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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 2, 2025

Fears Of Disaster Brewing For Ukraine As U.S. Halts Weapons Shipments Over Stockpile Concerns

“If someone defends themselves and kills an animal, not only do they get hit with a million-ruble fine, they also get taken to court. I know two guys whose cabin was attacked by a tiger — one of them died, and the other shot the tiger. He got fined one and a half million rubles ($19,000) and sentenced to a year and a half in prison

Surge in Afghans driven from Iran in spy hunt after Israel attacks

Foxconn mysteriously tells Chinese workers to quit India and return to China

During the first half of 2025, US seaborne grain shipments increased 9% y/y, driven by stronger maize exports. While an increase in import tariffs led to a 57% y/y drop in volumes to China, the US has been able to find alternative markets for most of its cargoes.

New York Farms Refuse to Follow New Union Contracts

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 1, 2025

Notable because it is being used by the Azerbaijan government to spin up drama between the two nations. Azerbaijan opens torture investigation after autopsy shows brothers arrested in Russia died from severe injuries

Chinese students are using AI to beat AI detectors

These 5 Charts Show How Hotels Became New York’s Response to Homelessness

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 30, 2025

Fight On Ukraine’s Northern Border Sees Elite Troops Poured In From Both Sides

‘Unacceptable violence’ Sudden mass arrests in decades-old murder case spark diplomatic row between Russia and Azerbaijan

Israel was facing destruction at the hands of Iran. This is how close it came, and how it saved itself

Iran crackdown deepens with speedy executions and arrests

Intercepted Iranian communications downplay damage from US attack

Settlers torch West Bank security site, riot against ‘traitor’ IDF officer Related: Defense agencies have lost control over Jewish extremists in West Bank

Canada Capitulates: Will Scrap Digital Services Tax, Restart Trade Talks

The USPS just issued a warning to customers of new ‘brushing’ scam

New details emerge from Idaho shooting ambush after sniper-wielding gunman lit ‘blaze as bait’

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 29, 2025

Iran may possess secret facilities to continue working toward atomic bomb, despite damage caused by Israeli and US strikes

Israel Eliminates Hamas Co-Founder and October 7 Mastermind Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa

Israel considers new Gaza offensive unlike previous invasions as hostage talks falter

Who are JNIM, the jihadist ‘ghost enemy’ gaining momentum in the Sahel?

A neural brain implant provides near instantaneous speech

A British Wargame

Sky News did a wargame with a number former senior British to work through how they would react. The lady who produced the wargame had an agenda. She wanted to demonstrate how weak Great Britain had become. But for me, the most striking thing is the lack of bravery and creative thinking on the part of the British pollical class even when they know it is only a game.

This is a podcast so you will see no graphics. And it is focused on the political class so you will hear little discussion of military details. It is certainly something you will want to be doing something else while listening to it on double time. But it is interesting in a depressing sense all the same.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 27, 2025

North Korea could send troops to support a new Russian offensive in Ukraine as soon as July, South Korean intelligence says

Israel Vows To Maintain Air Superiority Over Iran

Last Christian Town In West Bank Attacked And Besieged By Israeli Settlers

Supreme Court Rules For Trump In “Birthright Citizenship” Case

Trump Announces He’s ‘Terminating’ Trade Talks with Canada – Effective Immediately