Just in time for British Sandwich Week, which is celebrated across the U.K., the results of a poll taken by 2,000 Brits revealed that Gen Z (18–29-year-olds) are the biggest office food thieves. They admitted to stealing coworkers’ sandwiches, salads, candy bars, pasta, and more.
Teach your kids not to steal food, sheesh!
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Lead: He Fought for the American People, Not Israel
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In one of the highest-stakes primaries of our lifetimes, voters in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District unseated U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie.
If it were only that simple…
The sad reality is that the outcome didn’t actually reflect the will of ordinary Kentuckians, but the influence of billionaire donors and foreign lobbying interests tied to Israel.
What’s the evidence for this? $32 million was spent on just one small Kentucky primary. Doesn’t that seem a little strange?
Massie’s Trump-backed challenger, Ed Gallrein, an opponent who refused to debate Massie, has received support from powerful pro-Israel billionaire donors, alongside heavy involvement from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
“Track AIPAC” calculated that Gallrein had reeled in $15 million from AIPAC alone, while Massie’s campaign raised over $5.5 million through grassroots donations from ordinary Americans, with the average donation between $80 and $100.
Massie knew what he was up against, stating that his primary “turned into a referendum on whether Israel gets to buy seats in Congress. And what they found out is that my seat is really expensive.”
He’s right. The race became the most expensive primary contest in American history. Again, all for a single Kentucky primary. One that even prompted Pete Hegseth to travel to Kentucky on Monday to show his support for Gallrein.
Really, the Secretary of War takes the time to fly to Kentucky to rally for Massie’s opponent while we are in the middle of a war. Along with this, President Trump went to great lengths to turn the American people against a person he called “the worst Congressman in the history of our country.”
Trump even took to X to personally write a post about Massie rather than sticking to his usual pattern of recycling a Truth Social repost, which made the whole thing feel unusually desperate.
So why did Israel and the U.S. government go to such extremes to push Massie out? Because he refused to fall in line with powerful political interests and instead acted on what he believed was best for the American people.
Massie has repeatedly opposed U.S. military aid to Israel, but he rejected all foreign aid, not just to Israel but also to Egypt, Syria, and Ukraine. He introduced the “Americans Insist on Political Agent Clarity (AIPAC) Act,” which would require organizations to register as a foreign agent, and he has voted against foreign wars. He’s also pushed for transparency with the Epstein files, which Israel has its fingerprints on.
They can’t have someone in Congress who won’t comply, right? That’s why it was a desperate race to force Massie out of office.
Thomas Massie is one of the good guys who was willing to put everything on the line to fight for the American people. Losing his seat may not silence him, though. It could push him to continue fighting outside his government role and become even more dangerous to these groups.
Israel Expands Death Penalty
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Israel just amended its death penalty law to include the occupied West Bank, which appears to be an obvious move toward advancing its goal of ethnically cleansing Palestinians.
The mandate builds on legislation that was passed in March by the Knesset, under which a military order makes execution the default punishment for Palestinians convicted in military courts of killing Israelis.
The law states: “Where a court has imposed a death sentence, it shall issue an order specifying that the sentence shall be executed by hanging,” and “shall be executed within 90 days of the date it [the sentence] becomes final.”
The law applies exclusively to Palestinians tried under Israel’s military court system. Jewish Israelis are not prosecuted under the same courts, nor are they subject to the same mandatory punishment structure.
Israel is already holding thousands of Palestinians in detention, many of whom are held without fair trials, subjected to torture, and now face the death penalty. These are individuals who may be innocent, with children and grieving families.
Related to this, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was recently informed that the ICC had issued a confidential arrest warrant for him. The reason for the warrant was not stated, but seeing how the ICC slogan is, “Trying individuals for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression,” we can make an educated guess on that one.
He seems to think he’s untouchable and above international law, as he responded by saying the warrants are “a declaration of war,” and “in the face of a declaration of war, we will fight back with a vengeance.”
Smotrich proceeded to announce that he “will sign an order to evacuate Khan al-Ahmar,” a Palestinian village in the West Bank. Some are interpreting this as a threat to ethnically cleanse the area. Either way, with the death penalty law now in effect in the region, more Palestinians are being placed in grave danger.
It’s clear Israel is operating without restraint or consequences and is positioning itself as a state with the authority to decide who lives and who dies, with no regard for basic human rights.
If another country committed acts of genocide and introduced laws such as these, do you think the U.S. would openly support and fund them, too? How is this even allowed to happen?
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News By the Numbers
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64. That’s how old Tom Kane was when he passed away. Kane was best known for voicing a host of animated characters, including Yoda and Professor Utonium from The Powerpuff Girls. He was also the narrator on Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
50-47. That was the procedural vote count in the Senate to advance a resolution aimed at limiting military action against Iran unless approved by Congress. But it still faces significant obstacles before it can force Trump to end the war. Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote no.
1,015 sq. km. That’s how much territory the Financial Times reports Israel has seized or taken control of since the war began. This includes 576 sq. km in southern Lebanon, 233 sq. km in Syria, and 206 sq. km inside Gaza.
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