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#1 – Massive Ukrainian Drone Attack Deletes a Third of Russia’s Bomber Fleet and Sends a Warning to the US — by streiff
However, the main impact of this extends beyond Ukraine and Russia.
In December 2024, the U.S. Coast Guard revealed that numerous drones had been following its cutters while they were at sea. Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey suggested that credible sources believed these mysterious drones were coming from an Iranian ‘mother ship’ positioned off the U.S. East Coast. Despite the plausibility of this claim, it faced immediate skepticism.
“There is no Iranian vessel near the U.S. coast, and there is no mothership launching drones towards the United States,” a spokesperson stated, refuting the allegations.
This same phenomenon has been recorded at other sensitive installations, see .
#2 – Republican Rep Asks Dem Witness if She’s a ‘Covert White Supremacist’ – Her Answer Leaves Him Dumbfounded — by Rusty Weiss
Yentel pivoted, unwilling to make such a declaration on the record. Undaunted, the Texas congressman pointed out that she has said on social media that the President is a “vile, despicable racist.”
He also asked the witness if she found Trump’s housing policies to be racist. Again, that’s something she tweeted, and again, it was something she was unwilling to say at the hearing.
Here’s where Gill’s grilling turns into an absolute work of art. He reveals that one of her affiliate charities has expressed that “denial of racism”—something she just denied multiple times—”constitutes covert white supremacy.”
Yentel time and time again refused to say no, leaving Gill by his own admission “dumbfounded.”
#3 – Watch: Sen. Kennedy’s Brutal Takedown of Dem Witness During Hearing on Nationwide Injunctions — by Nick Arama
But Kennedy had more in the tank, and her response was something else.
“On April 22nd, 2024, you said there are some members of the Supreme Court that are evil. Which justices were you talking about?” he asked.
She protested that she didn’t think that she’d said it. But he told her when and in what context it was said. He pressed her and asked her to “own up to it.” “You’re an officer of the court,” he said. He stated that he was embarrassed that she was “teaching our kids.” She said again that she didn’t think she would have said it. That’s when he raised his voice, which he rarely does, “You did!…big as Dallas!”
“Man, when they called Donald Trump the winner – that s*** shut the writers’ room down,” he said, promoting hearty laughter from Amer.
“You should have seen them in there – the first one – boy, they was crying … They couldn’t believe that this was happening.”
(Warning – Language)
Dave Chappelle reveals what the SNL writer’s room looked like when Trump got elected in 2016: “That s**t shut the writers room down.” pic.twitter.com/JwHTe9nyd9
— Variety (@Variety) June 4, 2025
#5 – Fox News, AP, CNN, Others Ran With Massive Hamas-Sourced Fake News, Then the Surveillance Video Came Out — by Bonchie
This harkens back to the mass of false reporting in November of 2023 about Israel supposedly bombing a hospital and killing at least 700 people. By the next day, it was made clear that not only was there no bombing by Israel (a Palestinian Jihad rocket had fallen short in an adjoining parking lot), but that the actual death toll was around 25 people. Yet, CNN, the AP, Fox News, and the rest continue to cite the “Gaza Health Ministry” despite its long history of lying to prop up Hamas. What an absolute disgrace the press is.
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