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>>24931522

KEK

London "heat wave"

34C = 93.2F

Phoenix, AZ

also 93 with a Real Feel temp of 108F = 42.2C

Miami, FL

90F with a Real Feel of 109F = 42.7C

>>24931544

saw a driverless Gaymo on a busy street today. Incorrectly reported it as a "goggle photo car" yesterday. Would have snapped a pic but forgot to carry phone.

it was Jaguar, nonetheless. Talk about gauche.

anon is not comfy with the phenomenon. probably not alone in that. we'll have to die off before the spawn gives them full buy-in.

US orders Israel to keep its word on Lebanon – Axios

Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has vowed to defy Washington and maintain its occupation of Lebanese territory

The US State Department reportedly ordered Israel to stick to its word and pull its troops out of Lebanon after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said his forces were “here to stay” in the south of the country.

Under a US-brokered framework signed on June 26, Israel agreed to leave the territory it currently occupies in Southern Lebanon in exchange for the Lebanese government disarming Hezbollah and establishing its own military as the sole armed group in Lebanon. During a visit to the occupied territory on Wednesday, Katz declared that “the IDF is here to stay in the security zones in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza.”

“The United States expects all parties to act in accordance with the framework agreement they have agreed upon, and Israel has clearly stated that it has no territorial aspirations in Lebanon,” a State Department official told Barak Ravid – an Axios reporter whom Israeli politicians and security officials regularly leak to – on Wednesday.

“A permanent Israeli military presence in southern Lebanon is inconsistent with the commitments given in the framework agreement and does not align with the long-term peace and security of both countries,” the official added.

Israel currently occupies roughly 600 square kilometers of southern Lebanon, including some territory north of the Litani River. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have demolished dozens of villages, and the occupation has resulted in the forced expulsion of more than 1.2 million Lebanese civilians.

“I have instructed the IDF to take all necessary steps to prepare for a long-term stay in the field,” Katz said on Wednesday. “As the Prime Minister and I have clearly stated, we are not withdrawing from this security zone… under no circumstances will we withdraw.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that Israel could permanently annex certain areas of southern Lebanon. In an interview with Fox News last month, Netanyahu claimed that some Christian villages in Lebanon “have actually asked to be annexed to Israel because we protect them against the Hezbollah fanatics who want to kill them.”

Netanyahu did not name any of the villages, and more than a dozen local Christian leaders in southern Lebanon issued a statement calling his remarks “completely fabricated” and “unrelated to reality.”

Israel’s war on, and occupation of, Lebanon has directly interfered with US-Iran peace talks. The July 17 memorandum of understanding agreed by Washington and Tehran reportedly called for the “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon,” a clause that Israel has not heeded.

https://www.rt.com/news/644210-us-israel-leave-lebanon/

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/2026-08-13/live-updates-905363

other Israel

https://report.az/en/other-countries/gaza-police-chief-killed-in-idf-strike-in-gaza-city-hamas-says

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-905474

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1sonrcuml

https://www.jfeed.com/latest-news/idf-eliminates-hamas-commander-who-infiltrated-israel-on-october-7th-49410

https://www.newsweek.com/idf-working-to-counter-new-weapon-that-gives-hezbollah-a-chance-12315595

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-it-shot-terror-operative-who-crossed-gazas-yellow-line/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-backtracks-says-palestinians-in-west-banks-qusra-will-not-be-moved-from-homes/

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hj0000sjsigg

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/IDF-says-it-dismantled-'illegal-outposts'-in-West-Bank/66913169

Live Updates: US prepares USS George Washington to replace Lincoln in Mid East, Iran maintains it controls Hormuz

August 13, 2026

Kusra residents vow to stay despite extremist settler violence • US, Israel deny agreement on foreign forces for Hezbollah disarmament • Hamas plans to run in upcoming Palestinian elections

August 13, 8:22 PM

Israeli officials stunned by Iran’s rapid military recovery after 2026 war - exclusive

Officials, both from IDF and Mossad, shocked by speed of Iranian post-war recovery • IDF seeing stunningly speedy turnaround in many areas, including the ballistic missile threat

Israeli defense officials have been shocked by the speed of Iran’s recovery following the early 2026 war, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

This includes both IDF and Mossad officials, though the military was the lead evaluator of targeting and the harm from the targeting of the Islamic Republic’s defense sector.

Numerous foreign media reports have poked holes in specific aspects of Israel’s narrative of military success setting back Iran’s military industrial complex by years already dating back to March of this year, but for months, apolitical IDF expert officials held the line that the damage was so extensive that even if some specific claims were off, Israel’s general narrative of setting Iran back years held.

August 13, 7:09 PM

UK condemns Houthi attacks, calls for halt to Iranian support

The United Kingdom condemned the Houthi drone and missile strikes against Saudi Arabia, attacks on international shipping, and violations of Yemeni airspace by Iranian aircraft, in a statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on Thursday.

The UK also called for Iran to cease its support for the Houthis.

"We urge the Houthis to focus on efforts to achieve peace and alleviate the suffering of Yemenis, rather than seeking to embroil Yemen in a wider regional conflict," the UK ambassador said.

August 13, 6:57 PM

US military loses 25 percent of Reaper drone fleet - report

The United States military has lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones, roughly 25 percent of its fleet in the war with Iran, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing three US officials familiar with the matter.

The drones, which are used to conduct surveillance and targeted strikes, cost between $30 million and $50 million, the Washington Post wrote.

According to the report, a fourth US official said that while some lost Reaper drones were shot down, an unspecified number crashed after their operators' communications link to the drones failed.

August 13, 6:44 PM

US preparing to replace USS Abraham Lincoln with USS George Washington - report

The United States is preparing the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East as part of a scheduled rotation plan, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing multiple US officials familiar with the matter.

Last week, Navy Times reported that Cao said that the US Navy is preparing the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group to relieve Lincoln, but could not provide a timeline due to “operational security.”

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Clearly she was going for the ball…this piece of shit needs to be banned from the WNBA. Could have broke Sophie’s neck. Hood rays like this should not be playing the game. Then has the nerve to say she got ejected for WHITE privilege. Kick here dumb ass out of the WNBA. Unacceptable behavior

>>24931525

try clicking on the word "show" in red in the original article

Jordan Schachtel

@JordanSchachtel

Palantir is an exceptional American company. Benjamin Netanyahu is a great statesman of our time. Data centers are the heart of American technological infrastructure. Flock cameras are essential to city policing. Covid was a scam turned global hysteria, not a lab leak. Elon Musk is the most important innovator alive. Nuclear is the only path to abundant clean energy. School choice is the civil rights issue of our time. America first is not isolationism. AI will serve as a net benefit for human flourishing.

I'll take my seat now.

https://x.com/JordanSchachtel/status/2079753785191137403

Houthis claim drone strike on Saudi refinery

13 August 2026 17:06 BST

Yemen's Houthis on Thursday claimed a drone attack on an Aramco refinery in southern Saudi Arabia, the group's affiliated news agency Saba reported.

"A military source confirmed that the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted an Aramco refinery in the Jizan region using two drones, achieving a precise hit by the grace of God," Saba reported, referring to Houthi forces.

The agency reported that the source said the strike was a response to a Saudi "violation of Yemeni airspace and the country's sovereignty in the Saada and Hajjah governorates".

The source said the Houthis would "respond decisively to any violation of the country's sovereignty or any act of aggression targeting the nation", according to Saba.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/houthis-claim-drone-strike-saudi-refinery

>>24931568

meh

newbs need to watch "Person of Interest" before posting. Consider it a historical primer, basic research, a lurking exercise. It will be massively entertaining on top of that.

this is old news, and Flock is just the latest distraction.

CENTCOM Launches First-Ever Multinational Attack Drone Task Force

Aug. 13, 2026

TAMPA, Fla. — On Aug. 13, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced efforts to establish the first-ever multi-domain, multinational attack drone task force.

The unit, called Task Force Falcon Strike, will employ one-way attack drones consisting of unmanned systems from above, on, and below the sea operated by military support staff from the United States and regional partners.

Falcon Strike’s launch occurs nine months after CENTCOM established Task Force Scorpion Strike, the U.S. military's first dedicated one-way attack drone squadron in the Middle East.

Scorpion Strike rapidly achieved key operational milestones, including the first-ever launch of an aerial attack drone from a U.S. Navy warship last December.

The squadron also employed one-way unmanned aerial systems during Operation Epic Fury and during strikes on Iranian port facilities in July using unmanned attack vessels at sea.

“Task Force Falcon Strike will expand on Scorpion Strike’s success given the tremendous innovation happening among our regional allies and partners,” said Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander.

“Integrating and deploying our new capabilities together will help us rapidly realize the new possibilities that are on the horizon.”

CENTCOM has initiated the process of consulting with and officially inviting regional partners. As regional partners formally join, Task Force Falcon Strike will scale attack drone capabilities across the Middle East into a unified multi-domain, multinational deterrent.

“The United States military has a lot of strong partnerships and friends in the region,” said Cooper. “We are collectively stronger when we integrate and deploy new capabilities together.”

Personnel from U.S. Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT), which launched Scorpion Strike, will lead Falcon Strike’s staff of U.S. and regional representatives.

Headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, SOCCENT plans and conducts special operations across CENTCOM’s 21-country area of responsibility in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia.

https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4573159/centcom-launches-first-ever-multinational-attack-drone-task-force/

CCP Intelligence Official Buys Building Steps From White House

A senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence official is the new owner of a historic building overlooking the White House Complex, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.

Located approximately 650 feet northeast of the White House grounds, the 100-year-old Securities Building on 15th Street was purchased on July 21, 2026 for $8.4 million by the Philip Qiu and Family Foundation, filings show. The building’s new owner, Philip Qiu, has held numerous positions within Chinese intelligence and state security arms, according to university records and DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements.

Qiu did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

“The CCP is like a kind, but firm parent,” Qiu said in 2021, according to a DCNF translation of an announcement from a Chinese intel arm. “It has guided our people out of hardship, led China’s sons and daughters to build a new country and is steering us toward great national rejuvenation.”

Qiu’s ownership of The Securities Building poses an urgent national security threat and must be investigated by federal authorities, multiple intelligence experts told the DCNF.

“This property allows access for big splashy intel ops as well as for more classic ops — like a listening post or Stingray-like systems to collect phone calls, text messages, and digital exhaust,” Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, told the DCNF. “That’s all great for collecting targeting information to later ‘bump’ or recruit targets out in the world, who otherwise work inside a key U.S. government building.”

“But what’s especially alarming are emerging ops that properties like this allow — like hidden drone swarms or shipping container missiles,” said Wright, who hosts The Wright Report podcast. “This kind of property is where the next 9/11 will come from. It’s coming.”

‘Special Forces Training’

Qiu, whose Chinese name is Qiu Feili, has held at least four Chinese government positions, beginning with a “career as a detective in the Criminal Investigation Team in Shanghai,” a 2024 University of New Haven (UNH) Instagram post states.

Shanghai’s criminal investigation team is a unit within Shanghai’s Public Security Bureau (PSB), which functions as a local subordinate of “China’s FBI,” the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), according to DCNF translations of Chinese government reports.

While it is unclear how long Qiu worked in the Shanghai PSB, he had already received combat training by October 2011, when he enrolled in a Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU) master’s program, according to DCNF translations of SJTU announcements.

SJTU photos show students carrying rifles and wearing camouflage fatigues during a team-building wargame at the program’s outset.

“Classmate Qiu Feili, who has undergone special forces training, served as a commander in the Red-Blue Battle, and not only directed his troops to successfully capture enemy positions, but also killed one-third of the opposing forces with 42 shots, achieving the best individual sniper record,” according to a DCNF translation of SJTU’s announcement concerning the training exercise.

Qiu has continued to support and cooperate with China’s security apparatus in recent years including through his role as honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Immigration Department Staff Association, with which he organized events introducing Hong Kong students to the Shanghai SWAT team in 2023 and 2024, according to DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements and accompanying photos.

more

https://dailycaller.com/2026/08/13/exclusive-ccp-intel-official-building-purchase-steps-from-white-house/

>>24931557

Fever coach Stephanie White walked right past her own player, Sophie Cunningham, to check on DiJonai Carrington after the hard foul 🤔

https://x.com/BrickCenter_/status/2087220028563468784

https://nitter.net/BrickCenter_/status/2087220028563468784

Government Spy Hubs Are Surveilling Anti-Flock Camera Activists

The Counter Terrorism Apparatus Comes For Anti-Surveillance Activists

Government spy hubs across America are surveilling activists seeking to remove Flock surveillance cameras from their cities and towns according to documents obtained by Deeper States. These intelligence products show dozens of state fusion centers and their counterparts in the FBI and DHS circulating memos warning that peaceful protesters organizing to stop AI powered surveillance cameras in their backyard are a national security threat.

Alongside the grassroots movement to stop data centers in communities across the country, Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader systems have stirred similar outpourings of civic outrage. At town halls and city council meetings, citizens from all walks of life have demanded local legislators ban flock cameras from being used in their localities. These efforts have found success with over 100 cities canceling their Flock contracts.

Anti-surveillance sentiment has coalesced with the activist organization DeFlock, which maps the tens of thousands of flock cameras pockmarking the country and offers resources to activists who oppose the widespread adaptation of automated license plate readers.

According to Deflock’s mission statement, “ALPRs [automated license plate readers] are a serious risk to your privacy and civil liberties. These systems continuously record your movements without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion. Your driving history is rarely confined to the town or city where the cameras are installed. It’s typically shared with thousands of other agencies nationwide (secretly). Once the data is out of your community, you have no control over how it’s used or what rules apply”.

The organization also points to intentional misuse of Flock systems for stalking and the potential for misidentification of suspects leading to false arrests as further cause for concern. Last year, flock CEO Garett Langley described Deflock activists as a “terroristic organization”, a description he was forced to walk back this week after widespread outrage at the resurfaced comments.

“My comments were a mistake and I apologize,” Langley told Forbes. “There are groups today that have real valid criticisms of the business, and I think what’s changed for us is, as we’ve listened to them and heard them out, what we’re trying to do is find this balance. We believe in a world where we can have safety and privacy.”

Despite Langley’s retreat, intelligence agencies are approaching Deflock’s constitutionally protected speech and organizing with the same tools and language they apply to terrorism. One report obtained by Deeper States and generated by the Wisconsin State Wide Intelligence Center shows intelligence components surveilling organizers of Deflock “days of action” in Alaska and Wisconsin.

The report instructs law enforcement to Increase patrols around ALPR during the known upcoming DeFlock events, monitor connectivity to ALPRs, review past cases involving damage to any ALPR “or similar modus operandi” and to advise patrol officers to report unusual inquiries about ALPRs and all vandalism, disruption, or sabotage to “your respective fusion center.”

https://danboguslaw.substack.com/p/exclusive-government-spy-hubs-are

ENJOY THE SHOW!

jeets flown in like the rest of the west

Texas Districts See Huge Surge in H-1B Visa Filings.

A new study has revealed a significant rise in H-1B visa filings in suburban Texas districts, raising potential concerns about wage suppression and job competition.

H-1B visa filings surged in eight suburban districts in Texas between fiscal years 2019 and 2025, according to federal labor data.

According to a new analysis by LayoffHedge, which tracks corporate layoffs, all eight of the fastest-growing districts for H-1B demand are in Texas. The Third Congressional District, which is represented by Representative Keith Self (R-TX), saw the largest increase in filings, with a 242 percent increase over the six-year period. The study reviewed 6.9 million federal Labor Condition Applications (LCAs), a required step in the H-1B visa process. The rise in H-1B filings in these districts bucks the trend of a nationwide decline. The survey also revealed that ten of the 20 fastest-growing districts in the United States are in Texas. An H-1B visa is a temporary work visa that allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers in specific occupations, although H-1B migrants often convert their status to a more permanent one. The program has faced significant scrutiny, both as a source of cheap foreign labor that undercuts American workers and as a source of visa fraud.

🎯 IMPACT: Representative Brandon Gill (R-TX), whose 26th District saw a 217 percent rise in filings, remarked that the H-1B program is “an abomination that is suppressing American wages, taking American jobs, and culturally erasing American communities. It should be abolished.”

📺 FLASHBACK: Earlier in the year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) launched an investigation into H-1B visa fraud. “Any criminal who attempts to scam the H-1B visa program and use ‘ghost offices’ or other fraudulent ploys should be prepared to face the full force of the law,” Paxton declared at the time. Paxton is the Republican candidate in the state’s upcoming Senate race, where he will face off against Democrat nominee James Talarico.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/08/13/texas-districts-see-huge-surge-in-h-1b-visa-filings/

Train derails in East Sussex: Two seriously injured in railway disaster near Lewes as passengers say carriages 'jumped off the track'

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16050641/passenger-train-derailment-updates.html

>>24931592

KEK

New Database Documents Over 100 Cases of Cops Abusing Flock Surveillance Cameras

Police have used Flock cameras to stalk their exes, track abortion patients, and spy on protesters—among other abuses.

A new database launched Wednesday that details more than 100 cases of alleged abuse by law enforcement officers using Flock Safety’s nationwide camera network is adding fresh urgency to the growing backlash against automated license plate readers.

The database, published by the Institute for Justice (IJ)—a libertarian nonprofit public interest law firm based in Arlington, Virginia—documents “romantic stalking, wrongful stops and detentions, non-law enforcement use, and other types of misconduct.”

“Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) were sold to American communities as a targeted tool for catching car thieves and finding missing people,” IJ said in an introduction to the database. “What they actually purchased has grown into something far broader and more frightening: an AI-powered network of cameras that photograph and log the movement of every driver who passes, whether or not they are suspected of any crime.”

“Companies like Flock Safety have now blanketed thousands of communities with ALPRs, quietly assembling powerful mass surveillance systems that can reconstruct where people have been, when, and how often, all without a warrant,” the institute continued. “This dragnet surveillance threatens the freedoms the Fourth Amendment was adopted to protect. These concerns aren’t just abstractions: Every day, innocent people are harmed by officials’ abuse and misuse of these ALPRs.”

“When the government can track the everyday movements of ordinary people—to their jobs, their churches, their doctors, their protests—it holds a kind of power over private life that the Constitution does not allow,” IJ added.

Among the cases highlighted in the database are those of a Florida sheriff’s deputy who allegedly used an ALPR to track and pull over a woman after seeing her at a television shoot, a Texas deputy who reportedly searched tens of thousands of Flock cameras while trying to locate a woman who had allegedly obtained a medication abortion, and a Georgia police chief who reportedly tracked his former girlfriend and her teenage daughter hundreds of times.

The database’s authors warn that even those 100-plus cases may represent only a fraction of the actual misconduct. Officers often provide vague explanations when searching ALPR databases, making systematic detection of abuse difficult. In one case in Norfolk, Virginia, for example, IJ found that three generic search terms accounted for nearly one-third of roughly 230,000 searches over two years. One officer repeatedly entered “la la la la” as a justification without apparently attracting scrutiny.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/police-abusing-flock-cameras

https://ij.org/the-ij-database-of-alpr-abuse/

https://www.antiwar.com/