The International People's Tribunal on Palestine convened on November 22 and 23 in Barcelona presented striking evidence of Israel's forced starvation of the Palestinian people and the deliberate destruction of food security in Gaza.

The event brought together organizers, human rights advocates, and legal experts and offered a platform for survivors of the ongoing assault on Gaza to present evidence of Israel's international crimes. After two days of testimony, jurors returned their verdict: Israel, the United States, and other Western powers are guilty of the crimes of genocide, ecocide, and the forced starvation of the Palestinian people.

Reading from the verdict as the tribunal closed, head juror Ceren Uysal said:

"The mass killings, deliberate starvation, systematic destruction of civilian infrastructure, environmental devastation, and the targeting of hospitals, shelters, schools, and places of refuge were carried out as a matter of state policy, and with full knowledge of their fatal consequences."

Hosted by the International League of Peoples' Struggle, International People's Front, and People's Coalition of Food Sovereignty (PCFS), the tribunal offered a quasi-judicial platform for advocates and survivors of Israel's ongoing genocide to present evidence and legal arguments related to the crimes committed against the Palestinian people. It follows in a tradition of popular forums seeking justice and accountability where institutions have failed to provide it, including previous tribunals on recent crimes in Gaza.

"This isn't just about Maduro. This is the final nail in the coffin for the CIA-black-budget narco pipeline that's been running since the 80s."
— The Ghost of Ezra on "X"

You must wonder: what exactly has CIA Director John Ratcliffe been doing over in Langley, VA, lo these many months since things changed bigly in Swamptopia? Does he wander the hallways of that giant black box howling ineffectually. . . sit barricaded in his office playing sudoku. . . or is he doing what needs to be done: methodically uncovering and disassembling the diabolical racketeering operation that the agency has become?

One thing for sure: you have heard next to squat coming out of his mouth all year. Mr. Ratcliffe is playing a close hand in a dangerous game and I tend to think that he is for-real. Very few Americans know what really goes on backstage at the CIA, but just say they try to whack the director — that would be checkmate on them. The agency would not survive the arrests of its personnel. And, anyway, Mr. Trump is moving swiftly now to shut down the engine of its nefarious activities.

The CIA, you understand, is the beating heart of the Deep State (a.k.a. the blob). The Democratic Party and the Never-Trump RINOs are its errand boys. And that is why a ten-year-long coup has been running to smash Trump and Trumpism. "Joe Biden" was a piece of furniture thrown out of the truck that the CIA was driving to escape the scene of the crime. "Joe Biden" was under threat of blackmail the whole four years he haunted the Oval Office, having run his own petty racketeering operation to keep his miserable, extended, sick family in beach houses.

One of the initial proposed sites for the prison for alleged Al Qaeda terrorists, I was told more than two decades ago by a senior Army general, as the United States went to war against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, was a deserted island in the South Pacific that had been used after World War II for testing nuclear weapons. But the islands there were still too hot — too radioactive — and so the prison was set up at a once obscure US Navy base on the eastern tip of Cuba known as Guantánamo Bay.

Judge Boasberg authorized secret spying on Congress and is now refusing to testify. The Senate is now holding hearings to discuss his possible impeachment. He thinks he IS the law.

After revelations that Judge James Boasberg approved clandestine subpoenas and nondisclosure orders targeting congressional Republicans, the Senate demanded his testimony. Boasberg refused, claiming he did not need to answer to the legislative branch he secretly spied on. Senators will now hold hearings on impeachment proceedings for Boasberg and possibly others involved in the unlawful surveillance of elected officials. Lawmakers say Boasberg's arrogance and defiance show he believes he is beyond accountability, the hallmark of a rogue judge.

As we reported earlier, the important Miami meeting wherein American and Ukrainian delegations hammered out a revised ceasefire draft for some five hours on Sunday did not have European participation. But this is where the real deal-making is taking place. Trump envoy Steve Witkoff is en route to Moscow, where he's expected to meet with President Putin on Tuesday, in order to present where things stand on the peace plan.

The Miami meeting reportedly focused on where the new de facto border would be in the east, after the 19-point plan featured significant territorial concessions in the Donbass and Crimea. As for Europe, is still touting a "coalition of the willing" which are vowing ongoing military support to the Zelensky government.

At this moment, France and the United Kingdom especially are continuing to push for the deployment of troops from NATO-member states to Ukraine as part of their version of peace settlement, despite this being very obviously unacceptable to Moscow.

Zelensky might be next after Yermak was just taken down unless he complies with Trump's demands for peace, in which case it's not unforeseeable that he too could be formally implicated in this scandal as the catalyst for a US-backed regime change carried out in collusion with his domestic allies.

Zelensky's warmongering grey cardinal Andrey Yermak, who formally serves as his Chief of Staff, submitted his resignation after his apartment was raided as part of the investigation into Ukraine's $100 million energy graft scandal. Russian Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik believes that he was fired, however, to protect Zelensky as the walls close in on him amidst this investigation. Whatever the truth may be, Miroshnik might be onto something, which will be elaborated on throughout this analysis.

It was earlier assessed that "Ukraine's Corruption Scandal Might Pave The Way For Peace If It Takes Yermak Down" since "his downfall could undo the already shaky alliance between the armed forces, the oligarchs, the secret police, and parliament that keeps Zelensky in power." Zelensky held off on getting rid of him for that reason, which emboldened Yermak to declare on his behalf that Ukraine won't cede any territory to Russia, thus spoiling one of the main proposals in the US' draft peace framework.

The EU and UK have discredited themselves by repeatedly derailing proposals aimed at settling the crisis, Russia's top diplomat has said

Western Europe lost its right to have a say in the Ukraine crisis a long time ago and has effectively "removed itself" from the negotiations process through its own actions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

The top diplomat made the remarks on Sunday to Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin, who asked whether Europe was within its rights to "outrageously" push for a role in negotiations to settle the Ukraine conflict.

"We proceed from the premise... - which I believe is obvious to everybody - that Europe has already removed itself from the talks," Lavrov said.

Europe long ago "used up its chances" to have a say in the settlement process, the top diplomat said, pointing out that it has repeatedly derailed efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis since its very beginning, when the 2014 Maidan turmoil culminated with a coup and the overthrow of the democratically elected president.

Few serious observers of international politics doubt that Western Europe has once again become one of the world's most dangerous sources of instability. It's a bitter conclusion, given that the entire post-1945 order was built to stop the continent from dragging humanity into catastrophe a third time. Yet here we are: the loudest calls for confrontation come from west of the Bug River, and nowhere else do governments prepare for war with such nervous energy.

The hostility is directed above all at Russia, Western Europe's neighbor and main trading partner for decades. Increasingly though, it spills toward China as well, despite the absence of any genuine political or economic conflict between the sub-continent and Beijing. That tells us something important. The source of today's aggressive Western European posture isn't external at all. It lies in the region's own political structures, its confused sense of itself, and the growing panic of elites who no longer understand the world that has taken shape around them.

The Thai king's historic visit to Beijing signals Bangkok's deeper embrace of Thailand's northern neighbor in a shifting global order

Thailand's relationship with China has entered a new and symbolically powerful phase with King Maha Vajiralongkorn's historic five-day state visit to Beijing in mid-November - the first by a reigning Thai monarch since the establishment of diplomatic relations fifty years ago.

It is also only the second time Vajiralongkorn has undertaken an official foreign trip as king, following his visit to Bhutan earlier this year. This rare deployment of monarchical diplomacy marks a watershed moment, not only for China-Thailand ties but also for Southeast Asia's strategic posture in an increasingly multipolar world.

Royal visits in Thailand are not routine foreign engagements; they are deliberate, high-prestige instruments whose political weight extends far beyond the ceremonial. By choosing China as his first major state destination, King Vajiralongkorn is sending a strong signal to Thai elites, business leaders, investors, and the broader public that Beijing now stands at the apex of Thailand's external partnerships. His presence has allowed the Thai government to pursue major economic and diplomatic initiatives under the neutral, non-partisan, and respected cover of the monarchy - a significant advantage in a political system that frequently experiences rapid changes of government.

• The UN's "50-in-5" campaign, backed by the Gates Foundation, aims to implement digital public infrastructure (DPI) in 50 countries by 2028, including digital IDs, payment systems and data-sharing platforms - framed as progress but criticized as a tool for centralized control.
• Digital IDs centralize biometric data (fingerprints, facial scans) and track personal activities, raising fears of mass surveillance, social credit systems and loss of privacy under the guise of "convenience" and "financial inclusion."
• Countries like India, Ethiopia, Vietnam and Thailand are making digital IDs mandatory for banking, education, travel and even internet access (e.g., Papua New Guinea's "SevisPass"), freezing accounts or restricting services for non-compliance.
• Tech giants like Apple are integrating digital IDs into corporate ecosystems (e.g., U.S. passports in Apple Wallet), while governments and international bodies fast-track adoption with minimal public debate - mirroring pandemic-era tactics of rapid, top-down implementation.
• Critics warn this system will replace inherent rights with revocable digital privileges, enabling asset seizure, censorship and lockdowns under the pretext of "emergencies" - solidifying a global architecture of control.

In a move critics are calling an unprecedented consolidation of digital power, a United Nations initiative backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is accelerating plans to enroll 50 nations in a global digital identity system by 2028.