Trump Gets $1 Trillion Military Budget, US Bombs Somalia Four More Times, and More

"Many might have thought, “How can a medical student continue their education during and after the genocide?” As for me, I have experienced it myself, and through it, I learnt that struggle has meanings beyond just achieving grades. The struggle here is for survival... And for a future that awaits me amidst the rubble of life. Many lectures and countless slides await my study."

Studying Medicine in Genocide... An Unforgettable Journey

Many might have thought, “How can a medical student continue their education during and after the genocide?” As for me, I have experienced it m...

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BitBox Blog

Bitcoin scalability, Lightning, and the road to Ark

Let’s explore how Bitcoin payments can scale in the long-term using second layer technologies such as Lightning and Ark.

"When German journalists Röper and Lipp were sanctioned, no one in Switzerland reacted—now one of the world's most respected military analysts is being sanctioned—a Swiss citizen. Weltwoche is waking up, Switzerland is fast asleep."

Forum Geopolitica

Jacques Baud is being Sanctioned—and Switzerland is Fast Asleep

When German journalists Röper and Lipp were sanctioned, no one in Switzerland reacted—now one of the world's most respected military analys...

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Interview with EU-sanctioned Col. Jacques Baud. It's in German but there is auto-translation available.

"According to French media, Palantir is no longer a peripheral tool but the central software architecture of the French Secret Services (DGSI), a level of dependence so deep that even some of America’s closest allies have refused to accept it on sovereignty grounds. The contradiction is stark. As Europe warns of foreign interference, influence operations, and strategic dependency, France is voluntarily handing the keys to its intelligence infrastructure to a company rooted in a system that explicitly views Europe as a strategic arena to be shaped."

21st Century Wire

Outsourcing Security: The Palantir Paradox at the Heart of French Intelligence - 21st Century Wire

21WIRE | How France entrusted its intelligence nerve centre to an American firm.

For the record. The Berlin Declaration.

Voltaire Network

Berlin Declaration

Statement by Chancellor Merz, Prime Minister Frederiksen, Prime Minister Michal, President Stubb, President Macron, Prime Minister Frostadóttir, P...

"On 15 December, the European Union took a step that few could have imagined: it sanctioned twelve individuals, including Swiss analyst and former intelligence officer Jacques Baud and French national Xavier Moreau, not for breaking the law, but for expressing views deemed politically inconvenient. Asset freezes, travel bans, and economic restrictions were imposed without any judicial process. While presented as an EU initiative, the fingerprints of NATO’s strategic communications and information-control apparatus are unmistakable, shaping both the targets and the justification."

21st Century Wire

NATO’s Red Pen on Ukraine: Jacques Baud and the Silencing of Dissent - 21st Century Wire

Deep Dive | How Europe and NATO turn dissent into a security threat to police the Ukraine debate.

House Kills Bill on Blocking War With Venezuela, Israel Shelling Injures 11 in Gaza City, and More

Free markets have to be regulated

"With a customary sense of perversion, Netanyahu has managed to mangle Israeli policy, his own political destiny and the interests of Jews in a terrible, terrifying mix. The broad stroke charge of antisemitism is the front name of this venture, and it conveniently presents itself whenever Israeli policy requires an alibi when pursuing particularly unsavoury policies: massacre, starvation and dispossession of Gazans; the continued destruction and intended eradication of a functional Palestinian entity; efforts to prevent criticism of its settler policies in other countries."

Using the Slain

Israel Exploits the Bondi Beach Shootings

Good article about the end of neutrality in Switzerland. It is in German but if you're interested just run it through a translator in your browser. "Die sicherheitspolitische Strategie der Schweiz 2026 bedeutet die unumkehrbare Integration in Militärbündnisse, die Militarisierung der Schweiz und die aktive Beteiligung an einem möglichen Grossen Krieg."

Christoph-Pfluger.ch

Das Ende der Neutralität

Die sicherheitspolitische Strategie der Schweiz 2026 bedeutet die unumkehrbare Integration in Militärbündnisse, die Militarisierung der Schweiz u...

Trump Declares 'Total Blockade' on Venezuelan Tankers, Potential US Base in Israel, and More

"The EU’s indefinite freeze and planned “reparations loan” on €210 billion in Russian assets are legally explosive and politically divisive. Yet the European power brokers in Brussels, Berlin, Paris, and London are determined to push it through—no matter the cost. As of December 12, 2025, the EU launched its boldest financial maneuver since the Cold War. On December 11, EU ambassadors invoked emergency Article 122 TFEU to freeze €210 billion of Russian central-bank reserves—€185 billion at Euroclear in Brussels. By turning a sanctions regime, which required unanimous six-monthly renewal, into a quasi-permanent mechanism enforceable by qualified-majority voting, the EU has effectively eliminated any chance of these assets returning to Moscow—unless Russia pays full reparations to Ukraine, a scenario diplomats call extremely unlikely."

Forum Geopolitica

The European Union Threatens Belgium—And Destroys Europe’s Reputation As A Safe Financial Hub

Deeply divisive, the European Robber Barons in Brussels, Berlin, Paris, and London are resolute in forcing through the illegal misappropriation of ...

⚠Satire Alert⚠ "President Trump has decided to launch land strikes against Venezuela to stop people talking about the embarrassing stuff in the Epstein files. The CIA warns that such action could result in Russian-made missiles sinking US aircraft carriers, but Trump is more than willing to sacrifice US personnel to save his own skin."

Trump hopeful land attacks on Venezuela will distract from release of Epstein files

President Trump has decided to launch land strikes against Venezuela to stop people talking about the embarrassing stuff in the Esptein files.

"For more than a decade, Israeli officials have warned of an alleged international campaign to “delegitimise” the Jewish state. The accusation has been repeated so often that it has hardened into dogma. A new investigation dubbed “Israel Files” reveals what this rhetoric was designed to obscure: not a besieged democracy acting in good faith, but a state that has deliberately organised the dismantling of international justice to preserve a regime of permanent domination over Palestinians."

21st Century Wire

'The Israel Files': The Architecture of Impunity - Infiltrating the EU - 21st Century Wire

21WIRE | How a shadow legal army silences justice across Europe.

Found this project on F-Droid... "Github Store is a "play store" for GitHub releases that helps you discover and install apps directly from GitHub repositories. The app automatically discovers repositories that ship installable binaries (APK, EXE, DMG, etc.) and lets you install the latest release with one click."

GitHub

GitHub - rainxchzed/Github-Store: A free, open-source app store for GitHub releases — browse, discover, and install apps with one click. Powered by Kotlin and Compose Multiplatform for Android & Desktop.

A free, open-source app store for GitHub releases — browse, discover, and install apps with one click. Powered by Kotlin and Compose Multiplatfor...

House To Vote on Venezuela War Powers Resolution, US Offers Ukraine NATO-Style Guarantees, and More

"Foreign influence in the Global South rarely arrives in uniform. It comes disguised as ethics, stability, and shared values, only revealing its true cost once the rules are set. In Latin America, such a transformation is now underway. A new architecture of alignment is being quietly assembled, presented as moral course correction but functioning as a geopolitical filter. At its core lie the Isaac Accords, a project deliberately modelled on the Abraham Accords. Where the latter normalised Israel’s position in the Middle East through elite deals brokered by Washington, the Isaac Accords aim to reorder Latin American politics by locking governments, economies, and security institutions into Israeli and U.S. strategic orbit."

21st Century Wire

The Rise of the Isaac Accords: How Israel is Redrawing South America’s Political Landscape - 21st Century Wire

21WIRE | How Milei, Machado, and the Isaac Accords are shaping a new U.S.-Israel Order in Latin America.

What would 007 James Bond say about this? 🤔 "There's A Saying In England: Where There's Smoke, There's Fire." New MI6 Chief Blaise Metreweli has a long bloodline tied to Nazis.

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