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THE YAZIDI GENOCIDE — 10 YEARS LATER
BY: WILLIAM DEVLIN ... Thousands of Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists from some 80 countries invaded the ancestral homeland of the Yazidi/Ezidi peoples in Shingal Province … continue reading

SOCIAL MEDIA IS JUNK FOOD FOR INFORMATION FORAGERS
BY: CARL T. BERGSTROM & C. BRANDON OGBUNU ... Social media exploits our evolved need for information, feeding us fluff and outright misinformation. A new science of human collective behavior … continue reading

12 WARNING SIGNS THAT POLITICS ARE BECOMING AN IDOL
BY: LISA LORAINE BAKER ... An old adage states there are two things a polite conversation never includes—religion and politics. But in the past forty-five years, religion and politics have meshed to the point … continue reading

‘HAMSTER’ CRYPTO CRAZE HAS TAKEN IRAN
BY: JON GAMBRELL & NASSER KARIMI ... Cab drivers and bikers tap away furiously on their mobile phones as they wait at red lights in the Iranian capital during an early June heatwave. Some pedestrians in Tehran are doing the same. They all believe they could get rich … continue reading

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
BY: TODD HAYEN ... It seems to be a common consensus among shrew types that most likely we will end up in a world similar to the world of Mad Max … continue reading

U.S. CONSUMERS HAVE REACHED A BREAKING POINT
BY: MICHAEL SYNDER ... ver the past several years, the cost of living has been rising significantly faster than paychecks have. As a result, U.S. consumers have reached a breaking point. Delinquency rates are spiking and bankruptcies … continue reading

BRAZILIAN FARM WORKERS EXPLOITED TO HARVEST AN EVERYDAY INGREDIENT
BY: KATY WATSON ... Carnauba wax is a product you may not have heard of, but you have almost certainly consumed it - it is added to sweets to stop them melting, to pills to make them easier to swallow … continue reading

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN PHILIPPINES'S NORTH 'READY TO FIGHT'
BY: NICK ASPINWALL ... The remote island of Itbayat is in the eye of any conflict with China and its residents are preparing themselves … continue reading

WHY IS CHOLERA KILLING THOUSANDS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA?
BY: FREDDIE CLAYTON & KENNEDY PHIRI ... ‘If we were doing enough, we would not have seen such a massive cholera outbreak.’ … continue reading

GANGS EXPLOITING MIGRANTS' STRUGGLES
BY: LINDA PRESSLY ... he influx of migrants across the southern US border has become a critical factor in the US presidential election. But what is little known is the role of drug cartels … continue reading

DO YOU HAVE A HEART FOR ISRAEL?
BY: AMIR TSARFATI ... We need to have a heart for this nation [Israel]. We need a longing for them to find salvation, to find their peace between themselves and God, and to not have to go through the tribulation … continue reading

2024 IS THE NEW 1984: BIG BROTHER & THE RISE OF THE SECURITY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
BY: JOHN & NISHA WHITEHEAD ... 2024 is the new 1984. Forty years past the time that George Orwell envisioned the stomping boot of Big Brother, the police state is about to pass off the baton to the surveillance … continue reading

WORLD LEADERS NO LONGER WORKING TOWARD PEACE
BY: RT ... The international community is no longer interested in ending conflicts, and instead views peace as an “unwanted” ideal, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic … continue reading

FINDING PEACE IN A FEAR-MONGERING WORLD?
BY: JONATHAN BRENTNER ... A realistic look at our world is enough to generate much anxiety. The widespread wickedness … continue reading

FOREST CITY: INSIDE MALAYSIA'S CHINESE-BUILT 'GHOST CITY'
BY: NICK MARSH ... "I managed to escape this place," Nazmi Hanafiah laughs, slightly nervously. A year ago, the 30-year-old IT engineer moved to Forest City, a sprawling Chinese-built housing complex in Johor, on the tip of southern Malaysia. He rented a one-bedroom flat in a tower block overlooking the sea … continue reading

EXAMINING COP28'S POTENTIAL IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
BY: MATT MCGRATH ... The agreement reached in this glitzy metropolis for the first time nails the role of fossil fuel emissions in driving up temperatures and outlines a future decline for coal, oil and gas … continue reading

CHINA DEVELOPS 'WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL' HYPERSONIC ENGINE THAT COULD REACH MACH 16
BY: CHRISTOPHER MCFADDEN ... Chinese engineers claimed to have created a "revolutionary" dual-mode rotating detonating and straight-line oblique detonation engine setup … continue reading

AMERICA’S UNIVERSITIES REAP WHAT THEY HAVE SOWN
BY: ROB SCHWARZWALDER ... America’s elite institutions are shuddering from the impact of the outbursts of anti-Semitism on their campuses. Their spasms of panic … continue reading

HAVANA’S ONCE STATELY HOMES CRUMBLE AS THEIR RESIDENTS LIVE IN FEAR OF AN IMMINENT COLLAPSE
BY: ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ ... HAVANA (AP) — The house on Villegas Street, in the heart of Old Havana, looks nothing like the stately two-story home it used to be a century ago … continue reading

BEHOLD ISRAEL
BY: AMIR TSARFATI ... Ezekiel 38 says, “The word of the Lord came to me saying, ‘Son of man, set your face against Gog in the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh [Russia] … continue reading

CANADA WILDFIRE SMOKE SMASHES EMISSION RECORD
BY: PHYS STAFF ... Massive wildfires in Canada have already spewed out twice the smoke emissions than the previous whole-year record, the EU's climate monitor … continue reading

AMERICA IS TOO RELIANT ON FOREIGN SOURCES OF KEY MINERALS NEEDED FOR “GREEN” ECONOMY
BY: ETHAN HUFF ... America is too reliant on foreign sources of key minerals needed for “green” economy, data shows … continue reading

BOOM TO BUST: FALLOUT OF WAR AND DROUGHT LEAVES ETHIOPIANS MIRED IN POVERTY
BY: OBI ANYADIKE ... With annual inflation running at over 30%, rising prices have made daily life a struggle. Seventy-six-year-old Tsedale Gebreselassie explains how even the most basic items, such as teff, Ethiopia's staple grain, are out of her reach … continue reading

FORMER UKRAINIAN PROSECUTOR VIKTOR SHOKIN RESPONDS TO BIDEN’S CORRUPTION ACCUSATIONS & REVEALS SHOCKING DETAILS ABOUT HIS DISMISSAL & BURISMA INVESTIGATION
BY: JIM HOFT ... An old video of Viktor Shokin, the Ukrainian prosecutor who was removed from office under pressure from then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, is making the rounds online … continue reading

CHINA’S SOLUTION TO RECORD YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IS TO STOP REPORTING IT
BY: ETHAN HUFF ... America is too reliant on foreign sources of key minerals needed for “green” economy, data shows … continue reading

THE NEXT MAJOR WAR IS REPORTEDLY ABOUT TO BEGIN, & “D-DAY” HAS ALREADY BEEN CHOSEN
BY: MICHAEL SYNDER ... Not another one. As I have repeatedly warned my readers, leaders all over the globe seem to have come down with a really bad case of war fever … continue reading

MAJOR SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
BY: MICHAEL SYNDER ... Supply chain problems were supposed to be a thing of the past, but instead our supply chains just keep getting hit by issue after issue … continue reading

8 SIGNS THAT THE FUTURISTIC CONTROL FREAK AGENDA OF THE GLOBALISTS IS RAPIDLY MOVING FORWARD
BY: MICHAEL SYNDER ... The future is here, and if you enjoy being dominated by control freaks you are going to love it … continue reading

THE UN’S NEW FACT-CHECKING SYSTEM CALLED “IVERIFY” WILL BE USED TO CRACK DOWN ON “MISINFORMATION” ALL OVER THE WORLD
BY: MICHAEL SYNDER ... Our world is becoming a creepier place with each passing day. Most of us just want to live our lives … continue reading

HOW TO SECURE CRITICAL MINERALS FOR CLEAN ENERGY WITHOUT ALIENATING CHINA
BY: ZONGYUAN ZOE LIU ... There are multiple ways to bolster the security of U.S. critical mineral supply chains … continue reading

KEY FINDINGS FROM OUR INVESTIGATION INTO THE PEOPLE WHO GOT SICK AFTER CLEANING UP BP’S OIL SPILL
BY: SARA SNEATH & OLIVER LAUGHLAND ... Thousands of people have sued BP for long-term health conditions they claim stem from the dirty work of cleaning up BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill … continue reading

CHINESE SPY BALLOON SAGA SHOWS UFOS DESERVE SERIOUS INVESTIGATIONS
BY: MICK WEST ... By shunting pilot observations aside, the Pentagon likely fostered a UFO fad and overlooked Chinese intelligence technology entering U.S. airspace … continue reading

ISRAEL: ECONOMY ‘IN TERRIBLE DANGER,’ OVERHAUL CRISIS MUST BE SOLVED IN DAYS
BY: TOI STAFF ... Shlomo Dovrat, whose company manages over $1.3 billion in tech, says he has ‘never seen such concern among foreign investors,’ warns billions of dollars leaving Israel every day … continue reading

THRIVING NETWORK OF FIXERS PREYS ON MIGRANTS CROSSING MEXICO
BY: EDGAR H. CLEMENTE & MARÍA VERZA ... With more migrants entering Mexico, a sprawling network of lawyers, fixers and middlemen has exploded … continue reading

THE IRAN YOU DON'T KNOW
BY: ROYA HAKAKIAN ... There's a certain reluctance among both American politicians and intelligentsia to recognize what is happening in Iran … continue reading

DATA CENTERS ARE FACING A CLIMATE CRISIS
BY: CHRIS STOKEL-WALKERBUSINESSAUG ... Companies are racing to cool down their servers as energy prices and temperatures soar … continue reading

10 PROMISING SIGNS THAT THE INSIDIOUS MIND CONTROL MATRIX THE ELITE HAVE CREATED IS STARTING TO CRUMBLE
BY: MICHAEL SYNDER ... Are we witnessing the start of some sort of a mass awakening in the western world? For years, I have been writing … continue reading

NIGERIA SENDING SOLDIERS TO ‘PROTECT’ CHRISTIANS WITHOUT BULLETS
BY: FRANCES MARTEL ... Nigeria has experienced a surge in kidnappings, mass murders, and lynchings of Christians … continue reading

'WE CANNOT GO BACKWARDS': BENNETT THANKS COALITION PARTNERS FOR PUTTING ASIDE 'DIFFERENCES' DURING TENURE
BY: SHARON WROBEL ... Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attend a preliminary … continue reading

RUSSIA BARES ITS TEETH TO NATO IN WW3 THREAT OVER LITHUANIA BLOCKADE - PUTIN POISED TO ACT
BY: PIP COOK ... THE KREMLIN has issued chilling threats to ex-Soviet states Lithuania and Kazakhstan and warned … continue reading

ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE 2022 WORLD GOVERNMENT SUMMIT IN DUBAI, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS ABOUT PREPARING TO RECEIVE THE NEW WORLD ORDER
BY: GEOFFREY GRIDER ... The World Government Summit Organization is a global, neutral, non-profit organization dedicated to shaping the future … continue reading

CAN HAITI’S GANGS HELP BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE COUNTRY?
BY: JESS DIPIERRO OBERT ... Can Haiti’s gangs help build a better future for the country? ‘The question today is not which Haiti we will leave to the new generation … continue reading

MIGRATION EXPERT DESCRIBES MASS DEATHS ON JOE BIDEN’S TRAIL OF TEARS
BY: NEIL MUNRO ... Thousands of migrants die as they walk through the Panama jungle to reach President Joe Biden’s half-open border … continue reading

THE UN JUST PUT UP A GIANT STATUE IN NEW YORK THAT RESEMBLES A “BEAST” DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION
BY: MICHAEL SNYDER ... One of the strangest statues that I have ever seen in my entire life has just been set up right outside UN Headquarters in New York City. When I first heard about this, I could hardly believe … continue reading

CHUCK TODD: ‘SHOCKING’ NBC POLL SHOWS 71% BELIEVE U.S. IS ON WRONG TRACK — ‘SCARY NEWS FOR THE DEMOCRATS’
BY: PAM KEY ... NBC anchor Chuck Todd debuted a new poll on Sunday’s broadcast of “Meet the Press” which showed 71 percent of Americans believe America … continue reading

CHINA SAYS TAIWAN ‘HAS NO RIGHT’ TO JOIN UN, AFTER US NOD
BY: AL JAZEERA NEWS STAFF ... US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had previously called for Taiwan’s ‘meaningful participation’ at the organisation … continue reading

WHO ARE THE BIGGEST CRIMINALS?
BY: MICHAEL SNYDER ... Everyone pretty much agrees that we have a major problem with crime in this nation. But when we talk about “crime”, are we all talking about the same thing? … continue reading

'I WANTED IT ALL OUT, DOWN TO THE NAILS, SCREWS, BOLTS': TRUMP TELLS GLENN BECK HE REJECTED GEN. MILLEY'S PLAN TO LEAVE MILITARY EQUIPMENT IN AFGHANISTAN
BY: BLAZE TV STAFF ... I wanted it all out, down to the nails, screws, bolts': Trump tells Glenn Beck he REJECTED Gen. Milley's plan to leave military equipment in Afghanistan … continue reading

EXPLOITATIVE TRADE RULES: THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION
BY: ROD DRIVER ... The World Trade Organisation (WTO) makes the rules that govern global trade. Its stated purpose is “expanding…trade in goods and services.” Its guiding principle is that governments should not have laws that ‘distort’ trade … continue reading

WHAT’S ACTUALLY GOING ON IN CUBA?
BY: HELEN YAFFE ... Don't believe everything you read on social media. On Sunday 11 July, dozens of anti-government protests, apparently coordinated via social media, took place simultaneously throughout Cuba. In several places, including in San Antonio on the outskirts of Havana and in Matanzas, where Covid-19 cases have been surging … continue reading

CHINA IS MANIPULATING AMERICAN BUSINESSES TO SERVE BEIJING’S INTERESTS, HOUSE GOP INVESTIGATION FINDS
BY: FRANK FANG ... The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is manipulating American companies to help it achieve its aims of shaping public opinion, influencing government decisions, and acquiring U.S. technology, Republican lawmakers warned on June 27 … continue reading

CAN A FIRST-EVER FOOD SYSTEMS SUMMIT HELP REDUCE RISING HUNGER?
BY: THIN LEI WIN ... ROME--- 'The global community needs to get serious about taking a different approach.' With at least 34 million people said to be one step away from famine, and hundreds of aid organisations warning this week that “these people are not starving, they are being starved” … continue reading

REPUBLICANS ARE TOO SUBSERVIENT TO CORPORTATE AMERICA TO WAGE WAR ON 'WOKE CAPITALISM'
BY: TIMOTHY NOAH ... The phenomenon of a Republican Party leader threatening corporate America never seemed that noteworthy when President Donald Trump did it, because Trump, after all, exhaled narcissistic bluster in every direction. But when an ice-cold Machiavellian like Mitch McConnell does it, that’s a signal for the rest … continue reading

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE ACTUALLY TAXED THE RICH?
BY: ROBERT REICH ... A consumer sociologist explains the bizarre and puzzling ... Income and wealth are now more concentrated at the top than at any time over the last 80 years, and our unjust tax system is a big reason why … continue reading

JUSTICE THOMAS BLASTS SUPREME COURT FOR DISMISSING ELECTION FRAUD LAWSUIT IN SCATHING DISSENT
BY: AMIE WHITE ... By doing nothing, we invite further confusion and erosion of voter confidence. Our fellow citizens deserve better and expect more of us," he writes. The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a dispute over whether absentee ballots received up to three days after Election Day in Pennsylvania was constitutional … continue reading

WHAT DOES ONE JOB POSTING TELL US ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO? MAYBE NOTHING. MAYBE EVERYTHING!
BY: JOE ESKENAZI ... In the wake of corruption and arrests and turbulence, a power struggle ensues. The vacant “Deputy Director III” position for the Department of Building Inspection pays up to $205,000 a year. The recipient of this job is required to hold a high school diploma or GED — but, under the “educational substitution” provision … continue reading

9 WAYS THAT SOCIALISM WILL MORALLY BANKRUPT AMERICA
BY: THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ... 1. Socialism is being marketed to young people as kind, selfless, and community-focused, 2. Many people are unaware of Socialism’s dismal record, and 3. Young people are not being taught America’s founding principles, so they are unprepared to combat the narratives they hear in their schools and colleges … continue reading

US ARMY IS DEVELOPING SELF-HEALING & SHAPE-SHIFTING MATERIAL
BY: STACY LIBERATORE ... US Army is developing self-healing and shape-shifting material that could lead to 'Terminator-style' drones which morph to adapt to new threats. The US Army is pulling inspiration from the popular film 'Terminator 2' in designing material capable of shape-shifting and autonomously healing. Made of polymer … continue reading

THE ABCS OF TRADE: IF IT CAN’T BE MADE IN AMERICA, IT SHOULD BE MADE ANYWHERE BUT CHINA
BY: ZACH MOTTL ... Tariffs are depriving Beijing of money it needs to expand brutal regime. The annual 2019 trade figures for the United States came out last week, heralding some encouraging news. America’s enormous international trade deficit actually declined slightly from 2018. This was the first decrease in six years … continue reading

MORE THAN 8-IN-10 AMERICANS CALL MASS MIGRATION A ‘THREAT’ TO U.S.
BY: JOHN BINDER ... More than eight-in-ten American adults call mass migration at least a “threat” to the United States, a survey finds. The latest Pew Research Center survey reveals that the overwhelming majority of Americans see the mass migration of people from one country to another as a threat in the midst … continue reading

92% OF AMERICANS FEEL THEIR FREEDOM IS THREATENED
BY: TYLER DURDEN ... Americans are most afraid their First Amendment rights could be taken away, according to a new poll by Harris Poll/Purple Project, which surveyed 2,002 people nationwide from November 18-20, 2019. Overal, Maria Vultaggio notes … continue reading

NEW ORLEANS HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER A CYBERATTACK
BY: DAN ROBITZSKI ... The city told its employees to shut down their computers as a precaution this weekend after an attempted cyberattack on Friday. The news: New Orleans spotted suspicious activity in its networks at around 5 a.m. on Friday, with a spike … continue reading

SIN TAXES & OTHER ORWELLIAN METHODS OF COMPLIANCE THAT FEED THE GOVERNMENT’S GREED
BY: JOHN W. WHITEHEAD ... “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep … continue reading