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Some combat footage from Lebanon and occupied Palestine.
Palestinian resistance forces released more recent footage showing IED and RPG strikes on Zionist Merkava tanks and Namer armored personnel carriers near northern Gaza’s Jabaliya: https://southfront.press/israeli-army-admits-losing-five-more-soldiers-in-gaza-videos/
Lebanese resistance forces recently launching retaliatory strikes on the Zionist Tel Nof airbase: https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tel-nof.mp4
I love the Palestine liberation propaganda sound track. I want to walk around town with that song on blast... except that would mean going into town.
Two unrelated thoughts:
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Trump's batshit crazy cabinet actually proves that voting Trump was the correct accelerationist position. If you wanted to accelerate the downfall of American hegemony and the weakening of American institutions by appointing the biggest dumbasses on the planet, then you got your wish with this 2nd Trump admin. I sympathize with Americans comrades, but chickens come home to roost like the great martyr Malcolm X said.
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Russians actually entered deep into Kupiansk, I can't believe my eyes. Actually insane development, I didn't expect this at all so quickly honestly. It says a lot about the state of Ukrainian defences at this point. The story of Kupiansk is very interesting and serves as a good blueprint of the future of how Ukrainian territories will be integrated into Russia. Russia took over Kupiansk without a fight in February 2022, because the mayor was an intelligent man who spared the city from unnecessary bloodshed by calling the Russian command and telling them that they're free to enter the city without needlessly destroying infrastructure and civilian life. Civilians stayed, got their wages from Moscow, repairs were done quickly, civilians didn't leave, schools switched to Russian which the population already spoke perfectly, and that angered western media so much. When the Ukrainians took back the city in September 2022, mass arrests took place and sob stories were planted in media. The city was turned into a military hellhole by the AFU and most civilians had to flee. Russia kinda stabbed those people in the back during that disastrous period, but that's another discussion.
This tweet grows ever more powerful with each cabinet pick.
Better and more coherent theology than most Americans
While appointing buffoons and neocons is compatible with saying, "look at the blatant incompetence and cruelty, this will degrade the state faster", I think there is something to be said for the accelerationism of the Biden administration's approach of career ghouls that know how to pull the levers of power and keep their constituencies docile.
While Dems and the GOP should be understood as two factions in the same team, I think the most accelerationist policies are to stay the course on neoliberalism and to foment a split between the imperialist bloc and one led by China etc. Trump offers incoherence on the former while Biden offers pure commitment to neoliberalism. Trump offers ham-fisted attempts for the latter, which strengthens any anti-US bloc and makes them more comfortable earlier while Biden seeks to implement the plans of State Department ghouls, trying to build the split along a material basis, e.g. using Ukraine to peel off Europe, hightening actual mechanisms for war and direct confrontation.
Trump's appointments are all over the place. He's trying to set up his typical court, playing all the minions against each other to give himself the maximum number of opportunities to control things. Some rightwing neocon freak could come out of nowhere to dominate the administration's policy by playing this court better than Trump himself can, and Trump is busy marginalizing anyone he thinks is competent enough to challenge his power. They're absolutely speedrunning imperial decadence..
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/4989036-tulsi-gabbard-trump-intelligence/
Tulsi is head of national intelligence or some shit.
Kamala promised a rep in her cabinet, so Trump is responding with a dem in his.
I don't think you appreciate how fucking crazy this is. The Trump administration is going to be a mess. We can hope the more sane positions emerge from the chaos, but it's not like the evil that does get done is going to be focused or coherent. To the extent that left signaling is important in US politics, we should probably focus on undermining the neolib forces who will be insisting Trump is bad because he's doing imperialism wrong.
we should probably focus on undermining the neolib forces who will be insisting Trump is bad because he's doing imperialism wrong.
John Kerry has always been the enemy.
Taylor Swift Boaters for Truth
It's her reward for the incredible success of the maga communism psyop
Fucking incredible stuff.
Rabid transphobe and Islamaphobe in charge of all the intel agencies. Something something making lists....
The best The Hill can do is RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA. Red Scare bullshit. Well hopefully if anything the war in will end.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_National_Intelligence
The FBI has raided the home of Shayne Coplan, CEO of Polymarket, a politics betting platform - NY Post (archive.ph)
It’s “grand political theater at its worst,” the source told The Post. “They could have asked his lawyer for any of these things. Instead, they staged a so-called raid so they can leak it to the media and use it for obvious political reasons.” Coplan was not provided any reason for the incident, but the source said they expect it is political retribution since Polymarket accurately predicted Trump’s win – not traditional polls.
The government is likely trying to accuse Polymarket of market manipulation and rigging its polls in favor of Trump, the source said.
This "source" is an idiot lmao. I'm sure the raid has nothing to do with the fact that they flagrantly accept bets in cryptocurrency to bypass financial regulations.
President-elect Donald Trump, addressing House Republican leaders at a Washington hotel on Wednesday, quipped that he "can't get rid of" Elon Musk, perhaps his most influential advisor during the presidential campaign.
"Elon won't go home. I can't get rid of him—at least until I don't like him," Trump joked, acknowledging Musk's growing presence in his inner circle. "He's behaving as if he's a co-president and making sure everyone knows it," one of the sources told NBC News.
"Elon won't go home. I can't get rid of him—at least until I don't like him," Trump joked
lmao Elon is getting thrown under the bus so fast
It do be vizier vibes.
Real power struggle is between thiel and musk via their puppets over who did paypal
red scare is hypothetically close to levers of power, like 2 hand shakes away
You’re not gonna believe it – we’ve got a new press secretary, wonderful woman, fantastic gal. Sharp as a tack. Dasha Nekrasova, alright? Or, as I like to call her, Dangerous Dasha. Dangerous Dasha! I thought about maybe ‘Deadly Dasha’ – some people were saying that – but Dangerous Dasha, that’s the one. Really rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it? Tip top recommendation from Peter Thiel. Smart guy, really smart guy, only hires the best! We love Peter, don’t we?
Paris prosecutors ask for 5 years in prison and ineligibility for Marine Le Pen. The French far-right leader is accused of misusing European Parliament funds to pay party members when she was an MEP.
Two explosions near Brazil’s supreme court are ‘suicide attack’: authorities. Two explosions have taken place near Brazil’s Supreme Court in what authorities say is a suicide attack, CNN Brasil reports.
One person was killed in the explosions, CNN Brasil said, citing the Executive Secretary for Public Safety of Brasilia. It is unclear if the person is the alleged attacker.
Military police are now sweeping the area. Citing a Supreme Court spokesperson, CNN Brasil reports that federal security police are on the scene and the Three Powers Plaza, which is home to all three branches of Brazil’s government, has been blocked off.
CNN Brasil said the court’s justices had been evacuated following the explosions in the capital Brasilia.
Some combat footage and news from Kursk and the Donbass.
Russian forces liberated the Donetsk People’s Republic settlement of Ilyinka, north of Kiev-occupied Kurakhovo (18+): https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ilyinka.mp4?_=1
Russian forces also liberated the DPR settlement of Rovnopol (near the Zaporozhye border): https://sputnikglobe.com/20241113/russian-forces-secure-village-near-zaporozhye-border-strike-key-ukrainian-infrastructure-1120873429.html
A collection of recent Russian drone and artillery strikes on Kiev regime armored vehicles and positions in Kursk oblast (18+): https://lostarmour.info/media/videos/news/26217.mp4
Russian forces captured another US-built M1A1 “Abrams” tank near the DPR’s Selidovo: https://news-pravda.com/usa/2024/11/13/850052.html
President Joe Biden welcomes President-elect Donald Trump to the White House. “Welcome back,” Biden told Trump.
More News about the Far-Right Terrorist Attack in Brazil
A witness was standing at the bus stop in front of the STF and, according to her, a man walked past with a bag and waved it. Then she heard the first explosion. When she looked up, the man had thrown something near the statue of Justice and fell.
The vehicle loaded with fireworks that exploded in the parking lot of Annex IV of the Chamber of Deputies is from the municipality of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina (Southern Brazil, Far-Right State). The car is registered to Francisco Wanderley Luiz, but it is not known if he is the victim of the explosion.
“The first hypothesis is that a man threw an explosive device at the Supreme Court, exactly near the statue, under the marquee. He threw it and then lay down under the marquee, the device exploded and he was hit on the head.”
“The police are still carrying out forensics at the scene, so we can't determine if there are any other explosives in the perimeter, (...) but what we have now is a preliminary hypothesis of an isolated act. (...) The dead man has a connection with the attack,” says Natuza Nery about the explosions in front of the STF building.
The Federal District Military Police found a vehicle packed with explosive devices in the parking lot of Annex 4 of the Chamber of Deputies, near the Supreme Court. It's the same car that exploded around eight o'clock in the evening in the area around the Supreme Court.
According to Metrópoles' findings, the owner of the car that exploded this evening in Praça dos Três Poderes was a candidate for councillor in 2020, for the PL (Liberal Party, Far-Right, Bolsonaro's Party). A record taken from the Facebook page of “Tiü Franca”, the codename of the car's owner, alludes to a potential attempt on his life.
The Federal District Civil Police and the Institutional Security Office (GSI, Brazil's NSA) are sweeping the vicinity of the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary headquarters on Wednesday night. A sweep is also taking place at the Alvorada Palace, where President Lula is staying. With screenshots of messages sent to himself via WhatsApp, Francisco published, at the beginning of the night, what seemed to be an announcement of what was to come. “Let's play??? Federal Police, you have 72 hours to defuse the bomb that is in the house of the fucking communists,” reads one of the texts.
In a threatening tone, another printout reads: “Be careful when opening drawers, cupboards, shelves, material storage, etc.”. It went on to indicate the supposed start time of the explosions: “Start: 17:48 on 13/11/2024. The game ends on 16/11/2024. Good luck!” The man who died during the explosions at the STF was wearing a jacket with playing cards, possibly a reference to the Joker character from DC Comics.
I was checking his Facebook and his election page: He's married, works as a locksmith and his nickname is “E.T.”. His posts look like a shitpost from some Hearts of Iron fan lol. He claims to be an alien, that God and the aliens are on his side, that killing himself would lead to a right-wing revolution (something the oklahoma bomber also believed in, I wonder if that comes from the Turner Diaries?) He says he hates Drex (which is like the future virtual money of Brazil that doesn't even exist yet).
He posted anti-Maduro stuff (I have no idea why, I think he lives for free in these people's minds). And he attacked Lula as usual, talked about the Moon and how Trump needs to save Brazil with the FBI against pedophiles (something about Operation Storm? I have no idea what that is).
He attacks General Tomás Paiva (leader of the Armed Forces, who is just a normal guy that Bolsonaro hates because he didn't agree with the coup attempt in 2023), has a meltdown about the presidents of Congress and the Senate, and then something about Abin (Brazil's CIA). And then he's angry about Lula's tax reform, saying it's communism because Lula said he would also tax the rich.
He finished by attacking a guy named José Dirceu, who Wikipedia says is a former Workers' Party politician who recently gave interviews, and I don't think this guy liked that. He also said he hates Jose Sarney (1980's Conservative Brazilian President, first civilian after the dictatorship, hates Bolsonaro, dude is like 100 years old lol), Geraldo Alkmin (Vice-President, Former Rival of Lula, known on the Internet for posting memes and wojaks), William Bonner (Some Journalist?) and FHC (1990's Neoliberal President, Former Rival of Lula, hates Bolsonaro)
Sources: Facebook (Terrorist Dude)
Metropolis (Liberal Newspaper)
Wonder if redditors are like "all I hear about the Russia Ukraine war is all of these grand Ukrainian victories, yet it never seems to end"
I remember hearing an account from a German civilian during the final days of WW2 saying that they knew they were losing the war when the Wermacht's victories kept getting closer and closer to Berlin.
The Weaponization of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza: A Strategic Tool of Subjugation and Chaos
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Aid trucks entering Gaza have become instruments of manipulation and exploitation, shaping a new social and security reality under the control of the occupying forces. Recently, the occupation army has been intentionally targeting local and tribal security forces tasked with protecting these aid trucks from looting. Over the past two months, airstrikes have repeatedly hit security personnel from the “Popular Committees” as they waited for aid trucks to ensure they reached international organization warehouses safely. With dozens of security members martyred in these attacks, the occupying forces have effectively given organized gangs free rein to loot whatever they can from the aid trucks. This supports a misleading narrative that makes it seem as though “Israel” permits aid to flow into northern Gaza, while in reality, the aid often does not reach the warehouses meant for distribution, leading instead to the worsening of internal chaos and violent conflicts over the aid.
In central and southern Gaza, the aid trucks have sparked the rise of “family mafias” that play a dangerous role. According to local sources speaking to Al-Akhbar, certain powerful families block commercial and aid trucks, and demand large sums of money from the drivers to allow them safe passage. Those who refuse are looted. The sources indicate that this began with isolated incidents of theft but has since escalated into organized, armed family gangs, operating near “Israeli” military positions. Suspiciously, these gangs are never confronted by the occupation forces.
In this context, a report published by the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz revealed collusion between the occupation army and gangs in Gaza involved in looting humanitarian aid. The report stated that “the occupation army allows gangs in the southern Gaza Strip to take control of aid, loot it, and collect extortion fees to allow its passage.” The newspaper noted that “the thefts and looting occur just hundreds of meters from the occupation army, right under the watch of its forces,” quoting an official from an international organization who confirmed “seeing a gang member armed with a Kalashnikov standing close to an Israeli tank in southern Gaza.” According to Haaretz, the occupation army forces truck drivers to use routes it knows are blocked by these gangs. Furthermore, the coordinator of government activities in the territories advised international organizations to work with intermediaries who could liaise with these gangs and pay extortion fees to secure the delivery of aid.
The Al-Dameer Human Rights Foundation described this as an “Israeli tactic.” Its director, Alaa Al-Saqafi, asserted that the occupation forces are “colluding with armed gangs to facilitate the looting of aid trucks that are permitted entry,” adding that “the army deliberately targets police and security forces to spread chaos, perpetuating hunger and preventing aid from reaching those in need.”