Global Witness informs:
“Some of the world’s poorest countries have started paying millions to lobbyists linked to Donald Trump to try to offset US cuts to foreign aid. Somalia, Haiti, and Yemen are among 11 countries to sign significant lobbying deals with figures tied directly to the US president after he slashed US foreign humanitarian assistance.
Many states have already begun bartering crucial natural resources – including minerals – in exchange for humanitarian or military support. USAID officially closed its doors last week after Trump’s dismantling of the agency, a move experts warn could cause more than 14 million avoidable deaths over five years.
Deal making in Washington could become “more desperate and less favorable to low-income countries”, which had become increasingly vulnerable to brutal exploitation of their natural resources.
Contracts worth $17m were signed between Trump-linked lobbying firms and some of the world’s least-developed countries, which were among the highest recipients of USAID. The DRC is primed to sign a mineral deal with the US for support against Rwanda-backed rebels, providing American companies access to lithium, cobalt and coltan.
The DRC – a former top-10 USAID recipient – signed contracts worth $1.2m with the lobbyists Ballard Partners. The firm, owned by Brian Ballard, lobbied for Trump well before the 2016 US election and was a leading donor to the US president’s political campaign.
Somalia and Yemen signed contracts with BGR Government Affairs – $550,000 and $372,000 respectively. A former BGR partner, Sean Duffy, is now Trump’s transport secretary, one of myriad links between the US president and the lobbying firm.”
Donald Trumpf’s cronies are obscenely profiting from delivering humanitarian assistance to impoverished countries. Trumpf is also cruelly wasting precious American resources that can be immediately used to save lives in the Third World.
“From the American People”
The Trumpf junta ordered 500 metric tons of emergency food aid enough to feed 1.5 million malnourished children for a week to be incinerated rather than be distributed as part of its ongoing purge of USAID. The high-energy biscuits, intended for children under five living in war and disaster zones, are currently being stored in a warehouse in Dubai and were meant to be shipped out this year, but will instead go to waste due to cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effectively halting nearly all forms of foreign aid. Current and former aid workers, speaking anonymously for fear of retaliation, said that the sheer scale of waste is unprecedented.
US warehouses around the world currently house 60,000 tons of food, including peas and cereal originally bound for famine-stricken Sudan. The amount of food set to be incinerated would be enough to feed every single child currently starving in Gaza.
As you could see in the image above, each USAID parcel of food has written on it “From the American People.’ President John F. Kennedy would be heartbroken today.
More Venality from the Petty Tyrant
FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Dotard Trumpf carry the Club World Cup trophy after Sunday’s finals between Chelsea FC and Paris Saint-Germain. (Photo: Jean Catuffe via Getty Images)
After Dotard Trumpf disrupted the air travel of thousands and thousands of passengers at Newark Int’l Airport just to make an appearance at the FIFA football finals, he revealed in an interview that he kept the original trophy for himself. So when English Premier League team Chelsea beat France’s Paris Saint-Germain to win the competition between soccer’s top club teams, they apparently ended up being given a replica of the original trophy, which reportedly cost $230,000. Dotard Trumpf was repeatedly booed at the stadium.
In true mafia style, Russian despot Vladimir Putin did something similar to oligarch Robert Kraft, owner of the NFL New England Patriots. When Kraft met Putin Russia year ago, he showed the tyrant his Superbowl ring and here’s how Kraft described the incident:
“I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, ‘I can kill someone with this ring,'” Kraft said in 2013. “I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out.”
Sources:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-to-incinerate-500-tons-of-emergency-food-for-children/
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu Supporting Anti-Hamas Criminal Gangs in Gaza
Despite reports and statements about the gang’s connection to Israel, Yasser Abu Shabaab claims that “our connection is with the Palestinian Authority” (X)
Palestinian resistance factions have jointly condemned the leader of an Israel-backed armed gang in Gaza, accusing him of collaboration with the enemy. Yasser Abu Shabab (35) has been described as a “traitor for hire.” This criminal gang operates under the protection and supervision of the IDF and these brigands have been looting humanitarian food convoys. The IDF recently intervened on behalf the Abu Shabab Militia with a drone strike. Hamas has eliminated at least 50 members of this Israeli-armed gang of cutthroat quislings.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu:
“On the advice of security officials, we activated clans in Gaza that oppose Hamas,” Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu recently admitted. “What’s wrong with this? This is only good and saves the lives of IDF soldiers.”
Israel Creating Haiti in the Gaza Strip
Armed and masked Palestinians secure trucks loaded with humanitarian aid entering Gaza through the Israeli Kerem Shalom Crossing, on Salah al-Din Road east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, 19 Jan 2025. (Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90)
By empowering criminal gangs and weaponizing aid provision, Netanyahu seeks to fracture the Strip into rival fiefdoms — allowing only chaos to reign — like Haiti. Some of these anti-Hamas cells have been linked to ISIS.
Historic Israeli Support for Hamas
The late resistance leader Ismael Haniyeh and Israeli ‘Crime Minister’ Benjamin Netanyahu.
“The Israeli support for Hamas refers to direct involvement by Israeli authorities from different periods in the rise and empowerment of Palestinian militant group Hamas.
The PLO and Chairman Yasir Arafat long suspected that the notorious terrorist Abu Nidal was a Mossad asset hired by them to conduct spectacular global terrorist attacks to discredit the legitimate Palestinian liberation movement. Abu Nidal died under mysterious circumstances in 2002.
Israel Learned from Apartheid-Era Suid-Afrika
Zulus and Xhosas fought a low-grade civil war for years in apartheid-era Suid-Afrika. (Photo: Public domain)
Israel is using a similar “divide and conquer” tactic used by the former apartheid government of Suid-Afrika. The National Party covertly armed and directed the predominantly Zulu Inkatha Freedom Party to attack the predominantly Xhosa African National Congress (ANC) led by Nelson Mandela, taking advantage of their historic tribal rivalry. The low-grade civil war between the two tribes kept the anti-apartheid bloc fractured for years.
IDF Continues Murdering Palestinians
Palestinian mother Samah Al-Nouri, whose daughter Sama was killed in an Israeli strike near a medical center in Deir Al-Balah, comforts her son. (photo: Ramadan Abed / Reuters)
The death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 58,479, the majority of whom were women and children. At least 139,355 others have also been wounded or maimed. Since Israel broke its ceasefire agreement after the GOP budget was passed in March 2025 thanks to US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), at least 7,656 civilians have been killed and 27,314 others have been injured. During the past 24 hours alone, 93 bodies, including three that were recovered from under rubble, and 278 injured individuals were brought to hospitals in Gaza.
The IDF and their proxies will have easily killed 60,000 Palestinians by the end of this summer. Since 7 Oct 2023, the American taxpayer has sent a record $17.9 billion of military aid to Israel. Unqualified support for Israel already cost the Democratic Party critical 6,265,888 votes they once had in 2020, losing them the White House in 2024. Dummkopf Trumpf squeaked by with a slight plurality of the popular vote (49.8%). This is just like the Democratic Party supporting the brutal regime in Saigon during the costly and wasteful Vietnam War, costing Hubert Humphrey the White House in 1968.
Antiwar progressives will not vote for AIPAC-backed Democratic Party candidates in future elections nor will they vote for a Republican; they will stay home on Election Day. The number of these antiwar Samaritans will grow and their consciences will be clear.
An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC for crimes against humanity remains active for Benjamin Netanyahu. An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Sources:
https://www.972mag.com/gaza-social-collapse-criminal-gangs/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/
Ukraine Intelligence Update
The valiant President Volodomir Zelensky addressing intelligence personnel. (Photo: Office of the Presidency)
First Chinese Spies Caught in Ukraine
The father’s image has been pixilated. (Photo: SBU)
Ukraine’s counterintelligence service (SBU) arrested a Chinese father and son on suspicion of spying on its Neptune anti-ship missile program, a key part of Kiev’s growing domestic arms industry that is critical to its defense against Russia. Although Beijing tries to project an image of neutrality, they are helping the Kremlin’s war effort. SBU agents arrested a 24-year-old former student in Kiev after they provided him with “technical documentation” related to Neptune production. CI agents later detained his father, who had aimed to smuggle out the documents to the Chinese MSS. The father had been living in China but visited Ukraine to “personally coordinate” his son’s work.
The son’s image has been pixilated. (Photo: SBU)
Since Russia’s brutal full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukrainian forces have captured Chinese nationals fighting for Russia on the battlefield, but these two men were the first arrested in Ukraine on espionage charges.
Chinese intelligence (the MSS) uses the ‘thousand grains of sand’ approach to gather information, taking advantage of the large number of personnel available to them. Beijing has a special interest in maritime weaponry/technology because their ultimate plan to absorb Taiwan will require a powerful naval and amphibious strike force. Ukraine’s intelligence services are experienced, making espionage operations difficult for adversaries, as these two spies discovered. The SBU also receive intelligence from allies over the world.
Russian Assassination Team Neutralized
The late SBU Colonel Voronych exiting his apartment building moments before he was assassinated. (Screenshot: SBU)
Two Russian FSB assassins were liquidated by Ukrainian special services agents. On 10 July this FSB combat cell murdered SBU Colonel Ivan Voronych outside his apartment in Kiev. An intense manhunt led SBU agents to the lair of the FSB assassins and in the ensuing firefight the pair were rendered ineffective. SBU Colonel Voronych had taken part in a number of special operations, including the killing of Russian militant Arsen Pavlov, alias ‘Motorola,’ and led a unit that advanced into Russia’s Kursk Oblast in 2024.
An intense espionage war between Russia and Ukraine is taking place alongside the brutal daily combat at the front. Both sides want to eliminate effective operatives behind enemy lines. In some case, these missions are acts of retribution or justice and they spread anxiety amongst the intelligence community. Any conclusive peace talks between Kiev and Moscow would include an understanding that this practice be eliminated or reduced. The ancient ‘eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth’ policy would go into effect should there ever be a peace treaty and subsequent assassination.
Over 12 million rounds of 152 mm artillery shells are estimated to have been sent to Russia by North Korea for use in Ukraine, South Korean military intelligence reported. North Korea could have provided around 28,000 containers containing weapons and artillery shells to date.
The report comes a day after the North Korean supremo Kim Jong Un pledged to “unconditionally” support Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine in a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on 12 July. President Dummkopf Trumpf in another bit of kabuki theater announced that he’s giving Vladimir Putin an additional 50 days to come to the table, meaning the Kremlin has 50 days to bring Ukraine to its knees, which is unlikely.
Appalling Russian Losses
The Russians have suffered approximately 1,037,460 casualties, with an additional 1,170 over the past 24 hours. The Kremlin also lost 421 aircraft, 340 helicopters, 11,028 tanks, and 22,977 armored personnel vehicles.
Many Russian families are using cardboard coffins because they are less costly than traditional wooden caskets. (Photo: Courtesy of the New York Times)
The architects and enablers of this war, Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov, Kim Jong-un, Xi Jinping, and Dummkopf Trumpf do not care how many Russian or Ukrainian casualties they create. Putin’s goal is to absorb Ukraine into a Pan-Slavic federation, much like the glory days of the USSR, and headed by the Kremlin. China wants to continue making money and learning from the war. A future European war involving NATO and the EU versus Russia gives Beijing an opportunity to invade Taiwan. Kim Jong-un continues receiving Russian money and technical aid for his WMD program. Dotard Trumpf, a Kremlin asset, is stalling and delaying for Vladimir Putin.
An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC for war crimes remains active for Vladimir Putin. An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Sources:
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/07/13/7521508/
Inhumane ICE Raids Leaving Cats and Dogs Homeless and Detainees Starving
Santa Clara County plans modern no-kill animal shelter from http://www.mercurynews.com
“Pets are the collateral damage to the current political climate,” reported the Michelson Found Animals Foundation. In one example, ICE agents arrested a man who had his three-year-old pit bull, Chuco, with him. A friend managed to grab Chuco from the scene and bring him back to the garage where he lives. The dog’s owner was deported to Mexico the next day.
The SPAY(CE) Project, which spays and neuters dogs in underserved areas, put out a call on Instagram to help Chuco and an animal rescue group agreed to take him, but then went quiet. Meanwhile, the garage owner took Chuco to an undisclosed shelter.
After repeated attempts, a nonprofit organizaton gave up on finding the dog or a home for him, since “no one has space for an adult male Pittie these days.” So “the poor dog is left to die in the shelter.”
Since ICE raids, primarily targeting Latino communities, began roiling LA in early June, animal rescues and care providers across the county are hearing desperate pleas for help.
At least 15 dogs were surrendered at LA County animal shelters due to deportations between 10 June and 4 July.
Pets belonging to people who are deported or flee are being left in empty apartments, dumped into the laps of unprepared friends and dropped off at overcrowded shelters.
“Unless people do take the initiative [and get the pets out], those animals will starve to death in those backyards or those homes,” said Cats at the Studios, a rescue that serves LA.
Yet with many animal refuges operating at capacity, it can be difficult to find temporary homes where pets are not at risk of euthanasia.
Fearing arrest if they go outside, some people are also forgoing healthcare for their pets, with clinics reporting a surge in no-shows and missed appointments in communities affected by the raids.
ICE has now surpassed the FBI in terms of police powers, detaining people without warrant or probable cause, other than being suspected of being a migrant. ICE has become the closest thing to a secret police the US ever had and legislators are seeking to pass laws banning ICE personnel from using masks.
During a speech to rabid rightwing supporters, the braggadocio Director of ICE Tom Homan unprofessionally and crassly challenges a heckler to fisticuffs:
Inhumane Conditions in ICE Gulags
Detainees held in Donald Trumpf’s new jungle gulag in Florida are finding worms in their food. Toilets don’t flush, flooding floors with fecal waste, and mosquitoes and other insects are everywhere. Prisoners began arriving at this torture chamber on 2 July. Inside the compound’s large white tents, rows of bunk beds are surrounded by chain-link cages. Detainees go days without showering or getting prescription medicine, and they are only able to speak by phone to lawyers and loved ones. At times the air conditioners abruptly shut off in the sweltering heat. Insider accounts paint a picture of the place as unsanitary and lacking in adequate medical care, pushing some into a state of extreme distress.
“The conditions in which we are living are inhuman,” a Venezuelan detainee said by phone from the facility. “My main concern is the psychological pressure they are putting on people to sign their self-deportation.”
The ACLU describes the facility as state-sponsored cruelty and an attack on indigenous people’s sovereignty. In a strongly worded statement posted to the Archdiocese of Miami’s website, Archbishop Thomas Wenski condemned the conditions at the remote detention site in the Everglades: “It is unbecoming of public officials and corrosive of the common good to speak of the deterrence value of alligators and pythons’ at the Collier-Dade facility.” Democratic lawmakers filed a lawsuit to gain access to this torture chamber. Conservation groups warned government agencies in a legal filing that they’re breaking the law by failing to protect the Big Cypress National Preserve from the increasingly destructive effects of this horrible Bastille in the swamp.
Immigrants being held in ICE torture chambers in at least seven states are complaining of hunger, food shortages and spoiled comestibles. Detainees have gotten sick; others say they have lost weight. In one facility, an incident involving detainees reportedly broke out in part because of food.
Immigration Judges Being Fired Despite Huge Backlog of Cases
The Trumpf junta will be firing fifteen more immigration judges on 22 July amid efforts to speed up deportations of vulnerable migrants without legal status. An email was sent to judges in Massachusetts, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, New York, and California. Like the 50 other judges fired within the last six months, the judges who received the most recent notices were not given a reason for the terminations.
Congress had allocated $3 billion to the Department of Justice in part to hire more immigration judges to alleviate a backlog of nearly four million cases. Hiring and training new judges can take more than a year. “It’s outrageous and against the public interest that at a time when the Congress has authorized 800 immigration judges, we are firing large numbers of immigration judges without cause,” said Matt Biggs, president of the IFPTE union. “This is hypocritical ” you can’t enforce immigration laws when you fire the enforcers.”
Dummkopf Trumpf is a 21st-century Andrew Jackson and Jefferson Davis all rolled up into one abomination creature. The Trumpf junta will continue enriching contractor cronies like Palantir and firms that construct the ramshackle ICE concentration camps like ‘Gator Gitmo’, all while brutally bleaching America of non-whites.
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5467343/immigration-judges-doj-trump-enforcement
India: Puppy Named Rocky Saves Villagers from Landslide
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