Harrisburg: US President Donald Trump says he will sue the Murdoch-owned The Wall Street Journal for a story claiming he wrote a cryptic letter – with a drawing – to now-convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for the disgraced financier’s 50th birthday.

The newspaper reported that Trump had signed a letter in a leather-bound book organised by Epstein’s friend Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003, and that the book formed part of the files examined by the Justice Department during its sex-trafficking investigation of Epstein and Maxwell.

‘Going to sue his ass off’: Trump turns on Murdoch over Epstein story

The callousness of the Ukrainian offer to exchange the exhumed remains of Russian WWII soldiers for Ukrainian military prisoners is “hard to imagine,” former US Department of Defense analyst Karen Kwiatkowsky told Sputnik.

“It also suggests that there are not enough current Russian soldiers dead or captured to match those Ukrainians dead or held as POWs by Russia,” Kwiatkowski notes.

This offer, and other similar acts perpetrated by the Ukrainian side, “ensure Ukraine’s future will even more impoverished, less free, and even more widely held in contempt by the world community.”

Kwiatkoswki also lamented the West’s inability to “get its data and intelligence right regarding Ukraine,” and argued that “such willful ignorance on the US and NATO side kills more Ukrainians, and degrades Ukraine as desperate acts and offers such as this one become normalized.”

AS EUROPE WAS HOT, DEBATE ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING WAS NOT ON FOR SOME... SURE, WHAT WE DO NOW, WON'T HAVE AN IMPACT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT SCIENCE TELLS US THAT SHOULD WE DO NOTHING, THINGS COULD GET A LOT WORSE IN FIFTY TO ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW... AIR CONDITIONING IS A HOT TOPIC AS COOLING INSIDE HOUSES USES A LOT OF ENERGY...

France is sweating its brains out thanks to the EU’s climate madness
Apparently, cranking up the A/C in near-40-degree heat is now “cheating” and killing the environment

Paris was melting last week, flirting with 40°C and zero chill. Apparently, the moment was ripe for an epiphany.

Germany and UK sign historic post-Brexit friendship treaty

The accord — dubbed the "Kensington Treaty" — includes plans for close security and defense cooperation, a mutual assistance clause in crises, and visa simplifications for school exchanges.

On defense, the two sides vowed to "pursue joint export campaigns" to secure international orders for equipment they co-produce, including the Typhoon Eurofighter jet and the Boxer armored vehicle.

The agreement also includes plans to boost connectivity by establishing a new direct rail connection, aiming to deepen economic and people-to-people ties.

Critically for the UK, it also features a pledge by Germany to assist in combating illegal immigration.

Three people were killed and several others were injured in the strike on Gaza's only Catholic church, which was widely condemned. Follow DW for more.

Middle East: Israel 'deeply regrets' strike on Gaza church
Louis Oelofse | Timothy Jones dpa, AFP, Reuters, AP

Israel said it "deeply regrets" striking the only Catholic church in Gaza City.

VLADIMIR PUTIN RECENTLY EXPRESSED HIS VIEWS THAT FOR MANY YEARS HE THOUGHT THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST WAS IDEOLOGICAL, BUT HE HAS RECENTLY "DISCOVERED" THAT IT IS NOTHING ELSE BUT GEOPOLITICAL….

ON THIS SITE, WE HAVE EXPLORED THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING… THE IDEAL OF DEMOCRACY IS ONLY A TINY PART IN THE GAME OF MARKING AND EXTENDING ONE’S TERRITORY LIKE A MALE DOG COCKING UP A HIND LEG… SEE NETANYAHU...

THIS IS WHERE WE SEE THE HOAX OF THE REPORT FROM IRON MOUNTAIN BECOME REALITY… THIS HOAX ACTUALLY REVEALED THE TRUE INTENT OF THE GOVERNMENTS, AS PEACE IS A HINDRANCE — ESPECIALLY FOR THE USA…:

THERE IS NO NEED TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES OF ANY REPORTS BY THE WAR-MINDED MODERN THINK-TANKS:

US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems will be delivered to Ukraine “as quickly as possible,” and Germany will pick up the tab, NATO’s top military commander in Europe, American General Alexus Grynkewich, has said. Washington and Berlin agreed on the scheme earlier this week.

Vladimir Zelensky has been increasingly urging his Western backers to provide more Patriot units recently. Russia, which claims to have destroyed some of the air defense systems since 2022, maintains that no amount of military aid to Ukraine can change the outcome of the conflict, and only serves to prolong the bloodshed.

In an article on Thursday, Reuters quoted Grynkewich as saying he was under orders to carry out the delivery “as quickly as possible.”

“There will be a lot more to follow,” he added, without providing any further details.

The current genocide is the culmination of a spiral of violence that has been going on since 1948 and has been covered up by the powerful in the West for generations. The media portray the genocide as self-defense – but they are nothing less than partners in crime.

Genocide as “self-defense” – Western media as accomplices to the genocide in Gaza – We stand up!
by Peter Haenseler

This article deals with a more than unsavory topic: a genocide that is committed in the open and not only promoted by most Western media, but justified in such a way that opponents of this genocide – be they Jews or non-Jews – are attacked, vilified and threatened in the most disgraceful manner.

China has published the data for its BeiDou satellite navigation system — and hold on, because what seemed like a simple technological balance sheet is actually a reflection of the geopolitical power of a country that has managed to build a reliable alternative to GPS in just two decades!

BeiDou began as a military project in the 1990s, but has now become the cornerstone of an Asian country’s technological and diplomatic strategy, being recognized by the UN (United Nations) as a global navigation provider.

And wait!! It has not only broken the dependence on the United States for satellite navigation, but it has also convinced 140 countries to join its network!!! This is not only important for engineers, but a clear example of how China has learned to reduce its technological vulnerabilities. Want to know more?

IN SIXTY SO SOON, PUBLISHED SOME YEARS AGO (2006), BILL FIRMAN MAKES THE ARGUMENTS FOR GOD… SCIENTISTS WHO BAT FOR TEAM-GOD ARE OFTEN USED AS A PROOF OF HIS (GOD) EXISTENCE… SAYS BILL: 

Scientist Henry Schaefer restates the five traditional arguments for the existence of God which are often referred to in astrophysical literature:

1. The cosmological argument: the effect of the universe’s existence must have a suitable cause.

2. The teleological argument: the design of the universe implies a purpose or direction behind it.

3. The rational argument: the operation of the universe, according to order and natural law, implies a mind behind it.

The activist group Palestine Action was designated a terrorist organization by by Parliament on July 2 after it splashed red paint on a British war plane in protest of it assisting Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The non-violent group is in court challenging its designation by a violent government. The author, a former British diplomat, was in the courthouse and filed this report. This is the second and last installment of his two-part article.

This is the second in a two part article. Part one is here. 

The US must be told that we will not be involved in any way and at any time in a war with China over Taiwan.

Trump is pressing US allies to increase their defence expenditure. Anthony Albanese has wisely responded that the Australian Government will decide how much we spend on defence, and not the US.

John Menadue

Another possible surrogate for the control of potential enemies of society is the reintroduction, in some form consistent with modern technology and political processes, of slavery. Up to now, this has been suggested only in fiction, notably in the works of Wells, Huxley, Orwell, and others engaged in the imaginative anticipation of the sociology of the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDjpLhCPI0

Keith Edwards discusses how Karoline Leavitt, typically seen wearing a gold cross necklace, noticeably left it off during a Fox News interview about the Epstein client list—prompting speculation that she removed it to avoid wearing a religious symbol while possibly being deceptive. Social media users and critics seized on the moment, suggesting it signaled discomfort or intentional symbolism.

YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

         Gus Leonisky

Donald Trump’s recent comments on Ukraine were highly anticipated, especially given his habit of surprising even those who consider themselves seasoned observers. His remarks on 14 July, delivered alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, were characteristically loud but ultimately underwhelming. That in itself should not be surprising. Over the past six months, Trump’s style on major international issues has followed a familiar pattern. Ukraine is no exception.

Fyodor Lukyanov: This is the fatal flaw of Trump’s Ukraine ‘strategy’
Trump’s rhetoric masks a deeper instinct to disengage – and a refusal to confront Moscow on substance