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US bases in Iraq, Syria targeted by drones; Pentagon says 45 US troops injured in recent attacks
Two major US-run military bases in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah and Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have been once again targeted by drones, amid smoldering anti-US sentiments in the region over its unconditional support for Israel’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip. | Citing local sources speaking on condition of anonymity, Lebanon’s Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network reported that several unmanned aerial vehicles struck targets inside the US military installation near al-Khadra village in Hasakah province early on Tuesday morning. There were no immediate reports about the extent of damage at the military facility, and possible casualties. Earlier, a drone attack targeted US forces based near the Erbil International Airport. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of anti-terror fighters, has claimed responsibility for most of the dozens of recent attacks against US occupation forces in Iraq and Syria, saying they were carried out in retaliation for US support of Israel’s bloody military campaign against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The Iraqi anti-terror group said, for the first time they launched Al-Aqsa 1 medium-range missile against the US occupation's bases in Iraq and Syria.
Trump Lawyer Alina Habba: NY Case Is ‘Sideshow’ for Letitia James’s Politics
Former President Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud case regarding the valuation of his assets is nothing more than a “sideshow” for New York Attorney General Letitia James’s politics, Trump lawyer and spokeswoman Alina Habba said during a Tuesday appearance on Breitbart News Daily. 💬 “You know, these people are trying to take away one of the most epic companies and iconic companies in New York. And they think this is just, you know, politics, a show, and it’s not. It’s a disgrace what they’re doing,” she said, noting that she wished Monday’s event had been televised so the “world would really understand what we’re up against here.” “They don’t love his politics so they come after him,” she said, further highlighting how unfair the case is in that it was decided on summary judgment “before we even walked in the court.” “That tells you how ridiculous this is — before he even heard a witness,” she said, explaining that the judge essentially determined Trump to be guilty “before we had a trial.”
Ohioans Pass Issue 1, Codify ‘Right’ to Abortion in State Constitution
Ohioans codified the supposed “right” to abortion in their state constitution Tuesday night, representing another state-level victory for pro-abortion activists pushing ballot measures following the overturning of Roe v. Wade last year. | Polling locations in the Buckeye State closed at 7:30 p.m. E.T. Dave Wasserman of the Cook Political Report called the election nearly an hour after polls closed, with 60 percent voting in favor of the amendment, called Issue 1, and 40 percent voting against it with 27 percent of votes counted, New York Times projections show.
Pennsylvania county voting machines flipping votes for superior court retention races
Pennsylvania county voting machines flipping votes for superior court retention races | "Voting" machines in a Pennsylvania county are flipping votes for elections regarding whether two state appeals court judges should be retained, according to county officials. Tuesday is Election Day in Pennsylvania for judicial positions and county, local, and municipal offices. However, county officials said that electronic voting machines are flipping votes in Northampton County for deciding whether Pennsylvania Superior Court Judges Jack Panella and Victor Stabile should remain on the bench for additional 10-year terms. The office of Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure released a statement on Tuesday explaining the issue. "It appears that when a voter selects a 'Yes' or a 'No' for one of the candidates for retention to the Pennsylvania Superior Court, the selection is recorded on the paper ballot and on the machine for the other candidate," the county office wrote.
All bakeries in northern Gaza out of service as threat of famine looms
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior in Gaza says all the bakeries in the north are out of service with hundreds of thousands risking famine. | Gaza interior minister Iyad al-Bazm said all the bakeries in the governorates of Gaza and northern Gaza have been taken out of service, which threatens the lives of 900,000 people who are still there and refusing to be forcibly displaced. 💬 "All the bakeries in the governorates of Gaza and norhtern Gaza are out of service, which puts at risk the lives of 900,000 people who are still refusing to be forcibly displaced despite the Israeli occupation's efforts to push them out of their homes," the Interior Ministry in Gaza said. He pointed out that residents in the shelters in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates "have not been spared from Israeli bombardment," confirming that "no aid has reached Gaza and North Gaza for 32 days." Al-Bazm emphasized that "the safe passage announced by the occupation is a lie and has turned into a death passage after the crimes committed by the occupation there."
■ Israel bombs Gaza medical convoy minutes after Blinken pressed for 'humanitarian pause'
■ Biden unequivocally supportive of the Israeli occupation since day one (Al Mayadeen)
■ Over 9,488 martyrs; Gaza's health sector on the brink (Al Mayadeen)
Scientists Revise Forecasted Collision With Renegade Star 29,000 Years From Now
People expecting to be alive in the year 31023 will be pleased to know that predictions of planetary destruction were greatly exaggerated. | Astronomers are revising predictions a renegade star may end life as we know it 29,000 years from now. ● The findings were published earlier this year in a journal of astrophysics research and relate to the star WD 0810–353, a white dwarf. Previous research based on observations from the European Space Agency’s Gaia telescope suggested the star could be moving in our direction. While it may not directly hit Earth, researchers speculated the heavenly body could pass close enough to our solar system to disrupt the Oort cloud, sending some of its comets and icy debris hurtling our way. ● Scientists are now rethinking that conclusion after taking into account the star’s magnetic field. ● Closer examination of the white dwarf has revealed it has an unusually large magnetic field. This was determined while viewing the star through the Very Large Telescope (VLT) located in northern Chile’s remote Atacama Desert.
Lawmakers Introduce Section 702 Bill Renewing Spying Powers for US Intel Agencies
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has repeatedly been condemned, with critics highlighting how its broad provisions allow warrantless surveillance of foreign nationals. | A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Tuesday, touting new provisions they claim address longstanding concerns. 💬 “Americans understand that it's possible to confront our countries' adversaries ferociously without throwing our constitutional rights into the garbage can,” said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), one of the bill’s co-sponsors, at a news conference. “Our Founding Fathers made it clear that if government agencies want to read an American's private communications, they should get a warrant.” Section 702 was a provision of the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act first enacted in 2008 to ostensibly enhance counter-terrorism operations. The legislation codified the collection of electronic data from around the globe by US intelligence agencies.
Biden planning blitz-nuclear attack on The Kremlin
Link: https://theduran.com/biden-planning-blitz-nuclear-attack-on-the-kremlin/
According to Newsweek magazine on November 3rd (“Nuclear Bomb Map Shows Impact if Biden’s New Weapon Dropped on Russia”): A nuclear bomb being developed by the Biden administration could wreak havoc in Moscow, according to a simulation analyzed by Newsweek. | The creation of a new U.S. bomb, a variation of the B61 gravity bomb developed in the 1960s during the Cold War, was announced by the Department of Defense (DoD) last week [27 October 2023: “‘The B61-13 will strengthen deterrence of adversaries and assurance of allies and partners by providing the President with additional options against certain harder and large-area military targets’ [i.e, Moscow], the release states, while adding that the bomb would ‘include the modern safety, security, and accuracy features’ of the B61-12, an Obama-era variant’.”]. A news release by the Pentagon said that the B61-13 is intended to “strengthen deterrence of adversaries and assurance of allies” by providing President Joe Biden “with additional options against certain harder and large-area military targets.”
'Israel' bombs Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, amassing war crimes
The Nasser Medical Complex has come under the direct fire of Israeli warplanes, killing at least eight Palestinians so far. | An Israeli airstrike on the Nasser Medical Complex in the southern governate of Khan Yunis killed at least eight people and injured dozens, on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. ● This comes after Israeli authorities forcibly displaced Gazans to southern areas in the Strip, claiming they would be safe there. However, a substantial number of bombs and shells have targeted residential blocks and civilian infrastructure, such as the Nasser Medical Complex, confirming the occupation's sheer brutality.
■ Unprecedented Israeli Massacres in Gaza on Day 30: Beast Unleashed (Al Manar TV)
A new law is about to kill free speech and democracy in Australia
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/586569-free-speech-democracy-australia/
A bill on fighting “misinformation and disinformation” and “harm” aims to empower a government agency to police online expression | The Australian Government has recently introduced in Parliament a new law proposal to ban officially unapproved online content. Digital companies are expected to adopt a code of conduct which will see them censor speech based on broad, vague and far-reaching directives. ● The Communications Legislation Amendment (Combating Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023 foreshadows the imposition of a legal obligation on digital platforms to police alleged ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’. If that does not work, the law proposal provides for the full empowerment of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to directly intervene for the purpose of preventing ‘harm’.
■ UK poised to brand dissent as ‘extremism’ – Guardian (11/06/23)
Pentagon Releases New Form For Military Personnel, Raises Eyebrows
Link: https://wltreport.com/2023/11/05/pentagon-releases-new-form-military-personnel-raises-eyebrows/
The Pentagon has raised some eyebrows with its latest UAP/UFO initiative. | According to the latest reports, the Pentagon has created a new website and form submission for all current and former U.S. military or DOD contractors to report any knowledge they have of clandestine UFO reverse engineering projects. Critics of the new website claim that this is a poor way to share information that could potentially be classified or harm U.S. defense interests. Of course, a glance at the website’s instructions and dictates warns personnel not to share any classified information or information that cannot be disseminated to the public. If you are a current or former U.S. service member or a current or former Department of Defense contractor with an appropriate report and evidence, feel free to submit a report, if you are not, stay away!
Trump leads Biden in 5 battleground states in New York Times poll
Trump leads Biden in 5 battleground states in New York Times poll | Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in five of the six major swing states, according to new polls released Sunday, as voters largely express disapproval of the current president. Trump leads Biden by 10 points in Nevada, 6 in Georgia, 5 in Arizona, 5 in Michigan and 4 in Pennsylvania, according to new polls by The New York Times and Siena College. He is down by 2 points in Wisconsin. Biden carried all six of the states in 2020, but now, 59% of voters in those states say they disapprove of Biden's job performance, while 38% say they approve. Meanwhile, 71% of respondents said Biden is "too old to be an effective president," compared to 39% who said the same about Trump.
■ Obama Adviser Suggests Joe Biden Drops Out Of Presidential Race (WLT Report)
■ ABC Panel Openly Discusses Replacing Joe Biden With Another Democrat Before 2024 Presidential Election (100% Fed Up)
New York Times Magazine forces writer to resign for her support of Palestine
The New York Times Magazine pressured the award-winning staff writer Jazmine Hughes into resigning following her endorsement of a letter expressing support for Palestine. | The New York Times Magazine forced award-winning staff writer Jazmine Hughes to resign after she signed a letter supporting Palestine, which the media called a violation of "editorial policies." Hughes resigned from the magazine on Friday after signing a letter expressing support for Palestinians and protesting Israel's siege of Gaza.
■ Israeli Government Calls for Censorship of Americans Not Supportive Enough of Their War
Israel Says "Gaza Cut Into 2" As Netanyahu Vows To Continue Until Victory
Israeli forces "have encircled Gaza City... Now there exists a south Gaza and a north Gaza," said army spokesman Daniel Hagari. | Israel said Sunday it was pounding Gaza with "significant" strikes after cutting it in two, as America's top diplomat pressed a Middle East tour focused on humanitarian aid for the Palestinians. Israeli forces "have encircled Gaza City... Now there exists a south Gaza and a north Gaza," army spokesman Daniel Hagari said. ● He spoke after US Secretary of State visited the occupied West Bank, Iraq and Cyprus Sunday on a whirlwind tour with the focus on aid for beleaguered civilians in Gaza and preventing attacks by Iran-backed groups on American troops in response to Israel's Gaza war.
■ 347 Israeli Soldiers Killed Since Start of Hostilities With Hamas, Says IDF (Sputnik News)
West ‘shocked’ by Russia’s sanctions resilience – deputy PM
Link: https://www.rt.com/russia/586645-west-shocked-russia-sanctions-resilience/
The country has shown economic strength and the ability to pursue independent policy on the global stage, Andrey Belousov has said | Russia’s resilience in the face of the unprecedented Western sanctions pressure has caught the US and its allies off guard, the nation’s first deputy prime minister, Andrey Belousov, said on Sunday. Moscow has achieved economic sovereignty and demonstrated the ability to pursue independent policy and defend national interests despite external pressure, he added. [...] When Moscow launched its military operation in Ukraine in February 2022, the US and its allies responded with an unprecedented range of economic sanctions. Several Russian banks were cut off from the SWIFT system, while many foreign companies, ranging from luxury clothing brands to IKEA, announced they would cease operations in the country.
Death toll over 50 in Israel’s strike against refugee camp in Gaza — news agency
Link: https://tass.com/world/1701927
According to the WAFA agency, most of the victims are women and children | At least fifty-one individuals were killed as a result of an Israeli air strike against the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency Wafa said. ● The Israeli Air Force attacked a residential building in the refugee camp on Saturday evening, Wafa informed. Women and children make up the majority of victims, the news agency noted. Information was also received about dozens of victims, with many of them still under rubble. ● Strikes were also delivered against residential quarters in the north and the west of the Palestinian enclave, apart from the Al-Maghazi camp.
■ Israeli minister suggests nuking Gaza (Al Mayadeen)
■ Israeli airstrikes kill at least 51 Palestinians in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza (PressTV)
■ New Israeli massacre targets Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp in Gaza (Al Mayadeen)
■ Sixty hostages go missing due to Israel strikes against Gaza Strip — news agency (TASS)
TRUE AXIS OF EVIL: While “Israel” is bombing civilians in Gaza, the US now is making bombs to hit civilians in Moscow…
New US bomb can kill 300,000 in Moscow – Newsweek | America’s new nuclear bomb planned for development has the potential to level central Moscow and kill more than 300,000 of its 13 million inhabitants, Newsweek magazine reported on Friday, citing a simulation created through the online tool Nukemap. ● The Pentagon announced late last month that it would seek to make a new variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb – the B61-13 – pending authorization by Congress. The weapon would have an estimated 360-kiloton yield, which is 24 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima during World War II. ● If detonated over Moscow, the bomb would kill an estimated 311,480 people and injure up to 868,860, Newsweek said. If dropped on St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, the estimated number of fatalities from the explosion would reach 360,150, the publication added. The plan to design a new bomb was unveiled amid the standoff between Russia and NATO over Ukraine, as experts, politicians, and the media have discussed the risks of the conflict escalating into a nuclear war.
Palestine sharply polarizes American public: Axios
Link: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestine-sharply-polarizes-american-public--axios
A university professor says that Palestine is by far the most vehemently divisive foreign policy issue in the United States. | A recent report by Axios shows that Palestine, especially in light of the Israeli war against Gaza, has become a deeply divisive topic among Americans. Anti-zionist discourse has grown increasingly amplified, especially on college campuses, getting wrongfully framed as anti-semitic, while Zionist-sympathizers have resorted to Islamophobic bigotry. The report raises concern that the division over this issue is roiling American society and has the potential to reshape US politics. ● [The professor] explains that social media has exacerbated the divisions with the increasingly amplified anti-zionist discourse and the Islamophobic counter-discourse. The Council on American-Islamic Relations says it received 774 complaints about Islamophobic incidents between Oct. 7 and Oct. 24, the report cites. Meanwhile, 213 cases of alleged "anti-semitism" were recorded over the same period.
UN Chief 'horrified' by Israeli attack on Gaza ambulance convoy
#Watch | Footage shows sections of Al-Quds Hospital damaged after the Israeli occupation bombed the vicinity of the building in the #Gaza Strip. #GazaUnderAttack #Palestine pic.twitter.com/pzRyJDwCno
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 29, 2023
Secretary-General of the United Nations criticized the Israeli attack on an ambulance convoy in Gaza, stressing the need to stop the war. | Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, said in a statement that he was "horrified" by the Israeli occupation's attack on an ambulance convoy in Gaza on Friday and that the war "must stop." The attack, said to have killed 15 people and injured over 60, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, occurred when one of its ambulances was attacked "by a missile fired by the Israeli forces" a short distance from the hospital's Gaza City gate.
■ Israel bombs Gaza medical convoy minutes after Blinken pressed for 'humanitarian pause'
■ Biden unequivocally supportive of the Israeli occupation since day one (Al Mayadeen)
■ Over 9,488 martyrs; Gaza's health sector on the brink (Al Mayadeen)
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of defrauding FTX customers
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on federal charges stemming from his operation of the now-defunct cryptocurrency firm. | The jury convicted him on two counts of conspiracy and five counts of fraud following a month-long trial in New York, Reuters reported. Prosecutors had claimed that he stole $8 billion from the firm's customers. ● The company suffered the equivalent a bank run last November when investors simultaneously lost faith in the firm and attempted to withdraw their stakes, leaving the company unable to fully remunerate them. The firm's sudden and unexpected collapse prompted instant concerns of foul play and led to the pressing of federal fraud charges against the billionaire. At the time, he resided in the Bahamas, but agreed to extradition to the U.S. in December 2022. He pleaded not guilty in January and remained under house arrest at his parents' California home until August. U.S. District Judge Judge Lewis A. Kaplan revoked his bail that month after prosecutors claimed he attempted to intimidate a witness. ● Following the collapse of the company, Bankman-Fried's successor as CEO, John J. Ray III, would tell Congress that the company had lacked any meaningful internal safeguards. 💬 "The issue here I was speaking to is I've never seen an utter lack of record keeping, absolutely no internal controls whatsoever," he said in December 2022. "It's one of the worst from a documentation standpoint. Even in the most failed companies you have a fair roadmap of what happened. We're dealing with literally, sort of a paperless bankruptcy, in terms of how they created the company." Bankman-Fried's former girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, pleaded guilty to criminal charges last year and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. Ellison had served as the CEO of FTX's sister company, investment firm Alameda Research.
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