August 9th, 2023

• ​2023 sets record for settlement construction and outpost legalization - watchdog
• Australia: Government to harden stance against Israel's 'illegal settlements in occupied' West Bank
• Australia pledges to reinstate use of term 'Occupied Palestinian Territories'
• Shin Bet says it foiled West Bank terror cell's plans for shooting attacks
• Clashes Erupt as IDF Demolishes West Bank Home of Palestinian Who Killed Israeli Brothers in February
• Settler suspected in fatal shooting of Palestinian released to house arrest
• 2 Rahat men killed in drive-by shooting, as 2023 Arab crime death toll jumps to 144
• Protests against Hamas reemerge in the streets of Gaza, but will they persist?
• Cabinet peers assail far-right Smotrich for holding back funds for Arab community
• Amid rising accusations of racism, Smotrich adamant funds for Arab towns will be cut
• Europe's far-left is normalizing antisemitism, report co-authored by ADL warns
• Activists urge High Court to okay protest in moshav where Netanyahus are vacationing
• Police let protesters into Golan community where PM vacationing after court petition
• Bloomberg: Netanyahu's talk of shelving parts of overhaul fails to win over investors
• 'Almost everything is ready for the Third Temple' claims Israeli TV report on red heifers brought to Israel last year - Those five red heifers continue to cause excitement and consternation in the Jewish state
• Israel will attack 'every meter' of Lebanon in self-defense - Gallant
• Gallant warns Hezbollah against escalation: 'We'll return Lebanon to the Stone Age'
• Satire a Casualty as Arab Nations Clamp Down on Free Speech: AlHudood, the Onion of the Middle East, was banned in Jordan ahead of new law to curb online criticism
• Over 90 Iranian reporters said arrested or interrogated since protests started
• Five people killed in Cape Town taxi strike violence
• Christian anti-war activist leads vigil to protest Biden sending cluster bombs to Ukraine
• America Last: Biden's Billions for Ukraine Could Have Built a Wall Two Times Across U.S.-Mexico Border
• Niger coup: Wagner taking advantage of instability - Antony Blinken
• Zakharova Calls State Department "Liars": "They Know Perfectly Well They Told Zelensky to Stop Peace Talks"
• The MSM Suddenly Has Started To Discuss Replacing Zelensky
• China, Philippines' dispute over grounded warship heats up
• 'Alarming' China data upsets global stock markets
• Moody's Downgrades US Banks, Warns of Possible Cuts to Others
• Biden Admin Has Sent $2.35 Billion to Taliban Since Disastrous Afghanistan Withdraw
• Do scandals matter anymore? Study finds major controversies barely impact today's politicians
• White House Cocaine Traced to Individual in 'Biden Family Orbit': "If You Want the Name, Ask Joe Biden," Claims Source
• You Can't Make This Up: Obama-Appointed Judge Tanya Chutkan and Hunter Biden Shared Professional Ties at Boies Schiller Flexner, Firm that Worked for Burisma
• Mitch McConnell Urges House Republicans to Avoid Biden Impeachment
• President Trump Reveals the Dirty Jan. 6 Committee Illegally Destroyed their Records and Documents Now that He Has Full Subpoena Power
• Gaetz: Trump Could Get Immunity by Testifying Before House
• Washington DC grand jury that indicted Trump meets again in sign Jack Smith's probe isn't over - Mr Smith said his investigation would continue and focus on 'other individuals'
• Trump likely to face gag order after he targeted prosecutors, witnesses, and judges online, experts say
• Trump Signed Documents Acknowledging Conditions of Release, Includes 'Tampering, Retaliation, or Intimidation'
• Trump vows to keep talking about criminal cases despite prosecutors pushing for protective order
• Trump risks legal threats with public outbursts
• Trump says 'young racist' Georgia DA had an affair with a gang member - days before she's due to indict him
• Judge in Trump's Jan. 6 Case Gets Beefed Up Security Detail as Trump Calls for Her Recusal
• MSNBC's Jason Johnson: GOP Has Turned into a Terrorist 'Religious Cult' Called 'MAGA'
• Lindsey Graham: Democrats Break All Rules to Get President Trump
• Chris Christie Asserts Trump Guilty of Crimes in Classified Documents Case and Obstruction of Justice: "Reminded Me of What Maybe Abbott, Costello Meets the Corleones Would Have Looked Like"
• US judge sets hearing on evidence in Trump's 2020 election case
• Judge in Trump election case sets hearing for arguments about what evidence can be publicly disclosed
• Ballot Scanner Malfunction Disrupts Special Election in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
• Former Conservative President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro Attempts to Prevent Disqualification Until 2030 - His Criticism of the Electronic Voting System was Prohibited
• Brazil's Supreme Court Censors YouTuber Monark, Known as "Brazil's Joe Rogan"
• Zoom hit with allegations of enabling spying by China, hackers
• White House holds first-ever summit on the ransomware crisis plaguing the nation's public schools
• "Project Omega" could be even bigger than Musk's Tesla, SpaceX, and PayPal combined - This tech is already being adopted 42-times faster than the internet, which is very important because faster adoption means faster wealth creation
• Russian rocket debris falls from space in spectacular fireball over southern Australia
• Russia deploys new defense military satellite days ahead of lunar launch
• Nasa asteroid strike unleashes boulder storm 'as deadly as Hiroshima'
• A Solar Flare Just Knocked Out Radio Across The US, And More Are on The Way
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Tonga
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Ikungi, Tanzania
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Pondaguitan, Philippines
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 22,000ft
• Ubinas volcano in Peru erupts to 20,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 19,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Typhoon Khanun lashes southern Japan, north braces for another storm
• Freak August hailstorm causes chaos as snowplows take to streets in summer - Germany experienced two freak hailstorms while wildfires ravage parts of Europe
• 'Glacial outburst flood' sweeps away homes in Alaska capital
• Chinese farmers hit by floods and drought say extreme weather is getting worse
• Alaska floods become latest climate symbol in disaster-filled summer
• Scientists confirm July was Earth's hottest month on record by a wide margin
• 'Extreme' marine heatwave reaches Oregon, Washington coast
• Wildfire rages for fourth day in southern Portugal, 1,400 people evacuated
• Southwest will appeal judge's ruling requiring 'religious liberty training'
• Tampa mayor makes $1.1M cocaine catch while fishing in Florida Keys with family
• Reports of Farm Attacks in South Africa Surge After Leftist 'Kill the Boer' Stadium Chant
• State of emergency declared for surge of migrants seeking shelter in Massachusetts
• Global child sexual abuse probe that was launched after two FBI agents were killed leads to almost 100 arrests - The Australian Federal Police announced Tuesday that at least 13 children were rescued from further harm as a result of a joint operation with the FBI, dubbed "Operation Bakis"
• A Simple Law Is Doing the Impossible. It's Making the Online Porn Industry Retreat. Pornhub has pulled out of multiple states rather than comply with age-verification laws.
• College Professor to Riley Gaines: 'Normalize' Exposing Kids to Adult Genitalia to Prepare Them for Trans Athletes
• Teen charged in death of gay man used homophobic slurs before fatal stabbing, complaint says
• Iraq bans media from using term 'homosexuality', says they must use 'sexual deviance'
• World Bank halts new loans to Uganda over anti-gay law
• Massachusetts bans Catholic couple from fostering children due to beliefs on gender, sexuality, lawsuit claims
• Florida district bars trans teachers from using preferred pronouns and bathrooms to comply with state law
• NYC doctor Zhi Alan Cheng facing over 20 sex crime charges after drugging and raping at least 6 women -and filming assaults
• Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights
• ADF slams Biden admin. for 'hijacking' Pregnant Workers Fairness Act with 'abortion mandate'
• Israeli researchers grow miniature, beating model of a human heart
• "Unprecedented" outbreak of West Nile virus alarms Colorado health officials
• Tainted Medication Fears Spur US Defense Department to Seek Outside Testing
• Facebook execs felt 'pressure' from Biden White House to censor COVID vaccine skepticism, emails show: report
• Study Suggests COVID Vaccine Heart Damage Much More Common Than Previously Thought
• Scientists work to make vaccine for 'Disease X,' the future pandemic
• UK developing vaccines for next pandemic - Virus remains unknown, but cause will be 'climate change'