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Hamas forced sex between family members
as part of Oct. 7 torture campaign, probe
finds: ‘You hear the screams’
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Posted by Mercedes44 5/13/2026 6:31:25 PM Post Reply
Hamas waged a widespread campaign of rape during the Oct. 7 massacre — including sexual torture designed to destroy entire families — and in the months following, a horrific two-year investigation released Tuesday concluded. The terror group left behind a trail of evidence of its horrifying acts, with the Israeli nonprofit Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children unearthing over 10,000 photos and nearly 2,000 hours of footage of the atrocities during its investigation. Over 430 witnesses were also interviewed, who told terrifying tales of terrorists raping and mutilating women both alive and dead, humiliating them sexually,
Trump selects next interim ICE director
with Lyons set to depart at the end of May
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Posted by Mercedes44 5/13/2026 6:28:44 PM Post Reply
President Donald Trump is reportedly set to tap long-time Immigration and Customs Enforcement official David Venturella as the agency's next interim chief after acting ICE director Todd Lyons leaves the agency at the end of the month. Lyons is expected to depart ICE on May 31 for a job in the private sector. Trump appointed Lyons to the interim role in March 2025 and he has helped lead the administration's massive illegal immigration crackdown and deportation efforts. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed Venturella's expected promotion to CBS News on Tuesday. Venturella has worked for ICE during former President George W. Bush's administration and the Obama administration.
South Carolina Republicans Reject Redistricting replies
Posted by Mercedes44 5/13/2026 2:17:26 AM Post Reply
Despite being newly empowered by the Callais v. Louisiana Supreme Court ruling, South Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate rejected moving ahead with a redistricting plan that would have likely unseated the state’s sole Democrat in Congress, Rep. Jim Clyburn. On Tuesday, the state Senate voted by a 29-17 margin to allow for the General Assembly to work on redistricting ahead of the 2026 elections. This was short of the necessary two-thirds threshold, with five Republican senators defecting.
California Mayor Worked for Chinese Government,
Exposing China’s Deep Influence in America
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Posted by Mercedes44 5/13/2026 2:15:45 AM Post Reply
A Southern California mayor has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for China, according to an announcement by the Department of Justice. The 58-year-old Eileen Wang was elected to the five-person Arcadia City Council in November 2022, where the mayor is selected on a rotating basis. She resigned Monday. During her time in office, Wang communicated with multiple now-charged illegal agents, such as Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 65, who is currently serving a four-year federal prison sentence, and John Chen, a high-level member of the Chinese intelligence apparatus, who was sentenced in November 2024 to 20 months in federal prison.
US sanctions Chinese firms assisting IRGC
as Iran War looms large ahead of Trump’s
China visit
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Posted by Mercedes44 5/12/2026 6:14:04 AM Post Reply
The Trump Administration has been leveling sanctions against an array of Chinese companies profiting off of illicit Iranian oil sales and propping up the Iranian military ahead of a high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing this week. The U.S. naval blockade has stopped Iranian vessels from making it to China and elsewhere to sell their sanctioned oil, while the State and Treasury departments have hit Chinese companies with significant sanctions —
Treasury Department sanctions 12 people
and entities accused of helping Iran with
its oil operations
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Posted by Mercedes44 5/12/2026 6:12:12 AM Post Reply
The Treasury Department announced sanctions Monday against 12 individuals and entities it has accused of enabling Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' sale and shipment of oil to the People’s Republic of China. The sanctions are part of the Trump administration's Economic Fury operation, which is part of its maximum pressure campaign against Iran. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said the IRGC uses the revenue it generates from shipping and selling oil to China, along with other permissive economic jurisdictions, to fund the Iranian regime. “As Iran’s military desperately tries to regroup, Economic Fury will continue to deprive the regime of funding for its weapons programs, terrorist proxies,
What Are the Current US and Iranian Strategies
in the War?
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Posted by Mercedes44 5/12/2026 6:09:27 AM Post Reply
I’m speaking on the 71st day of the Iran war, but of course, it hasn’t been 71 days. The last real date of bombing, intense bombing—not a tit-for-tat here and there, but the actual day of kinetic activity—was April 8, the actual last day. So, we’ve had about 31 days of negotiation. The actual war was only 40 days long so far. So, all the anti-war opposition was about something that happened over a month ago. So, what’s going on in these negotiations? They’ve been in Pakistan, they’ve been through social media connections, there have been special envoys and neutral …
Trump-Backed Candidates Cruise in Wisconsin
Polls as POTUS’ Popularity Rises
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Posted by Mercedes44 5/12/2026 6:08:22 AM Post Reply
President Donald Trump’s approval rating continues to climb among Republican voters in Wisconsin, even as support for the Republican Party overall has slightly declined, according to a new League of American Workers poll. The survey also suggests that Trump‑endorsed candidates are well-positioned to secure their party’s nominations in key Wisconsin races. According to the poll, Trump’s job approval rating among Badger State Republican voters has risen 5 percentage points since March, while approval of the Republican Party has fallen 1 point. Favorability toward the U.S. war in Iran has also increased by at least 8 points.
State Bar of Arizona Disbarring Conservative
Attorney After Exercising His Free Speech
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Posted by Mercedes44 5/11/2026 10:18:26 AM Post Reply
The State Bar of Arizona (SBA) is disbarring another conservative attorney, Vlad Gagic, after he loudly objected on social media to the prosecution of one of his clients, whom he believed was innocent. Gagic told me he acted as a whistleblower, exposing systemic corruption, prosecutorial misconduct, judicial bias and political retaliation. The situation arose while Gagic was defending his former client, Jamaal Pennington, a young black man who Gagic became convinced was wrongly accused of sex trafficking and pimping. Gagic told me he uncovered and documented massive misconduct by the prosecution. When Pennington’s accuser, the key witness against him, recanted her story and said she had identified the wrong man,
The CIA, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and John Brennan replies
Posted by Mercedes44 5/11/2026 10:16:14 AM Post Reply
In 2008 Joe Biden was Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with oversight jurisdiction of the U.S State Dept., and by extension all foreign policy nominations etc. In 2008 John Brennan was working for the Obama campaign when someone from his outside government group, The Analysis Corporation, “hacked” into the state dept database to access the passport files and State Dept records of Barack Obama. John O. Brennan, Obama’s then top terrorism and intelligence adviser, was the owner of The Analysis Corp. The company was cited —
Kill the Filibuster—or Make Them Talk replies
Posted by Mercedes44 5/11/2026 10:13:18 AM Post Reply
Five words: Power unused is power surrendered. That’s the reality Senate Republicans now face. With a narrow majority and a nation increasingly concerned about election integrity, Republicans face a choice: act decisively or allow procedural relics to dictate policy outcomes. At the heart of this dilemma is the filibuster — not a constitutional safeguard, not a sacred institution, but a Senate rule that has evolved into a minority veto. And in its current form, it’s not even honest. Today’s filibuster is a shadow of its former self. Senators no longer need to stand on the floor, speak for hours, or defend their obstruction before the American people.
Erdogan's Turkey: The NATO Member That
Sponsors Terrorism
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Posted by Mercedes44 5/11/2026 10:10:15 AM Post Reply
New revelations emerging from Israeli security investigations have shattered any illusion that Turkey's relationship with Hamas is limited to "political support" or "diplomatic engagement." The evidence increasingly points to a situation far more alarming: Turkey has become a primary operational, logistical, and financial hub for Hamas's global terror infrastructure. Countries that enable terrorism cannot at the same time be treated as indispensable partners in the fight against terrorism. By allowing Hamas members to develop drone capabilities on Turkish soil, Ankara is deliberately grooming terrorists for future wars against Israel.