Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the Atlantic…
The biggest great white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic has just been spotted and tagged off the coast of North Carolina. His name? Contender. His stats? 14 feet long; over 1,600 pounds.
He is now being tracked like the heavyweight champ he clearly is.
He started near Florida and is now cruising north up the Eastern Seaboard—so if you’re beach-bound this summer, beware!
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In Case You Missed It.
🪪 Immigration protests are planned around the country this weekend and the Pentagon says that the National Guard could be deployed to any one of them if needed.
⚖️ A judge ruled that Columbia University protestor Mahmoud Khalil cannot be deported by the Trump administration. The government has until Friday to appeal the ruling but Khalil will go free for now to meet his newborn son who was born while he was in custody.
đź’‰ HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has named new board members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices which approves the childhood vaccine schedules. Among them is Redacted regular guest Dr. Robert Malone!
đź’Ľ Democrats managed to alienate one of their best hopeful rising stars. David Hogg says he will step away from high-ranking roles in the DNC. So much for their effort to reach out to white men!
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Lead: If Israel Defies Trump, Americans Could Pay the Price
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Multiple media outlets have been been reporting that Israel is ready to strike Iran any minute now. If you are reading this, we are still alive.
If Israel moves forward, it would be in direct defiance of President Trump’s warning to Prime Minister Netanyahu. On a call Tuesday, Trump reportedly told him that attacking Iran was “off limits.”
But why would Israel take that seriously?
The U.S. has drawn red line after red line since October 7 and Israel has hop-skipped over every one. There’s been no serious condemnation, no consequences—no reason for them to stop now.
Meanwhile, Iran is reportedly preparing for a direct confrontation, with threats of counterstrikes against Israeli targets and U.S. military bases. Yes, some U.S. personnel have been relocated, but tens of thousands remain in the region—squarely in harm’s way.
If Israel provokes a retaliation that harms Americans, it would be a betrayal by a so-called ally—and it would back President Trump into a corner with no good options:
Trump does nothing – This would signal that U.S. red lines don’t mean much, especially when it comes to Israel. It would undercut his credibility in future negotiations with Iran, Russia, and China and effectively accept American casualties because of Israel’s choices.
He cuts aid or military support – Politically risky and unprecedented, but a strong message. It would show that the U.S. does not green-light unauthorized wars, even by allies.
He spins it – Says Israel “acted independently” and that the U.S. supports peace but won’t intervene. This would be damage control, trying to save face while still keeping the alliance intact. But would Iran buy it—when the money, weapons, and cover all came from Washington?
He gets pulled in – If Iran retaliates against Israel or U.S. troops, the White House may be forced into a direct response. And from there, it’s anyone’s guess how far it escalates.
Best-case scenario? Israel stands down.
The U.S. is scheduled to continue nuclear treaty talks with Iran this weekend. Let’s pray we make it that far.
Iran Hacks Israel’s Nukes—Media Hacks Ignore It
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In the Eastern press, this is front-page news. In the West? Crickets.
Iran claims it has obtained a massive cache of Israeli nuclear documents that prove that Israel is expanding its nuclear arsenal.
Iranian outlets like Press TV and Tehran Times say the information is real, specific, and actionable. The Supreme National Security Council of Iran claims the data enables them to “strike Israel’s nuclear facilities with pinpoint accuracy.”
If true, this would mark one of the most significant cyber-espionage victories in recent Middle East history—possibly even outmatching Israel’s own 2018 theft of Iranian nuclear archives. But instead of asking questions, the Western press is pretending this isn’t happening.
Iranian officials say the files include detailed intelligence on Israel’s nuclear weapons program, targeting maps, and even confidential correspondence with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Tehran Times reported that the documents were extracted from a research facility tied to Israeli nuclear development, and that they include communications showing how politicized the IAEA has become.
When the IAEA was asked to comment on it, they demurred. Something about the Soreq research facility, they said. Something like that… The same way they pretended not to know that Ukraine was bombing the Zaporozhye nuclear plant. They visited the site and saw bombs coming…from somewhere but refused to say from where. They just said it should stop.
They’re useless
Meanwhile, Israeli officials have neither confirmed nor denied the breach, and U.S. media outlets are burying the story if they mention it at all. The silence is telling. If Israel had claimed to have hacked Iran and uncovered nuclear weapons plans, would the media ignore it?
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Europe Sanctions Itself. That Tracks.
The European Union has proposed sanctioning the Nord Stream pipeline that delivers gas to…checks notes… Europe.
No, this is not a joke. In its relentless posturing against Russia, the EU is now floating the idea of cutting off the very gas that was supposed to bring prosperity to their own economies. Until U.S. special forces blew it up that is.
Nord Stream once symbolized hope for struggling European economies—because, as even the dimmest policymaker should know, prosperity depends on affordable, abundant energy. The pipeline hasn’t been operational since 2022 but EU leaders are talking tough about keeping it that way.
We won’t fix it, even if it would keep us warm and prosperous! That oughta show Russia!
It’s funny because it’s so idiotic but really it’s tragically stupid. What useless imbeciles run the European Union!
News By The Numbers
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13-2. That was the final score in the annual Congressional Baseball Game with Republicans taking the home the win. Republicans have won every year for the last five years.
2. That is how many name changes Kanye West has legally had. He went from Kanye West to Ye, and most recently to Ye Ye.
The Times says this policy shift has been happening quietly “since President Trump’s return to the White House.” It mirrors similar rollbacks in content moderation policies at Meta and X.
A YouTube spokesperson told the Times that the platform “continuously updates its guidance for content moderators on topics surfacing in the public discourse.” She added that YouTube “retires policies that no longer make sense, as it did in 2023 for some Covid misinformation, and strengthens policies when warranted.”
But here’s the problem: YouTube punished people—including us—for saying things that turned out to be true.
Redacted received two community strikes and was locked out of our account twice for two weeks at a time. One strike was for reporting that the Ukrainian army includes Nazi brigades who attack civilians. The other was for reading from Pfizer’s own clinical trial data on their first Covid-19 vaccine. Both were labeled as “misinformation.” Both were accurate.
YouTube never apologized. They never reimbursed us for lost monetization—even though they continued running ads on our videos. The strikes remain on our account. When YouTube censors a video, they rarely explain the rationale, and they offer no meaningful appeal process.
It’s hard to trust a platform like that—especially one that openly admits its policies are “continuously.” So next time YouTube claims to be the guardian of truth—just remember who they punished for telling it.
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