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Two ships traveling in Middle East waters were attacked by suspected Yemen Houthi rebel drones early on Tuesday, authorities said, the latest assaults in the Iranian-backed fighters’ campaign of targeting vessels over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The first attack happened in the southern part of the Red Sea, west of the Yemeni port of Hodeida, with the projectile causing “slight damage” to the vessel’s windows on the bridge, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said. A small vessel had been nearby the ship before the attack, it added. The private security firm Ambrey identified the vessel as a Barbados-flagged, United Kingdom-owned cargo ship. No one was hurt onboard the vessel, which suffered “minor damage,” the firm said. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/6/another-ship-traveling-through-red-sea-has-been-at/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

“We’ve gotten some alarming news today from a government source,” Geiser reports. “The source from the government shared with us a bulletin that was sent from the FBI regarding two radical right-wing extremist militiamen. They believe they are planning an attack on the border patrol facility on Firefly Lane here in Eagle Pass sometime between Friday and Monday.” Since receiving the report, the Infowars crew has witnessed several buses moving migrants from the facility to other facilities throughout the area. “We believe that they’ve been moved from this central processing facility on Firefly Lane because they’re anticipating an attack sometime between Friday and Monday from the so-called right-wing extremists,” Geiser reports. https://www.infowars.com/posts/false-flag-alert-exclusive-fbi-memo-warns-of-white-supremacist-attacks-on-migrant-centers-in-south-texas/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

A South Dakota Native American tribe, the Oglala Sioux, banned Republican Gov. Kristi Noem from the Pine Ridge Reservation over her stance on the ongoing border crisis, according to the Associated Press (AP). Noem spoke Friday at the joint session of the state’s legislature in regards to the ongoing border crisis and issues between Texas and the federal government. The South Dakota governor noted that even the Mount Rushmore State had been directly affected by the migrant crisis, warning cartels had infiltrated tribal reservations, namely the Pine Ridge Reservation. Noem affirmed her support of Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, stating she wanted to send more razor wire and security to the Texas border, according to the outlet. https://www.conservativereview.com/hereby-banished-gov-kristi-noem-banned-from-tribal-lands-over-border-remarks-2667168947.html If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

Some recent mergers, acquisitions and investments in the business world have highlighted the strategic value of data to companies. These businesses are not just buying assets or market share – they are also acquiring or investing in large, complementary datasets. This process is known in the business world as horizontal integration. This integration can drive innovation and provide competitive advantages. It can also open up new revenue streams. Some examples include Microsoft’s acquisitions of LinkedIn and GitHub as well as Amazon’s acquisitions of WholeFoods and the Washington Post. Then there has been Discovery Communications’ merger with Warner Brothers, IBM’s investment in Hugging Face and Google’s investment in Anthropic. https://asiatimes.com/2024/01/ai-mergers-surge-in-race-for-data-dominance/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

The FBI broke the law when agents searched hundreds of safe deposit boxes without warrants in 2021, a federal appeals court ruled. The court compared the FBI’s tactics to the kind of indiscriminate searches that led to the enactment of the Bill of Rights in the first place, reports The Intercept. In March 2021, the FBI raided U.S. Private Vaults, a safe deposit box company in Beverly Hills, California. The company marketed itself on privacy for clients. It appealed to some illicit operators, but also to people who didn’t trust banks or just wanted privacy. The FBI seized millions of dollars in cash from the deposit boxes, plus a mix of jewelry, personal effects, and documents such as wills and prenuptial agreements. https://theintercept.com/2024/01/24/fbi-raid-fourth-amendment/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

The supermassive leak contains data from numerous previous breaches, comprising an astounding 12 terabytes of information, spanning over a mind-boggling 26 billion records. The leak, which contains LinkedIn, Twitter, Weibo, Tencent, and other platforms’ user data, is almost certainly the largest ever discovered. There are data leaks, and then there’s this. A supermassive Mother of all Breaches (MOAB for short) includes records from thousands of meticulously compiled and reindexed leaks, breaches, and privately sold databases. The full and searchable list is included at the end of this article. Bob Dyachenko, cybersecurity researcher and owner at SecurityDiscovery.com, together with the Cybernews team, has discovered billions upon billions of exposed records on an open instance whose owner is unlikely ever to be identified. https://cybernews.com/security/billions-passwords-credentials-leaked-mother-of-all-breaches/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

Former President Donald Trump is “very honored” to have the endorsement of Gov. Ron DeSantis, he said in a statement following the news of the Florida governor suspending his presidential campaign. “Very honored to have his endorsement,” Trump said in a statement to Fox News Digital, turning his attention to unifying behind the defeat of President Biden. “I look forward to working together with him to beat Joe Biden, who is the worst and most corrupt president in the history of our country,” Trump added. Trump’s reaction came shortly after DeSantis formally announced his exit from the presidential race, stating in his video statement on X that it he does not see a clear path to victory at this point. Further, DeSantis said it is now “clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance.” https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/21/donald-trump-i-am-very-honored-to-have-ron-desantiss-endorsement/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

Vivek Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential hopeful, has shown that he can take a joke, even if it involves his ethnicity and a convenience store. Ramaswamy, who dropped out of the race after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses, recently endorsed Donald Trump, the frontrunner and incumbent president. This sparked rumours that Ramaswamy might be Trump’s running mate, with some supporters chanting “VP, VP” at a rally in New Hampshire. The Babylon Bee, a conservative Christian satire website, poked fun at this scenario with a post claiming that Trump had offered Ramaswamy a “very important cabinet position”- running the White House 7-Eleven store. The meme piece quoted Trump as saying, “Under Biden, the White House doesn’t even have a 7-Eleven. Not good! We’re going to bring convenience back to the West Wing!” The post said that Trump would work closely with Ramaswamy every day and that he would stop by for a Diet Coke and “one of those delicious warmed-up cheeseburgers under the hot light thingies”. It added that Ramaswamy had already started training for the job by watching videos on “how to fix the Slurpee machine” and “offer fast service ringing up Big Gulps”. https://vnexplorer.net/vivek-ramaswamy-leans-into-racist-7-eleven-joke-with-grab-a-slurpee-repartee-s1040776.html If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

Drax has received permission from the government to fit carbon capture technology to its wood-burning power plant, in a project that could cost bill-payers more than £40bn. The energy secretary, Claire Coutinho, on Tuesday approved the project to convert two of its biomass units to use the technology. Analysts have predicted that the revamp of the North Yorkshire site could be one of the most expensive energy projects in the world. The project could add about £1.7bn to energy bills every year if the company acts on plans to fit all four of its biomass units with carbon capture technology, or a total of more than £43bn, according to Ember, a climate thinktank. https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/01/18/drax-carbon-capture-could-cost-bill-payers-40-billion/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

When lawmakers attempt to “help” lower-wage workers by mandating higher minimum wages, they often end up causing more harm than good. As the late economist and commentator Walter Williams warned about minimum wage laws, “intentions have no effect on outcomes.” The unintended negative outcomes of increases in the minimum wage are well documented. Multiple analyses from the Congressional Budget Office estimate that large increases in the federal minimum wage would: Cost hundreds or thousands or millions of jobs. Drive up prices, interest rates, and federal deficits. Reduce total family incomes and cause hundreds of thousands of workers who lose their jobs to drop out of the labor force permanently. If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

Taiwan announced that it will sever diplomatic ties with Nauru effective immediately Monday after the Pacific island nation announced its decision to switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. In an official statement, the Nauru government said the diplomatic switch is in line with the “One China Principle,” which mandates that the only legal government representing the whole of China is the People’s Republic of China, and announced that Nauru will stop developing any official relations or official exchanges with Taiwan. https://www.voanews.com/a/taiwan-loses-nauru-to-china-following-ruling-party-s-election-victory-/7440338.html If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

Hunter Biden would have the nation believe he is a wounded and tragic soul – a former drug addict and bad boy gone straight who is now trying to put his life back together. Perhaps he is, but that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to play his part in the pantomime – or, perhaps, farce – that his new life has become. In the latest act, the chief executive’s son, who really does appear to believe that the laws and rules simply do not apply to him, showed up on Capitol Hill to crash the closed-door hearing at which Republicans were considering a resolution to hold him in contempt of Congress. Though flanked by attorneys, Biden wasn’t there to argue his case or to try negotiating with the House Oversight Committee. This was an entirely inappropriate venue for such intentions, anyway. Hunter Biden was there for the spectacle – for the publicity. https://www.libertynation.com/hunter-biden-pulls-another-publicity-stunt-on-capitol-hill/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

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More than 1 million people in England died prematurely in the decade after 2011 owing to a combination of poverty, austerity and Covid, according to “shocking” new research by one of the UK’s leading public health experts. The figures are revealed in a study by the Institute of Health Equity at University College London led by Sir Michael Marmot. They demonstrate the extent to which stark economic and social inequalities are leading to poorer people dying early from cancer, heart problems and other diseases. https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2024/jan/08/england-deaths-inequality-poverty-austerity-covid-study-public-health If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

Gardaí believe a fire that has destroyed much of a disused hotel earmarked for asylum-seeker accommodation was set deliberately. One line of investigation is that the blaze was started to ensure the hotel could not be used as a centre for asylum seekers from next Thursday, as was planned. However, Garda sources stressed the investigation into the late-night blaze in Co Galway was at an early stage. They added it would take some time to confirm where in the building, and precisely how, the fire was started. The incident at the Ross Lake House is the latest fire which affected facilities about to be used for accommodation for international protection (IP) applicants or Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of their country. https://www.europereloaded.com/ireland-fire-yet-again-at-premises-designated-for-state-supported-illegal-migrants/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

Seventy percent of X users said Infowars host Alex Jones should see his social media account restored and boom, like that, he’s back; Elon Musk reactivated his platform. This is a major win for free speech. In America, it’s not unlawful to be a conspiracy theorist. Nor should it be. And handing a select few in politics or in the Big Tech offices filled with leftists who do government’s bidding the right to determine what’s conspiracy versus what’s not — well, just look back on the coronavirus years to see where that leads. All those with dissenting views are silenced. In a livestream with Musk after his restatement, Jones apologized once again for raising questions about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shootings; specifically, when he doubted the event was real and pressed the idea it was staged. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/11/alex-jones-x-reinstatement-win-free-speech/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

King Charles’s comment that the “time has come” to acknowledge the enduring impact of slavery has been welcomed by the prime minister of Barbados as she spoke in London about the need for reparations. Mia Mottley said Barbados was owed $4.9tn (£3.9tn) by slave-owning nations, noting that conversations over how this debt should be repaid would “be difficult and will take time”, she said on Wednesday evening. “We’re not expecting that the reparatory damages will be paid in a year, or two, or five because the extraction of wealth and the damages took place over centuries. But we are demanding that we be seen and that we are heard,” she said. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/06/barbados-pm-says-country-owed-49tn-as-she-makes-fresh-call-for-reparations If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

A new study detected a sharp uptick in trading activity on Tel Aviv and US stock exchanges before October. Some traders may have been informed about the Hamas plan to attack Israel on October 7 and used that knowledge to make millions of dollars by short-selling Israeli securities, a study by US researchers published on Monday suggests. Law professors Robert Jackson Jr. from New York University and Joshua Mitts of Columbia University examined trading in exchange-traded funds that invest in Israeli companies, as well as short-selling activity on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and options activity around Israeli firms traded on US exchanges. https://www.rt.com/business/588534-israel-hamas-attack-stock-short-selling/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

A Black Lives Matter (BLM) leader threw his support behind former President Trump in the 2024 race for the White House, accusing Democrats of racist policies that are working against the Black community. Mark Fisher, who is the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Rhode Island, joined ‘FOX & Friends’ to discuss why some Black voters are leaving the Democrats as they contemplate who they will vote for in the 2024 presidential election. "It's the duplicity of the Democrats, the hypocrisy," Fisher told Lawrence Jones Tuesday. "We're not stupid. The brothers are not stupid. We understand when someone's for us and when someone is not, and it's obvious that the Democratic Party is not for us." https://www.foxnews.com/media/blm-leader-calls-democrats-racist-policies-endorses-trump-2024-stupid If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

On November 29th, American Spectator published an article by Baltimore lawyer George W. Liebmann which reaches the pinnacle of stupidity. Liebmen suggests that if we allow the government to take our guns then maybe we can have fewer federal agents. The use of semi-automatic weapons by drug gangs raises similar problems. Such weapons are not necessary for home or personal protection, nor was anything resembling these weapons available at the time the Second Amendment was enacted. These are not the weapons of militias, organized or unorganized, but of armies and criminal collectivities. Nothing in the Supreme Court’s new doctrines prevents the revival of the semi-automatic federal weapons ban. Mass killings with automatic weapons are a small fraction of all killings, but they have escalated and should not be permitted to escalate further, thus allowing ‘gun controllers’ to make sweeping arguments for the prohibition of private ownership of all weapons. https://spectator.org/firearms-control-its-time-for-a-common-sense-bargain/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

Some libertarians dismiss concerns over social media companies’ suppression of news and opinions that contradict select agendas by pointing out that these platforms are private companies, not part of the government. There are two problems with this argument. First, there is nothing unlibertarian about criticizing private businesses or using peaceful and voluntary means, such as boycotts, to persuade businesses to change their practices. The second and most significant reason the “they are private companies” argument does not hold water is the tech companies’ censorship has often been done at the “request” of government officials. The extent of government involvement with online censorship was revealed in emails between government and employees of various tech companies. In these emails the government officials addressed employees of these “private companies” as though these employees were the government officials’ subordinates. https://thenewamerican.com/opinion/separate-tech-and-state-2/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

Net Zero electricity taxes and levies are set to cost British consumers almost £100 billion over the next six years, according to the latest official figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The ‘environmental levies’ total includes a variety of green rackets from paying suppliers to produce uneconomic energy to persuading consumers to install inferior technologies. As the insane dash towards Net Zero continues in elite political circles, the costs have started to spiral out of control. Almost all green technologies seem to require huge amounts of public subsidy with no end in sight to constant demands for cash. Recently, offshore wind generators refused to take further Government licences in the North Sea unless the U.K. Government complied with their demands for higher guaranteed prices. In real terms the Government is now prepared to pay over £100 per megawatt hour, a price more than the current estimated cost of gas-powered electricity. https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/27/net-zero-electricity-fantasies-to-cost-british-consumers-100-billion-over-next-six-years/ If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently said Israel is “in the midst of a fight for our existence” and that its invasion of the Gaza Strip aims “to eliminate Hamas by destroying its military and governance capabilities.” That’s certainly a lofty goal. Unfortunately, the American experience in Afghanistan over the past two decades indicates that it is almost impossible to crush a nonstate actor if its leadership and finances are protected in countries that one’s military will not, or cannot, attack. Since Hamas’s leadership lives and its fundraising occurs outside of Gaza, it’s unclear how Israel can truly fulfill its goal of destroying the terrorist group. https://newrepublic.com/article/176962/hamas-finances-funding-sources-palestinian-authority If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe

A Florida Republican lawmaker is introducing a bill to bring congressional authority over the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and prevent the body from giving cash to American adversaries. Rep. Scott Franklin, R-Fla., is expected to introduce the IMF Accountability Act on Tuesday, which aims to give Congress more authority over how the body allocates special drawing rights (SDRs) and lends money. The bill would "prohibit representatives of the United States from voting at the International Monetary Fund for any Special Drawing Rights allocations, quota increases, or policy modifications that would benefit certain countries, and for other purposes." https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-lawmaker-introduce-bill-prevent-international-monetary-fund-giving-cash-adversaries If you'd like to help support this censorship-proof public service, consider donating: Bitcoin address: bc1qq7tnet6ys0dkvl336v8d0prqnmvk9zzj2dxpqe