Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 07/28/25
Source: Antiwar.com
“Trump Strongly Backs Israel as It Starves Gaza, US Carries Out Airstrikes, Raid in Somalia, and More.” (07/28/25)
What Does the FBI Do?
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“‘The FBI began surveilling a Catholic priest in 2023,’ wrote James Lynch last week, ‘after the clergyman refused to divulge details about a recently arrested parishioner who was converting to Catholicism and seeking spiritual guidance.’ … ‘The FBI attempted to violate the priest-penitent privilege,’ the report continues, ‘on the faulty reasoning that the Richmond subject under investigation seeking spiritual guidance had not been baptized or completed catechism.’ You may be asking yourself, is the FBI out of its mind?” (07/28/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/07/28/what-does-the-fbi-do/
Russia: Pro-Ukraine hacker group claims Aeroflot cyber-attack
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Russia’s national airline, Aeroflot, said it had cancelled dozens of flights after pro-Ukrainian hackers claimed an attack on the carrier’s IT systems. A statement from hacking group Silent Crow said it carried out the attack with the help of a Belarusian group Cyberpartisans. Silent Crow said on Telegram that its “prolonged and large-scale operation… completely destroyed” Aeroflot’s IT systems. Aeroflot said it had cancelled more than 40 flights – mostly within Russia but also including routes to Belarus and Armenia – which the Kremlin said was ‘worrying’. The airline said an issue with its information system had also led to widespread delays. Silent Crow also threatened to release ‘the personal data of all Russians who have ever flown Aeroflot’.” (07/28/25)
A Grand Bargain on Foreign Aid?
Source: The American Conservative
by James P Pinkerton
“Perhaps Democrats could swap pro-growth policies for foreign aid.” (07/28/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/a-grand-bargain-on-foreign-aid/
SpaceX launches 24 satellites to polar areas to boost Internet access
Source: United Press International
“SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Lompoc, Calif. The mission put 24 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. It will deploy the satellites into a polar orbit to boost internet service in polar regions. … There are more than 8,000 Starlink satellites in orbit, according to astronomer Jonathan McDowell.” (07/27/25)
Neon Liberalism, episode 36
Source: Liberal Currents
“Strange Bedfellows.” (07/27/25)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberalism-36-strange-bedfellows/
Trump’s Trade Deals Won’t End the Harm Caused by His Tariffs
Source: The Volokh Conspiracy
by Ilya Somin
“Trump has reached a trade deal with the European Union, which follows previous deals with the UK, Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Some might view these deals as vindication of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, and other tariff hikes. But the truth is that these deals leave us worse off than before. In each case, tariff rates under the deals are vastly higher than they were before Trump started his trade war. For example, the new tariff on most EU goods will be 15%, compared to an average rate of 1.47% before Trump’s second term …. As a result, Americans will face much higher prices than before on many goods, and there will be other severe economic damage, as well.” (07/27/25)
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/07/27/trumps-trade-deals-wont-end-the-harm-caused-by-his-tariffs/
Good riddance to UNESCO, a hate-America shouting gallery
Source: New York Post
by staff
“President Trump is pulling America out of UNESCO for the third time. Maybe this time it’ll be for good. Once lauded for its work in preserving important cultural sites, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization became a platform for miseducation by every tinpot tyrant trying to score points by defaming America and its allies. It also adopted a full-on woke agenda, backing divisive DEI and social justice causes that, as a Team Trump aide explained, conflicted with American values. ‘Continued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States,’ the State Department declared. The agency’s focus on the UN’s ‘Sustainable Development Goals,’ for example, follows the Paris Climate Accords program of deindustrializing the developed world, while paying the Third World to help it catch up.” (07/27/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/07/27/opinion/us-out-of-unesco-finally/