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We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation,” the guard said. “The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn’t know how to react.” “At one point, they launched something; I don’t know how to describe it,” he said. “It was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside.”

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All the world seems atilt now from the Mideast to Europe, and as we near the mid-term elections the Democrats seem to have lost it with all but the mentally handicapped. The brilliant U.S. action in Venezuela is causing major shifts in this hemisphere. Indeed, all the world seems atilt now from the Mideast to Europe, and as we near the mid-term elections, the Democrats seem to have lost it with all but the mentally handicapped. The New WorldArgentina, Chile, El Salvador, and Bolivia seem to have discarded the leftist, anti-American nonsense that has so hampered South America and kept...

A short of tour of the archaeological site of Olympia, home of the Olympic Games for more than a millennium. An Archaeological Tour of Olympia | 10:13 Scenic Routes to the Past | 54.2K subscribers | 7,791 views | January 9, 2026 0:00 Introduction 0:55 Gymnasium and Palaestra 1:39 Philippeion 2:09 Temple of Hera 2:35 Temple of Zeus 4:52 Workshop of Phidias 5:37 Leonidaion 6:12 East side structures 6:56 Treasuries and Metroon 7:42 Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus 8:24 Stadium

Mansur Ashkar analyzes the Minnesota ICE event. He is a retired IDF special forces officer.

The revolt terrifies Western leftist outlets because it breaks the narrative they have maintained for forty-seven years—the narrative of the Islamic Republic as a flawed but authentic anti-imperialist project. Goldie Ghamari on Facebook, 9 January 2025. hat is unfolding in Iran today is neither obscure nor ambiguous; it is visible, audible, and documented across the country, yet much of the Western media landscape treats it as though it were happening behind a fog. The reason is not lack of access, nor insufficient evidence—it is ideological resistance. Iran is witnessing a national reconquest, a moment in which a society openly rejects...

The Talk Shows Jan 11th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Energy Secretary Chris Wright; Sen. Tim coKaine (D-Va.); Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.); Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.). FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: guest-anchored by Jacqui Heinrich: Border czar Tom Homan; Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin; Sen. Bill Cassidy (RINO-La.); Sen. Mark Warner (Deep State-Va.). Panel: John Ashbrook, Annie Linskey, Juan Williams and Roger Zakheim.MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Border czar Tom Homan; Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.); Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey; chief foreign...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(1/11/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesGenesis 4:1-144 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat...

President Trump’s call for Sen. Susan Collins (R) to be ousted in November tossed a monkey wrench into the high-stakes Maine Senate race, raising further questions about the GOP’s most vulnerable incumbent and whether she will be able to pull off another high-wire act in the blue-leaning state this year. Frustrations at the White House boiled over on Thursday after Collins and four other Republicans sided with Democrats on a war powers resolution that would block further military action in Venezuela. While Republicans were miffed at the attack on the handful of members, it’s Collins they are most concerned with...

More than one thousand people crammed into a Minnesota church Saturday for “training” in how to deal with ICE in the wake of Renee Nicole Good’s fatal shooting — during which the radical leftist organizer urged participants to annoy the agents like “mosquitoes.” Program sponsor Monarca trains so-called “upstander legal observers” to follow, track, report, and record Department of Homeland Security officers while they are in the midst of operations, and urged the mostly white, middle-aged and elderly attendees to attend protests with gas masks, sunglasses and phone chargers. “And a pencil,” they said. “In Minnesota, bring a pencil; a...

A rebel Labour MP is threatening to trigger a by-election [Special Election] unless Sir Keir Starmer scraps plans to restrict jury trials. Karl Turner, a former shadow attorney general and criminal barrister, said he was prepared to quit the Commons to force a by-election to make his “principled point”. The Hull East MP broke the party whip for the first time since becoming an MP in 2010 to vote against the proposals and told the Prime Minister that he “ought to be ashamed of himself” over the plans. In an interview with The Sunday Times, he said he was “not...

Italy’s communications regulator, AGCOM, has fined Cloudflare €14.2 million after the company declined to apply government-ordered blocks on its public DNS resolver. The case has become one of the clearest examples in Europe of how national censorship mandates can collide with global internet infrastructure. Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 service, widely used for privacy and fast DNS resolution, was ordered to participate in Italy’s anti-piracy system known as Piracy Shield. The program, launched in 2024, was designed to cut off access to live sports streams and other copyrighted material in near real time. The program has been a disaster. The company refused. Cloudflare...

Angie Craig is a Minnesota congresswoman seeking the Dem nomination for an open Senate seat. Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, Craig's ultraliberal primary opponent, has accused Craig of being too tough on immigration. Craig committed the unforgivable sin -- in leftist eyes -- of voting for the Laken Riley Act, and supporting a House resolution condemning antisemitism and expressing gratitude for ICE. So Craig is clearly on a campaign to atone for her transgressions, and prove to the kind of far-left Dems who vote in Minnesota primaries that she is just as out there as the wackiest of them. MS NOW's...

Journalist Alex Newman, author of the popular book “Deep State” (which is soon to be massively updated and re-released), thinks evil powers trying to overthrow America are distraught because their money and plans are drying up. Newman says, “I think the globalist Deep State is in panic mode, and I think the Left is as well. The operation against Maduro sent a massive shock wave through the global Left. I see the global Left as a tentacle of the global Deep State. It runs right through Venezuela, and it runs right through Minneapolis. Let’s not forget what happened in 2020....

Mass protest is a long way from revolution. The people of Iran have been here before. In 2009, over perceived electoral fraud; in 2019, over fuel prices; in 2022, over the abuses of the morality police. The authorities have honed their playbook, through the thuggery of the revolutionary guard and the Basij militias, the killing of protesters, mass detentions, public executions and the shutting down of the internet. That last point is hugely significant. It means that people don't know if anyone else is going out. They can't connect. It is hard to keep momentum going across Iran's 31 provinces,...

The warning came in a post on X as the U.S. Embassy responsible for Venezuela relayed reports of armed militias targeting travelers for evidence of American citizenship amid mounting civil unrest and public safety breakdowns. "The security situation in Venezuela remains fluid," the State Department wrote on X. "As international flights have resumed, U.S. citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately." Why It Matters The State Department directive follows a fresh spike in violence and instability throughout Venezuela, a country already subject to a Level 4 “Do Not Travel” advisory since 2019. The evacuation order follows notable turbulence in...

LG Electronics’ Australian operation has declined to disclose the extent of the downturn in its local television business, following comments from its South Korean parent at CES that weak consumer demand — particularly for TVs — was a major factor behind an expected quarterly loss. The company is reportedly set to post a loss of approximately A$169 million for the most recent quarter, traditionally one of the strongest periods for consumer electronics manufacturers. LG has been steadily losing ground to arch rival Samsung in the OLED TV segment and continues to struggle to remain competitive in the LED market. While...

In the West, they're building mosques, while in Iran they're tearing them down. In an outpouring of Islamophobia, pro-democracy protesters in Iran have been accused of burning down as many as 30 mosques. Video has shown the Al-Rasool Mosque in Tehran being set on fire on Friday, a ‘holy day’ for Muslims, in a show of troubling ‘Islamophobia’ which Iran’s Chief Islamic Judge warned would result in “maximum punishment”. That’s saying something for a regime which already chops off fingers and rapes female protesters before executing them. It’s unknown what occasioned this ‘Islamophobia’ from protesters. Perhaps it was the generations...

Calls are growing on social media for international soccer fans to boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which is being hosted across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Newsweek reached out to FIFA for comment via email. Why It Matters While there have been some World Cup boycott pushes in recent months, some over the cost of tickets, there are now renewed calls due to growing unrest, immigration fears, and the Trump administration's moves on the international stage—including President Donald Trump saying on Thursday night that the U.S. is “going to start now hitting land” and targeting drug cartels "running...

We review the World First Ready-to-use Lawnbot with eufy V-FSD aka ‪@eufyClean‬ Robot Lawn Mower E18. This is a hands-free and worry-free smart experience robot lawn mower. No wires, no signal issues, and it’s ready to use straight out of the box—this lawn mower is smarter than your average robot. With features like Vision Full Stack Driving (V-FSD), obstacle avoidance, customizable mowing directions, and an easy setup that takes under 5 minutes, the Eufy E15 is revolutionizing lawn care. Watch as we put it through the ultimate tests on real-world terrains and see if it can handle hills, slopes, and...