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Ultranationalist Israeli politicians, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, wore golden noose-shaped lapel pins to a meeting on Monday in order to show their “commitment” to advancing a widely condemned bill to mandate the death penalty for “terrorists” who kill Israelis. The pins resemble the yellow ribbon pins that Israeli leaders have worn throughout their genocide to to…

A leaked memo by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Justice Department and FBI to compile a list of groups that may be labeled “domestic terrorism” organizations based on political views related to immigration, gender and U.S. policy. The memo was obtained by independent investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein, who joins us to discuss how it expands on President Donald Trump’s NSPM-7…

A ruling in the president’s favor in the case, which deals with his attempt to remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, would be a major expansion of presidential authority.

Human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who advocates for Ukraine on the international stage, Oleksandra Matviichuk, has called on Germany to supply Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles and to take a more decisive stance against Russia.

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.6 has hit Japan’s north-eastern region.

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Republicans decided to give billionaires a tax cut instead.

The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has developed a go-to response when asked about something controversial Donald Trump or members of his administration said or did.

A coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new datacenters in the US, the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming artificial intelligence industry that has been blamed for escalating electricity bills and worsening the climate crisis.

For months, the Trump administration has been accusing its political enemies of mortgage fraud for claiming more than one primary residence.

IN FEBRUARY 2024, without warning, YouTube deleted the account of independent British journalist Robert Inlakesh.

From the Atlanta Daily World:

The playbook here is familiar. Find a trans person in a position of minor institutional authority. Manufacture or amplify a confrontation. Blast it through the conservative media ecosystem until it becomes national news. Watch as institutions capitulate.

An Uncloseted Media investigation finds that Alberta’s government is using many of the same tactics that were used to pass anti-LGBTQ bills in the Deep South.

Americans in 2025 are becoming apathetic toward the suffering of transgender Americans, increasing the subconscious belief in many citizens that yes, what is happening is wrong, but this is just how our society treats transgender people. Developing a subconscious belief such as this about one group of people is a slippery slope and creates apathy toward the stripping of rights by the federal government.

A cease-fire after two years of war with Israel has allowed Hamas to tighten its grip on power again. “It’s still standing,” one Israeli official said.

This will no doubt have zero long-term ramifications.

私の思いと祈り は,最近 日本 で 起きた 津波 に 影響 を 受け た 人々 と 共 に ある.

Denial only serves the aims of anti-vaxxers.

From the playbook of no shit sherlock.

Former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernández recently thanked God and Donald Trump – in that order – for being pardoned by the latter of a drug trafficking conviction won by federal US prosecutors less than two years earlier.

Research from the Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab at Johns Hopkins University found that 75% of China’s low-carbon foreign direct investment is in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

A new joint assessment by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) aims to dispel any remaining scepticism among those who still fail to recognise the threat from Russia.

You can download the study here: No sense of safety under heaven

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54567014

The Trump administration’s push to expand control over independent federal agencies comes before a sympathetic Supreme Court that could overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members.

*Open valve in heating system affects 300 to 400 items just weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised security concerns*

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IN HIS FIRST major guidance to the Air Force, the newly appointed Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach emphasized a need for the “recapitalization” of nuclear weapons — an apparent departure from decades of Air Force teaching that the United States maintains nuclear weapons solely for deterrence.

Israeli operatives are conducting widespread surveillance of US forces and allies stationed at a new US base in the country’s south, according to sources briefed on disputes about open and covert recordings of meetings and discussions.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54563207

A man who spent a decade and a half working as a Chinese spy has shared details of some of his missions with Radio-Canada, including what he knows about a Chinese dissident who died in B.C. in 2022.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54562583

Japan has protested after Chinese fighter jets locked radars on Japanese aircraft as tensions between the two nations worsened.

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International Criminal Court [ICC] arrest warrants for President Vladimir Putin and five other Russians accused of war crimes in Ukraine will stay in place even if a blanket amnesty is approved during U.S.-led peace talks, ICC prosecutors said on Friday.

Israel’s largest defence company, Elbit Systems, has been suspended by NATO’s procurement agency amid a major corruption probe, Follow the Money and its media partners La Lettre, Le Soir, and Knack can reveal.

Immigrants were moments away from pledging allegiance to the United States in Boston — the final step of the long process to becoming a U.S. citizen — when government officials pulled them out of line, according to a new report.

Thailand launched airstrikes against Cambodia on Monday as a new wave of fighting erupted between the southeast Asian neighbors, marking the potential collapse of a peace plan presided over by Donald Trump just two months ago.

from Seattle Times Dec. 6, 2025

*Conservatives warned of a mass exodus if the democratic socialist won, but experts, and property data, paint a very different picture*

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54562953

The small town of St. George, Maine voted recently to allow a transgender child to play on a girls’ basketball team.

Hundreds of queer political players recently descended on Washington D.C.

https://archive.is/4Pd2y

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54551509

Hollywood is feeling the lure of Saudi Arabian money (…)

The East Plano Islamic Center has pitched a residential development, formerly called EPIC City, with more than 1,000 residential units, a mosque, a K-12 faith-based school and retail shops outside of Dallas. The project drew numerous state investigations earlier this year — some for unclear reasons — including one from Paxton, who said in March he was looking into potential violations of consumer protection laws.

Cuellar also on Wednesday filed for reelection as a Democrat, quieting speculation that he planned to switch parties. On the House floor Wednesday afternoon, numerous Democratic colleagues greeted Cuellar warmly, hugging him and shaking his hand.

BALIK PULAU, Dec 7 — Police arrested an elderly man and seized 30 bitcoin mining machines in a raid on several premises around Jalan Air Putih, here yesterday that were operating…

State and federal authorities are closely tracking online criticism and demonstrations against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans, monitoring message boards around the clock for suspected threats to agents while compiling regular updates on public “sentiment” surrounding the arrests, according to law enforcement records reviewed by the Associated Press.

Everyday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.

How much will betting market manipulation, once integrated into the news, become its own power-serving self-fulfilling prophecy?

from The Wire [online publication of Jewish Voice For Peace JVP in USA]

Sweeping immigration changes by the Trump administration have resulted in the cancellation of naturalization ceremonies, the last step in the process of becoming a citizen.

from +972’s Sunday Recap 972 Magazine [published in Israel] Dec 7, 2025

A CDC panel voted on Friday to recommend the hepatitis B vaccine only to the babies of mothers who test positive for the virus, and to suggest that, for all other babies, doctors and parents should have a conversation about the risks and benefits of the shot, a process known as “shared clinical decision-making.”

A leaked memo written by US Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Department of Justice to compile a list of potential “domestic terrorism” organizations that espouse “extreme viewpoints on immigration, radical gender ideology, and anti-American sentiment.”

*Henry Cuellar launched House re-election bid as Democrat days after Trump pardoned him over bribery charges*

The family of a Colombian man believed to be killed by a strike on a boat in September has filed a human rights complaint against the United States, saying that the attack was “murder” and that he was denied the right to due process.

When Donald Trump has been asked about the reason he’s pressuring Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to step down and threatening military action against the country, he consistently blames the South American leader for two things: drugs and migrants.

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*Eldest son of Donald Trump makes speculative comments during tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU*

Look up “v-coding.”

*MAGA’s mission to meddle in European politics should terrify Starmer, Macron and Merz. Will any of them fight back?*

*MAGA’s mission to meddle in European politics should terrify Starmer, Macron and Merz. Will any of them fight back?*

Ukraine’s top commander, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, said it would be “unacceptable” for Kyiv to surrender territory in any peace agreement with Russia, warning that Moscow is using ongoing diplomatic talks as “cover” to seize more land by force. 

People in Britain who think they are governed by fools should take a closer look at the Russian and US presidents. Vladimir Putin is systematically ruining his country. His war of choice in Ukraine is an economic, financial, geopolitical and human calamity for Russia that worsens by the day. For his own murky reasons, Donald Trump, another national menace, offered him a lifeline last week. Yet Putin spurned it. These two fools deserve each other.

*National guard shooting prompts extraordinary outburst and targeting of people from startling range of countries*

*Canadian expert David Vigneault warns of China’s ‘industrial-strength’ attempts to steal new technologies*

A federal judge on Saturday temporarily locked down the Justice Department’s access to some evidence used in its criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, just as the Trump administration prepares to seek a new indictment after the dismissal of previous charges early last week.

More than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a result of disappearing sardines, a new paper has found.

The administration of Gavin Newsom, the California governor, is moving to loosen restrictions around the most toxic rat poisons, even as a new state report shows the rodenticides are unintentionally poisoning wildlife across the state, including endangered species.

It is a hacker’s dream. Even in the face of repeated warnings to protect online accounts, a new study reveals that “admin” is the most commonly used password in the UK.

A group of soldiers on Sunday appeared on Benin’s state television claiming to have removed President Patrice Talon from office and dissolved all state institutions. Talon’s office, meanwhile, said that loyalist forces had managed to get the situation “under control”.

In response to the Lula administration’s plan to privatize Brazil’s Postal service, Postal workers in Brazil’s richest state have voted for a strike to begin on December 16.