Angry Pentagon Sources Leak Report Of Israel's 'Unhinged' Spying On US Officials

Starmer Faces 'Sleaze Inquiry' Vote Over Epstein Pal Mandelson's Appointment Trouble has been brewing for UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador - despite Mandelson's well-known past associations with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson, a senior New Labour figure and former EU Trade Commissioner, has long faced questions over his friendship with sex-offender Epstein, and these ties were public knowledge when Starmer nominated him for the prestigious Washington role. While Starmer admitted he was aware of the relationship, he says Mandelson "lied repeatedly" about...

Europe Votes Against Thought-Policing 'Chat Control', Brussels Passes It Anyway... On Thursday in Strasbourg, 314 Members of the European Parliament voted to reject the return of "Chat Control," the legal regime allowing tech companies to scan the private messages of roughly half a billion Europeans. Illustration via proton.me Only 276 voted to keep it. So naturally, the scanning regime won - thanks to a 'quirky' voting procedure in Brussels that allowed legislation to survive even though most MEPs who cast a vote opposed it. That should alarm anyone who still believes the word "parliament"...

"You Should Be Preparing Your Criminal Defense": Becerra Feels The Heat In Final California Governor's Debate Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Seven candidates vying for California’s governorship squared off Thursday in their fifth and final debate, with frontrunner Xavier Becerra facing down an onslaught of attacks from the right and the left over his policy record, a campaign fraud scandal, and what rivals described as a deceptive flip-flop on healthcare policy. “This is what happens when you take the lead in polls,” remarked the former Biden Health and Human Services secretary...