US Is Lone Veto Of Gaza Ceasefire Call At UN, Citing It Neglects Hostages

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– US Is Lone Veto Of Gaza Ceasefire Call At UN, Citing It Neglects Hostages:

The United States has again used its veto, blocking the fourth UN Security Council resolution on Gaza since the war began. The comprehensive resolution called for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire.” UN News writes:

United States vetoes Security Council draft resolution that would have demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and the release of all hostages RESULT: In Favor: 14 Against: 1 (US) Abstain: 0

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Mike Johnson Bans Transgenders From House Bathrooms After 1st Trans Lawmaker Elected

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– Mike Johnson Bans Transgenders From House Bathrooms After 1st Trans Lawmaker Elected:

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is banning transgender individuals from bathrooms on the House side of the Capitol Complex regardless of their gender identity.

The move comes after the election of Rep-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE), who will become the first transgender member of Congress.

“All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings (like restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms) are reserved only for individuals of that biological sex,” Johnson said of women with johnsons, adding “Like all policies, it’s enforceable. We have single-sex facilities for a reason. Women deserve women’s only spaces.”

“We’re not anti-anyone. We’re pro-woman. I think it’s an important policy for us to continue. It’s always been, I guess, an unwritten policy, but now it’s in writing,” Johnson continued.

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‘Bomb Cyclone’ Blasts Pacific Northwest, Cutting Power To Over 600,000 In Washington

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– ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Blasts Pacific Northwest, Cutting Power To Over 600,000 In Washington:

https://archive.ph/f9czH

A massive bomb cyclone slammed into the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday night, unleashing torrential rains and tropical storm-like wind gusts up to 77 mph for certain areas. More than 600,000 customers across western Washington state are without power on Wednesday morning.

FOX Forecast Center said the powerful atmospheric river, coupled with a bomb cyclone, will unleash heavy rains and high winds across the area through Saturday.

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12 UK Storm Shadow Missiles Were Fired Into Russia, Local Sources Say

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– 12 UK Storm Shadow Missiles Were Fired Into Russia, Local Sources Say:

Update(1227ET): More details have emerged of Wednesday’s Storm Shadow missile attack from Ukraine on Russia. This marks the first authorized known use of the long-range weapon in a cross-border attack. Previously the British government restricted use to within the Ukrainian battlespace, in the Donbass for example.

Russian war correspondents have confirmed that “A missile’s flight was heard over Kursk. There’s information about a Storm Shadow attack near Rylsk.” While the extent of damage or precise targets is unclear, sources on the ground say that up to a dozen Storm Shadows were fired:

Rylsk’s territorial defense forces claimed that 12 Storm Shadow missiles were launched at around 2:50 p.m. Bloomberg, citing an anonymous Western official, also reported that Ukraine had fired Storm Shadow missiles on targets in Russia.

Kursk regional Governor Alexei Smirnov announced that two inbound missiles were intercepted by anti-air defenses, but did not specify whether they were the UK-supplied missiles.

In a first official acknowledgement and strong hint, Yuriy Ignat, a Ukrainian air force official, wrote on Facebook that “there was a ‘strong storm’ in Kursk region” – according to FT. One of the aims of the US and UK escalating like this appears to be sending a ‘strong message’ to North Korea as it’s deployed thousands of troops to assist Russian forces.

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Violating His Own Policy, Biden OKs Antipersonnel Mines For Ukraine

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– Violating His Own Policy, Biden OKs Antipersonnel Mines For Ukraine :

Determined to leave an even bloodier legacy, President Biden has violated his own policy and approved the shipment of antipersonnel mines to Ukraine, two US officials have told the Washington Post. The move — which threatens to cause civilian injuries and deaths even after the war ends — comes in the face of months of Russian battlefield success in which its army has posted the fastest pace of territorial gains since 2022.

The land-mine approval is Biden’s second intensification of US military support in just the last few days: Acting very much like a man whose life in politics and life on Earth are both rapidly nearing their ends, Biden over the weekend approved Ukraine’s use of long-range, US-supplied, ATACMS missiles against targets deep inside Russia. Brushing aside concerns that such an escalation would nudge the world’s foremost nuclear powers closer to World War III, Ukraine wasted no time flexing its new freedom, striking a Russian military facility near the city of Karachev in the Bryansk region — about 71 miles from the Ukraine border.

In 2022, Biden restored an Obama-era policy that bars America’s provision of antipersonnel mines anywhere other than the Korean Peninsula. Biden had condemned then-President Trump as being “reckless” in nixing Obama’s policy, saying “It will put more civilians at risk of being injured by unexploded mines, and is unnecessary from a military perspective.” 

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Bracing For Retaliation, US Shuts Embassy In Kiev Over Air Attack Risk

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– Bracing For Retaliation, US Shuts Embassy In Kiev Over Air Attack Risk:

Washington appears fully aware it has poked the Russian bear, after President Biden greenlighted Ukraine striking Russian territory with long-range missiles.

US officials have warned Wednesday that “potential significant air attack” on Kiev is likely coming, and have announced the closure of the US Embassy in the capital “out of an abundance of caution”. This follows immediately on the heels of Ukrainian forces having struck an arms depot inside Russia with U.S.-supplied weapons, specifically the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), on Tuesday.

“Embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place,” a new alert on the embassy website said. “The U.S. Embassy recommends U.S. citizens be prepared to immediately shelter in the event an air alert is announced.”

Embassy diplomats and all staff are being asked to observe the following precautions:

  • Monitor local media for updates
  • Identify shelter locations in advance of any air alert
  • Immediately take shelter if an air alert is announced
  • Follow the directions of Ukrainian officials and first responders in the event of an emergency

The embassy closure is also happening the day after Putin signed a decree which updates and expands Russia’s nuclear doctrine, which effectively lowers the threshold for nuclear weapons use. “As we said earlier this month, we were not surprised by Russia’s announcement that it would update its nuclear doctrine; Russia had been signaling its intent to update its doctrine for several weeks,” the White House National Security Council responded in a statement.

Other Western embassies have also shuttered their operations amid air raid warnings in Kiev and other regions, including Italy, Spain, and Greece.

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US Military Suicides Continued To Increase In 2023: Pentagon Report

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– US Military Suicides Continued To Increase In 2023: Pentagon Report:

Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Suicides increased among U.S. military service members in 2023, continuing a gradual rise seen over the past decade, according to the Department of Defense’s annual report on suicide in the military.

A total of 523 service members—including active, reserve, and National Guard—died by suicide in 2023, up from 493 in 2022, according to the Pentagon’s report, while the total force rate of suicide deaths per 100,000 service members was 9 percent higher than in 2022, at 25.6 per 100,000.

The Pentagon’s report highlighted an upward trend since 2011 among active-duty military members: A total of 363 active-duty service members died by suicide in 2023, up from 331 in 2022 and 328 in 2021.

The report noted that military suicide rates have been comparable to those seen across the wider U.S. population between 2011 and 2022.

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“All it takes is three missiles and British civilization will collapse.” – Russian state television unveiled a map of European countries that could be targeted for nuclear strikes if the war between Russia and Ukraine escalates further.

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