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Israeli operatives are conducting widespread surveillance of US forces and allies stationed at a new US base in the country’s south, according to sources briefed on disputes about open and covert recordings of meetings and discussions. The scale of intelligence gathering at the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) prompted the US commander of the base, Lt Gen Patrick Frank, to summon an Israeli counterpart for a meeting to tell him that “recording has to stop here”. Staff and visitors from other countries have also raised concerns about Israel recording inside the CMCC. Some have been told to avoid sharing sensitive information...

The Hidden Cost of Convenience: What We Lose When Technology Becomes Our ServantFor most of human history, progress meant learning more. Each new tool expanded capability, extended reach, and added to the skills a person needed to function in the world. But our relationship with technology has changed. Increasingly, progress means we know less while outsourcing more.Artificial intelligence pushes this shift further than any tool before it, and the coming wave of humanoid AI robots will accelerate it. These machines won’t simply take over hard labor—they’ll take over the small daily tasks and judgments that once formed the foundation of...

Elon Musk has restated why the First and Second Amendments exist in the United States. On November 29, 2025, from X.com: And this is why we have the first and second amendments in America. Elon was reacting to a story out of the United Kingdom. British police harassed a British subject who had dared to hold firearms while in Florida, and then post images of him doing so on his LinkedIn account.According to a Daily Mail article:The 50-year-old said he offered to prove that the pictures had been taken in the US – where owning or shooting guns are perfectly...

One way to prove you are a patriotic red-blooded American: buying a house in Qatar — according to Tucker Carlson.The ex-Fox News star, during an appearance at the Doha Forum on Sunday, said he was going to buy real estate in the city on Monday.Carlson referenced accusations he and his media company, the Tucker Carlson Network, have accepted big bucks from Qatari investors, while interviewing Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. He then announced his new purchase.“I have been criticized as being a tool of Qatar, and I just want to say, which you already know, which...

In the history of American governance, few chapters will stain the pages as darkly as the utter failure of the Biden-Harris administration to safeguard unaccompanied migrant children. I must ask this question: If their goal was to intentionally traffic children into sexual slavery and forced labor, how would their actions have been any different? For four catastrophic years, vulnerable minors poured across the Rio Grande and were funneled into a system riddled with incompetence, willful blindness, and flat-out negligence. A report from the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) landed like a bomb and exposed the...

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Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launched a campaign Monday for the U.S. Senate in Texas, telling President Donald Trump, “I'm coming for you," and bringing a national profile to what could be a critical race for Democrats’ long-shot hopes of reclaiming a Senate majority in next year’s midterm elections. Crockett, one of Congress’ most outspoken Democrats, a frequent target of GOP attacks and a Trump target, jumped into the race on the final day of qualifying in Texas. She is seeking the Senate seat held by Republican John Cornyn, who is running for reelection in the GOP-dominated state. “As a candidate...

President Donald Trump announced Monday that the U.S. will permit Nvidia to export its artificial-intelligence (AI) chips to China and other countries, partially reversing a Biden-era restriction on high-end chip exports. Trump said the U.S. will gain a 25% share from the H200 chip exports and that the trade will be closely monitored to safeguard national security. "I have informed President Xi, of China, that the United States will allow Nvidia to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China, and other Countries, under conditions that allow for continued strong National Security," Trump said in a post on Truth...

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Online claims of "large underground structures" discovered under Egypt's famed pyramids of Giza are unfounded, experts in the field say. The assertions stem from a YouTube video featuring three Italian researchers with no background in Egyptology or archaeology. The claims spread on social media after three researchers -- Corrado Malanga, Armando Mei and Filippo Biondi -- held a press conference March 22 and 23 on YouTube. "The pyramids are monumental stone structures, built on a flat plateau," said Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, doctor of Egyptology at the University of Paris-Sorbonne (archived link). "They were then excavated or converted to include burial and...

BREAKING: President Trump EVISCERATES the European Union for fining Elon Musk and X $140M, says he will be getting a "full report" on the situation The EU may have COOKED ITSELF! "Elon has not called me to ask for help, but no, that's tough. I don't think it's right, no! I don't see how they can do that!" "I'll speak about it later. I'll get a FULL report on it." "Europe has to be VERY careful...Europe is going in some BAD directions." @ElonMusk will win this!

Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) gave the very strong impression that she had personally viewed a classified video of a suspected narco-terrorist drug boat involved in an alleged “double tap” strike during an interview with CNN.Actually, she did more than give the impression. She flat-out claimed she watched the video. With her own eyes.Duckworth described it as “deeply disturbing” during an appearance on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday, accusing War Secretary Pete Hegseth of committing “essentially murder” and a potential war crime.When host Dana Bash asked her if she had viewed the video, she did not waver.“I have seen the...

The Church of England has warned Christians to resist "populist forces seeking to exploit the faith for their own political ends" after Tommy Robinson announced a Christmas event in London. The far-right activist has urged supporters to attend a carols event next weekend aimed at "putting the Christ back into Christmas". Church officials have reportedly become unsettled by the number of church symbols and slogans adopted by Mr Robinson's political campaign, with participants of his march in the capital earlier this year chanting "Christ is king" and calling on passersby to defend "God, faith, family [and] homeland". Speaking ahead of...

America, listen carefully. There is a man in California who presents himself as the embodiment of progressive elegance. Impeccable suits, polished rhetoric, and a vision that sounds transformative until you look at the results. His name is Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA). For eight years, he has governed the Golden State with a style that puts spectacle ahead of substance. Now the rest of the country is being courted by his ambitions, and it falls to those of us who have watched this administration up close to sound the alarm: A Newsom presidency would be a fiscal and governance disaster of...

Using the U.S. military to target cartel drug smugglers in Latin America 🟢 Support: 58% 🔴 Oppose: 42% Harvard/Harris poll | 12/2-12/4

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14) I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to...

The artificial intelligence boom may not be as real as it seems. That's according to Pat Gelsinger, former CEO at Intel (INTC), who said the biggest players in AI are now funding their own growth. "The quality of that revenue that they're committing in the future simply isn't as good, right? Because essentially I'm buying my own future revenue. Because rather than you putting your capital at risk, I'm putting my capital at risk. Deals, investments, and credits are ricocheting between Microsoft (MSFT), OpenAI (OPAI.PVT), Google (GOOGL, GOOG), Anthropic (ANTH.PVT), and Amazon (AMZN), forming what Gelsinger calls "circular financing." The...

The girl Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers say they rescued from two kidnappers told her sister before the incident that she was being followed and that someone AirDropped to her a photo of a gun pointed at the house where she was staying, court documents say. The Wyoming Highway Patrol on Nov. 29 arrested two men who were traveling with a 16-year-old girl, on claims the two men were kidnapping her from her home in Wisconsin. They struggled with cellphone pings in the sparse state and resorted ultimately to scouring the state’s roadways until they found the girl, the agency said...

Leading Mariologists Publish Scathing Critique of Vatican Note on Mary’s TitlesIn a lengthy response, the International Marian Association Theological Commission highlights what it sees as significant errors and omissions in the Vatican’s controversial doctrinal note Mater Populi Fidelis.One of the Catholic Church’s foremost associations of Mariologists has issued a strongly critical response to Mater Populi Fidelis, a recently published Vatican doctrinal note that has been criticized for its diminution of some long-established devotional Marian titles.In a 23-page document published Dec. 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the International Marian Association Theological Commission (IMATC) points to various elements of Mater...