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>>23897045

Judge Dismisses Cases Against Comey, Letitia James

A federal judge has dismissed cases against former FBI Director James Comey and NY Attorney General Letitia James, after finding that US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed to the role, and that AG Pam Bondi cannot ratify her actions.

Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, a Clinton appointee, dismissed the case without prejudice over Halligan's appointment, meaning the DOJ can try again when they get their act together.

"I conclude that all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment, including securing and signing Ms. James's indictment, constitute unlawful exercises of executive power and must be set aside," the judge wrote in an order in James' case.

Comey pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied to Congress during a 2020 hearing and obstructed their proceeding.

https://www.allrisenews.com/p/halligan-comey-jame-thanksgiving-rtw

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135.213.0.pdf

>>23897053

Prvides Zero Proof of Hitler's penis size…

Typical Shill Quality Work

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>>23897057

DHS? NEVERLIKEDYOU,SHERO

Just wanted to touch base after hearing the schitt call from the DOJ!

>>23896459 lb

> FLOTUS

> Which turkey should receive the ceremonial pardon?

Why not both?

kek

>>23897069

Reminded of talk on this board back-in-the-day about how when their back's up against the wall, they'll bust out the alien narrative distractions.

>>23897014

Was Gaza's destruction, high death toll necessary for Israel's war on Hamas? - analysis 1/3

Questions grow over whether the civilian deaths and scale of destruction in Gaza were necessary for Israel to achieve its goals.

dated: NOVEMBER 24, 2025 15:29

The debate over the amount of destruction in Gaza continues to growas more footage emerges from Gaza. A recent video from the Associated Press has been circulating on social media.

It shows the complete destruction of an area of Gaza. This has been seen before.However, each time, one is only given a snippet of the total destruction caused by two years of war.

Each time these videos appear, a vibrant debate breaks out on social media. For those more sympathetic to the Palestinians, the footage is evidence of the horrors of the war.

Ihab Hassan, who describes himself as a human rights activist, wrote “apocalyptic aerial footage from Gaza, nothing left standing, only endless rubble.”Others disagree and replies include references to “FAFO,” which essentially means “mess about, find out.” In essence, thismeans that the civilians in Gaza deserved to have all their homes destroyedbecause of the atrocities of Hamas on October 7.

The ”they deserved it” argument is one type of response to the massive destruction and high death toll in the Gaza war. Hamas-run health authorities in Gaza said in late October 2025 that more than 67,000 people were killed in Gaza in the war.

Although some argue that these figures are biased due to the fact that Hamas controls the Health Ministry in Gaza, there are no alternative numbers that Israel has put out.

The IDF put out some data in 2024 during the first year of the war. In July 2024, the IDF said, “the forces have eliminated and apprehended approximately 14,000 terrorists. Among the eliminated terrorists are six brigade commanders, over 20 battalion commanders, and approximately 150 company commanders.”

It's not clear how many more terrorists were killed since then, but it stands to reason that at most it is twice that number, which would be an estimate of some 20-28,000. That still means more than half of those killed in the war are civilians. This has led to a debate about the civilian death toll.

One argument posits that the number of civilians killed in this war is lower than in other conflicts. This tries to break down the civilian death toll to a ratio compared to the number of enemy combatants killed. This macabre math doesn’t tell us that much because the number of Hamas members killed is an estimate, and the overall death toll in Gaza is not known precisely.

IDF believed most of the Hamas battalions in northern Gaza had been dismantled

In the past, the IDF has sometimes exaggerated its estimates of success in Gaza. For instance, the IDF believed most of the Hamas battalions in northern Gaza had been dismantled by December 2023. In August 2025, the IDF had to dismantle, once again, the Hamas battalion in Beit Hanun.In fact, almost all the Hamas battalions in northern Gaza had to be re-defeated, sometimes several times. How could Hamas be at a “breaking point” in northern Gaza in December 2023, but then the IDF had to go back into Gaza City in September 2025?

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-875010

Good Analysis by Jerusalem Post

>>23897071

Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 11/24/2025 13:04:18

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Truth Social: 115605992780109632

Whatever happened to “Senator” Rand Paul? He was never great, but he went really BAD! I got him elected, TWICE (in the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky!), but he just never votes positively for the Republican Party. He’s a nasty liddle’ guy, much like “Congressman” Thomas Massie, aka Rand Paul Jr., also of Kentucky (which I won three times, in massive landslides!), a sick Wacko, who refuses to vote for our great Republican Party, MAGA, or America First. It’s really weird!!!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115605992780109632

>>23897077

robbie gibb worked with the tories and labour governments.

a definition of a Gray man

"Never Had These Problems Before": Violent Illegal Street Takeover Rocks Queens Neighborhood, Terrifying Residents

A late-night illegal street takeover in Queens, New York, over the weekend turned extremely violent when a private security guard attempting to intervene was assaulted, and his vehicle was set on fire. The incident highlights the growing public-safety crisis in Democrat-run cities and may only suggest what's to come under Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino, who represents the neighborhood of Malba, a small, wealthy residential area in northeastern Queens, was absolutely disgusted by the lawlessness…

On X, Paladino raged:

Last night in Malba, a large group of individuals from outside my district conducted an illegal 'takeover' of a quiet residential street at approximately 12:30am. This is not the first time it's happened.

A private security guard attempted to calm the situation – he was assaulted by the mob and his vehicle was set on fire. He suffered significant injuries. A local resident was also assaulted.

Response to this incident was less than ideal. Residents reporting the incident to 911 were told that 'quality of life team' and 311 should handle the situation. Unacceptable. In fact, these violent street takeovers should be met with maximum force by the police department.

We have NEVER had these problems before. Now it's an epidemic. What changed? We stopped arresting criminals.

I am meeting this morning with the chief of department and the local precinct at the scene to discuss exactly what happened last night. I have already been assured that Malba will receive four dedicated patrol cars from this point forward, as well as additional security upgrades that we cannot disclose.

However, the city MUST do something to stop this lawlessness. All the speed cameras in the world do absolutely NOTHING to prevent these incidents – we need police response and the most severe consequences for these criminals, not to simply allow them to drive away after they've completed their mayhem.

These incidents are happening citywide, and they're happening because there are no longer any real consequences to this kind of criminality. But let me make something very clear to the criminals – you are risking your lives bringing this chaos into our neighborhoods.

I know for a fact there were multiple armed residents who exercised extreme restraint last night, however that level of restraint is not guaranteed. If the city refuses to do what's necessary, the people might.

Once again I want to urge any residents of my district who are interested in obtaining their carry or premises permits to contact my office. We are offering assistance with the application process and legal fees to all who wish to exercise their constitutional right to self protection.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/never-had-these-problems-violent-illegal-street-takeover-rocks-queens-neighborhood

>>23897080

(This article brings up valid questions on how the war was run)

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The same stories were told about Hamas being mostly defeated by April 2024 in all of Gaza.Yet the fact is that the group held on to a lot of areas and was never challenged in key parts of central and northern Gaza. The Rafah Brigade was also declared defeated by July 2024,only to have to be defeated again several times. Members of the brigade are still hiding in tunnels in Rafah.

The reality is that alot of the information that came out of the Gaza waris incomplete. This makes it hard to draw some conclusions about the casualties and the war.

What is clear is that a large number of civilians were killed. In past Israeli wars it was considered a large number of civilians if hundreds were killed. For instance, in the 2009 Gaza war, this was the case. The fact that estimates say more than 30,000 people were killed in Gaza should require a pause for reflection.

Asserting that it’s acceptable because the ratio is “1:1” doesn’t provide a real reflection on the war.

The destruction in Gaza also does not have an easy explanation.If one goes past the “FAFO” argument, which essentially argues “they deserve it,” then the question is whether this level of destruction was necessary. Some arguments say that this is how urban warfare works, because Hamas had snipers in buildings or stored munitions or had tunnel shafts, so that every building had to be destroyed. However, the reality of the fighting is in contrast to this depiction.

While Hamas did use civilian buildings,it was also cleared from many areas of Gaza, only to have those areas handed back to Hamas. For instance, the IDF went into Jabaliya in the first months of the war. Most of the buildings were still standing at this time, although some were damaged. The civilians had been evacuated. Hamas was pushed out of part of the area.Then the IDF left. The IDF returned to Jabaliya several times during the war, each time causing more destruction to re-defeat Hamas.

The destruction in placeslike Jabaliya wasn’t because Hamas used every building. Had the IDF held the place after first taking it, most of it would have been spared. This is one reason that other urban battlefields have looked different than Gaza. Mosul city, for instance, was the site of a 10-month battle against ISIS. ==However, to defeat ISIS the Iraqi army did the opposite of the IDF.

They called on civilians to move to IDP camps away from ISIS. Then the army cleared the city street by street. They never cleared the areas several times. The US-led coalition stopped doing airstrikes in the dense urban area of western Mosul city because of concerns for civilian casualties==. While there were some areas that were badly damaged, Mosul was less damaged than Gaza.

The level of destruction in Gaza was clearly increased in some neighborhoods by the systematic demolition of almost every building. In other areas, the IDF used different tactics. In the Hamad towers area of Khan Younis, the IDF initially went in with a lot of special units and spared the buildings the total ruin that took place in parts of Rafah, for instance.

One theory presented for why high-rise buildings had to be destroyed in September 2025 was the argument that they could be used by Hamas as sniper positions. However,this argument raises questions about why they were not hit with airstrikes early in the war when the IDF first operated in Gaza City.One Israeli official said that destroying the high-riseswas a way to “change the skyline” of Gaza. Was it about changing the skyline or because these specific buildings were being used by Hamas?

Israel has the precision munitions that can hit targets in a large building, as evidenced by the precision strike in Beirut on November 23.

The theory that whole neighborhoods have to be razedbecause of the presence of snipers or terrorists is in contrast to how other militarieshave fought insurgents.

The British Army didn’t raze whole neighborhoods in Northern Ireland to defeat the IRA. The US fighting terrorists in Fallujah didn’t raze the city. ==This illustrates that the level of destruction in Gaza is not only a feature of urban warfare=. On the other hand, it can be a feature of urban war. Berlin and Stalingrad were destroyed in the Second World War.

The number of fighters engaged in those battles and the huge death toll is not similar to Gaza. As such it doesn’t seem reasonable to compare the battle for Gaza to the battle for Berlin.Even if it were reasonable, it might be worth asking why the battle for Gaza took two years and the battle for Berlin took a few weeks.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-875010

>>23896601

TYB

Dough link needs a second >

o7

Only Europe can speak for Europe. Discussed coordinated steps with

@eucopresident

,

@vonderleyen

and EU leaders today.

Ukraine’s commitment to a just and lasting peace is clear. Putin’s imperial goals have not changed.

We must increase pressure on the aggressor. Immediate use of frozen Russian assets, a stronger sanctions package and EU tariffs where needed. And we keep supporting Ukraine.

https://x.com/KristenMichalPM/status/1992950440166674798

>>23897083

TIMESTAMPS 104 AND 1304

liddle

>>23897087

The First Earth Battalion: America's Strangest Military Experiment

https://youtu.be/zP3pOszdr5U

>>23897088

3/3

The level of destruction in Gaza is largely a result of the way the war unfolded.The IDF had no clear plan to defeat Hamas or retake Gaza.

As such, the first weeks were filled with intense bombardment in October 2023while IDF reservists re-trained to fight in urban areas.

The first year of war included raids intoareas to defeat Hamas “battalions” and then withdraw and let Hamas return.

The fact that areas like Zeitoun inGaza were taken seven times by the IDF meantthat the area wasdestroyed more because of a lack of willingness to secure and hold it.Even today, Hamas has returned to Zeitoun,which raises questionsabout what the point of the seven operations was to accomplish.

In March 2025, the IDF was asked to shift gears again and return to many areas it had already taken.

Politicians called for more destruction of Gaza.Once again, calls for destruction have nothing to do with urban warfare necessities. The campaign from May to July led to more systematic demolition of some areas. Later, inSeptember officials threatened to turn Gaza City into Beit Hanun.Beit Hanun is a town in Gaza near Sderot that was completely razed. The threats to turn Gaza city into Beit Hanun don’t reference military necessity of urban warfare.

The argument that this is just how urban warfare unfoldsdoes not mesh wellwith the comments about destroying areas of Gaza.It’s also not clear that turning cities into rubble makes the cities safer for troops. In Rafah, the terrorists continue to emerge from tunnels under the rubble.The rubble may be doing more harm than good eventually.

The debate about the destruction and casualties will continue. However, a nuanced look at Gaza reveals thatthere continue to be more questions than answers about how the war unfolded.

• Could it have been waged with less destruction and less casualties?

• It’s likely it could have and it will require more study to get lessons learned from the campaign.==

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-875010

House intel chief warns foreign actors are conspiring with Americans to ‘sow discord’ inside U.S.

“We need to know about it. We need to be in a position to intercept those kinds of things and protect our citizens here at home,” Rep. Rick Crawford says.

ouse Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford, R-Ark., is pressing for major counterintelligence reforms across spy agencies, starkly warning that foreign actors are conspiring with Americans to destabilize and divide the United States.

“I think there is a whole network of both state and non-state actors that bring that to bear here in the United States, that is to exploit any kind of political divide that might exist, or schisms that may exist, even within a political party,” Crawford told Just the News in a wide-ranging interview.

“So they kind of help sow discord. We've seen malign influence from state actors that include China and Russia and Iran. But then there's also the non-state actors that can be doing the bidding of a nation state," he said.

“For example, what if you had, let's say Russia was essentially paying for cyberattacks against certain targets, or that China might be doing the same thing,” he added. “China might be mobilizing the diaspora that lives here in the United States, maybe United States citizens, but they have this underlying allegiance to the mother country and China seeks to exploit that.”

more…

https://justthenews.com/government/security/house-intel-chief-warns-foreign-actors-conspiring-americans-sow-discord-inside

>>23897091

Europe's Counter-Plan For Ukraine Peace Leaves Door Wide Open For NATO Admission

Even as the Trump White House is busy in Europe trying to get NATO and EU states on board its 28-point peace plan which controversially demands the Ukrainian side cede territory, the Europeans have leaked their own counter-plan which proposes much less in the way of compromise with Russia.

The UK, France, and Germany have put forward their own counter-proposal, and the draft differs sharply from the US version. Like with prior proposed deals, it contains terms which Moscow is expected to flatly reject, mostly notably it does not provide guarantees that Ukraine will stay out of NATO, and also absent is the ceding of any territory.

While Trump's plan makes clear that Ukraine must renounce ever joining NATO, the European draft states that Ukraine’s potential NATO membership "depends on the consensus of NATO members, which does not exist." This intentionally ambiguous language of course leaves leaves the door wide open, dependent on when such consensus is reached.

On giving up land, the European document says that any discussions on territorial exchanges would start from the current Line of Contact. Freezing the front lines is something President Zelensky has wanted to do all along. Moscow has seen in this a way of allowing Ukrainian forces to regroup and rearm.

Zelensky is already not happy with the US version of the peace plan, as Ukraine would surrender the areas of Donbas it still controls, and the front lines would be frozen in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia - where Russian forces also holds territory.

However, one place where the US and European drafts do appear to be in lock-step is the one area the Kremlin is likely to take serious issue to: Washington and the West would provide security guarantee for Ukraine resembling NATO's Article 5 mutual-defense commitment.

Kiev has meanwhile been given until Thursday to provide its official response to the 28-point plan, and currently it simply looks like it is seeking the backing of Europe in coming up with a more robust pro-Ukraine plan. Trump wants to see the whole thing agreed to by Thanksgiving Day, but this is unlikely to happen, given also the leaks and ongoing blame-game over 'compromising' too much with Russia.

But all serious analysts are in agreement that Russia is dominating on the battlefield, leaving Ukraine with few options but to seek serious compromise to end the war. For example, one observer while commenting on the European plan notes it has no teeth (from Russia's perspective) and predictably Moscow will not see anything attractive in such a deal, which resembles previously failed ones, as it has:

No ban on Ukraine joining NATO

Ukraine is "not be forced to be neutral"

Ukraine is free to invite "friendly forces"

Ceasefire & freezing current front lines

"No restriction" on size of Ukrainian military etc.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/europes-counter-plan-ukraine-peace-door-left-wide-open-ukraines-nato-admission

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