s IRGC as a terrorist organization
The designation triggers restrictive measures under the EU counterterrorism sanctions regime, including the freezing of the group’s funds and other financial assets or economic resources within EU member states.
Tehran was outraged by the EU’s late January announcement that it would classify the IRGC as a terrorist organization and summoned all EU ambassadors in the country.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/422777
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Afghans mourn villagers killed in Pakistani strikes
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Residents in Afghanistan's Bihsud district dug a mass grave for those killed in the Pakistani strikes (-)
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Afghans gathered around a mass grave Sunday to bury villagers killed in overnight air strikes by Pakistan, which said its military targeted militants.
The overnight attacks killed at least 18 people and were the most extensive since border clashes in October, which left more than 70 dead on both sides and wounded hundreds.
"The house was completely destroyed. My children and family members were there. My father and my sons were there. All of them were killed," said Nezakat, a 35-year-old farmer in Bihsud district, who only gave one name.
Islamabad said it hit seven sites along the border region targeting Afghanistan-based militant groups, in response to suicide bombings in Pakistan.
The military targeted the Pakistani Taliban and its associates, as well as an affiliate of the Islamic State group, a statement by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said.
Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said "people's homes have been destroyed, they have targeted civilians, they have committed this criminal act" with the bombardment of Nangarhar and Paktika provinces.
Residents from around the remote Bihsud district in Nangarhar joined searchers to look for bodies under the rubble, an AFP journalist said, using shovels and a digger.
"People here are ordinary people. The residents of this village are our relatives. When the bombing happened, one person who survived was shouting for help," said neighbour Amin Gul Amin, 37.
Nangarhar police told AFP the bombardment started at around midnight and hit three districts, with those killed all in a civilian's house.
"Twenty-three members of his family were buried under the rubble, of whom 18 were killed and five wounded," said police spokesperson Sayed Tayeeb Hammad.
Strikes elsewhere in Nangarhar wounded two others, while in Paktika an AFP journalist saw a destroyed guesthouse but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
- 'Calculated response' -
Afghanistan's defence ministry said it will "deliver an appropriate and calculated response" to the Pakistani strikes.
The two countries have been locked in an increasingly bitter dispute since the Taliban authorities retook control of Afghanistan in 2021.
Pakistani military action killed 70 Afghan civilians between October and December, according to the UN mission in Afghanistan.
Several rounds of negotiations followed an initial ceasefire brokered by Qatar and Turkey, but they have failed to produce a lasting agreement.
Saudi Arabia intervened this month, mediating the release of three Pakistani soldiers captured by Afghanistan in October.
The deteriorating relationship has hit people in both countries, with the land border largely shut for months.
Pakistan said Sunday that despite repeated urging by Islamabad, the Taliban authorities have failed to act against militant groups using Afghan territory to carry out attacks in Pakistan.
The Afghan government has denied harbouring militants.
Islamabad launched the strikes after a suicide blast at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad two weeks ago and other such attacks more recently in northwestern Pakistan.
The Islamic State group had claimed responsibility for the mosque bombing, which killed at least 40 people and wounded more than 160 in the deadliest attack in Islamabad since 2008.
The militant group's regional chapter, Islamic State-Khorasan, also claimed a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul restaurant last month.
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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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China Biowarfare Lab Found in US Neighborhood
By Gary Lane February 17, 2026
Late last month, U.S. authorities discovered a Chinese-linked biolab in a quiet American neighborhood. They seized over 1,000 suspicious biological agents from a home in Las Vegas. Experts are warning: covert labs like this could lead to biological warfare, right in our own backyards.
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On January 31, SWAT teams and hazmat crews swarmed a Las Vegas home. What they found was shocking: a secret biological lab hidden in a garage, right in the middle of a neighborhood.
The lab was tied to the same Chinese national who was arrested back in 2023 for operating an illegal biolab in Reedley, California. That’s where authorities discovered deadly pathogens—Ebola, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria—and even genetically modified mice.
BlackOps Partners CEO and counterintelligence expert Casey Fleming said these two labs are just the beginning of something much more dangerous. He believes Chinese biowarfare is no longer some far-off threat.
“The one in California was actually in a warehouse area. But this is in a residential home, so it’s less likely to be discovered, but a whole assortment of very, very nasty viruses, very, lethal viruses.”
Fleming believes the Reedley and Las Vegas labs were not uncommon discoveries.
“You have to assume that there are more out there. The intended purpose is to kill Americans and to emanate it from U.S. soil,” he explained.
Fleming is the author of the book, Red Tsunami: The Silent Storm Killing Your Freedom.
He contends that the biolabs here in the U.S. are just one piece of a much larger plan by the CCP.
“27 years ago, the Chinese Communist Party said, we don’t want to go up against the U.S. militarily. We want to do everything but that. So they redefined what war is. We think war is binary, and it involves our military, and that’s not the way we can think anymore. This war is about every man, woman, and child being on the front lines to weaken the United States,” he said.
It’s about unconventional warfare, not just bombs and bullets. Mites, fungi, and even viruses are targeting our crops with the goal to wipe out America’s harvest.
And there’s more. Imagine another pandemic, like Covid-19. But this time, it starts right here in the U.S., not overseas.
“The Chinese Communist Party is actually working on Covid-2 and Covid-3, and other very, very lethal viruses in the Wuhan lab. Now, these are a combination of those that have been stolen from U.S. labs. They’ve been stolen from Canadian labs.”
Stolen pathogens brought into the United States, undetected by the FBI and Homeland Security.
What does Fleming believe must be done to stop it?
“Number one, stop buying Chinese goods and services, period. And stop investing in companies that are doing business in China. You’re only feeding and funding your enemy.”
Fleming contends Americans are ultimately engaged in a spiritual battle.
“If you want to boil it completely down. This is God versus Satan in all of its forms.”
https://www.faithwire.com/2026/02/17/china-biowarfare-lab-found-in-us-neighborhood/
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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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US sends over 50 fighter jets to Middle East in military buildup against Iran - report
The American military buildup comes amid indirect negotiations with Iranian officials, in which "progress was made" on Tuesday in Geneva, a US official told The Post.
By AMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
FEBRUARY 17, 2026 20:11
Updated: FEBRUARY 18, 2026 02:31
The United States military has moved over 50 fighter jets to the Middle East in the last 24 hours as part of its buildup of air and naval assets near Iran, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing a US official.
A host of F-16, F-22, and F-35 jets were observed heading to the Middle East by independent flight trackers.
The American military buildup comes amid indirect negotiations with Iranian officials, focusing on Iran's nuclear program.
US official: Iran to send detailed nuclear proposal in next two weeks
A US official told The Jerusalem Post that progress was made in talks held in Geneva earlier on Tuesday, stressing that many details "still need to be discussed."
The official said Iran relayed that it would make detailed proposals in the next two weeks to close gaps with the US. "The Iranians said they would come back in the next two weeks with detailed proposals to address some of the open gaps in our positions," the official told the Post.
"There were good meetings, but the gaps are still wide. There's still a lot of work to be done to reach an agreement."
The top deck of US Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, with fighter jets, December 1, 2025; illustrative.
US sends massive aircraft carriers to Middle East
Last week, American media outlets reported that the US will send its largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, to bolster its forces in the Middle East ahead of an anticipated clash with Iranian forces.
The USS Gerald R. Ford and its escort ships had previously been deployed in the Caribbean and, according to four anonymous US officials, were informed of their new destination on Thursday.
The USS Abraham Lincoln, as well as other notable air and naval assets, were already deployed to the area in January.
Reuters contributed to this report.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-886998
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Jordan walks a tightrope as internal threats mount
As it restructures its security apparatus to confront mounting regional threats, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has also adopted an increasingly confrontational foreign policy toward Israel. But what begins as incitement often evolves into a domestic threat.
by Shachar Kleiman
Published on 02-18-2026 09:43 Last modified: 02-18-2026 09:43
King Abdullah II has recently issued unusual directives to reorganize Jordan's security agencies in light of a new Middle East reality. At the heart of the plan is a new strategy and roadmap designed to structurally transform the kingdom's armed forces within three years.
The goal, Abdullah has made clear, is to enable the military to address present and future threats, including those posed by technological developments. The aim is to ensure that the Jordanian Armed Forces and other security bodies can operate effectively in "diverse operational environments," including against actors using artificial intelligence, cyberattacks and drones. The move may reflect lessons drawn from the wars in Syria and Yemen, where conventional armies struggled against terrorist organizations.
In recent years, public discourse in Jordan has increasingly focused on threats of terrorist infiltration and the establishment of sleeper cells within the kingdom. This comes alongside ongoing weapons and drug smuggling across Jordan's borders using drones. Despite the collapse of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, which had been the primary force behind the captagon drug trade, criminal networks continue their smuggling attempts.
Moreover, in place of the Assad regime, an Islamist government has emerged that poses a long-term threat to the kingdom. Some of the factions that brought Ahmad al-Sharaa to power are affiliated with terrorist organizations such as al-Qaida and Islamic State. These groups view the Jordanian monarchy as a future target. Authorities in Amman are well aware of this and are acting accordingly, even if publicly they maintain a conciliatory tone toward their new neighbors.
These external threats are compounded by Jordan's large Palestinian population. Many expressed support for Hamas, the terrorist organization, during the war in Gaza and participated in protest events. The demonstrations were encouraged by senior Hamas figures such as Khaled Mashaal, a fact that did not go unnoticed by Jordanian authorities. Support for Hamas, of course, does not begin and end there.
This week, a Jordanian court sentenced three residents of a Palestinian refugee camp north of Amman to 10 years in prison each. They were convicted of attempting to support terrorist organizations in Judea and Samaria. According to reports, they had undergone training in order to cross the border into Judea and Samaria and carry out attacks against Israel Defense Forces troops. Their conviction follows the exposure of a Muslim Brotherhood terror network that had planned to establish a missile and drone array on Jordanian soil. It is reasonable to assume these were not isolated cases.
At the same time, alongside the shift in its security doctrine, Jordan has adopted a confrontational foreign policy toward Israel. In a meeting this week with British parliamentarians, King Abdullah accused Israel of taking "illegal steps aimed at entrenching settlements, imposing sovereignty over lands and undermining de-escalation efforts. These steps risk escalating the conflict." The remarks are part of a broader effort by Jordan and other Arab and Islamic states to apply pressure at the United Nations against Israel's recent decisions regarding Judea and Samaria.
The Jordanian monarch's conduct reflects a broader regional pattern of playing a double game. On the one hand, there is military and technological strengthening to preempt terrorist threats and strict enforcement by the judiciary and law enforcement agencies. It is not inconceivable that beneath the surface, Jordan's various security services are quietly cooperating with their Israeli counterparts on these matters. On the other hand, there is a clear desire to channel domestic political and economic pressures toward Israel.
The problem with the Hashemite royal court's approach, like that of other states in the region, is that it creates a vicious cycle. With one hand, it strikes at terror-supporting movements such as Hamas affiliates and various branches of the Muslim Brotherhood. With the other, it cultivates anti-Israel hostility, one of the primary sources of strength for those same actors. And what begins as incitement against Israel typically evolves into an internal security threat.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/02/18/jordan-walks-a-tightrope-as-internal-threats-mount/
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FLASH: Russia Ready to Use Navy to Protect Ships Carrying Russian Oil
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Russia is ready to use its naval forces to protect its ships from being seized by Western countries.
Moreover, Russia may respond to such actions that have already taken place, with measures against shipping in Europe.
This was stated by Nikolay Patrushev, an aide to President Vladimir Putin.
This comes just one day after France grabbed a vessel allegedly carrying Russian oil, fined the Captain several million dollars and held the ship until the "fine" was paid - but France grabbed the ship in INTERNATIONAL waters! Not French jurisdiction.
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Maryland governor signs bill barring police cooperation agreements with ICE
Maryland's legislation does not prevent local law enforcement from turning over illegal aliens in government custody to ICE, however.
By Ben Whedon Published: February 18, 2026 11:27am Updated: February 18, 2026 11:38am
Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., on Tuesday signed legislation barring local governments and law enforcement from making official agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The legislation does not preclude isolated instances of cooperation, but requires the termination of any formal arrangements by July, WBOC reported.
Moore's signature on the bill comes as Democratic states continue to oppose President Donald Trump's mass deportation efforts, including through sanctuary policies.
Maryland's legislation does not prevent local law enforcement from turning over illegal aliens in government custody to ICE, however.
The Trump administration, for its part, has sought voluntary cooperation from state agencies in its enforcement efforts, though the refusal of some states has led to tensions, especially in Minnesota.
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Poland Prime Minister Tells Polish Citizens in Iran "Evacuate Immediately"
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Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland, has publicly warned any Polish Citizens inside Iran to "Leave Immediately. Within a few hours, there may be no more possibility to evacuate."
Observers are telling me: "Poland urging immediate evacuation from Iran with a few hours warning means they have intelligence about imminent strikes. This isn’t precautionary anymore; this is get out now before airspace closes. Honestly serious escalation."
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De-Dollarization Has Begun! Banks Are Running Out Of Cash As Dollar Gets Dumped Worldwide
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Something massive is happening in the global financial system right now, and most people aren't paying attention. The US dollar is quietly losing its strength, gold just surpassed $5,000 an ounce, silver broke through $100, and central banks around the world are making unprecedented moves to distance themselves from fiat currencies. In this video, we break down what's really going on, why experts and everyday Americans alike are sounding the alarm, and what this could mean for your savings, your purchasing power, and your financial future.
We look at real conversations people are having right now about the state of the dollar, the rise of hard assets, and the growing push toward digital currencies and stable coins. From the GENIUS Act to central bank digital currencies, the financial landscape is shifting faster than most of us realize. Whether these changes are part of a natural economic cycle or something more intentional, the signs are becoming impossible to ignore.
We also explore how inflation is quietly eroding the purchasing power of everyday Americans. The government says inflation is under control, but anyone who's filled up their gas tank, bought groceries, or tried to rent an apartment knows that the numbers don't match the reality. Shrinkflation, tipflation, rising insurance premiums, it all adds up. And for millions of families, making ends meet has never been harder, even when they're earning more than they ever have before.
On a global scale, countries are actively moving away from the US dollar as their reserve currency. Capital is flowing out of dollar-denominated assets and into foreign markets, gold, silver, and alternative investments. When entire nations start making these kinds of moves, it tells a story that's hard to dismiss. The dollar's dominance is being challenged in ways we haven't seen in decades.
We also take a closer look at what's happening with banks. From major institutions facing scrutiny over fake accounts and frozen funds to the simple reality that most banks don't actually hold your cash on hand, there are real concerns about where your money is and how safe it truly is. For many people, these revelations are a wake-up call to start thinking differently about how they store and protect their wealth.
This video isn't financial advice, it's a conversation. It's about looking at the bigger picture, asking the right questions, and making sure we're all informed enough to make smart decisions for ourselves and our families during a time of real economic uncertainty.
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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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Hillary Clinton Insists Christian Men Are Damaging The Path Forward For America
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February 19, 2026
Earlier this week, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said out loud what many socially conservative Christian believers have long suspected radical factions of culture contend to be fact: White, Christian, heterosexual men are the cause of all kinds of problems, and maybe even behind the collapse of Western Civilization itself.
Speaking on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Mrs. Clinton stated: “We haven’t gotten to the more perfect union, and we fought a civil war over part of it. And people have been protesting, you know, for hundreds of years that, you know, things were not as they should be, given our ideals and how we should be moving toward them. So I think that’s what makes us so special as a country.”
Then came the kill shot: “And the idea that you could turn the clock back and try to recreate a world that never was, dominated by, you know, let’s say it, white men of a certain persuasion, a certain religion, a certain point of view, a certain ideology, is just doing such damage to what we should be aiming for. And we were on the path toward that, I mean, imperfectly, lots of, you know, bumps along the way.”
Mrs. Clinton’s claim that conservatives are trying to go back to a time that didn’t exist belies a fundamental fact: In most cases, it’s the radicals who are trying to jump ahead and reimagine a world that never was.
Since the beginning of time, it’s been established there are two genders — male and female. Suggesting that one’s biological sex at birth is malleable is pure lunacy. There is no such thing as a “trans” anybody. It’s made up. It’s make-believe. It’s rooted in mental illness.
The sexual revolution that strived to separate sex from marriage has wreaked unspeakable harm and wrecked countless lives and families.
Redefining the family is a radical act that seeks to shake upside down and inside out multi-millennia-old norms. Commodifying children via surrogacy and reckless fertility treatments is something that’s never been done before, and not simply because the technology to do so hasn’t previously existed.
Regardless of political ideology, it’s long been understood that children thrive in a family with a married mother and father. In fact, it’s been a given for thousands of years that no child should be deliberately deprived of having one of both. It’s been common sense. Until now. It’s now increasingly uncommon for the radical revolutionaries to put the interests of children in front of their own selfish lusts and desires.
Hillary Clinton’s broad swipe attack on biblical Christianity is curious in its lack of specificity. We’re left to speculate on what she meant, but she presumably doesn’t approve of the way many of us have sought to see the world through the truths of scripture: the sanctity of life, the exclusivity of one-man, one-woman marriage, two genders, etc.
But if not for Scripture’s teachings, the world would be in far worse shape than it currently is. Christianity has brought enormous advances in education, medicine, human rights, science, the arts, and numerous other areas. Christian philanthropy has eased suffering and served countless people through the ages. It has been a bright light in an otherwise darkening world.
One of the great ironies surrounding attacks on America’s Judeo-Christian heritage is that the people attacking it almost all have their platforms because of it.
Yet, Hillary Clinton is right about this one thing: Biblical Christianity is doing damage to the radical ideas that comprise the agenda of those who seek to upend the teachings of God’s timeless Word — and that is a very good thing.
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Grinding The American Middle Class To Dust
by Tyler Durden
Authored...
Authored by MN Gordon via EconomicPrism.com,
The housing market, for much of the 20th century, was the bedrock of the American Dream. Home ownership, and the financial stability it represents, was a sure path to middle-class prosperity.
That dream turned to a nightmare for many American families during the epic real estate bubble and subsequent bust in 2008-09. What’s more, in the near two decades that followed, federal monetary policies coupled with restrictive local development standards have huffed and puffed an even more perilous bubble than the last one.
Now the crumbling façade of American real estate and the associated economic squeeze has become too great to ignore. To understand why the real estate market is falling apart, you must look at who’s expected to buy the houses. The arithmetic simply doesn’t work.
We’ve reached the point where discretionary income, the money left over after you’ve paid for basic needs, has effectively vanished for much of the population. When 67 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, saving for a down payment is impossible.
Currently, about 72 percent of Americans are struggling to pay their monthly bills. We aren’t talking about luxury vacations or even unexpected medical expenses. We’re talking about keeping the lights on and the fridge full. When the buffer is gone, the entire economic engine stalls.
The lack of affordable housing has created a generational rift. Young workers find themselves trapped in a permanent renter class. They’re unable to build the equity that once anchored the nation’s middle class.
Right now, more than 75 percent of homes across the country are unaffordable for the typical household. Most Americans are effectively priced out of the housing market. And this number is climbing.
The Mortgage Death Trap
The ladder of social mobility has been pulled up. Millions of Americans have been left behind. Shelter is no longer a basic path to financial stability, but an unreachable speculative asset.
What we are seeing is the rent servitude of a generation. If you can’t buy, you rent. If you rent, you can’t save to buy. It’s a closed loop that keeps equity in the hands of the few while the middle class are stuck paying for a roof they will never own.
The modern American household also operates in a fragile state. Most families require two incomes just to keep the mortgage current. This dual-income trap means there is zero margin for an unexpected job loss.
If even one spouse loses their job, which is becoming a looming threat as the labor market adjusts to the realities of AI, the house quickly turns from a burden to a liability. The timeline from missed paycheck to foreclosure notice is shorter than most people realize.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor market is strong. But the reality on the ground tells a different story. We are staring down a year where millions of jobs are projected to vanish.
Automation and AI are displacing white-collar jobs that used to be safe. There have been massive layoffs in technology, finance, and manufacturing. In previous downturns, there were usually sectors that could absorb the displaced. Today, every sector, except low-cost elder care jobs, is contracting simultaneously.
When the jobs go, the houses follow. A bank doesn’t care about your years of loyal service. When the 30-day clock on a missed payment starts ticking that’s all that matters.
Engineered Collapse
Despite what the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics says, there’s mounting evidence that this isn’t just a run of the mill economic cycle. When you look at the speed of the decline and the specific targeting of the middle class, it appears to be something else entirely.
The middle class, specifically the segment that has historically held the most private property, is under attack. By squeezing the life out of the housing market, wealth is being funneled upward. When families lose their homes to foreclosure, they don’t just lose a roof, they lose their primary vehicle for intergenerational wealth.
The result is a civilization of serfs. We’re rapidly transitioning to a rentership society. If you don’t own property, you don’t have a stake in the future. You’re left out in the cold.
In 2008, the crash was about bad paper and subprime loans. Today, the crisis is about affordability and insolvency. House price inflation in the face of stagnating wages has become too much to overcome.
Moreover, as houses are lost en masse to the banks they aren’t being foreclosed on and put back on the market at a lower price. They’re being sold in bulk to hedge funds, who promptly jack up the rents. What this means is your neighborhood could soon be owned by a corporation that doesn’t have a face, let alone a soul.
The real estate market isn’t just cooling off. It’s being hollowed out. Between the loss of discretionary income, the instability of the job market, and the sheer impossibility of the two-income mortgage, the American middle class is standing on a trap door.
Yet the collapse isn’t coming. It has already begun. The question isn’t whether the market will survive, but who will be left owning anything when the dust settles.
Grinding the American Middle Class to Dust
For decades, the home was a forced savings account that allowed a mechanic or a teacher to retire with dignity. Today, that vehicle has been hijacked by institutional capital.
As the supply of affordable homes dwindles, we see the rise of the build-to-rent trend. This is where entire subdivisions are constructed not for families to buy, but for corporations to lease back to them in perpetuity.
This shift marks the transition from a stakeholder society to a subscription society consistent with the WEF diktat of, “you will own nothing and be happy.” Housing, the most basic of human needs, has become a subscription service.
Thus, the ability to accumulate private wealth through long-term home ownership has disappeared. As a renter, you are no longer building equity and wealth, you are funding a hedge fund’s quarterly dividends.
This exploitive model ensures that the fruits of one’s labor are siphoned away from the community and into the coffers of distant shareholders. As a result, the working class are left with nothing but receipts and a sense of perpetual instability. The economic ladder has been replaced by a treadmill to nowhere.
In addition, a society of renters is a society of transients that lack the long-term community ties that homeownership once encouraged. As the trap door swings open, the fall both destroys people’s finances and shatters the very concept of the neighborhood.
Community engagement and local pride disappear when the residents of a street have no permanent stake in its future. Vibrant towns turn into anonymous places for an increasingly displaced workforce. No one makes eye contact. No one cracks jokes. No one helps their elderly neighbor bring in the groceries.
The doors are closing on the era of American middle-class independence. The dream of home ownership is being replaced by the reality of permanent debt, and the bedrock of the American middle class is ground into dust.
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/grinding-american-middle-class-dust
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Doug Casey on Venezuela, Oil, and America’s Bid to Push China Out of Its Backyard
Via International Man
International Man: President Trump justified the operation and capture of Nicolas Maduro by saying it was because of drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
What is the real objective of the US involvement in Venezuela?
Doug Casey: The lies that the US government has put out regarding Venezuela are shameful. The amount of drug trafficking done in and from Venezuela is trivial. But the killing of at least 80 people on the high seas with no proof of wrongdoing is very serious. We may never know what the real truth is, but drugs have little or nothing to do with it.
It may be Venezuela’s oil resources. Note that I said “resources”, not “reserves.” These are well-defined technical terms in the mining and oil businesses. A “resource” simply means that a mineral exists. That’s very different from a “reserve”, which is a resource that can be economically recovered at existing prices with existing technology.
The 300 billion barrels of oil that’s always mentioned in the press materialized out of thin air after oil briefly hit $140 a barrel in 2008. The Venezuelans arbitrarily raised their reserves to 300 billion barrels based on politics, not geology. And everyone has slavishly and stupidly repeated that number ever since. What we know for sure is that under the socialist Chavez and Maduro regimes oil production has dropped from 3 million BPD to under 1 million BPD. That’s because most competent oil men have left the country over the last 30 years, there’s been minimal maintenance of old facilities, and no new investment. The regime has used all the cash flow to stay in power.
Reserves are probably about 30 billion barrels right now—10% of the touted number. Paradoxically, resources may have gone up to a trillion as technology has enhanced discovery and recovery. But who knows? It’s pure guesswork. The bottom line is that there’s little economic oil in Venezuela at the moment. And their one million BPD is a rounding error on world production of about 82 MBPD.
Trump being who he is, perhaps it comes down to his having no personal relationship with Maduro and finding him annoying. But I’ve got to say it was clever to just kidnap Maduro, avoiding a messy invasion. Maduro was a slimy criminal, and good riddance. The criminals who remain in power, led by the ex-VP Delcy Rodriguez, will probably do as they’re told, if they know what’s good for them. And it acts as an example to other governments—bend the knee to The Donald, or you could be next.
Of course, what the US is doing with Venezuela is nothing new in world history, and is relatively mellow. Going back to the days of the Peloponnesian War, Athens insisted that the island of Melos join their Delian League in the war against Sparta. Melos said that it wanted to be neutral. Athens gave the Melians an ultimatum, and the Melians didn’t comply. Whereupon Athens—the original enlightened “city on a hill”—attacked, killing or enslaving the entire population.
Thucydides said: “The strong do as they will, and the weak endure what they must.” It’s been true throughout history, and it’s true today. Trump knows nothing about history, but he’s got the street instincts of a bully—which can work. For a while…
International Man: What do you make of the US interest in Venezuela’s oil? Is it about controlling a strategic asset or denying leverage to rivals like China?
Doug Casey: While Venezuela has a lot of hydrocarbons, what’s not very well-known is that their oil is sour (it has lots of deleterious sulfur content) and heavy (it’s very viscous, verging towards tar). That means it’s extra expensive to produce and refine.
To capitalize on Venezuelan oil, especially after 30 years of non-investment and mismanagement, it will take scores of billions to renovate and improve the antiquated Venezuelan plant. But what company will—willingly—make that kind of investment in a notably unstable country, when they’re barely making money on light sweet oil right in the US?
As the chairman of Exxon told Trump—which greatly annoyed Trump—Venezuela is “uninvestible” because it’s so unstable. There’s no way of telling when stability will return to Venezuela. I’ve been there three or four times over the years, and can only say I have no desire to look for a “crisis investing” opportunity. I say that for a half-dozen reasons that we can discuss at some future date.
Maybe Trump wants to “run” Venezuela because he thinks increasing its production will keep energy prices low. Maybe—in 20 or 30 years. But by then, the whole world will be radically different. In the meantime, almost all of Venezuela’s production goes to China. A million BPD of low-grade oil from the other side of the world isn’t that important to China, but I’m sure they’d like a return on—or of—the $80 billion they’re said to have invested there.
Venezuelan oil is unimportant to the US or to American oil companies. And the Venezuelan drug trade is a fabrication. I think Trump invaded mainly to show everybody “Who’s their Daddy”. Yeah, that’s the ticket… It’s always worked really well for the US in the past.
International Man: Do you see US actions in Venezuela as part of a broader pivot to reassert dominance over the Americas, effectively treating the Western Hemisphere as a strategic fortress in an increasingly multipolar world?
Doug Casey: It’s funny. Though the US is only 4% of the world’s population, its fiat currency is failing, its government is bankrupt, and it’s been de-industrializing for decades, it thinks it can control not just the hemisphere, but the entire planet. I suppose that’s why Trump insists on increasing the War Department’s budget by 50%, to $1.5 trillion…
But what do the Central and South Americans think about being considered part of the US empire and under our direct control? I believe they’d prefer to work with China. The Chinese present absolutely no direct threat to Latin America, but the US does. Furthermore, the Latinos have always resented the US sending in the Marines or the CIA to bully them on numerous occasions.
They resent being made part of the Greater American Empire, especially if they’re denied full access to cheap Chinese goods, which is clearly part of what passes for 4D chess in Trump’s increasingly megalomaniacal mind. So, although the US might want to make Venezuela part of our rickety empire, I doubt that the Venezuelans, or any other Latin American country, feel the same way.
The kidnapping of Maduro, just like the similar invasion of Panama and the kidnapping of Noriega in 1989, or Grenada in 1983, inclines them to be more friendly to the Chinese than the US. There’s very little that they can buy from the US that the Chinese can’t provide much more cheaply, and with less risk.
International Man: How much of Washington’s Venezuela policy is really about China’s growing economic and political footprint in Latin America, and do you think the US is late or desperate in responding to that shift?
Doug Casey: Quite a bit of it, actually. The US government wants to damage China, both in its own backyard by intervening with Taiwan, and by keeping China out of the Westeremisphere.
I’m afraid that we’re going to fail in that regard because, looking at it from the Latin American point of view, China is non-threatening militarily, economically, or culturally. It’s a huge source of capital and provides very favorable trade benefits. None of this is true with the US anymore.
International Man: If the US succeeds in tightening control over Venezuela and the region more broadly, what are the long-term consequences, both economically and politically, for Americans and for Latin American nations themselves?
Doug Casey: Trying to hold Latin America in a vice grip under the so-called Donroe Doctrine is a bad idea. It will wind up costing the US billions to “defend Latin America,” the way NATO—which should have been disbanded with the fall of the USSR in 1991—has cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars to “defend” Europe.
The Latin Americans will resent the US trying to keep other countries out, in the same way that Americans resented the British keeping other countries from trading with the US colonies before the Revolution. That was one of the major causes of the American Revolution.
Coercing or bribing Latin governments to do Washington’s bidding will cost the US scores of billions it doesn’t have. It’s especially unwise at a time when the Red people and the Blue people in the US are on the cusp of something like a civil war.
Trying to “run” Venezuela is a bad idea from every point of view. Especially while the US government is engaged in similar misadventures in a half-dozen other places in the world.
Editor’s Note: When Washington doubles down on failed policies, it never retreats quietly—it escalates, distorts markets, and ultimately reaches for control.
The same reckless logic that turns prohibition into carnage and farce is now embedded in fiscal, monetary, and geopolitical policy, with consequences that extend directly to your savings, mobility, and financial independence.
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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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Fears of WWIII after America's adversary fires multiple nuclear-capable missiles
REVEALED: The five countries quietly stockpiling nukes amid fears of WWIII
By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR
Published: 16:12 EST, 28 January 2026 | Updated: 16:49 EST, 28 January 2026
North Korea has launched a pair of ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, sparking renewed fears of a widespread nuclear conflict in Asia.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff revealed that the short-range missiles were fired from a site near North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, at 3.50pm local time (1.50am ET).
Each of the missiles flew for approximately 217 miles before landing in the sea without further incident. No injuries or damages have been reported by North Korea's neighbors.
The launch reportedly tested the totalitarian dictatorship's KN-25 short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs), which have an estimated range of 250 miles and could potentially strike targets within South Korea, a US ally.
North Korea has claimed that this type of short-range rocket is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, and US scientists believe it could be powerful enough to deliver widespread destruction in large cities for several miles.
The US government has already responded to the launch, revealing that they are monitoring the situation along with their allies in South Korea and Japan, although no troops have been moved in retaliation to the test.
America and North Korea have been enemies since the Korean War ended in 1953, when US forces fought against both North Korean and Chinese troops in defense of South Korea. Thousands of troops are still stationed along the border of the two nations.
If North Korea were to launch a real nuclear strike against the US or its allies in the region, it could trigger World War III as treaties of mutual defense would threaten to drag in more countries on both sides, including China and possibly all the nations of NATO.
US Forces Korea (USFK), the American military command stationed in South Korea to help defend the country against threats, confirmed the launch took place and added that they were consulting with their allies in the region regarding a response.
'Based on current assessments, this event does not pose an immediate threat to US personnel or territory, or to our allies,' USFK said in a statement.
Despite the military believing there is no urgent threat at this time, the test launch occurred right away, a speech by a key Pentagon official in South Korea, who was discussing the need to contain North Korea's greatest ally - China.
On Monday, US Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby delivered a speech in Seoul on the importance of the two nations working together as strong partners to keep China from dominating the region.
China, which the Pentagon recently revealed was readying its intercontinental ballistic missiles, has been a formal ally of North Korea for over six decades.
North Korea is also the only country with which nuclear-armed China has a mutual defense treaty, an agreement that has been in effect since 1961.
The Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty requires North Korea and China to intervene militarily if one of the communist countries is attacked.
However, the agreement does not require China to join in a war against North Korea's neighbors if Kim Jong-Un's regime were to attack first.
Since Kim assumed power in 2011, North Korea has continued to conduct random missile tests and artillery firings, unnerving both South Korea and Japan.
US ally Japan added that the missiles landed just outside its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which extends roughly 230 miles from Japan's coast and is an area where Japanese citizens can fish, mine for resources, and conduct research.
Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kei Sato said: 'North Korea's nuclear and missile development, including the recent ballistic missile launch, constitutes a threat to the peace and security of our country and of the international community and is absolutely unacceptable.'
Researchers from the Federation of American Scientists released a threat assessment of North Korea's nuclear program in 2024, warning that the nation was actively modernizing and expanding its nuclear arsenal, including developing smaller tactical weapons and more advanced missiles.
The scientists estimated North Korea had produced enough plutonium and enriched uranium to build up to 90 nuclear warheads.
However, they believed the country had only built around 50 nuclear warheads, with the potential to make about a dozen more by 2026.
Most of these warheads were believed to be simple fission-type bombs with the explosive power equivalent to 10 to 20 kilotons of TNT, similar to the bombs dropped by the US on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in World War II.
The shortest-range nuclear-capable missiles have been estimated to be capable of traveling 186 to 311 miles, allowing them to hit targets in South Korea, such as US military bases or Seoul.
The longest-range missiles, such as the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, have an estimated range of more than 8,000 miles, putting cities like New York or Washington, DC, within potential striking distance.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15506513/WWIII-US-adversary-fires-nuclear
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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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US Collapse Will Now Accelerate As Dollar Begins Historic Plunge
January 28, 2026
January 28 (King World News) – Gregory Mannarino, writing for the Trends Journal: Nearly a decade ago I wrote something most people couldn’t even look at, let alone fully grasp, (below).
“The world’s central banks are responsible for creating a market for their product, currency backed by nothing, by fostering a population boom and consumers dependent on their product.”
Central banks engineer dependency on their debt-based fiat system. FULL-STOP.
This mechanism creates a SLAVE, DEPENDENCY SYSTEM… completely reliant on INFINITE DEBT EXPANSION.
RIGHT NOW TODAY, The United States has crossed the line from “debt user” to STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL debt HYPER-dependency.
Result? Stock market levitation, a wealth transfer effect (Cantillion)- CLICK HERE, and an economy, A PEOPLE, hollowed-out.
KEY POINT. Accelerated Currency debasement. And when debasement hits a tipping point, AND WE ARE THERE NOW, then the next phase arrives.
THE RESOURCE REPRICE/CURRENCY COLLAPSE.
Resources reprice, not because “resources changed,” but because the ***measuring stick has collapsed, (***the currency).
So what looks like “inflation” is actually the currency failing/collapsing, and supply chains fragmenting.
Major Fallout.
KEY POINT. Food costs hit first, energy costs then follow, and shelter becomes a political flashpoint, (as in “the government now buying Fed run-off of MBS on Trump’s order), and social unrest becomes geographic… meaning it expands.
THE DANGER ZONE.
This is the point when people surrender their freedoms and liberties for some kind of “stability.” CONTROL… Not because the people want control, but because they want relief.
EXPECT A RAPID SHIFT INTO A POLICE STATE.
Now here’s where the Human Bubble meets the next phase…
When purchasing power falls far enough, stability WILL break. “Governments” and politicians will say…………………………… “We need order.” Order=Control. The Current Pathway America has been put on…
MAJOR KEY POINT. The progression here then becomes this…
Debt dependence,
Currency Debasement,
Increasing Resource stress,
Broad Based Social Unrest,
Government Crackdown… freedom then becomes permissioned.
That’s the Police-State Drift.
The Market and Economic Fallout.
This IS mechanism… Debt dependence, Currency Debasement, Increasing Resource stress, Broad Based Social Unrest, Government Crackdown…
MAJOR KEY POINT. Freedom then becomes permissioned via COMPLIANCE… And that is NOT freedom. Moreover, this has even broader implications.
MARKETS AND THE ECONOMY… they don’t trade opinions. They trade consequences.
MAJOR KEY POINT. When interior enforcement (A POLICE STATE) develops, and cities/people push back, it hits the economy AS FOLLOWS.
Labor supply shocks in specific sectors (food, construction, hospitality, logistics)
Cost-push inflation rises… (the cost to produce goods and services rises due to higher raw material, labor, energy prices, or supply chain issues).
Demand drag (fear effects, mobility slowdown, people pull back on spending).
Risk premium jumps (unrest, disruption, capex (business investment) slows further)
Final Thoughts.
The Human Bubble was built by debt expansion.
The debt expansion now requires further intervention.
The intervention requires currency debasement.
The currency debasement triggers resource stress.
Resource stress triggers unrest.
And unrest triggers the pivot to a Police-State.
Control.
MAJOR FINAL THOUGHT………………. Expect this Police-State Drift to invade every state in the union rapidly, and be sold to an unknowing, desperate, numbed, and shell-shocked public via every deceptive tactic in the political arsenal.
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etc.. Throughout the world right now peace is fastly disappearing, wars are rising up, trouble on the right hand, trouble on the left hand, etc..
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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 Gives Iran A Deadline For War That Roughly Corresponds With The End Of Ramadan
February 12, 2026
President Trump has just said that Iran will have about a “month” to make a deal. If you look at the calendar, about a month from now we will be very close to the end of Ramadan. I think that President Trump is hoping that the military preparations that the U.S. is making in the Middle East will convince Iran to make significant concessions. But the Iranians have repeatedly told us that they must be allowed to continue to enrich uranium and that there will be absolutely no negotiations regarding their ballistic missile program or their support for proxies in the region. So there is no way that a deal is going to happen. In the end, either President Trump will pull the trigger or the Israelis will go in alone.
Either way, it appears that a final showdown with Iran is coming.
With each passing day, we get closer to the fateful moment when the missiles will start flying.
We are being told that the U.S. buildup that we are witnessing in the Middle East right now is “unprecedented in scale”…
The pace of the US Air Force’s buildup of its air force in preparation for a strike on Iran continues to be unprecedented in scale.
At least five KC-135R/T tanker aircraft took off from RAF Mildenhall, en route to southern Europe. They were deployed to support a flight of six F-35A Lightning II fighters belonging to “The Green Mountain Boys” squadron (158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard). The aircraft are being deployed from Lakenheath Air Base in the UK to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.
According to air traffic monitoring data, the flow of military transport aircraft also remains high and covers several directions at once.
We have never seen anything quite like this before.
On top of everything else, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that another aircraft carrier strike group has been ordered to get ready to go to the Middle East…
The Pentagon has told a second aircraft carrier strike group to prepare to deploy to the Middle East as the U.S. military readies for a potential attack on Iran, according to three U.S. officials.
President Trump said Tuesday that he was weighing sending a second carrier to the Middle East to prepare for military action if negotiations with Iran failed. The order to deploy could be issued in a matter of hours, one of the officials said.
Adding another carrier to the mix will definitely raise tensions in the region.
According to the Journal, the most likely carrier to be deployed is the USS George H.W. Bush…
One of the officials said the Pentagon was readying a carrier to deploy in two weeks, likely from the U.S. East Coast. The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush is completing a series of training exercises off the coast of Virginia, and it could potentially expedite those exercises, officials say.
The warship can launch and recover strike, electronic attack and reconnaissance aircraft. That includes carrier versions of the F-35 Lighting stealth fighter, according to a Navy official. The Wall Street Journal has previously reported any military strike inside Iran would likely use stealth aircraft, such as F-35 or F-22 Raptor jet fighters and B-2 Spirit bombers.
It is my belief that President Trump would prefer to avoid a shooting war with Iran.
After holding a three hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, Trump stated that during the meeting he “insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a Deal can be consummated”…
I have just finished meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu, of Israel, and various of his Representatives. It was a very good meeting, the tremendous relationship between our two Countries continues. There was nothing definitive reached other than I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a Deal can be consummated. If it can, I let the Prime Minister know that will be a preference. If it cannot, we will just have to see what the outcome will be. Last time Iran decided that they were better off not making a Deal, and they were hit with Midnight Hammer — That did not work well for them. Hopefully this time they will be more reasonable and responsible. Additionally, we discussed the tremendous progress being made in Gaza, and the Region in general. There is truly PEACE in the Middle East. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
It would be wonderful if a deal could be made.
But the Iranians are absolutely determined to continue enriching uranium, and they won’t even talk about their ballistic missile program…
Iran has signaled it could limit its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief, but has rejected the other demands, and that missiles would be a red line.
“No one can make the slightest encroachment on our missiles,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday, according to Iranian media, “our missiles are not a subject of negotiation and will not be.”
That won’t fly with the Israelis.
Following his meeting with Trump, Netanyahu once again reaffirmed that any agreement with the Iranians must include limitations on Iran’s ballistic missile program…
“I do not hide my general skepticism about the possibility of reaching any agreement with Iran. However, I made it clear that if an agreement is reached, it must include the important omponents for us, for the State of Israel, and in my opinion also for the entire international community: not only the nuclear issue, but also the ballistic missiles and the Iranian proxies in the region.”
The Israelis have already made it very clear that they are prepared to attack Iran alone if necessary.
So there will be war no matter what Trump ultimately decides to do.
For now, Trump says that he is giving the Iranians a “month” to make a deal…
President Trump said Thursday that Iran would face a “very traumatic” moment if it doesn’t make a deal with the US “over the next month.”
“We have to make a deal, otherwise it’s going to be very traumatic, very traumatic,” Trump told reporters at the White House — one day after he met privately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Asked about his timeline for an agreement to be reached, Trump said: “I guess over the next month.”
“Phase two will be very tough for them,” he added. “I’m not looking for that.”
Why is Trump giving Iran a month?
Well, I think that he realizes that attacking Iran during the month of Ramadan would be deeply offensive to Muslims all over the world.
In just a few days, approximately a quarter of the entire population of the globe will begin celebrating Ramadan…
More than 2 billion Muslims worldwide will soon begin observing Ramadan with the sighting of the waxing crescent moon.
During Ramadan, which begins in mid-February in 2026, Muslims focus on God-consciousness, self-reflection, and self-improvement as they fast, abstaining from food and water between sunrise and sunset.
This year, the first night of Ramadan is expected to start on the evening of February 17th…
According to Islamic Relief, the first night of Ramadan in 2026 is expected to happen on Tuesday evening, Feb. 17. As of Feb. 11, the start of Ramadan is approximately 6 days away. The holy month will last 29–30 days, until the sighting of the next waxing crescent moon.
The end of Ramadan will fall some time in the middle of March.
That roughly corresponds with the deadline that Trump has just given to Iran.
Interestingly, next month there will be a blood moon eclipse on Purim for the third year in a row too.
Will next month be the time when the Middle East erupts in flames, or will we get another reprieve?
The clock is ticking, and a global nightmare of epic proportions is right at the door.
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Pastor Jailed, Bound, and Exiled for Refusing Catholic Ritual in Mexico
By Tré Goins-Phillips
January 28, 2026
A Protestant pastor in Mexico was detained and ultimately exiled by his uncle from his community in the state of Oaxaca after refusing to kneel and pray to a Roman Catholic saint during a local festival in mid-January.
Last year, Mariano Velásquez Martínez, pastor of the 25-member Iglesia Camino Nuevo y Vivo, was assigned the role of mayordomo, the person tasked with organizing and facilitating religious rites in a community. The role is traditionally held by adherents to Roman Catholicism, the predominant religion in Mexico.
According to the U.K.-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), Martínez begrudgingly agreed to take on the role with the understanding he would only be required to provide candles and flowers. However, on Jan. 15, he was reportedly ordered to light candles and then kneel before an image of St. James the Apostle.
The evangelical pastor refused to do so on religious grounds, explaining it would violate his Protestant beliefs, which led another mayordomo to report Martínez to local authorities, who jailed the preacher — a native of Oaxaca — for five days.
After his detention, Martínez was bound with rope and taken before an assembly of roughly 180 men — including his uncle and his cousin — where he was forced to sign a vaguely worded document confirming his expulsion from the community. The pastor was not given a copy of the paper and fears it could be used in the future to suggest he left the community of Santiago Malacatepec voluntarily.
Martínez, his wife, and their 3-month-old baby have since fled the area and are living with relatives in Oaxaca City.
Pablo Vargas, CSW country director for Mexico, told CBN News this case is part of a “culture” and “pattern” in Mexico of religious persecution against evangelical Christians.
“Some persons, they decide to not follow the majority religion, and they suffer the consequences,” he explained. “For the community, it’s more important, the uniformity, than actually the practical right for the persons to believe [as they choose].”
Vargas asserted that, even if Martínez seeks legal recourse, it would not be safe for him and his family to return to Santiago Malacatepec. In fact, in cases like this, he said, the vast majority of those who face persecution never return home because local outrage against them makes living there too perilous.
“His life is gonna be at risk,” he said.
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A Simulated Russian Incursion Tests NATO - And It Fails Quickly
By PNW Staff February 09, 2026
Europe likes to speak the language of resolve. Leaders invoke unity, deterrence, and "never again." Yet a recent wargame conducted in Germany cuts through the rhetoric with uncomfortable clarity: Europe may be preparing for war with Russia--but it is nowhere near ready to fight one on its own.
The exercise, organized by Die Welt in cooperation with the German Wargaming Center at Helmut Schmidt University, simulated a Russian incursion into Lithuania in October 2026. What unfolded was not a massive armored thrust or a dramatic blitzkrieg. Instead, it was something far more unsettling: a limited, plausibly deniable operation that exploited hesitation, political division, and the absence of decisive American leadership. Within days, NATO's credibility collapsed in the game, and Russia achieved strategic dominance in the Baltics with a surprisingly small force.
That outcome should alarm every European capital.
What the Wargame Actually Revealed
The scenario hinged on Kaliningrad, Russia's heavily militarized exclave wedged between Poland and Lithuania. Using the pretext of a fabricated humanitarian crisis, Moscow launched a "limited" intervention to seize Marijampole, a Lithuanian city of just 35,000 people--but one that sits astride a critical highway junction connecting the Baltic states to the rest of NATO.
The brilliance, from Russia's perspective, was not military might but narrative control. The incursion was framed as humanitarian, muddying the waters just enough for Washington--under a disengaged or skeptical U.S. administration--to decline invoking NATO's Article 5. Germany hesitated. Poland mobilized but stopped short of crossing the border. Even German troops already deployed in Lithuania were neutralized without a firefight, their movement blocked by drone-laid mines.
The lesson was brutal: deterrence failed not because NATO lacked soldiers or tanks, but because Russia correctly judged that Europe would argue while territory was taken.
As one participant who role-played Russia's top general put it, the outcome hinged on belief. Moscow believed Germany would hesitate--and that belief proved enough to win.
The Baltic Weak Point
The wargame exposed a geographic truth Europe has long known but preferred not to dwell on. Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are connected to the rest of NATO by a narrow and vulnerable land corridor. A single strategic highway--the Via Baltica--carries not only military reinforcements but the economic lifeblood of the region.
Control that chokepoint, even temporarily, and the Baltics are isolated.
In the exercise, Russia achieved this with roughly 15,000 troops--hardly an overwhelming force. The rest was accomplished through hybrid tactics: information warfare, humanitarian pretexts, cyber pressure, and the calculated exploitation of NATO's internal decision-making process. The alliance, designed to deter clear-cut aggression, struggled when faced with something deliberately ambiguous. That ambiguity is not accidental. It is doctrine.
Why "Time" Is the Most Dangerous Illusion
For years, European planners operated under the assumption that Russia would not be capable of threatening NATO territory until closer to 2029. That timeline is now rapidly eroding. Russia has reoriented its economy toward war, expanded arms production, and continues to recruit tens of thousands of troops each month despite heavy losses in Ukraine.
More importantly, Russia may not need to "win" a war to achieve its goals. It only needs to prove that NATO cannot respond decisively and quickly.
A limited incursion, framed as humanitarian, designed to test Article 5 rather than trigger it, could fracture the alliance politically even if it fails militarily. The wargame suggests such a move could succeed precisely because European leaders are conditioned to de-escalate first and decide later.
That instinct--so deeply embedded after decades of peace--may now be Europe's greatest vulnerability.
Europe's Dependence on America
At the heart of the scenario lies an uncomfortable truth: Europe's security architecture still rests on American will.
European nations collectively dwarf Russia in population and economic power. On paper, they should be able to defend themselves. In practice, they remain dependent on U.S. leadership for intelligence fusion, rapid decision-making, strategic lift, missile defense, and--crucially--political clarity.
The wargame made clear what many European officials privately fear: absent strong and immediate U.S. backing, Europe struggles to act as a single strategic actor. Decisions slow. Red lines blur. Russia advances not because it is unstoppable, but because Europe is uncertain.
This dependence becomes even more precarious in an era of strained transatlantic relations. Disputes over Ukraine, trade, and broader strategic priorities have already raised doubts in European capitals about Washington's reliability. Moscow is watching closely--and learning.
The Bigger Picture
Russia does not need to conquer Europe. It only needs to demonstrate that borders can be changed, alliances paralyzed, and commitments questioned. A small city. A single highway. A few days of hesitation.
That is the scale of the risk revealed by this wargame.
Europe is spending more on defense. It is training more troops. But readiness is not just hardware--it is mindset. It is the willingness to act quickly, decisively, and collectively, even when the facts are deliberately obscured and the narrative is contested.
Until Europe can do that without waiting for Washington to lead, its vulnerability will remain. And Russia, opportunistic and patient, will continue to probe for the moment when hesitation becomes opportunity.
The wargame was fictional. The warning is not.
Why "Time" Is the Most Dangerous Illusion
For years, European planners operated under the assumption that Russia would not be capable of threatening NATO territory until closer to 2029. That timeline is now rapidly eroding. Russia has reoriented its economy toward war, expanded arms production, and continues to recruit tens of thousands of troops each month despite heavy losses in Ukraine.
More importantly, Russia may not need to "win" a war to achieve its goals. It only needs to prove that NATO cannot respond decisively and quickly.
A limited incursion, framed as humanitarian, designed to test Article 5 rather than trigger it, could fracture the alliance politically even if it fails militarily. The wargame suggests such a move could succeed precisely because European leaders are conditioned to de-escalate first and decide later.
That instinct--so deeply embedded after decades of peace--may now be Europe's greatest vulnerability.
https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=9509
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The Paradox of Peace: Rome, Cyrus, and Power in Our Time
By Tania Koenig February 3, 2026
President Trump’s way of exercising power has been widely misunderstood because it does not fit the assumptions of modern diplomacy. He does not operate primarily through process, consensus, institutions, or rules-based order. He operates through authority, pressure, timing, and sequence. To understand what is unfolding now with Israel, Gaza, and Iran, one must step outside twentieth-century diplomatic frameworks and return to older patterns of power—patterns history records plainly and Scripture itself recognizes.
Trump enforces order in a Roman way, while at times enabling Cyrus-like restoration outcomes. But he never reverses the sequence. Power comes first. Peace follows. This sequence explains why the same actions that alarm diplomats often restrain adversaries, and why what appears chaotic to some is in fact structured.
Rome After Augustus: Authority Before Peace
Trump aligns most closely with Imperial Rome after Augustus, not with the Senate-era Republic and not with modern liberal governance.
Rome learned through collapse and civil war that endless debate does not restrain violence. Authority does. Augustus centralized power, restored hierarchy, imposed order, and only then did Rome experience peace. The Pax Romana was not sentimental, negotiated, or idealistic. It was enforced.
This Roman peace—Pax Romana—was achieved not by the absence of war but by the presence of overwhelming authority, where force was openly acknowledged as the instrument through which peace was secured.
Peace, for Rome, was never the absence of war. It was the result of undisputed authority.
Trump governs with the same instinct. He bypasses bureaucratic paralysis and uses executive authority to impose clarity. When he speaks loudly, moves forces visibly, or imposes sanctions and tariffs, critics see recklessness. Rome would have seen deterrence.
Rome displayed its legions to prevent rebellion. Trump displays pressure—carrier groups, sanctions, tariffs, and public warnings—for the same reason. Visibility is not escalation. It is deterrence. When power is unmistakable, enemies calculate more carefully.
This is why Trump consistently leaves an off-ramp. Rome allowed submission before destruction. Trump does the same. Iran can talk. Hamas can disarm. War remains credible, but not inevitable.
Rome punished selectively and publicly when necessary. Trump avoids endless wars but accepts decisive moments. He prefers short, sharp actions to prolonged entanglements. Peace is preserved by example, not exhaustion.
Rome never pretended war did not exist. It institutionalized it. War and peace were instruments within the same system. Peace flowed from war properly ordered. That is why the language of Secretary of War matters. It reflects an older truth: peace is not achieved by denying force, but by commanding it.
Persia, Cyrus, and Pressure From Within
If Rome explains Trump’s method of authority, Persia explains his method of pressure, particularly toward Iran.
The Achaemenid Persian Empire did not rely primarily on conquest. It ruled through patience, psychological dominance, and internal fracture. Persia preferred compliance to annihilation.
Trump’s approach to Iran mirrors this logic.
Persia understood time as leverage. Trump uses pressure—economic, diplomatic, informational—to weaken regimes from within. Iran fears this more than bombs because internal collapse cannot be controlled.
Recent reporting confirms that Iran considers its defensive capabilities non-negotiable and remains on maximum readiness, while treating negotiations as a test of whether U.S. pressure is real. This posture does not signal confidence; it signals strain.
Persia ruled minds before cities. Trump’s unpredictability destabilizes opponents. They cannot game a system they cannot read. That uncertainty itself becomes pressure.
Persia preferred internal fracture to invasion. Trump pressures regimes until cracks appear. This is why Iran fears him—not because of immediate destruction, but because regime fragility becomes visible under sustained pressure.
Trump acknowledged this openly on January 13, urging Iranian patriots to keep protesting, to document abuses, and warning that those responsible would pay a heavy price. He canceled meetings with Iranian officials and imposed tariffs on anyone doing business with Iran. This was not rhetoric. It was pressure aimed inward.
Cyrus belongs here—but only in sequence. Cyrus was not a believer; yet God called him “My anointed.” He was used as an instrument to enable restoration. Trump does not rule like Cyrus. He rules like Rome. But at times his actions enable Cyrus-like outcomes by removing blockages and reordering conditions. That is not contradiction. It is sequence.
Pressure Becomes Visible: Escalation in Real Time
In the past hours, events have moved from theory to practice.
An Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle loitered near the USS Abraham Lincoln after being warned to stay clear. It was subsequently shot down by a U.S. Air Force F-35 as it approached the carrier strike group. At the same time, Iranian gunboats surrounded the U.S.-flagged tanker M/V Stena Imperative, part of the U.S. Navy’s Tanker Security Program, while the vessel remained in international waters.
According to i24 News, an Iranian Mohajer drone also flew toward the Stena Imperative in parallel with the gunboat activity, adding an aerial component to the maritime provocation. This coordination is not accidental. It reflects deliberate boundary testing without crossing into declared war.
At the diplomatic level, Reuters reports that Iran is seeking to relocate Friday’s talks from Istanbul to Oman, to limit discussions strictly to the nuclear issue, and to conduct negotiations exclusively with the United States, excluding other Arab and Muslim states. This move narrows the frame and reduces external pressure at the very moment military tension is rising.
Inside Iran, hardline political figures have publicly called for ending negotiations and even for pre-emptive strikes against Israel and U.S. bases in the region. This is not confidence. It is internal pressure surfacing.
These events are not random. They form a coherent pressure sequence.
Iran is testing boundaries simultaneously across domains—maritime, aerial, and diplomatic. The United States is responding with restraint backed by force. Drones are shot down. Shipping lanes are defended. Negotiations remain conditional. War remains possible, but controlled.
This is not de-escalation. It is managed escalation—pressure applied deliberately to shape outcomes before decisions harden into war.
Developments Confirming the Sequence
According to the Prime Minister’s Office,
The meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has concluded.
The Prime Minister emphasized the uncompromising demand for the disarmament of Hamas, the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, and the completion of the war’s objectives before the reconstruction of Gaza.
The Prime Minister made clear that the Palestinian Authority will not take part in administering the Gaza Strip in any way and informed U.S. Ambassador Hochstein of the serious violations discovered in Gaza involving the use of UNRWA bags to conceal weapons.
Ahead of Envoy Witkoff’s trip to meet an Iranian representative, the Prime Minister reiterated his position that Iran has repeatedly proven it cannot be trusted to keep its promises.
Iran wants to change the venue of Friday's talks with the U.S. from Turkey to Oman, a regional diplomat told Reuters. The diplomat said that Tehran is also seeking to change the scope of the talks to focus only on the nuclear file, and does not want the direct participation of regional countries, despite claiming earlier that their participation was Tehran's initiative.
A military source to Channel 14 News about the meeting with Witkoff stated:
“We warned the Americans that the Iranians will violate any agreement and that there is no point in trying to reach one. Under an agreement, they will not dismantle their nuclear and missile capabilities, and part of the reasons they are trying to buy time is apparently to transfer offensive weapons to hiding places.”
The White House announced that despite recent reports, the talks with Iran scheduled for later this week are expected to proceed as planned: “Trump wants diplomacy”
Venezuela, Greenland, and the Same Pattern
What is unfolding around Iran is not unique. It follows a pressure architecture President Trump has already used elsewhere, without invasion and without overt regime change, but through layered dominance that shifts authority while leaving structures formally intact.
In Venezuela, there were no U.S. troops and no invasion. Instead, Trump applied layered pressure—sanctions, financial isolation, shipping pressure, airspace constraints, and diplomatic leverage. The regime remained, but authority shifted. Compliance followed without regime change.
Greenland follows the same logic. Trump does not speak of conquest. He speaks of inevitability, leverage, and responsibility. Pressure first. Control next. Arrangements later.
These are not isolated cases. They reveal a governing pattern.
Iron Mixed With Clay: The Internal Condition of America
Daniel’s statue is not only a timeline. It is a diagnosis.
The final phase is iron mixed with clay—strength outward, fragility inward.
The clay is not external. The clay is inside America.
It is internal fracture accompanying global power: political polarization so severe that elections become existential battles; riots in the streets; institutions turned against one another; cultural warfare; economic strain; and a national debt now exceeding $38.5 trillion. This internal brittleness does not cancel American power, but it limits its endurance.
Iron can dominate, deter, sanction, strike, and reorganize the map. Clay cannot bind. Clay fractures under stress and resists cohesion.
Trump governs like iron in a clay society. Iron can act. Clay struggles to hold. Enemies understand this. Iran waits, hoping internal fracture interrupts external pressure.
Iron can begin the operation. Clay can interrupt it.
That is the danger Daniel identified.
The Stone Cut Without Hands
Daniel’s vision does not end with iron managing the world indefinitely. He sees a stone cut without hands strike the statue at its feet. The entire system collapses, not because one empire defeats another, but because human power reaches its limit.
Trump is not building that kingdom. He is operating within the logic of the iron empire—restoring order, enforcing hierarchy, and enabling outcomes through power. Scripture shows that God often uses empires as instruments, even when they do not recognize Him.
Final Conclusion
Trump is not improvising. He is reviving an older form of statecraft that modern systems forgot how to read.
That is why critics call him chaotic. That is why allies feel uneasy. That is why adversaries hesitate.
Empires never survived by being liked. They survived by being understood and feared.
And history, once again, is moving according to patterns that were revealed long ago—until the day the stone falls, and the kingdoms of this world become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ.
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They Are All Part Of One Big Club And You Should Be Thankful That You Aren’t In It
February 4, 2026
Has anyone ever been more connected than Jeffrey Epstein? That is a serious question. Personally, I have never heard of anyone that has spent more time socializing with the rich and famous than Epstein. We are told that he was some sort of a financier, but in reality he seemed to spend almost all of his time hanging out with his elitist friends. Prior to being convicted, Jeffrey Epstein was a pillar of the New York social scene. Everyone wanted to know him, and that included many of the most powerful men in the world.
In those days, Bill Gates frequently spent time with Epstein.
But now Gates is trying to distance himself from Epstein as much as possible, and he is still insisting that he was not involved in anything inappropriate…
The billionaire continued: ‘You know, in retrospect that was a dead end and I was foolish to spend time with him. I am one of many people who regret ever knowing him.
‘Apparently, Jeffrey wrote an email to himself. That email was never sent. The email is, you know, false.
‘I don’t know what his thinking was there. Every minute that I spent with him, I regret and I apologise that I did that.
‘I was only at dinners… I never went to the island, I never met any women, and so, you know, the more that comes out, the more clear it’ll be, that although the time was a mistake, it had nothing to do with that kind of behavior.’
Perhaps Gates is telling the truth.
And perhaps all of the other ultra-wealthy men that were close to Epstein in those days are telling the truth.
But Epstein’s victims are telling us a very different story.
One letter that was just released in the latest batch of Epstein files contains some very alarming allegations about Prince Andrew…
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Jeffrey Epstein asked an exotic dancer to “engage in various sex acts” at the late convicted sex offender’s Florida home, a legal letter claims.
In a letter released as part of the latest tranche of Epstein files, the unnamed woman’s lawyers said she had been offered $10,000 to dance and that after she performed Epstein and Mountbatten-Windsor had asked for a threesome.
Lawyers said the woman had not been paid the promised amount and would keep the alleged 2006 encounter in which she was “treated like a prostitute” confidential in exchange for a payment of $250,000.
Of course this incident pales in comparison to what Prince Andrew is alleged to have done with an underage girl named Virginia Giuffre.
And we probably shouldn’t even talk about what Prince Andrew is alleged to have done in Thailand.
It appears that this latest allegation was the final straw, because Prince Andrew has been kicked out of his home even sooner than anticipated…
SHAMED ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has skulked out of Royal Lodge under the cover of darkness to start his exile.
The former Duke of York is understood to have been booted out earlier than planned after his brother King Charles became increasingly concerned with shocking revelations.
If you or I had done the things that Prince Andrew is alleged to have done, we would be sitting in prison right now.
But I seriously doubt that Prince Andrew will ever be charged with anything.
In addition to rubbing elbows with royalty, Jeffrey Epstein was apparently also very close with the Rothschilds.
In fact, the name “Rothschild” appears more than 12,000 times in the latest batch of files that was just released…
Somehow we are supposed to believe that even though these elitists spent so much time with Epstein over the years, none of them had any idea what he was doing with underage girls.
In addition to abusing underage girls, Epstein was also apparently getting at least some of them pregnant…
But in a separate diary entry from an unnamed source, one Epstein victim claims to have delivered a baby girl in 2002 at the age of just 16 or 17.
The document includes a copy of a pregnancy scan showing 20 weeks’ gestation.
The female claims her child was taken away from her just 10 minutes after giving birth, the documents suggest.
She also alleged Epstein’s former accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell oversaw the ordeal.
The victim writes: “She was born, I heard her cries!
Some news outlets are running stories about Epstein’s “secret children”, and it appears that those children were part of an incredibly sick plot by Epstein to “seed the human race with his DNA”…
While Little Saint James Island, infamously known as Pedophile, Rape, and Epstein Island, has received the bulk of attention in the fallout from the cover-up of Epstein’s crimes, his Zorro Ranch property is another centerpiece of the crimes committed by his criminal network. Located in the high desert north of the Estancia Basin of central New Mexico, where Epstein was not required to register as a sex offender following his 2008 plea deal in Florida, the sprawling 7,600-acre ranch hosted numerous parties implicated in Epstein’s crimes. Epstein reportedly organized the ranch as the headquarters for his eugenic plot to “seed the human race with his DNA” by impregnating countless women and underaged victims on the property. Victim Annie Farmer, alleges that Epstein and his prime accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, sexually abused her at the ranch when she was just 16-years-old.
Zorro Ranch is located in the middle of nowhere, and it has an airstrip that Epstein would use to fly directly to the property…
Shockingly, Epstein would bring some of his most important friends to this ranch.
That even included Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton.
We are being told that they liked to stay “in a cowboy-themed village created by Epstein a mile south of the main house of the ranch”…
Following Epstein’s arrest and supposed death in 2019, allegations surfaced that Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton were also frequent visitors at the Zorro Ranch. During their visits, the Clintons would stay in a cowboy-themed village created by Epstein a mile south of the main house of the ranch. These accusations were based on information taken from reports made by security consultant Jared Kellogg, who was brought in by Zorro Ranch manager Brice Gordon to improve security on the property. The reports came to light after being released by the Zorro Ranch estate following Epstein’s alleged demise. Kellogg also stated that during his meetings with Gordon, the ranch manager bragged about how often the Clintons visited the compound. “Brice [Gordon] would be bragging about how the Clintons would visit, the whole family. Not just Bill, but Bill, his wife, and their kid, and they would stay on the ranch itself.” Kellogg stated.
How did Jeffrey Epstein get access to so many rich and powerful people?
And where did his money come from in the first place?
There are so many unanswered questions.
And since it appears that it is extremely unlikely that Epstein’s rich and powerful friends will ever be charged with anything, we will probably never get any solid answers.
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The "New START" Treaty Has EXPIRED; No More Treaties Against Nuclear Bomb Deployment
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The "New START" Treaty Expired at midnight. It was the final remaining treaty limiting further development and deployment of nuclear bombs.
Now, both the USA and Russia are now free to build and deploy additional or newer Atomic/Hydrogen Bombs. The world is less safe today than it was yesterday.
Months ago, Russia publicly mentioned the New START Treaty would be expiring, and offered a one year extension of it. The U.S. never bothered to respond.
Last night, Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chair of Russia's Federation Council, posted this on social media:
Did you catch the image and its phrase "Winter is Coming"? Does that mean nuclear winter?
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Anti-Abraham Accords? Turkey, Saudi Arabia & Egypt appear aligned against Israeli regional influence
Defense and trade agreements between Turkey and Arab nations reduce dependence on US
J. Micah Hancock | Published: February 6, 2026
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made back-to-back visits to Saudi Arabia and Egypt over two days this week, seeking to expand Turkish influence in the Middle East and North Africa.
Erdoğan met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday, where the two countries signed cooperation agreements and voiced shared positions on several regional issues, including Gaza, Somaliland, and tensions between the United States and Iran.
Following the meeting, el-Sisi presented several memoranda of understanding and agreements that had been signed across a broad range of issues, including defense, tourism, investment, trade, health, and agriculture.
Ties between the two countries remained strained after the 2013 ouster of Mohamed Morsi and Egypt’s subsequent crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, a period during which Erdoğan’s government backed Morsi and sharply criticized el-Sisi.
However, growing concern over the strength of Israel and its willingness to engage in independent security operations, often without regard for national borders, has led the leaders of Turkey and Egypt to increasingly cooperate against what they perceived as Israeli military ascendancy in the region as a result of the Oct. 7 Gaza War and the 12-day Israel-Iran War last June.
The two leaders issued statements on Gaza, Sudan, Somaliland and Iran that demonstrated a unified stance, particularly against Israel.
In a joint declaration following the meeting, both governments affirmed their commitment to Syria’s sovereignty, unity, stability, and territorial integrity. They also condemned what they stated were Israeli violations of Syria’s sovereignty and integrity, stressing the need for Israel to adhere to the 1974 disengagement agreement.
Erdoğan’s trip to Cairo came one day after a similar visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the de facto leader of the kingdom. In that meeting, the two leaders spoke about their alignment on various regional issues, particularly the rejection of the IDF's actions in Syria and Israel's recognition of Somaliland.
The two leaders also announced their decision to “strengthen their cooperation” in several areas, including energy and defense. In particular, Saudi Arabia and Turkey may cooperate on the development of Turkey’s next-generation Kaan stealth fighter. Turkey has not only been pursuing the development of the aircraft as insurance against the possibility of being completely rejected from participating in the U.S.’s F-35 program, but also as proof of Turkey’s capabilities.
“Kaan is not just a fighter jet. Kaan is a symbol of Turkey’s engineering capabilities and independent defense will,” Erdoğan said in a statement, cited by The Daily Sabah.
While U.S. President Donald Trump has told both Saudi Arabia and Turkey he would work to enable their purchase of the American-made F-35, the final decision rests with Congress, and there is bipartisan caution about granting the countries access to the fifth-generation fighter. Developing their own stealth aircraft would allow both nations to modernize their air forces while reducing reliance on the U.S. as an arms supplier.
According to Dr. Galia Lindenstrauss, senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Turkey has worked to improve relations with various countries in the region, partially to counter Israeli power and reduce its own dependence on the United States.
Lindenstrauss told Israel's Ynet News, “Turkey has become a significant arms exporter, especially of drones, and Saudi Arabia actually not only buys drones from it, but they also do security cooperation to produce drones.” She said, “This fits into the agenda of the countries in the region who do not want to be dependent on the US and are a little afraid of going towards China and Russia and of an American counter-reaction.”
She also noted the desire on the part of these three countries, along with other regional actors, to place a restraint on Israeli military power.
“The war against Iran was perceived by all these countries as a dangerous [expression of] Israeli power, and therefore, there is a desire to restrain Israel,” Lindenstrauss said. “There is also the story of Israel's recognition of Somaliland, which both Saudi Arabia and Egypt are unhappy with, each in its own way. The most unhappy is Turkey, but also Saudi Arabia and Egypt.”
According to Lindenstrauss, Turkey is eager to present itself as the solution for growing Israeli power and projection in the region.
"There is a convergence of interests here between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt that has not been there for a long time,” she noted. “This is a gathering against the policies of the UAE and Israel in the region, and also the story of the Turkish defense industry as one that provides a potential solution to the challenges of the countries.”
Last month, Murat Yesiltas, director of Security Studies at the SETA Foundation and a member of the Turkish Presidency’s Security and Foreign Policies Council, told Middle East Eye that Turkey is looking to deepen military cooperation with several nations in order to strengthen deterrence.
“The political posture on this issue naturally creates deterrence,” he said.
Yesiltas said Turkey would seek to strengthen ties with Egypt this year as shared interests between the two countries continue to grow.
He also predicted, “Saudi Arabia and Egypt could step forward and help stabilize the region.”
Additionally, Yesiltas noted that countries in the region are likely to view Israel as the main challenge to their interests.
Kadir Temiz, chairman of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (Orsam), echoed this assessment, telling Middle East Eye that regional actors do not want Israel and the United States to be the only ones shaping the security framework in the region.
Erdoğan's visits to Cairo and Riyadh, therefore, appear aimed at building a regional alliance that counters the dynamics created by the Abraham Accords.
Read more: TURKEY | ABRAHAM ACCORDS | SAUDI ARABIA | EGYPT | SYRIA
J. Micah Hancock
J. Micah Hancock is a current Master’s student at the Hebrew University, pursuing a degree in Jewish History. Previously, he studied Biblical studies and journalism in his B.A. in the United States. He joined All Israel News as a reporter in 2022, and currently lives near Jerusalem with his wife and children.
https://allisraelnews.com/anti-abraham-accords-turkey-saudi-arabia-and-egypt-appear-
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California hit by TWENTY SECOND earthquake in less than 10 hours
By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
Published: 17:23 EST, 2 February 2026 | Updated: 19:27 EST, 2 February 2026
A California city experienced an explosion of earthquakes on Monday
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has recorded 22 tremors outside of San Ramon, with the latest striking at 5:06pm ET.
The seismic activity kicked off with a magnitude 3.8 quake at 9:27am ET. A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was detected at 10:01am ET, which sent noticeable shockwaves to nearby San Francisco, Sacramento and San Jose.
Despite considerable shaking throughout the Bay Area, there have been no reports of injuries or property damage at this time.
Residents in San Francisco's Glen Park and Nopa neighborhoods reported rumbling and 'windows rattling' during the quake, and public transportation throughout the area has also affected by the swarm, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
San Ramon lies atop the Calaveras Fault, a major branch fault of the broader San Andreas Fault System, sparking fears the main fault line could be closer to a major rupture that locals refer to as 'the Big One.'
According to a USGS report, there is a 95 percent probability that at least one major quake, stronger than magnitude 6.7, will strike somewhere in the region by 2043.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake on the Calaveras Fault would be classified as a major seismic event capable of causing significant damage in densely populated East Bay communities.
By comparison, the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, a magnitude M6.9, widely labeled 'the Big One' at the time, caused widespread destruction, and the USGS uses the 6.7 threshold when discussing the long-term probability of a 'Big One' in the Bay Area.
The initial magnitude 3.8 quake was centered just 16 miles from Concord, 18 miles from Oakland, and 29 miles from San Jose, which are three of the most populated communities in the Bay Area, home to more than 1.5 million people.
Meanwhile, San Francisco, which sits just across the bay from where the seismic swarm took place, has a population of more than 800,000 residents.
Despite considerable shaking throughout the Bay Area, there have been no reports of injuries or property damage at this time.
Still, Monday's noticeable swarm broke out right on the Calaveras Fault, a main branch of the San Andreas - the monstrous 800-mile-long fault spanning from Southern California through the Bay Area and into the Pacific.
The Calaveras splits off from the main fault line near Hollister in central California and runs parallel to it through the East Bay region.
Scientists with the USGS have warned that one of these faults or other major branches nearby could soon reach their anticipated breaking point and rupture right in the heart of California.
The initial magnitude 3.8 quake was centered just 16 miles from Concord, 18 miles from Oakland, and 29 miles from San Jose, which are three of the most populated communities in the Bay Area, home to more than 1.5 million people.
Meanwhile, San Francisco, which sits just across the bay from where the seismic swarm took place, has a population of more than 800,000 residents.
Despite considerable shaking throughout the Bay Area, there have been no reports of injuries or property damage at this time.
Still, Monday's noticeable swarm broke out right on the Calaveras Fault, a main branch of the San Andreas - the monstrous 800-mile-long fault spanning from Southern California through the Bay Area and into the Pacific.
The Calaveras splits off from the main fault line near Hollister in central California and runs parallel to it through the East Bay region.
Scientists with the USGS have warned that one of these faults or other major branches nearby could soon reach their anticipated breaking point and rupture right in the heart of California.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15521671/California-hit-earthquake.html
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U.S. Applauds Ruling Against China Contracts at Panama Canal
By Christian K. Caruzo 2 Feb 2026
U.S. Ambassador to Panama Kevin Cabrera over the weekend emphasized in an official statement that the recent ruling from Panama’s Supreme Court nullifying two Canal port contracts awarded to a China-linked company strongly affirms the rule of law.
Cabrera indicated that the ruling confirms Panama’s independent judiciary “enforces legal compliance, transparency, and public-interest obligations – holding all private operators accountable.”
“This ruling strengthens Panama’s national security and investment climate by boosting predictability, fairness, and legal confidence. Investors gain assurance that valid contracts are protected and improper ones corrected, making Panama more attractive for quality, long-term investment,” the statement read.
“The decision enables a review of port governance and transparent, competitive processes to attract world-class investors that bring innovation, efficiency, quality jobs, and reinforce Panama’s role as a leading logistics hub,” the statement continued. “We respect Panama’s right to regulate and protect its critical infrastructure under its laws. This outcome enhances the integrity of Panama’s legal framework and supports sustainable, rule-based economic growth.”
On Thursday, Panama’s top court ruled that two contracts signed in 1997 between the Panamanian state and Panama Ports Company (PPC), a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings, were unconstitutional. The controversial contracts granted PPC a 25-year lease for the development and administration of two ports at opposite ends of the Panama Canal, one is located at the province of Balboa and the other in Cristóbal. The now-nullified lease had been automatically renewed for an additional 25-year period in 2021.
PPC’s control of the two ports has been widely described by international outlets as an example of the growing influence of China’s communist regime in the important interoceanic trade route. The controversial contracts were at the center of an ongoing debate started by President Donald Trump shortly before the start of his second term over China’s alleged growing influence and control of the Panama Canal.
The Panamanian newspaper La Prensa reported on Monday that the two ports handled nearly 40 percent of all container cargo traffic transiting through the Canal.
The Supreme Court’s ruling follows a roughly one-year-old process that started in February 2025 after the nation’s Attorney General Luis Carlos Gómez determined that the PPC contracts for the Balboa and Cristóbal ports presented numerous violations and irregularities that gave the company “disproportionate rights” over the management of the ports. Gómez suggested that the top court declared the two contracts as unconstitutional. Months later, in April, Comptroller General of Panama Anel Flores started a criminal complaint process against PPC, accusing it of causing roughly $1.2 billion in financial damages to the country as well as several instances of breach of contract.
Flores presented a lawsuit against the contracts in July 2025 leading to last week’s Supreme Court ruling declaring both the original 1997 contracts and their 2021 renewals as unconstitutional.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio celebrated the ruling through a brief social media post indicating that the United States is “encouraged” by the top court’s decision against the China-linked contracts. America’s celebratory stance toward the rulings heavily contrasts that of Chinese authorities, who have heavily criticized the Panamanian top court’s decision.
PPC criticized the ruling shortly after the Supreme Court’s announcement, claiming that it “lacks legal basis” and is “inconsistent” with the legal framework of the original 1997 contract. Hours later, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said that “China will take all measures necessary to firmly protect the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of Chinese companies.”
According to the Chinese state-owned Global Times, a Hong Kong government spokesperson condemned the ruling, and said that the HK government “strongly opposes any foreign government’s use of coercion, pressure or other unreasonable means in international economic and trade relations, stressing that such actions seriously undermine the lawful business operations and legitimate rights of Hong Kong enterprises in the locality.
“Such moves will also severely damage the local business environment, inevitably shake investor confidence, and harm bilateral relations as well as the long-term economic development of both sides,” the spokesperson reportedly said.
La Prensa reported over the weekend that APM Terminals, a subsidiary of Danish shipping company Maersk, will temporarily take control of the two ports from PPC until authorities determine the structure and terms of a new lease agreement. PPC will administer the ports until the ruling is executed.
“We’ve made clear China’s position on relevant ports in Panama. China will firmly safeguard the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of Chinese companies,” Chinese Foreign Minister Spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters on Monday when asked for comment on Maersk’s comment on the developing situation.
Christian K. Caruzo is a Venezuelan writer and documents life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2026/02/02/u-s-applauds-ruling-against-china-
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This is how American students learn to hate Israel
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Moshe Phillips February 2, 2026 3 min read
Among the most shocking developments in America since October 7, 2023 is the surge of anti-Israel sentiment being taught in public school classrooms, heard from teachers’ unions, and seen at local school board meetings.
A serious study by the group Stand With Us revealed that over 60% of Jewish educators in the U.S. disclosed that they have experienced antisemitism at work, including from teachers’ unions.
As if to underscore the StandWithUs report, a San Diego rabbi made headlines when he was disinvited from giving a benediction at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) “due to his connection to Israel.”
Since the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, a line has been drawn—between those who unequivocally condemn terrorism and those who equivocate. Tragically, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)—the two largest teachers’ unions in the United States—have positioned themselves on the wrong side of that line. Through public statements, internal resolutions, and targeted votes, these unions have betrayed the moral clarity demanded by such atrocities.
The NEA’s decision at its 2025 Representative Assembly to adopt “New Business Item 39,” which commits the NEA to “not use, endorse, or publicize materials from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)” or participate in its programs, cuts off essential tools in combating antisemitism. To reject collaboration largely based on ideological grievance—particularly at a time when antisemitism has been rising since October 7—is indefensible.
Resolution proposals and statements from the NEA and AFT downplay Hamas’s October 7 campaign of mass murder, rape, and kidnapping, or portray Israeli conduct as morally equivalent to the terrorists they are fighting. The AFT has described an “occupation” when Israel unilaterally left Gaza in 2005 and often frames Israeli actions as unprovoked rather than fully acknowledging the initial terrorist invasion and the ongoing hostage crisis.
In July, the AFT launched the “AFT Disaster Relief Fund for Gaza Humanitarian Aid” without mentioning a single word about the suffering of Israeli families.
Also in July, the NEA made headlines for a new handbook that failed to mention Jews among the 12 million victims of the Holocaust. Simultaneously, the handbook described Israel’s founding as a “Nakba” (catastrophe) and falsely claimed a “forced, violent displacement and dispossession of at least 750,000 Palestinians.”
Through these votes and statements, the NEA and AFT are not merely failing to provide real moral leadership—they are complicit in advancing narratives that dehumanize and delegitimize. In war, there are always tragedies and complexities. But there are also clear violations of human rights—and choosing ambiguity or selective outrage in the face of those is a choice. It is a morally bankrupt one.
What is the source of all this anti-Israel extremism? One major influence is Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States. Zinn was a vocal critic of Israel who portrayed the Jewish state as a colonial aggressor and routinely framed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in starkly one-sided, anti-Israel terms. In his 2002 essay “The Others,” Zinn likened Israeli policies toward Palestinians to apartheid and American racism, accusing Israel of “ethnic cleansing” while largely ignoring terrorism and Israel’s security concerns. Zinn’s work is widely assigned in teacher preparation programs, shaping a worldview in which Western democracies—Israel included—are seen as oppressors by default. His legacy continues to normalize anti-Israel bias among far too many American educators, contributing to the erosion of moral clarity around antisemitism, terrorism, and Israel’s right to self-defense.
Zinn said in a 2010 interview with Moment Magazine that “I think the Jewish State was a mistake, yes. (…) At the time, I thought creating Israel was a good thing, but in retrospect, it was probably the worst thing that the Jews could have done.”
Rethinking Schools—a far-left education journal and publishing enterprise—distributes radical classroom materials nationwide through the “Zinn Education Project” and is just one of many anti-Israel efforts aimed at teachers that needs to be exposed. This project uses Zinn’s arguments, depicting U.S. and Israeli history primarily through the lens of colonialism and racism, to shape classroom narratives. Rethinking Schools regularly publishes lesson plans and articles that mirror Zinn’s ideologically based approach, reinforcing anti-Israel perspectives in K–12 education. In doing so, it amplifies Zinn’s influence over generations of leftist teachers.
The extremists at Rethinking Schools are hyper-focused on Israel. Recently, they devoted two issues, including cover stories, to attacking Zionism and Israel, in 2025, published a book titled Teaching Palestine. This is not a new phenomenon—anti-Israel articles in the magazine date back to at least 2016.
Lauren Steinberg is Managing Director, Campus and K–12 Engagement and Strategic Initiatives for the Jewish Federations of North America, and commented at the end of 2025 that “Some union spaces have become toxic even for Jewish teachers.” The JFNA is hardly known as alarmist in nature.
When the history of the post–October 7 explosion of Israel-bashing and antisemitism on American college campuses is written, historians will not need to look far to understand how students were radicalized against Israel before ever stepping into a college lecture hall.
What teachers teach must be monitored. There is no alternative. We are now witnessing the consequences of failing to do so.
Moshe Phillips is the national chairman of Americans For A Safe Israel, AFSI, (www.AFSI.org), a leading pro-Israel advocacy and education organization.
https://israel365news.com/415791/this-is-how-american-students-learn-to-hate-israel/
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Pastor Jailed, Bound, and Exiled for Refusing Catholic Ritual in Mexico
Tré Goins-Phillips
01-29-2026
A Protestant pastor in Mexico was detained and ultimately exiled by his uncle from his community in the state of Oaxaca after refusing to kneel and pray to a Roman Catholic saint during a local festival in mid-January.
Last year, Mariano Velásquez Martínez, pastor of the 25-member Iglesia Camino Nuevo y Vivo, was assigned the role of mayordomo, the person tasked with organizing and facilitating religious rites in a community. The role is traditionally held by adherents to Roman Catholicism, the predominant religion in Mexico.
According to the U.K.-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), Martínez begrudgingly agreed to take on the role with the understanding he would only be required to provide candles and flowers. However, on Jan. 15, he was reportedly ordered to light candles and then kneel before an image of St. James the Apostle.
The evangelical pastor refused to do so on religious grounds, explaining it would violate his Protestant beliefs, which led another mayordomo to report Martínez to local authorities, who jailed the preacher — a native of Oaxaca — for five days.
After his detention, Martínez was bound with rope and taken before an assembly of roughly 180 men — including his uncle and his cousin — where he was forced to sign a vaguely worded document confirming his expulsion from the community. The pastor was not given a copy of the paper and fears it could be used in the future to suggest he left the community of Santiago Malacatepec voluntarily.
Martínez, his wife, and their 3-month-old baby have since fled the area and are living with relatives in Oaxaca City.
Pablo Vargas, CSW country director for Mexico, told CBN News this case is part of a “culture” and “pattern” in Mexico of religious persecution against evangelical Christians.
“Some persons, they decide to not follow the majority religion, and they suffer the consequences,” he explained. “For the community, it’s more important, the uniformity, than actually the practical right for the persons to believe [as they choose].”
Vargas asserted that, even if Martínez seeks legal recourse, it would not be safe for him and his family to return to Santiago Malacatepec. In fact, in cases like this, he said, the vast majority of those who face persecution never return home because local outrage against them makes living there too perilous.
“His life is gonna be at risk,” he said.
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About The Author
Tré Goins-Phillips serves as a host and content creator for CBN News. He hosts the weekly Faith in Culture show and co-hosts Quick Start, a news podcast released every weekday morning. Born and raised in Virginia, Tré now lives along the Blue Ridge Mountains, where he has built his career, often traveling to meet and interview fascinating cultural influencers and entertainers. After working with brands like TheBlaze and Independent Journal Review, Tré began his career at CBN News in 2018 and has a particular passion for bridging the chasm between the secular world and the church, communicating
https://cbn.com/news/world/pastor-jailed-bound-and-exiled-refusing-catholic-ritual-mexico
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Historic Gold & Silver Plunge As Banks Cover Short Positions
January 30, 2026
On the heels of a historic plunge in gold and silver with banks covering massive short positions. Here is a look at the aftermath of the carnage.
January 30 (King World News) – Eric King: “Alasdair, I would just point out the bright spot today was energy on the upside. They vacuumed oil down several times today and all it did was turn around and go up. So the big bull market in oil is upon us.
As far as silver and everybody that’s discouraged right now, it’s better to get these things over with quickly. It’s like ripping off a bandaid — just do it and end it. I’m looking at silver down 28.62%, that’s unbelievable. That is true crash mode. So we might be seeing the lows here. It’s possible we could drift lower, anything is possible.
But as Alasdair mentioned, they were probably abusing the price on the downside as much as possible to get their short positions covered. We’ll see how it plays out next week but don’t be discouraged. This is a long bull market. Graddhy’s target for oil is $369 and he has a target on gold of $48,000. And then for silver, who knows? It will be up in the stratosphere. So hang in there and don’t be too discouraged.” Alasdair Macleod: to listen to Alasdair Macleod discuss what to expect next after today’s gold and silver takedown CLICK HERE OR ON THE IMAGE BELOW.
https://kingworldnews.com/historic-gold-silver-plunge-as-banks-cover-short-positions/
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U.S. tests Minuteman III ballistic missile to demonstrate nuclear force readiness
The launch helps to “validate and verify the safety, security, effectiveness, and readiness of the weapon system,” the military said.
Aug. 16, 2022, 11:33 AM EDT By Kurt Chirbas and Minyvonne Burke
The U.S. military said it tested an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile Tuesday to "validate and verify" the nuclear weapon system’s effectiveness and safety.
The test was conducted at 12:49 a.m. PT from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California.
"These test launches demonstrate the readiness of U.S. nuclear forces and provide confidence in the lethality and effectiveness of the nation’s nuclear deterrent," said Col. Bryan Titus, vice commander of Space Launch Delta 30.
The military said in a statement that the launch helped to "validate and verify the safety, security, effectiveness, and readiness of the weapon system."
Minuteman missiles have formed the core of the U.S. land-based nuclear capability for 60 years. Tuesday's test was delayed this month to avoid increasing tensions with China over Taiwan. China had launched several military exercises in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the Beijing-claimed island on Aug. 2.
A test launch was also canceled in April over concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin would view it as escalatory amid Russia's attack on Ukraine.
"The Department of the Air Force recently cancelled the routinely planned test flight of an LGM-30G Minuteman III missile," the Defense Department’s deputy press secretary, Todd Breasseale, said at the time. "The launch had been previously delayed due to an overabundance of caution to avoid misinterpretation or miscommunication during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine."
The Air Force generally tests four Minuteman III rockets a year, planned out months and sometimes years in advance. Canceling or postponing a test because of concerns a launch could be provocative is very rare.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-carries-test-minuteman-iii-ballistic-missile-
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Iran Threatens To Sink The USS Abraham Lincoln As The Middle East Edges Closer To A Cataclysmic Showdown
January 26, 2026
The United States has gathered more firepower in the Middle East than we have ever seen before. It exceeds anything that we witnessed during Operation Desert Storm, it exceeds anything that we witnessed during the war in Afghanistan, and it exceeds anything that we witnessed during the war in Iraq. That doesn’t necessarily mean that war is imminent. President Trump could ultimately decide not to pull the trigger. But without a doubt, at this moment we are exceedingly close to a cataclysmic showdown in the Middle East.
It is being reported that the USS Abraham Lincoln has officially arrived in the Middle East…
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its three accompanying warships have sailed into the Middle East region, providing President Trump additional military firepower if he decides to strike Iran.
The USS Abraham Lincoln, which is equipped with Mk 57 Mod3 Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile launchers and can carry squadrons of bombers and early warning planes, and its strike group are in the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) area, which encompasses the Middle East region, the command confirmed Monday.
The addition of the carrier in the region comes as Trump warned Thursday that the U.S. is sending an “armada” toward Iran following nationwide protests in the country, where thousands of demonstrators have been killed by authorities.
Some of us have been carefully tracking the movements of the USS Abraham Lincoln in recent days.
Once the protests in Iran got really crazy, this carrier was redeployed from the Indian Ocean, and it has a maximum capacity of 90 aircraft…
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is hauling five squadrons of strike fighters, with a max capacity of 90 aircraft.
These include F/A-18 Super Hornets, F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters and EA-18G Growler radar jammers — along with Osprey tilt-rotor transports and MH-60S Seahawk helicopters.
Of course the USS Abraham Lincoln is not traveling alone.
It is being accompanied by three guided-missile destroyers that are “fully loaded with Tomahawk cruise missiles”…
The Lincoln is not alone; it hunts with a wolfpack. It is flanked by three guided-missile destroyers: USS Spruance, USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., and USS Michael Murphy. These ships are fully loaded with Tomahawk cruise missiles, ready for immediate launch orders.
This battle group is just the latest addition to the growing amount of firepower that the U.S. has accumulated in the region.
If the U.S. attacks Iran, the Iranians have already warned that the USS Abraham Lincoln will be a primary target.
In fact, the Iranians just released a shocking video that simulates what it would look like if an Iranian ballistic missile were to destroy the carrier…
Iran’s state-run Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization has released a propaganda video that purports to simulate how Iran’s Fattah ballistic missile could split the USS Abraham Lincoln in two in a potential conflict with the US, as the carrier strike group enters Mideast.
They are openly threatening to sink the Abraham Lincoln.
And it appears that they have the ability to do that.
In addition to the various missiles that they possess, the Iranians could also potentially use drones…
Cameron Chell, CEO and co-founder of Draganfly, warned that Iran’s growing reliance on low-cost unmanned systems poses a credible danger to high-value U.S. naval assets, including the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group.
“Iran’s drone capabilities are worth well into the tens of millions of dollars,” Chell told Fox News Digital.
“By pairing low-cost warheads with inexpensive delivery platforms, essentially remotely piloted aircraft, Iran has developed an effective asymmetric threat against highly sophisticated military systems.”
One drone would not be a problem for the Abraham Lincoln.
But if the Iranians sent hundreds of drones at the Abraham Lincoln all at once, the ship’s defenses could be overwhelmed…
Chell said Iran can launch large numbers of relatively unsophisticated drones directly at naval vessels, creating saturation attacks that could overwhelm traditional defenses.
“If hundreds are launched in a short period of time, some are almost certain to get through,” Chell said.
“Modern defense systems were not originally designed to counter that kind of saturation attack. For U.S. surface vessels operating near Iran, warships are prime targets.”
In addition to missiles and drones, the Iranians also possess large numbers of small attack vessels.
According to Defense News, many of them have now been deployed “across the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman”…
Iran has launched its most visible naval mobilization in years across the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, deploying a dense concentration of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vessels as a U.S. carrier strike group advances toward the region. Satellite imagery, maritime tracking data and regional security reporting indicate that Tehran is signaling readiness for confrontation at the world’s most critical energy chokepoint, even as both sides warn of the danger of miscalculation.
Western defense analysts say the IRGC Navy has surged Iranian-flagged ships linked to the Guards into key waterways, including waters adjacent to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and along the approaches to the Strait of Hormuz. The deployments follow a week of Iranian missile drills involving both ballistic and cruise systems, and come amid sharp rhetoric from senior commanders declaring that Iranian forces are “more ready than ever.”
During the 12-Day War, the Iranians did not hit us with everything that they have got.
This time around, it would be completely different.
On Saturday, General Mohammad Pakpour warned that Iran has its “finger on the trigger”…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard commander on Saturday said the country has its “finger on the trigger” at the U.S. after President Trump said an “armada” will head toward the Middle East.
“The Islamic Revolutionary Guard and dear Iran stand more ready than ever, finger on the trigger, to execute the orders and directives of the Commander-in-Chief,” Gen. Mohammad Pakpour said according to Nournews, a news outlet with ties to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
And one Iranian official just told Reuters that if Iran is attacked “we will respond in the hardest way possible to settle this”…
Iranian officials said over the weekend that they are prepared to retaliate if attacked by the US.
Speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, an official said: ‘This military build-up – we hope it is not intended for real confrontation – but our military is ready for the worst-case scenario. This is why everything is on high alert in Iran.’
He then delivered a warning to Washington, adding: ‘This time we will treat any attack – limited, unlimited, surgical, kinetic, whatever they call it – as an all-out war against us, and we will respond in the hardest way possible to settle this.’
What did he mean by “hardest way possible”?
Was he suggesting that Iran could actually use unconventional weapons?
Let’s hope not.
As I write this, even the slightest miscalculation could set the entire region ablaze.
At this stage, there is even speculation that Iran could launch some sort of a preemptive strike…
Israeli security officials describe Iran as potentially operating under a “use it or lose it” doctrine. Fearing that a sudden U.S. “decapitation strike” could neutralize its missile forces before they are launched, Iranian commanders may be weighing an early salvo against Israel—the United States’ closest regional ally—to ensure retaliation capability.
If the Iranians believe that an attack is inevitable, they may just pull the trigger first.
And Hezbollah is telling us that they will join the fight if war breaks out…
Hezbollah has warned that its enemies will ‘taste the bitterest forms of death’ if Donald Trump strikes its backer, Iran.
Kataib Hezbollah, an Iraqi paramilitary group with links to the better-known Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, issued the fiery warning on Sunday, calling on its fighters to prepare for a possible ‘total war’.
Abu Hussein al‑Hamidawi, the group’s chief, claimed the ‘forces of darkness’ are gathering to destroy Iran, adding: ‘We affirm to the enemies that war against the [Islamic] Republic will not be a walk in the park.
‘But rather, you will taste the bitterest forms of death, and nothing will remain of you in our region.’
Speaking of Hezbollah, the IDF just conducted more than 20 airstrikes on targets in southern Lebanon…
Southern areas of Lebanon were subjected to massive attacks by Israeli Air Force fighter jets, which delivered no less than 23 strikes against ground targets, the news portal Naharnet stated.
Airstrikes were reportedly carried out on the mountainous Jabbur area and the Wadi Barguz gorge, where attempts by militants of the Shiite militia Hezbollah to restore their military infrastructure were recorded.
This should be big news.
Why is the mainstream media in the western world so quiet about this?
We really are on the verge of a cataclysmic showdown in the Middle East.
President Trump warned the Iranians not to kill protesters.
But then the Iranians shut down the Internet for the Iranian population and proceeded to slaughter more than 33,000 protesters…
It comes after it was revealed last night that more than 33,000 protesters had been killed in Iran following the regime’s brutal crackdown on anti-government demonstrations, Time reports, quoting two senior officials working for the country’s Ministry of Health.
The death toll from the anti-government protests, which began on December 28, was previously estimated to be between 16,500 and 18,000.
Alongside the death toll, 97,645 have been wounded, with 30 per cent suffering eye injuries, according to research by Professor Amir-Mobarez Parasta.
We have never seen a slaughter of protesters of this magnitude.
The Iranians clearly crossed the red line that President Trump had established.
Now the U.S. has accumulated an unprecedented amount of firepower in the region, and one expert is warning that “the indicators suggest that planning has moved beyond contingency and into executable readiness”…
A newly circulated strategic assessment by regional military analyst Talal Nahle has intensified speculation that the United States and its allies are nearing a decisive military inflection point with Iran, as unprecedented force concentrations across air and naval domains point to preparations far exceeding a limited or symbolic operation.
The report, updated early Monday following the release of the latest NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) at 02:31 UTC, highlights what Nahle describes as a “deafening silence” — a lack of change in Iranian firing-zone declarations — combined with a vast and measurable coalition order of battle. Together, the indicators suggest that planning has moved beyond contingency and into executable readiness.
“This is no longer the language of speculation,” Nahle wrote. “It is the language of numbers that do not lie.”
According to Nahle, the U.S. could potentially launch more than 1,000 missiles “in a single or closely sequenced salvo”…
At the center of the assessment is the presence of 1,018 Vertical Launch System (VLS) cells deployed aboard U.S. destroyers and other surface combatants operating within strike range of Iran.
According to the analysis, this configuration provides the U.S. Navy with the ability to launch over 1,000 cruise or air-defense missiles — primarily Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles — in a single or closely sequenced salvo.
Military planners note that such volumes are designed for missile saturation, a doctrine that overwhelms even advanced air-defense networks through sheer scale. In this scenario, Iranian radar installations, air bases, command nodes and missile platforms could be targeted simultaneously across the country, compressing the defender’s response window to minutes.
Now that the USS Abraham Lincoln is in the region, the last piece of the puzzle is finally in place.
If President Trump gives the order, missiles will start flying back and forth all over the Middle East.
For the Iranians, the USS Abraham Lincoln would be a really juicy target.
Could you imagine how the American people would react if images of a burning aircraft carrier suddenly appeared on our television screens?
It would be quite a shock.
We are just inches away from a nightmare scenario, and once the fighting begins nobody is going to be able to stop it.
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America's earthquake hotspot is more dangerous than feared as scientists make surprising discovery
READ MORE: Prophecy from apocalyptic 'messiah' warns of death so widespread 'even birds won't escape'
By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
Published: 13:32 EST, 27 January 2026 | Updated: 17:39 EST, 27 January 2026
Scientists studying Northern California have uncovered previously hidden fault lines, raising alarms that seismic risk in the region may be underestimated.
For decades, the Mendocino triple junction was believed to be where three tectonic plates meet: the San Andreas Fault ending in the north, the Cascadia Subduction Zone in the south, and the Mendocino Fault in the east.
Because three major fault systems converge there, the area is one of the most active earthquake zones in the US and could produce a magnitude 8.0 quake.
Now, researchers have discovered that the junction actually contains at least five tectonic plates or fragments deep below the surface, making the region far more complex than previously thought.
That means there may be an unaccounted earthquake hazard in the area, and current models could be underestimating the true risk.
Because the junction lies off the coast and influences both the San Andreas and Cascadia systems, revisions to the model could affect risk calculations for millions of people along the West Coast.
Scientists compared the new findings to an iceberg, where most of the structure remains hidden below the surface.
Geophysicist Amanda Thomas of the University of California, Davis, said: “If we don’t understand the underlying tectonic processes, it’s hard to predict the seismic hazard.”
This discovery shows that the underground fault structure is more complicated than scientists thought.
If the models don’t include these hidden faults, they may underestimate how much stress is building up underground.
That means a larger earthquake could happen unexpectedly, because the hidden faults could suddenly release energy in ways the old models didn’t predict.
The team suspected something more complex was happening at the Mendocino Triple Junction, as a large magnitude 7.2 earthquake in 1992 occurred at a much shallower depth than expected.
First author David Shelly of the US Geological Survey Geologic Hazards Center in Golden, Colorado, said in a statement: 'You can see a bit at the surface, but you have to figure out what the configuration is underneath.'
Using a network of seismometers in the Pacific Northwest, the team tracked tiny 'low-frequency' earthquakes deep underground where tectonic plates grind and slide past each other.
These events are far too weak to be felt on the surface, thousands of times smaller than a detectable quake.
To verify their results, the team compared the seismic activity to tidal forces.
The sun and moon's gravity pulls on the Earth's crust just as it does on the oceans.
When those forces align with the direction a plate is moving, the researchers observed a rise in small quakes, Thomas said, confirming their model.
The new model reveals that the Mendocino triple junction is not just a three-plate intersection, but a far more complicated system of five moving pieces, two of which are hidden deep below the Earth's surface.
At the southern end of the Cascadia subduction zone, researchers say a chunk of the North American plate has snapped off and is being pulled down along with the Gorda plate as it sinks beneath the continent.
Further south, the Pacific plate is dragging a mass of rock called the Pioneer fragment northward under North America. The fault between the Pioneer fragment and the North American plate runs almost horizontally and is completely invisible from above ground.
The Pioneer fragment is a remnant of the ancient Farallon plate, which once ran along California's coastline before mostly disappearing.
The updated model also explains the unusually shallow depth of the 1992 earthquake, because the subducting surface lies much higher than previously thought, Materna said.
'It had been assumed that faults follow the leading edge of the subducting slab, but this example deviates from that,' Materna said. 'The plate boundary seems not to be where we thought it was.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15502805/faults-earthquake-california-
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Winter storm live updates: At least 29 dead across the US
Deaths were reported in the Northeast, the South and the Plains.
By Emily Shapiro, David Brennan, and Bill Hutchinson
Last Updated: January 26, 2026, 12:36 PM EST
A deadly winter storm that brought massive snowfall across the U.S. has knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in the South and is crippling travel in the Northeast.
At least 29 dead across multiple states
At least 29 deaths have been attributed to the storm nationwide, according to the Associated Press.
In Frisco, Texas, near Dallas, a 16-year-old girl died from a sledding accident, according to Frisco police. The victim and another girl were being pulled on a sled by a teenage boy driving a car when the sled struck a curb and then hit a tree, police said.
In the Austin area, a victim was found dead in the parking lot of an abandoned gas station from apparent hypothermia, officials said.
In Arkansas, a 17-year-old boy died after he was pulled by an ATV in the snow and struck a tree, according to the Saline County Sheriff’s Office.
In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, three people died while removing snow, the county coroner said. The victims ranged in age from 60 to 84, the coroner said, adding, "I remind the public to use caution when shovel snow … especially individuals with a history of heart disease or other medical concerns."
Eight people died in New York City. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said a retired police officer died on Long Island while shoveling snow, according to New York ABC station WABC.
Another man was found dead with a shovel in his hand in Verona, New Jersey, according to local police.
In Massachusetts, a woman died after a snowplow backed into her in a parking lot, local officials said.
Four deaths were reported in Tennessee, three in Louisiana, two in Mississippi, one in Kansas, one in Ohio and one in South Carolina, according to officials.
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Over 5,100 flights canceled Monday after 11,000 flights canceled Sunday
More than 5,100 flights have already been canceled within, into or out of the U.S on Monday, with flights leaving Dallas, Boston and New York City hit the hardest, according to FlightAware.
Since Friday, more than 20,000 flights have been canceled due to the storm. Over 11,000 flights were canceled on Sunday, marking the highest day for cancellations since the pandemic, according to Cirium data.
While the number of cancellations is significantly lower compared to Sunday, it still remains high as airlines are working to recover and resume normal operations.
Flights resumed Monday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after the airport stopped all flights Sunday due to the storm.
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Over 650,000 customers without power
Over 650,000 customers remain without power on Monday, with Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas hit the hardest.
The Nashville Electric Service -- which is the hardest-hit utility in the country according to poweroutage.us -- said it will "double its workforce by midday today, with nearly 300 lineworkers deployed across our service area."
"We understand being without power is difficult, especially when conditions outside are extreme," the company said in a statement. "No one will be forgotten or left behind; however, utility prioritization practices are to restore the greatest number of customers first."
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Japan’s Crash Is Our Canary in the Coal Mine
Peter St. Onge | EJ Antoni | January 23, 2026
On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stock index crashed 870 points, the biggest drop since October.
The mainstream media predictably blamed President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs over Greenland, but they were wrong.
Thanks to Bitcoin—which trades 24/7—we can actually go to the tape. It turns out Greenland barely made a dent. What caused the bloodbath was Japan.
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Specifically, the drop was due to new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Monday press conference. She announced snap elections to bolster a raft of reforms, which would hike government spending and reduce tax revenue. This sent Japanese bonds crashing as bond investors worried Japan can’t handle its massive government debt.
The panic then bled into U.S. financial markets via the yen carry trade, where hedge funds and speculators have borrowed hundreds of trillions of yen at near-zero interest rates to park it in U.S. assets.
The trade worked fine when rates in Japan were kept artificially lower than in the United States and traders could employ plenty of leverage—like gambling with borrowed money.
But now Japanese bond yields are soaring with the 30-year yield setting new records and shorter-term securities like the 10- and two-year at the highest levels since the 1990s. The stratospheric rise in these yields is threatening to strengthen the yen with them—so, that free money spigot is reversing.
Unwinding the yen carry trade sent the hedge funds rushing for the exits, crashing stocks and bonds worldwide as they liquidated holdings to get out of their leveraged positions. Put simply, if they bought assets with borrowed money, the assets were sold to repay the loans before the interest on those loans could skyrocket.
Japan’s latest bond crisis is a near-repeat of the U.K. Gilt Crisis in 2022, when British Prime Minister Liz Truss introduced a package of tax cuts and spending hikes that sent bond yields soaring a point and a half in a single day—third world territory. And that sent the British pound crashing to a 37-year low against the dollar.
The wider issue is what the U.K.—and now Japan—have illustrated: Bond markets cannot digest fiscal deficits that have blown away peacetime records.
The fact that this is happening in two of the most advanced—and heretofore drama-free—economies on Earth is ominous. The bond vigilantes are reminding everyone that they have the final veto on all government finance.
Even worse, the fiscal deficit in Japan is less than half that of the U.S.—3% of the gross domestic product in Japan versus the 6.4% of GDP that Congress is spending us into the hole every year.
While the dollar’s reserve currency status and our lower aggregate national debt buy time, this suggests we’re living on borrowed time. And when the crisis hits here, it could be even harder than Japan.
How the Land of the Rising Sun got here is illustrative since Congress is following the same recipe.
Japan’s original sin dates to when its easy money bubble burst in 1990, and instead of letting weak companies and banks die off, it put them on permanent life support with stimulus and low interest rates.
This created a zombie economy of money-losing companies that hog up one-third of all bank lending and almost 10 million Japanese workers essentially paid to lose money. The result is that while American productivity grew by half since 1990, Japan’s actually dropped.
That in turn translated into real wages that are lower in Japan today than 1990, while also driving Japanese government debt to 230% of GDP—an eye-watering $70 trillion in U.S. GDP terms.
To finance all that debt, the Bank of Japan pushed interest rates down near zero for 30 years, which was necessary because otherwise the interest on that mountain of debt would eat Japan alive.
This created the free money machine of the century for foreigners in the yen carry trade, and it plunged Japan into 30 years of stagnation with no end in sight.
Beyond the economic costs, this has driven Japanese suicide rates to one of the highest rates on Earth, while Japanese fertility has plunged to just 1.2 children per couple. Shockingly, that means eight great-grandparents turn into just 1.7 souls. If this keeps up, Japan’s population will fall by half per generation, leaving a shell of a developed nation.
Japan is the poster child for a creeping worldwide government takeover that’s transforming vibrant economies into permanent crony bailout apparatuses: Where government handouts and tax-funded nongovernmental organizations feast while the dwindling taxpayers—who pay for it—all check out, figuratively and sometimes literally.
The canary in the coal mine is singing. Trump’s doing what he can. Now Congress needs to wake up and turn us back from the fiscal cliff with meaningful spending cuts.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/23/japans-crash-is-our-canary-in-the-coalmine/
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Leaks from Iranian officials to Western media indicate growing levels of dissent in regime - report
The leaked information threatens the regime’s narrative of violent foreign-backed terrorist organizations killing civilians and protesters and causing unrest.
ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
JANUARY 26, 2026 16:45 Updated: JANUARY 26, 2026 21:11
A growing number of Iranian officials have released confidential information on the Islamic Republic regime’s brutalization of protesters, indicating growing dissent, the nonpartisan American think tank, the Institute for the Study of War, published on Sunday.
Conflicting with statements made by regime representatives, two Iranian officials briefed on the orders of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told The New York Times that regime forces had been instructed to quell the protests and that regime security forces had been ordered to use live fire to kill and “show no mercy.”
Two senior Iranian officials separately told TIME on Sunday that 30,000 people may have been killed between January 8 and January 9, conflicting with the regime’s official claims at the UN Human Rights Council meeting on Friday that the number stood at 3,117 deaths.
The leaked information threatens the regime’s narrative of violent foreign-backed terrorist organizations killing civilians and protesters and causing unrest, the institute noted.
Describing the regime’s rhetoric as an “ongoing information operation,” the institute warned that the Islamic Republic is promoting a narrative that is designed to conceal its use of lethal force.
Dissent grows as Iranian officials expose protest crackdown
Human rights groups, some of which spoke with The Jerusalem Post last week, say that Iran has been forcing families to identify their murdered loved ones as members of the paramilitary-sanctioned Basij Force, which operates under the arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Beyond information leaks, the US State Department condemned reports that a soldier was set to be executed for refusing orders to fire on protesters. Javid Khales’s “refusal was not only justified, but it was the only moral choice,” the department said.
Additionally, despite ongoing internal debates, Iran has not restored international Internet access. Regime factions opposed to the restoration have said that this could trigger more protests. Alternatively, those in favor of restoring Internet access fear that if it is not, the economic toll of the shutdown could spark further unrest.
IRGC-affiliated media had promised that Internet access would be restored to all provinces by Saturday. However, NetBlocks confirmed on Sunday that connectivity in Iran had only experienced brief spikes.
Adding to the reports of growing dissent, the Iranian Information and Communications Technology Ministry denied the IRGC-linked media’s claim on Sunday.
Divisions over the restoration have become increasingly apparent, as multiple IRGC-affiliated media outlets have taken different stances on the Internet shutdown.
One of them, Tasnim News Agency, criticized plans to restore access on Sunday, claiming it would threaten the same environment needed for economic activity to resume.
However, the Institute for the Study of War noted, an IRGC-affiliated Telegram channel claimed on Wednesday that the shutdown undermines national security interests. The channel argued that the shutdown risked fueling public resentment and worsening the country’s economic situation.
The think tank’s assessment follows a report from the Iranian dissident media site Iran International last week, saying that a senior Iranian diplomat to the UN had abandoned his post and is now seeking asylum with his family in Switzerland.
Diplomatic sources told Iran International that Alireza Jeyrani Hokmabad, a senior official at Iran’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva, decided not to return to Iran out of fear of potential repercussions linked to the current precarious climate.
Further, the sources reportedly claimed that Hokmabad was only one of several Iranian officials probing the possibility of leaving the regime, seeking asylum in the West.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-884602
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Guest Post by Jim Kunstler
“Minnesota Democrats hate ICE because they’re deporting their voters.” —Gunther Eagleman on “X”
Isn’t it obvious by now that the seditious mischief roiling Minneapolis is some kind of a demonstration project for a China-backed overthrow of the whole country? This is not hard. And, apparently, the Democratic Party is either a willing accomplice or a hostage in thrall to its captor — like Patty Hearst, the heiress kidnapped and bamboozled by psychotic Maoist maniacs who styled themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army, until she was happily making bombs and robbing banks with them (and ended up in prison).
It is well understood that these ICE-Out riots are organized and funded by a network created by one Neville Roy Singham (American, b. 1954), now based in Shanghai. Singham funds the Party for Socialism and Liberation, The Peoples’ Forum, Code Pink, the United Community Fund and a web of other money laundries that supply all the logistics for Lefty-left mobs going back to the George Floyd / BLM operations of 2020 and including the pro-Palestinian uproars of 2024.
Singham’s father, Archibald, was a Sri Lankan poly-sci prof at Brooklyn College, specializing in Third World revolution; his mother was a Cuban-born Marxist. Singham founded a software development company called Thoughtworks in 1993, and sold it to a London-based private equity firm, Apax, . If ever there was a James Bond villain come to life, it’s Neville Roy Singham.for $785-million in 2017, after which he devoted himself to the cause of “dismantling capitalism,” and destroying the USA
And then you have his perfect foil, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who visited China at least thirty times in his previous career as a teacher, his travel often funded by the CCP. What was he up to there? I think we’re going to find out. We’re also going to find out what he has been up to in the state he supposedly runs, especially vis-à-vis the developing mega-scandal of billions creamed off taxpayers through the Somali fake social services fraud network. It’s already known that some of that money found its way into Democratic Party coffers. How much of it landed in the bank accounts of Minnesota politicians and administrative officials? We’ll find out about that, too.
ICE-Watch Signal Chat boss Amanda Noelle Koehler with her boss, Gov. Tim Walz
The communication system for the Minneapolis riots is an encrypted Signal Chat network (“MN ICE-Watch”) run by Tim Walz aide and campaign strategist Amanda Noelle Koehler. That’s how they organize rapid-response actions against ICE and broader mobilization for key propaganda opportunities like the recent shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan acts as an admin for the MN ICE-Watch Signal group. Kind of makes you wonder if Tim Walz himself is involved in orchestrating the chaos. Another thing we’ll probably find out. Are these officials criminally liable in the deaths of Good and Pretti? In any case, it’s all a grand distraction from the massive Somali fraud scandal that broke out over Walz this month like a case of scabies.
The overall Singham / CCP plan is to get rid of Donald Trump, elect a Democratic Party Congress, and turn the USA into CCP-inflected clone state. The Dems have already made their strategy clear: bring in X-million illegal aliens (done) and set them up as voters; admit DC and Puerto Rico as new states to secure the Senate; stuff the Supreme Court with extra Lefty-left justices, and set about “redistributing” the nation’s wealth from the productive class to their rainbow coalition of the oppressed, marginalized, non-white, and mentally-ill. I’m sorry if this sounds like the ridiculous plot of a James Bond movie. Oscar Wilde was onto something when he observed that life imitates art.
Now, the question is: what are we going to do about all this — we who care about preserving an American republic based on economic liberty? And perhaps more to the point: how to put down the current engineered chaos in Minnesota ASAP, in a way that serves notice we will not allow our country to be overthrown by any Marxist-Jacobin rabble. Many are calling for President Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act. The Singham / CCP / Democratic Party axis would like nothing better, of course, because they could then slap the “tyrant” label on Mr. Trump and set him up for impeachment in 2027, if they can take the midterm election. And they’ll do exactly that if Senate Majority Leader John Thune keeps obstructing passage of the SAVE (election reform) Act.
Is there a path short of the Insurrection Act to quell the Minneapolis mobs? How about this: since the Minneapolis Police have been ordered to stand down by Mayor Jacob Frey. . . why not deputize the officers as federal marshals and put them under the direct authority of the US DOJ? Then arrest as many unruly mob actors as possible, just get them off the streets and make the point that there are consequences. Meanwhile, seize the assets of all the organizations that are funding the chaos. No more coffee and donuts. No more Signal Chat dispatch system. No more subsidized motel stays. No more riot paychecks. All support gone.
Perhaps that’s a start. Expect to see some resolute action this week against the parties involved in the Minneapolis attacks on Immigration Enforcement agents. And understand that the forensic litigation over Alex Pretti’s foolish death is just an obsessive-compulsive public ritual that is fooling nobody with half a brain. Get in law enforcements’ faces with a gun and you’ve signed your own death warrant. What part of that is a mystery?
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Erdogan emerges as Israel's next strategic threat
Whether it falls or not, the Iranian threat as Israel knews it is no more, but that certainly does not mean we can beat our swords into plowshares. There is growing assessment that Erdogan will seek to take Khamenei's place and build a Muslim Brotherhood proxy army around Israel.
by Amit Segal
Published on 01-22-2026 18:23 Last modified: 01-22-2026 18:23
The Sunni threat
Should we start with the good news or the bad? As clouds of war once again gather over Tehran, senior officials in the region assessed this week the Iranian regime's chances of survival as "very high." If there is no genuine military intervention, said the officials, crossing their legs and leaning back, Khamenei could make it to January 20, 2029, the inauguration date of the 48th president of the United States, still ruling the Islamic Republic. It is extremely difficult to topple a regime that is prepared to kill even three hundred thousand of its own people if necessary, they explained.
Even if the regime were to fall, there is no reason to hope for a secular, liberal Iran. In their assessment, the regime that would arise would be a Persian version of Pakistan: a centralized, Muslim, hostile, and far-from-democratic system; the product of a "palace coup" within the Revolutionary Guards rather than a popular uprising from below, whose activists were mown down en masse in the streets. That is why there is not much enthusiasm in the region for an American attack—if, in their view, nothing good is going to come of it anyway.
And now for the good news: even if the regime does not fall, they believe the Iranian threat as we knew it no longer exists. The era in which Iran could calmly and without interference cultivate a formidable proxy army across the Middle East while inching step by step toward a nuclear bomb is over. They are "who they were," and it is preferable to focus on eliminating the Houthis and the remnants of Hezbollah, the last remaining arms. The Middle East has already internalized the "day after" Iran; entirely different things now preoccupy it.
At the top of the list: Turkey. Within ten years, perhaps even less, the Sunni, terror-supporting regime in Ankara will try to take control of the Middle East. It too will have proxies, and it too will try to encircle Israel and make its life miserable. Senior officials in the region are not particularly troubled by Turkey's and Qatar's integration into Gaza's "executive council," which they see as largely symbolic. Qatar as well, in their view, is undergoing a slow process of turning in the right direction after years of a stormy romance with terror and incitement. But what will happen if Jordan—already a state with a Palestinian majority—falls into Turkey's sphere of influence? What if Egypt falls? Or Lebanon? Attention must also be paid to the worrying processes underway in Syria and its effective transformation into Erdogan's murderous client state. It is not yet too late to act, before the Muslim Brotherhood and their patron wash over the region.
Saudi Arabia's reversal
Speaking of changes, here is the updated assessment now being heard in important capitals in the region: normalization with Saudi Arabia is dead, at least for the foreseeable future. The strategic decision to pursue reconciliation with Israel has been replaced by a wild incitement campaign, whose depth and damage are questionable in terms of awareness. When Qatar's "plastic empire" attacks Israel via Al Jazeera, it is very harmful—but when the preacher in Mecca poisons the entire Sunni world against Israelis, that is something else entirely.
Over the past month, Al Arabiya has been worse than Al Jazeera in the texts broadcast against any normalization with Israel. Saudi podcasters who specialize in luxury cars or sports are suddenly cursing Zionism and the Abraham Accords. The broader context is the Saudi-Emirati military confrontation in Yemen—an attack that should greatly worry Israel and the United States, and that delights the Houthis, who watch their enemies fight one another.
Why is this happening? Strangely, Israel has fallen victim to its historic success in severely damaging Iran's nuclear project and its proxy network. In 2015, the Saudi king sent Netanyahu a note congratulating him on his speech to Congress against the nuclear deal. That is where the seeds of cooperation with the moderate Sunni states were sown, culminating in the Abraham Accords. When concern over Iran reached its peak and interest in the Palestinian issue reached a low point, the de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, embarked on a campaign to prepare hearts for peace with Israel. The date was late September 2023.
October 7 changed everything: it both reignited Arab interest in the Palestinian issue and led to an Israel–Iran war on seven fronts. Saudi Arabia received, for free, the goods it wanted in Tehran, and the price it demanded on the Palestinian issue rose sharply. Contrary to the impression created, Netanyahu and Dermer were not particularly eager to pay any price to the Saudis either. "If not, then not—no force," Netanyahu said in one cabinet meeting.
Now, with the Saudis no longer celebrating the Abraham Accords, they are trying to undermine their foundations of support, from Morocco to the Emirates. Someone I spoke with this week used an Arab proverb to explain it: "He who cannot reach the grapes says they are sour." I suggested an Israeli version, straight from air-defense battle lore: "If I don't fly, nobody flies."
Donald Trump has a move or two available in Riyadh. Israel and its friends in the region should ask him to use his influence to halt the toxic campaign against his main international legacy and make clear that an attack on the accords is an attack on him.
The return of the cockpit
The betting site Polymarket is not particularly impressed by most of the polls published in Israel. When the line opened on the identity of the prime minister after the 2026 elections, Bennett led—but within days the trend reversed. For two months now Netanyahu has been confidently in front. This week he widened the gap: a 54% chance of being prime minister. Bennett stands at 19% (a significant drop from last week), followed, in order, by Eisenkot, Lapid, and Golan, all in single digits. Of course, it should be remembered that the Netanyahu option also includes the possibility that he remains in office, but as head of a caretaker government. Still, this is completely different from the impression created by the polls over the past two years.
What is going on here? Is it the bitter experience of Hapoel fans, accustomed to losses and unable to accept a lead in any league? Or is it the dynamic that should worry the opposition: Netanyahu versus the opposition, and the opposition versus itself?
Gadi Eisenkot's move this week—to propose a united list with Bennett and Lapid—was intended to end the destructive descent into internal battles. In the right-wing bloc it is clear who leads and what the structure is. A giant list, with Lieberman on its right and Golan on its left, would end the leadership brawls in one stroke and neutralize the "prisoner's dilemma," in which each player acts rationally for himself and the shared goal is gravely harmed.
Bennett has long warned that an alliance with Lapid would severely damage his chances of drawing votes from the right, but Eisenkot's camp believes that in any case the almost only person capable of doing that is Lieberman. They think a party with two prime ministers and a chief of staff should allay the fears of undecided voters.
One more thing can be learned from the episode: Gadi Eisenkot has not abandoned his intention to lead the bloc. If Bennett refuses the proposal to choose the prime ministerial candidate only close to the elections, will that pave Eisenkot's way to say, "I tried, they didn't want to, I'm running alone"? Or perhaps to run with Yair Lapid, who is willing to discuss vacating the top spot under certain conditions? The chances of the unification Bennett wants so badly, with Eisenkot, declined this week. Bennett wanted straight and right; Eisenkot wants to meet in the center.
Who will block the blockers?
Can more than a hundred percent of blame be measured for a disaster? If not, any effort to explain complexity will look like an attempt to extract the responsible party. You talked about the failures of the army and the Shin Bet before October 7? You are trying to absolve Netanyahu of responsibility, and vice versa. As in Gaza, so on the roads. You talked about ultra-Orthodox roadblockers? You absolved the driver who ran people over. You blamed the driver? You ignored the violence of the blockage.
There is enough blame to go around, and it is worth starting at the beginning. Blocking roads is a thuggish and violent act, not an effective protest without disruption to public order (and if it is, then it's time to block the road leading to the Attorney General's home every morning; we'll see how long it takes for the directive to change). The State Attorney's guidelines from August 2020 state that inciting those present to block roads can be considered an aggravating circumstance justifying prosecution; so can organizing such a demonstration. Gali Baharav-Miara and her predecessor Amit Isman made a conscious decision in 2023 to exempt the organizers of mass road blockages from any responsibility, in order to protect themselves and their counterparts in the legal system. It was a "green light" to normalize violence and a prelude to making Israelis' lives miserable.
To the credit of the Kaplan protesters, both on the enforcing and the non-enforcing side, a similar disgrace also characterized the disabled protests. And to the discredit of the extreme ultra-Orthodox who blocked roads en masse, it should be said that they did so even before the paralysis of Ayalon became fashionable. But once the illegal disregard by law enforcement for its own guidelines was normalized, the train left the station (and was then blocked by protesters).
If there is no price at all for blocking a road, how is this phenomenon supposed to end? What is a driver supposed to do when a protester stops in front of his car? The answer is certainly not to run him over. But the protester and the blocker also bear responsibility and blame for the tragic outcomes. Not all the responsibility and not all the blame, of course, but a decisive contribution: without a blockage, there would have been no running over. It is worth remembering this, not only on Romema Street, but also the next time Kaplan protesters are shocked by a driver who struck them on the road. There is a price for lawlessness. If the justice system does not collect it, it may, tragically, be collected by passersby.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/22/erdogan-emerges-as-israels-next-strategic-threat/
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Report: US weighs full Syria withdrawal as Sharaa forces rout Kurds
The Wall Street Journal reports that Washington is considering a full troop withdrawal from Syria after the SDF’s collapse.
Israel National News
Jan 23, 2026, 4:09 AM (GMT+2)
Washington is weighing a full withdrawal of American forces from Syria, US officials told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, as Syrian President Ahmed al‑Sharaa moves to seize control of the country’s northeast from the US-backed, Kurdish‑led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Such a move would end more than a decade of US military involvement in Syria, which began in 2014 when then‑President Barack Obama intervened in the civil war. The deliberations come as Sharaa’s government has ordered the SDF to disband following a rapid offensive over the weekend that left the militia on the brink of collapse.
The United States has previously considered a drawdown. In December 2018, President Trump abruptly announced a full pullout of roughly 2,000 troops, prompting the resignation of then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. The decision was later softened by senior advisers, leaving a residual force in place.
Today, roughly 1,000 American troops remain in Syria, mostly in the northeast alongside the SDF. A small number are stationed at Al Tanf Garrison in the south. Their primary mission is preventing an Islamic State (ISIS) resurgence, and until last weekend’s offensive, the SDF was responsible for guarding about 9,000 ISIS detainees.
The Pentagon declined to comment, and the White House did not immediately respond.
US officials say that if the SDF disbands entirely, there would be little justification for keeping American troops in Syria. They also cite the difficulty of working with Sharaa’s forces, which they say include jihadist sympathizers and soldiers tied to Al‑Qaeda and ISIS, as well as individuals implicated in alleged war crimes against Kurds and Druze.
Related articles:
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Tensions have already escalated. In December, two US soldiers and an American interpreter were killed near Palmyra by a Syrian security officer who was about to be dismissed for extremist views. During the recent offensive, US forces shot down a Syrian government drone near an American facility, and Sharaa’s forces attacked SDF barracks at the same base.
Another factor in the withdrawal debate is the fate of thousands of ISIS detainees. On Wednesday, the US began transferring 7,000 of the roughly 9,000 prisoners to Iraq amid fears they could escape as Syrian forces take over detention sites. Last week, 200 detainees escaped from Shaddadi prison after SDF forces abandoned their posts, though Sharaa’s forces later recaptured them.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/421346
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Earthquake warnings flash from Wyoming to Utah as 4.7 quake rocks the West
By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
Published: 11:14 EST, 22 January 2026 | Updated: 12:36 EST, 22 January 2026
Thousands of Americans received earthquake warnings on Thursday after a 4.7 magnitude struck Utah.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) issued the ShakeAlert after the quick hit just 54 miles outside of Salt Lake City at 7.49am local (9.49am ET).
Residents reported shaking across northern Utah, western Wyoming and southern Idaho.
Several cities, including Logan, Ogden, and Provo, reported weak and light shaking to USGS and there have been no reports of injuries or property damage caused by the quake.
Nearly 1.5million people live in the 125-mile stretch between Logan and Provo, where the earthquake's effects were most felt.
Keith Koper, the University of Utah’s Seismograph Station’s director, told ABC4 Utah: 'It is possible that you could feel more shaking later today.'
USGS added that there was a nearly 50percent chance that another quake stronger than magnitude 3.0 could take place in the region over the next day.
Koper noted that Thursday's event was not considered a 'big earthquake' but added that this highly populated part of Utah sits on top of a major fault line linked to significant seismic activity.
The Wasatch Fault runs directly under or very close to several major Utah cities along the Wasatch Front.
These communities include Brigham City, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Provo, and Nephi.
According to officials in Utah, the Wasatch Fault has caused 17 major earthquakes stronger than magnitude 5.5 since record-keeping began in the area in 1847.
Studies by USGS have warned that at least 22 large surface-splitting quakes stronger than magnitude 7.0 have taken place along the Wasatch over the last 6,000 years, averaging one every 300 years.
The most recent of these major disasters took place approximately three centuries ago near the Nephi segment of the fault line, meaning a new mega earthquake could conceivably be a possibility, based on historical averages.
A 2016 review of the Wasatch Fault by USGS and other state scientists determined that there was a 43percent chance of an earthquake greater than magnitude 6.7 erupting along the fault over the next 50 years.
The odds were even higher of a quake stronger than magnitude 6.0 impacting Utah, coming in at 57percent.
'A large quake on the Wasatch fault zone near Salt Lake City could have an enormous impact on the region and result in 2,000 to 2,500 fatalities,' the 2016 Working Group on Utah Earthquake Probabilities (WGUEP) wrote in their assessment.
The report also estimated that 7,400 to 9,300 life-threatening injuries would occur, 84,000 families could displaced from their homes, and there would likely be disruptions to water, electricity, gas, and sewer lines when the earth split.
Overall, the total damage cost in 2016 was calculated at $33billion.
Since Thursday's magnitude 4.7 quake, at least six minor aftershocks have been recorded in the area.
The earthquake did not take place directly along this fault line, as its epicenter was approximately 50miles east of the Wasatch.
However, it was still located within the Intermountain Seismic Belt (ISB), a massive zone of earthquake activity stretching from Montana to Arizona.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15488867/Earthquake-warnings-Wyoming-Utah.html
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Genetics Helping Restore Priestly Lineage Of Levites For Third Temple Service
By Joshua Marks/JNS.org January 16, 2026
The wind cuts down from the Mount of Olives as three Jewish men named Cohen hunch their shoulders against the cold and start up the wooden ramp to the Temple Mount, breath clouding in the Jerusalem air.
In a scene that could stand in for countless real family journeys, their grandparents' stories trace lines through Poland, Tunisia and Iran, but here the paths merge: walking the worn stone their Israelite forefathers once crossed in white linen, lips shaping the same psalms those priests sang when the Temple still stood and the smoke of offerings climbed into the winter sky.
If this trio had wanted more than a symbolic ascent--if they had wanted to learn how to bless, to sing and to serve as their ancestors once did--they could now find a place to do it.
An emerging effort to revive the Aaronite priests and Levitical assistants of ancient Israel has grown into a nearly 100-strong professional community of Kohanim and Levites in just a month, led by a young Israeli doctor and Temple Mount activist.
Nathan Huberman, 32, a Canadian-born physician, Israel Defense Forces veteran and longtime Temple Mount guide who lives outside Jerusalem, recently talked to JNS about his work turning ancient hereditary roles into a concrete program of training, identity and public engagement.
"These communities are professional communities, founded on four principles," Huberman said. "Identity, an identity that comes with responsibility, knowing the actions you are meant to perform, and setting professional standards for those actions."
Huberman is building two separate but related professional communities rooted in priestly and Levitical identity, each with its own focus and infrastructure.
The Kohen community operates under Mamlechet Kohanim, which runs a basic training course using life-sized replicas of Temple vessels--including an altar and menorah--and brings in specialists to teach practical workshops. The aim is to grow both the number of participants and their level of professional preparedness for traditional priestly functions The Levite community is organized through the Beyadenu organization and is centered on the Temple Mount, where members ascend to areas permitted under Jewish law and sing, echoing the role of Levites in the ancient Temple ensemble. Huberman is working to formalize this track as well, consulting musicologists and performers from Levitical families to design a dedicated course in Levite liturgical song that is still in development
Because both groups are identity-based ethnic communities, Huberman says there is significant work to be done in structuring them along traditional lines. He notes that biblical, rabbinic and archaeological sources describe how the Temple workforce was divided, and that some families today claim descent from the Second Temple-era mishmarot, or service divisions.
In theory, he adds, modern genetic research could be used to help sort contemporary priests and Levites into their ancestral family lines, further refining how the two communities are organized.
"I'm here just connecting dots," said Huberman. "There are people out there doing great work, and these communities invite people to take part in those dots that are already there and connect to them."
The Levi project rests on what Huberman calls a quiet revolution in Jewish access and religious expression on the Temple Mount over the past decade. Where once Jews risked being expelled or even arrested for closing their eyes too long or appearing to pray, he says it is now possible to sing and even dance openly under the eyes of Israeli police without interference.
As a board member of Beyadenu, Huberman works to ease access and improve the experience for non-Muslims, arguing that a broader cross-section of Israeli society now ascends the Mount, including religious Zionists, haredim and others.
He points to a growing, if often discreet, roster of rabbis who halachically permit ascent under strict guidelines, citing figures such as the late chief rabbis Mordechai Eliyahu and Shlomo Goren and promising to publish a detailed list of supportive authorities.
"Most of the people going up are not very homogenous," he said. "It's shared among many different demographics, which is very interesting."
The communities' development coincides with cutting-edge research into the Y chromosome of Kohens that, in Huberman's view, could transform how priestly families organize themselves for renewed Temple service. A recent high-resolution sequencing study, currently available as a preprint, found that roughly 80 percent of tested Kohens cluster into nine major paternal lineages, with about 20% remaining unassigned--an echo, he notes, of Second Temple-era records describing a group called Hakot that was sidelined from service due to unclear lineage.
While stressing that halachic Kohen status cannot rest on DNA alone, Huberman sees enormous potential in using genetics to reconstruct detailed family trees and revive the 24 "mishmarot," or family shifts, into which King David and the prophet Samuel divided the priestly workforce. He hopes to work with researchers to map well-documented Kohen dynasties--from families in Israel and Tunisia to Middle Eastern clans that preserve scrolls tracing their ancestry back to biblical figures such as Ezra and Eli the High Priest--onto these genetic lines for practical division of future Temple labor.
"You can use the genetic code to recreate family trees," Huberman emphasized. "You can prove that a Kohen from Algeria and a Kohen from Eastern Europe actually descend from the same person, and that has huge implications for how the Temple service could be organized."
Huberman situates his initiative within a larger theological and national conversation in Israel about what Jewish sovereignty is ultimately for beyond physical protection from antisemitism. Drawing inspiration from Bar-Ilan University's professor Hillel Weiss, whose writings on practical steps toward Temple restoration deeply influenced him, he argues that the Temple and its priestly institutions are meant to expand Judaism's contribution to the world, socially and spiritually.
To that end, the communities collaborate with groups such as the Temple Institute, whose altars and ritual equipment could, in Huberman's telling, be deployed rapidly if circumstances allowed, making a pool of trained Kohens and Levites a strategic religious asset.
He emphasizes readiness and professionalism over messianic rhetoric, inviting skeptics and supporters alike to visit courses in person and watch Levites sing on the Temple Mount, in the hope that transparency will build trust and normalize what he sees as a grassroots return to Temple-centered Jewish identity.
"The Israeli population in general, Jewish people in general, are grappling with the question," said Huberman. "We get it, we have a country that's supposed to protect us from antisemitism, but beyond just protection and creating a country, what are we supposed to do with this country?"
Although still in their earliest stages, the communities already mimic aspects of Chabad-style outreach, with Huberman fielding daily calls from Kohens in Israel and abroad who want to join, including those who are not observant. He portrays the project as a way to "fix historical fractures," including his own complicated Levitical family story in the shadow of the Holocaust, by rebuilding broken chains of memory and practice.
Next steps include expanding course offerings, formalizing workshops with academic and ritual partners, and building an international network of identity-based priestly and Levitical communities.
Huberman encourages any self-identified Kohen or Levi interested in reconnecting with this heritage to reach out directly through his existing contact details, promising that the door is open to all who wish to turn an inherited status into lived responsibility.
"I want it to be the most inviting that it can be to every Kohen," Huberman said. "It's sort of like an outreach movement, like a Chabad for priestly families, bringing this part of Judaism back to Jews all over."
Originally published at JNS.org
https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=9408
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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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ICE agent slams protester during search for alleged child sex offender: ‘That’s who you’re protecting’
An ICE agent in the Twin Cities slammed an agitator following his car and honking for impeding feds’ reported operation to nab a child sex offender. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer behind the wheel of a pickup truck rolled up…video
https://nypost.com/video/ice-agent-slams-protester-during-search-for-alleged-child-sex
-offender-thats-who-youre-protecting/
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Christian leaders demand justice after anti-ICE agitators storm St. Paul church: 'Unspeakably evil'
Trump administration launches federal investigation as Attorney General Pam Bondi vows prosecution
By Anders Hagstrom Fox News Published January 19, 2026 2:03pm EST
Leaders demanded action from the government after protesters were filmed shouting at Cities Church congregants in St. Paul. The incident was filmed by former CNN host Don Lemon, who followed the protesters.
The National Faith Advisory Board highlighted a response by Pastor Paul Chappell, as well as Paula Michelle White, who serves as senior adviser to the White House Faith Office.
"We condemn the actions of Don Lemon and the group of activists who stormed Cities Church today in St. Paul, Minnesota, in clear violation of the FACE Act. Christians everywhere should demand that the Department of Justice arrest those who participated. We must protect religious liberty in this country," White wrote.
ALINA HABBA SAYS DOJ WILL 'COME DOWN HARD' AFTER ANTI-ICE MOB DISRUPTS MINNESOTA CHURCH SERVICE
Chappell called on the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into the incident and "apprehend those who broke the law."
"We must protect religious liberty in this country," Chappell told his congregation at Lancaster Baptist Church in California.
Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, condemned the incident as "unspeakably evil." He also urged law enforcement to take swift action.
DOJ LAUNCHES CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION AFTER MINNESOTA AGITATORS STORM CHURCH
"I normally do not post to social media on the Lord’s Day, but the unspeakably evil intrusion of a leftist mob into a Christian worship service today in Minneapolis must be called out for what it is—and Federal authorities should be fast and effective in response. May God bless this steadfast pastor, this faithful Gospel church, and the members who were traumatized, including children and youth. This was nothing less than the desecration of Christian worship.
President Donald Trump's administration has already announced investigations into the incident, which saw dozens of protesters disrupting the service and harassing congregants on Sunday.
"What a despicable act meant to terrorize and stoke fear in Christians. This is what the Left is. They hate order and want to destroy the nation," wrote Pastor Steve Gentry of Village Church in Virginia.
MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD PLACED ON STANDBY TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AS PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT
Multiple top-level members of Trump's administration vowed an investigation after the unrest on Sunday.
"I just spoke to the Pastor in Minnesota whose church was targeted. Attacks against law enforcement and the intimidation of Christians are being met with the full force of federal law," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement.
"If state leaders refuse to act responsibly to prevent lawlessness, this Department of Justice will remain mobilized to prosecute federal crimes and ensure that the rule of law prevails," she added.
Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, said she and her team are "hard at work" investigating the incident.
"We will not rest until we are able to deliver justice," Dhillon said in a statement.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/christian-leaders-demand-justice-after-anti-ice-agitators
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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, the preparation for war, not just North Korea but Russia and other countries that hate America, they are preparing and getting ready. etc
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Pileup involving up to 100 cars reported on Michigan highway: ‘Avoid driving today'
The Ottawa County Sheriff's office reported a multi-vehicle crash just before noon on I-196 near 64th Avenue in Zeeland Township, located just outside of Grand Rapids.
Published January 19, 2026 • Updated on January 19, 2026 at 9:05 pm
A pileup involving as many as 100 cars shut down a western Michigan highway on Monday and left many drivers stranded in dangerous weather conditions.
The Ottawa County Sheriff's office reported a multi-vehicle crash just before noon on Interstate 196 near 64th Avenue in Zeeland Township, located about 25 miles southwest of Grand Rapids.
The crash shut down I-196 in both directions between Hudsonville and Zeeland, leaving many drivers stranded. Buses from Hudsonville Public Schools were being used to transport stranded drivers from the scene to Hudsonville High School, the sheriff's office said.
"Motorists currently stranded on scene should remain inside their vehicles until they are able to board a bus for transportation to Hudsonville High School," the department wrote. "We are asking the public to avoid driving today, especially in this area, due to hazardous conditions."
NBC affiliate station WOOD-TV reported the crash involved as many as 100 vehicles, and "includes several jack-knifed semi-trucks.”
Images purportedly of the scene showed several semis in ditches and crashed vehicles on snowy roadways.
The National Weather Service had warned Monday that "travel is not recommended near and west of US 131 this morning into the afternoon."
"This especially includes I-196," the agency wrote on X. "Whiteouts, slide offs and multi car accidents have been observed on major roads via MDOT webcams as lake effect snow bands and blowing snow are occurring."
Snowfall rates of up to a half-inch per hour were reported.
According to WOOD-TV, the interstate was closed for roughly eight hours but had reopened as of 6 p.m. About nine to 12 people were injured in the pileup and taken to area hospitals, authorities said.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/weather/pileup-involving-up-to-100-cars-reported-on-michigan-
highway-avoid-driving-today/3878255/
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Trump confirms Putin was invited to join Gaza Board of Peace initiative
While speaking to reporters, Trump also confirmed he would discuss acquiring Greenland at this week's Davos World Economic Forum.
By SHIR PERETS, REUTERS
JANUARY 20, 2026 07:11 Updated: JANUARY 20, 2026 11:58
US President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was invited to be a member of his "Board of Peace" initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, including Phase II of his Gaza peace plan.
"He's been invited," Trump told reporters.
Earlier on Monday, the Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin had received an invitation to join the Board of Peace, and that Moscow was reviewing the proposal, expressing hope for future contacts with Washington regarding it.
Trump pushes for tariffs on France if Macron doesn't join peace board
Trump added that French President Emmanuel Macron would also join the board, and that he plans to impose a 200% tariff on French wines and champagnes if not.
When asked by a reporter about Macron saying he will not join the board, Trump said, "Did he say that? Well, nobody wants him because he will be out of office very soon."
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Morocco’s King joins Trump’s new 'Board of Peace'
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI accepts Trump’s invitation to join the new “Board of Peace" founded as part of Trump’s Gaza peace plan.
Israel National News Jan 20, 2026, 5:10 AM (GMT+2)
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Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has accepted US President Donald Trump’s invitation to join his new “Board of Peace" as a founding member, the Moroccan foreign ministry announced Monday.
“Welcoming President Donald Trump’s commitment and vision to promoting peace," the monarch “has graciously accepted this invitation," the ministry said in a statement published by the MAP news agency, adding that Morocco would “ratify the charter establishing this board."
The ministry hailed the US-led initiative as aiming to “contribute to peace efforts in the Middle East and adopt a new approach to resolving conflicts around the world."
The charter of the “Board of Peace", seen by AFP, states that member countries - represented by their head of state or government - may join for three years, or longer if they contribute more than $1 billion within the first year.
The Board, which is part of Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza, will serve as an international transitional oversight body that supervises and provides oversight for Gaza's transitional administration during a post-ceasefire reconstruction period.
As part of the plan, day-to-day administration is handled by a technocratic Palestinian Arab committee overseen by an intermediate executive committee. The “Board of Peace" is chaired by Trump himself and includes around 10-15 leaders from Arab, Western, and other countries.
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The White House has approached several world leaders to join the board, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Morocco restored diplomatic ties with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords in 2020, an initiative brokered by Trump during his first term in office, and which has led to increased cooperation between the two countries.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/421169
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US-Iran showdown nears as Israel is pulled deeper in
The arrival of a US aircraft carrier in the Gulf gives Washington significant flexibility in the use of force. While the military option remains on the table, President Donald Trump is also keeping the diplomatic track open – a development that carries troubling implications for Israel.
by Danny Citrinowicz
Published on 01-19-2026 15:40 Last modified: 01-19-2026 15:40
As the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln makes its way toward the Persian Gulf, the decisive moment between the US and Iran draws closer. At this stage, and despite the belligerent rhetoric on both sides, it is clear that a diplomatic solution is still very much an option. The same actors in Iran, in the US administration and across the region who blocked a strike last Wednesday are apparently using the waiting period to explore alternatives that could enable a political process between Washington and Tehran and avert escalation.
The carrier's arrival gives the United States considerable operational flexibility against Iran, ranging from dramatic steps such as targeting Iranian oil tankers that guarantee crude supplies to China, to direct strikes on targets inside Iran itself. Yet even with these capabilities in place, the core dilemma facing the administration remains unresolved: whether to settle for a show of force and diplomatic pressure aimed at producing a nuclear agreement on Washington's terms, or to pursue kinetic action designed to bring about regime change.
Moreover, the massive concentration of force in the Gulf does not answer the deeper strategic question: how to achieve a swift and meaningful outcome, potentially including regime change, without being dragged into a prolonged and costly campaign. At the same time, it is unclear how Washington could ensure that a post-regime Iran would not be taken over by forces even more extreme than the current leadership.
Tehran under pressure
Either way, the arrival of the aircraft carrier in the Gulf dramatically increases the level of pressure on Tehran, particularly amid possible threats to the life of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This also explains the threats voiced yesterday by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and why Iranian forces are apparently on high alert.
Much like the administration in Washington, the Iranian regime now faces a dramatic point of decision: whether to comply with US demands, a move that would require relinquishing key pillars of the regime's security doctrine, foremost among them uranium enrichment, or to stand firm and risk a military confrontation, a scenario Iran is least eager to see unfold.
Ultimately, the decision rests with Khamenei himself. The question is whether a leader who views the US as the "Great Satan" and the bitter enemy of the Islamic Revolution will be willing, despite his public declarations, to drink not just a cup but a "pitcher of poison" in order to save the regime.
If not, is there any actor within Iran with enough power to push him in that direction? This comes as it is far from clear how fully aware he is of the gravity of the situation and of the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran, even after suppressing protests, remains in an extremely fragile state. If Tehran fails to change course, the next wave of protests may only be a matter of time, given the country's severe economic distress.
Between Opportunity and Risk
From an Israeli perspective, this is an issue of opportunity against risk. The unprecedented US presence in the Gulf and the commitment demonstrated by the president on Iran brings Israel closer to achieving the strategic objective of a dramatic change in Iran's regime or, at the very least, a fundamental shift in its policy.
At the same time, there is the danger that Washington and Tehran could reach a nuclear deal that would not serve Israel's interests. As ever, opportunity comes hand in hand with risk. Iran may not choose to attack Israel in every scenario, but the the likelihood of Israeli involvement is likely to rise.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/19/us-iran-showdown-nears-as-israel-is-pulled-deeper-in/
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SURPRISE! USS Theodore Roosevelt Steams into Red Sea
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The USS Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt sailed into the Red Sea early today, making it the only US Aircraft Carrier - and strike group - in the Middle East.
Yesterday, the USS George HW Bush left Norfolk, VA heading out into the Atlantic. There is no word on where it is deploying, but common sense would seem to indicate Europe/The Mediterranean Sea.
Hal Turner Analysis
The Red Sea means the carrier and its strike group are within range of Houthis in Yemen, and the regime in Iran.
Two Arleigh Burke class Destroyers are in the Persian Gulf, completely vulnerable to Iran.
One additional Arleigh Burke class Destroyer is in the Red Sea.
It seems to me, and this is only my personal opinion, if things go hot with Iran, we are going to lose ships and men. Prepare yourselves emotionally for that possibility.
Almighty God, please protect our Naval Vessels and the brave men on them.
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Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Strikes Cascadia Subduction Zone off Oregon Coast
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A strong Magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck in the "most dangerous earthquake zone on earth" - the Cascadia Subduction Zone -- in the Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of Oregon.
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Trump told large-scale Iran strikes would not topple Islamic Republic regime, officials tell WSJ
US officials caution Trump that military action could escalate tensions without changing Iran's leadership.
ByJAMES GENN
JANUARY 16, 2026 01:01Updated: JANUARY 16, 2026 11:49
US President Donald Trump was advised that a large-scale military strike against Iran would be unlikely to make the Islamic Republic's regime fall, and may have sparked a wider conflict, US officials told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
Trump, for now, would monitor how Tehran handles ongoing protest activity before deciding on the scope of any potential military action, the report noted.
The US military would need more firepower in the region in order to launch a large-scale military action, protect US forces mobilized in the region, and to protect regional allies, including Israel, if Iran were to retaliate against a strike, the advisers told Trump, according to the officials.
However, smaller military actions could boost morale among protesters nationwide, even if it ultimately did not change the regime's clampdown on activists, the officials told the outlet.
Trump, while not having made a final decision, has requested that US military assets be mobilized in preparation for a possible large-scale attack order, the officials said.
Trump and his team "have communicated to the Iranian regime that if the killing continues, there will be grave consequences,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.
Leavitt: Only Trump knows what he will do in Iran
Only Trump knows what he is going to do, and a "very, very small team of advisors are read into his thinking," she added.
Trump is likely to order the USS Abraham Lincoln to reposition from the South China Sea to the Middle East, two US officials and one other person familiar with the move told WSJ. This journey would last approximately a week, they noted.
Meanwhile, Senator Lindsey Graham told reporters that he is supportive of a larger-scale strike, WSJ reported, adding that he hopes the Iranian regime's "days are numbered."
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-883576
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Report: Israel, Arab states urge Trump to delay major strikes on Iran
Israeli and Arab officials urge Trump to delay major strikes on Iran despite intense protests and rising casualties, according to NBC News.
Israel National News
Jan 14, 2026, 5:24 AM (GMT+2)
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Trump with Iran protests in the background
Israeli and Arab officials have privately cautioned the Trump administration in recent days that Iran’s regime may not yet be weakened enough for US military strikes to deliver a decisive blow, NBC News reported Tuesday.
The report cited a US official, a former US official briefed on the talks, a source familiar with Israeli leadership thinking, and two Arab officials.
These officials have advised President Donald Trump - who is weighing military action in response to Tehran’s deadly crackdown on protesters - to hold off on large‑scale strikes for now. Some prefer waiting until the regime is further strained, noting that Iran’s internal stability is shifting rapidly and could change dramatically in either direction.
The discussions, involving senior American political and military leaders, highlight the complex considerations Trump faces as he evaluates possible US responses. The President, who was expected to meet on Tuesday with his national security team, has warned that Iran will face US military action if the regime is killing protesters.
One Arab official said there is a “lack of enthusiasm from the neighborhood" for US strikes at this moment. Another warned that “any attack or escalation by Israel or the US will unite Iranians," noting the rally‑around‑the‑flag effect after the American and Israeli attack in June.
Israeli officials have told the administration that while they fully support regime change in Iran, they fear outside military intervention now may not finish the job protesters have begun. They have suggested alternative US actions to further weaken the regime and bolster demonstrators before considering larger strikes.
Possible steps include improving communications access for Iranians to bypass the regime’s internet blackout, increasing economic sanctions, launching a cyberattack, or carrying out highly targeted military action against specific Iranian leaders, the sources said.
A spokesperson for the Israeli Embassy in Washington declined to comment.
A White House official said in a statement that “All options are at President Trump’s disposal to address the situation in Iran. The president listens to a host of opinions on any given issue, but ultimately makes the decision he feels is best."
The official added that Trump “means what he says," citing military action he ordered against Iran in June and the recent operation to capture Venezuela’s leader.
On Monday night, two Defense Department officials who spoke to CBS News stated that Trump has been briefed on a broad set of military and covert capabilities that could be used against Iran, extending far beyond conventional airstrikes.
Several sources familiar with the matter said the President’s national security team will meet at the White House today to review updated Iran options. It remains unclear whether the President will attend the meeting.
A separate report in the New York Times, citing a senior US source, said that the Pentagon presented Trump with a wide range of options for a strike in Iran, including the possibility of attacking parts of its nuclear program.
The source qualified the statement by noting that the more likely options at this stage are pinpointed, such as a cyberattack or a strike against Iran's internal security apparatus.
Trump on Tuesday warned in an interview with CBS News that the United States is prepared to “take very strong action" if Iran begins hanging anti-government protesters.
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The President noted he is aware a “pretty substantial number" of demonstrators have already been killed during more than two weeks of unrest. According to CBS News sources, at least 12,000 - and possibly as many as 20,000 - are feared dead.
Speaking to reporters later, following his visit to Detroit, Trump said, "I'm going back to the White House now, we're going to look at the whole situation that's going on in Iran... We'll get some accurate numbers as to what's happening with regard to the killing."
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420869
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'You do not have much time': Crown Prince urges Iranian Army members to abandon regime
“You are the national military of Iran, not the military of the Islamic Republic. You have a duty to protect the lives of your compatriots," Pahlavi wrote.
By SAM HALPERN
JANUARY 14, 2026 08:31 Updated: JANUARY 14, 2026 09:29
Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi assured protesters in the ongoing demonstrations against the government that American help was coming while also urging Iran’s army to abandon the regime and join the opposition in a statement released on Wednesday morning.
“My compatriots,” Pahlavi began in his statement, posted to X/Twitter. “By now, you have probably heard the message from the President of the United States. Help is on the way. Continue the fight, as you have done so far.”
He went on to state that there was “a sea of blood” between the Iranian people and the regime, which he asserted would be “prosecuted” for their actions. He then called for Iran’s army to cease defending the country’s leadership.
Pahlavi urges Iran's army to abandon regime, join protesters
“But I also have a special message for members of the Army,” he concluded. “You are the national military of Iran, not the military of the Islamic Republic. You have a duty to protect the lives of your compatriots. You do not have much time. Join them as soon as possible.”
The crown prince’s message comes as official confirmations of the death toll from the protests cross 2,000.
Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi addresses the National Cooperation Convention in Munich, July 26, 2025.
On Tuesday, an Iranian official told The New York Times that around 3,000 people had died. The following morning, US-based Iranian rights group HRANA confirmed that at least 2,403 protesters had been killed.
Pahlavi’s assurance that US help was “on the way” follows US President Donald Trump's statement on Tuesday on his Truth Social platform.
The president also noted that he had canceled all meetings with Iranian officials until the regime ceased its violent crackdown on protesters.
That day, the US told its citizens to immediately leave Iran via a notice released by its virtual embassy in Tehran.
“US citizens should leave Iran now. Consider departing Iran by land to Turkiye or Armenia, if safe to do so," the notice said.
French foreign minister: Iran crackdown could be most violent in its contemporary history
Also speaking on Iran's crackdown on demonstrations across the country, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Wednesday that they were the most violent in the country's contemporary history.
"What we suspect is that this is the most violent repression in Iran's contemporary history and that it must absolutely stop," Barrot said.
Reuters contributed to this report
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-883292
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School District Accused of Forcing Kids to Hide Bibles
By Billy Hallowell
Editor January 13, 2026
An organization that provides Bible programming to public school children is suing a Washington state school district, alleging officials are improperly targeting its Christian program.
Joel Penton, CEO of LifeWise Academy, told CBN News his organization allows parents to opt-in for their kids to go off-site during lunch, recess, and other non-essential periods from public schools during the day.
Children are then given Bible lessons before returning to their respective schools. LifeWise, which launched in 2019, operates in hundreds of schools and is independently funded. It’s a Released Time religious instruction program, made legal in 1952, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Zorach v. Clauson case that public school students can be released during school hours to attend religious classes.
“We’ve been growing rapidly in the last few years, but we started up a program in Everett, Washington, and it was going so well last year,” Penton said. “We had dozens of families engaged and some individuals went to the school board … one gentleman on the school board, in particular, was swayed by these things, and they put in some really discriminatory rules.”
He continued, “They updated their policies and changed the rules on us so that, unlike other student groups … we cannot show up now at any of the school-related functions like the fair where kids sign up for programs like ours and learn about new things.”
Penton said LifeWise has been “singled out.” Beyond purportedly precluding the organization from participating in these official club events, he said LifeWise is now required to obtain weekly parental permission slips from families who wish to opt in.
Normally, Penton said, this would be a one-time permission granted at the start of the school year.
“They have now changed the rules that children need to bring in a permission slip every single week,” he explained. “And not only that, they’ve said that the parents need to carry in the permission slip each and every week … it’s clearly an obstacle they’re putting up to try to push us out because that’s unreasonable for parents to do that.”
Penton alleged no other clubs are being asked to do the same. This school year, he said, LifeWise will be in 1,000 schools and no other school across the U.S. requires such permission.
The third issue Penton mentioned — one he called “almost comically discriminatory” — is a policy reportedly requiring students who leave LifeWise during the day and come back to school to place any materials, including Bibles, in a “sealed envelope.”
“That sounds like it can’t even be real, but a sealed envelope as though the material is dangerous — that it will infect other children,” Penton said.
He believes the school board changed its policies to “single … out” LifeWise.
“It seems to be a transparent attempt to get us to effectively shut down the program,” Penton said. “And so we really tried to handle this quietly. … We went to the school and tried to very quietly say, ‘You know, this is discrimination; you can’t do this. There’s a constitution in this country.’ And they were not receptive to that.”
Penton went to First Liberty Institute, a conservative legal firm, to get assistance. A letter pushing back on the policies reportedly didn’t yield the response First Liberty wanted.
So, LifeWise has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the district’s policies. Penton said parents feel targeted by the district’s actions, and he’s working to ensure they are overturned.
“As you can imagine, parents are upset by this, and especially when … we’ve been trying to do this in a way that isn’t offensive,” he said. “Kids whose parents opt them into the program want to quietly have a Bible study.”
Ultimately, Penton said LifeWise wants families to have full access to the program in a “way that is not discriminatory toward them.” He’s hoping to see normal policies reinstated.
“We’re not looking for fights,” Penton said. “We’re looking to teach the Bible to kids.”
CBN News reached out to the Everett Public Schools board for comment, but, as of the time of publication, have not yet received a response. Everett Public Schools spokesperson Harmony Weinberg reportedly told the Herald that no additional comment could be given on the litigation.
We will update the story as new developments unfold.
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https://www.faithwire.com/2026/01/13/school-district-accused-of-forcing-kids-to-hide-bibles/
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Massacre of Christians ongoing in Nigeria: 'Fulani herdsmen killing innocents almost daily'
By Christian Daily International/Morning Star NewsTuesday, January 13, 2026
ABUJA, Nigeria — Fulani herdsmen in Benue state, Nigeria, killed four Christians on Monday and nine others on Jan. 5-6, sources said.
In Otobi Akpa village, Otukpo County, Fulani herdsmen arrived at midnight on Monday and shot four Christians who had been asleep in their homes, said resident Franca Akipu, who said dozens of others remain missing.
“The attack was carried out by Fulani herdsmen,” she told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “They shot at people who were sleeping. The gunshots were so loud that my mom was in panic throughout the night. Please keep my community in your prayers.”
Akipu identified the slain Christians as Ochi Igbade, Eje Uzu, Alinko and Achibi.
Previously, Fulanis had attacked the village on April 15, killing 13 Christians and burning down 50 houses, she said. Community leader Adikwu Ogbe said they were attacked at about 6 p.m. on that day.
“The armed herdsmen invaded our community, shooting sporadically at anyone they sighted,” Ogbe told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “And when they retreated, 13 of our Christian members had been killed, while 50 houses were destroyed.”
In two other counties in Benue state, herdsmen killed five Christians on Jan. 6 and four others on Jan. 5, residents said.
In Kwande County, Fulani herdsmen on Jan. 6 killed five Christians as they were working on their farms in Udeku Maav-Ya village at about 4 p.m.
“This incident is not the first in this area, as these Fulani herdsmen have been persistent in attacking our communities,” said Tersua Yarkwan, chairman of the Kwande Local Government Council.
Council member Akerigba Lawrence also noted that residents of the area’s predominantly Christian villages “have constantly faced sustained attacks and destruction of their homes and farms.”
In Ikyaghev village, Guma County, herdsmen on Jan. 5 killed four Christians, said Maurice Orwough, Guma Council chairman.
“The farmers were working on their farms when the herdsmen attacked them around 10 a.m.,” Orwough told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “The four Christians are members of the same family.”
James Melvin Ejeh, Agatu Council chairman, said there have been “deliberate and systematic attacks against Christians in some of our communities by herdsmen which have resulted in loss of lives and destruction of property.”
In Ukum County, armed herdsmen on Jan. 8 attacked farmers in predominantly Christian Adogo village, destroying crops, said resident Thomas Ikyase.
Community leader Aule Gba added, “Farmers in my community were attacked by Fulani terrorists. They forced our people to flee from their homes.”
Herdsmen attacks also took place in December. In Okpokwu County, Fulani herdsmen on Dec. 30 attacked a funeral in Owewe village, said resident Isaac Audu. Sunday Oche, chairman of the Ado Local Government Council, noted that herdsmen also attacked the predominantly Christian villages of Ijigban, Ulayi and Utonkon on Dec. 9.
“The herdsmen’s pattern of violence includes attacking mourners, ambushing farmers, and inflicting machete cut wounds on Christian victims,” Oche said.
In an attack on predominantly Christian Mbamondo Ukembergya village in Logo County on Dec. 7, herdsmen killed four Christians, said resident Simon Chia.
“Fulani herdsmen are killing innocent Christians almost daily,” Chia said. “This is the situation we are facing in Logo Local Government Area of Benue 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.
This article was originally published at Christian Daily International–Morning Star News
https://www.christianpost.com/news/fulani-herdsmen-kill-13-christians-in-central-nigeria.html
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Rev 6:4 And another horse appeared, a red 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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Left Going to Get More & More Violent – Larry Klayman
By Greg Hunter On January 13, 2026 In Market Analysis, Political Analysis 9 Comments
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
Renowned Attorney Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and later Freedom Watch USA, has long predicted (along with other top intel experts) increasing violence from the Left in a Marxist style Bolshevik Revolution. As money is cut off by the Trump Administration and legal pressure mounts for prosecuting Democrats for everything from fraud to sedition, you can expect the Left to dramatically increase the violence to try to destabilize America. Klayman explains, “Here’s what’s going to happen. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Noem has a death warrant on her. They are chanting ‘kill Kristi Noem.’ It’s going to get more and more violent. The more they are checked legally, the more set back on their heels legally, the more violent they become, that is why the American people need to arm up. They need to be prepared. Don’t use weapons offensively, but defensively. The Left is coming for us. . .. It’s going to get extremely violent. That is their intention. That is their desire, and that is what’s going to happen.”
What got the Left to increase the violence? Klayman says, “I believe the trigger was Venezuela a week or so ago. We knew that was going to have a ripple effect, and it means business. The President has cut off money, not just to Cuba, Iran and China with regard to oil revenues, but it shows his strength of resolve, and they frankly freak out over that. Then there are the ICE activities in Minnesota, which is one of the most corrupt and left-leaning states in this country. The Left is panicking, and they were always going to go to violence. That is their modus operandi. That is the Bolshevik way of doing things. That’s Karl Marx, and the way the Soviet Union was brought down by the communists. These people are communists. They are Islamists. There are good Muslims, but these are not those. They are united in the form of Ilhan Omar, Tim Walz and that crazy mayor Jacob Frey. They are using Minnesota as ground zero to do this.”
Other big legal news is a grand jury empaneled in Florida, which is going to look into partisan investigations on President Trump, including an FBI raid of his home at Mar-a-Lago in 2022.
Klayman says, “We do have a grand jury in Fort Pierce, Florida, which is the same district where I practice, and it is also the same district where Judge Aileen Cannon is. She is probably the one who empaneled this grand jury. She found President Trump did not commit any violations with regard to the documents found at Mar-a-Lago. There is a reason why it was filed in Fort Pierce.”
Klayman says some Republicans in Congress are not totally committed to stopping the fraud and crime of the Left. Klayman points out, “Congresswoman Nancy Mace went to the oversight committee and asked for a subpoena to be issued for Ilhan Omar with regard to marrying her brother, with regard to tax fraud and all kinds of illegal acts. Congressmen James Comer and Jim Jordan denied the request of Mace. That is unbelievable!”
There is much more in the 42-minute interview.
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Earthquake swarm sends shockwaves rippling over 100 miles across California
By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR
Published: 16:56 EST, 13 January 2026 | Updated: 18:10 EST, 13 January 2026
A swarm of moderate earthquakes has struck California, sending shockwaves in all directions for over 100 miles.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the first and largest of the quakes at 4.10pm ET Tuesday afternoon between the cities of Willits and Ukiah, measuring 4.4 in magnitude.
The epicenter was approximately 120miles north of San Francisco, the region's largest major city.
Seismic maps of the incident revealed that the 4.4 tremor rippled all the way to the San Francisco Bay Area, sending out light shaking up and down the coast.
The quake was quickly following by three minor tremors, measuring at magnitude 1.7 at 4.16pm, magnitude 1.5 at 4.21pm, and magnitude 1.4 at 5.14pm.
Nearly two hours after the first earthquake, USGS reported that a magnitude 3.7 seismic event was detected at 5.51pm.
The sizable quakes were centered in a seismically active part of the state roughly 10miles from Northern California's Maacama Fault.
The Maacama is an active fault line in the region that can cause strong shaking and damage in areas like Mendocino and Sonoma counties, where it runs through rural communities and wine country.
Making the fault even more of a concern to locals is the fact that it's part of the larger San Andreas Fault system, the infamous 800-mile-long fault running through much of California.
The 4.4 quake struck less than five miles beneath the surface, which is shallow enough to cause a significant amount of shaking at ground level.
However, early reports from the region noted that residents only felt moderate shaking and there have been no reports of injuries at this time.
USGS scientists have documented that the Maacama Fault has produced large earthquakes in the past and could potentially generate one in the future which could exceed magnitude 7.0 in strength.
Tuesday's quakes have renewed fears that a major earthquake is not only possible in Northern California and the Bay Area, but is nearly guaranteed to erupt within the next 20 years.
According to a 2015 report by USGS scientists, there is a 95 percent probability that at least one major quake, stronger than magnitude 6.7, will strike somewhere in the region by 2043.
USGS’s earthquake forecast predicted that this impending earthquake had a 72 percent chance of striking right in the San Francisco Bay Area, home to approximately eight million people.
Overall, the grim report estimated that there was more than a 99 percent certainty that a major quake over magnitude 6.7 would erupt somewhere in the state, including Southern California, closer to Los Angeles and San Diego.
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Americans across three US states told to stay indoors as air fills with toxins linked to heart attacks
By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
Published: 10:16 EST, 13 January 2026 | Updated: 12:01 EST, 13 January 2026
Thousands of Americans are breathing unhealthy air across parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Oregon, as officials warn residents to stay indoors whenever possible.
Air quality maps on Tuesday showed sharply elevated levels of PM2.5, microscopic particles consisting of toxic organic compounds or heavy metals emitted from vehicles, industry and wood burning, creating hazardous conditions.
In Augusta, Georgia, and neighboring areas of South Carolina, including North Augusta, Air Quality Index (AQI) readings reached 166, classified as unhealthy for all residents.
Southern Georgia's Valdosta is also grappling with persistently poor air, with forecasts suggesting more days exceeding AQI 100 due to ongoing environmental stressors.
Central Oregon is under similar alerts, as stagnant air in Bend and surrounding Deschutes County is trapping pollutants, pushing levels into the 'unhealthy for sensitive groups' range and prompting health advisories.
Air quality levels are measured on a scale from 0 to 500: good (0–50) carries little risk, moderate (51–100) may affect sensitive individuals, unhealthy for sensitive groups (101–150) poses increased risk and unhealthy (151–200) impacts everyone, limiting outdoor activity.
Health experts caution that prolonged exposure can trigger respiratory problems, aggravate asthma, strain the heart and contribute to long-term lung damage.
Authorities in all affected states are urging residents to minimize outdoor activity and monitor local air quality forecasts.
The poor air quality in the red zones on the maps stems from a combination of local emissions sources and weather conditions that trap pollutants.
In Augusta, Georgia, and neighboring South Carolina, unhealthy air is being driven primarily by PM2.5 from vehicle traffic, industrial emissions and occasional controlled burns.
Winter weather, including temperature inversions and high-pressure systems, has trapped pollutants close to the ground, keeping haze and particulates in the breathing zone.
Seasonal factors, such as elevated pollen levels, can also affect the AQI, though PM2.5 remains the main concern.
Urban areas like Augusta regularly see spikes in moderate-to-unhealthy air quality, reflecting Georgia’s broader national struggles with pollution.
Valdosta faces similar challenges, as traffic, industrial activity and emissions of volatile organic compounds combine with the Coastal Plain’s geography to slow natural dispersion.
In central Oregon, Bend and southern Deschutes County are under an extended Air Stagnation Advisory through the week.
High-pressure systems and light winds are trapping pollutants, including smoke from residential wood-burning, vehicle exhaust, and other sources, near the ground, creating unhealthy conditions for sensitive residents.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory until 7am PT Friday.
Officials warned that stagnant air keeps harmful particles where people breathe, increasing risks for children, older adults and those with heart or lung conditions.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has also issued a freezing fog advisory in several Oregon regions, which is prompted when fog develops and surface temperatures are at or below freezing.
Benton, Linn, and Lane counties, including Eugene, Corvallis, Albany, and Springfield, are under the alert until 11am PT Tuesday.
Drivers are warned of visibility as low as a quarter mile and slick surfaces from rime ice, while pedestrians and cyclists are urged to wear reflective clothing.
At the same time, an Air Stagnation Advisory remains in effect across much of the Willamette Valley, the Tualatin Valley, Portland Metro and surrounding lowlands through Friday morning.
Stagnant air combined with light winds is trapping pollutants, leading to deteriorating air quality that may affect people with respiratory problems.
Residents are strongly advised to limit outdoor burning and residential wood heating.
Similar conditions are affecting central, eastern, and northern Oregon, including the Columbia River Gorge, Deschutes County, Klamath and Lake counties, Jackson, Josephine, and Douglas counties and extending into parts of southeast Washington.
Cities under alert include Bend, Medford, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, The Dalles and Yakima. Poor air quality is expected to persist through Friday in these regions, with frozen fog further reducing visibility in some valleys.
Officials emphasized that people with respiratory illness, young children, and older adults should take precautions, including staying indoors and avoiding strenuous outdoor activity. Motorists should slow down and exercise extra caution during morning commutes.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15459675/Americans-three-US-states-told
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First Public Execution of Iranian Protester Set for Today
by Astrid Callahan
Iran’s regime has scheduled the execution of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani for January 14, set to mark the first hanging directly linked to the ongoing anti-government protests. Soltani, arrested during demonstrations in Karaj last week, faces charges of “waging war against God” after a trial where he was denied legal representation. Human rights organizations report that his only apparent offense was joining calls for freedom amid widespread economic collapse and demands for regime change.
Protests erupted across Iran in late December 2025, fueled by soaring inflation, unemployment, and corruption under the ayatollahs’ rule. Security forces have responded with brutal force, leading to over 500 confirmed deaths, though some estimates from groups like Iran International and Amnesty International suggest the toll could approach 6,000.
A nationwide internet blackout has hampered communication, allowing atrocities to unfold in the shadows, as documented by Human Rights Watch. Demonstrators in Tehran and other cities have burned symbols of the regime, overturned vehicles, and chanted for an end to theocratic control.
President Donald Trump addressed the crisis directly on Truth Social, stating, “Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before. The USA stands ready to help!!!” He followed with a stern warning: “They better not start shooting, because we’ll start shooting, too.” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt affirmed that diplomacy remains the priority, but added that Trump “has shown he’s unafraid to use military options if and when he deems necessary.”
In a move to isolate Tehran economically, Trump announced immediate 25% tariffs on goods from any nation conducting business with Iran. This policy, detailed in statements from the White House, targets countries like China, India, and Turkey, aiming to starve the regime of resources. Sources from Reuters and CNBC indicate the administration is also considering targeted strikes or cyber operations against Iranian military assets if the crackdown escalates.
Senator Rand Paul voiced caution against hasty involvement, arguing on Sunday that U.S. intervention could rally Iranians around their leaders and bypass constitutional requirements for congressional approval. “We wish freedom and liberation the best across the world, but I don’t think it’s the job of the American government to be involved with every freedom movement around the world,” Paul said.
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi dismissed U.S. threats, declaring Tehran “fully prepared for war.” This rhetoric echoes past confrontations, raising questions about hidden alliances propping up the regime—perhaps ties to global networks that benefit from Middle Eastern instability, including those opposed to American energy independence.
The plight of protesters like Soltani recalls biblical accounts of the oppressed crying out for justice. Christians in Iran face similar perils, with reports from Open Doors noting increased persecution amid the unrest, including arrests for sharing faith.
If Soltani is executed, eyes will turn to Washington. Will Trump act decisively to support those risking everything for liberty, or will diplomatic channels prevail? The coming days could define not just Iran’s future, but America’s role in confronting regimes that thrive on fear and suppression.
Recent updates from Al Jazeera and Bloomberg confirm protests persist in pockets, with UN officials decrying “horrific violence” and mounting casualties. The National Union for Democracy in Iran urged the world to “be his voice” for Soltani, emphasizing the regime’s pattern of extrajudicial killings reminiscent of the 1980s massacres.
https://discernreport.com/first-public-execution-of-iranian-protester-set-for-today/
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Reports: At least 2,000 protesters killed in Iran in 48 hours
Reports say Iran’s forces are using lethal fire on protesters nationwide, with at least 2,000 killed in the last 48 hours, amid a near-total internet blackout.
Israel National News Jan 11, 2026, 2:32 AM (GMT+2)
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Informed sources told Iran International on Saturday night that Iranian security forces are using lethal force against protesters across the country, with early estimates pointing to mass casualties as a sweeping crackdown intensifies under a near-total internet shutdown.
Footage sent from Kahrizak, south of Tehran, shows several dead bodies in body bags. Eyewitnesses who provided the videos said dozens of bodies can be seen at the site, with additional bodies reportedly placed in another nearby industrial shed.
Earlier videos from Fardis, Karaj, and from Alghadir Hospital in eastern Tehran showed similar scenes of bodies on the ground, indicating what appears to be a mass killing unfolding in multiple locations, not limited to a few cities.
The internet blackout, which began on January 8, has made it nearly impossible to obtain a full picture of events. Still, the volume and consistency of reports reaching Iran International suggest that lethal force is being widely deployed to disperse protesters.
According to the news website, even the most conservative estimates indicate that at least 2,000 people have been killed in the past 48 hours.
Sources describe particularly intense violence in Fardis in Karaj and parts of Tehran, while stressing that similar reports are emerging from many other areas, including the western provinces of Ilam and Kermanshah.
Despite the near-total blackout, videos and messages continue to reach Iran International through limited channels, including Starlink users. These users are mostly in major cities and more affluent neighborhoods, leaving much of the country with little visibility. Even so, journalists say they are receiving credible indications that mass protests are continuing nationwide.
Footage published Saturday night showed protesters in Tehran's Poonak neighborhood setting fire to a local Bank Melli branch.
Additional footage showed protesters in the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran pouring into the streets and chanting "Long Live the Shah".
Meanwhile, a protester on Saturday climbed the balcony of the Iranian Embassy in western London, BBC reported.
The incident occurred during a protest held outside the building. Two people were arrested at the protest, and an additional suspect was sought for trespassing.
US Senator Lindsey Graham, who is considered close to US President Donald Trump, promised Iranian protesters "help," promising that their nightmare will soon end.
"TO THE IRANIAN PEOPLE: your long nightmare is soon coming to a close," Graham wrote in a social media post. "Your bravery and determination to end your oppression has been noticed by @POTUS and all who love freedom."
Related articles:
London: Protester climbs Iranian Embassy to replace flag
Lindsey Graham to Iranians: Help is on the way
Khamenei raises Iran's alert level to highest ever
Iran’s silent massacre: A nation in crisis
"When President Trump says Make Iran Great Again, it means the protestors in Iran must prevail over the ayatollah. That is the clearest signal yet that he, President Trump understands Iran will never be great with the ayatollah and his henchmen in charge.
"To all who are sacrificing in Iran, God bless. Help is on the way."
Trump wrote in a post Saturday on Truth Social, “Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before. The USA stands ready to help!!!"
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420699
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Donald Trump: Iranian protesters looking at freedom, US 'stands ready to help'
"Admin officials have had preliminary discussions about how to carry out an attack on Iran if needed to follow through on Trump's threats," The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 10, 2026 20:45
Updated: JANUARY 11, 2026 13:39
US President Donald Trump announced that America "stands ready to help" since Iran "is looking at freedom," in a post on Truth Social on Saturday.
Admin officials have had preliminary discussions about how to carry out an attack on Iran if needed to follow through on Trump's threats. One option being discussed is a large-scale aerial strike on multiple Iranian military targets, sources told The Wall Street Journal on Saturday.
One official told The Wall Street Journal that an aerial strike on Iranian military assets was among the options under discussion. Another said there was no unified consensus on whether the administration would strike or what course of action to take, and that the US military had not made any moves in preparation for a strike.
Both officials told The Wall Street Journal that the administration was not planning an imminent attack on Iran, and that the discussions were part of normal planning.
Trump previously stated that if the Iranian regime forces "start killing people," the US will "hit them really hard" during an interview on the Hugh Hewitt Show on Thursday.
Protesters gather as vehicles burn, amid evolving anti-government unrest, in Tehran, Iran, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released on January 9, 2026.
IRGC forces arrest foreigner accused of spying for Israel
Iran's Revolutionary Guards' intelligence wing said it had arrested a foreigner suspected of spying for Israel, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.
Protests have spread across Iran since December 28 in response to soaring inflation and quickly turning political, with protesters demanding an end to clerical rule. Authorities accuse the US and Israel of fomenting unrest.
The Iranian army said that it would “firmly safeguard national interests, strategic infrastructure, and public property. It also blamed Israel and so-called terrorist groups for the protests, and vowed to “thwart the enemy’s plots.”
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-882895
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Reports indicate that gold in Iran is being flown to Russia as Supreme Leader braces for collapse
Jan 10, 2026
Reports have surfaced indicating that the Iranian regime may be preparing for a potential collapse by moving significant assets out of the country.
According to a report by UNITED24 Media, Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft have been observed making an unusually high number of flights between southern Russia and Tehran.
These movements, which began in late December 2025 and continued into early 2026, occurred as nationwide protests against the Iranian government intensified, suggesting a coordinated effort to secure resources or leadership in the face of domestic instability.
The nature of these flights has drawn intense scrutiny from international observers. Analysis from trade publications suggests that the “repeated use of the same airframes over a short period and the preference for speed and reliability over cost pointed to deliberate tasking consistent with military logistics.”
This has led many to believe that the flights to Tehran were not standard commercial or cargo rotations, but rather a specialized operation intended to transport sensitive materials between the two allied nations.
Concerns about the contents of these planes were echoed in the British Parliament, where Conservative lawmaker Tom Tugendhat highlighted reports of “large amounts of gold leaving Iran.”
Tugendhat noted that while Russian cargo aircraft were landing in Tehran “presumably carrying weapons and ammunition,” there were simultaneously “reports of large amounts of gold leaving” the country. These actions have sparked questions about whether Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his inner circle are actively preparing “for life after the fall” of their current administration.
The suggestion that the Iranian leadership is looking for an exit strategy is bolstered by earlier intelligence suggesting a contingency plan to flee to Moscow.
As mass unrest continues to threaten the regime’s stability, the alleged transfer of gold serves as a physical indicator of the government’s precarious position. The report by UNITED24 Media underscores a growing sense of desperation in Tehran, as the leadership apparently prioritizes the relocation of wealth to a safe haven while the nation remains gripped by civil defiance.
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Israel tapering off US military aid within the decade 'in progress,' Netanyahu announces
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed American financial aid to Israel and touched upon Iranian regime change in an interview with The Economist.
By GOLDIE KATZ, TOBIAS HOLCMAN
JANUARY 10, 2026 01:54 Updated: JANUARY 10, 2026 02:08
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his aim to taper off Israeli reliance on American aid, discussed Israel’s public perception crisis, and touched upon ongoing anti-regime protests in Iran during an interview with The Economist published on Friday.
For the first time in public, Netanyahu revealed that he may not seek to fully renew the 3.8 billion dollar American military assistance package that Israel receives annually. The package is due for renegotiation in 2028.
Netanyahu told The Economist that he plans to fully taper reliance on American support to zero within the next ten years, a move he claimed is already “in progress.”
The prime minister additionally assured that he “will continue to fight for the allegiance of the American people.”
Netanyahu also mentioned that he wants Israel to be “as independent as possible,” stating that reduced reliance on American financial aid may help in Israel’s fight to preserve a positive public perception.
“I’d like to do everything I can to fight the propaganda war waged against us,” Netanyahu told The Economist.
He described the uphill battle against misinformation as Israel using “cavalry against F-35s,” due to social media being “flooded… with the fake bots and many other things.”
“The vilifications that were delivered on Jewish people are now delivered on to Jewish state,” Netanyahu stated.
He elaborated on the history of the vilification of the Jewish people, recounting that since the Middle Ages, allegations that “we were poisoning the wells, we were spreading vermin, we were slaughtering Christian children for the Passover festival using their blood” have consistently proliferated.
The prime minister added that he believes Israel is held to “an impossible standard” when it comes to international judgment of the Israel-Hamas War, adding that he doubts “that Churchill could pursue World War Two if people saw what happened there.”
The prime minister shared that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas may ease international criticism of the Jewish State, predicting that “ the ease with which propaganda takes over facts, or fact-checking,” may dissipate “the minute the intense fighting stops.”
Netanyahu's comments on the Iranian threat
Netanyahu additionally commented on the Iranian threat and the anti-regime protests that are ongoing across Iran.
When asked about the possibility of regime change, Netanyahu stated that it is not Israel’s goal, but it could be the “consequence of the war.”
He reflected on the impact of the joint US-Israeli strikes that destroyed much of Iran’s nuclear capabilities in June 2025, stating that the strikes had relegated the regime from a preeminent power to a second-rate power.
Netanyahu added that the military defeat faced by Iran during the twelve-day war, paired with the “terrible mismanagement of their domestic affairs,” including “pouring billions and billions into the terror axis” while doing nothing for the benefit of the Iranian people, may have grave implications for the future of the regime.
“These two things are meeting now,” Netanyahu posited, “and it may be a moment where the people of Iran take charge of their own destiny. Revolutions are best done from within.”
Netanyahu denied that Israel has any plans to intervene as the Iranian people have taken to the streets to protest the regime, stating that he believes that close observations of the events in Iran are necessary.
He added that there is “one definite time when [Israel] would resume military activities. “If Iran attacks us, which they might, then there will be horrible consequences for Iran. Everything else, I think we should see what is happening inside Iran.”
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-882871
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Report: Over 200 dead in Tehran as regime forces open fire on protesters
Trump meanwhile reiterates pledge to back peaceful protesters with force, saying 'Iran's in big trouble. We're watching... If they start killing people like they have in the past, we'll get involved'
Protests against the Islamic regime in Iran continued early Saturday morning, amid a reported deadly crackdown on demonstrators. TIME magazine cited a Tehran doctor speaking on condition of anonymity that just six hospitals in the capital recorded at least 217 killed protesters, “most by live ammunition.”
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier in the day slammed the protesters as foreign-influenced agitators, dismissing U.S. President Donald Trump as having hands “stained with the blood of Iranians.”
State media later referred to the demonstrators as “terrorists,” setting the stage for a violent crackdown as in other protests in recent years.
Protesters are “ruining their own streets ... in order to please the president of the United States,” Khamenei said. “Because he said that he would come to their aid. He should pay attention to the state of his own country instead.”
Trump meanwhile reiterated his pledge to back peaceful protesters with force.
"Iran's in big trouble. It looks to me that the people are taking over certain cities that nobody thought were really possible," he said in a video circulated on social media. "We're watching. I made the statement very strongly that if they start killing people like they have in the past, we will get involved."
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/iran-eastern-states/artc-report-over-200-dead-
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Nuclear countdown: Iran races for warheads while regime teeters
Khamenei's warhead authorization comes amid unprecedented domestic turmoil – creating dangerous conditions for strategic miscalculation.
by Israel Shamay/Makor Rishon
Published on 01-09-2026 08:30 Last modified: 01-09-2026 13:21
Iranian affairs researcher Dr. Raz Zimmt told Persian radio network Radio Farda on Monday that he does not foresee an imminent Israeli strike against Iran. "Looking at the two primary potential targets for Israeli attack – the nuclear issue and ballistic missiles," he stated in the interview.
"Regarding the nuclear file, nothing significant has developed. Construction continues at several Iranian installations, but nothing connected to uranium enrichment or weapons manufacturing – at least from what I can determine," Zimmt explained. "On the ballistic missile front, yes, certain improvements have materialized since June, but the situation hasn't reached the threshold where Israel would opt to strike. My assessment suggests Iran has likely recovered to somewhere near its pre-war missile inventory – possibly even below that figure."
For years, Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has prevented uranium enrichment to weapons-grade 90% purity and blocked development of miniaturized nuclear warheads capable of ballistic missile delivery.
A report published two weeks ago by Italian research institute ISPI, drawing on Tehran sources, revealed that Khamenei authorized miniaturized nuclear warhead development for ballistic missiles last October – while continuing to withhold approval for 90% enrichment. Meanwhile, intelligence suggests a clandestine enrichment program operates at an undeclared location, beyond International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reporting. Since Operation Rising Lion in June, the IAEA has faced severely restricted access to nuclear facilities.
Zimmt addressed the ballistic missile dimension as well. "This isn't purely a numbers game – missile characteristics matter enormously. How vulnerable are they to interception? Do they use solid fuel? What precision can they achieve? Production volume tells only part of the story. But my fundamental point stands – I don't perceive this as demanding immediate action. What troubles me more is that Iran's deteriorating domestic conditions heighten the danger of catastrophic misjudgment."
The senior researcher offered this analysis notwithstanding last week's meeting between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump, where they discussed Iran extensively. "The topic definitely arose, but establishing red lines was the critical question – defining precisely what conditions would trigger an Israeli or American military response if Iran persists in capability restoration. We haven't arrived at a juncture where Israel considers striking now an imperative."
"Obviously there's the argument for capitalizing on the current moment, given Iran's compromised air defense posture. But even there, I don't believe the clock demands action tomorrow. Iran may need additional time before presenting a threat magnitude Israel would classify as strategic," he concluded.
"What occurred in Venezuela, President Trump's readiness to deploy force when required to generate meaningful change, and Trump's rhetoric undoubtedly stimulate Israeli hopes that something comparable might unfold in Iran and trigger regime transformation."
External assistance: Who could accelerate Iran's nuclear timeline?
While the nuclear threat may not materialize immediately, Tehran remains far from passive, and Khamenei's authorization for nuclear warhead development signals they're advancing toward nuclear power status.
Compact warhead engineering represents a pivotal weaponization phase – converting nuclear material into deployable weapons. This constitutes an extraordinarily demanding challenge mastered by only a handful of nations worldwide, particularly daunting for a state that recently lost its foremost nuclear scientists. Pakistan's experience demonstrates that even absent comprehensive nuclear testing, reaching operational capability required roughly 15 years.
Tehran presumably relies on foreign support to dramatically compress this timeline and offset expertise eliminated through scientist assassinations. Which nation might provide such aid?
China
China leads global oil consumption. The Strait of Hormuz channels approximately 45% of Chinese oil imports, originating predominantly from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, and Iran. Beijing worries that nuclear-armed Iran would destabilize the region and compromise the vital energy pipeline the Persian Gulf provides. More broadly, nuclear confrontation or warfare involving Iran poses substantial dangers to worldwide energy markets, disruptions that would simultaneously undermine Chinese economic expansion and domestic financial equilibrium.
Facilitating Iran's atomic weapon acquisition, violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, threatens Beijing's relationships with Gulf monarchies headed by Saudi Arabia, Washington, and European Union members – China's two dominant commercial partners. Furthermore, impoverished and subordinate Iran in its current condition generates considerable Chinese revenue streams.
Fundamentally – Beijing confronts enormous potential losses from Iranian nuclearization.
Russia
Moscow-Tehran connections have intensified recently – encompassing a sweeping strategic partnership accord reinforcing military, economic, and energy collaboration spanning two decades forward. Nevertheless, President Vladimir Putin has long regarded nuclear-capable Iran as jeopardizing regional equilibrium, particularly in strategic zones throughout Central Asia and the Caspian basin where Russian interests concentrate, potentially eroding Moscow's leverage across territories once comprising the Soviet Union.
These anxieties explain Moscow's policy shift immediately following disclosure of Iran's clandestine nuclear program in 2002. By 2005, Russia had executed multiple accords with Tehran mandating repatriation of expended nuclear fuel from Bushehr reactor facilities, while broadly constraining collaborative activities with Iran. Ultimately, Moscow rebuffed every Tehran initiative seeking authorization for domestic Russian armament production. Reports following Operation Rising Lion indicated the Kremlin even pressured Tehran toward IAEA compliance.
Moscow comprehends that facilitating Islamic Republic nuclear acquisition would substantially impair Western diplomatic relationships, and paralleling China's position, the Kremlin derives advantage from Iran's present circumstances.
Pakistan
Pakistan navigates intricate international dynamics. While India constitutes its primary security challenge, Islamabad concurrently sustains robust security and economic connections with Washington and American-aligned nations, principally Saudi Arabia, representing pivotal elements in its regional defense architecture. Following the American-brokered Pakistan-India ceasefire, Islamabad-Washington relations have thawed considerably, and Islamabad's October nuclear accord with Riyadh, Tehran's foremost Muslim adversary, signals the nation's trajectory toward Iranian disengagement.
Additionally, Pakistan, enduring decades of international weapons-related censure, possesses compelling incentives to avoid nuclear technology transfers to Iran, recognizing such actions would compromise diplomatic standing and invite severe sanctions.
North Korea
While Chinese, Russian, and Pakistani participation appears feasible yet improbable, Tehran's focus likely concentrates on Pyongyang.
Iranian-North Korean security collaboration stretches across decades, centered predominantly on ballistic missile technologies. Western intelligence assessments confirm Pyongyang previously furnished Tehran with missile capabilities constituting foundational elements of Iran's current arsenal. This partnership has encompassed military delegations and technical expertise exchanges between the nations.
Distinguishing itself from the previous three candidates, Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un's authoritarian state maintains overt Western antagonism and conducts virtually zero commercial activity with Western economies. Both regimes characterize American power as representing existential danger, generating mutual incentives for collaboration.
Nevertheless, nuclear warhead assembly constitutes sophisticated operations even possessing requisite expertise. Furthermore, Kim presumably resists knowledge transfers revealing substantial classified information regarding North Korean capabilities, given that warhead engineering demands sustained engineer integration over extended periods, collaborative testing protocols, hands-on instruction, specialized materials, and additional requirements – comprehensive pathways generating detectable intelligence signatures. Moreover, information relocated to Iranian territory multiplies vulnerability to adversarial compromise from Pyongyang's perspective. Mossad's documented infiltration depth within Iran doubtless undermined North Korean assurance regarding Tehran's information security capacity.
Fundamentally – North Korean participation in nuclear warhead engineering remains presently speculative. Israeli discourse continues debating whether Iran approaches "bomb proximity," while Tehran concentrates on fundamentally different considerations: advancing nuclear weaponization toward accomplished reality – before detection occurs.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/09/iran-nuclear-warheads-khamenei-protests-israeli-strike/
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etc The end is upon you and you need to look and see the things that you should be doing, pay close attention to that. For I have told you things would change here, they would change. If you live near the Babylon that is going to fall I have told you to move at least seventy-five miles from there, at least. That goes for California, that goes for the center fault line, realize that war, war is at hand. Not only with ISIS, but you have got Russia, you have got China, you have got North Korea, wake up, wake up, for I have been telling you these things, it is getting very, very dangerous, very dangerous. etc
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China Warns USA "If you want war, you will get war"
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Victor Gao, President of China Energy Security Institute issued a stunningly stark warning to the United States today. Video below in English.
Gao said, in part “If you want war, you will get war; if you want to destroy China, you will be destroyed. China will not fire the first shot, but China will not allow you to fire the second shot.”
He also made some incredible remarks about China's new DF-61 ICBM, claiming (probably erroneously) it contains SIXTY nuclear warheads plus ONE hydrogen bomb.
He said it can reach anywhere on planet earth in about twenty minutes!
Watch:
A prominent government employee does not make remarks like this unless Beijing WANTS these remarks made.
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etc. For truly the news media does not always tell you the truth, they tell you what they want you to hear, but not what is really going on, except for a little, do they know that later the truth will always find them out, for one can only cover up lies for so long before they come uncovered. etc.
:: 1-9-26 All News Pipeline :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
The Democrats Last Rodeo: The Suicide Of The Democrat Party Has Gone Live, Donald Trump Assisting
January 9, 2026 By James Howard Kunstler - All News Pipeline
". . .the Minnesota protests look less like a local eruption and more like the latest deployment of an international revolutionary machine." —Insurrection Barbie on "X"
Chrump, Chrump Chrump. . . . He’s come to occupy the Left’s minds like an infestation of weevils chawing away the ligaments of civilized society. But, of course, the whole wicked, Cluster-B, anomie-driven, insurrectionist extravaganza is a made-for-video production bought and paid for by a tiny coterie of super-wealthy megalomaniacs untouched by consequence — George and Alex Soros (The Open Society Foundations), Shanghai-based American Neville Roy Singham (Codepink and more), Reid Hoffman (funder of Trump prosecutions and more), Lauren Powell Jobs (The Atlantic and the Emerson Collective), Hansjorg Wyss (Berger Action Fund), Bill Gates (of course). . . .
Their main client in all this mischief is the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party’s chief motivation, its raison d’être going on at least ten years now, has been to hide its multifarious crimes, its vast racketeering operations now garishly on display in the state of Minnesota, where the grift just went too far and was done right in America’s face.
Who can possibly fail to see how it works? Import a bunch of people from a foreign land. . . enable them to set up a vast network of social services frauds. . . organize them for ballot harvesting and election fraud. . . and kick-back bundles of money to Democratic Party politicians. If anybody notices, yell “racist!” Sound the klaxon to turn out a thousand LARPing protesters on the Soros payroll. Provide them with signs, banners, black-bloc outfits, cartoon costumes, pride flags, umbrellas, snacks, bullhorns, pallets of bricks, and hope that some of them get hurt so you can manufacture the next martyr.
The crescendo of this long-running seditious treason was the wide open border during the four-year fake presidency of “Joe Biden,” including the colossal coordinated scam of funding who-knows-how-many NGOs with additional US taxpayer money, funneled through the UN, to process, transport, and outfit with social security numbers and debit cards X-millions of alien mutts, professional terrorists, gang-bangers, mental patients, and actual soldiers from faraway lands, and sprinkle them into every cranny of the republic to queer the next election and otherwise cause as much disruption as possible to the everyday life of actual US citizens.
They flooded the country with millions dependent on the Democratic Party’s largess — your tax dollars — and now they are doing everything possible to prevent the removal of this riffraff back to their countries of origin. Starting a civil war over it, in fact, because that’s what it’s come to. The federal agents tasked with the removal operation are apparenty not allowed to defend themselves when the LARPing street cadres attack them. There have been 66 car attacks against ICE officers since January, 2025. State and local officials in Minneapolis have behaved so dishonestly that federal investigators kicked them off what is now a federal case in the matter of “ICE-tracker” Renee Nicole Good, shot dead at the scene in her car. Minnesota will not be permitted to turn ICE agent Jonathan Ross into another Derek Chauvin. That sort of hustle is over.
What you can now discern in the winter darkness through fog of tear gas is that the Democratic Party will choose to destroy the country rather than face the consequences of its long-running crimes. Everybody knows now that the sort of social services grifts uncovered in Minnesota, with the kickbacks to Democratic politicians, have been going on all over America. The president has ordered an “all-of-government” effort to find the fraud and prosecute it, and you can assume the effort will tend to concentrate on the very states and cities where the Democratic Party dominates. Expect election fraud to bubble up in this cauldron. The evidence of a stolen 2020 election is finally emerging and converging with the larger illegal immigrant story.
It’s also clear now, that the NGO racket associated with all that is going to be dismantled — the money-stream from the likes of Soros & friends. They are going to get RICOed, their assets could be seized, and the public will learn a whole lot more about the damage they have done to the country. The Left’s NGOs not only support the on-the-ground street action, they also provide thousands of “executive” jobs and salaries to the Maoist nose-rings and transy-boys churned out of the higher ed diploma mills who are otherwise unemployable in any real economy with their race-and-gender studies diplomas.
The Democratic Party apparently realizes that the latest round of scandals and crimes might be its last rodeo. After a day of hearings this week, featuring several Minnesota politicos who testified about sketchy goings-on in the state, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FLA) launched criminal referrals against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and MN Attorney General Keith Ellison. That’s apart from whatever the DOJ has already been working on, and it is probably the beginning of a nation-wide web of prosecutions moving toward the midterm election that will drag in many other big dawgs of the party, including 2028 front-runner Gavin Newsom. The suicide of the Democratic Party has gone live, Donald Trump assisting.
https://www.allnewspipeline.com/Dems_Last_Rodeo.php
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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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At least six people are killed in Mississippi shooting rampage as gunman opens fire at three locations
By WILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Published: 02:08 EST, 10 January 2026 | Updated: 14:00 EST, 10 January 2026
At least six people were killed during a spree shooting in a northeastern Mississippi town on Friday night, authorities said.
Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott said in a Facebook post early Saturday morning that law enforcement took an individual into custody and that there was 'no longer a threat to our community.'
The suspected shooter, Daricka M. Moore, 24, was booked into the Clay County jail at 3:25am on Saturday on a first degree murder charge.
Scott later told WTVA that the shooting took place at three different locations in West Point, a town of about 10,000 people.
Investigators told the outlet that the first shooting broke out on David Hill Road, where three people were killed.
The second happened on Blake Road, where one person died. The third took place on Siloam-Griffith Road, where two people died, police said.
'Unfortunately tonight we have dealt with tragedy in our community,' Scott wrote on social media. 'I ask that you lift our victims and their families in your prayers. Law enforcement is busy investigating and will release an update as soon as possible.'
With the initial absence of concrete details, residents reacted with horror over the tragedy and showed gratitude to the police officers who intervened.
'Thank you for the update. Such a horrible night for a family and community,' wrote Leslie Ann Mackey underneath the sheriff's post.
'Thank you all for your quick and dedicated response to this travesty. My prayers are with all the victims' families and for all of you offices (sic). You all worked diligently and professionally and the community is grateful for all of our officers. May God Bless our community,' wrote Gertrude Gaskin.
The Daily Mail has contacted the Clay County Sheriff's Office for more information.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15451355/West-point-Mississippi-shooting-clay
Japan
attacked the U.S Pacific Fleet at its base at Pearl Harbor
on the 7th of December 1941, but what led to that decision? Why did the Japanese
attack the USA? - The answer is oil.
Japan
had been modernising its economy throughout the 20th century and wanted to build
an empire of its own. However, Japan lacked the natural
resources to make it a reality, with all but 6%
of its oil supply being imported. After capturing Manchuria, Japan became
bogged down in a full-scale war with China in 1937 and had to look elsewhere for
the resources it needed to fight. Meanwhile, the USA was slowly awakening from
its isolationism.
When
Japan occupied French Indochina in 1941, America
retaliated by freezing all Japanese assets in the states, preventing Japan from
purchasing oil. Having lost 94% of its oil supply
and unwilling to submit to U.S demands, Japan planned to take the oil needed by
force. However, striking south into British Malaya and the Dutch East
Indies would almost certainly provoke an armed U.S response. To blunt that
response, Japan decided to attack the U.S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, hoping
that the U.S would negotiate peace.
The
attack at Pearl Harbor was a huge gamble, but one which did not pay off. Though
Japan took its objectives in the Pacific and Southeast Asia, the U.S did not
respond as expected. Instead of reverting to isolationism, the U.S geared up for
total war and Japan's fate was sealed.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/why-did-japan-attack-pearl-harbor
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U.S. forces seize 5th oil tanker linked to Venezuela
By Eleanor Watson, Lucia I Suarez Sang
Updated on: January 9, 2026 / 8:19 PM EST / CBS News
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A fifth oil tanker linked to Venezuela was interdicted by U.S. forces in the Caribbean, U.S. Southern Command confirmed on Friday.
Two U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News that the Coast Guard, supported by the Navy, was in the process of seizing the Olina oil tanker.
Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier for the pre-dawn operation to support the Department of Homeland Security as part of "its mission to defend our homeland by ending illicit activity and restoring security in the Western Hemisphere."
The command posted unclassified footage on social media of a U.S. helicopter landing on the vessel and U.S. personnel searching the deck.
"Once again, our joint interagency forces sent a clear message this morning: 'there is no safe haven for criminals,'" U.S. Southern Command said in a statement on X.
In a Truth Social post on Friday, President Trump said the tanker had departed Venezuela "without our approval" and is now on its way back to the South American country.
"The oil will be sold through the GREAT Energy Deal, which we have created for such sales," Mr. Trump said.
U.S. government records show that the Olina was sanctioned for moving Russian oil under its prior name, Minerva M, and flagged in Panama, the Associated Press reported.
While records show that the Olina is now flying the flag of Timor-Leste, it is also listed in the international shipping registry as having a false flag, meaning the registration it is claiming is not valid, the AP reported. In July, the owner and manager of the ship on its registration was changed to a company in Hong Kong.
According to ship tracking databases, the Olina last transmitted its location in November in the Caribbean, north of the Venezuelan coast, the AP reported. Since then, however, the ship has been running dark with its location beacon turned off.
The ship has a listed cargo capacity of up to 890,000 barrels of oil, which at the current market price of about $60 a barrel would be about $53 million.
The Olina is the fifth tanker that has been seized by U.S. forces as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to control the distribution of Venezuela's oil products globally following the U.S. ouster of President Nicolás Maduro.
Two tankers were interdicted on Wednesday— one in the North Atlantic and one in the Caribbean Sea, officials said.
The U.S. European Command confirmed the seizure of the Marinera, a Venezuela-linked oil tanker formerly known as Bella-1, in the North Atlantic after pursuing it from the coast of South America. U.S. Southern Command announced that the other intercepted vessel, M/T Sophia, was "conducting illicit activities" in international waters in the Caribbean.
Ships like the Marinera are part of a so-called shadow fleet of ships that illegally transport oil from sanctioned nations like Russia, Iran and Venezuela.
Maduro has rejected U.S. allegations about how the vessels are being used and accuses the U.S. of plundering Venezuelan resources under the cover of law enforcement.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who shared a longer video of the seizure on Friday, said the Olina was a "ghost fleet" tanker ship that departed Venezuela, "attempting to evade U.S. forces."
"The ghost fleets will not outrun justice. They will not hide under false claims of nationality," Noem said on X. "The Coast Guard will seize sanctioned oil tankers, enforce U.S. and international law, and eliminate these funding streams for illicit activity including narco-terrorism."
After the U.S. capture of Maduro earlier this month, Mr. Trump has pitched Venezuela's oil wealth as a way to financially fuel the country's economic recovery — and deliver benefits for energy consumers and oil companies. He told Fox News' Sean Hannity in an interview that aired Thursday night that he's expecting oil companies to spend at least $100 billion to "rebuild the whole oil infrastructure" in the South American country.
Mr. Trump is meeting with big oil industry executives on Friday afternoon. CEOs from Chevron, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Continental, Halliburton, HKN, Valero, Marathon, Shell, Trafigura, Vitol Americas, Repsol, Eni, Aspect Holdings, Tallgrass, Raisa Energy and Hilcorp will be at the White House for the meeting.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-forces-oil-tanker-seizure-linked-venezuela/
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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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'Comrade' Singham to face House subpoena as his CCP-tied network leads renewed anti-ICE protests
China may be helping astroturf far-left protests against ICE via a financial network in league with radical-left financier and multi-millionaire Neville Roy Singham. Singham funds a network of groups expressing anti-American sentiment. He will now face a Congressional subpoena.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., posted on Instagram earlier this week that “I have formally made a motion to subpoena Neville Singham, an American billionaire with ties to the CCP.” In her comments during the House Oversight Committee session on Wednesday, Luna said that Singham “has been funding extremist organizations fueling division and civil unrest in this country and especially regarding the ICE riots last summer.”
House Committee approves subpoena to Singham
Luna made her case to the House committee on Wednesday about why Singham should be compelled to testify, and the motion to issue a subpoena was approved by a voice vote. That vote also included approval of unrelated subpoenas, including targets of the Jeffrey Epstein matter.
“Neville Singham was referred to the Department of Justice, I believe, for FARA [Foreign Agents Registration Act] violations by then Senator Rubio when he served on the … Senate Intelligence Committee,” Luna said. “Neville Singham, regardless of what you might feel about your colleagues, has been a mechanism and funding arm of the Chinese Communist Party.”
Luna added: “He’s not a registered agent under FARA, and has been connected to a number of riots, including the anti-ICE riots being funded in Los Angeles … and has been avoiding our request to have him come bring information to Congress. He is definitely someone that is anti-American ideologically… and is funding groups known to sow discord in this country… He is a known foreign agent to China. … He should face a subpoena. … In the event that he does not comply with this subpoena, I will be making a motion for inherent contempt.”
Rep. David Min, D-Calif., briefly raised concerns on Wednesday about the process by which Luna’s motion was being brought, but Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., intervened and recommended that the Democrats vote yes.
Luna added that Singham has been avoiding receipt of the House’s request for information for months and has been funding groups aimed at dividing Americans.
The House Oversight Committee had previously sent a June 2025 letter to Singham, lamenting that “the Biden Department of Justice failed to curb your support of civil unrest, and your activities have recently expanded to include the foment of unrest and civil disobedience in Los Angeles—prompting President Trump to call in the National Guard to counterattacks on federal law enforcement officials.”
“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating your reported funding of various extremist entities in the United States. Reportedly, you have supported these groups with the aim of causing destruction and division in our country — including most recently through ongoing riots and violence in Los Angeles, California,” the House letter to Singham said. “Moreover, the Committee is concerned that you may be engaging in such activities on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party — and that your activity may violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act.”
The letter demanded Singham hand over “all documents and communications referencing any form of agreement between you among or between the PSL, the People’s Forum, the ANSWER Coalition, and any group with ties to the CCP.”
Luna had said Wednesday that Singham ignored them.
Singham-sponsored groups organizing protests
A review by Just the News found that many of the anti-ICE protests which quickly sprang up on Wednesday and Thursday were organized and promoted by the far-left Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), with help from the Marxist revolutionary group known as The People’s Forum, and with some participation from the radical anti-war group Code Pink and the leftist Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition.
Singham married Jodie Evans, the co-founder of Code Pink, in 2017. Her group touts itself as antiwar and has become increasingly pro-China in recent years.
Just the News previously reported on how these and other radical activist groups have leadership links or financial ties to a funding network backed by wealthy Marxist businessman Neville Roy Singham, who himself has connections to the CCP. Coincidentally or fortuitously, the GOP-led House Oversight Committee voted on Thursday to subpoena Singham for information about this sprawling activist network.
FBI Director Kash Patel told Just the News on Thursday that his agents are investigating the organizers and funders of anti-immigration enforcement protests for impeding law enforcement activities and endangering public safety.
The PSL says it has dozens of chapters nationwide — and it has activated them to protest ICE and to combat the Trump Administration’s efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.
The PSL is closely tied to a number of groups which are part of Singham’s funding network, including the Marxist-oriented People’s Forum and the far-left BreakThrough News media outlet — both of which also quickly swung into anti-ICE action. The forum is a Marxist revolutionary group that is pro-Communism, pro-China, and anti-Israel — and it played a key role in organizing anti-ICE protests in New York City on Wednesday and picketing against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem in Manhattan on Thursday.
Just the News previously reported last year that the PSL — which openly calls for revolution to bring down the current American system and which publicly sympathizes with murderous Communist regimes — had been a leader in organizing and fueling anti-ICE demonstrations in Los Angeles as well as in other cities nationwide in 2025.
Just the News also reported this week about how Chinese state-run propaganda outlets are promoting U.S. protests against the Trump Administration’s arrest of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro — and about how those anti-Trump and pro-Maduro protests are also being organized by the same Singham financial network.
The PSL, BreakThrough News, and the People’s Forum did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
CCP-linked network quickly activates same day as ICE shooting, call it "murder"
The PSL seemed to take the anti-ICE protest lead for the Singham network on Wednesday, hours after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent after she allegedly disobeyed law enforcement orders to exit her vehicle and drove at an agent standing in front of her car.
“BREAKING: ICE agents have shot and killed a legal observer while conducting a raid in Minneapolis. Video evidence clearly shows that ICE is lying when they claim self-defense,” the PSL tweeted Wednesday afternoon. “The ICE operation in the city is part of a racist crackdown directed especially at Somalis in the city. We demand that these murderers leave our communities immediately and stop kidnapping our neighbors!”
The post on X included a graphic declaring “ICE Murderers Out of Our Communities” and the tweet was reshared by the ANSWER Coalition.
The PSL soon claimed that “the video evidence confirms this was a cold-blooded murder, and any claim that the ICE killer was acting in self-defense is an outrageous lie.” The group added: “The ICE operation in the city is part of a racist crackdown directed especially at Somalis in the city. We demand that these murderers leave our communities immediately and stop kidnapping our neighbors!”
Ramping up outrage, protests nationwide
The PSL also touted an anti-ICE march in Tucson featuring a large protest headed by a group carrying a large PSL banner, and also promoted Wednesday marches in Seattle and Boston with video of the protests where numerous PSL signs were displayed. The socialist group also promoted videos of Wednesday marches in Milwaukee, Columbus, New York, and elsewhere.
The PSL also retweeted a post by leftwing activist Claudia De La Cruz — PSL’s presidential nominee in the 2024 race against Donald Trump and Kamala Harris — arguing that “we must urgently organize and mobilize our communities to stand up and say enough is enough. Justice for Renee Nicole Good!”
De La Cruz said in a 2024 interview about her campaign as the PSL nominee to be U.S. president that “I co-founded and co-directed … the People’s Forum.” The forum says that De la Cruz “is a central committee member of The Party for Socialism and Liberation” and that “in 2018, she co-founded The People’s Forum.” De La Cruz is listed as a director at the forum in tax records.
The “Program of the Party for Socialism and Liberation” — essentially PSL’s political platform — declares that the group’s members are “Marxists in the United States.” The platform is heavy on calls for Communist revolution.
Blending Minnesota ICE shooting with Maduro's capture
The People’s Forum also took quick action on Wednesday. The forum’s director, Manolo De Los Santos, declared on X that “the cold blooded killing of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis and Trump’s bombing of over 100 people in Venezuela are connected acts of the same brutal machine. We must dismantle the U.S. empire, or it will dismantle us.”
The Manhattan-based People’s Forum tweeted on Wednesday that “ICE murdered a legal observer in Minneapolis this morning. We won't allow ICE terror in our communities. TAKE THE STREETS TONIGHT!” This was reposted by the ANSWER Coalition.
“NOW: just hours after the brutal ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good, New Yorkers have taken the [sic] streets to make it heard loud and clear: from Minneapolis to NYC—Stop ICE terror!” the forum tweeted later in the day. “We won’t stand for ICE to murder our people and terrorize our communities.”
In the video shared by the forum, Santos claimed that “Renee’s killers weren’t just the ones wearing ICE uniforms today. Renee’s murder is state-sanctioned murder. Renee’s murder has Trump’s signature on it.”
The forum announced its future protests on Wednesday, saying on X that “tomorrow, Kristi Noem, the leader of ICE, is coming to NYC. Join us in Foley Square at 9AM to tell her she isn’t welcome here! ICE OUT OF NEW YORK!”
The People’s Forum said in a follow-on tweet: “TELL KRISTI NOEM: YOU'RE NOT WELCOME HERE—EMERGENCY RALLY TOMORROW! ... ICE OUT OF NEW YORK, ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE!”
Code Pink also got in on the action, with co-founder Medea Benjamin posting that “this is what state terrorism really looks like. … ICE out of our communities! Now!
The Singham-linked BreakThrough News outlet — closely tied to the People’s Forum — also documented and promoted anti-ICE protests throughout the day on Wednesday. The tax forms for the outlet show that many of the group’s top leaders are all tied to the PSL as well.
BreakThrough News posted multiple times about a Minneapolis vigil for Good on Wednesday, and tweeted that evening, “HAPPENING NOW: Impromptu march erupts in Minneapolis for Renee Nicole Good, killed by ICE.”
The outlet also promoted anti-ICE marches on Wednesday located in Milwaukee, New York City, San Antonio, Columbus, Portland, Chicago, Seattle, Anchorage, Tucson and New Orleans.
The People’s Forum proceeded to share multiple videos of their anti-ICE and anti-Noem protest in New York City — calling it a “massive picket at World Trade Center” — with numerous PSL signs being waved by protesters.
Manolo De Los Santos led a call-and-response at the Thursday protest: “There’s a cold-blooded murderer giving a press conference on the 50th floor — Kristi Noem whose hands are not even dry yet with the blood of our sister Renee.” Santos referred to ICE as “her army of thugs, killers, and kidnappers.”
BreakThrough News also posted a video stating that “NYC marches against Head of DHS Kristi Noem. Noem is delivering a press conference at NYC ICE headquarters today just one day after the murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.”
About Neville “Comrade” Singham and the CCP
Singham, the wealthy tech executive, is lauded by The People's Forum and others as a true Marxist.
“For months we’ve been the target of a campaign that alleges our funding comes from ‘dark money.’ A few years ago we met Roy Singham, a Marxist comrade who sold his company & donated most of his wealth to non-profits that focus on political education, culture, & internationalism,” the People’s Forum tweeted in December 2021.
The New York Times reported that Singham works in Shanghai, that his efforts there are linked to the CCP, and that he has attended at least one CCP workshop on promoting the party globally.
The outlet also said Singham shares offices with a Chinese media company called Maku Group. The Chinese group’s “About Us” page — which has since been deleted but which was archived by the Wayback Machine in 2023 — says the goal of the company is to promote a positive vision of China worldwide.
Singham also wrote that he had served on the Central Committee of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. The league, according to the Marxists Internet Archive, “played a key role in inspiring the Black Liberation Movement and spreading Marxist-Leninist ideas among Black workers and workers in general.” Singham reportedly worked as a “strategic technical consultant” with the Chinese government-linked Chinese telecom giant Huawei from 2001 to 2008, according to New Lines Magazine.
Then-senator and now Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Biden Justice Department that “it appears that organizations tied to Neville Roy Singham, a U.S. citizen, have been receiving direction from the CCP.”
“I categorically deny and repudiate any suggestion that I am a member of, work for, take orders from, or follow instructions of any political party or government or their representatives,” Singham told The New York Times in 2023. “I am solely guided by my beliefs, which are my long-held personal views.”
With Singham’s socialist militant groups again leading nationwide protests, and with the House now prepared to issue the Marxist businessman a congressional subpoena, the spotlight on these revolutionaries, the organization and funding of the anti-Ice and pro-Maduro protests and their links to the CCP will likely only continue to grow.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/neville-signham-hit-house-subpoena-his-ccp-
tied-network-leads-renewed-anti-ice
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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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Etc For truly the whole world is seeing end time signs, from the very skies to the depths of the oceans. They are seeing the global warming, they are seeing the drought, they are seeing the loss of water all over and they recognize that truly it is taking place and they do not know which way to turn. They see the wars, the rumors of wars; they see Iraq and Iran as they continue to go their evil ways. They see Russia as she joins with Iran speaking out boldly against the United States; they see all the signs that are there. They are seeing even the EU as it now meets with Iran and talks with them. When will they wake up, when will they recognize that truly it is the last days, etc
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Hidden threat from secret military base discovered lurking deep below Greenland's ice sheet
By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
Published: 12:41 EST, 8 January 2026 | Updated: 13:45 EST, 8 January 2026
Scientists are sounding urgent alarms over a hidden Cold War threat buried deep beneath Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet.
A long-abandoned US military base known as Camp Century was recently rediscovered under the ice after a NASA pilot conducting airborne radar tests captured images of its underground remains.
The base, built in secret during the Cold War, lies about 118 feet below the surface and spreads across an area roughly 0.7 miles long and 0.3 miles wide.
Once described as a self-contained underground town, Camp Century housed a hospital, theater, church and shop, and was powered by a small nuclear reactor.
As Greenland's ice melts at accelerating rates, scientists have warned that hazardous waste left behind at the site could eventually be released into the environment.
That waste includes chemical pollutants, biological sewage, diesel fuel, and radioactive material once thought to be safely sealed in ice forever.
Researchers now say that assumption was deeply flawed. 'What climate change did was press the gas pedal to the floor,' said James White, a climate scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Camp Century was constructed in the late 1950s with the knowledge of both the US and Danish governments under the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement.
Danish officials participated in planning and environmental monitoring, and historical reports indicate Denmark approved the disposal of some radioactive waste directly into the ice.
At the time, scientists and military planners believed Greenland's ice sheet would permanently entomb any contamination.
'That idea, that waste could be buried forever under ice, is unrealistic,' White said.
'The question is whether it's going to come out in hundreds of years, thousands of years, or tens of thousands of years. Climate change just means it's going to happen much faster than anyone expected.'
The environmental risk posed by Camp Century has taken on new urgency as geopolitical tensions in the Arctic intensify.
President Donald Trump renewed calls this week for US control of Greenland, citing national security concerns as Russian and Chinese activity in the region grows. 'It's so strategic,' Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday.
'Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security.'
But scientists said the buried base represents a very different kind of security threat, one tied not to military rivals, but to pollution unleashed by a warming climate.
A team of international researchers led by the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder estimated that Camp Century contains roughly 9,200 tons of physical waste, including abandoned buildings, tunnels, and rail infrastructure.
The site also holds about 200,000 liters of diesel fuel and significant amounts of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, toxic chemicals once widely used in paints and electrical equipment.
PCBs are especially concerning because they do not break down easily and are linked to cancer, immune system damage, and developmental problems.
The Arctic's cold climate has trapped these chemicals for decades, effectively turning the region into a global storage site for pollution released elsewhere.
As ice melts, however, scientists warned that glaciers could become a new source of toxic contamination.
Most former Arctic military sites have undergone cleanup efforts, but Camp Century is one of only five abandoned ice-sheet bases near Thule Air Base that have never been remediated, according to the 2016 study by the CIRES research team.
At similar sites, PCB concentrations in some paints exceeded five percent by weight.
In addition to chemical and biological waste, Camp Century also contains radioactive material from the nuclear reactor's coolant system.
When it was buried in the early 1960s, the waste had a radioactivity of about 1.2 billion becquerels, roughly equivalent to the radiation used in a single medical scan.
While small compared to major nuclear accidents, researchers cautioned that its presence adds another layer of risk if containment fails.
The base's tunnel system twists and branches beneath the ice, making it difficult to fully map.
Airborne radar has detected strong reflections that align with known tunnel locations, but scientists say the technology cannot yet identify all buried waste.
Diesel fuel, stored in underground tanks, may still be liquid today, though researchers believe the tanks may have ruptured.
Models suggest that ice flow and snow accumulation could bury solid waste as deep as 220 feet and liquid waste around 305 feet by 2090.
While that means contamination may not surface for decades, scientists stressed that burial does not equal safety.
Beyond the environmental risks, Camp Century has become a source of political and legal uncertainty.
Responsibility for the cleanup remains disputed between the US, Denmark, and Greenland.
While the waste was left behind by the US, the original 1951 treaty did not account for climate change or Greenland's growing self-governance.
The agreement states that US property in Greenland may be removed or disposed of after consultation with Danish authorities.
But it remains unclear whether Denmark was fully consulted during Camp Century's decommissioning, raising questions about whether the abandoned waste is still legally US property.
Researchers said Camp Century may represent one of the first real examples of climate change triggering an international dispute over long-forgotten pollution, a preview of conflicts likely to emerge worldwide as rising seas and melting ice expose hazardous waste once thought safely buried.
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etc 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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Tornadoes tear across Mississippi as major storm threatens millions with severe weather, flash flooding
By Kieran Sullivan, Julian Atienza, FOX Weather
Published Jan. 9, 2026, 10:08 a.m. ET
JACKSON, Miss. — A powerful line of thunderstorms produced at least two radar-confirmed tornadoes in Mississippi around 6:30 a.m. CT.
These storms were powered by a cold front from a cross-country storm that’s delivering heavy rounds of rain to millions east of the Mississippi River, as parts of the Deep South and Gulf Coast remain in the bullseye for significant flash flooding and severe storms through Friday.
Tornado Warnings were issued across parts of Mississippi and Louisiana on Friday morning.
No word on the extent of any damage or injuries.
Damaging wind gusts are expected to remain the main threat of severe storms, but more tornadoes are possible.
This comes after the first cross-country storm spawned at least four tornadoes across Oklahoma on Thursday.
Meanwhile, an intense corridor of flash flooding will be possible Friday into Saturday across southern Mississippi near Hattiesburg and south of Jackson, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
Over eight million people are under a 2 out of 5 severe storm risk that is in place across parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and western Tennessee, with the highest risk extending from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, north to Memphis, Tennessee, and east to Birmingham, Alabama.
The continued threat of tornadoes comes after a strong EF-1 tornado ripped through Purcell, Oklahoma, as a line of storms moved through the area.
Though no one was injured, the tornado left a trail of destruction, downing power lines and uprooting trees.
The National Weather Service offices in Norman and Tulsa are still surveying damage, but confirmed three other tornadoes near the Oklahoma City area.
In a classic set up for severe weather in the South, multiple rounds of storms are expected Friday from the Tennessee Valley to the Gulf Coast, elevating the threat of flash flooding.
The first round will arrive on Friday morning to midday, followed by another round later in the afternoon and overnight.
Given the abundant moisture and the likelihood of repeated rounds of storms, flash flooding remains a concern across middle Tennessee, northern Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Rainfall totals will generally range from 2 to 3 inches across most of the Tennessee Valley; however, isolated pockets could see totals reach up to 5 inches.
However, the greatest threat covers parts of southern Mississippi, where NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center has issued a Level 3 out of 4 risk of flash flooding.
A corridor from Jackson to Hattiesburg could see rain rates of up to 3 inches per hour Friday, the FOX Forecast Center said.
Flood Watches are now up from New Orleans through Nashville, extending over 600 miles.
Many of the areas included in flood watches are currently in a drought, increasing the risk for flash flooding as the expected rainfall rates may exceed what the dry ground can absorb.
Severe weather may continue into Saturday as the cold front moves east.
A level 1 out of 5 severe storm risk is already in place across parts of Georgia and the Carolinas.
As the storm exits the region, the possibility of flash flooding remains across east Tennessee and western North Carolina.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/09/us-news/tornadoes-tear-across-mississippi-as-major-storm-
threatens-millions-with-severe-weather/
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etc The end is upon you and you need to look and see the things that you should be doing, pay close attention to that. For I have told you things would change here, they would change. If you live near the Babylon that is going to fall I have told you to move at least seventy-five miles from there, at least. That goes for California, that goes for the center fault line, realize that war, war is at hand. Not only with ISIS, but you have got Russia, you have got China, you have got North Korea, wake up, wake up, for I have been telling you these things, it is getting very, very dangerous, very dangerous. etc
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Moscow accuses the US of “outright piracy” after it seized a tanker linked to Russia
Jan 7, 2026
In a sharp escalation of international tensions, the United States military carried out an operation in the North Atlantic to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the waters between Iceland and the United Kingdom.
The vessel, known as the Marinera and formerly as Bella 1, had been under surveillance for weeks after fleeing a U.S. naval blockade near Venezuela designed to enforce sanctions.
U.S. and British forces, including surveillance aircraft and naval support, coordinated the interception and boarding, reflecting heightened cooperation between Washington and London on sanctions enforcement.
This action followed President Donald Trump’s aggressive policy to disrupt the so-called shadow fleet of tankers thought to be aiding sanctions evasion.
Moscow reacted furiously to the seizure, with Russian officials condemning it as a blatant violation of international maritime law and an act of “piracy.” Russian authorities argued that no nation has the right to use force against a ship legitimately registered under another state’s flag and demanded the safe return of the crew.
They also criticized what they view as Western overreach, expressing outrage that the operation occurred despite a Russian naval presence, including a submarine said to have been escorting the tanker.
U.S. and U.K. officials, for their part, defended the mission as lawful and necessary to uphold sanctions that target illicit oil shipments tied to countries like Venezuela, Iran, and Russia.
The British Ministry of Defence confirmed its forces provided pre-planned operational support to the U.S. effort, including naval and Royal Air Force surveillance assistance. While the tanker was reportedly empty at the time of capture, its seizure is seen as a symbolic and strategic blow against networks that Washington says fund destabilizing activities.
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.
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2026/01/moscow-accuses-the-us-of-outright-piracy-after-it-
seized-a-tanker-linked-to-russia/
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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?" Scribe
comment could God be preparing for this?
Matt 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall
the end come. (KJV)
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After The Silence: Why Venezuelan Christians See Hope After Maduro
By PNW Staff January 07, 2026
For years, Venezuelan Christians learned how to worship under watchful eyes. Sermons were measured. Humanitarian aid was rationed by permission. Pastors prayed boldly in private and cautiously in public. Under Nicolás Maduro, faith was not outlawed--but it was controlled, monitored, and punished when it refused to kneel. Now, with Maduro captured and removed from power, something unfamiliar is stirring across Venezuela's churches: hope that religious freedom might finally be more than a whispered prayer.
The persecution of the church in Venezuela was never as openly brutal as in Cuba or Nicaragua, but it was methodical, strategic, and deeply corrosive. Hugo Chávez laid the groundwork by fusing socialism with messianic political language, attempting to replace the moral authority of the church with loyalty to the state.
While he initially courted evangelicals, his embrace quickly soured. National expropriations stripped church-run schools and charities of resources. Government loyalists infiltrated congregations. Chávez's alignment with Cuba, open hostility toward Israel, and flirtations with Holocaust denial shocked Christian leaders who had once hoped for cooperation.
Maduro perfected this system of pressure. When intelligence surveys revealed that nearly one-third of Venezuelans identified as evangelical--far higher than most official estimates--the regime panicked. That number represented not just faith, but influence. Churches were one of the last functioning civil society institutions in a collapsing nation. At first, Maduro attempted charm: symbolic gestures, Bible distributions, public praise for "patriotic" pastors. But it was a trap. Those who accepted state favor were expected to repay it with silence.
Those who didn't paid a price.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the mask fell completely. As hunger spread and hospitals collapsed, churches stepped in with food programs, medicine distribution, and pastoral care. Instead of welcoming help, the regime restricted it. Permits were denied. Aid shipments were blocked. Pastors were warned not to distribute food without state approval. Maduro sought to maintain a monopoly on compassion--presenting the government as the sole provider of relief while portraying independent Christian charity as subversive. Feeding the hungry became a political act.
The legal machinery of repression followed. In March 2021, new "anti-terrorism" regulations forced NGOs and faith-based organizations to submit confidential records: donor identities, beneficiary names, internal plans. In practice, this transformed churches into open books for intelligence services. Many pastors understood what this meant--surveillance, intimidation, and eventual punishment. Some shut down ministries rather than expose vulnerable believers to government scrutiny.
Harassment intensified. According to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Venezuelan authorities routinely summoned pastors for questioning, threatened church leaders anonymously, and publicly attacked clergy who criticized corruption or human rights abuses. Religious radio stations faced pressure. Church-run media outlets were monitored. In one chilling example, journalist Carlos José Correa Barros of the Christian radio network Fe y Alegría was detained by masked military personnel in 2025 and disappeared for nine days before his release. The message was unmistakable: even Christian journalism was not safe.
Bureaucracy became another weapon. Religious groups were required to register with the Directorate of Justice and Religion, but approval could take years--or never arrive at all--unless loyalty to the regime was demonstrated. According to USCIRF, some churches waited nearly a decade for recognition. Without registration, churches could not legally operate, own property, or receive aid. Faith was reduced to paperwork, and paperwork was reduced to obedience.
Maduro also wielded Venezuela's so-called "Hate Law," a dystopian tool worthy of Orwell's 1984. Pastors who preached against corruption or spoke about moral accountability risked being accused of inciting hatred. Biblical truth itself became suspect. Corruption could be celebrated. Tyranny could be praised. But repentance was dangerous.
And yet, the church survived.
That survival is what makes this moment so powerful. Maduro's capture does not automatically restore freedom. Venezuela remains fragile. Institutions are damaged. Trust is thin. But for the first time in years, Christians can imagine rebuilding without fear of retaliation. Churches can envision reopening ministries, reclaiming humanitarian work, and speaking openly to a nation desperate for moral clarity.
Religious freedom is not a side issue in Venezuela's recovery--it is central. A nation cannot heal when conscience is policed and compassion is regulated. Christians have long filled the gaps left by a failed state: feeding families, educating children, comforting the grieving. Free the church, and you free one of the strongest forces for national renewal.
The hope spreading through Venezuela's congregations today is not triumphalism. It is sober, hard-earned faith. Believers know that freedom must be guarded, not assumed. But they also know this truth: darkness does not survive exposure.
If Venezuela is to rise from the ruins of authoritarian socialism, it will not be rebuilt by slogans or strongmen. It will be rebuilt by free people--serving freely, speaking freely, worshiping freely. For the first time in a generation, Venezuelan Christians are not just praying for endurance.
They are praying for revival--and for a nation finally free to believe.
https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=9355
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China Loses Access to Venezuelan Oil
Posted Jan 8, 2026 by Martin Armstrong |
China became Venezuela’s largest oil purchaser through oil-for-debt deals. Socialism failed, and the nation was desperate for funds, especially after being ostracized from Western trade. Beijing supplied Venezuela with credit in exchange for heavily discounted crude. China’s access to cheap oil from Venezuela came to a sudden halt after the US takeover.
China was purchasing around 778,000 barrels a day before Maduro’s capture. Venezuela had borrowed up to $100 billion from China in loans since 2007, using PDVSA crude sales to ChinaOil as collateral. Venezuela agreed to ship fixed volumes of crude to Chinese buyers through small “teapot” refineries. While the average output was 778,000 bpd DAILY, exports reached 952,000 bpd at the end of 2025. These flows accounted for 4% of China’s total oil imports.
China is now looking to Iran and Russia for crude, furthering the disconnect between the East and West. Cargoes secured in Asian waters can cover two and a half months of China’s demand, easing any immediate shocks. Yet, Venezuela still owes China around $19 billion in outstanding debt that was largely secured by long-term crude imports.
China is enraged. Foreign Ministry spokespeople Mao Ning and Lin Jian demanded Venezuela retain “full and permanent sovereignty” over its natural resources and accused the US of “seriously breaching” international law. China’s “legitimate rights and interests in Venezuela must be protected,” according to state media. China’s United Nations representative reiterated this statement, demanding that the US “cease its bullying and coercive practices.”
Russia stepped in to protect China’s short-term investments using a military submarine to protect an oil carrier from US forces. However, US forces successfully boarded and seized the cargo ship. There was no direct conflict between Russia and the US, but “direct” is key as Russia is showing its willingness to oppose Western influence.
Canada’s Carney chimed in to offer clean Canadian oil as an alternative. No one cares if the oil is clean; everyone wants the best deal.
Rest assured China will ensure it is repaid. Yet, the Trump Administration may not permit repayment in crude. The situation is unfolding and tensions are rapidly rising. The international community is split on America’s actions, with even America’s European allies condemning the move. Europe is now painting Trump with the same brush as Putin by insisting he will continue nation-building and expanding the great American Empire. The models pointed to geopolitical upheaval during the first week of January as we move toward the pinnacle of the panic cycle set to explode in 2026.
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/markets-by-sector/energy/china-loses-access-to-venezuelan-oil/
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US To Withdraw From 66 International Bodies, Treaties
by ZeroHedge January 8th, 2026 2:39 PM
The Trump administration withdrew the United States from 66 international organizations, conventions, and treaties that it said go against the country’s interests, the White House announced on Jan. 7.
According to the presidential memorandum, 31 entities were tied to the United Nations, while 35 others were not.
“The Trump Administration has found these institutions to be redundant in their scope, mismanaged, unnecessary, wasteful, poorly run, captured by the interests of actors advancing their own agendas contrary to our own, or a threat to our nation’s sovereignty, freedoms, and general prosperity,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote in a statement shortly after the list was revealed.
“President [Donald] Trump is clear: It is no longer acceptable to be sending these institutions the blood, sweat, and treasure of the American people, with little to nothing to show for it. The days of billions of dollars in taxpayer money flowing to foreign interests at the expense of our people are over.”
As Jacki Thrapp reports for The Epoch Times,The State Department was ordered to review the international intergovernmental organizations that “no longer serve American interests” in February 2025, per an executive order signed by President Donald Trump.
Rubio accused many entities of being “often dominated by progressive ideology and detached from national interests.”
“From DEI mandates to ‘gender equity’ campaigns to climate orthodoxy, many international organizations now serve a globalist project rooted in the discredited fantasy of the ‘End of History.’
“These organizations actively seek to constrain American sovereignty. Their work is advanced by the same elite networks—the multilateral ‘NGO-plex’—that we have begun dismantling through the closure of [the United States Agency for International Development].”
The U.N.-related entities that the Trump administration withdrew from include the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, International Law Commission, International Trade Centre, Peacebuilding Commission, Peacebuilding Fund, U.N. Democracy Fund, U.N. Energy, U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, and U.N. University.
The non-U.N. organizations included the 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation.
The memorandum cited over two dozen “hybrid threats,” such as the Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories and the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund.
Wednesday’s memorandum came less than a year after Trump withdrew the United States from the UN Human Rights Council.
On Feb. 4, 2025, the same day the White House assigned Rubio to investigate the international organizations, Trump signed an executive order exiting from the U.N. Human Rights Council. At the time, Trump said it “has not fulfilled its purpose and continues to be used as a protective body for countries committing horrific human rights violations.”
The White House expanded on those issues, such as allowing China and Iran to be in the council despite their violations, and alleged there was bias against Israel.
https://www.infowars.com/posts/us-to-withdraw-from-66-international-bodies-treaties
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Dutch Navy Suspends Joint Anti-Drug Operations with US in Caribbean
Tuesday, 6 January 2026, 16:25
As reported by the NOS publication
The Royal Netherlands Navy is temporarily suspending joint actions with the United States in the fight against drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea. The decision was announced by the Dutch Ministry of Defence, citing different approaches to stopping suspected vessels in international waters off Venezuela.
According to the ministry, the U.S. policy of attacking vessels departing from Venezuelan ports leads to the deaths of people without due process. Because of these actions, the Netherlands has decided to suspend previously agreed cooperative operations. Previously, the Dutch Navy closely coordinated actions with the U.S. Coast Guard in the fight against drug smuggling in the region, where the main routes pass through the islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
As part of the joint operation, Dutch sailors often boarded suspicious vessels in international waters, relying on U.S. intelligence data. According to the Ministry of Defence, over the past five years tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine have been intercepted in the Caribbean, and those detained were usually handed over to the American side for prosecution in courts.
Regarding the escalation between the United States and Venezuela: at the beginning of autumn, the U.S. military attacked a vessel off the coast of Venezuela, and reports from Washington spoke of the deaths of several militants. There was also another attack, along with other attacks on Venezuelan vessels in international waters, after which Venezuela began military exercises in the region amid rising tensions. The government of Venezuela asked the United Nations Security Council to convene an urgent meeting on the actions of the United States in waters near the country’s southern coast. At the same time, the United States imposed a series of sanctions, including against Venezuelan oil tankers and related companies. Following further statements from Washington, the region continued to monitor developments, and tensions between the countries remained high.
Impact on the region and prospects for cooperation
With the Netherlands’ announcement of a temporary halt to joint operations, the security situation in the Caribbean takes on a new context. The region continues to monitor developments between the United States and Venezuela and assesses the potential consequences of a change in cooperation among allies.
In summary, the Dutch Ministry of Defence noted that the temporary suspension does not mean abandoning the overall fight against drug trafficking, but requires a review of tactics and ways to coordinate with partners.
https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/dutch-navy-suspends-joint-anti-drug-operations-with-us-in-caribbean/
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14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a
witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. (KJV)
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Rabbi Kessin: Trump assisting Messiah by arresting Maduro, eliminating evil
Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz
Biblical News
January 5, 2026 5 min read
Rabbi Mendel Kessin is an internationally renowned lecturer and educator who has delivered numerous lectures worldwide. He began teaching about the end-of-days implications of current events and politics more than a decade ago. Rabbi Kessin recently released a lecture framing the recent arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by the Trump administration as part of the process of redemption.
Rabbi Kessin did not present his lecture as commentary on politics. He presented it as an explanation of function. Speaking with characteristic bluntness, Rabbi Kessin argued that current geopolitical events—Venezuela, Iran, the strengthening of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, and the broader reordering of global power—are not random developments or policy choices. They are stages in a Biblically defined process of redemption. In that process, President Trump plays a specific role, even if he does not understand it himself.
“I was describing Trump—what his job is, which he himself does not know,” Rabbi Kessin said at the outset of the lecture. “I want to bring everybody up to date.”
Rabbi Kessin framed Trump’s actions in the Western Hemisphere as deliberate steps toward restoring order, not as ideological crusades. “Why did he take over Venezuela?” he asked. “He seems to be adopting a certain position, and that position is to clean up the hemisphere.” What stood out to Rabbi Kessin was not only the action itself, but Trump’s indifference to elite opinion. “What’s interesting is that he’s doing it and he doesn’t care what people say.”
To Rabbi Kessin, this posture reflects something more profound than strategy. “What is important to understand is what has come over him,” he said. He connected Trump’s actions to a revival of the Monroe Doctrine, explaining, “He’s trying to reinforce what’s called the Monroe Doctrine, which James Monroe laid out—that foreign powers cannot simply enter the hemisphere and do whatever they want.”
But Rabbi Kessin made clear that this was only the surface layer. “What Trump’s job really is,” he said, “is to assist the Mashiach. That is a critical job.”
At the center of Rabbi Kessin’s teaching was the distinction between the two messianic roles described in Jewish tradition. “The main idea of Mashiach ben Yosef is to remove evil—to transform the world,” he explained. Redemption, he said, does not begin with holiness or spirituality. It begins with removal. “There are different levels of the transformation. The first level is to remove evil. Get rid of it.”
Rabbi Kessin then laid out a moral hierarchy that he described as foundational to understanding current events. “After you remove evil, you remove what’s called bad,” he said. “Bad is not evil in an intensified way, but it is destructive. It borders on destruction.” He gave a concrete example. “I would imagine that’s something like the fraud that took place in Minneapolis—$18 billion. It’s not the evil of selling drugs, which kills people directly, but it harms people from afar. The scale of the scandal is astounding.”
Only after evil and destructive corruption are removed, Rabbi Kessin said, can a society move upward. “After bad, the next level is that good reigns. People think more in terms of good than just getting along.” Above that is tzedek, righteousness. “Righteousness is much greater than good because it has an element of holiness to it. It’s much more in line with Judaism.”
Rabbi Kessin anchored this in Scripture, quoting directly from the Bible. “What does God want? God wants righteousness,” he said, citing the verse, “Tzedek, tzedek tirdof—Righteousness, righteousness you shall pursue” (Deuteronomy 16:20). He emphasized that righteousness is not ethical minimalism. It is in alignment with Divine will.
Beyond righteousness lies kedushah. “Holiness means to think in terms of a different universe—a spiritual universe—where your behavior is in accordance with a higher dimension,” he said. Above even holiness, Rabbi Kessin taught, is the ultimate level: the Divine itself.
Within this structure, Trump’s role is sharply defined and limited. “Trump is an assistant to the Messianic King,” Rabbi Kessin said. “His role is to transform the world from the side of evil, corruption, and decay, and to help Mashiach ben Yosef change the world into a place of goodness.” He repeated that Trump is unaware of this role. “He doesn’t know that,” Rabbi Kessin said, “but he’s doing it.”
This framework shaped Rabbi Kessin’s interpretation of Trump’s actions in Latin America. “That’s why he’s invading Venezuela,” he said flatly. “He will invade Cuba next. In many ways, he’s cleaning up the Western Hemisphere. That is exactly what cleaning up evil looks like.”
Rabbi Kessin showed little patience for moral outrage over these actions. “Do not accuse Trump of doing something illegal,” he warned. “He is ridding the world of evil.” He challenged critics directly. “Would you rather have evil continue and kill people?” He framed the question in human terms. “If the one who died was your child, would you then be so merciful to these dictators?”
He pointed specifically to Venezuela’s dictator. “How many parents have buried their kids because of Maduro?” he asked. “Where is your mercy for the evil that Maduro has done?” To Rabbi Kessin, condemning action against tyrants is not compassion but moral blindness. “Those who criticize Trump for attacking and taking over Venezuela,” he said, “have no idea that this stamps them as being unmerciful and as supporting evil.”
Rabbi Kessin extended this analysis to Israel, arguing that Trump’s role includes strengthening Israeli sovereignty. He said Trump would enable Israel “to have Judea and Samaria,” calling this “a key to the descent of the Beit HaMikdash.”
He rejected the notion that the Third Temple is a political or architectural project. “The Third Temple is not something we build from scratch,” he said. “There is a corresponding Temple in Heaven that contains the Divine Presence at an incredible level of intensity.” That Temple, he explained, descends. “It’s not new. It’s new for us, but it already exists above.”
For that descent to occur, Rabbi Kessin stressed, the world must be purified. “In order for this to happen, the world has to be cleaned up. That is Trump’s job, which he’s doing.” He said Trump would also play a role in stabilizing the Middle East. “You’re going to have Arab nations, the Abraham Accords—but first, the main project is Iran.”
Rabbi Kessin described Iran as a spiritual as well as geopolitical enemy. “The fall of Iran is a major destruction of the kelipah—the husk of evil,” he said. He tied Iran’s decline to the Jewish calendar, noting that events began on the 10th of Tevet, the day the decree to destroy the Temple was issued. “Now we’re seeing the reverse,” he said. “The beginning of the fall of Iran happened on Asarah b’Tevet. That’s amazing.”
He traced the progression through the months of redemption. “After Tevet comes Shevat. After Shevat comes Adar. Adar is the month of Mashiach. That’s when Purim eradicated the evil of Haman. After Adar comes Nisan, the month of redemption.”
Rabbi Kessin concluded with a warning and a declaration. “Do not fret that Trump is the agent,” he said. “That’s his role.” Quoting the Sages, he added, “The elder will serve the younger. That is prophecy unfolding.”
In Rabbi Kessin’s view, history is no longer concealed. Evil is being removed openly, forcefully, and without apology. Those who oppose that process, he warned, will be judged accordingly. “In the end,” he said, “you’re accusing someone of removing evil—which is a tremendous mitzvah.”
Trump, knowingly or not, is clearing the ground. The next stage, Rabbi Kessin made clear, belongs to Mashiach ben David, who will establish a kingdom of righteousness and holiness. The cleanup comes first. The redemption follows.
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Radical Leftists Claim Responsibility for Arson Attack That Left Tens of Thousands Without Power in Berlin
By Kurt Zindulka 5 Jan 2026
Far-left climate extremists have claimed responsibility for an arson attack on electrical infrastructure over the weekend that left tens of thousands of people in Berlin without power.
Early Saturday morning, a fire was started with incendiary devices at an electrical cable bridge over Berlin’s Teltow Canal, leading to the Lichterfelde power plant. The fire damaged vital power lines and left approximately 45,000 private residences and 2,200 businesses without power, German broadcaster NTV reported.
The Stromnetz Berlin grid operator said Sunday evening that it has since restored power to 7,000 households and 150 businesses. However, due to the complex nature of the lines affected, it may be some time before power is fully restored, raising concerns that some residents may need to seek other shelter, particularly when temperatures drop in the evening.
Meanwhile, the Mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegener, has called on the German Armed Forces to be deployed for their “expertise” in helping restore power as quickly as possible. Others, including Berlin Senator Iris Spranger, have suggested that the military be used to hand out hot meals during the outage.
On Sunday, Spranger revealed to the German Press Agency that the far-left anarchist Vulkangruppe (Volcano Group) claimed responsibility for the attack. “This is a despicable attack on the people of Berlin that willfully endangers human lives,” the Social Democrat politician said, according to Die Welt.
In the letter admitting responsibility, reported by Berlin’s Tagesspiegel newspaper, the leftist ludites cited the supposed climate crisis as their motivation, saying: “Last night we successfully sabotaged the gas-fired power plant in Berlin-Lichterfelde… The attack on the gas-fired power plant is an act of self-defence and international solidarity with all those who protect the Earth and life.”
“There were power outages in the wealthier districts of Wannsee, Zehlendorf, and Nikolassee,” the Vulkangruppe continued. “Power outages were not the goal of the action, but rather the fossil fuel industry. We apologise to the less affluent people in southwest Berlin. Our sympathy for the many villa owners in these districts is limited.”
The leftists also cited the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) and its high energy requirements as a motivation for their attack on Berlin infrastructure, writing: “We are operating our own surveillance, and it is total… The tech companies are in the hands of the men of power that we give them… One day, we will simply die of thirst and hunger sitting in front of glowing screens or inert devices.”
The Vulkangruppe, believed to have been founded in 2011, has previously claimed responsibility for attacks on the Tesla gigafactory in the Berlin suburb of Grünheide, sabotaging a high-voltage power pylon that supplied energy to the Elon Musk-owned factory.
It comes amid a broader trend of far-left climate-inspired anarchist attacks on critical infrastructure across Europe in recent years, often targeting power and data cables, factories, and railways.
The latest attack has been compared to a similar sabotage in September, which left upwards of 50,000 people without power for several days. It remains unclear, however, if the arson attack on two power pylons in southeast Berlin was the work of the Vulkangruppe or another radical group.
Commenting on the latest attack, Berlin Mayor Wegner said: “We will place a high priority on the pressure on the perpetrators. We want to catch them.”
“It was a left-wing extremist group that once again attacked our infrastructure and thereby threatened the lives of people, of elderly people who may need ventilators, of families with small children… And we have to catch these perpetrators now… this is no joke, this is a terrorist attack.”
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/01/05/leftists-claim-responsibility-for-arson-attack
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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, 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, etc
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North Korea test-fires hypersonic missiles
Jan 4, 2026
The dawn of the new year in East Asia broke not with calm, but with thunder. On January 4, 2026, North Korea surged back into global focus after test-firing hypersonic missiles in a forceful display of military ambition and strategic defiance, according to reporting by Reuters based on state media KCNA.
The launches were personally overseen by leader Kim Jong Un and were framed by the regime as an urgent exercise to reinforce what it called its war-deterrence capabilities.
In the words carried by state media, Kim said the missile tests were necessary amid “the recent geopolitical crisis and various international circumstances.”
This was not portrayed as a routine weapons drill, but as a calculated response to what Pyongyang views as an increasingly hostile world. The missiles reportedly struck targets roughly 1,000 kilometers away in waters east of the Korean Peninsula, underscoring North Korea’s determination to project power far beyond its borders.
The timing of the launches was striking. The tests occurred on the same day South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived in China for a state visit, highlighting the fragile diplomatic balancing act unfolding in the region.
At the same time, Pyongyang had just issued sharp condemnation of U.S. military actions in Venezuela, denouncing them as a “serious encroachment on sovereignty.” Within that narrative, North Korea framed its own missile activity not as provocation, but as justified preparation in response to what it sees as Western aggression.
Military analysts cited in the report noted that the missiles tested appear to align with hypersonic systems displayed during North Korea’s October 2025 military parade.
These weapons are designed to travel at extreme speeds while maneuvering unpredictably, making them far more difficult to detect and intercept than traditional ballistic missiles.
One expert observed that such systems are intended to enable “surprise launches,” a capability that could severely complicate missile-defense planning for the United States and its allies.
While questions remain about how advanced and reliable North Korea’s hypersonic technology truly is, the political message was unmistakable.
KCNA described the tests as “a very important strategy to maintain or expand the strong and reliable nuclear deterrent of the country.” In Pyongyang’s worldview, speed, surprise, and spectacle are inseparable from survival.
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.
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2026/01/north-korea-test-fires-hypersonic-missiles/
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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 plotting to assassinate Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa, IDF sources warn
The warning was issued recently against the backdrop of the opening of contacts between Israel and Syria.
ByAMIR BOHBOT
JANUARY 5, 2026 17:01 Updated: JANUARY 5, 2026 22:44
Iran is working together with additional hostile elements to assassinate Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, IDF sources warn.
The warning was issued recently against the backdrop of the opening of contacts between Israel and Syria. It also comes amid rising regional tensions and is based on security intelligence indicating that Sharaa faces real threats and has been forced to invest significant efforts in protecting himself and stabilizing his regime.
It also comes as the defense establishment emphasizes that the lessons of October 7 require insistence on an IDF presence on Syrian territory. According to the security establishment’s position, this presence is defined as a “primary shield” for communities along the Israeli-Syrian border.
Walla has learned that in recent months, several discussions have taken place under the leadership of Defense Minister Israel Katz with the participation of senior defense establishment officials. At the end of the discussions, it was decided that the establishment’s position is that there should be no withdrawal from Syrian territory and the Mount Hermon region.
A senior IDF security source said that the army's senior officials endorsed the defense minister's position on the matter.
The IDF's three operational zones in Syria
According to IDF sources, government policy divides Israeli activity in Syria into three main areas. The first is the security zone on the line of contact, where IDF troops operate in the area of the international Israeli-Syrian border, with the aim of directly protecting the nearby communities, as well as deeper into the State of Israel.
The second area is the security zone, which includes Syrian territory within approximately 15 km of the Israeli border. This area contains villages, towns, and traffic routes, and the IDF is working to prevent the entry and establishment of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure.
The third area is the area of influence, which extends from southern Sweida to the outskirts of Damascus. This area is defined as a demilitarized zone where Israel monitors what is happening, with the aim of preventing the entry of hostile elements, the introduction of advanced weapons systems, or the establishment of military bases.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-882403
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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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US dollar posts worst year since 2017 as Fed turmoil, tariffs bite hammered currency
By Ariel Zilber
Published Jan. 1, 2026, 11:25 a.m. ET
The US dollar ended the year with its worst performance since 2017 as Federal Reserve turmoil, trade shocks and economic uncertainty hammered the greenback.
The dollar finished the year down about 8% compared to a basket of foreign currencies, according to the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index.
That was sharpest annual retreat for US currency in eight years.
The US dollar was hit hard in 2025 due to tariffs and turmoil at the Federal Reserve.
Some measures show losses closer to 9% to 10% after a historic first-half slide that erased a decade’s worth of gains from the dollar’s long bull run.
The dollar selloff accelerated after President Trump’s April “Liberation Day” tariffs rattled global markets and raised fears of lasting damage to US growth.
The currency never fully recovered as its decline coincided with stubbornly high inflation that limited the Fed’s flexibility — even as growth slowed.
Core inflation hovered near 3%, while tariffs added fresh price pressure and pushed consumer inflation expectations sharply higher through the summer.
Foreign investors also began pulling back.
China cut its holdings of US Treasuries to the lowest level since 2008, while global asset managers increased hedges against dollar weakness — a move that effectively reduced demand for the currency.
Investors now warn the pain may not be over, with the Fed expected to cut rates further in 2026 and Trump openly pushing for a more dovish central bank chief.
“The biggest factor for the dollar in first quarter will be the Fed,” Yusuke Miyairi, a foreign-exchange strategist at Nomura, told Bloomberg News.
“And it’s not just the meetings in January and March, but who will be the Fed Chair after Jerome Powell ends his term.”
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council in the White House, is considered the frontrunner to succeed Powell in May.
While he’s widely viewed as being in accord with the president’s economic worldview, he has insisted Trump would “have no weight” in the Federal Reserve’s decisions if he becomes chair.
At least two US rate cuts are already priced in for next year, undercutting the dollar’s yield advantage just as Treasury yields slid from above 4.5% early in the year to near 4.1% by December.
The damage was most dramatic in the first half of 2025, when the dollar suffered its steepest six-month decline in more than half a century. A brief July bounce faded quickly as worries about growth, politics and trade returned.
Trump’s April 2 tariff blitz proved a turning point.
The president invoked emergency powers to impose a 10% baseline tariff on nearly all imports, with higher “reciprocal” duties aimed at countries running trade surpluses with the US.
Global markets plunged. The S&P 500 sank more than 13% in less than a week, while the dollar tumbled as investors rushed for safety.
Although the White House paused the harshest tariffs days later, the baseline levy stayed in place — and so did the uncertainty. Economists warned the policy would raise prices, hit demand and invite retaliation.
Those fears lingered throughout the year, weighing on the currency even as stocks recovered.
By late summer, the focus shifted squarely to the Federal Reserve.
After holding rates steady for months, policymakers began cutting as signs of labor-market weakness mounted.
The Fed delivered a quarter-point cut in September and another in December, responding to rising unemployment and slowing payroll growth — a sharp reversal from the aggressive tightening that propped up the dollar in prior years.
Traders quickly positioned for more. Futures markets now anticipate additional cuts in 2026, with expectations ranging from one to four reductions.
The Post has sought comment from the White House and the Fed.
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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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Iran Protests Spread to 21 Provinces Amid Reports of IRGC Chemical, Biological Weapons Production
Julie Stahl 01-02-2026
JERUSALEM, Israel – Iranian protests over the flailing economy are spreading even as Iran is reportedly developing chemical and biological missile warheads.
Violent protests throughout Iran forced a government shutdown in 21 provinces as unrest spread over skyrocketing prices and economic collapse.
Businesses, universities, and government offices closed in response to the regime's shutdown.
The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) showed footage online of violent confrontations between security forces and protesters. in various provinces. Shouts of "Death to the dictator" and "Death to Khamenei" rang out, as at least seven people were killed.
The protests are the largest in Iran since 2022, when 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody, detained over not wearing her hijab correctly.
Israeli-Iranian actress and commentator Sarah Fakheri says these protests are different from those in the past.
She said, "If the past protests were just 'Death to the dictator' or 'Get this regime down' without any definition of who is going to rule Iran after this one has a leader – [this time] they call for [Crown Prince Reza] Pahlavi back."
Fakheri added that Iran has gone from being an "amazing country" with abilities and natural resources to a state where people don't have money for bread. She contends that Iranians have been crying out for help for a long time.
She noted, "I've been receiving messages all the time from Iranians who are asking [for] Israel's support to eliminate this regime. Do I think that it should be someone else's job? No. Do I think that we can support and be the voice of support to those people? Yes."
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blamed the current economic crisis on an ongoing war with Iran's enemies.
"We are engaged in a full-scale war," he said. "Right now, the enemy has placed most of its hopes on knocking us down through economic pressure. You cannot conquer a nation with bombs, fighter jets, or missiles. To defeat us, they would have to come and face us on the ground."
The protests come amid reports that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is developing chemical and biological warheads for its ballistic missiles.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the possibility of a second strike on Iran this year in a meeting with President Trump in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. Trump's response was positive.
"I hope they're not trying to build up again because if they are, we're going to have no choice but very quickly to eradicate that buildup," Trump declared.
Netanyahu returned to Israel on Friday after spending several days in Florida, including as a guest at the president's and his wife, Melania's, New Year's Eve celebration.
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Trump says US ‘not afraid of boots on the ground’ in Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro capture
By Geoff Earle
Published Jan. 3, 2026 Updated Jan. 3, 2026, 1:40 p.m. ET
President Trump told the nation the US would now take over running Venezuela, after strongman Nicolas Maduro was captured “in the dead of night.”
“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump said at a press conference from his Mar-a-Lago resort as he provided new details on the stunning military operation.
“We’re going to run it, essentially” through the transition, he said.
The logistics of a US-run Venezuela were still being worked out, but Trump said it might involve military “boots on the ground.”
“We’re not afraid of boots on the ground if we have to,” the president said. “We had boots on the ground last night, at a very high level, actually.”
Later, Trump added, “We’re going to have [a] presence in Venezuela as it pertains to oil.”
In a strong assertion of US national prerogative in the hemisphere, Trump said he had one-upped the Monroe Doctrine of the nation’s early history.
“They now call it the Don-roe doctrine,” Trump quipped, while flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
He brushed off questions about the US’s record of running countries in Latin America over the last century and even whether it was consistent with his “America First” mantra.
“We’re going to run the country right, it’s going to be run very judiciously, very fairly,” Trump said.
The president indicated the military had been “prepared to do a second wave” if needed.
He said his advisors assumed such a wave would be necessary — only one was needed.
He also described an effort to bring back US oil companies who had their infrastructure confiscated by the regime, and use the stolen funds to help compensate Venezuelans who fled to the US.
“We’re going to reimburse people that were taken advantage of,” Trump said.
“We have to rebuild their whole infrastructure.”
Trump also indicated Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wasn’t up to the task of governing.
“I think it would be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn’t have the support within or the respect within the country,” he opined. “She’s a very nice woman, but she doesn’t have the respect in Venezuela.”
Rubio, meanwhile, had spoken to Maduro’s VP, Delcy Rodriguez, Trump said.
“She’s essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again,” said Trump.
“We’re designating people. We’re talking to people. We’re designating various people. We’ll let you know who those people are.”
Trump also addressed Venezuela’s substantial oil resources, saying its oil production has been a “total bust for a long period of time.”
“They were pumping almost nothing,” Trump said.
He said what the US would accomplish “will make the people of Venezuela rich, independent and safe” – after millions fled under years of dictatorship.
Trump said Maduro oversaw a “vicious cartel” and was responsible for the deaths of “countless Americans” and called him an “illegitimate dictator.”
He called Maduro the “kingpin of a vast criminal network,” and indicated prosecutors would decide if Maduro would be tried in New York or in Miami, which is where Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was tried decades ago.
The president called the operation that took down Maduro “one of the most stunning effective and powerful displays of American military might and competence in American history.”
“Not a single American service member was killed” and no US equipment was lost in the operation, Trump said, describing the mission.
“It was dark. The lights of Caracas were largely turned off due to a certain expertise that we have. It was dark. And it was deadly” he said.
Trump addressed the nation hours after US special forces snatched the Venezuelan dictator and his wife Cilia Flores. The couple is currently headed to New York City.
Attorney General Pam Bondi posted that the pair had been indicted in the Southern District of New York, referencing a 2020 indictment on drug conspiracy and other charges.
“They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts,” she said on X. The attack came overnight, with at least seven blasts heard over Caracas. Targets included military bases and airports.
Trump in an earlier interview with Fox & Friends said Maduro was en route to New York aboard the USS Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship.
“They’ll be heading to New York – you know they were indicted in New York,” Trump said. “The helicopters took them out … They killed a lot of people, remember,” Trump said.
The political future of Venezuela remains murky. Strongman Hugo Chavez took power in 1999 and was succeeded by Maduro.
Trump said his team was “making the decision” for who would govern Venezuela now that Maduro is en route to New York to face charges.
“We’ll be involved in it very much. And we want to do liberty for the people. We want to have a great relationship,” he added.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/03/world-news/trump-says-us-will-now-take-over-running-venezuela
-after-nicolas-maduro-was-captured-in-the-dead-of-night/
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Cleveland Clinic Flu Shots Study Shows Vaccine INCREASED Risk of Getting the Flu
by Jim Hᴏft Dec. 27, 2025 10:30 am
For decades, Americans have been lectured, pressured, and in many cases coerced into getting annual flu shots under the promise that “the science is settled” and that vaccination is an unquestionable public good.
But a growing body of research is blowing that narrative apart, and the latest data are nothing short of explosive.
A new study from the prestigious Cleveland Clinic has found that the 2024-2025 flu shot not only failed to protect people but also increased their risk of contracting the flu.
The study, published as a preprint on medRxiv and led by Dr. Nabin K. Shrestha and colleagues from the Departments of Infectious Diseases, Infection Prevention, and Quantitative Health Sciences, tracked 53,402 Cleveland Clinic employees across Ohio during the 2024–2025 respiratory viral season, which began on October 1, 2024.
By the end of the 25-week observation period (ending March 26, 2025), 82.1% of the cohort (43,857 individuals) had been vaccinated, primarily with the trivalent inactivated vaccine.
A total of 1,079 employees (2.02%) tested positive for influenza, with 98.8% being influenza A cases.
Using a time-dependent analysis (treating vaccination as a variable that changes over time), the researchers calculated a vaccine effectiveness of -26.9% (95% CI: -51.0% to -6.6%). This means vaccinated individuals had a 27% higher hazard ratio (HR 1.27) for contracting influenza compared to unvaccinated ones, after adjusting for factors like age, sex, job type (e.g., clinical nursing), and work location.
The study addressed potential biases by examining testing rates. Vaccinated employees were more likely to get tested, but the proportion of positive tests was similar between groups, suggesting the higher infection rate wasn’t due to testing differences but actual increased susceptibility.
A Simon-Makuch plot showed that early in the season, infection rates were similar, but they rose more rapidly among the vaccinated over time.
Graph comparing cumulative incidence of influenza in vaccinated versus unvaccinated individuals during the 2024-2025 respiratory viral season, highlighting vaccination effectiveness.
The study population was relatively young (mean age 42) and healthy, with 75% female and about 20% in clinical nursing roles.
The authors concluded: “Among 53402 working-aged Cleveland Clinic employees, we were unable to find a protective influence of influenza vaccination during the 2024-2025 respiratory viral season and found a significantly higher risk of influenza with vaccination when influenza activity was high.“
For the full study, check out the medRxiv preprint here: Effectiveness of the Influenza Vaccine During the 2024-2025 Respiratory Viral Season.
Jim Hᴏft is the founder and editor of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in May 2016.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/cleveland-clinic-flu-shots-study-shows-vaccine-increased/
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Chilling omen of house price crash as America's No 2 homebuilder forced to slash prices by 10%
READ MORE: Another bourbon distiller files for bankruptcy as sector collapses
By MARTHA WILLIAMS, US REAL ESTATE & CONSUMER REPORTER
Published: 00:22 EST, 31 December 2025 | Updated: 05:53 EST, 31 December 2025
America’s housing market is flashing a fresh warning sign that prices are falling — and it’s coming from one of its biggest players.
Lennar, the second-largest US homebuilder, was forced to slash the cost of its houses by 10 percent in the final three months of 2025 as buyers disappeared.
It is a chilling signal of what may be coming next — not just for other new-builds, but for the roughly 130 million existing houses, apartments and condos across America.
Big builders like Lennar act as a canary in the coal mine for the wider housing market because they have no escape hatch.
Unlike most ordinary homeowners, who can pull a listing and wait if they don’t get their price, builders are stuck with new-builds that generate costs every day they sit unsold.
When buyers disappear, cutting prices becomes the only option. The typical Lennar home cost $386,000 in late-2025, compared to $430,000 during the same period in 2024.
The average existing home in the US is worth $360,000. If it's value dropped by the same percentage, the typical American homeowner would see their biggest asset drop by in value by $36,000.
Lennar’s price cuts, revealed in its latest quarterly earnings, show how quickly pressure is building across the housing market.
Despite selling more homes, the company’s revenue from home sales fell seven percent year-on-year to $8.9 billion in the final quarter, as lower prices more than offset higher volumes.
Lennar’s average selling price is now down 21 percent from its pandemic-era peak.
Stuart Miller, Lennar’s chairman and co-CEO, said it had also been forced to offer incentives, which typically mean things like free carpets or money towards deposits, on top of price cuts.
He said that because the market is still unpredictable, the company cannot be sure what will happen in 2026 but hopes to sell around 85,000 homes.
The stress is not confined to one builder.
For as far back as records go, new homes have almost always cost more to buy than existing properties.
This isn't surprising — new-builds have all the latest features and appliances, and they come without the wear and tear of previously-owned properties.
However, over the summer that trend turned completely upside down.
In June, the median sales price of a new home was $407,200 — around $28,000 cheaper than that of existing homes, and a 6.5 percent discount, according to Realtor.com.
Experts have chalked up the reversal to classic supply and demand.
Construction companies became giddy during the pandemic — when demand for housing was through the roof, especially in sunny Southern boomtowns — and built slews of homes to satisfy buyers' needs.
However, as the Covid boom slowed, it became clear that builders had added far more homes than there were people to buy them.
Building companies were forced to cut costs, which left brand new homes to be sold at far cheaper prices than older homes, foreshadowing a potential market crash.
De-listings also surged this year, indicating that if homeowners cannot sell their house for the price they desire, they are willing to take the property off the market and wait for a better time to sell.
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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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US dollar posts worst year since 2017 as Fed turmoil, tariffs bite hammered currency
By Ariel Zilber
Published Jan. 1, 2026, 11:25 a.m. ET
The US dollar ended the year with its worst performance since 2017 as Federal Reserve turmoil, trade shocks and economic uncertainty hammered the greenback.
The dollar finished the year down about 8% compared to a basket of foreign currencies, according to the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index.
That was sharpest annual retreat for US currency in eight years.
The US dollar was hit hard in 2025 due to tariffs and turmoil at the Federal Reserve.
Some measures show losses closer to 9% to 10% after a historic first-half slide that erased a decade’s worth of gains from the dollar’s long bull run.
The dollar selloff accelerated after President Trump’s April “Liberation Day” tariffs rattled global markets and raised fears of lasting damage to US growth.
The currency never fully recovered as its decline coincided with stubbornly high inflation that limited the Fed’s flexibility — even as growth slowed.
Core inflation hovered near 3%, while tariffs added fresh price pressure and pushed consumer inflation expectations sharply higher through the summer.
Foreign investors also began pulling back.
China cut its holdings of US Treasuries to the lowest level since 2008, while global asset managers increased hedges against dollar weakness — a move that effectively reduced demand for the currency.
Investors now warn the pain may not be over, with the Fed expected to cut rates further in 2026 and Trump openly pushing for a more dovish central bank chief.
“The biggest factor for the dollar in first quarter will be the Fed,” Yusuke Miyairi, a foreign-exchange strategist at Nomura, told Bloomberg News.
“And it’s not just the meetings in January and March, but who will be the Fed Chair after Jerome Powell ends his term.”
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council in the White House, is considered the frontrunner to succeed Powell in May.
While he’s widely viewed as being in accord with the president’s economic worldview, he has insisted Trump would “have no weight” in the Federal Reserve’s decisions if he becomes chair.
At least two US rate cuts are already priced in for next year, undercutting the dollar’s yield advantage just as Treasury yields slid from above 4.5% early in the year to near 4.1% by December.
The damage was most dramatic in the first half of 2025, when the dollar suffered its steepest six-month decline in more than half a century. A brief July bounce faded quickly as worries about growth, politics and trade returned.
Trump’s April 2 tariff blitz proved a turning point.
The president invoked emergency powers to impose a 10% baseline tariff on nearly all imports, with higher “reciprocal” duties aimed at countries running trade surpluses with the US.
Global markets plunged. The S&P 500 sank more than 13% in less than a week, while the dollar tumbled as investors rushed for safety.
Although the White House paused the harshest tariffs days later, the baseline levy stayed in place — and so did the uncertainty. Economists warned the policy would raise prices, hit demand and invite retaliation.
Those fears lingered throughout the year, weighing on the currency even as stocks recovered.
By late summer, the focus shifted squarely to the Federal Reserve.
After holding rates steady for months, policymakers began cutting as signs of labor-market weakness mounted.
The Fed delivered a quarter-point cut in September and another in December, responding to rising unemployment and slowing payroll growth — a sharp reversal from the aggressive tightening that propped up the dollar in prior years.
Traders quickly positioned for more. Futures markets now anticipate additional cuts in 2026, with expectations ranging from one to four reductions.
The Post has sought comment from the White House and the Fed.
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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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Iran Protests Spread to 21 Provinces Amid Reports of IRGC Chemical, Biological Weapons Production
Julie Stahl 01-02-2026
JERUSALEM, Israel – Iranian protests over the flailing economy are spreading even as Iran is reportedly developing chemical and biological missile warheads.
Violent protests throughout Iran forced a government shutdown in 21 provinces as unrest spread over skyrocketing prices and economic collapse.
Businesses, universities, and government offices closed in response to the regime's shutdown.
The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) showed footage online of violent confrontations between security forces and protesters. in various provinces. Shouts of "Death to the dictator" and "Death to Khamenei" rang out, as at least seven people were killed.
The protests are the largest in Iran since 2022, when 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody, detained over not wearing her hijab correctly.
Israeli-Iranian actress and commentator Sarah Fakheri says these protests are different from those in the past.
She said, "If the past protests were just 'Death to the dictator' or 'Get this regime down' without any definition of who is going to rule Iran after this one has a leader – [this time] they call for [Crown Prince Reza] Pahlavi back."
Fakheri added that Iran has gone from being an "amazing country" with abilities and natural resources to a state where people don't have money for bread. She contends that Iranians have been crying out for help for a long time.
She noted, "I've been receiving messages all the time from Iranians who are asking [for] Israel's support to eliminate this regime. Do I think that it should be someone else's job? No. Do I think that we can support and be the voice of support to those people? Yes."
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blamed the current economic crisis on an ongoing war with Iran's enemies.
"We are engaged in a full-scale war," he said. "Right now, the enemy has placed most of its hopes on knocking us down through economic pressure. You cannot conquer a nation with bombs, fighter jets, or missiles. To defeat us, they would have to come and face us on the ground."
The protests come amid reports that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is developing chemical and biological warheads for its ballistic missiles.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the possibility of a second strike on Iran this year in a meeting with President Trump in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. Trump's response was positive.
"I hope they're not trying to build up again because if they are, we're going to have no choice but very quickly to eradicate that buildup," Trump declared.
Netanyahu returned to Israel on Friday after spending several days in Florida, including as a guest at the president's and his wife, Melania's, New Year's Eve celebration.
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Trump says US ‘not afraid of boots on the ground’ in Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro capture
By Geoff Earle
Published Jan. 3, 2026 Updated Jan. 3, 2026, 1:40 p.m. ET
President Trump told the nation the US would now take over running Venezuela, after strongman Nicolas Maduro was captured “in the dead of night.”
“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump said at a press conference from his Mar-a-Lago resort as he provided new details on the stunning military operation.
“We’re going to run it, essentially” through the transition, he said.
The logistics of a US-run Venezuela were still being worked out, but Trump said it might involve military “boots on the ground.”
“We’re not afraid of boots on the ground if we have to,” the president said. “We had boots on the ground last night, at a very high level, actually.”
Later, Trump added, “We’re going to have [a] presence in Venezuela as it pertains to oil.”
In a strong assertion of US national prerogative in the hemisphere, Trump said he had one-upped the Monroe Doctrine of the nation’s early history.
“They now call it the Don-roe doctrine,” Trump quipped, while flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
He brushed off questions about the US’s record of running countries in Latin America over the last century and even whether it was consistent with his “America First” mantra.
“We’re going to run the country right, it’s going to be run very judiciously, very fairly,” Trump said.
The president indicated the military had been “prepared to do a second wave” if needed.
He said his advisors assumed such a wave would be necessary — only one was needed.
He also described an effort to bring back US oil companies who had their infrastructure confiscated by the regime, and use the stolen funds to help compensate Venezuelans who fled to the US.
“We’re going to reimburse people that were taken advantage of,” Trump said.
“We have to rebuild their whole infrastructure.”
Trump also indicated Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wasn’t up to the task of governing.
“I think it would be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn’t have the support within or the respect within the country,” he opined. “She’s a very nice woman, but she doesn’t have the respect in Venezuela.”
Rubio, meanwhile, had spoken to Maduro’s VP, Delcy Rodriguez, Trump said.
“She’s essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again,” said Trump.
“We’re designating people. We’re talking to people. We’re designating various people. We’ll let you know who those people are.”
Trump also addressed Venezuela’s substantial oil resources, saying its oil production has been a “total bust for a long period of time.”
“They were pumping almost nothing,” Trump said.
He said what the US would accomplish “will make the people of Venezuela rich, independent and safe” – after millions fled under years of dictatorship.
Trump said Maduro oversaw a “vicious cartel” and was responsible for the deaths of “countless Americans” and called him an “illegitimate dictator.”
He called Maduro the “kingpin of a vast criminal network,” and indicated prosecutors would decide if Maduro would be tried in New York or in Miami, which is where Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was tried decades ago.
The president called the operation that took down Maduro “one of the most stunning effective and powerful displays of American military might and competence in American history.”
“Not a single American service member was killed” and no US equipment was lost in the operation, Trump said, describing the mission.
“It was dark. The lights of Caracas were largely turned off due to a certain expertise that we have. It was dark. And it was deadly” he said.
Trump addressed the nation hours after US special forces snatched the Venezuelan dictator and his wife Cilia Flores. The couple is currently headed to New York City.
Attorney General Pam Bondi posted that the pair had been indicted in the Southern District of New York, referencing a 2020 indictment on drug conspiracy and other charges.
“They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts,” she said on X. The attack came overnight, with at least seven blasts heard over Caracas. Targets included military bases and airports.
Trump in an earlier interview with Fox & Friends said Maduro was en route to New York aboard the USS Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship.
“They’ll be heading to New York – you know they were indicted in New York,” Trump said. “The helicopters took them out … They killed a lot of people, remember,” Trump said.
The political future of Venezuela remains murky. Strongman Hugo Chavez took power in 1999 and was succeeded by Maduro.
Trump said his team was “making the decision” for who would govern Venezuela now that Maduro is en route to New York to face charges.
“We’ll be involved in it very much. And we want to do liberty for the people. We want to have a great relationship,” he added.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/03/world-news/trump-says-us-will-now-take-over-running-venezuela
-after-nicolas-maduro-was-captured-in-the-dead-of-night/
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Cleveland Clinic Flu Shots Study Shows Vaccine INCREASED Risk of Getting the Flu
by Jim Hᴏft Dec. 27, 2025 10:30 am
For decades, Americans have been lectured, pressured, and in many cases coerced into getting annual flu shots under the promise that “the science is settled” and that vaccination is an unquestionable public good.
But a growing body of research is blowing that narrative apart, and the latest data are nothing short of explosive.
A new study from the prestigious Cleveland Clinic has found that the 2024-2025 flu shot not only failed to protect people but also increased their risk of contracting the flu.
The study, published as a preprint on medRxiv and led by Dr. Nabin K. Shrestha and colleagues from the Departments of Infectious Diseases, Infection Prevention, and Quantitative Health Sciences, tracked 53,402 Cleveland Clinic employees across Ohio during the 2024–2025 respiratory viral season, which began on October 1, 2024.
By the end of the 25-week observation period (ending March 26, 2025), 82.1% of the cohort (43,857 individuals) had been vaccinated, primarily with the trivalent inactivated vaccine.
A total of 1,079 employees (2.02%) tested positive for influenza, with 98.8% being influenza A cases.
Using a time-dependent analysis (treating vaccination as a variable that changes over time), the researchers calculated a vaccine effectiveness of -26.9% (95% CI: -51.0% to -6.6%). This means vaccinated individuals had a 27% higher hazard ratio (HR 1.27) for contracting influenza compared to unvaccinated ones, after adjusting for factors like age, sex, job type (e.g., clinical nursing), and work location.
The study addressed potential biases by examining testing rates. Vaccinated employees were more likely to get tested, but the proportion of positive tests was similar between groups, suggesting the higher infection rate wasn’t due to testing differences but actual increased susceptibility.
A Simon-Makuch plot showed that early in the season, infection rates were similar, but they rose more rapidly among the vaccinated over time.
Graph comparing cumulative incidence of influenza in vaccinated versus unvaccinated individuals during the 2024-2025 respiratory viral season, highlighting vaccination effectiveness.
The study population was relatively young (mean age 42) and healthy, with 75% female and about 20% in clinical nursing roles.
The authors concluded: “Among 53402 working-aged Cleveland Clinic employees, we were unable to find a protective influence of influenza vaccination during the 2024-2025 respiratory viral season and found a significantly higher risk of influenza with vaccination when influenza activity was high.“
For the full study, check out the medRxiv preprint here: Effectiveness of the Influenza Vaccine During the 2024-2025 Respiratory Viral Season.
Jim Hᴏft is the founder and editor of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in May 2016.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/cleveland-clinic-flu-shots-study-shows-vaccine-increased/
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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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Chilling omen of house price crash as America's No 2 homebuilder forced to slash prices by 10%
READ MORE: Another bourbon distiller files for bankruptcy as sector collapses
By MARTHA WILLIAMS, US REAL ESTATE & CONSUMER REPORTER
Published: 00:22 EST, 31 December 2025 | Updated: 05:53 EST, 31 December 2025
America’s housing market is flashing a fresh warning sign that prices are falling — and it’s coming from one of its biggest players.
Lennar, the second-largest US homebuilder, was forced to slash the cost of its houses by 10 percent in the final three months of 2025 as buyers disappeared.
It is a chilling signal of what may be coming next — not just for other new-builds, but for the roughly 130 million existing houses, apartments and condos across America.
Big builders like Lennar act as a canary in the coal mine for the wider housing market because they have no escape hatch.
Unlike most ordinary homeowners, who can pull a listing and wait if they don’t get their price, builders are stuck with new-builds that generate costs every day they sit unsold.
When buyers disappear, cutting prices becomes the only option. The typical Lennar home cost $386,000 in late-2025, compared to $430,000 during the same period in 2024.
The average existing home in the US is worth $360,000. If it's value dropped by the same percentage, the typical American homeowner would see their biggest asset drop by in value by $36,000.
Lennar’s price cuts, revealed in its latest quarterly earnings, show how quickly pressure is building across the housing market.
Despite selling more homes, the company’s revenue from home sales fell seven percent year-on-year to $8.9 billion in the final quarter, as lower prices more than offset higher volumes.
Lennar’s average selling price is now down 21 percent from its pandemic-era peak.
Stuart Miller, Lennar’s chairman and co-CEO, said it had also been forced to offer incentives, which typically mean things like free carpets or money towards deposits, on top of price cuts.
He said that because the market is still unpredictable, the company cannot be sure what will happen in 2026 but hopes to sell around 85,000 homes.
The stress is not confined to one builder.
For as far back as records go, new homes have almost always cost more to buy than existing properties.
This isn't surprising — new-builds have all the latest features and appliances, and they come without the wear and tear of previously-owned properties.
However, over the summer that trend turned completely upside down.
In June, the median sales price of a new home was $407,200 — around $28,000 cheaper than that of existing homes, and a 6.5 percent discount, according to Realtor.com.
Experts have chalked up the reversal to classic supply and demand.
Construction companies became giddy during the pandemic — when demand for housing was through the roof, especially in sunny Southern boomtowns — and built slews of homes to satisfy buyers' needs.
However, as the Covid boom slowed, it became clear that builders had added far more homes than there were people to buy them.
Building companies were forced to cut costs, which left brand new homes to be sold at far cheaper prices than older homes, foreshadowing a potential market crash.
De-listings also surged this year, indicating that if homeowners cannot sell their house for the price they desire, they are willing to take the property off the market and wait for a better time to sell.
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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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Seattle schools quizzing kids as young as 11 on sexual orientation, drug use — and sharing data with 3rd parties
By David Spector
Published Dec. 27, 2025, 7:52 a.m. ET
More than 20 Seattle public middle and high schools surveyed kids about gender identity and sexual orientation without telling their parents — and allegedly shared the data with third parties.
The state’s Check Yourself Survey, which is administered in every Seattle middle school and high school, prompts students as young as 11 to answer questions and fill in the blanks about their personal lives, the National Review reported.
“I am most likely to have a crush on,” one question asks before providing a list of answers which includes “all genders” and “males and females.”
Another prompt reads “About Me: I identify as,” with the options listed including “questioning my gender identity” and “non-binary.”
Students, some as young as sixth-graders, were also asked what their “top goals” are for the coming year, with “be in a romantic relationship” listed as an option, the outlet reported.
The kids didn’t all appreciate the questions.
“No I’m also twelve,” one answered, according to the outlet, while another responded, “why do you want to know my sexual orientation,” and another replied: “I never want to do this again.”
The survey, which has been taken by 67,000 students since its inception nearly a decade ago, also asks students about smoking, drinking, drug use, suicidal ideation and problems at home including “fighting or physically hurting others.”
The data was allegedly shared with numerous third parties, including Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute and King County, which encompasses Seattle, according to National Review.
The US Department of Education’s Student Private Policy office is investigating the Seattle-area schools.
Parents said they were never informed of the sexual nature of some of the survey questions, or that the information would be shared outside the schools, the National Review reported.
Nearly two dozen parents signed a letter insisting schools get written permission before administering the survey.
“If parents want to sign their kids up for a program that releases their health information and their personally identifiable information, that is their decision, but every parent deserves to make this decision under informed written consent,” Seattle mom Stephanie Hager told the National Review.
“These records are super valuable because this is very difficult information to get from students or from adolescents, kids, minors,” Hager claimed.
The King County Ombudsman’s Office found “no evidence indicates wrongful disclosure of private student information by King County,” according to a 2024 report — which also acknowledged that one school district released “sensitive student identifying information . . . several years ago.”
Seattle Public Schools reportedly used a $1.5 million federal grant for the survey in 2025 by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
A spokesperson for SAMHSA told The Post that the funds can not be used for services that violate federal law and that the agency is reviewing the matter internally. The county denied responsibility for the disclosure.
The Department of Education, the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and Seattle Public Schools did not respond to The Post’s requests for comment.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/27/us-news/seattle-schools-quizzing-kids-on-sexual-orientation
-drug-use-and-sharing-with-third-parties/
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etc.. The clock is ticking, the midnight hour is already striking, the horses have been riding and yet many see not the things I have told them. They understand not what my word has said, etc..
Rev 6:4
4 And another horse appeared, a red
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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Will 2026 Be A Year Of War With Iran, Russia And China?
December 28, 2025
I think that nearly the entire population of the world would like to see peace in 2026, but global events just continue to drag us toward war. I honestly do not understand why more people are not upset about this. The drumbeats of war seem to get louder with each passing day, and we are getting dangerously close to a point of no return. Nobody wanted World War I to happen, but once it started nobody could stop it and more than 20 million people died. Nobody wanted World War II to happen, but once it started nobody could stop it and more than 50 million people died. Now we have reached a stage where a war between major powers should be unthinkable because of the immense power of the weapons that we now possess. If we are not very careful, billions of people could die before World War III is finally over.
I am extremely concerned that war with Iran could erupt again very soon.
On Saturday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian ominously declared that his nation is “at total war with the United States, Israel and Europe”…
Iran’s president declared they were in a “total war” with the US, Israel and Europe, just as Tehran looks to rebuild its nuclear capabilities and strengthen ties with Hamas.
Masoud Pezeshkian made the bold statement in an interview published in state media Saturday, Barron’s reported.
“In my opinion, we are at total war with the United States, Israel and Europe. They want to bring our country to its knees,” Pezeshkian said.
I don’t like the sound of that at all.
How does a “total war” end?
Pezeshkian seems to believe that the U.S., Israel and Europe are “besieging” Iran from every direction…
“This war is worse than Iraq’s war against us; if one understands it well, this war is far more complex and difficult than that war,” Pezeshkian said. Iran fought a prolonged war with its neighbor throughout the 1980s.
“In the war with Iraq, the situation was clear: they fired missiles,” the Iranian president said. But the U.S., Israel and European countries politically, economically, culturally “besieging” Iran, as well as impacting the nation’s security, he added.
“On one side, they block our sales, our exchanges, our trade, and on the other side, expectations in society have risen,” Pezeshkian said.
A predator that has been backed into a corner is extremely dangerous.
The Iranians have rebuilt their strategic missile arsenal, and it is now even stronger than it was during the 12 Day War.
And Pezeshkian is warning that if Iran is attacked again, those that do so will “face a more decisive response”…
Pezeshkian brushed off the impact of Trump’s strikes in June in his latest remarks, and said Iran’s military has rebuilt to a stronger position than it was in before the conflict.
‘Our beloved military forces are doing their jobs with strength and now, in terms of equipment and manpower, despite all the problems we have, they are stronger than when they attacked,’ he said.
‘So if they want to attack, they will naturally face a more decisive response.’
Needless to say, Pezeshkian is not being paranoid in this particular case, because it is being widely reported that the Israelis are considering an attack on Iran’s ballistic missile program.
In fact, it appears that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be discussing this with President Trump when he travels to Florida on Monday…
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to travel to Mar-a-Lago Monday where he is expected to pitch President Trump on a plan to launch new strikes against Tehran.
Israeli sources claim that the Islamic Republic is repairing its air defense systems and rebuilding its ballistic missile program, both of which were destroyed by airstrikes during the war, according to an NBC report.
The Florida powwow also is believed to be crucial to the Gaza deal, with top White House aides believing Netanyahu is sabotaging the peace framework, Axios reported.
Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is alleging that our European allies are “getting ready to fight it out with Russia on the battlefield”…
“After a new administration came to power in the United States, Europe and the European Union emerged as the main obstacles to peace,” Russia’s veteran Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Russia’s Tass state news agency in an interview published on Sunday. “They are making no secret of the fact that they are getting ready to fight it out with Russia on the battlefield.”
Lavrov is not wrong about this.
In fact, earlier this month I listed a whole bunch of signs that the Europeans are feverishly preparing for war.
But the mainstream media keeps telling us that the Ukrainians and the Europeans want peace.
Of course I don’t believe that is true at all.
The Ukrainians and the Europeans fully understand that the “peace plan” that they are working on does not have a prayer of actually being accepted by the Russians…
On Christmas Eve, Zelensky said the US and Ukraine had reached a consensus on a number of critical issues, and indicated he was open to creating a demilitarised zone on his country’s eastern border with Russia.
But he has continued to resist Russian demands that Ukraine gives up two of its eastern regions, Luhansk and Donetsk.
Russia is also likely to object to a role for Nato forces in monitoring a ceasefire, which European leaders including Sir Keir and French President Emmanuel Macron have said must form part of any deal.
Once the Russians inevitably reject this “deal”, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham says that it will be time to start seizing tankers that are carrying Russian oil…
If Putin says “no” this time, I hope the president will sign our bill and impose tariffs on China and other countries purchasing cheap oil from Russia, a state sponsor of terrorism. Therefore, it is equally important to seize and arrest ships carrying sanctioned Russian oil, following the Venezuelan scenario.
And the Europeans may use it as an excuse to start sending troops into Ukraine, even though they know that the Russians have warned over and over again that they will shoot at any European troops that enter the country…
It comes as Moscow warned that any European troop contingents deployed to Ukraine would become legitimate targets for Russia’s armed forces in comments published by Russia’s state news agency TASS on Sunday.
Mr Putin warned that Moscow would accomplish all its goals by force if Ukraine didn’t want to resolve the conflict peacefully.
The Russians have made it very clear what it will take to make a deal.
Since they are winning the war, they feel like they have the right to set the terms.
Of course the Ukrainians and the Europeans will never give the Russians what they want.
And so Russian forces will just continue to march forward.
In recent weeks, the pace at which the Russians have been taking territory has increased…
In the Zaporozhie southern region, Gulyaipole and Stepnogorsk were conquered.
Gulyaipole, the second biggest Zaporozhie city, is an important stronghold and a key logistics hub and it fell after a short siege.
In the Donetsk region, Mirnograd (Dimitrov), Rodinskoye, Artemovka and Volnoye were also conquered.
Mirnograd/Dimitrov is an important part of the Pokrovsk/Krasnoarmeysk agglomeration, one of the last major fortified areas under Ukraine’s control in the Donbass.
Within the past few days, there has apparently been a significant breakthrough in the Zaporizhia region.
According to one report, it is “eight kilometers deep in places and 20 kilometers wide”…
Russian troops from the Dnipro Group of Forces have broken through the Kyiv regime’s front west of Orekhovo in the Zaporizhia region. According to military analysts, the breach is up to eight kilometers deep in places and 20 kilometers wide.
According to reports from the field, Russian units are currently advancing toward the settlements of Magdalinovka, Pavlovka, and Lukyanovskoye. Concurrently, the clearing of Stepnogorsk, where a significant Ukrainian Armed Forces force was recently encircled, continues.
The more Russian units advance, the more pressure European leaders will feel to intervene militarily.
And if NATO forces move into Ukraine, we will be just one step away from nuclear war.
Sadly, we are also getting closer to war with China.
The largest arms sale to Taiwan in history was recently approved, and in response the Chinese slapped sanctions on 20 U.S. defense companies…
China has imposed sanctions against 20 US defence-related companies and 10 executives, a week after Washington announced large-scale arms sales to Taiwan.
According to the Chinese foreign ministry, the sanctions entail freezing the companies’ assets in China and banning individuals and organisations from dealing with them.
“We stress once again that the Taiwan question is at the very core of China’s core interests and the first red line that must not be crossed in China－US relations,” the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday.
“Any company or individual who engages in arms sales to Taiwan will pay the price for the wrongdoing.”
Why would we approve such a large arms package for Taiwan when things were already so tense with China?
We just can
’t seem to stop provoking the Chinese.Needless to say, the Chinese are also very upset that we have been seizing Venezuelan oil tankers
…China on Monday accused the U.S. of violating international law in seizing oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela, appearing to take the side of Caracas as Washington looks to take a third oil tanker this month.
“The U.S. practice of arbitrarily seizing other countries’ vessels grossly violates international law,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters, according to Bloomberg, adding that Beijing opposes anything that “infringes upon other countries’ sovereignty and security, and all acts of unilateralism or bullying.”Lin added that Venezuela
“has the right to independently develop mutually beneficial cooperation with other countries,” and Beijing supports Caracas in “defending its own legitimate rights and interests.”Venezuela has the most proven oil reserves on the entire planet, and the Chinese purchase more oil from Venezuela than everyone else combined.
Ultimately, a military confrontation with Venezuela could eventually evolve into a military confrontation with China.
The time to stop a war is before it starts.
If we do not choose peace now, the consequences could be cataclysmic.
When will everybody finally start waking up?
We are literally at one of the most critical turning points in history, but most people in the western world have become so deeply addicted to entertainment that they have absolutely no idea what is really going on out there.
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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
:: 12-28-25 Hal Turner Radio Show :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
UPDATED 12:48 PM EST -- REPORT: "A SYSTEMICALLY-IMPORTANT BANK COLLAPSED AT 2:47 AM SUNDAY"
Hal Turner World December 28, 2025 Hits: 71338
As this story is written, it is 11:01 AM eastern U.S. time on Sunday, December 28. Reports have been coming in CLAIMING "a systemically important bank, a major player in Silver Futures, failed to pay its Margin Call by 2:00 AM and was liquidated by the futures Exchange at 2:47 AM eastern US time."
The reports are CONCEALING the name of the bank, but it is confirmed that overnight, the federal reserve was forced to pump another $34 Billion into the Banking System through its Emergency Overnight Repo facility. This $34 Billion is on top of the $17 Billion which had to be pumped-in two days ago, on Friday morning.
The Bank involved is described as "one of the largest players in the precious metals derivatives market" blew past every risk limit, breached every covenant. and exhausted every line of credit."
The Bank is further described as having been "massively short silver; we are talking massive positions numbering in the hundreds-of-millions ounces."
According to the information coming out this morning, when Silver broke through $70 per ounce on Friday, this bank received a "Margin Call" from the Commodities Exchange(s) which "exceeded their liquid capital." I am further told that "the clearinghouse gave them until Sunday morning to post $2.3 BILLION in additional cash collateral."
The report goes on to say that "over the past 36 hours, the Bank Executives frantically tried to raise cash. They reportedly called their counter-parties, they tried to sell assets, they begged for Bridge loans. Nobody helped them."
According to the reports, "Every major bank on Wall Street looked at the Bank's Derivatives Book and saw the bank was "already dead;" they just hadn't stop moving yet."
If these reports prove to be factual, and I have NO CONFIRMATION yet, the fall of this "systemically important" bank will have immediate repercussions throughout the entire banking system.
You see, a "systemically important" bank is a counter-party to many other banks in certain financial contracts, such as derivatives. If the counter-party fails, all those derivative contracts are now failed.
More info if and when I get it. Check back later.
UPDATE 12:48 PM EST --
According to additional information, at 2:47 AM the Bank notified the Exchange that they could NOT meet the $2.3 Billion margin call. At 3:03 AM, the Exchange began forced liquidation of the Contracts. By 4:15 AM, the Banks positions on the Exchange were fully closed. SIXTEEN MINUTES LATER FEDERAL REGULATORS SEIZED THE BANK TO PREVENT A DISORDERLY UNWIND.
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BRICS Orders 1.7 Million Oil Barrels in a Big Blow to the US
Vinod Dsouza
December 21, 2025
In a big blow to the US and the Trump administration, India ordered 1.7 million barrels of oil from its BRICS counterpart, Russia, in November, despite sanctions, and the amount is up 3.4% from October. In addition, 1.2 million barrels of oil were shipped from Russia to India in December. The procurement comes despite India being under pressure from the US to stop buying Russian oil.
India’s State-run refiners, such as Indian Oil Corp and Bharat Petroleum, are buying Russian crude oil. Hindustan Petroleum is also in talks with Russia and could resume oil purchases from January 2026. BRICS members India and Russia are not bowing down to US sanctions and continuing the purchases.
BRICS is receiving oil at discounted prices from Russia and saving millions in foreign exchange rates. The settlements are happening in local currencies such as the rupee and the ruble. The Chinese yuan is also being used for oil deals with China. The US dollar is being phased out, thanks to the sanctions from the White House.
While BRICS is helping Russia in sustaining its economy, the US thinks otherwise. American authorities gave a statement that sanctions are working against the Russian economy. “Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, Russia has been forced to accept deep discounts and fewer buyers for its oil. These pressures are limiting the Kremlin’s revenues and increasing the financial strain of sustaining its war,” a US official said.
India had previously saved close to $7 billion in foreign exchange rates and benefited from the US sanctions on Russia. The sanctions have mostly turned out to be a blessing in disguise for BRICS members. It also helped them advance the de-dollarization agenda while saving big on exchange rates. Despite the Trump administration’s trying to clamp down on oil sales, it has yet to be successful.
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etc.. Throughout the world right now peace is fastly disappearing, wars are rising up, trouble on the right hand, trouble on the left hand, etc..
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No Peace Plan Will Stop The Terrorists' Jihad Against Israel
By Khaled Abu Toameh/Gatestone Institute December 30, 2025
More than two months after the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip went into effect, the Iran-backed Hamas terror group seems more determined than ever to stay in power and continue its armed struggle to destroy Israel.
On December 14, Hamas marked the 38th anniversary of its founding by praising its October 7, 2023 invasion of Israel's southern communities as a "gigantic milestone and landmark in the struggle for freedom and independence and the defeat and elimination of the occupation [Israel]." On that day, more than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, and thousands wounded. Another 251 Israelis and foreign nationals were kidnapped to the Gaza Strip, where Hamas is still holding the remains of one hostage.
Hamas has no regrets over the massacre it committed on October 7 and the ensuing war, which claimed the lives of thousands of Palestinians and destroyed large parts of the Gaza Strip. Instead of apologizing to the Palestinians for bringing death and destruction on them, the terror group issued a statement offering "greetings to the Palestinians for their Hamas seized the opportunity to repeat its "categorical rejection of any form of trusteeship or mandate over the Gaza Strip."
This is a reference to US President Donald J. Trump's plan for peace in the Gaza Strip. The plan calls for the establishment of an international body, the "Board of Peace," to help with the administration, reconstruction, and economic recovery of the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of the war. The plan, in addition, calls for the deployment of an "International Stabilization Force" (ISF) and the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip.
Since the announcement of Trump's plan, Hamas has repeatedly expressed its opposition to the presence of a non-Palestinian governing body in the Gaza Strip. Moreover, the terror group has dismissed the idea of laying down its weapons. It has also made it clear that the role of any international force should be limited just to monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire with Israel. According to Hamas, the proposed International Stabilization Force should be stationed at the borders of the Gaza Strip, and not in areas controlled by the terror group.
Hamas said in its latest statement:
"The Palestinian people alone decide who governs them, and they have the legitimate right to resist, liberate their land, and establish their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital... Hamas affirms its commitment to its principles since its inception and its loyalty to the blood of the martyrs and the sacrifices of the prisoners, until liberation and the return [of Palestinian refugees and their descendants to their former homes inside Israel].... Jerusalem and the al-Aqsa Mosque will remain the focus of the conflict. The Palestinian people have the right to all resistance [meaning: terrorism against Israel]."
When Hamas says that it remains committed to its principles, it is referring to its 1988 charter, which quotes Imam Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood organization, as saying: "Israel will exist and continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it." Hamas describes itself as "one of the wings of Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine" and states that "initiatives, and so-called peaceful solutions and international conferences, are in contradiction to the principles of the Islamic Resistance Movement [Hamas]."
Hamas, in other words, has not given up its dream of eliminating Israel.
Khalil al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official living comfortably in Qatar, said in a speech marking the anniversary of the founding of his group that "the Palestinian people's resistance is still alive, and [the Hamas] leadership is steadfast and firm." Al-Hayya argued that the two-year war in the Gaza Strip has "proven that [Israel] can be defeated and that the liberation of Palestine is possible if it is based on careful planning and unified efforts." He praised the October 7 massacre as a "model of what could happen if the [Muslim] nation's efforts were combined" against Israel.
The Hamas leader boasted that the war "complicated and set back" efforts by the US to normalize relations between Israel and some Arab and Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia.
Al-Hayya emphasized Hamas's rejection of "all forms of guardianship or mandate over the Palestinian people" and said that the mission of Trump's "Board of Peace" should be limited to overseeing the implementation of the ceasefire, funding, and supervising the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
Regarding the International Stabilization Force, al-Hayya stressed that its role should be limited to maintaining the ceasefire without any interference in the internal affairs of the Gaza Strip. The weapons of Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups, he added, are "a legitimate right guaranteed by international laws, and this right is linked to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state."
Another senior Hamas official, Hossam Badran, said that his group "will continue its struggle and Jihad in confronting the Zionist project in Palestine," adding:
"Since its founding, Hamas has waged direct military battles against the [Israeli] enemy. We need to combine efforts and unite all energies for the greater role of liberating Palestine."
"Liberating Palestine" is a euphemism for destroying Israel and replacing it with an Islamist state.
It is worth noting that several Palestinian terror groups, including Palestinian Islamic Jihad, "congratulated" Hamas on the 38th anniversary of its founding and vowed to support the Jihad against Israel. Needless to say, the terror groups also voiced support for the October 7 atrocities.
These statements by Hamas and the other Palestinian terror groups show that they have no intention of honoring Trump's plan. They view the Trump plan as nothing more than a temporary ceasefire that allows them to regroup, rearm, and pursue their Jihad to annihilate Israel.
It is simply nonsensical to believe that any peace plan would end the terrorists' Jihad against Israel. Unfortunately, there is no alternative to a total defeat and eradication of Hamas and its allies.
Originally published at The Gatestone Institute
https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=9331
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'Jesus Is Real, God Is Real, Heaven Is Real': Woman Dies and Visits Heaven After Heart Attack
Isaac Gwin
12-29-2025
At first, Janelle Wofford thought she was having indigestion. When her pain got worse, she called 911. Then, moments after the EMTs arrived, Janelle says everything went white, and she experienced the afterlife.
"I didn't have pain at all. What is everyone back on earth doing? I wasn't worried about that. I wasn't worried about anything and I was just overwhelmed with the peace and the joy and the glory of it all," Janelle recalls.
It all started with a heart attack that killed her. That's when Janelle's spirit was transported to Heaven.
"Pretty quickly after finishing eating I had a feeling that was heavy in my chest, but just felt like indigestion and didn't really think a whole lot of it," Janelle tells CBN. "Then I noticed pain in my left shoulder. It started to kind of go up near my jaw."
"My breathing was getting a little harder, shallow, and all of a sudden I got real clammy and sweaty," Janelle said. "That's when I really started to think, well, maybe this really is something going on with my heart. I called for my daughter to come out to talk to me, and I let her know I wasn't feeling right, that I felt like I might need to go to the hospital."
"She's like, 'call 911,'" Janelle says, describing her daughter's frantic response. "So, I did. They came in and I remember the EMT started asking me questions, who I was, how I was feeling, and I started to describe to him the pain and what all the symptoms were that I was feeling. All of a sudden, I just said, 'My head feels funny.' I said, 'And my vision.' And at that point all I saw, it was like this veil – this white, cloudy veil just kind of came down. And that was it."
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"The next thing I know is I was just in a bright, bright place and was overwhelmed with joy and peace and happiness," Janelle said as she found herself in Heaven. "I was looking around at everything, everyone, just trying to see who all was there. It was a place of comfort. It was like a familiar place. I knew people that I loved were there, and I was looking to see what all was there and who all was there. It was just beautiful. No pain, no fear, just peace, comfort, joy. It was amazing. Why would you want to leave? I didn't."
"As I'm doing all that, I hear my name called out," Janelle says, putting her hand to her ear. "I was like, 'No thank you, I'm happy here. I'm staying here. I'm enjoying this. I'm not leaving this.' Then I heard my name again and I'm like, 'Oh, do I have to answer?' I said, 'Maybe if I answer, they'll let me come back.' So, I answered, and the moment I answered to my name – the minute I answered my name, it was gone. I was back right there with the EMTs, no longer in Heaven."
"Then they just started letting me know what was going on," Janelle says about the EMTs attending to her. "They told me I had actually had a heart attack, that they had to perform CPR and shock my heart to get me back. He said that it was about two to two and a half minutes that I had been dead, that I had no heartbeat."
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She was taken to a hospital where her diagnosis was rendered.
"I ended up having a tear in one of my arteries, a very small tear," Janelle says. "They gave me some heart medications and said that I should be alright and that it should heal up on its own. I was only in the hospital for two days and I was able to go home."
"I really believe the Lord let me go through this for my daughter," Janelle says of her Heavenly experience. "So, that she can have that reassurance to know, truly know, that Jesus is real, God is real, Heaven is real and it's all worth it. To know that whatever you go through on this earth, in this earthly life, as bad and as hard as it is, it's worth it to know Jesus as your savior and to trust God with all you're going through."
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"There is nothing on this earth that can even give you a comprehension of how amazing and glorious the peace and the joy is up there. The knowledge of knowing that Heaven is there waiting on me, on everyone that trusts and believe in Him – it's just amazing."
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About The Author
Isaac Gwin joined Operation Blessing in 2013 as a National Media Liaison covering domestic hunger and disaster relief efforts. He then moved to Israel in 2015, where he spent the next six years as a CBN Features Producer developing stories highlighting the plights of Holocaust survivors, single mothers, and refugees throughout the Middle East. Now back in the U.S., Isaac continues to produce inspiring testimonies for The 700 Club.
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Tyson plant closure and shifts being cut will eliminate 7 to 9 percent of total beef processing capacity nationwide
Dec 29, 2025
Late in 2025, Tyson Foods announced a major restructuring of its beef processing operations that will significantly affect local communities, cattle markets, and the broader meatpacking industry.
Central to the announcement is the permanent closure of Tyson’s large beef processing facility in Lexington, Nebraska, scheduled for January 20, 2026, along with a reduction to a single shift at another Tyson plant in Amarillo, Texas. Together, these moves are expected to remove roughly 7–9 percent of U.S. beef processing capacity, a notable contraction in an industry already grappling with supply challenges.
According to Wisconsin Public Radio, Tyson described the decision as an effort to “right size” its beef business amid persistent financial pressures and limited cattle supplies.
Economists have been closely monitoring how the closure could impact both cattle producers and consumers. Traditionally, the shutdown of a processing plant leads to lower cattle prices for ranchers and higher beef prices at grocery stores, as processing capacity tightens.
However, livestock economist David Anderson of Texas A&M University suggested this situation may be different. “Typically, when a plant closes, what we expect is lower cattle prices and higher beef prices, because we’ve lost this capacity,” Anderson said. “But at the same time, we’ve got so much excess capacity already that that may not happen. It’s not like the closing has created a constraint on packing.”
That assessment reflects broader conditions across the U.S. beef industry. In 2025, the nation’s cattle herd fell to its smallest size in more than seventy years, driven by prolonged drought, high feed costs, and shrinking profit margins for ranchers.
As a result, many beef processing plants have been operating below full capacity. Nationally, plants were running at just over 81 percent capacity, while the Lexington facility itself was operating at approximately 75 percent, leaving room for other plants to absorb some of the displaced production.
Despite these industry-wide factors, the local consequences of the closure are expected to be severe. The Lexington plant employs more than 3,200 workers, making it the town’s largest employer in a community of just over 10,000 residents.
In comparison, the Amarillo facility — where Tyson is cutting shifts affecting around 1,700 workers — is located in a much larger city with a more diversified economy. Anderson emphasized the disparity, noting, “It’s so difficult to replace an employer of that magnitude. So the rippling effect of this is pretty terrible.”
The closure is also expected to impact cattle producers and feedlot operators in the surrounding region. Without a nearby processing facility, producers may be forced to ship cattle farther distances, increasing transportation costs and shrinking already-thin margins. One local feedlot operator estimated that hauling cattle to more distant plants could add about $20 per head, a significant burden at scale.
Beyond economics, community leaders worry about deeper social consequences. Over the past three decades, Tyson’s presence in Lexington helped shape the town’s demographic and cultural landscape, drawing workers from across the country and abroad.
Many fear that the loss of the plant will lead to population decline as families relocate in search of work. One resident warned that the closure could trigger an “exodus of the immigrant population, just because there won’t be jobs right here in town.”
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Luke 21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. (KJV)
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etc.. You shall be hated by the world, the world shall be against you, etc.
John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. (KJV)
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Okla. pastor recovering from stab wounds after woman wielding dagger attacks church service
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Monday, December 29, 2025
An Oklahoma pastor is recovering from stab wounds after an altercation at his church last week.
In a statement last Monday, Police Chief Jeremy Cantrell of the Pryor Creek Police Department announced that law enforcement responded to a “reported disturbance" at the Church of Christ in Pryor earlier that day.
“Upon arrival, officers located an active physical altercation inside the church,” Cantrell said.
“An adult staff member sustained injuries, including lacerations, and was provided immediate medical care before being transported to a Tulsa-area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries,” he added. “An adult female was taken into custody following officer intervention and was transported to the Mayes County Jail on a federal hold after medical evaluation. The scene was quickly secured, and there is no ongoing threat to the public. Due to the suspect’s tribal status, the suspect has been referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
Cantrell provided additional details about the incident in a subsequent Facebook post last Tuesday. “It is clear the attack was unprovoked, deliberate, and intentional,” he wrote. “The suspect attacked the pastor with a dagger.”
He added that “two senior parishioners immediately came to the aid of the pastor, placing themselves directly in harm’s way without hesitation.”
“Their actions very likely prevented more serious injury,” he said. “The pastor sustained stab wounds to his hand and received stitches to his chin. He is expected to undergo surgery on his hand. Even after being stabbed, the pastor remained calm and composed under circumstances most people would not.”
Cantrell expressed gratitude that “the pastor is expected to make a full recovery” and praised the parishioners who intervened as “true examples of bravery, selflessness, and faith” and lauded their ability to disarm the suspect.
Although Cantrell did not identify the suspect or the victim in the attack, the website for the Pryor Church of Christ names DJ Castoe as the pastor.
A Facebook post by John Lovitt, a retired minister who served at multiple churches, including Pryor Church of Christ, shared a local news report naming the suspect as Whitney Adney.
“This disturbed individual tried to kill DJ Castoe, the preacher at the Pryor church of Christ, where I once preached, and DJ was in our youth group back then,” Lovitt said. “He has to have surgery Wednesday in the hospital. I pray he has a full recovery and that this woman is kept from being a danger to anyone else.”
The local news report shared by Lovitt on Facebook included information from the probable cause affidavit filed in federal court stating that local law enforcement discovered the pastor “bleeding and holding down Adney” after encountering one of the senior parishioners “holding a black dagger” and “asking for help” after disarming the suspect. The social media post also stated that the suspect was “yelling something about a cult.”
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com