🇺🇸⚔️🇲🇽 U.S. military operations in Latin America and Caribbean cost at least $4.7 billion in eight months, Brown University analysis finds

U.S. military spending on Operation Southern Spear — the lethal naval interdiction campaign targeting vessels in the Caribbean accused of drug trafficking — and Operation Absolute Resolve, which culminated in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, totaled at least $4.7 billion between August 1, 2025 and March 31, 2026, according to a Costs of War analysis from Brown University’s Watson Institute.

▪️ Naval deployment: $3.84 billion — the single largest expense, comprising the largest concentration of U.S. ships in the region since the Cuban Missile Crisis
▪️ Aircraft deployment: $616 million
▪️ Operation Absolute Resolve ancillary costs: $206 million, including 150+ aircraft and Special Operations forces
▪️ Vessel strike munitions: $12.6 million to $50.4 million
▪️ Special Operations Forces: $15.9 million

The estimate is partial due to lack of government transparency and does not include long-term costs such as veterans benefits. Costs are continuing to mount as naval assets remain deployed and strikes continue. Amnesty International said at least 196 people have been killed in extrajudicial U.S. raids.

🔗 Cost of War Project

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🇴🇲⚡️ — Omani Maritime Security Centre:

Due to the sighting of a floating object suspected to be a naval mine west of the Inshore Traffic Zone in the Strait of Hormuz within Omani territorial sea, the Maritime Security Centre urges all seafarers, fishermen, and vessels to exercise the utmost caution while navigating in the area.

All maritime users are advised to keep a safe distance from any suspicious objects and report them immediately to the relevant authorities.

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🇮🇷⚔️🇺🇸🇰🇼 The Iranian missile which targeted the Ali al-Salem airbase in Kuwait on May 28th injured 5 U.S. soldiers despite CENTCOM and Kuwait reporting that it was intercepted.

🔗 https://archive.fo/20260530081334/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-30/americans-injured-in-iranian-missile-strike-on-kuwaiti-air-base

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🇺🇸❌🇧🇷💊 — After announcing that it will classify Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho (CV) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations starting on June 5, the United States government added both Brazilian criminal groups to the sanctions list of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), an agency linked to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

➡️ According to OFAC records, the PCC was placed on the United States’ primary financial sanctions list, which is used to freeze assets, restrict transactions, and block individuals or groups from accessing the American financial system. The organization is listed both for its involvement in international drug trafficking and under anti-terrorism sanctions authorities. The Comando Vermelho also appears on the same list under the category used by the U.S. Treasury to designate global terrorists.

➡️ In both cases, U.S. government records identify the organizations as a “transnational terrorist group” and a “criminal organization.” Inclusion on the list allows Washington to impose financial restrictions, freeze any assets under U.S. jurisdiction, and increase pressure on individuals, companies, or institutions that maintain ties with the groups.

❗️ In practice, the decision already expands the U.S. government’s ability to act against the Brazilian criminal organizations. Financial institutions subject to U.S. jurisdiction may now be required to block funds linked to the groups and report them to American authorities. There is also the risk of secondary sanctions against individuals or entities that provide material or financial support to the listed organizations.

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🇺🇸🌎❌💊- Today (May 29), at the direction of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Commander, General Francis Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a kinetic strike on a vessel operated by "designated terrorist organizations" in the Eastern Pacific.

➡️ Intelligence confirmed the vessel was traveling along "known drug trafficking routes" and engaged in narcotics operations. Three male "narco-terrorists" were killed in the strike, with no US military personnel harmed. SOUTHCOM reaffirmed its commitment to applying "total systemic friction on the cartels."

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📢 🇺🇸 👑 The No Kings movement has announced nationwide protests for June 14, Trump's 80th birthday, saying America was founded to reject kings, not celebrate them.

📎 War Monitor

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#BREAKING
🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — U.S. Navy Central Command has warned mariners and airmen that CENTCOM will be conducting military operations in the Strait of Hormuz, north of Oman's Musandam Peninsula located in the middle of the strait.

USNAVCENT has advised to mariners to collaborate with the United States when transiting the Strait of Hormuz. USNAVCENT has also announced that any vessel spotted engaging in, or supporting, mine-laying activities will be targeted by the United States.

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🇪🇪⚡️ — Estonia may eventually be forced to introduce mandatory military conscription for women as falling male birth rates threaten the country’s ability to meet defense manpower targets, according to TVP World.

Head of Estonia’s Defense Resources Agency Anu Rannaveski says the number of boys born annually has dropped from around 15,000 in previous generations to roughly 4,000–5,000 today, raising concerns that Estonia will not be able to fill its planned 4,100 yearly conscription slots by 2040.

The NATO member currently requires military service only for men, while women serve voluntarily, but Rannaveski described compulsory female conscription as increasingly becoming a question of “when, not if.”

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🇺🇸🌟🇨🇺- SOUTHCOM Commander, General Francis Donovan, personally inspected all aspects of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's security posture, leading a comprehensive perimeter security assessment.

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🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡️ — U.S. Southern Command:

Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan met with Army Corps General, Gen. Roberto Legrá Sotolongo, First Deputy Minister of the Chief of the General Staff, and other senior leaders from the Cuban military today at the perimeter of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for a brief exchange on operational security matters.

Gen. Donovan also led a perimeter security assessment of the naval base and discussed force protection, safety of service members and their families, and operational readiness with base officials.

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🇺🇸⚡️ — President Trump posted an unbelievably long Truth Social rant about the recent ruling on the Kennedy Center.

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🎡 🇺🇸 🎆 The Great American State Fair | A 16-Day World's Fair on the National Mall Uniting All 56 States and Territories.

Freedom 250 is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to uniting Americans around the nation’s 250th anniversary.

The Great American State Fair is one of Freedom 250’s signature celebrations, bringing together all 50 states and 6 territories in the Nation’s capital for the first time to celebrate 250 years of our history.

This once-in-a-generation event will showcase what makes America exceptional — farmers, innovators, educators, small business owners, law enforcement officers, our strong military, and the American people who make up the fabric of this great country. From blue ribbon events and military flyovers to movie nights, the Great American State Fair will be a safe, secure, and enjoyable event for all ages — welcoming all who share our goal of commemorating this milestone in a way that uplifts and unites America.

RSVP FOR THE GREAT AMERICAN STATE FAIR HERE

https://events.freedom250.org/events/great-american-state-fair

📎 Freedom 250

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🐣 🇺🇸 ⚪️ Jan–Apr '26 White NH births by state sorted by Y/Y change:

🔴 Trump states (31): 378,260 births, +0.57% Y/Y
🔵 Harris states (20): 195,340 births, -3.21% Y/Y

The bottom three states, especially Oregon, likely have data issues. Numbers will increase.

📎 Smirkley

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💥 🇺🇸 🚀 Daylight reveals the extent of damage caused to Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) and the surrounding area of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, following last night’s massive explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn during a Static Fire Test. Significant fire damage to the launch pad, tower, and other infrastructure can be seen - which will undoubtably require months of repairs - while debris from New Glenn lay scattered around LC-36.

📎 OSINTdefender

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🇾🇪⚔️🇺🇸 Rybar's map of the 26 confirmed MQ-9 Reaper MALE UCAVs shot down by the Houthis since October 7th 2023.

The Houthis use Iranian-made AD systems like the Majid AD-08, Tabas and Arman.

The MQ-9 Reaper production line closed down definitively in 2025 and are due to start being replaced by a new generation of MALE UCAVs in the next years but its unclear when.

Each Reaper that is shot down is irreplaceable and lost for good.

🔗 /channel/rybar_mena/5342

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🇴🇲 Interestingly, a naval mine was detected in Omani territorial waters used by U.S. warships to try and enter the Persian Gulf.

These same waterways would've been used by commercial shipping who refused to pay the tolls demanded by Iran.

@CIG_telegram

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🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺 Overnight, Ukrainian attack drones struck Russia’s Taganrog airfield, and for the first time, successfully destroyed one Tu-142 MK Bear-F Maritime Patrol Aircraft and one Tu-142 MR Bear-J Communication Relay Aircraft

The Tu-142 Bear-J is a key component of Russia's ballistic missile program and is used to coordinate the launch of submarine-based missiles.

This is not the first time Ukraine bombed and destroyed aircraft stationed at the Taganrog airport, having done so several times throughout the war as a satellite image from May 9th shows.

🔗 OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical)

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🇺🇸❌🇧🇷💊❗️ — The United States government stated that the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho (CV) operate in 12 U.S. states. The information was provided by State Department spokesperson Amanda Roberson in interviews with the Brazilian press.

💬 “We know that these two groups are operating not only within Brazil, but in other countries as well,” Amanda told Jornal Nacional, on TV Globo. “Including, we have observed their activities in 12 states here in the United States.” She added that the activities attributed to the groups include money laundering, the transportation of contraband goods, drug trafficking, and human trafficking.

❗️ Amanda emphasized that the measure does not provide for any type of U.S. military intervention in Brazil. Among the consequences are visa restrictions for members of the organizations, the freezing of assets in the United States, the prohibition of financial transactions, and the criminalization of material support for the groups.

➡️ The spokesperson also stated that cooperation with Brazilian authorities will continue. “We already have more than 200 years of coordination in many different areas, including security, and that coordination will continue as well,” she said.

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🇺🇸🌎- The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit has officially assumed the mission as the premier tactical force-in-readiness within U.S. Southern Command's Area of Responsibility, operating under the designation Littoral Combat Force-24 (LCF-24).

➡️ The force comprises more than 1,300 Marines and sailors and is commanded by Colonel Ryan Lynch, operating under Joint Task Force 84-2 in support of Operation Southern Spear.

➡️ LCF-24 is a purpose-built Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) designed for distributed and littoral operations, operating from both shore-based nodes and the amphibious transport dock USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28).

The images above were taken onboard the USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) today (May 29th).

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🇺🇸⚡️- After appearing to fix a loophole in U.S. immigration law last week, the Department of Homeland Security walked-back an announcement that immigrants seeking permanent residency in the U.S. would have to return to their home countries to wait for their green cards. The new policy faced major criticism from abroad when it was announced last week, specifically from India.

In a statement today, DHS said that the new policy was not a blanket change. Instead, only some immigrants will have to return home for their green cards, with immigration officers deciding whether applicants return home on a case-by-case basis.

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🗳 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries

✏️ Congress is proposing Section 224 in the 2027 NDAA, which would significantly deepen U.S.-Israel military cooperation through joint R&D, co-production of weapons, and data integration in emerging technologies like AI and cyber. Critics argue this marks a shift from aid to hidden integration, increasing U.S.-Israel military-industrial ties while public trust in Israel declines. With concerns over transparency, accountability, and the use of U.S. weapons in potential human rights violations, Ben Freeman urges Congress to reject the provision.

"At a time when the American public is expressing unprecedented levels of distrust in the Israeli government, Congress just proposed tying the U.S. to the Israeli military more than ever before."

Buried in the House’s 2027 NDAA is Section 224: the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative," which would dramatically expand U.S.-Israel military cooperation far beyond the current aid model.

We’re talking bilateral R&D, weapons co-production & deep defense-tech integration. It also names emerging technologies like AI, quantum, autonomous systems, directed energy, cyber, biotech, and more. In other words: the battlefields of the future.

One of the most alarming phrases in the bill: “network integration” and “data fusion.”

Put plainly, the U.S. military’s data could soon be the Israeli military’s data.

That is not normal defense cooperation. That is something much deeper.

The U.S. already gives Israel extraordinary military support.

Israel has received more than $200 billion in inflation-adjusted U.S. military assistance since 1948.

But Section 224 would mark a shift from aid to integration.

That shift matters A LOT.

Traditional military aid is at least somewhat visible and politically accountable.

But moving the relationship into defense acquisition, co-production, and joint tech development risks pushing it further into the shadows.

It would also create powerful new political incentives inside the U.S.

If Israeli defense firms expand co-production facilities here, they can claim to create jobs in congressional districts — and gain more allies in Congress.

That’s how military-industrial influence grows.

We’ve already seen Israeli defense production footprints in places like Mississippi and Arkansas.

Section 224 could turbocharge that model — making the Israeli military-industrial base even more embedded in U.S. politics.

All of this is happening while the American public is increasingly skeptical of unconditional support for Israel.

A recent poll found just 16% of Americans support continuing to supply Israel with weapons without new restrictions.

That disconnect is striking:

The public is asking for more restraint and accountability with Israel.

Congress is proposing deeper, less transparent military integration.

That’s not democracy. That’s the military-industrial complex doing what it does best.

And the timing could not be worse.

Israel has repeatedly used U.S. weapons in Gaza in ways that human rights groups and journalists have linked to violations of international humanitarian law.

This is not the moment to deepen integration with Israel’s military.

Members of Congress concerned about U.S. interests, regional stability, and democratic accountability should act now.

The first step is simple:

Reject Section 224 from the NDAA.

Stop the U.S.-Israel military-industrial merger before it starts.

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-us-military/

📎 Ben Freeman

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📢 🇺🇸 👮‍♂️ "Don't be a race traitor!" Anti-ICE protesters confront workers setting up barricades around Delaney Hall

📎 Oliya Scootercaster

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🇺🇸 🇨🇳 ⚖️ Eileen Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, California, officially pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles federal court to one felony count of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.

Federal prosecutors stated that between 2020 and 2022, Wang and an associate operated a local website used to publish pro-PRC articles and propaganda under the direction of Chinese government officials. Wang faces a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in federal prison at her sentencing scheduled for October 6.

📎 Europa

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📢 🇺🇸 🌟 SOUTHCOM on X:

“The Western Hemisphere is no longer a permissive environment for narco-terrorists, criminal syndicates, or their state sponsors. With Littoral Combat Force-24 taking the helm of tactical operations, we are sending an unambiguous message: the United States is committed to defending our homeland and securing a prosperous, stable hemisphere alongside our enduring partners.” - Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan

📎 U.S. Southern Command

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🟦 🇺🇸 🏛 Today’s Reflecting Pool update from the sky

https://www.the-sun.com/news/16419270/donald-trump-reflecting-pool-revamp-garbage-water/

📎 Shannon Bream

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🇺🇸⚡️ — A federal judge ruled that Trump’s name must be removed from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, finding that the venue cannot be renamed without approval from Congress.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ordered the Trump administration to remove all signage bearing Trump’s name and eliminate references to a “Trump Kennedy Center” from official materials within 14 days.

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🇺🇸 The Pentagon is recruiting hundreds of service members to serve as spectators at President Trump’s UFC event on the White House lawn, with attendees required to cover their own travel costs and meet specific height and weight standards.

📎 AF Post

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🐣 🇺🇸 ⚪️ US Whites could become the highest-fertility group by 2028-29.

White fertility continues to slowly improve (1.54~1.55), while Hispanic fertility nosedived (1.86~1.79) in the latest data. Blacks (1.44~1.35) and Asians (1.14~1.11) continue to sink toward 1.0 TFR.

📎 AF Post

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🔼 🇺🇸 🕯 The S&P 500 closes at its highest level on record and posts a 9-week win streak for the first time since 2023.

This puts the S&P 500 up +20.1% since the March 30th low, adding +$11.4 TRILLION in market cap in 2 months.

📎 KobeissiLetter

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NOVA hosted our semi-annual pro-White event last week and it was a great success.

White men, women and their families from across the country enjoyed camaraderie and business networking, pro-White businesses and creators offered unique books and products, and everyone got to enjoy powerful speeches, a special presentation by Germar Rudolf, live music, and an unforgettable afterparty. novanow.org/contact

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