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Over 90 percent of elite 69th "Hammers" Squadron announce they will protest judicial reforms rather than return to base for scheduled training 37 out of 40 reserve pilots from Israel Air Force's 69th fighter squadron announced they will not show up for their scheduled combat training this Wednesday in protest against the government's planned judicial reforms. The 69th Squadron, which is called the "Hammers" Squadron, is one of Israel's most elite fighter squadrons. Its pilots fly the advanced F-15I Thunderbird aircraft and have participated in Israel's 'war between the wars' campaign to prevent Iranian military entrenchment in Syria...

Inflation re-accelerated in the US and Europe last month, highlighting sticky price pressures that keep central banks ultra-hawkish and committed to increasing the terminal rate. Interest rate markets are still repricing the ‘about face’ in the disinflation narrative, which has caused cross-asset turmoil. Despite the lingering inflation storm, there is good news: global food prices in February declined for the eleventh consecutive month. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index fell .6% last month to 129.8. Last month’s decline was driven by the price of slumping cooking oils and dairy products, while grain and meat prices were...

'Putin has STOLEN our Ukrainian children': Distraught parents tell how THOUSANDS of youngsters never returned from 'summer camps' they went to after being rounded up by Russian troops in 'campaign' likened to ISIS abduction of Yazidi girls Ukraine says it has confirmed that more than 16,000 children have been taken Parents have being tricked into allowing their children to attend 'summer camps' Ukrainian parents have shared their heartbreak at not knowing where their children are or if they will ever see them again after Russian forces kidnapped thousands of youngsters and transported them to 're-education camps' in Russia - in...

A woman in Florida returned her adorable cat to the Humane Society of Broward County late last month because the feline was too affectionate, according to reports. A video of the cat named Jerry, who was surrendered on Dec. 22, 2022, was posted by the society on TikTok with a caption that reads, “Too affectionate!” That's the reason why four-old Jerry's owner surrendered him.

Ukraine will keep renewing efforts to retake the land it controlled prior to 2014 if Russia does not continue fighting, according to the chief of the Wagner group of mercenary fighters, Yevgeny Prigozhin. "I am absolutely sure that Ukraine, with the help of the NATO bloc, will break through these 'red lines' and return those territories that belonged to it until 2014," Prigozhin said in a statement posted to Telegram via his company's page on Saturday. "There is no doubt about it," he added, saying war would then "start again." Such a conflict may "turn out to be even more...

Gov. Chris Sununu (R-N.H.), a potential 2024 contender, on Sunday predicted that former President Trump, who’s running for another White House term, won’t be the GOP’s nominee when it comes the presidential primaries. “As far as a former President Trump, I think he’s going to run – obviously he’s in the race. He’s not going to be the nominee. That’s just not going to happen,” Sununu said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said last week that she expects the party will ask candidates participating on the GOP debate stage to sign a pledge saying...

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WOIO) - A dam designed to prevent toxic water contamination in East Palestine, has failed. Residents tell 19 News heavy rain has caused Leslie Run Creek to rise, and spill over the makeshift dam, near the derailment sight. 19 News was able to obtain several photos of water from that manmade dam covering the Main Street area of town. Residents fear the contaminated water may seep into homes or businesses - causing another level of fear for those who live in the area. Eric Cozza tells 19 News he’s frightened to think about what this new threat...

According to the March 5 U.K. Defense Ministry's intelligence update, Russian soldiers are forced into hand-and-hand combat due to lack of ammunition. The reservists were thus ordered by the Russian Command to assault a Ukrainian concrete strong point with only “firearms and shovels.” “The lethality of the standard-issue MPL-50 entrenching tool is particularly mythologized in Russia. Little changed since it was designed in 1869, its continued use as a weapon highlights the brutal and low-tech fighting which has come to characterize much of the war,” the report states. The U.K. Defense Ministry also commented that one of the reservists described...

VIDEOIf you are ever playing poker with FBI Director Christopher Wray and he makes a head shake after placing a big bet, that is a probably a good time to go all in against him even if you are not holding an optimal hand. Why? As you can see in this video of Wray's recent interview with Brett Baier, he sometimes uses that lie tell while answering questions. In fact he used it twice in a row in this clip. It is the same head shake lie tell that you also see Wray frequently use when answering questions on Capitol...

Heart be still, there are signs Democrats are finally getting the message that voters are sick to death of crime. Make that some Democrats. A brouhaha is brewing on at least three fronts, and the good news is that the White House is on the right side this time. President Biden stunned many in his own party by supporting a Republican-led House bill to overrule a nutty plan in Washington, DC, to reduce penalties for homicides, carjacking, and other violent crimes in the nation’s capital.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigeg lashed out at critics on Sunday, calling Fox News’ Tucker Carlson — born and raised in California — a member of the “East Coast elite” who did not understand the working class. Buttigieg has come under fire lately for his mishandling of a toxic trail derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. He has also been slammed for being on unannounced parental leave during the cargo crisis of 2021, and for being on vacation in Portugal last year as a rail strike loomed — while pretending that he was still in the country.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has left the state on “personal travel” as thousands of desperate residents remain trapped in snow-bound mountain communities where the National Guard failed to arrive as promised. Newsom belatedly declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, March 1 — a week after a blizzard swept the state and stranded residents of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead, and other towns in the San Bernardino mountains. As of Saturday, three days later, the California National Guard had failed to arrive in Crestline. The Los Angeles Times reported: On Saturday, desperate San Bernardino County residents were wondering when National Guard...

Harry admitted he’d used psychedelic drugs to relax and previously took cocaine for a “sense of belonging”The Duke of Sussex was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder by a trauma expert during an interview. Hungarian-Canadian physician Dr Gabor Maté said he came to the conclusion after reading Harry’s explosive memoir Spare. He told the Duke: "Reading the book I diagnose you with ADD, I see it as a normal response to normal stress, not a disease." Harry joked after the diagnosis: "Thanks for the free session." During interview, which was broadcast live online, Harry also admitted he’d used psychedelic drugs to...

An eight-year-old Arkansas boy helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for his favorite Waffle House server after finding out the man lived in a motel room with his family. Kayzen Hunter, 8, often dines at a Waffle House restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas. That’s where he met a friendly server named Devonte Gardner, THV 11 reported. “I come with a positive attitude. I treat everybody with positivity. I love to see everybody smile,” Gardner explained to the outlet. TODAY reported when Hunter learned Gardner had been living in a motel room with his wife and two daughters for eight...

Video at https://twitter.com/redvoicenews/status/1632144616547057664Senator Bernie Sanders is a self-proclaimed “Demonic Socialist”… or “Democratic Socialist,” as he prefers to say. But no matter what evil qualifier you put in front of the word, it all still means he’s a socialist. Or is he? On Friday night’s Bill Maher show, Sanders seemed to say something that runs completely contrary to one of the most basic tenets of socialism. He said he prefers “equality” over “equity.” And in case anyone thinks he may have misspoke or misunderstood the question, he defined equality as pertaining to opportunity, then acknowledged that equity is about results.

The Russian army is welding 80-year-old gun mounts, originally built to arm patrol boats, onto 70-year-old armored tractors—and sending them to Ukraine to get captured by the Ukrainian army. The up-gunned, tracked MT-LBs are further evidence of the Kremlin’s worsening equipment crisis as it struggles to make good its losses in Ukraine. Which is why the Kremlin is pulling out of long-term storage hundreds of 50-year-old T-62 tanks, 60-year-old BMP-1 fighting vehicles and 70-year-old BTR-50P armored tractors. These awkwardly up-gunned MT-LBs just further underscore the Russians’ growing desperation.

Wagner Group msg to Zelenski'...a while back we were seeing a professional army in front of us. Now most of what we are seeing is teenagers and elderly men. You should allow those people to return to their families...'

President Joe Biden is set to pay tribute to the heroes of “Bloody Sunday,” joining thousands for the annual commemoration of the seminal moment in the civil rights movement that led to passage of landmark voting rights legislation nearly 60 years ago. The visit to Selma, Alabama, on Sunday also is an opportunity for Biden to speak directly to the current generation of civil rights activists. Many feel dejected because Biden has been unable to make good on a campaign pledge to bolster voting rights and are eager to see his administration keep the issue in the spotlight. Biden intends...

“The Government of Cuba and The Ocean Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today,” announced The Ocean Foundation last week, “one that marks the first time the Government of Cuba has signed a MoU with a non-governmental organization in the United States. ..The MoU draws on over thirty years of collaborative ocean science and policy work between the organization and Cuban marine research institutions and conservation agencies.” A prime example of that “cooperation” was a CBS "60 Minutes" program back in December of 2011 featuring another in its long line of joint CBS-Castro productions. On that program, Anderson Cooper...