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Elon Musk has revealed the results of a drug test in an effort to defuse claims that he was routinely taking ketamine in the run-up to the US election. The world’s richest man shared a report from a drug testing lab that contained a set of negative results for illegal and medical substances, including ecstasy, cocaine and ketamine. Published on his social media platform X, Mr Musk revealed results from a urine sample submitted to an Austin medical lab on June 13. It comes after the billionaire denied claims of drug-taking following a New York Times report in May. In...

Fewer than 10 ballistic missiles were launched from Iran at Israel overnight, according to IDF assessments. The missiles came in three overnight attacks just after midnight, at 3:30 a.m., and 4:30 a.m. There were no reports of impacts in urban areas or injuries. The number of missiles marks a significant dip after three consecutive nights in which scores of missiles were fired.

Broadband and Heathrow’s third runway are to be counted as defence spending under Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to redraw the definition of national security. The Government’s national security review, due to be published before a Nato summit next week, will expand the definition to include economic stability, food prices, supply chains, crime and the internet. It could allow the UK to hit Nato’s new defence spending target of five per cent of GDP without committing any further public money. Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, has proposed member states spend 3.5 per cent on core defence activities and a further 1.5...

June 5, 1967 was a day that will live in glory in the annals of Jewish history. On that day in 1967, the Israeli air force destroyed on the ground and in the air the Arab air forces, and gained full supremacy in the air, and ultimately on the ground and at sea. This was the Six Day War—52 years ago. It was one of the greatest victories in Jewish history, and a seminal event in Israel’s history. It all began a month earlier. The Egyptian dictator Gamal Abdel Nasser made bellicose statements on the Voice of the Arabs radio...

Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said there will be some surprises amid the Jewish State's conflict with Iran that will make Israel's explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies used by members of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria last year look "simple." "We've pulled off a number of surprises," Leiter said during a Tuesday appearance on the TV network Merit Street. "When the dust settles, you're going to see some surprises on Thursday night and Friday that will make the beeper operation almost seem simple," he continued. ... Leiter on Tuesday also posted a video message on X that was...

"Realize where we are." — Oilfield Rando on "X". Saturday morning, we toodled over to the next town, Salem, New York, (pop. 2,612, per capita income $19,499) fifty miles northeast of Albany, to catch one of the hundreds of “No Kings” demos across the nation sponsored by Shanghai-based software billionaire Neville Roy Singham, Walmart heiress Christy Walton, Paypal partner (and Linked-in founder) Reid Hoffman, and father-and son team, George and Alex Soros. Speaking of Alex Soros, Saturday also happened to be his wedding day, to Huma Abedin, former Hillary Clinton sidekick and BFF (and ex-wife of disgraced congressman and convicted...

Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia’s Security Council, traveled to Pyongyang on Tuesday under the direct orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin, signaling a deepening of strategic military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. The visit, Shoigu's second in less than two weeks and third meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in just three months, comes as Moscow seeks to draw Pyongyang closer in its protracted war effort in Ukraine. Observers say the visit suggests a bid by Russia to leverage shifting global attention — particularly the West’s growing preoccupation with escalating tensions between Israel and Iran — to secure...

The migrant riots were about causing chaos, not about advocating for illegal aliens. The "Summer of Love" of 2020 refers to the period of social unrest, protests, riots, and billions of dollars in property damage following the death of George Floyd that May. It involved widespread demonstrations against law enforcement and perceived racial injustice, fueled by the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Five years later, just a few weeks before summer officially begins, we are kicking off the “Summer of Cloward-Piven.” Cloward-Piven is rarely mentioned by corporate media and is seldom heard from the lips of...

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President expresses confidence in Israel's actions, hints at potential diplomatic moves.

“‘For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you’” (Matthew 7:2). Most people feel free to judge other people harshly because they erroneously think they are somehow superior. The Pharisees considered themselves exempt from judgment because they believed they perfectly measured up to the divine standards. The problem was that these weren’t divine standards—they were mere human standards they had established far short of God’s holy and perfect law. When we assume the role of final, omniscient judge, we imply that we are qualified to judge—that we...

Less than a week after the elimination of his predecessor, Ali Shadmani, the new commander of Iranian forces in the current war, was bombed in a command center in Tehran earlier today.

If you search “shrimp Jesus” on Facebook, you might encounter dozens of images of artificial intelligence (AI) generated crustaceans meshed in various forms with a stereotypical image of Jesus Christ. Some of these hyper-realistic images have garnered more than 20,000 likes and comments. So what exactly is going on here? The “dead internet theory” has an explanation: AI and bot-generated content has surpassed the human-generated internet. But where did this idea come from, and does it have any basis in reality? What is the dead internet theory? The dead internet theory essentially claims that activity and content on the internet,...

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Publicity seeking President Emmanuel Macron, of France, mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a “cease fire” between Israel and Iran. Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire. Much bigger than that. Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong. Stay Tuned! 2.15k ReTruths 9.2k Likes Jun 17, 2025, 1:15 AM

Following precise intelligence received by the IDF Intelligence Directorate and an emergent opportunity overnight (Tuesday), the IDF struck a staffed command center in the heart of Tehran and eliminated Ali Shadmani, the War-Time Chief of Staff, the most senior remaining military commander, and the closest remaining figure to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Shadmani served as War-Time Chief of Staff and Commander of the Emergency Command of the Iranian Armed Forces. He commanded both the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian army. At the start of the operation, he was appointed to command the Iranian Armed Forces after...

The anti-Israel, pro-Iran faction on the right lost Trump. Whether or not America takes part in the fighting, the administration is complicit in the battle against a rogue, terrorist state. And the isolationist “woke right” is furious about that. Jonathan S. Tobin. (June 16, 2025 / JNS). Who is losing the most in the successful strikes on Iran by the Israeli Defense Forces? At the top of the list is, obviously, the Islamist regime itself. It has had its terrorist infrastructure in the form of the leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as well as what is left of...

Historically, America has had several successful interventionist wars and several failed ones. If we go back in time, we see that the Spanish-American War was successful and historic, unquestionably establishing American hegemony over the entire continent. The same goes for World War I and World War II, which, despite their heavy toll, were essential in transforming America into a superpower with unprecedented strength in human history. __ (Tucker Carlson types)

Betrayal! Instead of dealing with Texas property taxes, I’m releasing a list of some of the things that the Texas House prioritized this session. All of these PASSED the House, yet no bills to eliminate property taxes were even allowed to be debated!

State Attorney General Letitia James is conducting a misconduct probe of a New York local law enforcement agency helping the Trump administration crack down on illegal immigration, The Post has learned. The AG’s office asked Oswego County Sheriff Don Hilton for documents outlining any cooperation between local law enforcement officials and federal agencies, including Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security. A letter from the office asked Oswego County Sheriff Don Hilton to turn over any agreements between the office and any federal agency “concerning the enforcement of federal immigration law” – and it also asks...