14 Apr 2025

Strongest Quake of the Week Strikes Tennessee near New Madrid Seismic Zone
USGS reports that the strongest earthquake of the last 7 days struck Tennessee near the heart of the New Madrid Seismic Zone today at 7:26 am. The relatively weak magnitude 2.2 event, which struck from a depth of 8.3 km, serves as a reminder of how active the region is for quakes.

WI Teen Charged With Murdering Parents In ‘Neo-Nazi’ Satanic Plot To Kill Trump
The teenager, Nikita Casap, has been charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide of his own mother and stepfather, … Casap had put together a deranged fantasy whereby he would kill his own parents and use his inheritance to fund an assassinate attempt on Trump and simultaneously launch an anti-government insurgency. He documented it in a manifesto titled “Accelerate the Collapse,

Counter UAS System
The system counters drones through two primary methods: a jammer that simultaneously disrupts multiple frequency bands via directional antennas and complex kill options, including an auto-aligning gun system and specialized net-capture drones that safely land intercepted threats.

ScotAccount: A digital ID that is being introduced across Scotland
Scotland is implementing a digital ID system, known as ScotAccount, to streamline access to government services, including healthcare, benefits and taxes. The system raises surveillance and privacy concerns due to the centralisation of sensitive citizen data, increasing the risk of illegal access by hackers and governments.

Unsuccessful Houthi missile attack sends millions of Israelis to bunkers at the end of Passover weekend
Just as the first Passover weekend came to an end on Sunday evening, red alert sirens began blaring across central Israel following a ballistic missile launch by the Houthi terrorist group in Yemen.

Palestinian tycoon quits Harvard over funding Hamas allegations
Palestinian billionaire Bashar Masri resigned from his post at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government after a lawsuit alleged he funded Hamas rocket launchers and tunnel infrastructure. Masri left his position on Harvard’s dean’s council after he was said to have used the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Gaza development projects to funnel funds to Hamas.

IDF strikes Hamas terror sites amid expanded Gaza ops
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday attacked a Hamas command-and-control center in the area of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, where numerous terrorists were planning to carry out attacks, according to the military. Steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munitions and aerial surveillance.

Mother Arrested, Held In Police Cell In UK, For Confiscating Her Own Daughters’ iPads
A mother was arrested and jailed for seven hours after she confiscated iPads from her own children because she wanted them to concentrate on their homework. It’s the latest insane story of police overreach from the backwards UK, where stabbings are just an everyday occurrence and robberies are not even investigated, but people saying mean words about the ‘wrong’ things are thrown in prison.

‘Screw you!’ | Netanyahu’s son attacks French President, PM backs him up
“Screw you!” Netayahu wrote in a post on X in response to Macron’s post, which stated, “Yes to peace. Yes to Israel’s security. Yes to a Palestinian state without Hamas.” Echoing the tone of the French President’s post and referring to territories occupied by the French regime, the Prime Minister’s son continued: “Yes to independence of New Caledonia! Yes to independence to French Polynesia! Yes to independence of Corsica! Yes to independence of the Basque Country! Yes to independence of French Guinea! Stop the neo imperialism of France in West Africa!”

Hegseth says If nuclear talks fail, US military ready ‘to go far, deep and big’
Hegseth on Sunday described the first, tentative contacts in Oman as “productive” and “a good step”. He told CBS’s “Face the Nation” that while President Donald Trump hoped to never have to resort to a military option, “We’ve shown a capability to go far, to go deep and to go big.” “Again, we don’t want to do that, but if we have to, we will to prevent the nuclear bomb in Iran’s hands.”

Not So Fast: Lutnick Says Semiconductor Tariffs Coming “In Month Or Two”, Exemption Is Only “Temporary”
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told ABC’s This Week host Jonathan Karl that smartphones, computers, chips, and other consumer electronics may soon be subject to separate tariffs in a month or so, suggesting that the exemptions announced Friday evening are only temporary.

Taxpayer-Funded NGO With China & Democratic Party Ties Giving ICE Evasion Training
The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project—an investigative arm of the conservative think tank that uses FOIA requests, lawsuits, and undercover videos to expose fraud, waste, and bloated government—partnered with Muckraker investigative journalist Anthony Rubin to uncover a taxpayer-funded NGO allegedly providing “ICE evasion training” to help illegal aliens subvert federal immigration laws. Even more alarming, prominent left-wing politicians are reportedly linked to the NGO, which appears to have questionable ties with China. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY).

RFK Jr. Tells Trump ‘We Will Know’ What’s Caused Massive Autism Outbreak ‘By September’
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday declared he will have an answer within five months to a question that has dogged medical research for decades: What has caused the massive increase in autism?

Space Force Base Commander Relieved of Duty for Comments on JD Vance
Space Force Col. Susannah Meyers, former head of the Pituffik Space Base, was removed from command on Thursday, Space Operations Command announced in a media release, citing “loss of confidence in her ability to lead.” Meyers was pulled hours after a report revealed she sent an email distancing the U.S. military installation from Vance and the policies of the Trump administration.

California’s drought has returned — and it’s already bad
After a decidedly weird and only occasionally wet winter, California is once again drying out — and fast. New data compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that large swaths of both California and Nevada are facing down a summer of extreme drought, particularly in the southeast corners of those states. And the summer heatwaves haven’t even hit yet.

Viral CIA file about aliens attacking soldiers takes off with UFO intrigue
A declassified document posted to the CIA’s website is raising eyebrows with claims of an alleged UFO attack on Soviet forces. The viral report summarizes an article published by Canadian Weekly World News and the Ukrainian paper Holos Ukrayiny and was initially released to the public in May 2000. The firsthand report describes a retaliatory alien attack after Soviet soldiers reportedly shot down a UFO flying over a military base.

Severe sandstorms move across northern China, breaking wind records at 499 stations and prompting rare public advisories
Chinese authorities warned citizens weighing less than 50 kg (110 lb) to stay indoors as a large-scale low-pressure system moving in from Mongolia brought record-breaking winds exceeding 150 km/h (93 mph) to parts of northern China. Over 499 weather stations broke April wind records as the system moved southeast through the weekend, causing widespread damage and placing millions under severe weather alerts.

Germany to prepare children for war 
The German Interior Ministry is advising schools to prepare children for crises and war, the Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Monday, citing a ministry spokesperson.

Missiles launched from Yemen set off sirens across Israel and West Bank
Residents sought cover in Israel and the West Bank on Sunday amid reports of a missile strike from Yemen. Sirens could be heard in Tel Aviv as well as Ramallah.

With Trump’s backing, Israel pushes deeper into Gaza as pressure builds for hostage deal
Nearly a month into Israel’s renewed ground operation, U.S. backing appears to be shaping the conflict on multiple levels—militarily, diplomatically and politically. Israeli officials have suggested the chances of a hostage deal have significantly increased, with some anticipating developments within the next two weeks.

Two British mothers share how the Islamic radicalization of their children at college has devastated their lives 
In the interview below, Urban Scoop shines a spotlight on the harrowing stories of two mothers whose children attended Bromley College, London, only to have their lives derailed by radicalization at the hands of Muslim peers.

Fibrous, rubbery clots caused by covid injections have prion-like seeding activity
At the end of March, one of the team members, Tom Haviland, published an update on what they had discovered.  They confirmed the presence of amyloid proteins in the white fibrous clots, and new research has led them to believe these amyloid structures are caused by “phosphorylation” induced by covid injections.

ScotAccount: A digital ID that is being introduced across Scotland 
Scotland is implementing a digital ID system, known as ScotAccount, to streamline access to government services, including healthcare, benefits and taxes. The system raises surveillance and privacy concerns due to the centralization of sensitive citizen data, increasing the risk of illegal access by hackers and governments.