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<\/a><\/p>\nBBC: New US security strategy aligns with Russia’s vision, Moscow says<\/a><\/h2>\nRussia has welcomed US President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy<\/a>, calling it “largely consistent” with Moscow’s vision.<\/p>\nThe 33-page document, unveiled by the US administration this week<\/a>, suggests Europe is facing “civilisational erasure” and does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.<\/p>\nCombatting foreign influence, ending mass migration, and rejecting the EU’s perceived practice of “censorship” are mentioned as other priorities in the report.<\/p>\n
Several EU officials and analysts had pushed back on the strategy, questioning its focus on freedom of expression and likening it to language used by the Kremlin.
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\n(BBC more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNational Memo: Why The Kremlin Is Welcoming Trump’s New ‘National Security Strategy’<\/a><\/h2>\nBenjamin Wittes: Why Did the White House Write This National Security Strategy?<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nThe first is this sentence on page 11: \u201cBorder security is the primary element of national security.\u201d
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\nTo call border security the primary element of national security<\/em>, after all, you have to believe that controlling and limiting migration is more important to American security than, say, maintaining a functional and effective nuclear deterrence; having a military capable of protecting American interests at home and abroad, and stopping or deterring Russian and Chinese predations on allies. You have to believe it\u2019s more important than having a coherent approach to protecting American critical infrastructure and cybersecurity and more important than stopping major terrorist operations.
\n…<\/p>\n… The key sentence is the one that follows: \u201cWe want Europe to remain European, to regain its civilizational self-confidence, and to abandon its failed focus on regulatory suffocation.\u201d
\n(Benjamin Wittes more…)<\/a><\/p>\nWSJ: A Trump Doctrine of Contradictions<\/a><\/h2>\nHis Administration\u2019s new security document is notably soft on Russia and China.<\/p>\n
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Daily News Egypt: Egypt, Qatar press for full implementation of Gaza ceasefire<\/a><\/h2>\nEgypt and Qatar, the two main mediators, alongside the United States, in securing the Gaza ceasefire, urged on Sunday the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Strip and the deployment of an international stabilization force. Both steps, they said, are essential for fully implementing the agreement amid mounting concerns over daily violations and the fragility of the truce.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the Doha Forum, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said the conflict had reached \u201ca critical moment,\u201d stressing that \u201ca ceasefire cannot be considered complete without a full Israeli withdrawal and the restoration of stability in Gaza.\u201d He cautioned that the crisis would escalate if left unresolved, reiterating that Qatar would not fund the reconstruction of destruction caused by the war and that any Qatari financial support would \u201cremain directed to the Palestinian people.\u201d
\n(Daily News Egypt more…)<\/a><\/p>\nAl Jazzera: LIVE: Israeli attack wounds child, calls grow for next phase of Gaza truce<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – December 7, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nSome of those who saw the video thought the men were waving to be rescued. Those who support President Donald J. Trump\u2019s argument that the civilians potentially trafficking drugs are enemy combatants\u2014an argument legal analysts widely reject\u2014say the men could have been trying to wave to other alleged drug traffickers to come get them and salvage the cocaine on the boat, although there were no other boats or aircraft in visual range.
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Bill Kristol of The Bulwark<\/em> wrote: \u201cIf the Sep. 2 boat really had \u2018narco-terrorists\u2019 on board, questioning the survivors would have been a way to learn about how the organization worked, where more drugs were stashed, etc. But this isn\u2019t a counter-terrorism campaign. It\u2019s a shooting gallery with helpless targets.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nDispatch: Details of a Botched Caribbean Strike Take Shape<\/a><\/h2>\n![\"US](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/US-Navy-ships.webp\" "\\"US")
<\/a><\/p>\nMelissa Corrigan, she\/her and David Shuster: US Navy Deleted Video of October Boat Attack Survivors<\/a><\/h2>\nLeaked document reveals effort to coverup aftermath of Oct 17 strike<\/p>\n
On a crystal blue sea, multiple explosive assaults from the sky have blown small boats to pieces, almost always ending the lives of those on board.<\/p>\n
Only twice, to our knowledge, have survivors been identified as the smoke cleared. On September 2, 2025, two survivors were identified clinging to the wreckage of the boat when another strike was ordered that summarily ended the lives of those survivors.<\/p>\n
And on the 17th of October, around 1430, or 2:30 PM, the smoke cleared from a strike and two survivors were identified. This time, those individuals were retrieved from the wreckage and brought on board the USS Iwo Jima.<\/p>\n
What transpired after those individuals were brought on board proves that we are in an entirely new paradigm within the US military, one in which video and photographic material is deleted, US military service members are asked to defy standing protocol and code, and human beings disappear from record as they are summarily and without trial returned to what is purported to be their native countries.
\n(Melissa Corrigan, she\/her and David Shuster more…)<\/a><\/p>\nBrian Allen: THE FOOTAGE THAT VANISHED: Inside the Navy\u2019s Quiet Deletion of October 17\u2019s Survivor Evidence<\/a><\/h2>\nTwo men survived a U.S. military strike. They were hauled aboard an American warship alive. Then the Navy ordered every photo and every second of video documenting them to be erased.<\/p>\n
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Dean Obeidallah: They did what corporate media refuses to do!<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nThat takes us to Franklin the Turtle<\/em>. This beloved figure from the world of children\u2019s books, television and more features a young turtle navigating common childhood issues like sharing, fear, and friendship. Franklin is known for being compassionate, inclusive and emphatic\u2014everything that Trump despises.<\/p>\nThat is why Secretary of beer and tattoos Pete Hegseth attempted to co-op Franklin to defend his murdering people in international waters. Hegseth shared an image that apparently the Pentagon made depicting the beloved Franklin the Turtles as killing Brown people in small boats. (Apparently this week was gin up hate of Brown people at the White House.)<\/p>\n
Hegseth\u2019s staff apparently made an image for an imaginary book titled, \u201cFranklin Targets Narco Terrorists.\u201d The book cover is below and shows Franklin in a green helmet, vest emblazoned with American flags while firing a rocket launcher from a helicopter at men in small boats. And then Hegseth\u2014who could\u2019ve been drunk at the time–wrote on social media as he shared the image: \u201cFor your Christmas wish list\u2026\u201d
\n(Dean Obeidallah more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Marcy Wheeler: Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly asks DOJ for signs of life<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Rook T. Winchester v. Donald J. Trump<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Adam Mockler: Trump Melts Down After His Own Corruption Backfires<\/a>
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ProPublica: Sick in a Hospital Town<\/a><\/h2>\nWhy were the people in Albany, Georgia, so sick, when the town\u2019s most powerful institution was a hospital?
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Good News Network: New Underwater Tool Lets Ecologists ID Fish From Their Sounds\u201346 Species So Far<\/a><\/h2>\nUnderwater coral reefs are filled with thumps, pops, and snaps from shrimp and fish, and ecologists often use underwater microphones to monitor the health of marine environments.<\/p>\n
But until now, ecologists have largely been unable to interpret these sounds because reefs are crowded with hundreds of different species\u2014very few of which have had sounds accurately attributed to them.<\/p>\n
A new tool from the FishEye Collaborative combines underwater sound recordings and a camera equipped with a 360\u00b0 view to pinpoint the sounds made by individual fish.
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The 33-page document, unveiled by the US administration this week<\/a>, suggests Europe is facing “civilisational erasure” and does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.<\/p>\n Combatting foreign influence, ending mass migration, and rejecting the EU’s perceived practice of “censorship” are mentioned as other priorities in the report.<\/p>\n Several EU officials and analysts had pushed back on the strategy, questioning its focus on freedom of expression and likening it to language used by the Kremlin. … … The key sentence is the one that follows: \u201cWe want Europe to remain European, to regain its civilizational self-confidence, and to abandon its failed focus on regulatory suffocation.\u201d His Administration\u2019s new security document is notably soft on Russia and China.<\/p>\n Egypt and Qatar, the two main mediators, alongside the United States, in securing the Gaza ceasefire, urged on Sunday the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Strip and the deployment of an international stabilization force. Both steps, they said, are essential for fully implementing the agreement amid mounting concerns over daily violations and the fragility of the truce.<\/p>\n Speaking at the Doha Forum, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said the conflict had reached \u201ca critical moment,\u201d stressing that \u201ca ceasefire cannot be considered complete without a full Israeli withdrawal and the restoration of stability in Gaza.\u201d He cautioned that the crisis would escalate if left unresolved, reiterating that Qatar would not fund the reconstruction of destruction caused by the war and that any Qatari financial support would \u201cremain directed to the Palestinian people.\u201d … Bill Kristol of The Bulwark<\/em> wrote: \u201cIf the Sep. 2 boat really had \u2018narco-terrorists\u2019 on board, questioning the survivors would have been a way to learn about how the organization worked, where more drugs were stashed, etc. But this isn\u2019t a counter-terrorism campaign. It\u2019s a shooting gallery with helpless targets.\u201d Leaked document reveals effort to coverup aftermath of Oct 17 strike<\/p>\n On a crystal blue sea, multiple explosive assaults from the sky have blown small boats to pieces, almost always ending the lives of those on board.<\/p>\n Only twice, to our knowledge, have survivors been identified as the smoke cleared. On September 2, 2025, two survivors were identified clinging to the wreckage of the boat when another strike was ordered that summarily ended the lives of those survivors.<\/p>\n And on the 17th of October, around 1430, or 2:30 PM, the smoke cleared from a strike and two survivors were identified. This time, those individuals were retrieved from the wreckage and brought on board the USS Iwo Jima.<\/p>\n What transpired after those individuals were brought on board proves that we are in an entirely new paradigm within the US military, one in which video and photographic material is deleted, US military service members are asked to defy standing protocol and code, and human beings disappear from record as they are summarily and without trial returned to what is purported to be their native countries. Two men survived a U.S. military strike. They were hauled aboard an American warship alive. Then the Navy ordered every photo and every second of video documenting them to be erased.<\/p>\n … That is why Secretary of beer and tattoos Pete Hegseth attempted to co-op Franklin to defend his murdering people in international waters. Hegseth shared an image that apparently the Pentagon made depicting the beloved Franklin the Turtles as killing Brown people in small boats. (Apparently this week was gin up hate of Brown people at the White House.)<\/p>\n Hegseth\u2019s staff apparently made an image for an imaginary book titled, \u201cFranklin Targets Narco Terrorists.\u201d The book cover is below and shows Franklin in a green helmet, vest emblazoned with American flags while firing a rocket launcher from a helicopter at men in small boats. And then Hegseth\u2014who could\u2019ve been drunk at the time–wrote on social media as he shared the image: \u201cFor your Christmas wish list\u2026\u201d Why were the people in Albany, Georgia, so sick, when the town\u2019s most powerful institution was a hospital? Underwater coral reefs are filled with thumps, pops, and snaps from shrimp and fish, and ecologists often use underwater microphones to monitor the health of marine environments.<\/p>\n But until now, ecologists have largely been unable to interpret these sounds because reefs are crowded with hundreds of different species\u2014very few of which have had sounds accurately attributed to them.<\/p>\n A new tool from the FishEye Collaborative combines underwater sound recordings and a camera equipped with a 360\u00b0 view to pinpoint the sounds made by individual fish.
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\n(BBC more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNational Memo: Why The Kremlin Is Welcoming Trump’s New ‘National Security Strategy’<\/a><\/h2>\n
Benjamin Wittes: Why Did the White House Write This National Security Strategy?<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nThe first is this sentence on page 11: \u201cBorder security is the primary element of national security.\u201d
\n…
\nTo call border security the primary element of national security<\/em>, after all, you have to believe that controlling and limiting migration is more important to American security than, say, maintaining a functional and effective nuclear deterrence; having a military capable of protecting American interests at home and abroad, and stopping or deterring Russian and Chinese predations on allies. You have to believe it\u2019s more important than having a coherent approach to protecting American critical infrastructure and cybersecurity and more important than stopping major terrorist operations.
\n…<\/p>\n
\n(Benjamin Wittes more…)<\/a><\/p>\nWSJ: A Trump Doctrine of Contradictions<\/a><\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nDaily News Egypt: Egypt, Qatar press for full implementation of Gaza ceasefire<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Daily News Egypt more…)<\/a><\/p>\nAl Jazzera: LIVE: Israeli attack wounds child, calls grow for next phase of Gaza truce<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nHeather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – December 7, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nSome of those who saw the video thought the men were waving to be rescued. Those who support President Donald J. Trump\u2019s argument that the civilians potentially trafficking drugs are enemy combatants\u2014an argument legal analysts widely reject\u2014say the men could have been trying to wave to other alleged drug traffickers to come get them and salvage the cocaine on the boat, although there were no other boats or aircraft in visual range.
\n…<\/p>\n
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nDispatch: Details of a Botched Caribbean Strike Take Shape<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMelissa Corrigan, she\/her and David Shuster: US Navy Deleted Video of October Boat Attack Survivors<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Melissa Corrigan, she\/her and David Shuster more…)<\/a><\/p>\nBrian Allen: THE FOOTAGE THAT VANISHED: Inside the Navy\u2019s Quiet Deletion of October 17\u2019s Survivor Evidence<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nDean Obeidallah: They did what corporate media refuses to do!<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nThat takes us to Franklin the Turtle<\/em>. This beloved figure from the world of children\u2019s books, television and more features a young turtle navigating common childhood issues like sharing, fear, and friendship. Franklin is known for being compassionate, inclusive and emphatic\u2014everything that Trump despises.<\/p>\n
\n(Dean Obeidallah more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMarcy Wheeler: Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly asks DOJ for signs of life<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nRook T. Winchester v. Donald J. Trump<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nAdam Mockler: Trump Melts Down After His Own Corruption Backfires<\/a>
\n<\/h2>\n<\/a><\/p>\nProPublica: Sick in a Hospital Town<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(ProPublica more…)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nGood News Network: New Underwater Tool Lets Ecologists ID Fish From Their Sounds\u201346 Species So Far<\/a><\/h2>\n
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