🚨🇺🇸 FBI ARRESTS 109 CHILD ABUSERS IN MASSIVE TEXAS TAKEDOWN: "NO PLACE TO HIDE"
FBI Dallas just announced the arrest of 109 child predators and almost 200 total offenders in Operation Soteria Shield, a coordinated assault on child abuse in Texas.
[PostMillennium] “We won a lot of battles out of those forts. It’s no time to change. And I’m superstitious, you know, I like to keep it going, right? I’m very superstitious."
Speaking at a ceremony marking the US Army’s 250th anniversary, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that his administration will resore the original names of seven military bases that had previously honored Confederate leaders.
“For a little breaking news, we are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort AP Hill and Fort Robert E Lee,” Trump said during remarks delivered at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
The bases were renamed under the Biden administration in 2023, following a recommendation from a naming commission. Fort Bragg, for example—one of the most prominent installations in the country—was renamed Fort Liberty at the time.
“We won a lot of battles out of those forts. It’s no time to change. And I’m superstitious, you know, I like to keep it going, right? I’m very superstitious,” Trump said. “We want to keep it going. So that’s a big story.”
In February, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth changed the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg.
"Pursuant to the authority of the Secretary of Defense, Title 10, United States code section 113, I direct the Army to change the name of Fort Liberty, North Carolina to Fort Bragg, North Carolina," Hegseth said, announcing the change. "That's right, Bragg is back."
The original name of the fort—Fort Bragg—was changed to Fort Liberty in June 2023. It had been named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg. Now, the Department of Defense, alongside Pete Hegseth, is changing the name again, this time in honor of Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World War II soldier recognized for his bravery at the Battle of the Bulge. According to a DoD press release, Bragg received both the Silver Star and Purple Heart for his actions during the war.
The initial name change followed recommendations made by a congressional commission in 2021, which was established to identify and rename U.S. military properties linked to Confederate figures. Fort Bragg was one of nine bases included in the commission’s list, according to NBC News.
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While "liberation of the oppressed" is a common theme, wars appear to be all about control. Our nation's 1861-1865 war experience was likely much the same.
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Camp Gordon, near Augusta, the WW II training camp for the 4th and 26th Infantry Divisions, as well as the adjoining 10th Armored Division camp area, (Range 16 and Union Mill Pond area) that trained those that fought under Gen. Patton in Europe.
Having been born at 1941+ Camp Gordon, Augusta GA., and not the 1914-1921 Atlanta area version.
Yes, there were 2 Camp Gordon's
I can say honestly say a vast overwhelming majority of Augustans, of any color, had no problems with the GORDON name.
This renaming was just another (DNC) effort stunt to drive another COLOR Deflection knife into the mix and etc.
Besides, there are some old and conveniently buried historical records that call for some remote parts of Augusta Camp/Ft. Gordon
and the other outlaying former Camp (WWII 10th armor used area), adjoining it also. To revert to the public lands, if those
camps no longer existed.
Renaming Camp/Ft. Gordon it could be argued, it no longer exists beyond the NSA site area and the unused lands should be
return to GA as public use and local TAX roles.
Just like the original Camp Gordon Chamblee, GA site was done, when it was abandoned in September 1921.
[Military History] He couldn’t recall how he had gotten there — all Douglas Hegdahl could remember was leaving behind his glasses in his bunk and going up to the top deck of the cruiser Canberra to watch the ship firing its guns off the Gulf of Tonkin.
"I can’t tell you how I fell from my ship," Hegdahl said after his release in 1969. "All I know is, I walked up on the deck. It was dark and they were firing, and the next thing I recall I was in the water."
Picked up by a North Vietnamese fishing boat after treading water for hours, and handed over to the Viet Cong before being brought to Hỏa Lò Prison, also known as the Hanoi Hilton.
It was there that the 20-year-old sailor from Clark, South Dakota, began one of the greatest non-combatant cons of the war.
Deemed a low-value prisoner due to his low rank, Hegdahl began to exploit this perception.
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[Gateway] Inside a concrete schoolhouse that once echoed with children’s laughter, an elderly woman sits against painted yellow walls, tears streaming down her weathered face. Her family members can’t walk, she explains through sobs to the American missionary-soldier kneeling beside her. They need help evacuating before the bombs start falling again.
This heartbreaking scene unfolded yesterday in southern Shan State, Myanmar, as thousands of civilians fled their homes after Burma Army forces launched a systematic assault on villages east of Pekhon Lake. Leading the rescue efforts is retired U.S. Army Major David Eubank, founder of Free Burma Rangers, whose teams of American/international volunteers and ethnic resistance fighters fare risking their lives to evacuate the wounded and displaced.
Outside the school, two trucks full of Rangers stand ready—a mix of American veterans, second-generation missionaries, and local ethnic graduates of ranger training, acting as translators. These vehicles will evacuate as many wounded as possible, even if it means some Rangers must walk out on foot. It’s this kind of sacrificial commitment that defines the organization Eubank founded in 1997 after tribal leaders specifically requested "a warrior following Jesus" to help their people.
One of the primary rules of FBR is "A Ranger cannot run if the people he is helping cannot run."
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Isn't this where that genocide is going on?
Glad we're stepping in to bring it to a screeching halt.
A crime against humanity is a crime against humanity no matter where it happens on planet Earth.
[FinanceYahoo] The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.1% month over month, below April's 0.2% rise and lower than economists' estimates of a 0.2% monthly gain in prices.
On an annual basis, CPI rose 2.4% in May, a slight uptick from April's 2.3% gain, which marked the lowest yearly increase since February 2021.
On a "core" basis, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, CPI rose 2.8% over the past year in May, matching April. Monthly core prices increased 0.1%, a touch below April's 0.2% gain. Heading into the report, economists had expected core CPI to rise 2.9% year over year and 0.3% month over month.
Declines in car and apparel prices; categories expected to show some of the earliest impacts from tariffs; helped drive a cooler-than-expected core CPI reading last month.
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I actually had a distributor say, you know those price hikes we've been warning you about coming in June...never mind. Crazy, huh, a ready made reason to pad margins turned down.
[ZERO] The House Republican reconciliation bill, currently at the Senate, would, if passed and signed by President Trump, reduce federal spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by $300 billion through 2034.
Goldman Sachs' retail desk found that SNAP dependency across major retail chains is very alarming and clear, with Dollar General (DG) and Dollar Tree (DLTR) most exposed if SNAP reductions are seen.
SNAP-linked exposure to sub-$70K income households hits 5.2% at DG, 3.5% at DLTR—compared to just .4% at Sprouts (SFM). Even Walmart (WMT) isn't safe, with a 3% exposure to SNAP.
"Based on household income profiles and average county exposures, we found that DG and DLTR have the highest exposure to SNAP consumers relative to the other companies, with BJ and SFM having the smallest exposure," Goldman analysts, led by Kate McShane, wrote in a note on Tuesday.
I apologize to the readers for this coming up 'paywall.' It didn't when I posted it the first time. I don't send money for news, any news. Continued on Page 47
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Leonid Tsukanov
Closed societies often turn on those who threaten their image to the outside, even when the threat comes from an innocent who was violated by an honoured leader of the community. ItKs not specific to the Haredi community.
[REGNUM] Israeli society is facing a new threat, this time one that has nothing to do with Iran or other members of the “axis of resistance.”
On June 3, the Knesset held a high-profile hearing on “ritual abuse” of minors by unnamed ultra-Orthodox sects.
According to published information, the mass corruption was allegedly systematic. Many famous figures, whose names are not in a hurry to be revealed to the press, were involved in the sensitive scandal.
Moreover, the incident brought to the fore the deepening differences between the various political camps in Israel, while simultaneously leaving those in power with the temptation to use the plausible pretext of “tightening the screws” against opponents among the zealots of the faith.
STRANGE RITUALS
The main driver of the scandal is activist Yael Ariel, who calls herself “a victim of systematic violence on religious grounds.”
According to Ariel's own statements, she was sexually abused by unnamed cult members for 15 years, which prompted her to fight for the scandal to be made public. Later, other victims with similar stories joined her.
The topic itself is not new for Israel – rumors of systematic violence with religious overtones in closed ultra-conservative institutions have been circulating around the country for decades.
The latest surge of attention to the topic occurred last April, when the popular Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom published a major investigation into cases of rape of minors in Orthodox communities in Israel.
Moreover, judging by some passages cited in the article, it could be about some centralized movement whose adherents operate throughout the country. However, at that time the plot, apparently, went unnoticed.
They returned to it only two months later, at the instigation of MK Pnina Tamano-Shata (Israel Defense Coalition), who organized public hearings. And this time, the victims' appeals apparently reached the right ears.
Almost all major media outlets in the country wrote about the "sectarian outrage" the very next day, especially since the victims of violence this time did not skimp on details. According to them, not only marginal religious fanatics but also representatives of the secular world - doctors, teachers, police officers - participated in the rituals of raping minors.
“Former and current Knesset members” were also mentioned, although they were all referred to anonymously and without making any direct accusations.
However, law enforcement officials received a portion of criticism for their inaction and unwillingness to counteract the sectarians, among whom there are allegedly many influential figures.
The latter, however, was clearly thrown out of emotion: the representatives of the special services present at the meeting assured that the case had long been in motion and the testimony of the victims was “being verified at the highest level.” And the non-public nature of the work was dictated by the desire not to frighten the key figures.
However, if even half of what was said at the hearings turns out to be true and the details of the case are made public, the scandal will become one of the largest in the country in the last few decades.
MEN IN BLACK
The scandal with the sectarians fits well with another line of division within the country - the deterioration of relations between the ruling coalition and the ultra-Orthodox.
Benjamin Netanyahu's government is continuing its efforts to replenish the army's operational reserves by recruiting adherents of conservative religious movements (the so-called "haredim", who are currently exempt from conscription) and thereby increase the army's operational capabilities.
The conservative wing is mostly against it. Even though the Likud party, led by the Prime Minister (the main developer of the initiative), has significantly softened the letter of the proposed law.
Thus, the recruitment quota was reduced to 4.8 thousand people per year (versus 5.5 thousand in the original version); the authorities also proposed making it fixed, rather than “indexed” from year to year. A significant number of concessions were provided for conservative recruits.
However, even with this formulation of the question, the initiative is being met with hostility. Netanyahu's former allies - in particular, the Sephardic Shas party led by Aryeh Deri - are threatening to achieve the dissolution of the Knesset, and at the same time to break up the ruling coalition in the event that the "Haredi law" is put into effect.
SWORD OF DAMOCLES
Although the Haredi rights advocates among the MKs formally have no ties to the sectarians involved in the scandal (and, moreover, have strongly condemned any violence against minors, promising to punish the perpetrators), the scandal came at a very inopportune time for them.
The reason for this is the mysterious “Knesset list,” which allegedly contains information about politicians involved in sexual scandals and which is being touted by some sensation-hungry mass media.
It may well become a convenient tool for blackmailing conservatives - not so much because of the latter's guilt, but out of fear of inevitable reputational losses. Especially since Israeli society in recent years has reacted extremely painfully to any scandals in which clergy are involved, and it will be easy to bring it to the necessary emotions.
Even if the accusations ultimately turn out to be false, the religious parties will spend time defending their honor, giving their opponents the opportunity to complete their planned reforms. The prime minister's entourage is well aware of this.
However, Netanyahu's supporters are unlikely to turn this scandal into a permanent tool of pressure on the conservative wing.
Moreover, the destabilized camp of the Orthodox will inevitably pull along with it the ultra-right “hawks” – Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich – without whose support the ruling coalition will find itself on the brink of legitimacy.
And this is fraught with new early elections, which the growing opposition will not fail to take advantage of.
Moreover, the split along religious lines in itself is a serious challenge for Israel.
The disruption of the balance between the Orthodox and moderate Jews threatens the rapid collapse of the country's established system of political balancers, which ensures that the interests of the main strata of society are taken into account and, as a result, stability in the face of external and internal challenges.
Leave the increasingly powerful opponents in the saddle or try to break the established balance on their own and at the risk - in the context of the confrontation with Iran, when any short-sighted decision could make the country more vulnerable?
For Netanyahu's cabinet, the question remains largely rhetorical.
[Times of IS] Tel Aviv University researchers say neutrophils can be late-stage breast cancer target and biomarker; Beilinson Hospital scientist uses immunotherapy to treat HER2-negative breast cancer.
Tel Aviv University researchers say they have found that a type of white blood cell, usually known for fighting infection, might help breast tumors grow and spread.
The findings about neutrophils, a white blood cell type primarily known for its protective role as an immune cell, could help scientists treat breast cancer by using such cells not only as a warning sign but also as a potential treatment target for late-stage breast cancer.
"It’s a new way of thinking about how the immune system can both fight and fuel cancer," Dr. Merav Cohen, of the Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology at the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, told The Times of Israel by telephone.
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[FoxNews] Israeli-made SMASH 2000L smart scope uses AI to guarantee hits on aerial threats during combat.
The U.S. Army is giving its soldiers a high-tech edge in the fight against drones, and it’s called SMASH.
During a live-fire training exercise on June 6 in Germany, a soldier with the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment used the SMASH 2000L smart scope mounted on an M4A1 rifle to target drones in the sky.
The demo was part of Project Flytrap, a multinational training event.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
