/qnotables25/ - ===Q Notables 2025===

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031036 (261521ZDEC25) Notable: NASA/Space/Science

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Electrostatic Life, Solar Storm Risks, Sunspots | S0 News and frens

Dec.26.2025

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https://x.com/MrMBB333/status/2004548577062969677

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031037 (261521ZDEC25) Notable: This is a fucking CIA WAR IN AFRICA this didn't happen out of the fucking blue.

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USIP’s mission, rooted in the 1984 United States Institute of Peace Act, is to foster peace through research, education, and on-the-ground efforts. Its $55.46 million FY 2025 budget supports activities like analyzing climate-driven conflicts in the Sahel, which informs USAID’s aid strategies, and training 1,200 mediators in 2024, including UN peacekeepers for missions in South Sudan (USIP: Budget; InterAction). A standout success was its role in Tunisia’s 2010s democratic transition, where training for civil society mediators contributed to the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for the National Dialogue Quartet (USIP: About). Yet, most programs, like the 2023 South Sudan dialogues with 20-30 leaders to curb hate speech, lack data on whether they reduced violence, leaving observers questioning their impact (USIP: About).

Enough..... ENOUGH.

I don't want to hear about US TROOPS in SUDAN THIS IS CRAP!

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031093 (261543ZDEC25) Notable: The “State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act,” was introduced earlier this year by U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado

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U.S. House advances GOP-backed energy reliability bill

The “State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act,” was introduced earlier this year by U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado.

Legislation looking to lower energy prices nationally successfully passed the U.S. House on a slightly bipartisan vote.

H.R. 3628, titled the “State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act,” was introduced earlier this year by U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado.

The bill would direct certain state authorities that oversee electric utilities to place a greater emphasis on long-term electric reliability. It would do so by amending the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.

Evans applauded its passage and called out Democrats, specifically in Colorado.

“For years Colorado’s ruling Democrats have pushed out-of-touch policies and burdensome regulations that have led to skyrocketing energy bills and increased financial strain, resulting in further mental and physical stress on hard-working families across the state,” he said.

The bill has not yet been taken up by the U.S. Senate.

Republicans have majorities in both the House and Senate, but would need seven Democratic votes in the Senate to prevent a filibuster. Under those circumstances, the Republicans' bill appears to have a slim chance of passing. According to one prediction, it has a 34% chance of being enacted.

During the vote in the U.S. House, four Democrats did cross the aisle to vote for the bill. Two of those were California representatives, one from Texas, and one from Washington. One Republican from Nevada, U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, voted against its passage.

The bill ensures states prioritize “reliable generation facilities” in their 10-year energy plan periods. This comes as more and more states, like Colorado, move away from coal-fueled power plants toward other sources that are considered “clean energy.”

Some policymakers and special interest groups remain skeptical of the move away from coal, and even the state acknowledges its role in energy production.

In 2023, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that coal-fired power plants accounted for 32% of Colorado's total in-state energy generation.

While down significantly from 68% in 2010, that is still a notable portion of the state’s energy generation.

Additionally, a 2022 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration found that, between coal, petroleum and natural gas, coal produced the least amount of the state’s carbon dioxide emissions.

The report found that almost all of coal’s emissions were due to the electric power sector, while petroleum’s was from transportation, and natural gas was almost evenly distributed throughout the sectors, including electric power.

Evans, who has been labeled by Democrats as “anti-clean energy,” argued his legislation is a necessary step to prioritize reliability and affordability.

He points to rising energy costs, both in Colorado and nationally. According to polling, Coloradans report a 24% increase in electricity costs since 2021. Just in the past year, 64% of Americans say their power bills have risen.

“This legislation puts Coloradans first by holding state regulatory entities like Colorado Public Utilities Commission accountable by new federal standards, to ensure they are focused on considering energy reliability and affordability,” Evans said. “I’m proud to lead the charge on legislation that lowers costs, uplifts working-class Americans, and strengthens our nation's energy dominance.”

https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/us-house-advances-gop-backed-energy-reliability-bill

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031101 (261545ZDEC25) Notable: Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting migrants appearing for court dates in Northern California, “lying in wait

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Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting migrants appearing for court dates in Northern California

The decision keeps ICE and the DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review from “lying in wait for asylum seekers and other noncitizens at routine hearings throughout the region."

Published: December 25, 2025 9:07pm

A federal judge in San Francisco ruled on Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its Justice Department counterpart cannot engage in “sweeping” civil arrests at immigration courthouses in Northern California.

“This circumstance presents noncitizens in removal proceedings with a Hobson’s choice between two irreparable harms,” Judge P. Casey Pitts wrote in his Christmas Eve decision.

“First, they may appear in immigration court and face likely arrest and detention,” the judge wrote. “Alternatively, noncitizens may choose not to appear and instead to forego their opportunity to pursue their claims for asylum or other relief from removal.”

The decision keeps ICE and the DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review from “lying in wait for asylum seekers and other noncitizens at routine hearings throughout the region — a move that would effectively restore pre-Trump prohibition on such arrests,” according to the Los Angeles Times.

A Manhattan district judge ruled the opposite way on a similar case this fall. That could lead to a Supreme Court challenge to courthouse arrests in 2026.

The Trump administration said it plans to appeal Wednesday’s decision to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/federal-judge-blocks-ice-arresting-migrants-appearing-court-dates-northern

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031107 (261546ZDEC25) Notable: Maine suspends Medicaid payments to Somali charity after audits uncover more than $1M in fraud

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Maine suspends Medicaid payments to Somali charity after audits uncover more than $1M in fraud

Red flags were raised by Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, who warned the U.S. Treasury of welfare fraud being committed by Gateway.

Published: December 25, 2025 10:08pm

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has suspended Medicaid payments to a Somali-run charity after possible fraud was discovered during several audits of the charity’s finances.

The DHHS found that the Gateway Community Services overbilled by more than $1 million from March 2021 through December 2022 for what was supposed to be “interpreting services” to Somali migrants, according to Breitbart.

Just the News reported on other allegations of fraud regarding Gateway Community Services that have recently come to light following the charges of at least a $1 billion fraud ring involving Somali immigrants in Minneapolis.

The current suspension of Medicaid funding comes after red flags were raised by Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, who warned the U.S. Treasury of welfare fraud being committed by Gateway.

Gateway, which was founded in 2015 by Somali migrant Abdullahi Ali, who has previously drawn scrutiny for other possible financial fraud, also is connected to a number of prominent Democrats in Maine, including B.J. McCollister, who served in Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign for the White House and was chief of staff to Maine Democrat Senate President Troy Jackson.

“This is taxpayer money, and we should be looking into this, and I’m relieved that the federal government is finally stepping in, I think, largely due to the inaction of the leaders in Maine,” said Assistant Maine Senate Minority Leader Republican Matt Harrington, who has been raising concerns about Gateway since last May.

https://justthenews.com/accountability/maine-suspends-medicaid-payments-somali-charity-after-audits-uncover-more-1m-fraud

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031112 (261548ZDEC25) Notable: Chinese military buildup and shift in nuclear force doctrine threatens US homeland

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Pentagon report: Chinese military buildup and shift in nuclear force doctrine threatens US homeland

“China maintains a large and growing arsenal of nuclear, maritime, conventional long-range strike, cyber and space capabilities able to directly threaten Americans’ security,” according to the report.

Published: December 25, 2025 10:42pm

Updated: December 26, 2025 1:45am

China's military buildup is making “the U.S. homeland increasingly vulnerable,” according to the Pentagon’s annual China military power report.

This is the result of a combination of their decades-long arms buildup and a shift in nuclear force doctrine. “China maintains a large and growing arsenal of nuclear, maritime, conventional long-range strike, cyber and space capabilities able to directly threaten Americans’ security,” according to the report.

The report was made public Tuesday, and it warns that the People’s Liberation Army continues on pace toward its 2027 modernization goals, according to China expert Bill Gertz reporting for The Washington Times.

Those goals include “preparations for using force to annex Taiwan and threatening nuclear strikes on the United States to prevent American forces from intervening in a defense of the self-ruled island,” according to Gertz.

The report states that the Trump administration’s relations with China are “stronger” than in many years, and that the U.S. does not seek to “strangle, dominate, or humiliate China.”

Striking a conciliatory tone, the report says that while the U.S. military is ready to defend American interests in the Indo-Pacific, “we seek only to deny the ability of any country in the Indo-Pacific to dominate us or our allies.”

https://justthenews.com/world/asia/pentagon-report-chinese-military-buildup-and-shift-nuclear-force-doctrine-threatens-us

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031114 (261548ZDEC25) Notable: In 2026, biohacking — the quest to extend lifespans — is set to go mainstream #15

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In 2026, biohacking — the quest to extend lifespans — is set to go mainstream, as consumers gain access to products and tools once out of reach.

The longevity economy is projected to reach $63 billion by 2035, nearly triple its 2024 value — and a wave of new companies is helping fuel that growth. Take Function Health, recently featured on LinkedIn’s latest Top Startups list. The company offers preventative care via more than 100 lab tests — from cancer detection to genetic heart risks — and counts Matt Damon, Kevin Hart and Colin Kaepernick among its backers.

It’s hardly alone: Netflix's "Don't Die" documentary speaks to the consumer fascination with biohacking, while tech leaders from Peter Thiel to Sam Altman are investing billions in longevity startups. Money from major investment groups is flowing in, too.

The hype will grow as people take more ownership of their health. The number of tools for tracking everything from sleep to blood sugar has exploded, and many are being marketed directly to consumers. With health care systems globally strained by doctor shortages, individuals — especially those with higher incomes — will seek out their own tests and treatments.

How do you think people’s approach to improving their health will change in 2026? Weigh in below. And check out the rest of this year's Big Ideas here: lnkd.in/BigIdeas2026.

moar of what [they] want you to think about:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/25-big-ideas-define-2026-linkedin-news-mioie/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031190 (261610ZDEC25) Notable: Watch the new movie called Nuremberg.

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NUREMBERG - 8 Minutes From The Movie (2025) Russell Crowe, Rami Malek

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>What’s going on here? Arming ISIS is

>TREASON

Basically Pentagon is fucked up, CIA is fucked up, together they fight each other in Sudan and We pay for it all.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031211 (261618ZDEC25) Notable: @realDonaldTrump It’s time to end the filibuster

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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 12/26/2025 11:17:05

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It’s time to end the filibuster:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115786765163808034

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031225 (261622ZDEC25) Notable: @realDonaldTrump It’s time to end the filibuster

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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 12/26/2025 11:20:23

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Senator Mike Lee: “This, in my humble opinion—informed by 15 years of Senate hell—is the only way out of the Senate-imposed zombie apocalypse.”

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115786778118857114

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031247 (261630ZDEC25) Notable: Minneapolis Public Schools in the Crosshairs for Discriminating Against White People

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Minneapolis Public Schools in the Crosshairs for Discriminating Against White People

December 26, 2025

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has filed a federal lawsuit against Minneapolis Public Schools, alleging the district engaged in unlawful racial discrimination in its hiring and employment practices, according to an exchange between Carl Higbie and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon.

During the discussion, Higbie outlined the allegations at the center of the lawsuit, which targets staffing goals and programs within Minneapolis Public Schools that the Justice Department says violate federal employment discrimination laws.

“It should come as no surprise, though, that Tim waltz would complain that the Vice President was comfortable in his own melanin content, considering the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon, is now suing Minneapolis Public Schools for racial discrimination against teachers,” Higbie said.

Higbie said the lawsuit focuses on explicit racial targets adopted by the district.

“Now the lawsuit noting that MPs the public schools seeks to increase their BIPOC staffing to at least 40% by 2026 and that by 2026 and 27 at least by 54.3% of new teachers that identify as bipoc,” he said.

He also highlighted allegations that Minneapolis Public Schools offered race-specific benefits unavailable to other teachers.

“The suit also alleges that MPs, the public school system, awards black men teacher fellowships, additional benefits not available to female or non black teachers,” Higbie said.

https://www.rvmnews.com/2025/12/minneapolis-public-schools-in-the-crosshairs-for-discriminating-against-white-people-watch/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031254 (261632ZDEC25) Notable: NASA/Space/Science

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Within weeks, however, independent analyses challenged that interpretation.

One group showed that nonbiological gases, including propyne, could reproduce the same spectral features without invoking life, while another concluded that the JWST signal was too noisy or too weak to draw definitive conclusions.

The debate also drew attention to the limits of JWST, which was conceived before the discovery of exoplanets and is now being pushed to the edge of its capabilities to study one.

Still, researchers emphasize that K2-18b remains a high-value target for understanding sub-Neptunes, a class of planets absent from our solar system. Additional JWST transits already in hand may yet clarify what, if anything, the planet's atmosphere is truly revealing.

"If the ultimate result of this story is that the public is more circumspect about future claims of life detection, that's not a terrible thing," Eddie Schwieterman, an assistant professor of astrobiology at the University of California, Riverside, who was not involved with the research, told Space.com.

Dashed hopes for TRAPPIST-1e's habitability

New analyses of TRAPPIST-1e, one of seven Earth-size planets orbiting a cool red dwarf star about 40 light-years from Earth, suggest the planet may lack a substantial atmosphere, complicating hopes that it could support life-friendly liquid water.

Earlier JWS

T observations hinted at methane in the planet's atmosphere, raising the possibility of complex chemistry or even biological activity. Follow-up studies, however, indicated those signals were likely contaminated by the star itself.

Computer simulations showed that any methane on TRAPPIST-1e would be rapidly destroyed by intense ultraviolet radiation, surviving only about 200,000 years — not nearly long enough for geological processes to replenish it.

Variations in the signal from transit to transit further suggest that if an atmosphere exists at all, it remains extremely difficult to detect — a reminder that even the most promising worlds can defy easy answers.

A clearer look at Proxima Centauri

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar neighbor, which lies just 4.2 light-years away — thanks to a powerful new instrument designed to hunt worlds around small, cool stars.

The Near-Infrared Planet Searcher (NIRPS), a new high-resolution spectrograph installed at La Silla Observatory in Chile, delivered its first science results in July.

A team led by Alejandro Mascareño of the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands in Spain confirmed the presence of Proxima b, an Earth-size planet known to orbit within the star's habitable zone, thereby validating the instrument's capabilities.

NIRPS also confirmed a smaller planet, Proxima d, and helped rule out a previously claimed third world, thus refining the census of the nearest planetary system.

The results also marked a technical milestone. For the first time, astronomers reached the precision needed to detect the faint gravitational pull of small, rocky planets around red dwarf stars, which emit most of their light at infrared wavelengths — making instruments like NIRPS valuable in the search for Earth-like planets beyond our solar system.

The tails of disintegrating worlds

This year, astronomers discovered rare exoplanets that orbit so close to their stars that they have long tails of material. These worlds are caught in a fleeting moment, in cosmic terms, before they disintegrate.

One such world, BD+05 4868 Ab, was spotted by TESS about 140 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Pegasus. The planet completes a full orbit every 30.5 hours, circling its star at a distance roughly 20 times closer than Mercury orbits the sun.

At such proximity, intense stellar heat vaporizes material from the planet's surface, which then streams into space, forming a blazing, comet-like tail. That tail is enormous, stretching up to 5.6 million miles (9 million kilometers), or about half the planet's orbit.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031261 (261634ZDEC25) Notable: NASA/Space/Science

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The discovery team estimates that the planet sheds the equivalent of a Mount Everest's worth of material every orbit and could completely disintegrate within 1 million to 2 million years.

The dust in the tail may contain material from the planet's crust, its mantle or even its core, which would give scientists a rare opportunity to study the internal composition of a distant world — something normally far beyond observational reach.

Another team used JWST to study a very different kind of planetary tail around the ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121b, also known as Tylos, located about 858 light-years from Earth.

Instead of shedding rock, the planet is losing its atmosphere. JWST revealed two enormous helium tails spanning nearly 60% of the planet's orbit — one trailing behind, pushed back by stellar radiation and wind, and a second, rarer leading tail curved ahead of the planet, likely drawn inward by the star's gravity.

A lava world that refuses to go bare

Astronomers using JWST found an atmosphere clinging to a planet that, by all conventional rules, should be completely airless.

The world, TOI-561b, is a small, scorching lava planet that orbits one of the oldest stars in the Milky Way so closely that its year lasts less than a single Earth day.

Tidally locked, with one side permanently facing its star, the planet reaches surface temperatures of more than 3,140 degrees Fahrenheit (about 1,726 degrees Celsius) — hot enough to melt rock — and is old enough that any primordial atmosphere should have escaped long ago.

Yet JWST observations suggest the planet's dayside is cooler than expected for a bare, airless rock, pointing to the presence of a substantial atmosphere that may have persisted for billions of years and is redistributing heat around the planet.

If confirmed, the finding would mark the strongest evidence yet for a long-lived atmosphere on a hot, rocky world that is neither massive nor temperate, challenging assumptions about the extreme conditions in which planetary atmospheres can survive.

The birth and death of an alien world

This year, astronomers observed two cosmic moments that bookend the life of a planet.

In one study, astronomers captured a never-before-seen view of a planet forming about 437 light-years from Earth.

The observations, taken with the Magellan Telescopes in Chile and the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona, show the alien world as a faint, purple dot embedded within a ring-shaped gap in a dusty disk around its star.

The forming world, WISPIT 2b, is just 5 million years old, yet it is already about five times as massive as Jupiter, and it's sitting within a clearing in the disk as it gathers dust and gas to grow.

Astronomers have long suspected that such gaps mark the presence of newborn planets, but this is the first time one has been directly observed actively carving out its orbit.

The team also identified a second candidate planet closer to the star, hinting that this system may be building multiple worlds at once.

Closer to Earth, another team captured a glimpse of a dead star's remains.

Observations of the white dwarf LSPM J0207+3331, the dense remnant of a long-gone massive star about 145 light-years from Earth, reveal the ongoing destruction of a planetary relic — possibly a body roughly 120 miles (193 km) wide — being torn apart by the star's intense gravity.

Using telescopes in Chile and Hawaii, astronomers detected heavy elements recently deposited on the white dwarf's surface, which they say is evidence that the debris was accreted within the past 35,000 years and may still be falling in today.

The findings suggest that gravitational forces that shift as the star decays can destabilize surviving planets and smaller bodies such as asteroids, thereby triggering collisions and sending fragments spiraling inward to their destruction.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031311 (261645ZDEC25) Notable: Our new Venue Guide for Mitigating Dependency Disruptions helps enhance the protection & resilience of critical infrastructure

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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency / @CISAgov 12/26/2025 11:24:16

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ICYMI: Our new Venue Guide for Mitigating Dependency Disruptions helps enhance the protection & resilience of critical infrastructure. https://go.dhs.gov/iuv https://t.co/mpo5AoZTXF

https://x.com/CISAgov/status/2004589087383040367

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031367 (261658ZDEC25) Notable: #29281

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#29281 >>134163

>>134196, >>134202 @realDonaldTrump America First

>>134195 @realDonaldTrump New home prices drop 27%

>>134192, >>134194 @realDonaldTrump It’s time to end the filibuster

>>134190 @realDonaldTrump MIKE DAVIS: Deranged Democrats' latest coup attempt seeks military mutiny

>>134189 @realDonaldTrump Grand jury properly voted on James Comey’s indictment, foreman claims in blow to defense: ‘Eliminates any doubt’

>>134170, >>134171, >>134175 @realDonaldTrump Ex-War Department official warns terrorists may one day aerosolize fentanyl

>>134173 Today in Q Post History we have - ZERO Deltas and 03 Posts that mention today’s date of December 26

>>134164 Inside the real-life A-Team rescuing Americans from dangerous situations when nobody else will

>>134165 @realDonaldTrump ICYMI: Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, and thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to “drop him like a dog” when things got too HOT...The Failing New York Times, among many others, was forced to apologize for their bad and faulty Election “Reporting,” even to the point of losing many subscribers due to their highly inaccurate (FAKE!) coverage. Now the same losers are at it again, only this time so many of their friends, mostly innocent, will be badly hurt and reputationally tarnished. But sadly, that’s the way it is in the World of Corrupt Democrat Politics!!! Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas! President Donald J. Trump

>>134166, >>134188 Watch the new movie called Nuremberg.

>>134167 The myth of food waste and decommodification of pricing models, Redistribution of Garbage

>>134168 Supreme Court tariff case could threaten Trump’s favorite diplomatic tool

>>134169 US government shutdown looms on January 31

>>134172 Cosmic Bullshit

>>134174 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 3I/ATLAS Flyby

>>134176, >>134178 This is a fucking CIA WAR IN AFRICA this didn't happen out of the fucking blue.

>>134177, >>134179, >>134187, >>134191, >>134193, >>134198, >>134199, >>134200, >>134201, >>134204 NASA/Space/Science

>>134180 The “State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act,” was introduced earlier this year by U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado

>>134181 @WH 2025 WILL FOREVER BE THE YEAR TRUMP TOOK AMERICA'S BORDERS BACK.

>>134182 19 Blue States Sue Trump Admin to Preserve Right to Perform Child Sex Changes

>>134183 Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting migrants appearing for court dates in Northern California, “lying in wait

>>134184 Maine suspends Medicaid payments to Somali charity after audits uncover more than $1M in fraud

>>134185 Chinese military buildup and shift in nuclear force doctrine threatens US homeland

>>134186 In 2026, biohacking — the quest to extend lifespans — is set to go mainstream #15

>>134197 Minneapolis Public Schools in the Crosshairs for Discriminating Against White People

>>134203 Our new Venue Guide for Mitigating Dependency Disruptions helps enhance the protection & resilience of critical infrastructure

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031408 (261709ZDEC25) Notable: ‘Scrapped’ Tanker Rises From the Dead: Inside Venezuela’s Expanding Zombie Fleet

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‘Scrapped’ Tanker Rises From the Dead: Inside Venezuela’s Expanding Zombie Fleet

Bloomberg December 26, 2025

By Weilun Soon (Bloomberg) — A 27-year-old crude tanker that was supposedly scrapped in 2021 is due to reach Venezuela late this week, according to ship-tracking data, in the latest example of how the South American country keeps its embattled oil industry alive.

The tanker identifying itself as Freesia I is likely to be a zombie vessel, meaning it is in fact another tanker assuming the identity of a dismantled ship. This tactic is occasionally employed by boats ferrying sanctioned oil to obscure their trajectories and cargoes.

Venezuela’s oil industry, once a global powerhouse, has been decimated by years of sanctions and underinvestment. But it has continued to export, mostly to China, thanks to some of the oldest and murkiest tankers in the global fleet — a maritime lifeline for the economy and for the government of President Nicolás Maduro.

In the year to date, Caracas shipped nearly 900,000 barrels per day, according to analytics firm Kpler. That’s a fraction of what it once sold, but enough to irk the Trump administration into some of the most forceful sanctions enforcement to date.

“Venezuela has been remarkably effective at masking both origin and ownership of crude and therefore at evading financial and trade-related controls,” said Dimitris Ampatzidis, senior risk and compliance analyst at Kpler. “That’s why Washington has increasingly moved from purely financial measures to physical disruption.”

US forces have struck alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and since early December have chased or boarded three tankers in waters near Venezuela, including one non-sanctioned vessel — a significant escalation. Washington says the campaign is meant to deter illicit activity and to signal that the US wants Maduro out of power. President Donald Trump has also said the US would keep any seized crude.

“While the US has sanctioned numerous vessels and organizations, it hasn’t stemmed the flow. Physical boarding is the next step,” said Mark Douglas, a maritime domain analyst at Starboard Maritime Intelligence. “It’s a signal that falsifying locations and documentation is no longer a shield. It’s now what makes you a target.”

So far, the tanker seizures have done little to spook oil traders about a disruption to supplies as the market braces for a global glut. US oil prices have been little changed in thin trading since tensions escalated about two weeks ago.

Out of a dark fleet of roughly 1,500 vessels — often old, usually uninsured and owned by shell companies — Venezuela relies on close to 400 ships, according to TankerTrackers.com.

The tankers indulge in most of the dark fleet’s typical practices to obscure movements and ownership, including spoofing, or the use of fake locations. As with Freesia I, they also occasionally assume the identity of other, often dismantled, ships.

The vessel identifying as Freesia I was at Venezuela’s José oil-export terminal in early May. It began its most recent trip in Southeast Asia in November, signaling it would arrive at the South American country’s Amuay port on Dec. 26, likely to receive a new cargo. It later switched the destination to “High Sea”, before turning off its transponder altogether on Tuesday, off French Guiana.

Spoofing is also common. The Skipper, the first Venezuela tanker to be targeted by US forces, was using this tactic when it was captured earlier this month. The 20-year-old tanker indicated through tracking systems, starting in late October, that it was idling off Guyana. Instead, satellite images captured on Nov. 14 and reviewed by Bloomberg News showed Skipper, with red tips on either side of its deck, docked at the port of José.

That suggests the ship had been manipulating its signals, and only on the day of the US seizure did Skipper reveal its true location.

At the time of seizure, Skipper said it was sailing under Guyana’s flag, but that has since been disputed by the South American country. Ships of all types need to be registered with a certain country’s flag registry, which in turn enforces safety and crew-welfare standards on board those ships. Many in the dark fleet turn to flags of convenience or false registrations to avoid inspection.

Venezuela’s regular dark fleet tankers are typically provided by other countries, as Caracas is unable to finance its own flotilla, and cannot rely on an existing fleet that is too small and old.

https://gcaptain.com/scrapped-tanker-rises-from-the-dead-inside-venezuelas-expanding-zombie-fleet/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031422 (261713ZDEC25) Notable: China Has Turned a Small Container Feeder Into an Arsenal Ship

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China Has Turned a Small Container Feeder Into an Arsenal Ship

Published Dec 25, 2025 10:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Navy wants to compete with China's PLA Navy for sea control in the Western Pacific, which would be essential to defending U.S. allies and protecting American economic interests in the region. But year on year, China's naval fleet continues to grow and modernize, adding more (and more credible) combatant vessels to the order of battle. On Thursday, new open-source imagery from downtown Shanghai showed that the contest could get harder: the photos show that the People's Liberation Army has outfitted a standard container feeder with most of the trappings of a frigate, with an abundance of missile capacity.

The vessel in question, Zhong Da 79, is a Chinese-flagged container feeder of about 320 feet in length. She has no IMO number or Equasis record, consistent with a purely domestic vessel. AIS data from Pole Star Global shows that she only engages in coastwise trade along China's eastern and southern seaboard.

Zhong Da 79's trackline suggests that the vessel has spent months undergoing a refit over the past year. She put into a small regional shipyard in Longhai in mid-April, emerging again in mid-August. Ever since, she has been moored alongside an industrial pier on the Huangpu River near downtown Shanghai.

A coastal vessel of such a small size hardly registers in most assessments of national maritime strength. Nonetheless, Zhong Da 79 appears to be large enough to host 60 full size containerized missile cells, an air defense radar, a close-in weapons system, and potentially more equipment in other containers on deck. Measured purely by missile capacity, this is nearly twice the firepower planned for the U.S. Navy's Constellation-class frigate, which was recently canceled due to delays and cost overruns.

Zhong Da 79 lacks the speed, shock hardening and compartmentalization of a real frigate, and would be vulnerable if unescorted. The challenge is in China's vast potential for making many more, and cheaply. China's flag (including Hong Kong) covers nearly 8,000 vessels, and Chinese beneficial owners hold another 4,400 ships under other nations' registries. China's industrial base is well-equipped to deliver the military hardware and shipyard man-hours to conduct conversions or deliver additional newbuild units. At minimum, in a high-end fight, a boxship/arsenal ship would complicate planning and absorb scarce precision munitions. At maximum, such a vessel class could deliver effective antiaircraft or antiship missile fire, hide amongst civilian vessel traffic, and be replaced rapidly if lost.

https://maritime-executive.com/article/china-has-turned-a-small-container-feeder-into-an-arsenal-ship

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031467 (261730ZDEC25) Notable: Gaza, Nord Stream and Kiev’s golden toilets: Top stories of 2025 the West wants you to forget

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Plane wrong

Kallas’ boss, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, has landed herself in trouble literally and metaphorically in 2025.

Claims that her rented private jet’s signal was jammed by Russia while she headed a press junket/defense review of her bloc’s ‘eastern flank’ have been laughed at and debunked.

A Bulgarian inquiry into the incident has been shelved, while no inquiry into the FT’s initial reporting of the story ever took off.

Von der Leyen has carried her disastrous form from the German Defense Ministry into Brussels and shown a strong penchant for losing private messages through which she struck a multibillion-euro deal for vaccines from Pfizer – resulting in censure by the European Court of Justice.

Pain in the assets

How and why von der Leyen and her compatriot and fellow German 1-percenter, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, managed to push a dangerous plot to steal Russia’s assets, give them to Ukraine, and let Belgium carry the can, to a midnight denouement only resolved by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will be a story you will not read anywhere in the Western press.

Nor the role played by Kaja Kallas and her functionaries in supporting the German push. That the €90 billion ($105 billion) they claimed they raised for Ukraine is money down the drain that will eventually be paid for by European taxpayers is also a story the West would rather not have to read.

Droning on

Von der Leyen and Kallas, as well as the Western media, were also happy to fan the drone hysteria that gripped northern Europe – a kind of religious mass-event for which there is a precedent in Belgium.

An investigation by Dutch magazine Trouw found that of 61 reported drone sightings in Belgium, Denmark, and elsewhere, only three were not debunked.

The CEO of Copenhagen airport has also since confirmed that any drones spotted near the facility were peaceful. You’re not going to read that anywhere in the Western press.

Corruption in Ukraine

The four-year-long refusal by the Western media to acknowledge the obvious about Ukraine’s endemic and rampant culture of corruption has almost come to an end.

An image of a gold toilet allegedly installed in the apartment of Vladimir Zelensky’s fugitive friend Timur Mindich – who fled to Israel before agents could arrest him – has galvanized public anger in Ukraine and beyond.

The revelations that Zelensky’s inner circle took part in a €100 million graft scheme connected to the energy sector were reasonably widely reported, but will be conveniently disconnected from the idea that EU taxpayers will effectively hand over €90 billion more to Zelensky’s cronies to keep Kiev’s frontline fighting, as well as lining pockets.

That the revelations of rampant corruption by Zelensky’s inner circle – authored by an anti-corruption unit he had tried and failed to take control of – weakened him and emboldened Washington to push more for peace is also not a story the Western media is very happy to report, however obvious it is.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031511 (261747ZDEC25) Notable: PEACE HOPE Zelensky poised to fly to Mar-a-Lago for crunch talks with Trump

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Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “We are examining this material and, depending on the decisions made by the head of state, we will continue our communication with the Americans.”

Putin has also instructed his foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov to open direct contacts with Washington after Moscow received U.S. proposals on a possible Ukrainian peace deal, the Kremlin said on Friday.

“It was agreed with the U.S. to continue dialogue,” Peskov told reporters, indicating that back-channel talks are now running in parallel with preparations for the Trump–Zelensky summit.

But Vlad has privately cast doubt on the framework.

Speaking behind closed doors to senior businessmen, he reiterated Russia’s claim to the whole of the Donbas, according to Kommersant.

Kremlin correspondent Andrei Kolesnikov wrote that Putin was open only to limited swaps, adding: “In other words, that ‘Donbas is ours’.”

Putin also said Russia was discussing joint management of the Zaporizhzhia plant with the US, excluding Ukraine, despite Zelensky saying Washington had floated a three-way split.

The Russian tyrant reportedly claimed the US was interested in using the plant’s electricity for cryptocurrency mining.

Mr Kolesnikov added: “He also said that the Americans had stepped back from some of their own proposals as a result of talks with the Europeans. And that this was a weakness.”

Moscow is expected to push for tougher limits on Ukraine’s military, guarantees against Nato expansion and clarity on sanctions relief and frozen Russian assets.

The diplomatic push comes as Russia intensifies attacks on the ground.

Overnight, Russian drones struck port and energy infrastructure in Odesa and the Danube region, just yards from Nato member Romania.

Huge flames were seen at a power facility in Izmail, prompting Romania to scramble two F-16 fighter jets.

An official statement said: “The air surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defence identified groups of drones launched by the Russian Federation towards the Ukrainian ports on the Danube.”

The jets flew for more than two hours as residents in Tulcea County were placed on alert.

Romania said no airspace violations were recorded, despite drone debris landing on its territory 34 times since the war began.

Odesa military chief Serhii Lysak said: “Today the enemy attacked our city again. Damage to an infrastructure facility in Odesa was recorded. A fire broke out as a result of a UAV hit. Work is underway to eliminate the consequences.”

There were no fatalities, but Ukraine said Slovakia-, Palau- and Liberia-flagged vessels were damaged in Odesa and Mykolaiv ports. Slovakia is a Nato state.

At least three people were killed and 13 injured in Russian attacks over Christmas in Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Donetsk.

Moscow said it had downed seven British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles over the past week, according to the Russian defence ministry.

Ukraine, meanwhile, said it had used Storm Shadow missiles to strike a major Russian oil refinery in the Rostov region on Thursday, part of a campaign to choke off Moscow’s export revenues.

Russian officials said a firefighter was wounded tackling the blaze.

On the ground, Russian forces were reported to have taken control of the settlement of Kosivstseve in the Zaporizhzhia region, as Moscow presses its advantage in parts of eastern Ukraine despite the parallel diplomatic track.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031598 (261820ZDEC25) Notable: Europe’s nuclear sites on high alert for drone threats in the year ahead

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What is troubling the authorities is that the flights are clustered around high-value nuclear and military sites, with drones larger and more capable than those usually used by hobbyists.

“These are not people flying toys,” said Belgium’s Defence Minister, Theo Francken, after the Kleine-Brogel incursion. “They came to spy, to see where the F-16s are, where the ammunition is and other highly strategic information.”

Furthermore, some of the UAVs flew higher and proved resistant to jamming.

This adds to a series of incidents since September in which drones flew over civilian airports across Eastern Europe, as well as Germany and Scandinavia.

The flights, likely conducted by criminal gangs and paid for in cryptocurrency by Moscow, could well be construed as “hostile reconnaissance” to look into sites or indeed test their anti-drone technology for a future conflict.

Drones can also gather real-time imagery that satellites cannot and if one could capture either a French nuclear-armed submarines leaving Ile Longue or a Royal Navy one departing Faslane in Scotland it would give enemies a significant tracking advantage.

Drones everywhere

Hostile states can also use the rapidly expanding civilian drone market to blend into the noise to hide their true intentions.

In Britain it is estimated that by 2030 there could be 76,000 commercial drones operating in its airspace, according to The Economist.

And across Europe, more than 3,800 close encounters between drones and aircraft were recorded last year − more than double the previous year.

Drones, Mr Arnold argued, are perfectly suited to “grey zone” operations, those activities that fall short of open warfare but inflict disruption and apprehension.

Annabelle Walker, an analyst at the intelligence company Sibylline, also suggested that Russia has a strong interest in probing Nato’s readiness.

“The use of drones has exposed a particular gap in European countries,” she said. “Testing response times, decision-making and co-ordination tells you a lot and it can all be done below the threshold of war.”

Shoot 'em down?

Shooting down drones risks collateral damage. Main defences include jamming or “spoofing”, in which drones are tricked into misidentifying their location.

Jamming is less effective against autonomous drones programmed to strike or that are using fibre-optic control − as seen widely in the Ukraine-Russia war.

Defenders can use physical countermeasures such as guns that shoot nets, and shotguns, which are broadly carried in Ukraine.

The National understands that Kyiv is set to unveil next year a state-of-the art interceptor drone. The counter-drone industry is now becoming a major market for defence companies.

To defend against a serious attack on a nuclear site, governments must identify vulnerable locations then use a layered defence of radar, electronic warfare and trained personnel dedicated to counter-drone operations, said Douglas Barrie of the IISS.

But air defence was an area where European states had underinvested for decades since the Cold War ended. “Western Europe and the UK really need to pay more attention as this is back on the agenda in a big way,” Mr Barrie told The National.

“Moscow is clearly in the frame, and they’re testing the boundaries of what they can get away with before the other side pushes back,” he added.

Mr Zelenskyy’s near-miss over Dublin was not necessarily an act of war but it was a warning − as were the other incidents − and Moscow may well consider further disruptive operations that avoid open conflict.

It is now a question of whether Europe can strengthen its defences against a threat that will only intensify.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031602 (261821ZDEC25) Notable: Europe’s nuclear sites on high alert for drone threats in the year ahead

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https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/europe/2025/12/26/europes-nuclear-facilities-put-on-a-2026-drone-alert/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031607 (261823ZDEC25) Notable: Meta prioritizes profit over protecting users, made $16 billion (10% of revenue) in Facebook scam ads last year.

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The $16 Billion Question Haunting Mark Zuckerberg

A new study finds Facebook hosts the vast majority of social media scams, and critics argue it is because Meta prioritizes profit over protecting users, according to the New York Post.

Internal documents obtained by Reuters show Meta projected $16 billion — about 10% of revenue — from scam ads last year. Experts say the company only bans advertisers when its systems detect a 95% probability of fraud, while charging higher ad fees to suspicious buyers, a system critics describe as “pay to play.”

Former California prosecutor Erin West says the documents prove fraud is a “major moneymaker” for Meta. “To know that Facebook is aware of this and they tolerate it — and in fact, they even command additional fees from the worst offenders — is egregious… the practice itself is outrageous, jaw-dropping, unacceptable.”

Data from fraud-reporting firm SafelyHQ shows Facebook is cited in 85% of scam reports that identify a platform, with more than 50,000 verified complaints collected so far. CEO Patrick Quade says the problem is far larger: “For 50,000 people to find us and independently document their losses implies a victim count in the tens of millions… This isn’t ‘cherry-picking’ — it is the overflow of a systemic failure that Meta’s own documents confirm.”

One victim, Brian Kuhn, lost $70 buying records from a fake Facebook sale. “It felt a little creepy that they seemed to know my taste so well… I somehow blame myself equally, but that doesn’t excuse Facebook from allowing the thieves to prey on people.”

The Post writes that lawmakers Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal have demanded a federal investigation, writing: “Perversely, Meta reportedly charges higher rates for ads that it suspects might be fraudulent — in effect, imposing a scam tax…”

Meta spokesperson Andy Stone denies the claims, saying: “We aggressively fight fraud and scams… Scammers are persistent criminals…”

Yet internal Meta reports from 2025 found the company was involved in one-third of successful U.S. scams and that it was “easier to advertise scams on Meta platforms than Google.”

Another victim, Betty, who bought counterfeit cosmetics from a Facebook ad, described the platform’s targeting: “You like one thing or look at something or you make a comment about one thing and then these ads appear… Some are really good — they’re fake, but you really can’t tell at first.”

Quade warns that “the ‘fox’ isn’t even guarding the henhouse — it’s charging a toll for other foxes to walk right in… Meta’s system is algorithmically trapping regular citizens in e-commerce scams…”

Consumer Reports and policy experts argue Meta’s protection under Section 230 must be narrowed, especially for paid ads. As Quade concludes, “You can’t let the company profiting from the crime be the one in charge of stopping it.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/16-billion-question-haunting-mark-zuckerberg

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031622 (261827ZDEC25) Notable: A Striking Number of Children and Relatives of Democrat Politicians Are Running for Office

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A Striking Number of Children and Relatives of Democrat Politicians Are Running for Office

All in the family: In 2026, a surge of politicians’ kids are running for office

Dozens of members are nearing the end of their congressional careers and hanging up their voting cards.

But for some, their family’s political legacies will continue, as their kids and relatives run for office in 2026.

In the crowded Maine governor’s race alone, there are three contenders who are political scions: Democrat Angus King III, the son of independent Sen. Angus King; Democrat Hannah Pingree, the daughter of Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine; and Republican Jonathan Bush, the nephew and cousin of the two Bush presidents.

While the trend is hardly new, this campaign cycle already features a number of notable races involving candidates who are related to former or current politicians.

In New Hampshire, retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s daughter, Stefany Shaheen, has launched a bid for an open House seat. Across the country, former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughter, Christine Pelosi, is running for a state Senate seat in California. And in Georgia, the son of former GOP Rep. Jack Kingston, Jim Kingston, is running for his dad’s old House seat.

Chellie Pingree said it has been both “heart-warming and terrifying” to watch her daughter, a former speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, enter the political arena. But she also said it’s only “natural” to see the next generation of public servants following in some of their parents’ footsteps.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/striking-number-children-relatives-democrat-politicians-are-running/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031623 (261827ZDEC25) Notable: China Sanctions 20 US Defense Firms, Issues 'Red Line' Warning Over Record Taiwan Arms Deal

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China Sanctions 20 US Defense Firms, Issues 'Red Line' Warning Over Record Taiwan Arms Deal

by Tyler Durden Friday, Dec 26, 2025 - 08:25 AM

After sounding the constant warning that Washington is "playing with fire" in continually arming and supporting self-ruled Taiwan, China's foreign ministry announced Friday new sanctions on ten individuals and 20 American defense companies, mostly notably among them Boeing, specifically in response to American arms sales to Taiwan.

The ministry described that the sanctions freeze any assets that the listed people and firms hold in China and prohibit Chinese organizations and citizens from conducting business with them, and singled out Boeing's St. Louis-based defense branch, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and L3Harris Maritime Services - among others.

Also on the list is Palmer Luckey, the founder of defense firm Anduril Industries. The sanctioned executives are barred from traveling to mainland China, as well as Hong Kong and Macau.

"In response to the latest US announcement of large-scale arms sales to China’s Taiwan region, China has decided to take countermeasures in accordance with the anti-foreign sanctions law against 20 US defense-related companies and 10 senior executives who have engaged in arming Taiwan in recent years," stated the Chinese foreign ministry.

"Anyone who attempts to cross the line and make provocations on the Taiwan question will be met with China’s firm response… No country or force shall ever underestimate the resolve, will, and ability of the Chinese government and people to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity," it added.

The ministry described that "movable and immovable properties, and other kinds of assets" of these American firms and individuals within China "shall be frozen."

The punitive measure follows the Trump administration's provocative announcement last week of an $11.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, which is record-setting, confirmed as the largest such US sale to the island to date.

Beijing has said "The Taiwan issue lies at the heart of China’s core interests and represents the first red line in China-U.S. relations that must not be crossed," according to a foreign ministry spokesperson.

The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the major arms sales are intended to support Taipei's efforts to "modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability."

The biggest chunks of the package include some $4 billion of Himars truck-based missile launchers, enough for 82 of the advanced systems.

The Himars have enough range to be able to reach targets on China's east coast, which introduces a new level of 'deterrence' from Taipei's and Washington's perspectives.

Last week, soon on the heels of this, Beijing issued a blistering statement saying, "The 'Taiwan independence' forces on the island seek independence through force and resist reunification through force, squandering the hard-earned money of the people to purchase weapons at the cost of turning Taiwan into a powder keg."

That prior statement had added, "This cannot save the doomed fate of 'Taiwan independence' but will only accelerate the push of the Taiwan Strait toward a dangerous situation of military confrontation and war. The U.S. support for 'Taiwan Independence' through arms will only end up backfiring. Using Taiwan to contain China will not succeed."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-sanctions-us-defense-firms-executives-over-record-taiwan-arms-sales-red-line

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24031684 (261849ZDEC25) Notable: Loser Jimmy Kimmel addresses UK TV and NO ONE GIVES A SHIT

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Canada #86

Jimmy Kimmel Attacks Trump, Warns of ‘Tyranny Booming’ in Christmas Address on UK TV: ‘We Won, the President Lost’

by Simon Kent 26 Dec 2025

A comfortably smug Jimmy Kimmel sent a personal message to UK television viewers saying “tyranny is booming over here” when he delivered a fireside chat across the pond on Christmas Day.

The left-wing, late-night host was chosen to give an “alternative Christmas message” on Channel 4 to counter the British monarch’s much-viewed annual televised address, as Breitbart News reported.

The channel began a tradition of airing an alternative Christmas message in 1993. Channel 4 said the message is often a thought-provoking and personal reflection pertinent to the events of the year.

Kimmel was chosen after the presenter’s ABC talk show was yanked off air in September after he made despicable comments about slain conservative icon and free speech martyr Charlie Kirk.

He also poked fun at President Donald Trump comments about White House ballroom renovations after being asked about Kirk’s murder.

“You may have read in your colorful newspapers my country’s president would like to shut me up because I don’t adore him in the way he likes to be adored,” he said, per the Los Angeles Times.

He attributed the return of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to the “millions and millions of people” he claims fought to get him back on the air in the name of free speech.

Kimmel offered his UK audience no evidence to support the claim of “millions and millions of people” stood with him.

“And because so many people spoke out, we came back. Our show came back stronger than ever. We won, the president lost, and now I’m back on the air every night giving the most powerful politician on Earth a right, and richly deserved, bollocking,” he said in a nod to the British slang for scolding.

Elsewhere during his address, Kimmel called the president “King Donny the 8th.” “We don’t have a problem with your king, just the guy who thinks he’s our king,” he said, apologizing for the state of America and its democratic institutions.

“Don’t give up on us,” Kimmel said. “We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around.”

As Breitbart News reported, the late-night host had falsely suggested on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kirk’s assassin may have been part of the “MAGA gang,” and mocked Trump’s response, which included ordering American flags flown at half-staff.

ABC, Disney, and affiliates responded by briefly pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live! from all of their stations, with broadcast affiliate Nexstar citing Kimmel’s “offensive and insensitive” comments “at a critical time in our national political discourse,” and stressing the company’s desire to “move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue.”

After returning to the air, Kimmel was slammed for his non-apology monologue addressing the matter, and was accused of spinning the narrative “in typical leftist fashion” to paint himself as a long-suffering victim.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/12/26/jimmy-kimmel-attacks-trump-warns-of-tyranny-booming-in-christmas-address-on-uk-tv-we-won-the-president-lost/

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