Source: CBS News
“France’s navy seized over four tons of cocaine from a ship in the south Pacific and also intercepted a boat trafficking cocaine in the Caribbean Sea, the country’s armed forces minister said on Thursday. Catherine Vautrin wrote on X that 4.24 tons of cocaine was seized in the Pacific and a boat carrying 678 kilograms of cocaine was intercepted in the Caribbean and handed over to the Barbadian authorities.” (02/05/26)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/french-navy-seizes-cocaine-pacific-intercepts-boat-caribbean/
Source: New York Times
“Bezos Guts The Washington Post.” (02/05/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvhTmcNHIYk
Source: The American Conservative
by Andrew Day
“Here we go again. President Donald Trump says he wants to make a deal with Iran and avoid war. And he’s sending negotiators to Oman for talks with Iranian diplomats on Friday. Sound familiar? Ahead of scheduled U.S.–Iranian talks in Oman last June, Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran, instigating a war that Trump later briefly joined with a bombing raid on Tehran’s main nuclear facilities. Not quite eight months later, the world anxiously waits to see if recent history will repeat itself, this time with America leading the charge. Israel, of course, is worried that Trump won’t attack. ‘It’s really the Israelis who want a strike,’ a U.S. official told Axios. ‘The president is just not there.’ If Trump strikes Iran rather than negotiating a deal, that will mean Israel got its way.” (02/05/26)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/iran-is-trumps-israeli-influence-test/
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Adam Schartz
“Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have descended into utter lawlessness, most recently in Minnesota. The violence is shocking. So are the intrusions on digital rights and civil liberties. For example, immigration agents are routinely scanning faces of people they suspect of unlawful presence in the country – 100,000 times, according to the Wall Street Journal. The technology has already misidentified at least one person, according to 404 Media. Face recognition technology is so dangerous that government should not use it at all — least of all these out-of-control immigration agencies. To combat these abuses, EFF is proud to support the ‘ICE Out of My Face Act.'” (02/05/26)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/yes-ice-out-my-face-act
Source: CounterPunch
by Kenn Maurice
“Since the US-Israeli takeover of TikTok, there have been endless complaints about censorship, banned content and banned content creators. Some are saying the platform isn’t even allowing viewers to type in the letters ‘ICE.’ Others have said that the word ‘Israel’ pops up in any search, regardless of the topic. And any search for the word ‘Epstein’ apparently may get your profile flagged for violating ‘community guidelines.’ It has been hemorrhaging members who are going to the new UpScrolled as an alternative. This all began when billionaires and American politicians were wringing their hands over the influence it was having regarding Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Unsurprisingly, all of them claimed it was because of Chinese censorship, date collection and surveillance. But everyone, except the feckless, understood the real reason.” (02/05/26)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/05/bread-and-circuses-without-the-bread/
