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How Significant Is Washington’s THAAD Deployment To Israel?

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– How Significant Is Washington’s THAAD Deployment To Israel?:

Something big is coming, and whatever it is, there’s now a heightened chance that the US will become directly involved.

The Pentagon confirmed that it’ll dispatch nearly 100 troops to Israel to operate one of its premier air defense systems, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), of which it only has seven in total. This comes ahead of Israel’s expected retaliation to Iran’s latest missile strike on the first of the month that it carried out to restore deterrence after the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut. Here’s what this latest US move signifies:

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Israel Confirms 4 Soldiers Dead, 60 Injured, After Biggest Hezbollah Drone Attack Of War

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– Israel Confirms 4 Soldiers Dead, 60 Injured, After Biggest Hezbollah Drone Attack Of War:

On Sunday we detailed a rare Hezbollah strike on a key Israeli base which resulted in a mass casualty event. A drone swarm was sent on the Golani Brigade training base deep inside Israel at a moment that hundreds of IDF soldiers were in or near a mess hall that suffered direct impact by at least one or more sizeable drones.

The Golani Brigade training base lies about 20 miles south of Haifa. After a huge emergency response to the base as a result of the attack, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that four soldiers were killed, and 58 were injured. Other reports say that over 60 were injured, some seriously.

It marks the single largest and deadliest Hezbollah attack of the entire conflict which started more than a year ago. In the immediate aftermath there were widespread rumors that IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi had been present and was wounded or killed, but Israeli sources quickly dismissed this as a false rumor.

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China Initiates Huge Military Drills Around Taiwan In Warning To Island’s President

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– China Initiates Huge Military Drills Around Taiwan In Warning To Island’s President:

On Monday China has launched large military drills encircling the self-governing island of Taiwan, which Taipei has blasted as an “unreasonable provocation”. China’s PLA military deployed warships and fighter jets to send a “stern warning” against “separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces”.

The PLA Eastern Theater Command deployed joint operations of the army, navy, air force and rocket force. These assets have been largely concentrated in the Taiwan Strait, as well as surrounding Taiwan. “The joint drills focused on sea and air combat readiness, blockading key Taiwanese ports and areas, and assaults on maritime and ground targets,” described the eastern theatre command’s spokesperson, senior captain Li Xi.

“The drill also serves as a stern warning to the separatist acts of ‘Taiwan independence’ forces,” Li added. The last drills of this size occurred just after the May 20th inauguration of Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te.

Just before these fresh drills, China’s military issued and circulated a propaganda video entitled “prepared for battle” on vairous social media accounts. The about one-minute video features fighter jets, warships and amphibious assault vessels taking to the air and sea near Taiwan. Mobile rocket launchers are also seen being maneuvered and made ready for attacks. Text associated with the video said Chinese forces are “prepared for battle at all times and can fight anytime.”

The day prior, on Sunday, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry confirmed that the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning entered waters near the strategic Bashi Channel south of Taiwan.

Importantly, China’s Defense Ministry has also forewarned that PLA military actions will be “pushed further with each provocation of Taiwan independence until the issue is entirely resolved.” So there is likely more ahead in the coming months.

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Russia Claims Another Ukrainian Town In East As Fighting Also Intensifies In Zaporizhzhia

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– Russia Claims Another Ukrainian Town In East As Fighting Also Intensifies In Zaporizhzhia:

Russian forces on Sunday announced more advances in the vicinity of the strategic Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, after weeks of steady gains and several villages recently being brought under Russia’s control.

The defense ministry said Russian troops have now taken the village of Mykhailivka, which lies just outside the town of Selydove and to the south of Pokrovsk.

Selydove could be next to fall. It has already been largely turned to rubble after months of heavy shelling, and most of the population had along ago fled.

Further details published in Newsweek show that Selydove is a current main focus of Russian forces:

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Donald Trump Says He’s Doing The Joe Rogan Podcast

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– Donald Trump Says He’s Doing The Joe Rogan Podcast:

During an interview on the Nelk Boys’ Full Send Podcast, Donald Trump said he plans to appear on the Joe Rogan Experience, according to the Washington Examiner.

When asked by host Kyle Forgeard if he would consider going on Rogan’s podcast, Trump responded last week: “Oh sure, I think I’m doing it actually.” He later confirmed, “Yeah, I am.”

Rogan has yet to confirm the booking, the Examiner noted. The discussion seemed to start last week after this article noting Rogan was running out of time to interview Trump. Elon Musk sent the discussion to the stratosphere when he said last week: “It will happen”.

Musk made the post responding to our article, “Joe Rogan Has 25 Days To Interview Donald Trump“, submitted by Zero Hedge contributor Quoth the Raven, who wrote on Tuesday: “I can’t listen to another 4 years of Rogan bitch about how bad things have gotten if he won’t talk to Trump.”

Rogan has been notoriously uninterested in the interview, which he has been asked about multiple times over the last half decade. Back in June 2023, when asked about the idea, Rogan said to Lex Fridman:

“I have had the opportunity to have him on my show, more than once, and I have said no every time. I don’t want to help him, I’m not interested in helping him.”

By August 2023, it looked like Rogan might be changing his tune, as he told Valuetainment’s Patrick Bet-David:

“I don’t know. Maybe. At a certain point in time. Just like, it would be interesting to hear his perspective on a lot of things.”

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“Mass Casualty Event” In Northern Israel After Hezbollah Drone Strikes IDF Soldiers

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– “Mass Casualty Event” In Northern Israel After Hezbollah Drone Strikes IDF Soldiers:

According to Haaretz reporting, at least 39 Israelis were wounded (four critically and 12 moderately to severely) after a  drone attack was launched from Lebanon targeting the Golani Brigade base in Binyamina, leading to critical injuries and fatalities in the northern Haifa district.

According to Al Jazeera, at least three people are confirmed dead, with Channel 12 and the Israeli Army Radio adding that two drones were launched toward Israel, and while air defenses shot down one over the sea, a second drone “impacted the base.”

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Netanyahu’s Finance Minister Calls For Israel’s Borders To Extend To Damascus

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– Netanyahu’s Finance Minister Calls For Israel’s Borders To Extend To Damascus:

Hardline Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich has drawn criticism for calling for Israel to expand its borders to Damascus in a recent documentary.

In an interview for the documentary, In Israel: Ministers of Chaos, produced by European public service channel, Arte, Smotrich claimed that Israel would expand “little by little” and eventually encompass all Palestinian territories as well as Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

“It is written that the future of Jerusalem is to expand to Damascus,” he said, citing the “greater Israel” ideology, which envisions the expansion of the state across the Middle East.

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Worsening Geopolitical Conditions Could Have “Far-Reaching Effects” On Human History: JPMorgan CEO

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– Worsening Geopolitical Conditions Could Have “Far-Reaching Effects” On Human History: JPMorgan CEO:

Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, warned Friday that “treacherous” geopolitical conditions might have a profound impact on the global economy and “the course of history.”

“There is significant human suffering, and the outcome of these situations could have far-reaching effects on both short-term economic outcomes and more importantly on the course of history,” Dimon said in the bank’s third-quarter results release.

He said his bank has been “closely monitoring the geopolitical situation for some time, and recent events show that conditions are treacherous and getting worse.”

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Trump Campaign Requests Military Aircraft With Antimissile Capabilities Amid Iran Threat

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– Trump Campaign Requests Military Aircraft With Antimissile Capabilities Amid Iran Threat:

Donald Trump has survived two assassination attempts within a very short period of time, but now with less than a month to go till the November election, his campaign is reportedly requesting the use of military aircraft and vehicles to protect him.

Sources who spoke to the New York Times and Washington Post in Friday stories indicate the former president has requested much greater protections that US Secret Service agents currently provide him. There are also new reports saying he’s unlikely to play golf again until new expanded protocols are in place, as the Secret Service would have trouble protecting him on a golf course.

The Washington Post reports based on emails it reviewed: “Donald Trump’s campaign requested military aircraft for Trump to fly in during the final weeks of the campaign, expanded flight restrictions over his residences and rallies, ballistic glass pre-positioned in seven battleground states for the campaign’s use and an array of military vehicles to transport Trump.”

The report further calls the requests “extraordinary and unprecedented” given that “no nominee in recent history has been ferried around in military planes ahead of an election.”

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‘2nd Moon’ Orbits Earth After Getting Stuck In Planet’s Gravity – Here’s Where It Came From

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– ‘2nd Moon’ Orbits Earth After Getting Stuck In Planet’s Gravity – Here’s Where It Came From:

Authored by Michael Wang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

It appears that planet Earth has assumed babysitting duties for a minor space object that came too close to our world and chose to stay for a few weeks. The traveling object fell into Earth’s orbit in September and will remain there until late November. Rocky in disposition and roughly the size of a school bus, the object is an asteroid, yet scientists are calling it a “second moon.”

How the Earth Came to Have Two Moons

Traveling along a horseshoe-shaped path through the solar system, this asteroid is classified as a near-Earth object, or NEO. There are many NEOs in outer space. While making a flyby close to Earth, this particular object’s gravitational energy temporarily fell to negative levels, according to a study published by the American Astronomical Society. This implied that it was in Earth’s orbit.

On Sept. 29, it became official. The NEO got caught in Earth’s orbit, technically making it a second moon. It was named 2024 PT5. However, it won’t last long; the rock won’t even revolve once around the Earth before hurtling off in a few weeks.

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Feds Find Million In Cash While Investigating Staffing Firm Supplying Haitians To Charleroi, PA Food Factory

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– Feds Find Million In Cash While Investigating Staffing Firm Supplying Haitians To Charleroi, PA Food Factory:

A mysterious staffing firm operating a complex van transportation network supplying low-cost Haitian labor to a Charleroi, PA-based company that operates multiple food packing plants in the area has been at the center of a federal investigation.

On Friday, local media outlet Action News revealed that federal investigators had been investigating staffing firm Prosperity Services, which supplies cheap migrant labor to Fourth Street Foods in Charleroi.

According to Action News, Fourth Street “employs 700 immigrants from 41 countries, many of them Haitians.” The migrants work on conveyor lines in massive ice boxes to slap breakfast bowls and sandwiches together under various private-label brands for big box retailers.

Here’s the bombshell from the media outlet published Friday evening:

Many of Fourth Street’s workers are actually employed by a contractor, Prosperity Services. Prosperity also transports workers in vans, which can be seen throughout Charleroi.

In court records, federal investigators said Prosperity “knowingly paid undocumented non-citizen employees with cash” and “transported and housed undocumented non-citizens for employment purposes.”

Earlier this year, the feds seized nearly $1 million in cash from Prosperity and two men affiliated with the company, including Andy Ha, the company president.

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Sabotage Suspected In Huge Deadly Blast In Russian Muslim-Majority Republic

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– Sabotage Suspected In Huge Deadly Blast In Russian Muslim-Majority Republic:

A massive explosion which appears the result of sabotage or even a possible bombing rocked the Chechen capital of Grozny on Saturday.

Local authorities say a fuel tank exploded at a fuel station, resulting in a large blast and fire which left four bystanders dead, including two children, the Russian region’s emergency authority confirmed. The fuel station is reportedly located near a college.

Statements suggest that authorities believe it was either an attack or else severe neglect: “Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, said on Telegram that he had taken the situation under his personal control. He said that those responsible for the blast would be brought to justice, but did not give further details.”

There have been other recent ‘mystery’ blasts in the region, as Reuters details: “Explosions at fuel stations in the neighboring region of Dagestan in September 2024 and August 2023 killed 13 people and 35 people, respectively.”

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The US Government Is Dramatically Expanding The Use Of Facial Recognition Technology

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– The US Government Is Dramatically Expanding The Use Of Facial Recognition Technology:

Do you want to live in a society where you are required to have your face scanned wherever you go?  If not, you may want to speak up now while you still can.  As you will see below, the U.S. government is aggressively expanding the use of facial recognition technology for identification verification purposes.  For now, the use of facial recognition technology will be optional.  But as we have seen before, once a voluntary option is adopted by enough people our leaders have a way of making it mandatory.  Of course it isn’t just our government that is pushing facial recognition technology.  It is popping up throughout our society, and given enough time it would literally be everywhere.

Login.gov is billed as “a single sign-on solution for US government websites”, and now users of Login.gov will be given the option to use facial recognition technology to verify their identities…

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