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Still from the surveillance video included in the Idaho State Journal article. Idaho State Journal (Jimmy Hancock) reports (including video): U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ryan Douglas Nelson faces two criminal charges [for] {misdemeanor battery and malicious injury to property} after police say he battered a man by swiping the glasses from his face, tossing them across an asphalt lot and stomping on them during an April confrontation over a parking space in Idaho Falls…. The alleged victim says Nelson’s truck was angled into a parking space — the bulk of his truck in one spot with the…
From The 2036 Issue: How will Bitcoin fare as the world shifts into a state of increasing multipolarity? By Lyn Alden As I write this in 2026, the world is becoming more multipolar, and I expect that trend to continue over the next decade through 2036. In reality, it was this recent unipolar period that was historically anomalous. Starting from the end of World War II in 1945 and especially since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States has existed as the world’s sole hyperpower. For the first time in history, telecommunications and industry connected the…
Story at-a-glance Research links microplastic exposure to chronic diseases like high blood pressure, stroke, and diabetes, ranking among the top 10 predictors of these conditions Communities with higher microplastic levels experienced significantly more chronic diseases, with risk steadily increasing alongside higher plastic concentrations A study found microplastics embedded in artery plaque, and affected patients were over four times more likely to experience heart attacks, strokes, or death Plastic particles trigger inflammation and immune responses when lodged in tissues, raising disease risk even in people without conventional risk factors Effective ways to reduce exposure include filtering your drinking water, avoiding plastic…
Recent U.S. intelligence reports raised alarms about Israel spying on American officials to gain insight into the Trump administration’s approach to the Iran War, according to separate reports from the New York Times and NBC News. The Times reported Saturday that U.S. intelligence offices discern an elevated threat of Israeli espionage operations targeting Steve Witkoff, the top American negotiator with Iran, Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s under secretary of defense for policy, and Michael DiMino, one of Colby’s top deputies. Colby and DiMino are widely perceived to be part of an America First faction that is skeptical of military intervention in…
The Iranian military said that it had launched ballistic missile strikes on Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait and also targeted the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, as a tenuous ceasefire to the Iran War entered its 60th day on Saturday. U.S. Central Command said on Friday evening U.S. Eastern Time that it had shot down four Iranian drones, adding that the drones “posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic.” NBC News, citing current and former U.S. officials, reported Friday that the Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat assessment of Israeli spying operations against the U.S. to…
With the West boiling alive and systemic shocks hitting Europe and Australia, the concept of a backup plan has turned from a ‘nice-to-have’ into a survival necessity. But where do you go when you need freedom, sustainability, and a break from the chaos? Look around. The water is getting hotter every single day. We are staring down the barrel of potential fuel shortages that could cripple entire regions. This isn’t fear-mongering; it’s just reading the script they are following. When the trucks stop rolling, the shelves go empty, and the grid goes down, do you want to be stuck in…
Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. Gaza Flotilla Boats Get Their Resilience From Palestinians. Gaza flotilla boats have become like Palestinians. They, like Palestinians, have been attacked, beaten, partially destroyed and thrown to the four winds by a brutal, violent Israeli government. Some of the 2026 Gaza flotilla boats were purposefully damaged so severely by Israeli military forces that they sank, like Palestinians who are under the genocidal rubble of endless criminal Israeli bombings. After two brutal interceptions in international waters in April and May 2026, many resilient Gaza flotilla boats have been found floating in a variety of…
For most of this year, President Trump has proclaimed that street crime in Washington D.C. is virtually nonexistent. He assigns credit for this development, too – to himself for deployment National Guard on the streets of the nation’s capital after declaring last August that "out of control" crime in the capital was a national emergency. Source link
Vali Kaleji for The Craddle On the eve of Armenia’s crucial parliamentary elections on 7 June, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during a brief visit to Yerevan on 26 May, signed three highly significant agreements in a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. These included the “Framework Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the United States of America on Strategic Cooperation Concerning the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP),” the “Charter on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Republic of Armenia and the United States,” and the “Republic of Armenia–United States of America Framework For Securing of Supply in the…
Until recently, American politics operated on a simple premise: Aspiring politicians must suck up to party bosses, run for local office, earn supporters, master policy details and only then earn a shot at higher office. Source link