CW2 / Domestic violence - Heightened THREAT
June 8 - Surround the WH.
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Yesterday, work crews installed”anti-scaling” riot fencing around the entire perimeter of the White House. This is believed to be in anticipation of the “Surround the White House” protest scheduled for today.
Advocacy and activist groups like CODEPINK and the Council on American Islamic Relations said on Friday that demonstrations were planned on Saturday, marking eight months of Israel’s war in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands while causing a humanitarian crisis with widespread hunger and destruction.
OBSERVATION - There are also other protests scheduled in multiple cites this weekend under the same theme. Potential for local violent actions - stay situationally aware.
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George Conway told The Daily Show that after the election “we still have to live with those people [Trump supporters] and we are going to have to deprogram them at some point.”
OBSERVATION - He is the latest Democrat to suggest that “MAGA” supporters be carted off for “reprogramming” (likely inferring to re-education camps). Yesterday I posted sentiments from Paula Collins, who is running unopposed in the June 25 Democratic primary, trying to unseat Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) in New York’s 21st Congressional District echoing the same.
These aren’t the “fringe” of the Democrat party, this is the core of the party today. They join the likes of Hillary Clinton, Katie Couric, and Wapo columnist, Eugene Robinson, among many. They are telling us of their plans openly.
They will not willingly release the power they have gotten their hands on.
Economy-
The U.S. economy added far more jobs than expected in May, countering fears of a slowdown in the labor market and likely reducing the Federal Reserve’s impetus to lower interest rates.
Nonfarm payrolls expanded by 272,000 for the month, up from 165,000 in April and well ahead of the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 190,000, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Previous months’ reports saw small revisions: The March gain dropped to 310,000, down 5,000, while April’s saw a cut of 10,000 to 165,000.
On the flip side -
4% unemployment rate - risen yet again for the third consecutive month in a row, hitting four percent across the US. This marks the first time that unemployment reached that point since January 2022 in the second year of Joe Biden’s presidency.
-250,000 in the labor force
-408,000 people employed
Labor Force Participation Rate falls to 62.5%
Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), a large portion of the jobs that were added in May consisted of 68,000 added in healthcare, 43,000 added in government jobs, and leisure and hospitality increased by 42,000 jobs. Most other industries did not see as large of a bump and employment “showed little or no change over the month in other major industries, including mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; construction; manufacturing; wholesale trade; transportation and warehousing; information; financial activities; and other services.”
Of those jobs added to the workforce, only 81,400 were from private production and nonsupervisory employees, translating to that the majority of jobs added to the economy are not blue-collar jobs, or part of the “typical worker” in the US labor force, as defined by the Economic Policy Institute and usually accounts for 80 percent of the labor force. The stat may seem to be in contrast with Biden’s pitch to blue-collar Americans that work is readily available for them in the private sector.
The BLS revealed that around 133.3 million people in the United States had full-time jobs in May, which was 625,000 less than the month before. However, the number of people having part-time jobs surged by 286,000 to just over 28 million.
As a result of the loss of part-time jobs to 161 million, the total number of American workers collapsed by 408,000.
It was also discovered that the number of foreign-born workers employed in the U.S. skyrocketed last month, rising by 637,000 for the year to nearly 32 million, while native-born workers declined by almost 300,000.
Kobeissi Letter writes (from “X”) -
“Something doesn’t add up here:
All of the headlines say that the US economy added 272,000 jobs in May.
However, when you dig deeper into the data you can see that full-time employment actually FELL by -625,000.
Meanwhile, part-time employment rose by 286,000 along with the unemployment rate to 4.0%.
This is the biggest drop in full-time employment since December 2023.
It’s also the first month with 4.0%+ unemployment since February 2022.
How is this a “strong” labor market?”
OBSERVATION - At this stage of the election cycle, these numbers are pretty well cooked up. An increasing unemployment rate versus a “robust” economy, huh? As Kobeissi states - things are not adding up here.
Wuhan and other “new” Plandemics –
The 9th Circuit just stripped mRNA shots of legal liability protection saying it’s not a vaccine if the claim isn’t to prevent the spread of the disease.
COVID shots were claimed to “reduce symptoms” and prevent hospitalization. Those claims make it a treatment. NOTE - This standard was progressively downgraded from prevent to ‘reduce symptoms’ over time by the CDC et al, inclusive with a complete redefinition of what the term “vaccine” meant.
This ruling that the Covid-19 vaccine was not a vaccine, only a medical treatment that employers (and the govt) could not mandate has opened wide the legal challenges to those who mandated it as well as Pfizer and Moderna.
POLITICAL FRONT –
July 15 RNC convention in Milwaukee, WI
August 19 DNC convention in Chicago, IL
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The United States may have to deploy more strategic nuclear weapons in coming years to deter growing threats from Russia, China and other adversaries, a senior White House aide said on Friday: “We need to be fully prepared to execute if the president makes that decision.”
OBSERVATION - This is scary in the sense that the person holding the nuclear football likely messed his depends over the weekend in Normandy.
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“Today, the Court became aware of a comment that was posted on the Unified Court System’s public Facebook page and which I now bring to your attention,” Judge Juan Merchan shared in a letter to Trump’s attorneys and prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office.
“In the comment, the user, ‘Michael Anderson,’ states: ‘My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted… Thank you folks for all your hard work!!! ….’” Merchan wrote.
OBSERVATION - If true, the case must automatically be thrown out. Intense speculation since its release, apparently the heads up came from higher courts to Merchan - implying that they did some verification of the message before forwarding. Others are claiming the poster is merely a troll. Others speculating on if this is some ploy by Merchan to dodge accountability for how he ran the trial, etc. Specific note - the jurors were not sequestered and had plenty of opportunity to interact with others outside the court room. That, combined with the overwhelming bias of the jury pool against Trump, there is high probability that this event is real.
Russia -
Recent commentary and statements by putin indicate he is prepared for a long war of attrition against Ukraine. He is betting his country’s larger population and his will against western support of Ukraine, believing that the west lacks the commitment to go the long run.
Ukraine –
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures highs in the 80 - 90s and fair.
RUMINT –
Russian elite forces reportedly decimated in fighting on the Kharkiv front.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Ukrainian air defense shot down 9 Shahed drones overnight.
Ukrainian drones have attacked airfield in Mozdok, local authorities reported 3 were shot down
Unconfirmed reports that Ukrainian attacks to drive Russian forces out of Hlyboke have started. Hlyboke is, a small village between Kharkiv and Belgorod.
Russian forces continued to press attacks all along the eastern front.
Outlook —
Little open reporting on the status of fighting along the many fronts in Eastern Ukraine. Most of the reporting is coming from monitored Russian milbloggers, RU telegraph channels and Ukrainian equivalents. So there is a lot of incomplete and in some cases incorrect information out there.
What is discernible is that Ukraine is gaining the initiative in the Kharkiv region and that Russia appears to be shifting units from fighting further south to the area to try to secure the gains that it has made.
What is also discernible is that efforts to capture places like Chaziv Yar have stalled out and Russian forces are shifting laterally to try to find another way around these strongholds.
What is also discernible is that Russia is increasingly reliant on unarmored vehicles to conduct their meat attacks, including using essentially ATVs, golf carts and motorcycles to get troops to their jump off points.
Rearmed Ukraine forces are increasingly destroying Russian logistic supports to the front.
How successful either side is at this stage is not clear, but what is clear is that the situation is changing in one way or anther.
Europe / NATO General –
First, a warehouse in east London being used to supply aid to Ukraine burned down. Weeks later, an Ikea in Vilnius, Lithuania, mysteriously caught fire.
Swedish investigators were already looking into the possibility that several railway derailments could have been caused by a state-backed saboteur.
Then an inferno engulfed the largest shopping centre in Warsaw, Poland’s capital. It was Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, who began joining the dots to suggest the West was under attack by Russian espionage.
“We are examining the threads – they are quite likely – that the Russian services had something to do with the Marywilska fire,” he said last month.
His claims were further bolstered when a former Russian soldier was arrested north of Paris this week after explosives detonated in his hotel room.
Warnings from European intelligence agencies that Russia is plotting acts of sabotage on the Continent in its escalation of the stand-off with the Nato military alliance have been thrust into the limelight.
An intelligence assessment shared with Western governments claims that Russia’s notorious GRU military intelligence agency, known for its attacks on foreign soil using highly trained agents, is now turning to criminal gangs to carry out attacks in Europe.
OBSERVATION - I’ve noticed suspicious acts in the past months, but unready to put a finger on whether or not this was Russian backed actions. As per the above, there is increasing evidence that Russia likely behind these acts.
ISRAEL –
Key overnight developments -
- IDF and security police rescued 4 hostages from Gaza
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Lest we forget - there are still hostages being held in Gaza.
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) successfully reestablished the temporary pier in Gaza, enabling the continued delivery of much-needed humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.
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Four Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival during the group’s 7 October attacks have been rescued, Israel’s army has announced.
Those rescued are Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrei Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, the Israel Defense Forces said.
They were rescued in a joint “complex” daytime operation, conducted with Israel Security Agency and Israel Police, from two separate locations in Nuseirat, central Gaza, the IDF said.
They are in good medical condition and have been transferred to the ‘Sheba’ Tel-HaShomer Medical Center for further medical examinations, the IDF said.
OBSERVATION - More specifically rescue occurred at the Nuseirat refugee camp. UNRWA silent on this abuse by Hamas. . . .
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Bibi responded to the disgraceful and shameful decision by the UN to blacklist Israel: “The UN today put itself on the blacklist of history when it joined the supporters of the Hamas murderers. The IDF is the most moral army in the world and no illusory decision by the UN will change that”
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Israeli army identifies 8 more militants killed in strike on UNRWA school in Gaza’s Nuseirat, taking toll of confirmed terror operatives to 17.
IDF reports fierce fighting in central Gaza and Rafah.
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American-British air strikes reported in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen.
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The rescue of live hostages is a ray of hope. But notice that Hamas continues to use generally shielded areas - such as a refugee camp - to hold hostages, just like they continue to use schools and hospitals to launch military operations from. One knows darn well those ‘innocent’ Gazans knew full well hostages were being held in their midsts and supported the fact. Of course, the UN is silent on this as well.
Israel’s intelligence system is incredible in that they produce accurate and timely actionable intelligence. The success of the hostage rescue is a credit to that fact. I hope the rescue brought more intel on where other hostages are being held.
IDF has fully secured the Philadelphia corridor to the Med, effectively isolating Hamas from resupply from or escape to Egypt. Many reports of the progress of the fight in Rafah are wrapped in layers of OPSEC, but IDF is progressing thru the town and Hamas is taking heavy casualties by death and surrender.
Houthi have been far quieter than at the start of the Gaza war. This is either due to the reduction in potential targets or the effectiveness of defensive fire and air strikes on its facilities.
Mexico -
Mexico’s new president is very pro LGBT, and the traditional Catholic core of the country is reacting very negatively about that.
CW2 / Domestic violence - Heightened THREAT
June 8 - Surround the WH.
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The surround the WH event went off with its usual leftist -pro hamas fervor. Reportedly hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestine protesters and activists gathered outside the White House in Washington, DC, completely surrounding it. As Pro-Palestine supporters have tagged a Washington, DC statue with graffiti while throwing items at Park Police, as they held up a bloody mask depicting President Joe Biden while another protester burns an American flag behind him. The statue outside the White House has been sprayed with “FJB” during the pro-Palestine protest
OBSERVATION - I note again the vitriol by these protestors against democrats in charge. Very much anti biden, very little anti trump. Yesterday’s details of the Israeli hostage rescue probably added to the hatred. These ease at which these generally communist leftists shifted sides and cohort with essentially jihadists is interesting. One would think the anger would be funneled towards Trump but it is not.
Lots of vandalism, but very few arrests.
Economy-
“All of the net job growth over the last year has gone to foreign-born workers, (a category which the Labor Dept. admits includes illegal aliens) while native-born Americans have lost a net 300k jobs,” Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni wrote on X.
“No wonder Americans view economy so terribly: they aren’t the ones [with] the jobs; native-born employment is not only millions below pre-pandemic trend, but even below pre-pandemic level, while millions more foreign workers are employed today than Feb ’20, and back to trend,” Antoni wrote.
Ukraine –
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures highs in the 80 - 90s and fair.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Ukraine pushing attacks at the Kharkiv axis overnight near Lyptsi, Hlyboke and Vovchansk. A Ukraine spokesman states “most of Vovchansk is under control of Ukraine Defense forces”
In general, Russia continues to press attacks across most of the eastern front, with no apparent or significant gains.
A Su-57, Russia’s most advanced fighter jet, was damaged on June 8 at the Akhtubinsk airfield. This airfield is located 589 kilometers away from the contact line. The Su-57 is known for its use of Kh-59 and Kh-69 missiles.
Outlook —
Evidence continues to build that Ukraine has not only blunted but is now in the process of turning back the Russian attack towards Kharkiv.
Reports indicate that Russia is still pressing the fight on the other areas of the front, but are not making any progress. Russia is wasting resources quickly while Ukraine is building up for potential counter offensives.
Ukraine’s really deep game is showing more success at hitting airfields and other targets in Russia.
ISRAEL –
Key overnight developments -
- Hamas et al trying to paint yesterday’s hostage rescue as a massive massacre.
- An Al Jazeria reporter and a doctor were two that were holding hostages in their homes.
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Lest we forget - there are still hostages being held in Gaza.
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One of the Israeli hostages that was rescued yesterday during the Joint-Operation in Central Gaza, 26-Year-Old Noa Argamani was being held captive in the home of Abdallah Aljamal, a photojournalist and writer/editor for both Al-Jazeera and the Palestinian Chronicle. During the operation, Abdallah and several members of his family were killed while attempting to prevent the rescue of Noa. Additionally, there was a medical doctor living at the same house. He too was killed as he tried to prevent the rescue.
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Fighting continues throughout Gaza.
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Resumption of the Hezbollah attack / Israeli retaliatory attack series overnight.
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Egypt and Jordan, two countries that have peace treaties with Israel, condemned the Israeli rescue of four hostages on Saturday — as did officials from the European Union (EU) and United Nations (UN) — over Palestinian casualties.
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The Pro-hamas bots and nut jobs flooded social media since yesterday, trying to drive the narrative that Israel’s rescue of 4 hostages was essentially a massacre of innocent civilians. Some elements, like the EU and UN picked up the hamas narrative, but bottom line is - when civilians willingly in-prison them in their homes and then fight to prevent their rescue, they are fair game.
BTW - Noa’s voice was used in a recent propaganda/psyops release by Hamas.
Expect the systematic elimination of Hamas to continue. I expect that the hostage rescue may generate some immediate shifting of hostage locations which may result in new leads on their new locations. Expect more Hamas resources devoted to guard them. Both can be indicators for IDF in their search.