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🚨 BREAKING 🇮🇷 EXPLOSIONS WERE JUST HEARD IN IRAN’S BANDAR ABBAS CITY. THE REASON IS STILL UNKNOWN. BANDAR ABBAS IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THIS IS EXTREMELY BAD FOR MARKETS...

@NEWSMAX Lawlessness like this is putting both officers and communities at risk and needs real accountability and action right away

President Donald Trump weighed in Tuesday after five Chicago police officers were injured when a driver struck them during what authorities described as a "teen takeover."

@Telegraph Interesting move from Gary Lineker as media keeps shifting toward creator driven platforms and digital ownership becomes the new power base

Gary Lineker is expanding his media empire with the launch of a new venture capital arm that will plough money into popular YouTube channels Here's what the project entails ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

@glennbeck Real accountability matters but reducing complex institutions to mafia families oversimplifies how power actually works and hides real nuance

Washington D.C. reminds me a lot of The Mafia. They're always fighting each other, but will gang up to destroy anyone who challenges their system. Here's what I would consider the Five Families of Washington: 1. Big Pharma - The corporations, revolving door regulators, lobbyists, and advertisers that seamlessly move between billion-dollar boardrooms and government oversight. They're the people who decide what can be questioned, researched or said publicly. And if you cross them, they usually don’t break your legs. They break your reputation. 2. The Military Industrial Complex - Not the soldiers, or every intelligence operator, but the machine that feeds on the economic ecosystem of war. Regional economies are run on defense contracts. Politicians campaign on peace while funding endless conflict. Media networks hear from national security experts sponsored by the industries profiting from escalation. 3. The Media - The ones who decide who gets labeled dangerous, who gets ignored, and who becomes a hero overnight. Journalism no longer exists in the corporate media. They have become Narrative Management Firms. 4. Big Tech - This is the one that will outlast the other families if I had to put money on it. They don’t just control the flow of information. They control the flow of reality itself. They decide what trends or get buried, what gets monetized, what history gets remembered, and what stories die before they ever get seen. 5. The Financial Family - The central banks. The massive institutional investment firms, the global asset managers, the credit systems, and international financial organizations. Every other family relies on their loans. And they can punish a nation without firing a single bullet. When money, narrative, political influence, and technology fuse together, accountability disappears. Just like in the movies, it gets swept under the rug and the public never knows. No one in the Five Families ever goes to jail. That's why we MUST DEMAND transparency and accountability.

@AJEnglish Civilians should never pay the price of ongoing conflict and lasting peace is urgently needed for both sides

Al Jazeera’s Obaida Hitto brings you the latest from southern Lebanon amid increasing Israeli attacks. Since the April truce, Israel's war on Lebanon have continued on a daily basis.

@NBCNews Speed and power mean nothing if it cannot think feel or understand like a human truly does

While AI “often surpasses human intelligence in speed and computational capacity,” Pope Leo writes in his first encyclical, it merely imitates human intelligence. nbcnews.com/world/pope-leo…

Occupied Makiivka in Donetsk Oblast came under drone attack, a gas station is burning after the strike. #Ukraine

عيد مبارك لكل المتابعين المسلمين. كل عام وانتم بالف خير Eid Mubarak to all Muslim followers. Wishing you all a very happy and blessed year.

@Dexerto Her strength in turning pain into purpose through gaming is truly heartbreaking and inspiring at the same time

A 51-year-old gaming grandma is streaming Valorant every day to raise money for her late daughter's headstone GrannyGamingz says that the hospital treating Brooke missed her cancer and it was discovered too late

🚨🇨🇳 CHINA UNVEILS GPS-FREE NUCLEAR SUB NAVIGATION China is on the verge of flipping undersea warfare. Researchers at Xinjiang Institute of Physics and Chemistry just cracked a thorium-229 nuclear clock that lets nuclear submarines navigate indefinitely without surfacing for GPS or satellite fixes. 🔸 This technology eliminates the need for submarines to periodically surface or raise masts for satellite updates, removing their most vulnerable detection window. 🔸 Taiwan flashpoint impact: Jin-class SSBNs and future Type 096 ballistic missile submarines can now conduct extended hidden patrols in the South China Sea and western Pacific while retaining guaranteed nuclear counterstrike capability. 🔸 Hunter-killer advantage: Type 093 nuclear attack subs gain far greater operational freedom to target US carrier strike groups and allied maritime supply lines. 🔸 Precision strike boost: Significantly improves accuracy of China’s sea-launched cruise and hypersonic missiles even in total GPS-denied environments. Do you think the U.S. can catch up with Chinese navigation tools?

🚨 DEVELOPING BOMBSHELL: Israeli Shekel EXPLODING Against the US Dollar — Now at a JAW-DROPPING 2.84 NIS per $1! Dollar earners in Israel are SCREAMING in agony as the shekel hits ONE OF THE STRONGEST LEVELS IN HISTORY — fueled by massive foreign cash floods and sky-high market confidence! You won't believe how brutal this is!

Iran has recovered the wreckage of a U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Block 5 Extended Range (ER) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), which was shot down in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday.

The IRGC has released footage purporting to show the downing of a U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Block 5 Extended Range (ER) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), engaged by the new “Arash the Archer” (Arash-e Kamangir) air defense system. A second clip shows a U.S. Air Force F-35A Stealth Multirole Fighter going to full afterburner and executing maneuvers after detecting a surface-to-air missile launch. The missile did not reach its target, and the aircraft left the area.

🚨 BREAKING: RUSSIAN ARMORED BEASTS OBLITERATED IN THE "SAFE" REAR! Tornado-U and the high-tech medical monster "Lens" just got SMASHED by Ukrainian kamikaze drones near Berdyansk — a jaw-dropping 100 KILOMETERS from the front lines! These brand-new beasts were supposed to be untouchable back there... until NOW! No anti-drone "mangals," no protection — because who expected the war to explode THIS deep into the rear?! Folks, the battlefield just got WAY bigger — drones are hunting everything now, from military trucks to civilian tankers! You won't believe how fast the "safe zone" disappeared! 😱

🚨 BREAKING HEART-STOPPER ALERT! 🚨 Over TWO YEARS AGO, brave leaders made the ULTIMATE call to immortalize our fearless HOMELAND HEROES in a jaw-dropping place of POWER where kids will learn the priceless value of a PEACEFUL SKY! Our incredible team just crushed this massive project, and now we’re screaming THANK YOU to every single defender—those still standing tall and those who gave EVERYTHING on the front lines! Your superhuman courage, your blood-soaked heroism, and that unimaginable sacrifice kept us safe behind your unbreakable backs! This epic granite-and-metal masterpiece is just a TINY glimpse of the debt we owe you... but it’s a thunderous reminder to the entire world: AS LONG AS WE REMEMBER, WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE! 🔥 ETERNAL MEMORY TO THE FALLEN! ETERNAL GLORY TO OUR LIVING LEGENDS! We did this TOGETHER, folks—and you’re NOT gonna believe the emotional photos from the grand opening!

🚨 BREAKING: ARMENIA JUST DROPPED A BOMBSHELL MILITARY POWER-UP! They snagged Iran's deadly AD-08 Majid air defense system AND China's beast-mode CH-4 Rainbow drones! You won't believe this – that same short-range Iranian rocket shield absolutely OBLITERATED most American MQ-9 Reapers and Israeli Hermes 900s in the last war... and even SMOKED an American F-35! These Chinese CH-4s? Straight-up Reaper killers – basically copycats of America's top drones, plus Turkish Bayraktars and Russian Orions! After getting burned BAD in Karabakh, Armenia said "NEVER AGAIN" and went full shopping spree for next-level revenge tech! Military Informant

🚨 SHOCKING BOMBSHELL FROM TEL AVIV! 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Bend over, America – Israel just DECLARED they’ll BLOCK any “bad” peace deal with Iran! Israeli firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir just stormed the mic and snarled: “We will NEVER let the US and Iran sign anything that hurts OUR interests!” He VOWED it – no peace, no deal, end of story! They called it a “conspiracy theory,” folks… but the meddling is right there in your face! Wake up, America! 😱

@TNTarabic1 Claims like this need credible sources and historical context before being accepted as truth

Rare Clip 1933 Chicago World’s Fair: 125,000 people watched a Jewish-produced pageant that literally reenacted passing a child through the fire to Moloch.

@GuntherEagleman Faith stays strong when everything else fades God is real and always present

In a world full of noise, distractions, and opinions… some truths never seem to go away. God is REAL!

@AlexMarlow Deals like this only work when trust exists and right now both sides are still too far apart for real progress

Iran Demands Billions as Trump Pushes for a Deal... Iran negotiations appear to be hitting major roadblocks. Demands for billions in released funds, concerns over regional conflict, energy prices, and the pressure to secure a long-term solution are all colliding at once. Is a deal getting closer — or moving further away? Watch/Listen to the latest episode of The Alex Marlow Show for the full breakdown. youtu.be/l1mJl22tcPo

@USCGSouthwest @Padres @Phillies @USCG Honoring true heroes who gave everything for our freedom proud and grateful for their sacrifice Semper Paratus 🇺🇸

Yesterday, we had the honor to fly over Petco Park before the San Diego Padres vs. the Phillies game as we remember and honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. 🇺🇸⚓️ Semper Paratus. #MemorialDay #USCG #CoastGuard #Padres #Phillies #Flyover