December 18th, 2022

• Netanyahu expected to announce government this week
• NY Times editorial: Netanyahu government a 'significant threat to future of Israel'
• Tweet calls for 'final solution' for Netanyahu family, Likud presses charges
• Polish couple killed by Nazis for hiding Jews declared martyrs by pope
• 'Abhorrent' antisemitic graffiti discovered at Maryland high school
• IMF approves $3 billion support package for Egypt in exchange for financial reforms
• Travel firms begin evacuating Israelis stranded in Peru amid deadly unrest
• Peru Sentences Ex-President Pedro Castillo to 1.5 Years Preventive Prison for Failed 'Self-Coup'
• Tunisians go to polls in election set to cement rule of strongman president - Opposition groups are boycotting vote that one prominent party leader describes as 'a still-born farce'
• Few Tunisians take part in vote for neutered parliament after president's power grab
• Only 8.8% of Tunisian voters show up to election that critics decry as presidential power grab
• Tunisian opposition calls on president to quit after low turnout election
• 11 years after 'disastrous' revolution, many Tunisians see Arab Spring as a failure
• People in Lebanon are robbing banks and staging sit-ins to access their own savings
• UNIFIL urges swift probe into killing of Irish peacekeeper in Lebanese village
• Erdogan claims he had no role in conviction of Istanbul opposition mayor
• With World Cup, Qatar sees opportunity to offer visitors an introduction to Islam
• Iran arrests lawyer of detained journalists who covered protests - report
• Star of Iranian oscar-winning film arrested for backing anti-regime protests
• UNGA condemns Iran's crack-down on protestors, with Israel's support
• European Parliament lawmakers urge tough sanctions on Iran
• Iranian atomic official says uranium enrichment capacity hits record highs
• CIA head: Russia looking to support Iran, posing threat to US allies in Middle East
• EU backs fresh sanctions apparently targeting Iran's supply of drones to Russia
• Israeli charged in US for smuggling components used in nukes to Russia
• US Military to Expand Training of Ukrainian Troops
• In Ukraine, Hanukkah candles are a lifeline in the midst of power outages
• Ukraine races to restore power after Russian strikes plunge cities into darkness
• China insists Manchester protester broke into consulate, vows 'strong' countermeasures against UK
• New Zealand Demands Citizens Report 'Conspiracy Theorists' Who 'Oppose Gov't Policies' as 'Terrorists'
• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: The CIA's Murder of My Uncle Was a Coup d-Etat From Which Democracy Has Never Recovered
• North Carolina court strikes down voter ID law as 'motivated' by racist 'intent'
• The 2021 Maricopa Audit Was a Crime Scene After 3 Days When Every Seal on Every Box Was Found Broken Before Review
• Lawmakers from Both Sides Facing Questions on FTX Donations
• Biden blocking Hunter Biden, Burisma emails would prove 'how much he has to hide,' conservative group warns
• Dr Shiva: Until the Partner Support Portal Between the US Government and Big Tech Is Eliminated, It's More of the Same
• Republicans respond after 'Twitter Files 6' reveals FBI flagged users and tweets: 'A lot to answer for'
• GOP Rep. Burchett: FBI Coordinating with Twitter Is Worse than Musk Choosing to Boot People
• Dem Rep. Auchincloss on Twitter Files: Tech, Law Enforcement 'Shouldn't Have Their Fingers on the Scales of American Political Discourse'
• Trump: FBI's Relationship With Twitter "Coordinated Effort To Change Election Results"
• Twitter Files: FBI Kept Busy Censoring Conservatives Instead of Chasing Crooks
• FNC's Turley: FBI's Twitter Files Reaction Shows 'Utter Contempt' for Americans
• Musk's suspension of journalists' Twitter accounts causes alarm in media, at UN
• Overdramatic: Wikipedia Calls Musk's Suspension of Liberal Journalist As "The Thursday Night Massacre"
• Olbermann mocked by Twitter users after being reduced to posting from his dog's account: 'He has snapped'
• Musk restores some suspended Twitter accounts of journalists after poll
• Are Elon Musk and Twitter heading for a clash with Europe's 'red lines?'
• MSNBC's Tur: Should Government Work with Musk's SpaceX Given 'Erratic Behavior' on Twitter?
• CIA Director: TikTok Is a National Security Threat, China's Ability to 'Manipulate' It 'Genuinely Troubling'
• 'It's relentless': Canada media demand action over online abuse
• Meet the artificially intelligent chatbot trying to curtail loneliness in America
• New World Order: Coalition of Private Companies Release 'Policy Blueprint' for State Government Officials to Push for Digital ID
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Miyazaki, Japan
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Valdez, Ecuador
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Faja da Ovelha, Portugal
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Reykjanes Ridge
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 27,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 22,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 21,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 17,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 13,000ft
• New era of violent and unpredictable eruptions at Stromboli volcano, Italy
• Malaysia Landslide Death Toll Rises to 24, 9 More Missing
• Inside the New Orleans tornado: Dashcam video shows moments car is overtaken by storm
• Jaw-dropping video shows powerful tornado flip over tractor-trailer in New Orleans suburb
• 'Potential blockbuster' snowstorm brewing in central, eastern states ahead of Christmas
• Strong cold front could make snow possible in Florida for Christmas, forecasters say
• Record-breaking snow and coldest air mass of the season hit Japan
• Growing fears of 'dead pool' on Colorado River as drought threatens Hoover Dam water
• How states across the West are using cloud seeding to make it rain
• At UN summit in Montreal, envoys hopeful major deal to save nature is within reach
• Biden Wants South Africa to Use Green Energy That's Been a Proven Failure Worldwide: Analyst
• G-7 Nations to Provide Vietnam With $15.5 Billion to Cut Coal Use
• More British Cities to Ban Privately-Owned Vehicles into Certain Areas without Permit to Reduce Traffic and "Help Tackle Climate Change"
• 'A major problem': The US surpasses $31 trillion in debt, made worse by rising interest rates - and this is who holds the IOUs
• Inflation in 2023: experts predict 'worst is yet to come' as recession looms
• With Recession Looming, Major Bank That Contributed to 2008 Crisis Announces Mass Layoffs
• Biden administration's new 'woke' billion-dollar grant program will further divide America: Ben Carson
• Multiple Power Grid Facilities Receive Threatening Letters Following Substation Attacks, Authorities Say
• Suspects from Antifa Autonomous Zone Charged with Domestic Terrorism
• Knife Control? Fatal Stabbings in NYC Up 37% This Year
• Lawyer for 10-year-old boy accused of killing mom asks to lower bail to what he has in his piggy bank
• Arizona man claims to be 'Jesus,' crashes into, tries to kill 'demon'-possessed driver with kids in tow: cops
• Leading Mexican Journalist Mocked by Officials After Assassination Attempt
• 2022 is deadliest year on record for Mexican journalists
• White House: Lifting Title 42 "Does Not Mean the Border Is Open" - Anyone Who Suggests Otherwise Is "Doing the Work of Smugglers and Spreading Misinformation"
• Fmr. DHS Sec'y Johnson: Comprehensive Reform Is 'Impossible' until We Decrease Border Crossings, Show We're Enforcing Law
• Fmr. DHS Sec'y Johnson: Migrants Know They Can Game Asylum Laws and 'Low' Bar to Enter U.S.
• A mass exodus from Christianity is underway in America. It's less about hot-button topics like abortion and gay marriage and more about the Cold War and the internet.
• GOP Congressman from Florida - "Felony For Publishing Houses Producing Pornographic Content to Minors"
• Swedish Populists Compared to Putin for Opposing Drag Queen Story Time
• Norwegian Filmmaker Faces Three Years in Jail for Saying Transgender 'Women' Can't Be Lesbians: 'Men Are Men Regardless of Their Sexual Fetishes'
• Scenes from a celebration of the same-sex marriage law - at Mar-a-Lago - "We are fighting for the gay community, and we are fighting and fighting hard," Donald Trump told a Log Cabin Republicans gala
• Over 400 hostile acts against US churches since 2018; at least 57 tied to abortion in 2022: report
• $11 for a head of California lettuce? Here's what's behind the shortage causing 'outrageous' prices - Crop disease is ravaging lettuce fields in Salinas Valley - the "Salad Bowl of the World"
• Deer Disease Threatens Herds Across the Country - Officials are struggling to halt the spread of chronic wasting disease
• 4 cases of Legionnaires' disease found in Pennsauken, NJ
• Actuaries Raise Alarm That Australians Are "Unexpectedly" Dying At An Exaggerated Rate
• US Monitoring New COVID-19 Variants From China