Israel trying to turn Lebanon into Gaza

• Netanyahu the scum bag on more genocide coming: 'I have instructed the IDF to expand its operations in Lebanon. Our forces have overcome formidable obstacles, captured strategic positions, and seized the Beaufort Heights. Now, my instructions are to deepen and expand our control over the areas that were under Hezbollah's control. We are beginning operations, and we are operating on all fronts—in Syria, in Gaza, and in Lebanon. It will take time, but we will accomplish the mission.' 

• Continuous violent airstrikes have been carried out by Israeli warplanes on Tyre city, southern Lebanon, throughout recent days. Israel is pushing a 'Gaza solution' for Lebanon. Continuous bombing and massive refugee crisis. This one a major reason Trump keeps doing his hot & cold act about any real negotiations with Iran. Washington is giving the Zionists time and space to keep killing in Lebanon. It's genocidal to a people and their unique culture.  

• Channel 14 Hebrew: The Israeli army is expected to issue evacuation orders in the southern suburbs of Beirut soon. 

• What really is happening in Wiesbaden, Germany? Former Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi described the German Wiesbaden center as a “secret weapon” for planning and executing operations against Russia.  American and Ukrainian officers work side by side every day in a joint command and intelligence fusion center. They analyze satellite imagery, intercepted Russian communications, and battlefield intelligence to identify Russian positions, weapons systems, and high-value targets. Those target lists are then turned into exact strike coordinates and handed to Ukraine for attacks using HIMARS, ATACMS, Storm Shadow missiles, and long-range drones. This also includes targets inside Russian territory and Crimea after Washington gradually loosened restrictions. This is not “indirect support” anymore. This is deep operational involvement. How is Russia expected to respond? And when they do listen for the howls from western media outlets. 

• Japan will send four Self-Defense Forces officers to NATO’s command in Wiesbaden for the first time. The officers will help coordinate military aid deliveries and training programs for Ukraine’s Armed Forces, but will not take part in combat, which Japan’s constitution supposedly forbids. There is literally an entire unified NATO headquarters setup to use the vast resources of the military alliance (and its allies like Japan) directed entirely against Russia.  One can see the hallmarks of a coordinated information campaign which artfully uses exaggerated accounts of Ukraine’s recent deep strike campaign as a kind of fulcrum for spinning the narrative that Russia is beginning to “slip”.      

• The IRGC announced it shot down a MQ-1 drone early yesterday morning. The MQ-1 drone attempted to carry out a hostile operation by entering the territorial waters of Iran, but it was immediately detected and shot down by Iran’s air defenses. The US retired its MQ-1 fleet in 2018, so the only operator in the region would be the UAE.
• No community is better off with an AI data center. And no life or death decisions are better off in the hands of an AI system. Yet, despite its associated environmental impact and unpredictable behavior, Pete Hegseth intends to turn our military into an “AI-first fighting force.” To make this happen, the Army and Air Force will need to use thousands of acres of military land across Texas, North Carolina, California, Arizona and Georgia for polluting data centers.
• This past year, the US approved the Pax Silica Initiative to pillage 4,000 acres in Central Luzon in Philippines dedicated to mining precious metals. The US State Department frames this as "part of a broader strategy to surge production for inputs vital to US supply chains." [The 'supply chain' is actually the Pentagon's growing need to control vital precious metals for military hardware.] Yet, we know that Filipino people in these areas will have their livelihoods stripped away as the Philippine government does nothing to address the root causes of poverty, land grabbing, and militarization, and they instead continue to sell out the Filipino people to the US all in the name of profit. 

• Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Ragi: 'We have received a request from France to hold an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council due to the Israeli escalation.' What is Macron going to do? Why won't he criticize Israel and stop beating up Palestine solidarity protesters in his own nation?
• IRGC Navy says 28 vessels, including oil tankers, container ships, and other commercial ships, have safely transited the Strait of Hormuz under coordination and security provided by IRGC naval forces in the past 36 hours. 
• TASS reports: Zelensky plans to dismiss Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky, and appoint the terrorist Kirill Budanov, as his replacement.  “In a private meeting, Zelensky announced his intention to appoint Budanov as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and to reinstate Denis Shmyhal, Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, as prime minister. These personnel reshuffles will be made closer to the congressional elections,” the source said. Zelensky rearranges deck chairs on the Titanic and the people in Kiev are hiding underground. The people know Zelensky has lost. Why else would Zelensky be grabbing men of all ages off the streets (many from Odessa lately which is a Russian-ethnic city) to send to the front lines? 

• Just Foreign Policy writes: Right now, as we head into a critical House vote on Rep. Rashida Tlaib's Lebanon War Powers Resolution, an AIPAC offshoot called DMFI is running Facebook ads to kill it. Their argument is that voting to stop the killing "jeopardizes a meaningful Lebanon-Israel ceasefire."
• Israel killed 31 people in Lebanon on one day last week. Six of them were children. Fourteen died in a single airstrike on the town of Borj El Chmali. Two days later, jets struck south of Beirut for the first time in three weeks… killing a woman and two more children. That is the "ceasefire" DMFI is running ads to protect. In effect, this is an ad trying to convince your members of Congress that they should let the killing go on in your name – but they’re not even brave enough to admit it. This is the military industrial complex meddling in our democracy – openly, expensively, without shame. They don't just lobby Congress behind closed doors. They run ads. They flood Facebook. They spend whatever it takes to make sure a vote that might actually pass can be blocked from the floor. 

• The Vienna Festival cancelled a scheduled appearance of US-German tech mogul Peter Thiel after facing mounting criticism from its sponsors and a mass exodus of other participants. The co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies, widely known for his controversial right-wing and 'transhumanist' views, was expected to participate in a discussion titled ‘Armageddon and the Antichrist? From Theology to Realpolitik.’ This year, the Festival declared itself the 'Republic of Gods,' advertising itself as a “space of radical criticism and new beginnings.” The scheduled panel immediately drew controversy, with some seeing it as an opportunity to debate Thiel’s controversial ideas, while others argued the entrepreneur’s apocalyptic worldview should not receive a platform at all. “The invitation to Peter Thiel is quite rightly causing great discontent among the public,” Vienna’s City Councillor for Culture, Veronica Kaup-Hasler, told Der Standard newspaper.

• An explosion occurred at Hanwha Aerospace, a South Korean military industry giant, in Daejeon, where missiles and ammunition are produced, resulting in five deaths and other injuries.  Hanwha is currently  involved in militarizing Jeju Island as a space manufacturing and launch site.

• Trump's Epic Fury was the first peer nation to peer nation use of space for war on earth, and perhaps across space. Russia/China shared space recon and targeting info to Iran. Iran and allies used it to target against US/Israel/Gulf bases and aircrafts. The US Space Command and Space Force are going ballistic over it all, especially China’s role in it. The Pentagon is upset because they long ago claimed they would be the 'Master of Space' and are now being exposed. 

• A British drone manufacturer Helsing ran a war game that concluded the only way for Europe to survive a Russian invasion is — you guessed it — for NATO to buy tens of thousands of that very drone manufacturer’s massively price-inflated drones. Beware UK of gifts from warmongers.
• The completely nuts Ukrainian Nazis deliberately attacked the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant power unit again. A Ukrainian drone exploded in the turbine hall of the 6th power unit of the power plant. A hole was formed in the wall. The UAV was controlled via fiber optics - this completely rules out an accidental hit. Rosatom Chief Alexey Likhachev asks, "What to expect next? Strikes directly on the turbine? The reactor hall? The reactor and safety systems?  Today we’re one step closer to an incident that will, with high probability, harm even those who live far beyond borders of Russia and Ukraine and still think they’re completely safe," he said.

• 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, an estimated 24,000 to 25,000 people die every day from 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 and hunger-related causes. Millions of 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 are especially vulnerable, and conflicts around the world continue to make 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 even worse for countless families. At the same time, the world spends nearly $2.9 trillion every year on military 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, including weapons, aircraft, warships, and technology. 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 these two realities side by side raises an important question: imagine how much progress humanity could make if those resources were directed toward ending 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, improving healthcare, and supporting education worldwide. This is a time for greater cooperation, compassion, and a renewed commitment to peace.  𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 has achieved incredible advances in science and 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, and protecting that progress requires choosing  dialogue over destruction and investing more in 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 life and dignity. 

• The US did not issue a visa to the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia to participate in a meeting of the UN Security Council. This concerns Alexander Alimov, as reported by Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya. He accused Washington of violating obligations under the agreement on the central UN institutions, which stipulates ensuring access to the headquarters for all official representatives of member states. Moreover, Moscow considers this decision a gesture of disrespect towards China’s presidency in the UN Security Council, as Alimov was supposed to participate in the meeting at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. This decision has not yet been commented on in Washington.  It's time to move the UN out of the US.

Trump official drops charges against Israeli tied to Bio Lab in Nevada

An Israeli-born U.S. attorney, who's called for Gaza to be wiped off the map, has dropped charges against an Israeli linked to a suspicious bio lab in Nevada. 

Prem Thakker explains how the Trump-appointed attorney is protecting the Israeli from the U.S. legal system. 

Turning Point USA takes a dive

In this episode of 51/49, James breaks down the clash between Representative Thomas Massie and the new hosts, Andrew Kolvet and Blake Neff, behind the Charlie Kirk Show, that inadvertently blew the lid off the network's ties to foreign interests.  

Bolivia: The Aymara's fight for survival

In this documentary, we set out to meet the Aymara people, one of Bolivia’s most resilient indigenous groups. We wanted to understand their way of life, their connection to Pachamama, and how they are facing the growing challenges of climate change. Through their stories, rituals, and daily lives, we explore what it truly means to live in harmony with nature.

We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the incredible people of Bolivia who welcomed us into their homes, shared their wisdom, and allowed us to witness their traditions, struggles, and resilience. It is an honor to share their story with the world.  

Bolivia's corrupt regime cracking down on people's strike

Is America becoming a third-world country?

Millions of Americans are living without access to healthcare, affordable food, safe housing, or basic security. We were one of them.  We lived off-grid in rural Appalachia, doing everything “right” — working hard, living frugally, and still barely getting by. Eventually, we made a drastic choice: we left the U.S. in search of a better life.

What we found shocked us. In countries often labeled as “developing,” like Thailand and Vietnam, people live with more dignity, security, and well-being — even on far lower incomes.

But we have lots of money for endless war$.  

Sunday song

 

Israel moving to control Al-Aqsa Mosque

• Fars News Agency: Trump is misrepresenting the Iran deal terms. He claimed Iran agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz for free and dismantle its nuclear materials — neither is in the actual text. The US must immediately unblock $12 billion in Iranian assets before talks can proceed, and a full ceasefire in Lebanon (on Hezbollah's terms) is also required. The deal is still awaiting final approval in Iran. Informed sources describe Trump's statements as a mix of truth and fabrication — an attempt to claim a premature victory. Trump cannot tell us what we ‘must’ do, we decide it by ourselves. Trump is on his own planet and talking to himself again.

• Washington Post: Trump’s approval plunges among his white working-class base. In a striking shift, white voters without college degrees who voted to reelect Trump by a huge margin are now net-negative on his job approval.
• Bloomberg: Five US military personnel were injured in Iran's retaliatory attack on a US base in Kuwait. The IRGC launched a retaliatory strike on the base from which Iran was shelled on the night of May 28. US military personnel were injured, and two MQ-9 Reaper attack drones were seriously damaged, each costing around $30 million.  Ali Al Salem, located in the Jahra Governorate of Kuwait, mainly hosts the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing of the United States Air Force.

• Portside reports: The origins of this current malaise in the US date back to the mid-1970s, and followed the actions taken by business class elites responding to the exhortations contained in the now-famous Powell Memorandum. This was a secret 1971 memo from then-corporate lawyer Lewis Powell to the Secretary of the US Chamber of Commerce. The memo wasn’t revealed to the public until well after Powell had been appointed to the Supreme Court, where he continued to wage his ideological battle in defense of capitalism and corporate power. In the memo Powell argued that: 'The US Chamber of Commerce should lead an assault upon the major institutions, universities, schools, the media, publishing, the courts, in order to change how individuals think about the corporation, the law, culture, and the individual.'
• The Pentagon has spent months positioning warships and weapons in place for an attack on Cuba and is ready to go if President Trump gives the order, POLITICO reported on Wednesday. The report noted that the US doesn’t have quite the number of warships it had deployed in the Caribbean before the attack on Venezuela, but the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and its strike group just recently arrived in the region, and the US can also make use of fighter jets and other weapons based in Florida for a war with Cuba. The US has also ramped up military surveillance flights around Cuba, something it did in the months leading up to the attack on Venezuela.
• Bolivia stands up: 'We will not dialogue or negotiate with those who have the blood of our indigenous communities on their hands; we will resist in the barricades until President Rodrigo Paz resigns.' Indigenous leaders from Bolivia vow to fight until they topple the regime of Rodrigo Paz, a US puppet who seeks to privatize the country and hand over precious resources like lithium to the Yankee empire. This is what the dignity of native peoples looks like as they fight against those who destroy and sell their land. 

• Blue Origin rocket exploded on a Florida launch pad, in major setback for space company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The Blue Origin rocket exploded on the pad during an engine 'hotfire test' on May 28 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Blue Origin officials posted a statement: "We experienced an anomaly during today's hotfire test. Debris from the anomaly could wash ashore...over the coming days or weeks." The rocket had been slated to potentially launch as early as June 4. Rockets sometimes blow up on the launch pad or soon after take off. Imagine the danger when these rockets will be outfitted with nuclear devices in the near future as missions to the Moon and Mars are planned to carry nuclear reactors to those planetary bodies. 

• Hungary will not send weapons and military equipment to Ukraine. Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar stated this at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
• Professor Jeffrey Sachs: 'I published in the Berliner Zeitung an open letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Germany has the key responsibility right now for preventing a European-wide war. Germany incidentally promised the Soviet Union and Russia in 1990 that NATO would not enlarge. Germany cheated on its promise.' 

• The US Space Force must plan to deploy troops on orbiting space stations and at bases on the moon [at the Earth-Moon Gravity Well] to prevent China from winning the new space race and controlling outer space, according to a policy paper circulated recently by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. National Security Correspondent Bill Gertz writes in his weekly Inside the Ring column that the paper by retired Space Force Col. Kyle Pumroy warns that a sustained human military presence in space is needed to counter China’s growing space efforts that are run by the People’s Liberation Army, including plans for a moon base by 2030. 

• Confirmed: Yemen shot down another MQ-9 drone, this morning. 

• Muslims have been praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque for around 1,400 years. Israel has had its eyes on the holy site since the state’s creation in 1948, and its leaders have made increasingly aggressive attempts to seize control. In theory and by law, the custodian of Al-Aqsa Mosque is King Abdullah II of Jordan.  The US and Israel are conspiring to strip the Jordanian royal family of its historic custodianship. A US official has denied the report, but under the plan described to Middle East Eye by American, Jordanian and Palestinian officials, Israel would gain control over the appointment of imams and senior mosque officials. The plan, reportedly being pushed by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and zionist US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, would also give Israel a role in approving the content of Friday sermons.

• Footage circulating online shows Dutch police smashing a pregnant Palestinian woman into the ground, while posing no threat at all, in the Netherlands. What did she do to deserve this brutality?

• The President of Romania stated that a drone crashed in the country following an intervention by Ukrainian air defence. Romanian President Nicușor Dan visited Galați, the site where the drone crashed, and stated that the drone ended up on Romanian territory after being hit by Ukrainian air defenses near Reni. According to him, the group consisted of 43 drones, some of which were shot down over Ukrainian territory. One of the drones was likely hit over Reni, after which it changed course and crashed on Romanian territory. Of course NATO blamed Russia. 
• Pro-Palestine candidates were more likely to win their seat than candidates from any major party besides Reform at the recent local elections in England. New data shared with Middle East Eye indicates that opposition to British cooperation with Israel remains a key political issue and is a predictor for electoral success in many areas in England. At the May 7 local elections, candidates who signed the 'Pledge for Palestine', created by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, won 27 percent of the seats they contested, while Reform candidates won 30 percent. Labour candidates trailed behind on 22 percent, with the Lib Dems just one point behind on 21.

• The US is deliberately causing hunger in Cuba as part of its economic strangulation of the island, City University of New York professor Danny Shaw has said in an interview with RT. Shaw, an ethnography scholar, discussed his recent visit to Cuba and argued that the US is the main cause of the instability. “US foreign policy for 67 years now has done everything to disrupt the Cuban economy, any sense of social and economic harmony,” Shaw said. “The State Department, all these different agencies, the CIA, they know exactly how many calories Cubans have access to, and every day it’s less,” he added. Sanchez, who was born in Cuba and raised in Miami, said the issue was personal to him. He also rejected claims by Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Cuba’s worsening economic crisis is primarily the fault of its own government, arguing instead that “the US has destroyed Cuba [by its economic blockade], not incompetent communists.”
• The Kremlin has published a joint statement by the leaders of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) regarding Armenia’s plans to join the EU. The leaders of Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan believe that a nationwide referendum should be held in Armenia on whether to join the EU or remain in the EAEU.  This is all part of NATO-EU encirclement of Russia.

Reviewing the takedown of Thomas Massie with Joe Kent

In this episode of 51/49, James sits down for an exclusive interview with former Counterterrorism Director Joe Kent to expose the record-breaking $30 million onslaught targeting Representative Thomas Massie.

They reveal how powerful foreign lobbies and institutional forces are actively trying to execute a political hit on a lawmaker for opposing a war with Iran and fighting to release the Epstein files.  

the funnies

U.S.-Israel war on Iran costing Nebraska farmers big time

Drop Site's Capitol Hill correspondent Julian Andreone traveled to Nebraska to speak with corn and soybean farmers about how the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is hitting their operations — and why they say every American will feel it.  

Google Boss booed at Univ of Arizona graduation over AI promo