Israel may strike Iranian nuclear facilities

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Trump accuses Biden’s advisors of treason | 20 May 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump has accused senior aides to his predecessor of committing “treason at the highest level” by allegedly exploiting Joe Biden’s cognitive decline to implement unauthorized policies that he would never have supported himself. In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump claimed that Biden never advocated for open borders and that the surge in illegal immigration was orchestrated by staffers who effectively “stole” the presidency by taking control of the autopen. “The Joe Biden that everybody knew would never allow drug dealers, gang members, and the mentally insane to come into our Country totally unchecked and unvetted. All anyone has to do is look up his record,” Trump argued… “It wasn’t his idea to open the border…It was the people that knew he was cognitively impaired, and that took over the autopen,” he added. “This is TREASON at the highest level!… Something very severe should happen to these treasonous thugs that wanted to destroy our Country, but couldn’t, because I came along.”

DOJ opens investigation into Andrew Cuomo over NY nursing home deaths testimony – report | 20 May 2025 | The Justice Department has reportedly opened a criminal investigation into former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for allegedly lying to Congress about the nursing home deaths in the Empire State during the COVID-19 pandemic. The probe into the New York City mayoral front runner was launched about a month ago by the Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney’s Office, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. The office was led at the time by Ed Martin, who was replaced earlier this month by Jeanine Pirro. The Republican-led panel House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue criminal charges against Cuomo, a Democrat, for making “criminally false statements” during a June 11, 2024, interview with the House COVID subcommittee. [Great news, but when will Cuomo be tried for murder?]

Ukrainian terrorist plots foiled near Kremlin – Putin to Trump | 20 May 2025 | Russian President Vladimir Putin informed his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, of several foiled terrorist attacks in Moscow ahead of the Victory Day celebrations earlier this month, pointing the finger at Ukraine, according to an aide to the Russian president, Yury Ushakov. The senior official noted that the discussion took place during the two presidents’ phone call on Monday. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Ushakov said Putin told Trump that the “threat of terrorist attacks in [central Moscow] — near the Kremlin and Red Square — was thwarted” shortly before the celebrations. According to the official, Putin also stated, “Ukrainians directly threatened foreign participants in the [Victory Day] festivities [and] attempted to…prevent their arrival in Moscow.”

Israel may strike Iranian nuclear facilities – CNN –Washington allegedly obtained new intelligence suggesting ongoing preparations for such an attack | 21 May 2025 | The chance of an Israeli military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities “has gone up significantly” in recent months, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing multiple U.S. officials familiar with new intelligence assessments. While Israeli leadership has not made a final decision, recently intercepted communications suggest that planning is actively underway, unnamed sources told the network. U.S. intelligence has also noted Israeli military activities, including the movement of air munitions and the completion of air exercises, which could indicate preparations for an “imminent strike.”

Trump says U.S. close to a nuclear deal with Iran | 15 May 2025 | President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States was getting very close to securing a nuclear deal with Iran, and Tehran had “sort of” agreed to the terms. “We’re in very serious negotiations with Iran for long-term peace,” Trump said on a tour of the Gulf, according to a shared pool report by AFP. “We’re getting close to maybe doing a deal without having to do this…there (are) two steps to doing this, there is a very, very nice step and there is the violent step, but I don’t want to do it the second way,” he said.

UK, France, Canada threaten sanctions if Israel continues new offensive into Gaza | 20 May 2025 | International pressure has been building on Israel over its new military offensive in Gaza that has left hundreds dead in just the last few days. The leaders of the United Kingdom, France, and Canada threatened to take “concrete actions” on Monday, including targeted sanctions, if Israel does not stop its renewed military offensive and continues to block aid from entering Gaza. Israel launched a new devastating ground offensive in Gaza over the weekend just as U.S. President Donald Trump departed the region without sealing a ceasefire and hostage deal. The Israeli military said its forces moved into northern and southern Gaza over the past day as part of the “Gideon’s Chariots” operation, which Israel warned would take place if Hamas doesn’t agree to a new hostage deal on its terms.

Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN | 20 May 2025 | Two days after Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was lifting the siege of Gaza, Israel is still blocking food from reaching starving Palestinians, the UN has said, as the leader of the country’s centre-left Democrats party said his country was becoming a pariah nation that “kills babies as a hobby.” Only five trucks of aid had reached Gaza by Tuesday afternoon and aid workers had not been given permission to distribute even that token shipment, Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN humanitarian office (Ocha) told a Geneva press briefing. Israeli authorities have approved “around 100” other trucks to enter Gaza but not yet let them cross, he said. Even that shipment would do little to reduce widespread hunger after 11 weeks of near total siege; it is just a fifth of what reached Gaza daily before the war, when people were well fed.

Biden’s 2022 cancer ‘slip-up’ that was downplayed by White House resurfaces after ex-president’s surprise diagnosis | 19 May 2025 | Former President [sic] Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis has drawn renewed attention to his 2022 slip-up in which he claimed to have had cancer during a public speech. Biden’s alarming comments came during a speech about emissions from oil refineries near his childhood home in Claymont, Del., and which he appeared to blame for his cancer. “That’s why I and so d-mn many other people I grew up with have cancer and why for the longest time Delaware had the highest cancer rate in the nation,” Biden said during his 2022 remarks about global warming at Brayton Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts. Biden’s use of the present tense “have” raised eyebrows at the time, but former White House spokesperson Andrew Bates referred The Post to Washington Post [so-called] fact-check honcho Glenn Kessler, who suggested it was a reference to “non-melanoma skin cancers.”

Doctors say it’s ‘inconceivable’ Biden’s cancer went undetected by his medical team – as Trump Jr. questions if diagnosis is ‘cover-up’ | Several doctors have said it’s “inconceivable” that former President [sic] Joe Biden’s aggressive form of prostate cancer went undetected by his medical team — as first son Don Trump Jr. even questioned whether the health diagnosis was part of a “cover-up.” “It is inconceivable that this was not being followed before he left the Presidency,” Dr. Howard Formman said in a post on X… Meanwhile, President Trump’s son Don Jr. went further in bluntly suggesting the news was hidden. “What I want to know is how did Dr. Jill Biden miss stage five metastatic cancer or is this yet another coverup???” the first son wrote on Truth Social.

Joe Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bone | 18 May 2025 | Former President [sic] Joe Biden, 82, has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, his office announced on Sunday. The cancer has metastasized and spread to his bones, a statement on the diagnosis revealed, adding that the family is deciding on treatment options. The announcement came just one week after reports revealed that a “small nodule” was found on Biden’s prostate that needed “further evaluation.” A statement on the diagnosis said: “On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,” it adds of the grave prognosis.

Trump says ex-FBI Director James Comey’s ’86 47′ post called for his ‘assassination’ | 16 May 2025 | President Trump slammed his former FBI director, James Comey, for posting a coded photo that he said called for his assassination. “He knew exactly what that meant. A child knows what that meant…That meant ‘assassination,'” Trump said in an interview with Bret Baier on Friday. Comey had posted a picture Thursday of seashells formed in the shape of “86 47” — a message that could be interpreted as “eliminating” him, since he’s the 47th president. One Webster’s Dictionary definition of “eighty-six” says the term means “to get rid of.”

Pfizer COVID Shot Has 37 Percent Higher Risk of Mortality Than Moderna Shot – Study | 19 May 2025 | According to a new study, adults who received the Pfizer Comirnaty COVID-19 shot were more likely to die than adults who had the Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 shot. The study looked at 9.2 million adults living in Florida who received either Comirnaty or Spikevax within six weeks, from December 2020 through January 2022. Half of the nearly 1.5 million participants received the Pfizer shot and the other half had the Moderna shot. Participants were matched based on age and gender. The study, “Twelve-Month All-Cause Mortality after Initial COVID-19 Vaccination with Pfizer-BioNTech or mRNA-1273 among Adults Living in Florida,” was conducted by Florida Surgeon General, Joseph Ladapo, MD, and Retsef Levi, Ph.D., of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as two other researchers. The study is in preprint and has not yet been peer-reviewed.

HHS scrapping COVID jab recommendations for pregnant moms and kids – report | 16 May 2025 | The Department of Health and Human Services is reportedly preparing to scrap its recommendation that pregnant women and kids get the COVID-19 vaccines. Individuals said to be familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal that the announcement is imminent and will coincide with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention kicking off a new vaccine approval framework. …U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary provided a fairly strong indication this week that the change was coming. Makary told Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk that he would “love to see the evidence to show that giving young, healthy children another COVID-19 shot — you know, a sixth COVID booster — would help them, but that evidence does not exist, and so we’re not going to rubber-stamp things at the FDA.”

Florida becomes second U.S. state to ban fluoride from its drinking water | 15 May 2026 | Florida has become the second state in the U.S. to ban [toxic] fluoride from its tap water in a move that is likely to appease RFK Jr. Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law today, which doesn’t explicitly mention fluoride but effectively bans the mineral by preventing “the use of certain additives in a water system.” The ban is set to go into force from July 1. It makes Florida the second state in the U.S. to ban fluoride in drinking water, after Utah also passed the measure at the end of March. Their ban went into effect last week. HHS Secretary RFK Jr has also called for all states to ban fluoride, saying it makes “no sense to have it in our water supply” and calling the mineral an “industrial waste.”

Trump calls for ‘major investigation’ into Harris campaign over celeb endorsements, Springsteen, Bono and Beyonce performances | 19 May 2025 | President Trump called for a “major investigation” into former Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing the failed presidential candidate of breaking the law by paying world-class artists to perform at rallies and endorse her. The president slammed Harris for her celebrity-filled campaign events leading up to the November election — name-checking Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey and U2’s Bono. “HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT?” the president asked in an all-caps tirade on his Truth Social… “I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter,” Trump said, calling it “a CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL way to capitalize on a broken system.”

Trump scores major immigration win as Supreme Court gives him green light to deport 350,000 Venezuelans | 19 May 2025 | The Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major immigration win as he seeks to speed up mass deportations amid a scathing back-and-forth between the president and the high court. The order will allow Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to strip away “temporary protected status” (TPS) from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants. The Venezuelan migrants have been living in the United States under temporary protected status extended under the Biden regime. Liberal Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was appointed by Joe Biden, was the only justice against the order.

Federal charges filed against Dem congresswoman following confrontation at ICE facility | 19 May 2025 | Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba is charging Rep. LaMonica McIver for her alleged misconduct towards law enforcement in front of Delaney Hall in New Jersey earlier this month, but she is dismissing the trespassing charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. “Representative LaMonica McIver assaulted, impeded, and interfered with law enforcement in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 111 (a)(1),” Habba said in a letter shared on X Monday. “That conduct cannot be overlooked by the chief federal law enforcement official in the State of New Jersey, and it is my Constitutional obligation to ensure that our federal law enforcement is protected when executing their duties.”

Six illegal migrants charged in South Carolina mother’s murder defy ‘decency’ in ‘civilized society’ – sheriff | 13 May 2025 | Authorities in Lancaster, South Carolina, have charged six illegal immigrants between the ages of 13 and 21 in connection with the “random” May 2 murder of a mother who was driving to meet friends in Rock Hill. Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office deputies located Larisha Sharrell Thompson, 40, deceased with a gunshot wound behind the wheel of her vehicle on Riverside Road in Lancaster, which is located about an hour south of Charlotte, North Carolina. On May 12, authorities announced the arrests of three adults and three juveniles, ages 13, 14 and 15, in connection with Thompson’s death and a separate burglary that occurred on April 30.