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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱 JUDGE SLAMS ISRAELI SPYWARE FIRM OVER WHATSAPP SPYWARE LAWSUIT A federal judge sanctioned Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for dodging court orders in WhatsApp’s lawsuit over Pegasus, the spyware that allegedly hacked 1,400 phones, including those of journalists and activists. NSO tried blaming Israeli law for refusing to share the full source code, offering access only in Israel. The judge called the excuse “simply impracticable” for a U.S. trial and hit NSO with sanctions, saying it broke U.S. computer fraud laws. Nice try, though. Pegasus lets hackers control your phone’s camera, mic, and location—even through a missed call. NSO insists it only sells to “vetted” governments, but the U.S. blacklisted it in 2021. WhatsApp Spokesperson: “After five years of litigation, we're grateful for today's decision. NSO can no longer avoid accountability for their unlawful attacks on WhatsApp, journalists, human rights activists and civil society." Source: Courthouse News

🇺🇸 NICOLE SHANAHAN: THE U.S. GOVERNMET ISN'T IMPROVING OUR HEALTH "$15,000 per person a year in health care expenses, and yet we're 49th in life expectancy. Doesn't reconcile. Where is that money going?" Source: RSBN, @NicoleShanahan

🚨 EARLY-STAGE CANCER? THERE’S A FINGERPRINT FOR THAT Scientists in Barcelona have found a way to catch cancer early by reading ribosome “fingerprints.” Ribosomes, the cell’s protein factories, carry chemical marks that are like molecular name tags—and cancer cells can’t keep theirs intact. Using nanopore sequencing (think a portable lab in your hand), researchers scanned ribosomal RNA from lung cancer patients and spotted these messed-up marks with near-perfect accuracy. Even stage I cancers couldn’t hide. Talk about getting caught red-handed. Next goal? Turning this into a simple blood test. No cutting, no drama, just science kicking cancer where it hurts. Source: SciTech Daily

🇺🇸 NICOLE SHANAHAN: ELON WANTS US TO BE AN INTERPLANETARY SPECIES "I don't know anyone as obsessed with it as him, but, here's the thing. In order for us to be an interplanetary species, we have to meet our biological needs here on earth first." Source: RSBN, @NicoleShanahan, @ElonMusk

🚨 SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A NEW WEIRD, WIGGLY STATE OF MATTER?! Physicists found “quantum spin liquid” in a material called pyrochlore cerium stannate, where magnetic particles refuse to chill—even at -459.67°F. Using neutron scattering, they spotted “spinons,” particles that split a magnetic charge in half and act like they’re stuck in a never-ending game of quantum tag. These particles even swap light-like waves, defying normal physics in ways that scream, “Science is wild.” This breakthrough not only proves quantum spin liquids exist but might lead to quantum computers—or at least some mind-blowing new physics. Source: SciTech Daily

🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸 IRANIAN OFFICER CHARGED IN MURDER OF AMERICAN TEACHER Mohammad Reza Nouri, 36, an Iranian officer with the IRGC, allegedly masterminded the murder of Stephen Troell, a Tennessee teacher living in Baghdad. Prosecutors say Nouri spied on Troell’s daily routine, collected details like his address and even his kids’ names, and coordinated a hit squad. The squad ambushed Troell as he drove home with his wife. Nouri fled to Iran after the attack, where he gave the killers a warm welcome and called Troell a spy. Now Nouri’s facing charges for terrorism and murder. If convicted, it’s life in prison—or worse. Source: Department of Justice Media Source: @GLNoronha

🚨🇺🇸 FORMER BANK TELLER BUSTED FOR SWIPING $180K FROM CUSTOMERS Derek Aut, 28, of Saugus, MA, approximately 9 miles northeast of Boston, allegedly decided being a TD Bank teller wasn’t paying enough—so he “borrowed” $180K from two customers. When one noticed the missing cash, prosecutors say Aut panicked and tried covering it up by swiping from another account. Spoiler: It didn’t work. TD Bank fired him in April 2024 and called the cops. If convicted, he’s looking at 30 years in prison and a $1M fine. That’s a lot of overdraft fees. Source: NBC News Boston

ELON: D.O.G.E. WILL BE AN ATTACK ON THE MATRIX “I have discussed with Trump the idea of a government efficiency commission. I would be willing to be part of that commission.  The antibody reaction would be very strong. You're attacking the matrix at that point. The matrix will fight back.” Source: Lex Fridman Podcast, August 2024

🚨🇺🇸BREAKING: NY AMAZON STRIKE HITS JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS Amazon workers at Staten Island are saying, “Ho, ho, no,” walking off the job as part of a massive strike hitting multiple facilities. Amazon Workers: "GET UP, GET DOWN, NEW YORK IS A UNION TOWN!" Thousands, including Teamsters union members, are demanding better pay and working conditions, with seven delivery hubs already caught in the chaos. Just what Jeff Bezos needed for Christmas, right? At midnight, even more workers from a unionized warehouse in New York are expected to join in. Guess Amazon’s holiday rush is looking more like a standstill. Source:@rawsalerts Media Source:@ScooterCasterNY

🇺🇸GROK TO REVEAL CONGRESS’S DIRTY SECRETS Lawmakers love cramming unrelated provisions into thousand-page bills, leaving citizens in the dark. Grok is here to blow that wide open. Elon: "Grok will summarize these mammoth laws before they are passed by Congress, so you know what their real purpose is." Maybe now we won’t have to pass the bill to find out what’s in it. Source: MSN

🇺🇸NICOLE SHANAHAN: DEMOCRATS KEEP TRYING TO BLACKMAIL US "We see versions of this emotional blackmail all over America today, preying on our emotions and our vulnerabilities. We saw it this past week in Congress when the democrats held up disaster relief for hurricane victims and would only grant it if those funds were wrapped up with further measures for online censorship, bioweapons funding, and liability protections to companies that have hurt us." Source: RSBN, @NicoleShanahan

🚨🇺🇸🇸🇾 U.S. SCRAPS $10M BOUNTY ON HTS LEADER U.S. officials informed Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, leader of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Syria’s de facto power broker, that the $10 million bounty on his head is now off the table. Guess Jolani’s officially been downgraded from “most wanted” to “not worth it.” The State Department even deleted his wanted poster from its website—because nothing says “you’re free to go” like hitting the delete key. Source: @sentdefender

🇺🇸 FRIEDBERG: THE FOUNDING FATHERS COMMITTED A CRUCIAL MISTAKE "The biggest mistake the founding fathers made was that they didn't create constitutional limits on spending and enrichment. This was because they had these deeply held philosophical beliefs that relied on the house of representatives to provide a check by the people. But in the federalist papers 10 and 51, James Madison emphasized that the structure of government was meant to ensure that both state and federal governments would limit each other's excesses, including their financial ones." Source: @TheAllInPod, @Friedberg

🚨🇺🇸BREAKING: SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM ANNOUNCED AS NEXT SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) announced the Senate Republican Conference committee assignments for the 119th Congress. These assignments have been ratified by the Senate Republican Conference and are expected to be formally approved by the full Senate early next Congress. Sen. Lindsey Graham will lead the Senate Budget Committee, tasked with overseeing the reconciliation process and pushing key legislative priorities. Graham: “I am honored to have been elected Senate Budget Committee Chairman by the Republican conference. The Senate Budget Committee – through the reconciliation process – will aggressively push the most transformational border security bill in American history and revitalize our military. We’re going to give President Trump and his team the resources they need to finish the wall, put technology on the border to obtain operational control, hire more ICE agents to deport gang members and criminals, and create more detention space so we don’t have to release illegal immigrants into the country. We will make the Navy bigger and more lethal. We are going to do all of this in weeks, not months.”

🇺🇸FRIEDBERG: WE'VE LOST SIGHT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PURPOSE "The objective of the republic was to have the states make local decisions about how to take care of their infrastructure. It wasn't to have the federal government come in and employ people, provide insurance to people, provide energy markets to people, own football stadiums..." Source: @TheAllInPod, @Friedberg

🚨🇩🇪 WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE ALLEGED GERMAN CHRISTMAS MARKET ATTACKER Last night, a person drove through nearly 400 meters of Magdeburg’s Christmas Market, leaving two people dead and several others injured. Here’s everything we’ve learned about the alleged so far. A thread… 🧵

OPENAI o3: IMPRESSIVE CODEFORCES FEAT, WITH A CATCH OpenAI o3 achieved a Codeforces rating of 2727, putting it on par with the 175th best competitive coder worldwide. This is a groundbreaking moment, showcasing the potential of AI to tackle complex programming tasks. However, o3 operates without human constraints like time limits. Its superhuman rating is powered by immense compute resources, allowing it to test and refine solutions in ways humans simply can't. An incredible achievement, but not quite a level playing field—yet. Source: arcprize, @deedydas

🇺🇸 RILEY GAINES: CONSERVATIVES ARE THE MAJORITY NOW "Look at the silly little Trump dance that has become this viral sensation for people from all walks of life. It's a sign of patriotism, and it's proof that cancel culture doesn't hold the grip that it once did. You don't have to be a closeted conservative anymore. You are the majority." Source: RSBN, @Riley_Gaines_

🇺🇸RILEY GAINES: AMERICANS REJECT MEN IN WOMEN'S SPORTS "The Wall Street Journal actually said that the whole national debate of allowing men into women's sports was the sleeper issue of the election. I could tell you thousands and thousands of stories from girls just like me. Girls who have lost out on opportunities, girls who have been exploited in locker rooms, girls who have been injured in their sports." Source: RSBN, @Riley_Gaines_

🚨🇾🇪🇮🇱 HOUTHI BALLISTIC MISSILE HITS TEL AVIV?! A missile launched from Yemen reportedly struck a playground between several high-rise apartment buildings in central Tel Aviv, causing minimal damage to nearby buildings and leaving three people with minor injuries. IDF Spokesperson in Arabic, Avichay Adraee: "Following the launch of a missile from Yemen and the activation of alarms in central Israel, unsuccessful interception attempts were made to determine the area of its impact. Details are still under investigation." Sources: Middle East Observer, Israel War Room, Avichay Adraee, @sentdefender

🇺🇸 RILEY GAINES: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TRUMP "It was the red wave that I personally had expected in 2022, but we did not get. What we saw was a blowout on all accounts. I believe people turned out to the polls to reject absurdity. That is what the Democratic Party has become: entirely and thoroughly absurd." Source: RSBN, @Riley_Gaines_

🚨🇺🇸 MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES IN CALIFORNIA A a Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter crashed and caught fire during an emergency landing at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California, about 40 miles north of San Diego. Emergency crews rushed to the scene, and officials confirmed that everyone onboard escaped safely with no injuries. The crash site is being secured by base personnel and local firefighters, who are working to control the situation. Authorities are asking people to stay away from the area so emergency teams can do their jobs safely. Source: @rawsalerts, @sentdefender

🚨🇾🇪🇮🇱BREAKING: MISSILE ALERTS SOUND ACROSS CENTRAL ISRAEL Alerts were triggered in several areas of central Israel, including Tel Aviv, following a suspected missile launch from Yemen. The IDF: “Alerts were activated in several areas in central Israel following a launch from Yemen, details are being investigated.” Source: Israel War Room, IDF

🚨🇩🇪 ALLEGED GERMAN TERROR SUSPECT: ANTI ISLAM & ALLEGED RAPIST While unconfirmed, many are reporting @DrTalebJawad as the suspect behind the German Christman terror attack. His posts on X show a clear anti-Islam, Anti-Merkel, and Pro Israeli stance. His posts have called for Israel to annex Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. He's also called for Angela Merkel to be killed, and criticized Andrew Tate for converting to Islam. Sources: @sentdefender @ShaykhSulaiman

🇺🇸TRUMP REPORTEDLY PULLED THE STRINGS ON NEW HOUSE FUNDING BILL Speaker Johnson admitted to constant contact with Trump during the negotiations, and the results speak for themselves. The bill gutted protections for the January 6 Committee and yanked funding from a State Department agency accused of silencing conservatives. Oh, and in case you were wondering, the bill went from a bloated 1,500 pages to a neat 120, with $20B for agricultural disasters and $10B to throw a lifeline to struggling farmers. Source: @CollinRugg, Fox News

🚨🇲🇾 MALAYSIA GREENLIGHTS ANOTHER SHOT AT FINDING MH370 Nearly a decade after MH370 vanished with 239 people on board, Malaysia has given Ocean Infinity another chance to do what years of searching couldn’t—find the plane. Armed with fresh data and plenty of optimism, the UK- and US-based firm will scour 5,800 square miles of the Indian Ocean. The deal? “No find, no fee.” If they hit the jackpot, Malaysia owes them $70 million. The search is expected to kick off in early 2025, during prime ocean-scouring season, January to April. Families, still desperate for answers, hope this isn’t just another wild goose chase. After all, some debris turned up years ago, but the mystery still has more twists than a Netflix docuseries. Fingers crossed this time someone actually finds something. Source: CBS

🇺🇸 STATEN ISLAND AMAZON STRIKE HEATS UP Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse (JFK8) just joined the Teamsters' biggest-ever strike, now spanning seven facilities in four states, with nearly 10,000 workers involved. Workers demand fair pay, pointing out that Amazon drivers earn half what UPS drivers make despite Amazon pulling in $500 billion annually. Amazon says everything’s fine, but with arrests, picket lines, and thousands striking, things are looking messy. Source: Eyewitness News

🚨🇺🇸 CFPB SUES BIG BANKS OVER $870M ZELLE FRAUD SCANDAL The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is suing Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Zelle’s parent company, accusing them of turning Zelle into a “gold mine for fraudsters.” Over seven years, customers lost $870 million to scams—while many were told to chase down scammers themselves to recover their money. CFPB Director, Rohit Chopra: “The nation’s largest banks felt threatened by competing payment apps, so they rushed to put out Zelle. By their failing to put in place proper safeguards, Zelle became a gold mine for fraudsters, while often leaving victims to fend for themselves.” Zelle called the lawsuit “factually flawed,” while JPMorgan Chase has threatened to sue the CFPB back—because apparently no one likes being blamed for $870 million in customer losses. Source: Daily Hodl

🇺🇸 TENACITY VENTURE CAPITAL FOUNDER: ELON AND TRUMP SHUT DOWN A BILL BEFORE TAKING OFFICE Tenacity Venture Capital Founder, Ben Narasin: "I'm sort of impressed with how much influence Donald Trump and Elon Musk have had before even taking office. I do think there were things added on to this bill. I haven’t read the whole thing, obviously, it’s 1,700 pages." Source: CNBC

🚨🇸🇦🇩🇪 SAUDI ARABIA CONDEMNS CHRISTMAS MARKET ATTACK IN GERMANY Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned the tragic incident at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, where a car plowed into a crowd, causing deaths and injuries. Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s condemnation of the incident that took place in a market in the city of Magdeburg in the Federal Republic of Germany in which a car plowed into crowds, resulting in the death and injury of a number of people. The Kingdom expresses its solidarity with the German people and the families of the victims." Saudi Arabia reaffirmed its rejection of violence and wished the injured a swift recovery. Source:@KSAmofaEN