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06 May 2025 07:13

🇺🇸🇺🇳🌊 Trump’s Push For Deep-Sea Metals Clashes With UN Ocean Treaty

Just days after Trump issued an executive order expediting the processing of seabed mining applications, The Metals Company (TMC) on Tuesday applied for a US license to extract minerals from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, an immense region of the Pacific that stretches from Hawaii to Mexico.

There’s a hitch, though. The Clarion-Clipperton Zone and the rest of the ocean floor in international waters falls under jurisdiction of the International Seabed Authority, whose 169 member nations plus the European Union are loath to give up their mandate to regulate deep sea mining for the benefit of humanity while ensuring the effective protection of the marine environment.

ISA Secretary-General Leticia Carvalho on Wednesday warned that unilateral action by the US “sets a dangerous precedent that could destabilize the entire system of global ocean governance.”

At stake is not just who gets to exploit polymetallic nodules — potato-sized rocks rich in cobalt, nickel and other metals that carpet the Clarion-Clipperton seabed — or the fate of the otherworldly deep sea life that lives on them, but the future of a treaty that has kept commercial peace on the world’s oceans for more than 30 years.

https://gcaptain.com/trumps-push-for-deep-sea-metals-clashes-with-un-ocean-treaty/

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06 May 2025 00:35

🇺🇸 Trump says that he will be naming a new National Security Advisor in the next 6 months and that Stephen Miller is at the top of the totem pole.

🔗 Autism Capital

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05 May 2025 22:36

🇨🇳🇺🇸 Chinese companies still shipping into the US are relabeling their items as made in Malaysia or Thailand so they pay 10% tariffs instead of 145%.

https://www.ft.com/content/147fddbb-7031-4347-9251-4425614e138d

🔗 Aaron Rubin

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05 May 2025 18:27

Trump says he’s going to reopen Alcatraz prison

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.

In a post on his Truth Social site Sunday evening, Trump wrote that, “For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering. When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm. That’s the way it’s supposed to be.”

“That is why, today,” he said, “I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.”

https://apnews.com/article/trump-alcatraz-prison-fabe3385415ae03829d44e50efb3c1fb

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05 May 2025 15:29

🇷🇴🗳 Romanian nationalist and Trump fan George Simion wins first round of presidential vote

Far-right nationalist George Simion secured an emphatic win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election on Sunday, nearly complete electoral data showed, months after an annulled vote plunged the European Union and NATO member country into turmoil. He is expected to face Bucharest's pro-EU mayor, Nicusor Dan, in a May 18 runoff.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250504-nationalist-george-simion-trump-fan-wins-first-round-romania-presidential-election-nicusor-dan

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05 May 2025 12:44

🇺🇸🇮🇱 Congressman Thomas Massie: Apparently HR 867 has been pulled from the schedule for this week. Thank you for your vocal opposition on this platform. It was a ridiculous bill that our leadership should have never scheduled for a vote.

🔗 RepThomasMassie

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05 May 2025 11:07

🇸🇩 According to “VistaMaps” sources, the aerial attack on Port Sudan International Airport and the Osman Digna Airbase was carried out by a manned aircraft “operated by an onboard human pilot” under the cover of suicide drones. Sudanese air defenses managed to intercept and shoot down all the drones; however, the manned aircraft conducted strikes that hit key facilities, including military warehouses.

The commander of the Red Sea Military Region stated that the attack was carried out by a ‘strategic aircraft’ covered by 11 suicide drones, which initiated the strikes shortly after midnight and continued until sunrise, targeting multiple civilian and military sites, including the airport, the airbase south of the city, and a radar station located north of Flamingo Naval Base.

He explained that all the drones were intercepted, with some falling into the Red Sea waters, indicating that the attack was launched from the sea rather than from land.

He also confirmed that the drone attack served as cover for a primary strike executed by the ‘strategic aircraft,’ in a clear reference to a manned aircraft that carried out the main assault.

The official Spox for Sudan’s gov stated that these attacks leave no doubt that the ongoing war has far surpassed the capabilities of the Rapid Support Forces militia, revealing direct involvement of foreign air power operated from Abu Dhabi; a clear indication of the role played by UAE military.

🔗 Mohamed Mustafa

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05 May 2025 10:03

🇸🇩🇦🇪🇨🇳 Sudan Army Destroys UAE-Backed RSF Cargo Plane

Sudanese Army says it destroyed a cargo aircraft carrying Chinese-made drones and military equipment after it landed at Nyala Airport, a key RSF hub reportedly supported by the UAE.

Sources claim the strike killed 18 Emirati officers overseeing drone, jamming, and air defense operations using systems supplied by China.

📝 Cameron Hudson: SAF strike a UAE-operated cargo plane delivering weapons to RSF in Nyala. On the same day, more than 1200km away, RSF drones strike a SAF base in Port Sudan. No area of Sudan is safe. Its not long before there are strikes on targets in Chad, CAR, South Sudan. Total regional war.

🔗 Clash Report

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05 May 2025 08:23

🇮🇱 📝 MenchOsint: Considering the distance, it was a close one

🔗 MenchOsint

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05 May 2025 07:09

🇾🇪🇮🇱 For the First time - a Houthi launched ballistic missile hit Israel's Ben Gurion airport. The missile was not intercepted.

🔗 Tal Inbar

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04 May 2025 20:57

📈🇨🇳🇹🇼 Updated chart visualizing Chinese PLA air activity around Taiwan 2023-2025

🔗 Ian Ellis

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04 May 2025 17:59

🐎 Sovereignty defeats Journalism at the 151st Kentucky Derby

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04 May 2025 17:04

🇺🇸🇾🇪⚡- "We are prepared to wage war against the Houthis, but we do not have sufficient equipment to do so. The Houthis also have enough weapons to completely destroy our infrastructure," - Saudi-Emirati backed Coalition Government in Aden, Yemen, tells PBS, US media.

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04 May 2025 15:31

"No hmmwvs, no JLTVs, what now?"

They will ride on the M1301 ISVs, and according to the Army's TiC 1.0 plan, all IBCTs will be converted to Mobile Brigade Combat Teams (MBCTs). Even the National Guard's ABCTs will be converted to MBCTs.

https://defensescoop.com/2025/05/01/hegseth-orders-sweeping-changes-army-structure-transformation/

🔗 Ronkainen

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04 May 2025 14:24

🇺🇸/🇲🇽 After designating a 170-square-mile strip along the border between New Mexico and Mexico as a “National Defense Area” in April, allowing the U.S. military to temporarily detain illegal migrants or trespassers before being handed over to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The U.S. Department of Defense this week established another “National Defense Area” in Southern Texas, consisting of a 63-mile-long strip running east from the border of New Mexico and Texas near El Paso. These designations follow an executive order signed last month by President Donald J. Trump, giving the Defense Department jurisdiction over the Roosevelt Reservation, a 60-foot-wide stretch of federal land that runs along the U.S-Mexico Border through New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

🔗 OSINTdefender

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06 May 2025 01:19

🇺🇸 Trump is reportedly pushing to end the Section 8 program.

🔗 AF Post

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05 May 2025 23:48

📝 Keith Woods: The main reason Whites are starting to wake up to their racial interest and ongoing victimisation is that with social media, they can now see how other races view them in an unfiltered form.

The fundraiser for Shiloh Hendrix would not have received the support it did if not for seeing how Blacks responded to the murder of Austin Metcalf.

In a multiracial society where everyone else is tribal, there is no neutral, colour-blind position – if you're not helping your group, you're complicit in their unfair treatment at the hands of other groups.

🔗 Keith Woods

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05 May 2025 21:26

🇵🇸🇻🇦 — The Popemobile is being converted into a mobile clinic for Gaza’s children, honoring Pope Francis’ final wishes.

🔗AFPost

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05 May 2025 16:40

🇺🇸🎬 Trump places a 100 PERCENT TARIFF on "any and all movies coming into our country that are produced in foreign lands."

🔗 Eric Daugherty

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05 May 2025 15:28

🇷🇴🗳⚡️ Full results of the 2025 presidential elections:

George Simion wins with nearly 41%

Nicușor Dan comes 2nd with nearly 21%

Crin Antonescu comes 3rd with 20%

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05 May 2025 12:43

🇺🇸🇮🇱 MAGA Leaders Defend Americans' Right to Boycott Israel

Prominent figures from within President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" or "MAGA" movement came out against the bipartisan IGO Anti-Boycott Act, House Resolution 867—saying it would criminalize boycotts and free speech against Israel.

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-leaders-defend-americans-right-boycott-israel-2067909

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05 May 2025 11:06

🇸🇩🇦🇪 Footage of the UAE-backed RSF's strike on Port Sudan

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05 May 2025 09:23

🇸🇩 For the first time, the provisional capital of the Sudanese government, Port Sudan, has been the target of drone strikes.

The city is without power, and photos show smoke rising from the airport in the city, although the Sudanese government claims there are no casualties. The government claims the RSF targeted the Osman Digna airbase and buildings surrounding the international airport in the city.

🔗 Faytuks Network

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05 May 2025 08:21

🇾🇪🇮🇱 Israeli defenses fail to stop Houthi ballistic missile

In a statement, the Israel Airports Authority confirmed that “an investigation is underway regarding the impact at the Ben Gurion Airport area.” All landings and takeoffs were temporarily frozen as a precaution. Normal flight operations resumed after roughly one hour. “Ben Gurion Airport is open for operations,” the authority later said. “Takeoffs and landings have returned to normal.”

Israel’s Army Radio reported that the missile was not intercepted despite multiple attempts.

Israeli Channel 12 said the missile successfully bypassed four layers of air defense, including the high-altitude Arrow 3 and U.S.-supplied THAAD systems, before striking close to the heavily trafficked terminal area.

The launch was detected shortly after it occurred in Yemen, but the short window between detection and impact limited interception options. According to Israeli military sources cited by Channel 12, the missile evaded defensive coverage and reached the airport zone without being neutralized.

This marks one of the closest and most disruptive strikes on Israeli civilian infrastructure since the escalation of regional missile activity tied to the ongoing conflict between Iran-backed groups and Israel.

https://defence-blog.com/israeli-defenses-fail-to-stop-houthi-ballistic-missile/

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04 May 2025 23:07

🇺🇸🇮🇱 The House will vote on an anti-1A bill introducing fines or prison terms for Americans who participate in boycotts of Israel or Israeli settlements.

The bill, sponsored by pro-Israel Congressmen Mike Lawler and Josh Gottheimer, seeks to expand existing US anti-boycott laws by targeting voluntary political actions taken by private citizens.

The proposed IGO Anti-Boycott Act would impose civil penalties up to $300,000 and criminal penalties including fines up to $1 million and up to 20 years of imprisonment for boycotting Israel.

🔗 AF Post

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04 May 2025 19:25

🇦🇺 Everyone was making fun of Poilievre for blowing a 20-point lead, but the cons in Australia today blew a 10-point lead too!

And this one is a landslide!

📝 Leonardo Puglisi: and just like Poilievre, Peter Dutton lost his seat

🔗 Basil

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04 May 2025 17:04

🇺🇸🇾🇪⚡- "America cannot achieve its goals in Yemen without a ground operation. A ground offensive must be launched, but so far this has not happened. The question is whether the US is prepared to arm the Coalition Army to fight this war," - Saudi-Emirati backed Coalition Government in Aden, Yemen, tells PBS, US media.

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04 May 2025 16:33

🇲🇽🇺🇸 Mexico President Sheinbaum says she rejected Trump offer to send US troops to Mexico

https://insiderpaper.com/sheinbaum-says-she-rejected-trump-offer-to-send-us-troops-to-mexico/

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04 May 2025 15:30

🇺🇸🪖The list of the ground victims in the Army Transformation Initiative (ATI) Transformation in Contact (TiC) 1.0:

❌M10 Booker
❌HMMWV
❌JLTV A2
❌AMPV
❌Stryker A1
❌RCV
❌ERCA

Glad we still have some things left, including:

✔️M1E3
✔️XM30
✔️ISV

https://www.army.mil/article/285100/letter_to_the_force_army_transformation_initiative

🔗 Ronkainen

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04 May 2025 11:50

🇮🇱🇵🇸 IDF calls up tens of thousands of reservists for increased pressure on Gaza

The IDF is sending out call-up orders for tens of thousands of reservists starting Sunday, on the road toward widening the Gaza invasion.

Also, the military said that the expansion would be in stages, signaling that it could take days or weeks before having a clearer picture of the strategy and impact of the IDF’s further invasion.

The move was approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday and is expected to be formally approved by the security cabinet on Sunday.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-852481