Concerned Citizens,
Facts on Epstein, from Market ticker, following the money:
Between Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan roughly $350 million was paid out to settle claims they hid payment flows related to the sexual assault of children which under various suspicious activity laws they were required to report and had a duty to interdict. This is factual, not speculative, and involved roughly two hundred identified victims who came forward. In addition roughly $150 million more was paid out from Epstein's Estate to the very same myriad former children, now adults who were apparently trafficked, and that includes only those who were brave enough to both come forward and decided to waive the right to sue -- they received on average somewhere around three quarters of a million dollars each.
Where did the ****ing money come from that Epstein had and obviously expended over all those years? You know damn well where it came from Mr. President as does the government since all of this was of course part of why JP Morgan and DB had culpability in the matter. https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=253643
9 out of the 12 NYPD officers that allegedly went through the Anthony Weiner Laptop, “committed suicide". All 9 of them died by a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. https://x.com/RealAF_Patriot/status/1946095544167710725
70% Of Spaniards Want Mass Deportation Of Illegal Immigrants https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/70-spaniards-want-mass-deportation-illegal-immigrants#google_vignette
The All-Round Madness of Trump’s Tomato Tariffs
Now, to cap things off, Washington just imposed a 17% tariff on US imports of tomatoes, almost all of which come from Mexico...
At the same time, it has significantly increased its exports to the US of tomatoes, chiles, avocado, coffee, grapes, strawberries and water melon. But it’s the staple crops that matter most.
Salgado Uberto Salgado Nieto, a researcher at the Institute of Economic Research, points out that the the main consequence of NAFTA, almost certainly intended, “was the loss of food sovereignty, because the large producers [that were left standing] were not geared at producing basic grains for the Mexican diet such as corn and beans, but at producing avocados, berries and tropical fruits that are in high demand outside the country.”
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations estimates that the threshold at which a country becomes what it calls “food-vulnerable” is when as much as 25% of its food supply comes from abroad. According to a study published by the National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM, by 2011 Mexico was sourcing 50% of the food it consumes, especially basic grains, from abroad, mostly from the US. By 2021, the figure had reached 57%. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/07/the-all-round-madness-of-trumps-tomato-tariffs.html
"The old ways are the best ways" China Will Sentence Fentanyl Traffickers To Death, Trump Says https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-will-sentence-fentanyl-traffickers-death-trump-says
Pepsi-challenged: Pepsi Exec Floats Switch To Sugar After Trump Coca-Cola Announcement https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/pepsi-exec-floats-switch-sugar-after-trump-coca-cola-announcement
Pediatricians Get $200–$600 Per Child for Vaccines, Some Earn $1M+ Yearly In a bombshell discussion, Senator Ron Johnson, Polly Tommey, and Dr. Brian Hooker exposed how pediatricians are financially incentivized to push vaccines—at the expense of parental choice and medical ethics. The Ugly Truth: - HMOs pay doctors $200–$600 per fully vaccinated child—with top earners making over $1M annually in bonuses. .
American Academy of Pediatrics claims doctors don’t profit from vaxing kids. Receipts says otherwise… https://revolver.news/2025/07/aap-claims-doctors-dont-profit-from-vaxing-kids-receipts-says-otherwise/
Twenty Years of Cardiac Arrest Survival Progress Wiped Out by mRNA Shots
As survival rates declined, excess cardiac arrest deaths nearly erased two decades of progress in lives saved.
Italy has rejected the IHR Amendments! I am sure a bunch of other nations (Slovakia, Iran, Russia, North Korea, etc.) have also, but doubt we will ever get a complete list. But that makes 3 for sure, including Israel. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/italy-has-rejected-the-ihr-amendments
I enumerate why the pesticide liability shield would be a game-changer that will take us down the drain. We must put Congress under a microscope over this issue. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/bear-with-me-as-i-enumerate-why-the
Senator Cory Booker Introduced the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act--the OPPOSITE of the pesticide liability shield that was introduced in the House earlier this week https://merylnass.substack.com/p/today-senator-cory-booker-introduced
The pesticide liability shield can be stopped at the full Appropriations Committee meeting this Tuesday, July 22. An amendment to remove the rider (Section 453) will be offered and we need a majority NEED YOUR HELP!!! Below are 12 bullet points as to what is happening. We need a majority to vote to remove. Members will not want constituents to know they voted for Big Chemical https://merylnass.substack.com/p/the-pesticide-liability-shield-can
"A Treasonous Conspiracy" - DNI Gabbard Exposes Obama At Center Of Trump 'Russia Hoax'
Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, has declassified documents revealing "overwhelming evidence" showing how then-President Barack Obama and his national security team laid the groundwork for what would become the years-long Trump-Russia collusion investigation after President Trump won the 2016 election...
Tulsi Gabbard DNI: Americans will finally learn the truth about how in 2016, intelligence was politicized and weaponized by the most powerful people in the Obama Administration to lay the groundwork for what was essentially a years-long coup against President Trump, subverting the will of the American people and undermining our democratic republic.
Here’s how:
For months preceding the 2016 election, the Intelligence Community shared a consensus view: Russia lacked the intent and capability to hack U.S. elections.
Here’s how:
For months preceding the 2016 election, the Intelligence Community shared a consensus view: Russia lacked the intent and capability to hack U.S. elections.
But weeks after President Trump’s historic 2016 victory defeating Hillary Clinton, everything changed.
According to whistleblower emails shared with us today, we know Clapper and Brennan used the baseless discredited Steele Dossier as a source to push this false narrative in the intelligence assessment.
..On Dec 8, 2016, IC officials prepared an assessment for the President's Daily Brief, finding that Russia "did not impact recent U.S. election results" by conducting cyber attacks on infrastructure.
Before it could reach the President, it was abruptly pulled “based on new guidance.” This key intelligence assessment was never published.
Before it could reach the President, it was abruptly pulled “based on new guidance.” This key intelligence assessment was never published.
The next day, top national security officials including FBI Dir James Comey, CIA Dir John Brennan and DNI James Clapper gathered at the Obama White House to discuss Russia.
Obama directed the IC to create a new intelligence assessment that detailed Russian election meddling, even though it would contradict multiple intelligence assessments released over the previous several months.
Obama officials immediately leaned on their allies in the media to advance their falsehoods.
Anonymous IC sources leaked classified information to the Washington Post and others that Russia had intervened to hack the election in Trump's favor.
On January 6, 2017, just days before President Trump took office, DNI Clapper unveiled the Obama-directed politicized assessment, a gross weaponization of intelligence that laid the groundwork for a years-long coup intended to subvert President Trump’s entire presidency. Obama directed the IC to create a new intelligence assessment that detailed Russian election meddling, even though it would contradict multiple intelligence assessments released over the previous several months.
Obama officials immediately leaned on their allies in the media to advance their falsehoods.
Anonymous IC sources leaked classified information to the Washington Post and others that Russia had intervened to hack the election in Trump's favor.
According to whistleblower emails shared with us today, we know Clapper and Brennan used the baseless discredited Steele Dossier as a source to push this false narrative in the intelligence assessment.
These documents detail a treasonous conspiracy by officials at the highest levels of the Obama White House to subvert the will of the American people and try to usurp the President from fulfilling his mandate.
This betrayal concerns every American.
The integrity of our democratic republic demands that every person involved be investigated and brought to justice to prevent this from ever happening again. I am providing all documents to the Department of Justice to deliver the accountability that President Trump, his family, and the American people deserve. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/treasonous-conspiracy-dni-gabbard-exposes-obama-center-trump-russia-hoax
This betrayal concerns every American.
The integrity of our democratic republic demands that every person involved be investigated and brought to justice to prevent this from ever happening again. I am providing all documents to the Department of Justice to deliver the accountability that President Trump, his family, and the American people deserve. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/treasonous-conspiracy-dni-gabbard-exposes-obama-center-trump-russia-hoax
The Russians know now: Tulsi Gabbard releases ‘overwhelming evidence’ of Obama coup plot against Trump
Gabbard unveiled more than 100 pages of emails, memos, and internal communications, which she described as “overwhelming evidence” of a coordinated effort by senior Obama-era officials to politicize intelligence and launch the multi-year Trump–Russia collusion investigation. She dubbed it “a treasonous conspiracy to subvert the will of the American people.”
The scandal severely damaged relations between Moscow and Washington, leading to sanctions, asset seizures, and a breakdown in normal diplomacy. https://swentr.site/news/621667-russiagate-probe-trump-obama/
Kiev prepping provocation with ammonia detonation in Donetsk region — Russia’s top brass
"The intention is to subsequently accuse our country of deliberately creating a man-made disaster and inflict reputational damage on our country," Alexey Rtishchev specified https://tass.com/politics/1990533
Von der Leyen’s final plan: a false democracy for a false Europe The perception of the European Union is changing in some sections of public opinion: from a project of cooperation between sovereign states, the EU is increasingly seen as a centralized bureaucratic machine, which is what it really represents, and this view is fueled by the growing control exercised over information spaces, political dynamics, and the very interpretation of democratic principles. If the failure of the euro as a common currency was already telling, even more so were the isolationist policies of sanctions against the Russian Federation, followed by those against China and, in general, against any political entity that was not in the good graces of the UK-US axis.
In this context, the role of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is worrying. While proclaiming herself a champion of democratic values, she is contributing to the construction of a system in which truth, dissent, and public debate are suppressed or marginalized. There is no doubt that no one has ever pursued policies as totally anti-democratic, liberticidal, and homicidal as hers (as in the cases of Ukraine and Palestine)...
The scandal severely damaged relations between Moscow and Washington, leading to sanctions, asset seizures, and a breakdown in normal diplomacy. https://swentr.site/news/621667-russiagate-probe-trump-obama/
HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT HOWARD LUTNICK?
These were the key conflicting issues that were to be hammered out with Netanyahu during his White House visit this week. Netanyahu’s interests essentially are for ‘more hot war’, and thus differ from the Trump ceasefire general stratagem.
Implicit in his ‘In-Boom-Out & Ceasefire’ Iran approach is that Trump may imagine he has created the space to resume his primary objective – that of instituting a broader Israeli-centric order across the Middle East, devolving upon trade deals, economic ties, investment and connectivity, to create a business-led West Asia, centred on Tel Aviv (with Trump as its de facto ‘President’). https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/07/15/us-hubris-driven-blunders-transform-the-entire-complexion-of-wider-war/
In the latest massacre, 15 Palestinians seeking food at GHF site die from suffocation after Israeli forces fire gas at aid seekers.
"This was not aid distribution," said Ahmed Abu Amra, who witnessed gas bombs being fired at aid seekers at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site. "It was a real massacre committed against the hungry who came hoping to get some food." https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/in-the-latest-massacre-15-palestinians-seeking-food-at-ghf-site-die-from-suffocation-after-israeli-forces-fire-gas-at-aid-seekers/
British Surgeon in Gaza Reports ‘Unprecedented Malnutrition,’ Says IDF Snipers Targeting Aid Seekers
Nick Maynard said Israeli snipers are targeting 'certain body parts on different days, such as the head, legs or genitals' https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/17/british-surgeon-in-gaza-reports-unprecedented-malnutrition-says-idf-snipers-targeting-aid-seekers/
Israeli army attacks 100 military targets in Gaza over the past day — press service
The Israeli army is acting "to eliminate any threat to the security of Israeli citizens," the statement says https://tass.com/world/1990715
U.S. calls on Israel to investigate killing of Palestinian-American young man by Israeli settlers
The Trump administration is calling on Israel to investigate the killing of Sayfollah Musallet, but Israel rarely holds soldiers or settlers accountable for violence against Palestinians. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/u-s-calls-on-israel-to-investigate-killing-of-palestinian-american-young-man-by-israeli-settlers/
1st in EU, Slovenia to ban Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir, Smotrich over 'unbearable situation' in Gaza
Foreign minister says move is meant to pressure Israel to end 'the suffering of civilians' in besieged enclave https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/1st-in-eu-slovenia-to-ban-israeli-ministers-ben-gvir-smotrich-over-unbearable-situation-in-gaza/3634101
..Many officers had been bribed by Qatar to stay put or change sides.
The Russian air force intervened against the Jihadi onslaught but, with no forces on the ground, could not stop their advances. Shia militia send by Iran from Iraq were bombed by U.S. jets while crossing the border. Eventually President Assad found that there was no army left to command and fled. The Syrian government broke down. The Jihadis conquered Damascus and have since ruled the country.
Syrian resistance against Israel ceased. Israel has since bombed what was left of the Syrian armies heavy equipment and missile forces. The country is no longer able to defend itself.
There are about 700,000 Druze living in Syria, southeast of Damascus, and in the Israel occupied Golan Heights. The Druze religion is an offshoot of Shia Islam but generally not accepted as Muslim...
Israeli army prepares 'prolonged operation' in Syria following massive attack on Damascus
Israel has announced its intention to 'protect' Syria's Druze community as clashes continue for a fourth consecutive day in the city of Suwayda between local tribes and government forces https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-army-prepares-prolonged-operation-in-syria-following-massive-attack-on-damascus
Israeli airstrike reported in Syria’s Suwayda, Damascus denounces civilian casualties
'We are unaware of any IDF strike in Syria,' Israeli army spokesperson tells Anadolu https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-airstrike-reported-in-syria-s-suwayda-damascus-denounces-civilian-casualties/3634410
Syria says pulling troops from Druze heartland after US request https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/syria-withdraw-troops-sweida-israeli-strikes-us-request-5242491
Twelve nations commit to 'unprecedented measures' holding Israel accountable for genocide
The 2016 Coup Attempt Revisited: Türkiye’s Transformation and Its Regional Impact
Zelensky pitches 'megadeal' to Trump: Ukrainian drones for US weapons
Trump says Patriot missiles for Ukraine ‘already being shipped’ from Germany: 'In all cases, the United States gets paid back in full,' president says regarding shipments https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-says-patriot-missiles-for-ukraine-already-being-shipped-from-germany/3631931
Germany unaware of Patriot deliveries to Ukraine, Berlin says: Germany denies knowledge of Patriot deliveries to Ukraine, despite claims. https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/07/17/germany-unaware-of-patriot-deliveries-to-ukraine-berlin-says/
*He didn’t show up to work in the World Trade Center on 9/11. *His business partner? Larry Silverstein - the guy who insured the Towers right before they fell.
*He reportedly pocketed $25 million from the American Airlines settlement.
*And he lived right next door to Jeffrey Epstein. https://x.com/HustleBitch_/status/1945325183717531878
But not the actual evidence the jury saw: Trump orders release of Epstein ‘transcripts’
The US president previously claimed only “stupid people” expect to see the elusive “client list” https://swentr.site/news/621636-trump-orders-epstein-transcripts/Some of that evidence: FBI Allegedly Told Agents to Flag Mentions of Trump in Epstein Files - US Senator https://sputnikglobe.com/20250719/fbi-allegedly-told-agents-to-flag-mentions-of-trump-in-epstein-files---us-senator-1122457932.html
An Epstein list, composed from court records is here from Celia Farber: https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/listen-to-michael-wolffs-interview 
Keeping Epstein List in Headlines: Moon of Alabama: A 'Bawdy' Diversion The media, and Donald Trump, have found the great summer diversion of 2025.
The Wall Street Journal reports (archived):
It was Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, and Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift to mark the occasion. She turned to Epstein’s family and friends. One of them was Donald Trump.
Maxwell collected letters from Trump and dozens of Epstein’s other associates for a 2003 birthday album, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by the Journal, is bawdy—like others in the album. It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. A pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly “Donald” below her waist, mimicking pubic hair.
The Wall Street Journal reports (archived):
It was Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, and Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift to mark the occasion. She turned to Epstein’s family and friends. One of them was Donald Trump.
Maxwell collected letters from Trump and dozens of Epstein’s other associates for a 2003 birthday album, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by the Journal, is bawdy—like others in the album. It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. A pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly “Donald” below her waist, mimicking pubic hair.
The letter concludes: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
In an interview with the Journal on Tuesday evening, Trump denied writing the letter or drawing the picture. “This is not me. This is a fake thing. It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story,” he said. “I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,” he said. “It’s not my language. It’s not my words.” https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/07/a-bawdy-diversion-.html#more
In an interview with the Journal on Tuesday evening, Trump denied writing the letter or drawing the picture. “This is not me. This is a fake thing. It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story,” he said. “I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,” he said. “It’s not my language. It’s not my words.” https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/07/a-bawdy-diversion-.html#more
Celia Farber on forensic psychology of Jeff Epstein: Jeffrey Epstein's Close Friend Told A Writer, Leland Nally, In 2019 That He Was "Very Sick," Psychologically--Had Satyriasis; "Jeffrey Was Profoundly Sick"
Studied Math With The Unabomber, Knew Nothing About Science: Elites Were "Mesmerized" By What Exactly? THEY Created Him, This King Kong, And Now They Want MAGA To Pay The Bill..First, the smoking gun—Epstein’s confession of the soul.
It came from a woman Nally calls Julie, who knew Epstein well, and asked him why he was the way he was. Epstein actually answered her; The answer was not lost on Leland Nally, though it was lost in the typhoon of Epstein commentary and coverage since 2019...
It came from a woman Nally calls Julie, who knew Epstein well, and asked him why he was the way he was. Epstein actually answered her; The answer was not lost on Leland Nally, though it was lost in the typhoon of Epstein commentary and coverage since 2019...
[Epstein told her to read the 1965 pulp novel, The Man From O.R.G.Y. about an American conman, working for the CIA, with his cover identity being a Sex Researcher, like Masters & Johnson, who got all kinds of secrets from foreign officials in parlours of ritual child rape and seduction.] https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/jeffrey-epsteins-close-friend-told
Alastair Crooke has this read. I think Trump and Bibi irritate each other, U.S. hubris-driven blunders transform the entire complexion of the wider war
The big issue emerging from the U.S.’ 22 June strike on Iran – second only to ‘wither Iran?’ – is whether in Trump’s calculus he can ‘rhetorically impose’ the having “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear programme claim long enough to both restrain Israel from hitting Iran again, yet still allow Trump to pursue his show-stopper headline, ‘WE WON: I’m in charge now and everybody is going to do what I tell them’. These were the key conflicting issues that were to be hammered out with Netanyahu during his White House visit this week. Netanyahu’s interests essentially are for ‘more hot war’, and thus differ from the Trump ceasefire general stratagem.
Implicit in his ‘In-Boom-Out & Ceasefire’ Iran approach is that Trump may imagine he has created the space to resume his primary objective – that of instituting a broader Israeli-centric order across the Middle East, devolving upon trade deals, economic ties, investment and connectivity, to create a business-led West Asia, centred on Tel Aviv (with Trump as its de facto ‘President’). https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/07/15/us-hubris-driven-blunders-transform-the-entire-complexion-of-wider-war/
"This was not aid distribution," said Ahmed Abu Amra, who witnessed gas bombs being fired at aid seekers at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site. "It was a real massacre committed against the hungry who came hoping to get some food." https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/in-the-latest-massacre-15-palestinians-seeking-food-at-ghf-site-die-from-suffocation-after-israeli-forces-fire-gas-at-aid-seekers/
Nick Maynard said Israeli snipers are targeting 'certain body parts on different days, such as the head, legs or genitals' https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/17/british-surgeon-in-gaza-reports-unprecedented-malnutrition-says-idf-snipers-targeting-aid-seekers/
The Israeli army is acting "to eliminate any threat to the security of Israeli citizens," the statement says https://tass.com/world/1990715
The Trump administration is calling on Israel to investigate the killing of Sayfollah Musallet, but Israel rarely holds soldiers or settlers accountable for violence against Palestinians. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/u-s-calls-on-israel-to-investigate-killing-of-palestinian-american-young-man-by-israeli-settlers/
The church and priest the last Pope used to call for daily updates: Palestine condemns Israeli strike on Gaza church as threat to Christianity in Holy Land
The Higher Presidential Committee of Churches' Affairs in Palestine called upon the global community and rights organizations "to take immediate action to stop these relentless attacks against civilians and holy sites in Gaza" https://tass.com/world/1990731Foreign minister says move is meant to pressure Israel to end 'the suffering of civilians' in besieged enclave https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/1st-in-eu-slovenia-to-ban-israeli-ministers-ben-gvir-smotrich-over-unbearable-situation-in-gaza/3634101
Moon of Alabama, Israel's Bombing Of Damascus Is Aimed At Turkey. Today the Israeli air force bombed the capital of Syria, Damascus.
In late November 2024 al-Qaeda in Syria under former ISIS leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani (aka Ahmed al-Sharaa) set off to oust the Syrian government. He was backed by Qatar (financially), Turkey (militarily), the U.S. (intelligence wise) and Israel (propaganda)... The Russian air force intervened against the Jihadi onslaught but, with no forces on the ground, could not stop their advances. Shia militia send by Iran from Iraq were bombed by U.S. jets while crossing the border. Eventually President Assad found that there was no army left to command and fled. The Syrian government broke down. The Jihadis conquered Damascus and have since ruled the country.
Syrian resistance against Israel ceased. Israel has since bombed what was left of the Syrian armies heavy equipment and missile forces. The country is no longer able to defend itself.
There are about 700,000 Druze living in Syria, southeast of Damascus, and in the Israel occupied Golan Heights. The Druze religion is an offshoot of Shia Islam but generally not accepted as Muslim...
..After al-Qaeda took power in Syria the Israel army took additional Syrian territory near the Golan heights. It has tried to pull the Druze to its side...
..Throughout the last week there was increased strife between Jihadi Syrian government forces and Druze militia. Both sides had losses. The Israeli army intervened by bombing heavier equipment the Syrian government tried to bring near to the contact line.
There is no doubt that the strife between the Druze and Jihadis was provoked by Israel to proceed with its strategic plans of taking more land in Syria and Lebanon...
There is no doubt that the strife between the Druze and Jihadis was provoked by Israel to proceed with its strategic plans of taking more land in Syria and Lebanon...
..Today the Israeli air forces dropped bombs on the Syrian Ministry of Defense, near the presidential palace and in the Umayyad Square in the center of Damascus...
..The real aim of the Israeli government is not to protect the Druze or even to subjugate the Jihadi government of Syria.
These are the opening shots of a war between the rivaling powers of the Zionist entity and Turkey...
These are the opening shots of a war between the rivaling powers of the Zionist entity and Turkey...
..Today Israel provided that the favored way of managing the rivalry with Turkey is by bombing its clients. Ankara ain't happy with that. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/07/israels-bombing-of-damascus-is-targeting-turkey.html
Israel has announced its intention to 'protect' Syria's Druze community as clashes continue for a fourth consecutive day in the city of Suwayda between local tribes and government forces https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-army-prepares-prolonged-operation-in-syria-following-massive-attack-on-damascus
'We are unaware of any IDF strike in Syria,' Israeli army spokesperson tells Anadolu https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-airstrike-reported-in-syria-s-suwayda-damascus-denounces-civilian-casualties/3634410
The Hague Group announced on 16 July that 12 nations have agreed to “unprecedented measures" aimed at stopping the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, following an emergency summit in Bogota, Colombia.
According to the summit's final statement, the measures include implementing an arms embargo on weapons to Israel, preventing ships carrying weapons to Israel from docking at ports, reviewing public contracts that support the Israeli occupation of Palestine, fulfilling obligations to ensure accountability for the most serious crimes under international law, and backing prosecutions of Israeli war criminals at national and international levels.
According to the summit's final statement, the measures include implementing an arms embargo on weapons to Israel, preventing ships carrying weapons to Israel from docking at ports, reviewing public contracts that support the Israeli occupation of Palestine, fulfilling obligations to ensure accountability for the most serious crimes under international law, and backing prosecutions of Israeli war criminals at national and international levels.
Of the 31 nations that attended the historic summit, only Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Indonesia, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Oman, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and South Africa committed to implementing the measures fully.
According to the statement, the remaining 18 nations “unanimously agreed that the era of impunity must end” and backed a unified call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. https://thecradle.co/articles/twelve-nations-commit-to-unprecedented-measures-holding-israel-accountable-for-genocide
According to the statement, the remaining 18 nations “unanimously agreed that the era of impunity must end” and backed a unified call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. https://thecradle.co/articles/twelve-nations-commit-to-unprecedented-measures-holding-israel-accountable-for-genocide
Sergey Lavrov is a premier expert on geopolitics that involve Russia. Lavrov's Tianjin Post-SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Presser https://karlof1.substack.com/p/lavrovs-tianjin-post-sco-council
..Now, with Trump and Erdoğan calling each other “friends,” the renewed alliance raises a broader question: Is the U.S. considering Türkiye, not Israel, as its future hegemonic ally in the Middle East?...
..Leading up to the coup, three actors held real power: the AKP, Gülenists, and elements of the Kemalist military. Other actors either coalesced around these three or lacked influence.
Now comes the controversial part. The claim—impossible to document conclusively—is that the Gülenist movement was funded and guided by the CIA. Gülen was connected in the 1960s to a U.S.-backed Turkish “Anti-Communist League” before becoming a state preacher. His meteoric rise to a near cult-like empire spanning the Turkic states, the Balkans, and Africa is difficult to explain without some form of state support—the kind Türkiye could not provide at the time...
Now comes the controversial part. The claim—impossible to document conclusively—is that the Gülenist movement was funded and guided by the CIA. Gülen was connected in the 1960s to a U.S.-backed Turkish “Anti-Communist League” before becoming a state preacher. His meteoric rise to a near cult-like empire spanning the Turkic states, the Balkans, and Africa is difficult to explain without some form of state support—the kind Türkiye could not provide at the time...
..The CIA’s interest was clear: keep Türkiye aligned with U.S. interests. The military was nationalistic and wary of foreign influence, while Islamist actors like Erdoğan looked East as well as West. That was seen as a threat.
This theory is widely accepted among Turkish intellectuals, politicians, and even the Russian government. The U.S.’s protection of Gülen since 1999, its refusal to extradite him, and its unwillingness to label his movement a terrorist group all add weight to the claim.
The Turkish government has claimed U.S. involvement in the 2016 coup attempt through Gülen. The Turkish press reported that CIA-linked personnel, such as Henri J. Barkey, conducted secret meetings the night of the coup...
This theory is widely accepted among Turkish intellectuals, politicians, and even the Russian government. The U.S.’s protection of Gülen since 1999, its refusal to extradite him, and its unwillingness to label his movement a terrorist group all add weight to the claim.
The Turkish government has claimed U.S. involvement in the 2016 coup attempt through Gülen. The Turkish press reported that CIA-linked personnel, such as Henri J. Barkey, conducted secret meetings the night of the coup...
..The fight began during the Arab Spring and the 2013 Kurdish Peace Process. In both cases, Türkiye’s position ran counter to U.S. interests. Achieving peace with the PKK would have neutralized an important U.S. proxy in the region, and Erdoğan supported Islamist organizations in Tunisia, Libya, and most importantly, Egypt. He tried to export the AKP’s model of an Islamic-political organization. The agenda was to reshape the Middle East under Turkish influence, according to then-Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s vision, explained in 2011 at a “Turkey Investor Conference: The Road to 2023” organized by Goldman Sachs.
This was not in the interest of the U.S.—nor of Israel—because it excluded Israel and positioned Türkiye as the hegemonic power...
This was not in the interest of the U.S.—nor of Israel—because it excluded Israel and positioned Türkiye as the hegemonic power...
..Following the failed July 15, 2016 coup attempt, Erdoğan initiated mass purges of Gülenist elements from the military and bureaucracy. Simultaneously, he rehabilitated secular-nationalist officers previously sidelined in the Ergenekon and Balyoz trials—trials now viewed as Gülenist ploys. Since 2018, the defense ministry has been led by generals, not politicians.
Erdoğan also revived public displays of respect for Atatürk and Kemalism—appealing to nationalist, secular, and far-right Islamist audiences alike.
The result is a hybrid regime: a fused civilian-military state, combining Kemalist and Islamist elements under Erdoğan’s leadership. This has consolidated his power, even if it meant ideological compromise.
Türkiye’s post-coup relationship with the U.S. soured. Washington refused to extradite Gülen or label his group as a terrorist organization. U.S. liberals disapproved of Türkiye’s new political system. Middle East interests diverged.
But things may be changing. Gülen died in 2024. Trump’s second term appears to favor centralized power. And with Assad gone, U.S.-Türkiye interests are converging again. Only one obstacle remains: Israel. [I can think of others.] https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/07/the-2016-coup-attempt-decoding-turkiyes-transformation-and-its-regional-impact.html
Erdoğan also revived public displays of respect for Atatürk and Kemalism—appealing to nationalist, secular, and far-right Islamist audiences alike.
The result is a hybrid regime: a fused civilian-military state, combining Kemalist and Islamist elements under Erdoğan’s leadership. This has consolidated his power, even if it meant ideological compromise.
Türkiye’s post-coup relationship with the U.S. soured. Washington refused to extradite Gülen or label his group as a terrorist organization. U.S. liberals disapproved of Türkiye’s new political system. Middle East interests diverged.
But things may be changing. Gülen died in 2024. Trump’s second term appears to favor centralized power. And with Assad gone, U.S.-Türkiye interests are converging again. Only one obstacle remains: Israel. [I can think of others.] https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/07/the-2016-coup-attempt-decoding-turkiyes-transformation-and-its-regional-impact.html
In an interview with The New York Post, he said that the parties are in "a breakthrough deal that would see the US and Ukraine prop up each other’s aerial technology – with Kiev offering to share everything it’s learned about modern warfare in the three-year conflict with Russia."
This would be done in exchange for Kiev agreeing to buy a swath of weapons from America.
"The people of America need this technology, and you need to have it in your arsenal," Zelensky said. "I think this is really a mega deal, a win-win, as they say." https://tass.com/world/1990821
This would be done in exchange for Kiev agreeing to buy a swath of weapons from America.
"The people of America need this technology, and you need to have it in your arsenal," Zelensky said. "I think this is really a mega deal, a win-win, as they say." https://tass.com/world/1990821
Russian summer offensive grinds forward in Donetsk: Hundreds of Drones Back in Ukraine's Skies - Pokrovsk Defense to Get NO Reinforcements MS 2025.07.19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1JEg9FG_wg
"The intention is to subsequently accuse our country of deliberately creating a man-made disaster and inflict reputational damage on our country," Alexey Rtishchev specified https://tass.com/politics/1990533
If NATO officially goes to war against Russia: "We will destroy it, and quickly": NATO Ground Forces Commander Donahue announced that the alliance has a plan to "suppress" the Kaliningrad region https://en.topwar.ru/268194-unichtozhim-prichem-bystro-komandujuschij-sv-nato-donahju-zajavil-o-nalichii-u-aljansa-plana-podavlenija-kaliningradskoj-oblasti.html
In this context, the role of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is worrying. While proclaiming herself a champion of democratic values, she is contributing to the construction of a system in which truth, dissent, and public debate are suppressed or marginalized. There is no doubt that no one has ever pursued policies as totally anti-democratic, liberticidal, and homicidal as hers (as in the cases of Ukraine and Palestine)...
..Many European citizens are expressing growing concern about the president’s top-down style. Sanctions packages against Moscow, climate initiatives, defense projects, and even official statements are often developed without involving member states. In numerous cases, von der Leyen has taken a position on behalf of the entire Union without consulting the European Council or the External Action Service.
If a single leader is able to block institutional activities without transparency or coordination, this signals a dangerous personalization of power and a lack of shared governance mechanisms.
The European Union has always claimed to be democratic and multilateral, at least formally; but the truth is that, especially in recent years, this European Union – which is something different from Europe – is dismantling the last vestiges of sovereign power and freedom, compressing everything into a few bureaucratic, indeed technocratic, structures that are in the hands of a very few people who report to the President of the Commission. There is no transparency, no pluralism, no real democracy. Just chatter, words, slogans, advertising campaigns, and internships for young students lobotomized by European political drugs. And while discussions multiply about the impact of these transformations on fundamental rights – including freedom of speech, democratic participation, and the right to criticize – European leaders reiterate that these measures are being taken in the interest of the collective good and the stability of the Union. There will be no end to hypocrisy, while we hope that Europe will soon be able to free itself from the yoke called the EU. https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/07/17/von-der-leyens-final-plan-a-false-democracy-for-a-false-europe/
If a single leader is able to block institutional activities without transparency or coordination, this signals a dangerous personalization of power and a lack of shared governance mechanisms.
The European Union has always claimed to be democratic and multilateral, at least formally; but the truth is that, especially in recent years, this European Union – which is something different from Europe – is dismantling the last vestiges of sovereign power and freedom, compressing everything into a few bureaucratic, indeed technocratic, structures that are in the hands of a very few people who report to the President of the Commission. There is no transparency, no pluralism, no real democracy. Just chatter, words, slogans, advertising campaigns, and internships for young students lobotomized by European political drugs. And while discussions multiply about the impact of these transformations on fundamental rights – including freedom of speech, democratic participation, and the right to criticize – European leaders reiterate that these measures are being taken in the interest of the collective good and the stability of the Union. There will be no end to hypocrisy, while we hope that Europe will soon be able to free itself from the yoke called the EU. https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/07/17/von-der-leyens-final-plan-a-false-democracy-for-a-false-europe/
Ramping it up: TSMC aims to make 30% of high-end chips in US with Arizona fab build out: Shovels in the dirt at Fab 3 as Fab 2’s 3nm ramp charges in several quarters early https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/tsmc_q2_ramp/
The Trump administration accuses Mexico of “dumping” tomatoes on the US — something the US would never dream of doing with the agricultural goods it sends to Mexico (sarc).
The Trump administration continues to escalate its economic war against its largest trade partner, Mexico. In recent weeks alone, Washington has imposed potentially fatal sanctions on two smallish Mexican banks and a brokerage house, which were quietly paused last week; it has implemented a 3.5% tax on the remittance payments US-based migrants, many of them Mexican, send home; and it has escalated its raids on migrants, many of them also Mexican. Now, to cap things off, Washington just imposed a 17% tariff on US imports of tomatoes, almost all of which come from Mexico...
..However, when it comes to dumping (i.e. selling at an artificially low price) agricultural produce on the international markets, no one, with the possible exception of the EU, comes close to the US’ heavily subsidised farmers and Big Ag corporations. For decades the US has destroyed the livelihoods of millions of farmers around the world by unleashing on to the global markets surplus produce at below-cost price. One of the biggest victims is Mexico...
..The US was able to do this by continuing to subsidize agricultural producers even after NAFTA while Mexico’s government pulled most of its subsidies...
..As a result, it became all but impossible for small and mid-sized producers to compete with producers from the US once NAFTA once signed. Inevitably, Mexico became increasingly dependent on the US for staple crops like corn, beans, wheat and rice. Once the birthplace of maize, Mexico now imports roughly half of the corn it consumes, almost all of it from the US. At the same time, it has significantly increased its exports to the US of tomatoes, chiles, avocado, coffee, grapes, strawberries and water melon. But it’s the staple crops that matter most.
Salgado Uberto Salgado Nieto, a researcher at the Institute of Economic Research, points out that the the main consequence of NAFTA, almost certainly intended, “was the loss of food sovereignty, because the large producers [that were left standing] were not geared at producing basic grains for the Mexican diet such as corn and beans, but at producing avocados, berries and tropical fruits that are in high demand outside the country.”
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations estimates that the threshold at which a country becomes what it calls “food-vulnerable” is when as much as 25% of its food supply comes from abroad. According to a study published by the National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM, by 2011 Mexico was sourcing 50% of the food it consumes, especially basic grains, from abroad, mostly from the US. By 2021, the figure had reached 57%. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/07/the-all-round-madness-of-trumps-tomato-tariffs.html
Pro Publica: FDA Inspectors Again Find Dangerous Breakdowns at an Indian Factory Supplying Medications to U.S. Consumers https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-inspection-sun-pharma?
Refuse vaccines? Many pediatricians drop families to protect their bottom line. https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/1945608236482097199
As survival rates declined, excess cardiac arrest deaths nearly erased two decades of progress in lives saved.
James O'Keefe: BREAKING: Johnson & Johnson Lead Scientist Confesses J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Was 'Not Safe and Effective,' Reveals “Lack of Research” From Rushing to Release Vaccine: “People Wanted It, We Gave It to Them”
“Do you have any idea the lack of research that was done on those products [vaccines]?” “I mean we basically just had a race to figure out who could solve it best… At one point, we just canned it.” https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1945151538416030110
“Do you have any idea the lack of research that was done on those products [vaccines]?” “I mean we basically just had a race to figure out who could solve it best… At one point, we just canned it.” https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1945151538416030110
Updates from Meryl Nass MD:
US withdraws from the International Health Regulations Amendments https://merylnass.substack.com/p/us-withdraws-from-the-internationalPesticide Free (wearing billiard-ball shirt in morning garden) 
