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Trump Promises To Reveal What’s Going On With The Drones

During a press conference at Mar-a-Lago Thursday, President Trump vowed to reveal exactly what is happening with the drones that have been seen flying over the East coast and beyon for weeks.

“I’m going to give you a report on drones about one day into the administration because I think it’s ridiculous that they’re not telling you about what’s going on with the drones,” Trump told reporters.

Trump also noted that several governors who he was meeting with have told him there are mystery drones over their states and that they want answers.

Trump then turned it over to GOP Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin who remarked, “We are home to the largest naval base in the world in Quantico. And we also have a lot of the [Navy SEAL] teams and have a huge national security infrastructure and now for two years running, we have had drone incursion over secure airspace.”

“And we still don’t know why. And I think that’s absolutely unacceptable,” Youngkin added. 

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The Possible Reasons Donald Trump’s Administration Is Recognizing Somaliland

In a move straight out of left field, the incoming Trump administration is slated to recognize Somaliland as an independent state, according to a report by Semafor.

Somaliland is a former British colony bordering Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Somalia that declared independence from Somalia in 1991 without receiving international recognition. Under international law, Somaliland is currently deemed an autonomous district of Somalia.

If media reports turn out to be true, why is the Trump administration moving to recognize Somaliland’s independence? It boils down to advancing Israeli interests.

Due to its proximity to the Arabian Peninsula, an independent Somaliland would give Israel and the United States a forward base of operations to counter plucky Houthi militants in the Red Sea.

After Israel responded to Hamas’ attack on Oct, 7, 2023 with a vicious military assault on Gaza, the Yemen-based Houthis joined the conflict by launching drones and missiles against Israeli and Western vessels traversing the Red Sea. The world faced the Houthis’ wrath in December 2023 when they announced their blockade of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is one of the world’s most important maritime chokepoints, where a substantial portion of global maritime cargo passes through.

Somaliland’s strategic location close to the Bab al-Mandab Strait makes it an important choke point on the grand chessboard, thus making it a valuable piece of geopolitical real estate the Israeli-American axis for the use to exploit.

Houthi attacks have bottled up the Red Sea, leading to major disruptions in international trade at a time when the world is still adjusting to supply-chain disruptions brought about during the COVID-19 era.

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Preemptive Strikes On Iran Will Be A ‘Real Possibility’ Under Trump: Officials

Starting in December the head of the UN nuclear watchdog, IAEA, warned that Iran is “dramatically” accelerating enrichment close to the roughly 90% level which is weapons-grade.

On Tuesday President Emmanuel Macron called Iran the main “strategic and security challenge” for France and Europe. “The acceleration of the nuclear program leads us nearly to the point of no return,” he told an annual conference of French ambassadors.

However, it remains anything but clear whether the Islamic Republic has actually decided to build a nuclear weapon, something recently (and surprisingly) acknowledged by the CIA.

Still, the constant daily headlines over Iran’s enrichment advances set things up for a collision course with the Trump administration after the Jan.20 inauguration.

According to a fresh report in Axios, the chances of Trump ordering a preemptive military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities are now higher than ever:

Iran’s recent nuclear advances give President-elect Trump a crucial decision to make in his first months in office: Try to neutralize the threat through negotiations and pressure, or order a military strike.

Trump’s decision in 2018 to withdraw from an Obama-era nuclear deal prompted Tehran to accelerate its nuclear program, such that it’s now a de facto “nuclear threshold state.” Officials and diplomats from the U.S., EU and Israel all told Axios they expect Trump to face an Iran crisis in 2025.

Trump and his advisers are planning to quickly return to the “maximum pressure” campaign they conducted against Iran between 2018 and 2020.

Axios further underscores that “Several Trump advisers privately concede Iran’s program is now so far along that the strategy might not be effective. That makes a military option a real possibility.”

But it remains that US attacks on the Islamic Republic would only surely accelerate possible efforts to achieve a bomb. Much of the country’s nuclear infrastructure and technology is now likely underground, which would make it hard for any external power to destroy everything.

Though in prior years the Ayatollahs have condemned nuclear weapons as ‘unIslamic’ – if the Iranians perceive themselves under direct threat of annihilation, they would urgently feel the need to rapidly have a bomb.

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“This is Not Normal” – LEAKED: Veterans Affair Insider Reveals HHS Memo Detailing “Presidential Inauguration Medical Personnel Support Deployment Request”

The O’Keefe Media Group obtained a leaked memo detailing an unusual “presidential inauguration medical personnel support deployment request” for Trump’s inauguration.

The Department of Veterans Affair insider told James O’Keefe that she has never seen a request like this before.

“This is not normal,” the VA insider told James O’Keefe.

Per O’Keefe Media Group:

“What concerned me was that this has never been requested before, especially not from HHS,” an insider within the Department of Veterans Affairs told O’Keefe Media Group, revealing an internal memorandum requesting medical personnel ahead of the 2025 Presidential Inauguration. The documents, addressed to Dr. Paul D. Kim of the Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Emergency Management, detail a formal appeal for paramedics, emergency nurses, and doctors.

When questioned by James O’Keefe about if it was typical for the Office of Emergency Management to administer this kind of memorandum for previous inaugurations, Derrick Jaastad, the Executive Director for the VHA Office of Emergency Management, said, “I was not with the organization, so I can’t speak to that.

Directed to speak with Public Affairs Specialist Kurt M. Rauschenberg, an OMG Journalist, asked if the deployment of medical personnel by HHS was typical for a presidential inauguration. Similar to Jaastad’s response, Rauschenberg replied, “I personally can’t speak to previous inaugurations.”

Despite a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Health and Human Services O’Keefe Media Group did not receive an explanation.

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Schumer, silent on Biden’s clemency for cop-killers and child-raping serial killer, tells Trump not to pardon J6 protesters

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is among the Democrats apparently keen to pretend that any kind of presidential pardon is now off the table after President Joe Biden gave an “unconditional” blanket pardon to his felonious son Hunter Biden and commuted the sentences of monstrous child-killers, city-impoverishing fraudsters, and other predators.

Schumer noted Monday on X, “It is utterly shameful that the president-elect is considering pardons for January 6 rioters.”

After winning the election in a landslide, President Donald Trump told Time magazine in an interview, “We’re going to look at each individual case, and we’re going to do it very quickly, and it’s going to start in the first hour that I get into office.”

“A vast majority should not be in jail, and they’ve suffered gravely,” added Trump.

Weeks later, Trump reiterated in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he would begin issuing pardons to Jan. 6 protesters on his first day back in office, noting that unlike the radicals involved in the genuinely deadly BLM riots who largely got out legally unscathed after inflicting billions of dollars of damage on the nation, Jan. 6 protesters were treated “unfair[ly].”

“Those people have suffered long and hard. And there may be some exceptions to it. I have to look,” said Trump.

When asked whether he would consider also pardoning violent protesters, Trump noted that some of the convictions for violent crimes were bogus and said, “I’m going to look at everything. We’re going to look at individual cases.”

Over 1,580 defendants have been charged with crimes connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, protests. Blaze News previously reported that nearly 1,000 people have pleaded guilty to Jan. 6 charges, 68% for misdemeanors and 32% for felonies. Of those who pleaded guilty to felonies, 53% were for supposedly assaulting law enforcement officers. Some of the most consequential prison sentences ranged from 10 to 22 years.

Mike Davis, founder of the Article III Project, told the Washington Examiner in a statement that “nothing that happened on Jan. 6 calls for a 22-year prison sentence, especially when the Biden Justice Department essentially gave amnesty to the much more deadly and destructive BLM and Antifa rioters.”

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Trump Border Czar: Mass Deportations Of Illegals Starts Day One

President Trump’s incoming border czar Tom Homan unequivocally outlined that mass arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants inside the US will begin on day one of Trump’s second term and will not be delayed under any circumstances.

In an interview with CBS News, Homan asserted “We know where a lot of the criminals are. ICE is great at this work, we know where some are, but they simply haven’t been able to go arrest them because Secretary Mayorkas’s priorities have handcuffed ICE.”

“We know where a lot of the criminals are, they have been prevented from arresting. We are gonna arrest starting day one,” Homan reiterated.

Homan further noted that sanctuary cities refuse to work with ICE, stating “”We would love to work in local jails, but sanctuary cities won’t allow us into those jails. It’s much easier to arrest a public safety threat in the safety and security in the public jail than out in the street.”

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Honduras President Threatens to Shut Down U.S. Military Base Over Trump’s Plan to Deport Illegal Honduran Immigrants

Honduran President Xiomara Castro has threatened to terminate military cooperation with the United States if President-elect Donald Trump proceeds with his plan for mass deportations of illegal immigrants, including those from Honduras.

This ultimatum underscores the glaring hypocrisy of a leader who has failed to address the root causes driving her own citizens to flee her country in the first place.

A primary objective of Trump’s mass deportation plan is to remove individuals with criminal records who are residing in the country illegally.

By focusing on these individuals, Trump’s administration aims to reduce crime rates and enhance public safety.

Tom Homan, designated as Trump’s “border czar,” has emphasized that the deportation efforts will prioritize those posing threats to public safety and national security.

However, Castro is far from pleased with this development.

“Faced with a hostile attitude of mass expulsion of our brothers, we would have to consider a change in our policies of cooperation with the United States, especially in the military arena, where, without paying a cent for decades, they maintain military bases in our territory, which in this case would lose all reason to exist in Honduras,” Xiomara Castro said in a statement on New Year’s Day.

“We hope that the new U.S. administration of democratically elected President Donald Trump will be open to dialogue, constructive and friendly, and will not take unnecessary reprisals against our migrants, who normally make a great contribution to the U.S. economy,” she added.

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“Peace Through Strength”: A Gateway to War?

Trump’s assertion that he could resolve the Ukraine-Russia conflict within 24 hours of assuming the presidency is emblematic of his characteristic hyperbole; however, it reflects the sentiments of an individual who has evidently grown weary of the ongoing war and the financial burdens associated with America’s participation. Achieving “peace through strength” does not necessarily mean “peace through war” – NATO and the EU’s fears of being abandoned by the US could easily spin out of control. The war in Ukraine has exacerbated the visibility of the work conducted covertly and sometimes illegally by the US and its allies’ intelligence agencies. It is the role of journalists to expose the underlying cause of these proxy wars and unnecessary suffering – if not, the “peace through war” rhetoric will gain ground and invade our screens for the years to come.

The Latin phrase “si vis pacem, para bellum,” which translates to “If you want peace, prepare for war,” originated in the fourth century. However, the underlying concept can be traced back to the second century, specifically to the Roman Emperor Hadrian, who is credited with the principle of achieving “peace through strength, or, if that fails, peace through intimidation.”

The expression “Peace through strength” conveys the notion that the military might serve as a means to maintain or restore peace. Various leaders have employed this phrase throughout history, including former US President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s. The principle is often linked to the practice of realpolitik, however, it has faced criticism; for instance, American historian Andrew Bacevich argues that the phrase can readily transform into the justification of “peace through war”, a concept that is all too familiar and that has filed our screens for years, with NATO pushing for more war in Ukraine to achieve leverage rather than peace or the ongoing slaughter of the Palestinians in Gaza so that Israel, a so-called beacon of democracy can have peace,  torturing and killing civilians while illegally expanding its territory.

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U.S. Army Soldier Arrested for Allegedly Hacking Trump and Kamala Harris’s Phones, Selling “Confidential Phone Records” Online

U.S. Army soldier Cameron John Wagenius, 20, has been arrested and charged with unlawfully transferring confidential phone records.

Federal authorities accuse the young soldier of participating in a cybercriminal ring that sold sensitive data, including alleged phone records of President-elect Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, on the black market.

The indictment, unsealed this week, reveals two counts of unlawful transfer of confidential phone records filed against Wagenius, according to KrebsonSecurity.

The charges follow a December 20 arrest near Fort Hood, Texas, a base associated with Fort Cavazos where Wagenius was stationed.

Wagenius, described by his mother as a tech-savvy soldier, worked on network communications at an Army base in South Korea before returning stateside.

His mother, Alicia Roen, told cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs, “I never was aware he was into hacking. It was definitely a shock to me when we found this stuff out.”

In a comment to Krebs website, Mrs. Roen wrote, “I am his mother and I am not an open book, I was asked general questions about my sons age and if he was a solider! That is all I said and Krebs already had this information. I never knew my son was involved in any of this or involved with others until I read Krebs 1st article following my sons arrest, which was all new news to me! Do you really think a child would ever tell his parents he was involved in criminal activity?”

Operating under the online alias “Kiberphant0m,” Wagenius is accused of participating in multiple high-profile data breaches. He allegedly sold confidential phone records on online forums in November, claiming to have hacked 15 telecommunications firms, including AT&T and Verizon.

In November, “Kiberphant0m” posted what were purported to be AT&T call logs for President-elect Trump and Vice President Harris, though the authenticity of these records has not been confirmed.

The arrest follows an investigation into a series of data breaches affecting numerous organizations. Wagenius’s alleged accomplices include Canadian national Connor Riley Moucka, known online as “Judische,” who was arrested in late October, and John Binns, currently detained in Turkey.

These individuals are suspected of involvement in the theft and extortion of data from customers of the cloud service Snowflake, among other targets.

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Mystery Over Man Behind Cybertruck Explosion Being a Trump Supporter

Mystery has deepened behind the motivation of the elite soldier who drove a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas after it was revealed that he was a Trump supporter.

Authorities say 37-year-old Alan Livelsberger rented the vehicle more than 800 miles away before traveling to Nevada on the morning of the blast.

Livelsberger, who served in both the Army and National Guard and was a decorated Special Forces Intelligence Sergeant, apparently shot himself in the head before the explosion.

“I’m comfortable calling it a suicide with a bombing that occurred immediately after,” Sheriff McMahill said during Thursday’s press conference.

The incident has taken on an even more bizarre dimension after it was revealed Livelsberger was a Trump supporter.

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