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Thomas Massie Called U.S.–Israel Defense Tech Integration ‘Dangerous.’ The House Passed It Anyway.
The House passed the $1.15 trillion FY2027 NDAA 216–212 despite bipartisan warnings that Section 219, which permanently institutionalizes U.S.–Israel defense technology cooperation, could compromise American sovereignty and bind future presidents to an arrangement they cannot easily exit.
Pentagon Admits Nearly 100 Troops Injured in Iran Strikes After Months of Disputed Casualty Counts
The Pentagon admitted nearly 100 U.S. troops were injured in Iranian strikes since July 7, one day after calling such reports ‘baseless,’ while its own official casualty database continued to show zero wounded in action for July.
Pentagon Casualty Cover-Up: U.S. Official Says Iran War Injuries ‘Far More’ Than Disclosed
A U.S. official tells The Intercept that Iranian attacks have wounded ‘far more’ American troops than the Pentagon’s official casualty count reflects, continuing a documented pattern of underreporting that began at the war’s outset.
Flock Safety’s AI Camera Network Tracks 100,000+ Locations: Federal Agencies Access Data Without Local Approval
Over 100,000 Flock Safety AI cameras now blanket U.S. streets, feeding a shared database accessible to federal agencies including the FBI and ICE, while EFF investigations document the system’s use to surveil protesters, target minorities, and track individuals without warrants or local oversight.
Trump Administration Poised to Let Saudi Arabia Enrich Uranium: Draft Nuclear Deal Bypasses Traditional Safeguards
A draft US-Saudi nuclear cooperation agreement awaiting Trump’s signature would permit Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium without requiring the enhanced IAEA safeguards long considered the minimum standard for such deals.
Microplastics Found Inside Arterial Plaque Linked to 4.5x Greater Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack, and Death
Peer-reviewed research has found that patients with microplastics embedded in carotid artery plaque face a 4.53-fold higher risk of heart attack, stroke, or death — while separate studies confirm plastic concentrations in arterial plaque are 51 times higher in stroke survivors than in people with healthy arteries.
ICE Body Cameras at Maine Shooting Scene Were Equipped but Deliberately Disabled: Officers Reveal Lens Covers Left On
Four ICE officials confirmed officers at the Maine shooting scene wore camera-equipped Motorola devices, but the camera functions were inactive — lenses physically covered — due to a competing vendor contract with Axon.
Moroccan Intelligence Whistleblower Confirms Pegasus Spyware Deployed Against Journalists, Politicians Since 2017
A former Moroccan DGST intelligence agent, corroborated by leaked documents and Amnesty International forensic analysis, has provided the most detailed insider account to date of how Morocco deployed Pegasus spyware against journalists, human rights defenders, and foreign officials beginning in 2017.
Trump Threatens Iran’s Power Grid as US Naval Blockade Reignites Strait of Hormuz Crisis
Trump threatens to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges as the US reimposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports for the second time in 2026, while Iran warned it would shut down all regional energy exports in response.
Sen. Ron Johnson Demands Elsevier Records: Peer-Reviewed SIDS-Vaccine Study Removed From Toxicology Reports
Sen. Ron Johnson has formally demanded that Elsevier and Toxicology Reports release all records related to the removal of a peer-reviewed paper analyzing VAERS data on vaccines and SIDS, following a similar demand from HHS Secretary RFK Jr.
US Launches Fourth Wave of Strikes on Iran as Strait of Hormuz Ceasefire Collapses: Gulf States Under Fire
The US launched four consecutive rounds of strikes against Iran over a single weekend as the June 2026 ceasefire collapsed and Iranian forces retaliated against American bases and Gulf Arab allies across the region.
Anomaly 6 Hired to Investigate Havana Syndrome: The Contractor That Tracked CIA and NSA Agents Now Works for the Pentagon
Documents obtained via FOIA reveal that Anomaly 6, the commercial surveillance firm that once tracked CIA and NSA employees to pitch its capabilities, has been awarded a nearly $6 million Pentagon contract to investigate Havana syndrome.
RFK Jr. Redirects Federal Birth Control Funding Toward Pronatalist Movement Goals
The Trump administration has rewritten Title X federal funding guidelines, steering the nation’s only dedicated contraception program away from birth control access and toward the ideological priorities of the pronatalist movement.
Waymo Robotaxi Alerts Police to Teen Joyriders: Interior Cameras, Remote Control, and the Surveillance Question
A Waymo robotaxi in San Mateo, California monitored two 15-year-old passengers in real time, alerted police, and remotely steered itself to a parking lot for their detention — raising urgent questions about autonomous vehicle surveillance and law enforcement access.
UK’s Behavioural Insights Team Revealed: How the ‘Nudge Unit’ Shaped COVID-19 Public Messaging Without Public Consent
The UK’s Behavioural Insights Team — the government’s ‘Nudge Unit’ — used psychological techniques to engineer public compliance during COVID-19, raising profound questions about democratic consent and the boundaries between public health communication and state manipulation.
FBI Raided Texas Activist’s Home With Flash-Bangs and Armored Vehicles — Then Offered Her $200,000 to Spy on Antifa
Federal agents raided a Texas activist’s home with flash-bangs and armored vehicles, then returned days later to offer her up to $200,000 to become an FBI informant targeting antifascist networks — all without filing charges against her.
Anthropic Caught Running Secret Claude Tracker: Hidden Code Monitored Chinese Users While Company Fought US Surveillance Mandates
Anthropic secretly embedded tracking code in Claude Code to monitor Chinese users’ timezones, proxy settings, and AI lab affiliations — a revelation that sharply contradicts the company’s high-profile refusal to enable US government surveillance.
CIA MKULTRA Exposed: Congress Reopens Cold War Mind Control Crimes Against Humanity
A new congressional hearing has reopened the CIA’s MKULTRA program — a decades-long covert operation of non-consensual human experimentation whose records were deliberately destroyed, whose perpetrators faced no prison time, and whose victims have never been fully identified or compensated.
Supreme Court Rules for Bayer in Roundup Cancer Case: Federal Law Blocks State Failure-to-Warn Claims
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell that federal pesticide law preempts state failure-to-warn claims against Bayer over Roundup’s alleged cancer risk, effectively shielding the company from tens of thousands of pending lawsuits.
SignalTrace Surveillance Platform Tracks Your Phone, Watch, and Pet — Not Just Your License Plate
A new law enforcement surveillance platform called SignalTrace can track individuals through their smartphones, smartwatches, pet microchips, and other devices — building a unique electronic fingerprint that follows people far beyond what license plate readers were ever sold to the public as doing.
Pegasus Spyware Deployed Against MEP Investigating Pegasus Abuses: Citizen Lab Exposes Surveillance of European Parliament’s Own Watchdog Committee
Citizen Lab confirms that Greek MEP Stelios Kouloglou’s iPhone was infected with Pegasus spyware at least three times while he served on the European Parliament’s PEGA Committee — the body created specifically to investigate Pegasus abuses.
CIA Agrees to Declassify New MKUltra Files: Congressional Hearing Exposes Nazi-Linked Mind-Control Program’s Hidden Forgery Subproject
The CIA has agreed to declassify a new set of MKUltra documents, including files related to a forgery subproject, following a Congressional hearing chaired by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna that detailed the program’s systematic torture of American citizens and the deliberate destruction of its records.
Sen. Ron Johnson Report Alleges FDA Officials Knew of COVID Vaccine Safety Failures in 2021 and Ordered Researcher to Stop
Sen. Ron Johnson’s Senate subcommittee report alleges FDA officials were informed in March 2021 that the VAERS safety surveillance system had a critical flaw, then ordered the researcher who discovered it to stop her work.
Merck Concealed Gardasil Autoimmune Risk for Years, Expert Court Filing Reveals
A former FDA consultant’s court declaration alleges Merck had sufficient evidence to formally warn the public about Gardasil’s link to POTS and autoimmune disorders years before it acted — a claim that emerged as Merck quietly settled more than 200 related lawsuits for over $50 million.
Pentagon War Budgets Fund Ebola Operations: How US Disease Risk Is Being Exported to Africa
Kenya’s court battle over a US-funded Ebola facility at a military base exposes how Pentagon war budgets quietly finance American biosecurity operations on African soil — and who bears the risk when those arrangements are made in secret.
KIDS Act Age Verification: How Bipartisan Child Safety Bill Could Expose Whistleblowers and Journalists
The KIDS Act’s age verification requirements would force platforms to collect identity data from all users, creating a surveillance infrastructure that press freedom advocates warn could be used to unmask journalists’ confidential sources.
OpenAI Restricts GPT-5.6 Rollout at Washington’s Request: Government Now Vetting AI Access
For the first time, OpenAI has restricted the rollout of its flagship GPT-5.6 models at the explicit request of the US government, following a similar forced pause by Anthropic — establishing a new, legally ambiguous architecture of executive control over frontier AI access.
Federal Appeals Court Vacates Landmark Fluoride Ruling: Judge Ordered to Ignore Post-2020 Evidence
Federal appeals court overturns landmark fluoride ruling on procedural grounds, ordering judge to ignore post-2020 scientific evidence while leaving safety questions unresolved.
Federal Surveillance Programs Transform America Into Nation of Suspects: Constitutional Violations Exposed
Federal agencies have created a comprehensive surveillance infrastructure that treats all Americans as potential suspects, systematically violating Fourth Amendment protections through warrantless monitoring programs.
Tulsi Gabbard Declassifies Ukrainian Biolab Documents: Intelligence Chief Confirms Dangerous Pathogen Research
DNI Tulsi Gabbard releases classified documents confirming US funding of 40 Ukrainian biolabs researching dangerous pathogens, validating previously denied Russian claims.