Aside from the shocking substance of this story, what's amazing is how it was unearthed by Cole. The short version: The Russians were able to penetrate Jared Kushner's iPhone and extract screenshots and data. Then, a Russian intel official was captured by Dutch intelligence (!) and flipped. The Dutch believed Kushner may have been acting on behalf of Russia, so pursued him as an intel target and were able to get into his phone. They did not find any evidence of Russian collusion, instead they watched him moving hundreds of millions of dollars from slush funds created by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, one of them housed in Israel's central bank. Incredible reporting, and if Democrats have any sense, they will pull on these threads and learn a lot more about this money.

Ansarallah reaches the summit of Jabal Habashi and tightens the encirclement of Taiz City. Images published by OSINT sources today appear to show Ansarallah forces reaching the summit of Jabal Habashi, west of Taiz City. Shortly afterward, Saudi media reported that Ansarallah fighters attempted to advance into the Al-Nawazil area, west of Al-Misrakh. The encirclement of Taiz is now 20 kilometers across and the territory still controlled by the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Forces (PLC) is primarily comprised of Jabal Sabir, the highest mountain in Taiz governorate, peaking at over 3,000 meters. ▪️ Analysis by Drop Site contributor @bonzerbarry

ICE detained Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh at Washington Dulles airport on Sept. 24 as he got off a flight from California, his family and friends told Reuters. His 2024 debut feature, "Saffron Kingdom," follows a family from Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir in the 1990s to Atlanta. It won best feature at four festivals. Sheikh made the film fearing repercussions from Indian authorities, who have barred critics from returning home over work they deem anti-India, according to Atlanta public radio station WABE. Sheikh came to the US on a student visa in 2019 and applied for asylum in 2020. His supporters say his application is pending and he was authorized to live and work in the US. DHS confirmed the arrest Wednesday, but said Sheikh "illegally overstayed" and that a pending application "does not confer legal status."

Rubio and Trump are trying to turn Brazil’s election into a regime change operation. CEPR Co-Director @MarkWeisbrot told @TRTWorldNow why Washington has been intervening so much in Brazil, and why it wants a government in Latin America’s largest country that backs its "armed actions."

BREAKING: Roger Marshall stiffed a local Kansas business who baked cookies for his campaign, refusing to pay a $678 bill - a bill larger than debts for which Roger Marshall had patients sued, arrested, and jailed, which ran as low as $114.49!

My recounts on press TV on how the Saudi led coalition initially tried to evade responsibility for the 8 October 2016 airstrike on a funeral in Sana'a, which killed and injured hundreds of civilians in Sanaa Yemen. .. Warning ⚠️ graphic content when Clinking the link Quaeted in this post, you will find a thread to my posts about that crime 10 years ago. Every post is attached to other post..

I imagine him asking this as he’s being politely ushered out of a room where corporatists politics are no longer welcome. The party is slipping from their grasp and all they can do is pretend they don’t know what’s happening.

A one-time 5% wealth tax would bring Silicon Valley’s billionaires’ wealth back to where it was just 31 days ago, on September 7. When it was "just" 178% higher than on January 1, 2023. They’d rather let 3 million people lose their health insurance than let that happen.

the Israeli propaganda film using the exact same title as the new, critically acclaimed 80-minute documentary featuring Israeli soldiers admitting to war crimes and comparing themselves to Nazis now appears first in Google search results, ahead of the actual documentary.

🇸🇩 A commander in Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced Thursday that he was defecting with 300 officers and soldiers and 30 combat vehicles, Al Arabiya reported. In a video statement, Lt. Col. Mohammed Azraq al-Fanjari, who led the RSF's Special Tasks Group, called the conflict "a war without a cause and without a future." He distanced himself from abuses against civilians, apologized to families harmed in the war and urged other RSF members to rally behind the Sudanese army, according to Anadolu Agency. The RSF has not commented. His announcement is the latest in a string of RSF defections to the army this year as the war enters its fourth year.

⭕️ Oil is moving through the Strait of Hormuz because prices are around $100 a barrel, not despite them, argues Rosemary Kelanic, director of the Middle East program at Defense Priorities, in an interview with The American Conservative. Kelanic says higher prices make it economical for shippers to pay costly war-risk insurance and offer crews danger pay, potentially an entire year’s salary, to risk passage. She argues Trump’s repeated promises of a quick end to the war initially kept prices artificially low, delaying this adjustment. More oil is now flowing with U.S. naval assistance, even as Iran continues attacking vessels. “It’s moving through the strait because prices are $100 a barrel,” she said. 🎥 American Conservative (YouTube)

🇦🇫 Five years after US forces left Afghanistan, rumors that Americans have quietly returned to Bagram Air Base are spreading across Kabul and the Afghan diaspora. Journalist Emran Feroz went to Bagram for Drop Site and found no sign of them. Residents around the base told Feroz the only armed men going in and out are Taliban fighters. A Taliban intelligence officer escorting him was turned away at the gate as access is controlled by the Ministry of Defense, and that secrecy feeds the rumors. Bagram has been hit since U.S. forces left: Pakistani airstrikes struck the base in late February and early March. Trump has also publicly said that he wants it back. Feroz also spoke with a Taliban official who says he was tortured at Bagram's US-run prison. The official confirmed that parts of the facility are still in use but would not say who is held there. @Emran_Feroz joined @democracynow to discuss his reporting. Read the full report from Drop Site in reply. ⬇️

Tragic that US-backed dictator Asim Munir is doing this Why abuse Imran Khan and his family and force the country into a crisis — and now join US-Israel war on Yemen? He can still choose another path: free political prisoners and allow real elections