Israel’s $4 Million PR Push, TikTok Takeover, and CBS Connection

In New Jersey, at least 6,600 people who indicated that they were not U.S. citizens were registered to vote at the DMV between 2023 and 2024, according to Governor Mikie Sherrill. The Governor says that these individuals admitted to not being U.S. citizens but were registered anyway due to a system error. Of those 6,600, approximately 400 of them went ahead and voted even though they were not legally supposed to. How does this happen? The National Voter Registration Act of 1993, also known as the Motor Voter Act, is a United States federal law signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993. It requires, among other things, that States offer voter registrations at DMV offices. This law has historically been enforced heavily by Democratic administrations and in Democratic states. In some states, such as Rhode Island, the state also registers voters at food stamp offices, cash assistance offices, behavioral

The New York Times grimly admitted in an Opinion Piece this week that sometimes genocides just work out for the genociders. Omer Bartov, an Israeli professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, writes that genocides can only end in one of two ways. “Either the perpetrators accomplish their goal, or a military force stops them and accountability ensues.” Given that no military force has stopped the genocide in Gaza, for Israel it looks like option 1 is an inevitability. Even with a ceasefire in place, at least 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since last October and Israel shows no signs of stopping. Six members of one family, including four children, were killed in Gaza on Tuesday by an Israeli strike. “Israel is unlikely to face a reckoning for its actions,” he writes. He concludes that “Israel’s impunity will enable its Jewish citizens to continue

There may be a Flock camera watching you drive through your own neighborhood and you may not even know what it looks like. Flock Safety’s automated cameras photograph passing vehicles, record their license plates and locations, and place that information into a searchable network used by law-enforcement agencies. More than 100,000 cameras are now reportedly operating across over 6,000 American communities. This is mass surveillance hiding in plain sight and a direct threat to the Fourth Amendment. Americans have a right to move through their communities without the government quietly creating a searchable record of where they go, when they arrive and whom they may be visiting. The company says the technology helps police find stolen cars, locate missing people and catch violent criminals. Critics argue that it creates a nationwide system capable of tracking the movements of millions of people who are not suspected

The fuel problem is about to become a fuel crisis. On Monday, the Houthis in Yemen threatened to block Saudi oil shipments through the Red Sea. That could further reduce the world’s oil supply by 4-5 million barrels per day, which is already strained by the war with Iran. Saudi Arabia had been using its East-West Pipeline to bypass Hormuz, sending as much as 5 million barrels of crude per day to the Red Sea port of Yanbu for export. A successful Houthi blockade could now put much of that supply at risk. It may not stop the oil altogether, but it could force tankers to stop sailing, pay far higher insurance costs or attempt longer and more expensive routes. And will that extra cost be passed down to consumers? I’m going to go with yes on that hypothetical. This comes at a time when U.S. commercial and

About 10,000 people across nearly two dozen villages in southern Iran were left without access to drinking water after a U.S. strike destroyed a desalination plant in the village of Bonji near the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. just targeted a facility whose primary function is to provide drinking water to the civilian population. Wouldn’t this be considered a war crime? Under Article 54 of international humanitarian law, intentionally attacking civilian infrastructure, such as drinking water installations, is prohibited unless it’s being used for military purposes, which it wasn’t. As if taking out the region’s water supply were not enough, the attack came during an excessive heat warning, making the loss of water even more dangerous. How did Iran respond to the incident and the other clear breaches of the recent MOU? Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, stated, “The U.S. has violated and suspended all its commitments within the framework of

More than 180 Iranian lawmakers signed a joint statement Tuesday declaring the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding “dead” and calling for retaliation. The lawmakers say the June 17 agreement, signed by President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, was meant to bring an end to hostilities and pave the way for peace negotiations. Instead, Washington resumed bombing Iran. Is that really any surprise, though? U.S. Central Command announced Monday: “At 3 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching an additional round of strikes against Iran.” Trump also formally notified Congress that Washington had resumed the war with Iran and would continue to carrying out “limited defensive strikes.” Backing up that position, Trump posted on social media: _”The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran.” _ He also added, “The U.S.A. will be, from this point forward, known as ‘THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,’ but as such, and as