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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 17, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Bloody Battle For Key Fishing Village May Soon Be Over

Russia Classifies Mortality Data after Ukraine War Losses Revealed

Houthi Collaboration with Al-Shabaab and the Specter of Iranian Influence

Growing Threat of Strike Looms Over Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports

Two veteran snipers and a retired Secret Service agent give us their takes on how these security operations are conducted and what may have gone so wrong.

The Court ruled that the USFS regulation banning unauthorized “work activity or service” on USFS lands is impermissibly vague as applied to his conduct. This means Mr. Lesh could not have known that taking photos on USFS land and posting them to his personal Instagram account would be punishable under the regulation.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 16, 2024

Israel Says Top Hamas Commander Killed in Gaza Strike

Multiple New Attacks Reported in Southern Red Sea

Updated Trump Assassination Attempt fields of view and locations.

Secret Service Guns And Gear at the Trump Assassination Attempt

Biden Admin Wants to Cap Rent Increases at 5% Nationwide

The struggle to understand why earthquakes happen in America’s heartland

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 15, 2024

Latin America’s Renewed Fiscal Challenges

China state media slams Sinograin over alleged use of fuel tankers to transport cooking oil

Pakistan reaches $7 billion aid deal with IMF

The divorce divide in American politics is something new

Trump Picks Vice President: Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance

Alleged Trump shooter spotted by law enforcement nearly 30 minutes before shots fired, sources say

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 13, 2024

To save French society, Jean-Luc Melenchon must be stopped

Ships sailing around the southern tip of Africa are wrestling with a bout of bad weather that has already run one vessel aground and seen another lose more than 40 containers overboard.

Someone tried to kill Trump. The BBC interview embedded in the story is something. And Trump telling the secret service to wait while he rallies the crowds is shows the political instincts that keep him in the came despite all his other failings

More details from the NY Post on the Trump Shooting.

Joe Biden and a Tear in the Fabric of Things

Nearly 200 NY and NJ Residents Now Diagnosed with Dengue Fever

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 12, 2024

As Russia pushes on multiple fronts, cracks are appearing in Ukraine’s defenses

Failure and slaughter: IDF’s Be’eri probe shows army’s colossal errors, residents’ bravery

German Navy still uses 8-inch floppy disks, working on emulating a replacement

Germany decries Russian plot to assassinate Rheinmetall boss

Nearly all AT&T subscribers’ call records stolen in Snowflake cloud hack

A reminder that there is nothing new under the sun. How to Hide the President’s Condition

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 11, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Strategic Missile Testing Facility Attacked

‘Our guys’ In Russia’s Buryatia, high military death rates make the war impossible to ignore. A new report reveals how it’s become normalized.

Nasrallah: If Hamas agrees to ceasefire with Israel, Hezbollah will also halt attacks

Rio’s ‘narco-pentecostal’ gangs accused of ordering Catholic churches to close

Former Philippine police officers implicated in the murder of Isaac Cohen and Geneva Lopez over a land dispute, highlighting corruption and violence in agricultural land transactions.

What Do You Do with a Failed Coup?

Biden’s “mixed” NATO presser wasn’t enough for Capitol Hill

Seven GOP-led states sue to block Biden’s new anti-discrimination healthcare rule

US universities including Cornell, Harvard and MIT raked in $13B in ‘undocumented contributions’ from foreign donors

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 10, 2024

Transfer Of F-16s To Ukraine Is Now Underway

Saudis Threatened To Sell European Bonds If Russian Assets Were Confiscated

In the Philippines, controversy erupted last month when authorities discovered that a local mayor was a Chinese citizen pretending to be Filipino. The mayor, Alice Leal Guo, had reportedly facilitated operations at a scam center operated by a Chinese criminal group in her jurisdiction, prompting growing concerns over the scale of Chinese influence in the country.

This from Politico no less. Biden support slips in deep blue New York: ‘We’re a battleground state now’

Who enabled Biden? A case study

Biden’s Failed Gaza Pier To Be Permanently Retired In A Few Days