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The sample is now at USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, lowa for confirmatory testing. We will provide updates the moment results are available," USDA wrote on X. https://www.sott.net/article/506783-Flesh-eating-screwworm-detected-In-Texas-threatening-already-strained-US-cattle-herd Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:15:03 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506778-We-are-being-warned-that-a-Godzilla-El-Nino-could-absolutely-devastate-global-food-production The waters of the Pacific Ocean are getting extremely warm, and that could provide fuel for an immensely destructive climate event that is unlike anything we have ever seen before. Even the United Nations has issued an ominous warning about the El Niño event that is in the long-term forecast, because it will have a dramatic impact on every man, woman and child on the entire planet. We are being told that there is more than an 80 percent chance that El Niño conditions will arrive by the end of next month due to rapidly warming equatorial waters in the Pacific. Meanwhile, an unprecedented "9,000-mile marine heatwave" has developed in the North Pacific. Many experts are concerned that the confluence of those two factors could produce a "Godzilla El Niño"... The chance of an El Niño event emerging by July is now over 80 percent, which will likely make 2026 one of the hottest years on record. At the same time, an exceptionally large 9,000-mile marine heatwave has been forming in the... https://www.sott.net/article/506778-We-are-being-warned-that-a-Godzilla-El-Nino-could-absolutely-devastate-global-food-production Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:52:19 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506774-Rashida-Tlaib-forces-Democrats-to-go-on-the-record-on-Israeli-aggression Rashida Tlaib's bill calling to end U.S. support for Israel's ongoing invasion of Lebanon upset Democratic Party leaders who want to avoid a vote on Israel. Now, Congress may take a groundbreaking vote to rein in Israeli aggression. On Thursday afternoon, the House of Representatives voted down a bill submitted by Congress member Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) that would have forced the President to end support for Israel's ongoing invasion of Lebanon. Ninety-one Democrats supported the bill, a surprising number, and as did one Republican (outgoing Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie), reflecting the changing tides of Middle East politics on Capitol Hill. Still, the 177 Democrats who voted against it show there is still a long way to go. But Tlaib wasn't done. Knowing this bill would go down to defeat, on Wednesday, she introduced a second war powers resolution. This updated version, which was written in consultation with Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Gregory Meeks (D-NY), allows... https://www.sott.net/article/506774-Rashida-Tlaib-forces-Democrats-to-go-on-the-record-on-Israeli-aggression Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:54:26 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506769-California-questions-piling-up-fast-Pratt-suddenly-loses-second-place-in-LA-mayoral-race Update (2200ET): In a stunning shift, 9 days after the actual election day, LA City Councilmember Nithya Raman has suddenly overtaken former reality TV star Spencer Pratt for second place in the Los Angeles mayoral primary race on Sunday, the latest election results show. With 83.2% of the expected vote in, Democratic incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, who NBC News projected on election night will advance to the November runoff, maintained her lead with 250,871 votes, or 34.68%, according to the updated vote tally released by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk on Sunday afternoon. Raman has 27.12% of the ballots counted so far, surpassing Pratt, who has 26.69%. She is now ahead of him by 3,113 votes. https://www.sott.net/article/506769-California-questions-piling-up-fast-Pratt-suddenly-loses-second-place-in-LA-mayoral-race Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:52:09 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506752-Satellite-imagery-appears-to-show-damage-at-US-air-base-in-Kuwait-after-Iranian-attack Images appear to contradict US claims that they intercepted all Iranian missiles fired at the Gulf country. Satellite imagery appears to show damage to a US air base in Kuwait following Iranian strikes on Wednesday. New imagery of the site released by Soar Atlas seems to show a destroyed shelter at the US Ali Al Salem Air Base, despite US Central Command (Centcom) insisting that all the missiles and drones targeting the site were "defeated". Soar Atlas noted that the area surrounding the base "appears charred, with multiple impact craters visible nearby". In a statement, Centcom said that Iran had fired "several ballistic missiles toward regional neighbours", but claimed that "all failed to hit their intended targets". It added that the two missiles fired at Kuwait "fell short or broke apart enroute" and that three missiles launched at Bahrain "were immediately intercepted" by air defences. Kuwait's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that a volley of Iranian missiles had struck the... https://www.sott.net/article/506752-Satellite-imagery-appears-to-show-damage-at-US-air-base-in-Kuwait-after-Iranian-attack Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:47:45 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506738-Another-L-for-failing-Chicago-Bears-football-team-leaving-blue-state-Illinois-for-Indiana A century of football comes to an end After 106 years of Chicago Bears football in Chicago, the franchise announced it will relocate to pursue a new stadium development about 25 miles away in Hammond, Indiana. "Yesterday, the Chicago Bears Board of Directors met and voted to advance our stadium development project in Hammond, Indiana, with the exact site yet to be selected," Chicago Bears Chairman George H. McCaskey and President & CEO Kevin Warren wrote in a statement. The statement continued, "We believe a world-class stadium project in Hammond will transform the region, connecting Northwest Indiana to the South Side of Chicago through the Loop and across neighborhoods and suburbs stretching north of the city. It will bring Chicagoland together and deliver new opportunities to its residents and businesses." https://www.sott.net/article/506738-Another-L-for-failing-Chicago-Bears-football-team-leaving-blue-state-Illinois-for-Indiana Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:23:15 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506737-The-market-is-beginning-to-price-in-something-most-people-still-dont-see There is a strange disconnect developing between financial markets and the average person. Most people still see the situation with Iran as another distant geopolitical story. It appears on television for a few minutes, disappears behind domestic political news, and then returns a few days later when another headline emerges. Investors, however, are beginning to treat it very differently. They are not watching the negotiations because they care about diplomatic symbolism. They are watching because a growing number of traders believe the global economy may be far more vulnerable to a prolonged disruption than policymakers are willing to admit. The irony is that the biggest threat is no longer war itself. The biggest threat is uncertainty. For months, markets convinced themselves that a deal between Washington and Tehran was only a matter of time. There would be disagreements, public threats and last-minute complications, but eventually economic reality would force both sides toward... https://www.sott.net/article/506737-The-market-is-beginning-to-price-in-something-most-people-still-dont-see Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:58:57 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506731-Questions-and-Answers "I'm the look-around candidate. All you have to do to understand why I'm surging in the polls is just look around..." — Spencer Pratt Just watch in wonder and nausea as California's mail-in ballots dribble in, providing a real-time demonstration of the "Our Democracy" party spitting in the country's face again, since everybody knows exactly what's going on. Meanwhile, the Senate voted down the SAVE Act again this week by 52 to 48 for. . . reasons. But, hey, cheer up, it's Pride Month. At the same time that California was queering its own "jungle primary," a troupe of drag queens swanned and capered around New York's City Council Chamber in what was called a "Pride Ball" (actually more of a show than a ball). And what it really showed is that the party running New York City has no shame. How, exactly, does mental illness intersect with the public interest, you might ask? Historians of the future, roasting armadillos-on-the-half-shell over their campfires, will probably figure it... https://www.sott.net/article/506731-Questions-and-Answers Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:09:05 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506730-Facing-the-Big-Zero-The-University-of-Oregon-grapples-with-a-budget-crisis-after-years-of-woke-excess It appears that being unrelentingly woke means that you need fewer dormitories. The University of Oregon is facing a major budget crisis and will cut $65 million from its budget and close dorms due to low enrollment. That growing crisis, however, did not stop Oregon from burning almost a million dollars fighting against free speech. It also did not induce its faculty to offer greater intellectual diversity and tolerance to prospective students. Oregon is a cautionary tale for a generation of academic social warriors, but also an opportunity for those who want to restore balance in higher education. Oregon has long been an example of academic orthodoxy. While most state schools begrudgingly yield to First Amendment demands and offer better free speech alternatives to private universities, Oregon is known as a hardened silo for the far left in teaching. We previously discussed how Portland State University Professor Bruce Gilley who was blocked from the Twitter account of the... https://www.sott.net/article/506730-Facing-the-Big-Zero-The-University-of-Oregon-grapples-with-a-budget-crisis-after-years-of-woke-excess Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:08:18 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506729-Israeli-authorities-refuse-to-return-massive-trove-of-Oct-7-video-what-are-they-hiding Israeli citizens wonder why the state won't return October 7 footage it confiscated from them. The mother of an Israeli victim says authorities deleted video of her son's death. Others complain "someone is hiding" the videos. The Israeli government is still holding a massive trove of video documentation of the Oct. 7 attack captured by individuals and communities caught up in the fighting. One bereaved parent even accuses Israeli authorities of deleting a video of her son's last moments before returning his phone to her. According to Israel's Channel 13, "all the cameras, memory cards and films that documented the atrocities were collected, but two and a half years later, these materials have not been returned to the communities and bereaved families who are desperate for information, and even feel that someone is hiding it from them." Soon after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad's attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, special units from the IDF, the Israeli intelligence agency Shin... https://www.sott.net/article/506729-Israeli-authorities-refuse-to-return-massive-trove-of-Oct-7-video-what-are-they-hiding Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:56:28 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506727-MOLE-People-What-Are-These-Individuals-Doing-In-New-York-Sewers New York City's vast underground network has become the unlikely focus of fresh alarm. Surveillance footage shared widely online shows teams of men lifting manhole covers in the middle of the night, descending into the sewers with flashlights, tools, and protective gear, then resurfacing hours later to change clothes on the sidewalk before driving away. Police have investigated multiple such episodes, particularly in Brooklyn, yet their public message remains the same: no known threat to safety. That reassurance has failed to settle nerves in a city still scarred by past attacks and struggling under years of unchecked migration and progressive governance. https://www.sott.net/article/506727-MOLE-People-What-Are-These-Individuals-Doing-In-New-York-Sewers Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:22:10 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506720-Entitled-Family-of-Henry-Nowaks-migrant-killer-sparks-outrage-after-asking-for-no-further-pain-in-tone-deaf-statement The family of Henry Nowak's killer has triggered a furious backlash after saying it hopes "no further pain is caused" following the murder, a statement critics have condemned as tone-deaf, self-serving and grotesque The family of Vickrum Digwa has been accused of adding insult to injury after issuing a statement asking that Henry Nowak's murder not be used to cause "further pain," despite fierce public anger over the way the 18-year-old was stabbed, falsely accused, handcuffed and left dying in the street. Vickrum Digwa was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years on Monday after stabbing 18-year-old Henry Nowak multiple times in Southampton. According to the account provided, Henry was stabbed five times, including twice in the back of the legs, once in the face and once fatally in the chest. The case has caused national outrage not only because of the killing itself, but the wider context. After the stabbing, Digwa's brother phoned police and claimed that "some... https://www.sott.net/article/506720-Entitled-Family-of-Henry-Nowaks-migrant-killer-sparks-outrage-after-asking-for-no-further-pain-in-tone-deaf-statement Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:40:32 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506709-The-modern-Red-Calendar-and-the-death-of-Pride-Month In the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution and the takeover of Russia in 1917 (largely funded by international elites), the new communist regime sought to implement what I would call "propaganda saturation" - An avalanche of policies designed to secure the red army's political power by manufacturing false consensus. It should be noted that, even at the peak of the Bolshevik movement's influence, the reds only represented around 23% of the total Russian population and were never a majority. However, they had substantial monetary backing from overseas (read Antony Sutton's extensive study titled "Wall Street And The Bolshevik Revolution). Think of this as an "NGO funded rebellion", the kind of thing we are witnessing in America today with militant woke activists. It was this international backing that gave the communists the boost they needed to take physical control of the government. But what they really needed was control over the general populace. One tactic they relied on in... https://www.sott.net/article/506709-The-modern-Red-Calendar-and-the-death-of-Pride-Month Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:09:49 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506708-Lefty-tech-rag-in-panic-mode-as-Manhattan-Institute-pivots-from-killing-DEI-to-crushing-NGO-funded-riots Left-leaning Condé Nast, through Wired, appears to be running narrative cover for the protest-industrial complex, gaslighting readers over efforts to impose real penalties on chaos and disorder stemming from protests and riots. Wired reporter Ali Winston's target is the Manhattan Institute. She appears to be upset that the Manhattan Institute is pushing for new state laws that make vandalism, blocking roadways, and trespassing during riots and protests felony offenses. https://www.sott.net/article/506708-Lefty-tech-rag-in-panic-mode-as-Manhattan-Institute-pivots-from-killing-DEI-to-crushing-NGO-funded-riots Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:51:02 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506707-Teachers-union-leader-Weingarten-blames-screens-not-herself-for-falling-test-scores American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten is sounding the alarm about the decade-long decline in student test scores, pointing to screens and devices as a culprit. She's calling it a "call to action." She left out the part about how she helped cause the problem in the first place. For two years during the COVID pandemic, Weingarten and the AFT fought aggressively to keep schools closed. In July 2020, as the Trump administration urged schools to reopen, Weingarten called the push "reckless," "callous," and "cruel," and threatened the possibility of safety strikes. Internal emails later released by a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee showed the AFT had access to draft guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control before it was made public, as well as proposed specific language that could trigger renewed closures. https://www.sott.net/article/506707-Teachers-union-leader-Weingarten-blames-screens-not-herself-for-falling-test-scores Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:00:38 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506702-Two-researchers-charged-with-allegedly-trying-to-smuggle-mpox-through-Detroit-Metro-Airport Two foreign nationals working at the National Institutes of Health are facing charges for allegedly trying to smuggle mpox into the United States through the Detroit Metro Airport. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Vincent Munster, 53, a citizen of the Netherlands, and Claude Kwe, 38, a citizen of Cameroon, are accused of providing federal authorities with false statements after arriving at the McNamara Terminal on Jan. 25, 2026. Officials say the two people, who were researchers, originally traveled from Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, where an mpox outbreak was ongoing. Customs and Border Protection officials spotted the individuals with a black plastic case, according to a criminal complaint. When asked, Munster and Kwe told federal officials the case was carrying diagnostic and testing equipment. https://www.sott.net/article/506702-Two-researchers-charged-with-allegedly-trying-to-smuggle-mpox-through-Detroit-Metro-Airport Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:08:39 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506700-Israel-must-allow-ICRC-to-visit-Palestinians-in-prison-Supreme-Court-rules Israel's Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a government policy banning representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from visiting Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons. The court ruled on Wednesday that by preventing the Red Cross from visiting prisoners, the government had contravened Israeli and international law, and therefore the policy must be repealed. It also ruled that the government failed to present a legal foundation for its policy on annulling all visits after the Hamas-led attack on October 2023, in which more than 1,100 people were killed and more than 240 were taken captive. The assault triggered a brutal war in Gaza, which has been defined as a genocide by several prominent scholars and an independent United Nations inquiry. The Israeli army killed more than 72,950 people in the enclave, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, and reduced most of the besieged territory to rubble, and forced the displacement of nearly 1.9 million... https://www.sott.net/article/506700-Israel-must-allow-ICRC-to-visit-Palestinians-in-prison-Supreme-Court-rules Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:10:33 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506699-Digitally-annexing-the-West-Bank-Israel-moves-its-theft-of-Palestinian-land-online A new Israeli digital registry imposes de facto sovereignty over 60% of the West Bank. Palestinians must register under Israeli authority or risk losing their land, but Israeli legal loopholes are designed to invalidate their claims either way. Israel's annexation of the West Bank is moving full steam ahead on the ground, but it's also going online. Last Wednesday, the Israeli government launched a new digital platform for registering lands in the West Bank, open for use by Israelis and Israeli corporations. The new platform allows the registration of property and applies to lands in Area C of the West Bank, which comprises over 60% of the territory under the 1993 Oslo Accords. The rest of the West Bank is divided into Areas A and B, where the Palestinian Authority (PA) has varying degrees of civil and security control. The launching of the platform comes on the heels of previous Israeli moves to alter how land ownership works in the West Bank, starting with an Israeli government... https://www.sott.net/article/506699-Digitally-annexing-the-West-Bank-Israel-moves-its-theft-of-Palestinian-land-online Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:09:46 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506698-Millions-of-lives-at-stake-as-conflicts-continue-to-widen-in-Africa At the start of the year 2026, there was a very serious humanitarian crisis already in Africa. Look at any listing of the countries most affected by humanitarian crisis and you find that countries of Africa have an exceptionally high representation in this. It is increasingly clear that droughts and other disasters in times of climate change as well as distorted development patterns prevalent today (but with their roots in colonial and neo-colonial policies) are a chronic cause of this humanitarian crisis. However very violent conflicts and wars have emerged as the most important factor in the most extreme distress suffered by people. This is clearly avoidable, but the tragic reality is that in the absence of strong, well thought and continuing peace processes, actually the distress caused by conflict, civil war and war has been steadily increasing. Describing the situation in Sudan at the beginning of 2026, a statement by the WHO dated 9 January 2026 (titled 'Sudan: 1000 days of... https://www.sott.net/article/506698-Millions-of-lives-at-stake-as-conflicts-continue-to-widen-in-Africa Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:09:14 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506693-Since-lockdowns-a-12-GDP-loss-half-of-US-dollar-purchasing-power-stolen Many of us have had the intuition that the economic damage from 2020 - including industrial stoppages, monetary printing, supply-chain disruptions, extended school closures, and general population demoralization - was in fact far greater than official statistics indicate. What follows will shore up this intuition, using new techniques and numbers from an innovative project called RealityIndex.co. It's true that official data is bad enough, showing a 26% loss in purchasing power, slow growth in output, and only marginal improvements in real income. The labor participation rate and worker/population ratio never fully recovered and continue to fall. https://www.sott.net/article/506693-Since-lockdowns-a-12-GDP-loss-half-of-US-dollar-purchasing-power-stolen Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:12:47 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506686-Bass-advances-to-runoff-In-LA-mayoral-race-Pratt-leads-contenders-for-second-spot Votes to determine the runner-up, who will advance alongside incumbent Mayor Karen Bass to the general election, are still coming in. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advanced to the November runoff election for Los Angeles mayor. The Associated Press called Bass's advancement after 1:30 a.m. ET on June 3. Reality TV star Spencer Pratt and Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman lead 11 other candidates in the race for runner-up. The runner-up will face Bass in the runoff election on Nov. 3. Bass campaigned on issues including affordability, public safety, and homelessness. Pratt focused his campaign on crisis management, fiscal responsibility, government reform, public safety, homelessness, infrastructure improvements, support for small businesses, and oversight of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. https://www.sott.net/article/506686-Bass-advances-to-runoff-In-LA-mayoral-race-Pratt-leads-contenders-for-second-spot Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:20:19 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506685-White-girls-raped-by-dogs-whisky-bottles-and-hundreds-of-Muslim-men-Britains-migrant-grooming-gang-scandal-exposed Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe told Westminster that Parliament had a duty to confront the full horror of rape gang abuse and stop "talking" while children continued to be failed Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe used a Westminster Hall debate on Monday to confront MPs with harrowing testimony from White girls and women who were raped, tortured, trafficked, and degraded by migrant grooming gangs, and abandoned by the very authorities that should have protected them. The debate was secured after 260,974 Brits signed a petition calling for Parliament to address the rape gang scandal. Lowe opened by thanking the signatories and welcoming survivors who were sitting in the hall, saying the debate was not about politics, but about them. "I want the world to hear what we heard during the two weeks of our independent rape gang inquiry hearings, an inquiry that should never have needed to happen," Lowe said. https://www.sott.net/article/506685-White-girls-raped-by-dogs-whisky-bottles-and-hundreds-of-Muslim-men-Britains-migrant-grooming-gang-scandal-exposed Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:37:03 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506673-Artificial-Intelligence-AI-heralds-a-post-human-era-of-economic-social-and-moral-upheavals "Artificial Intelligence (AI) will touch every profession, every classroom, every hospital, every laboratory, every person and every relationship you have." — Eric Schmidt (1955- ), former Google CEO, in a keynote address to University of Arizona graduates, that was booed by students, Friday, May 15, 2026. "Artificial Intelligence (AI) is probably the most important thing humanity has ever worked on. I think of it as something more profound than electricity or fire." — Sundar Pichai (1972- ), Chief executive officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. and of its subsidiary Google. (Statement made in 2018, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland). "The development of full Artificial Intelligence (AI) could spell the end of the human race... it would take off on its own and redesign itself at an ever-increasing rate. Humans who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't compete and would be superseded." — Stephen Hawking (1942- 2018),British physicist, in an interview with the... https://www.sott.net/article/506673-Artificial-Intelligence-AI-heralds-a-post-human-era-of-economic-social-and-moral-upheavals Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:04:15 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506659-Election-interference-scandal-is-uncovered-in-two-major-California-hubs An election interference scandal has already rocked California as a voting site was vandalized and burned mail-in ballots were found in a drop box. The incidents, which officials described as isolated but serious, have sparked an investigation and renewed warnings that any attempt to interfere with the voting process will carry criminal penalties. Election workers discovered vandalism Sunday morning at a vote center located at Cesar E. Chavez Park in Long Beach, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's Office. Officials said staff responded immediately and voting operations continued without interruption. https://www.sott.net/article/506659-Election-interference-scandal-is-uncovered-in-two-major-California-hubs Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:35:39 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506658-Colorado-could-be-in-legal-trouble-with-Feds-for-punishing-election-official-and-political-prisoner-Tina-Peters A conservative group is asking the federal government to criminally investigate Colorado officials for throwing 2020 election skeptic Tina Peters in prison. The state targeted the former county clerk and President Donald Trump ally based on political viewpoints when punishing her for leaking voting machine data in 2021, the Article III Project told the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a Monday letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Judge Matthew Barrett sentenced Peters to nine years behind bars in 2024 on felonies and misdemeanors for sharing the data with political allies to investigate alleged election fraud. Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence on May 15, scheduling her for release on Monday. https://www.sott.net/article/506658-Colorado-could-be-in-legal-trouble-with-Feds-for-punishing-election-official-and-political-prisoner-Tina-Peters Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:13:54 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506657-Mamdani-U-turns-to-DOGE-style-playbook-after-tax-the-rich-plan-stalls New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stolen the government-efficiency playbook from Elon Musk and President Trump's DOGE, repackaging it as the "Commission on Government Efficiency." This comes as the far-left mayor is grappling with a large budget deficit. Democrats and their far-left, billionaire-funded NGOs and activist groups spent the first half of 2025 demonizing Trump's DOGE, which aimed to trim the bloated federal government. https://www.sott.net/article/506657-Mamdani-U-turns-to-DOGE-style-playbook-after-tax-the-rich-plan-stalls Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:42:24 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506656-41-of-Muslim-youth-in-Vienna-believe-their-religious-laws-take-precedence-over-Austrian-laws A recent study conducted on behalf of the city of Vienna highlights a concerning trend among young Muslims regarding their religious and political views. This follows the recent announcement that Muslim children now comprise nearly 41 percent of the population in Vienna's compulsory schools, making them the largest religious group. The study, published on May 12, 2026, was led by Kenan Güngör. He classifies the results as "very worrying," noting that religion occupies a much larger space in the lives of Muslim youth compared to their peers. One of the most significant findings involves the hierarchy of legal and religious authority. Forty-one percent of Muslim youth agree with the statement that their religious laws take precedence over the laws in Austria, compared to 21 percent of Christian youth, as reported in Austrian news outlet Der Standard. https://www.sott.net/article/506656-41-of-Muslim-youth-in-Vienna-believe-their-religious-laws-take-precedence-over-Austrian-laws Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:56:55 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506652-The-Sedation-of-Appalachia Consider what Appalachia gave America before America returned the favor in pill form. The region supplied the coal that powered two industrial revolutions and two world wars. It supplied, per capita, more military volunteers than almost anywhere else in the country — a tradition that held through Vietnam and into Iraq and Afghanistan. It fed American steel mills, timber yards, and chemical plants. Its people worked in the dark, underground, and underpaid, and when the work was done, they came home to churches and kin and the kind of densely-interlocking community life that sociologists now study as sort of an artifact of a vanished world. Many of these communities now record the highest drug-related deaths in the developed world. This isn't a story about weakness. It's a story about what happens when every institution that once made hardship survivable is now removed at the same time, and the market for chemical sedation expands to fill the void. https://www.sott.net/article/506652-The-Sedation-of-Appalachia Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:34:20 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506643-Minneapolis-police-rarely-responded-to-ICE-calls-but-still-managed-to-spend-millions-on-overtime The MPD prioritized preventing large-scale civil unrest over responding to calls from residents concerned about unlawful force by ICE, and racked up huge OT costs doing it. Minneapolis police rarely responded to immigration-related emergency calls during Operation Metro Surge, even as the department spent $10 million on overtime and standby pay preparing for unrest that largely never materialized. In December, then-Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara urged citizens to call 911 if they witnessed apparent kidnappings by masked people in the street and were unsure if they were actually law enforcement. He also vowed to fire officers who failed to intervene in cases where federal agents used unlawful force. A rise in emergency calls about ICE followed. In early December, a Minneapolis grocery store owner called 911 to report agents were in his parking lot, harassing customers and refusing to leave. In January, a Minneapolis resident complained to a 911 dispatcher that about a dozen... https://www.sott.net/article/506643-Minneapolis-police-rarely-responded-to-ICE-calls-but-still-managed-to-spend-millions-on-overtime Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:13:21 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506642-Britain-mourned-George-Floyd-Why-wont-it-mourn-Henry-Nowak A dying teenager said "I can't breathe." Britain looked away. Consider what a nation chooses to see. Attention is not a neutral faculty, a camera that simply records whatever passes before it. A society has only so much moral attention to spend, and the way it spends that attention, what it magnifies and what it lets slide past, is among the most honest confessions it ever makes about its real beliefs. We learn what a people values not from its official creeds but from the deaths it cannot stop talking about, set beside the deaths it manages to forget within a week. Begin, then, with the deaths a nation could not stop talking about. When George Floyd died under a Minneapolis officer's knee in May 2020, Britain responded as though the killing had happened in Bristol rather than 4,000 miles away. The Guardian's own survey of that summer found demonstrations in more than 260 British towns and cities, from Shetland to south Wales, with crowds of 15,000 in Manchester and well over... https://www.sott.net/article/506642-Britain-mourned-George-Floyd-Why-wont-it-mourn-Henry-Nowak Sun, 31 May 2026 23:52:13 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506639-Dem-establishment-starting-to-worry-about-Spencer-Pratt The last person California Democrats expected to keep them up at night is Spencer Pratt. Yet here we are. The former reality television personality-turned-independent mayoral candidate has spent the past several weeks doing something that Los Angeles's political establishment convinced itself was impossible: making incumbent Mayor Karen Bass look vulnerable. Conventional wisdom held that a candidate like Pratt, a former television personality with no governing experience, running as an independent in a deep-blue city, had no realistic path to victory. The conventional wisdom was wrong, or at a minimum, it failed to account for how much patience voters had actually lost with the Democratic Party's incompetence. https://www.sott.net/article/506639-Dem-establishment-starting-to-worry-about-Spencer-Pratt Sun, 31 May 2026 20:35:57 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506635-Germany-Left-Party-wants-voting-rights-for-all-foreigners-who-have-lived-in-the-country-for-5-years There are over 14 million foreigners living in Germany without voting rights, representing a massive pool of potential voters for the left. Germany's Left Party is pushing for a major overhaul of the German electoral system by proposing that foreign residents without a German passport be granted voting rights after five years of legal residency. To achieve this, the Left faction in the Bundestag has submitted a formal application demanding that anyone residing legally in the country for at least five years be permitted to vote in federal elections, irrespective of their nationality. The move would serve as a major electoral boost for left-wing parties, with foreigners overwhelmingly voting for these parties when given the opportunity. Data from the Federal Statistical Office cited in the motion reveals that over 14 million people living in Germany in 2025 lacked German citizenship, a figure that includes roughly 5 million EU citizens. This foreign population has resided in the... https://www.sott.net/article/506635-Germany-Left-Party-wants-voting-rights-for-all-foreigners-who-have-lived-in-the-country-for-5-years Sun, 31 May 2026 18:41:25 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506608-Should-an-industry-friendly-rider-in-the-farm-bill-override-over-1000-state-laws There is an alarming but little-known provision in Congress' 2026 Farm Bill that is likely to find its way into law within the next few weeks. It attempts to remove the right of Americans to maintain local control over our food and farms. It could also nullify over 1,000 state laws that are already on the books. The Farm Bill, also known as the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, which includes the Save Our Bacon Act as Section 12006, was passed by the House on April 30, 2026 and now heads to the Senate, where the Agriculture Committee is expected to draft its own version of the bill. Embedded in the legislation is the so-called "Save our Bacon" (SOB) Act, which would strip state and local governments of their ability to make agricultural policies for meat consumed in the state — preventing state and local governments from establishing food production and distribution safeguards. https://www.sott.net/article/506608-Should-an-industry-friendly-rider-in-the-farm-bill-override-over-1000-state-laws Sat, 30 May 2026 13:40:04 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506600-The-fragile-balance-between-compassion-and-civilization What is unfolding across parts of Europe, particularly in the UK under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, should serve as a warning to every Western democracy wrestling with questions of immigration, national identity, social cohesion, and the limits of political tolerance. A nation can be compassionate without becoming careless. It can welcome newcomers while still expecting assimilation, civic responsibility, and respect for the laws and traditions that hold a society together. But when governments become so consumed with appearing morally virtuous that they neglect order, border enforcement, public safety, and cultural confidence, the social fabric eventually begins to fray. Across Europe, many citizens increasingly feel that they are watching this happen in real time. Businesses struggle under layers of regulation and insecurity. Historic neighborhoods in cities such as London, Paris, Brussels, and parts of Germany face growing tensions between communities living side by side but not... https://www.sott.net/article/506600-The-fragile-balance-between-compassion-and-civilization Fri, 29 May 2026 21:20:23 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506594-FBI-issues-alert-on-phishing-tool-that-steals-Microsoft-365-accounts-able-to-bypass-multi-factor-authentification The FBI is warning that a new hacking platform is allowing cybercriminals to hijack Microsoft 365 accounts — including Outlook, Teams and OneDrive — while bypassing multi-factor authentication entirely. The bureau posted a public service announcement last week sounding the alarm about the "Phishing-as-a-Service" toolkit known as Kali365, which is being used to steal Microsoft 365 access tokens and gain entry to victim accounts without intercepting passwords. The feds say that Kali365 makes it easy for even amateur hackers to run advanced phishing scams that used to require serious technical skills. "Kali365 lowers the barrier of entry, providing less-technical attackers access to AI-generated phishing lures, automated campaign templates, real-time targeted individual/entity tracking dashboards, and OAuth token capture capabilities," the FBI warned. https://www.sott.net/article/506594-FBI-issues-alert-on-phishing-tool-that-steals-Microsoft-365-accounts-able-to-bypass-multi-factor-authentification Fri, 29 May 2026 20:21:11 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506592-Seattle-residents-forced-to-barricade-their-streets-to-protect-from-gun-violence Fed up with years of gun violence and repeated shootings near Aurora Avenue, some residents in North Seattle have started installing their own street barricades in an effort to protect their neighborhoods, KOMO News writes. Neighbors living near North 97th, 98th, and 102nd streets recently placed large planter boxes, piles of dirt, and gravel across parts of residential roads that connect to Aurora Avenue North. The goal, residents say, is to make it harder for shooters to speed through side streets during violent incidents linked to ongoing prostitution and human trafficking activity in the area. Tensions escalated again over the weekend after another shooting near Aurora Avenue N and N 98th Street. Seattle police said officers found around 40 shell casings at the scene after multiple people exchanged gunfire. Security footage reportedly captured several seconds of rapid shooting, with bullets hitting nearby apartments, homes, and parked cars. In one recent case, a stray bullet... https://www.sott.net/article/506592-Seattle-residents-forced-to-barricade-their-streets-to-protect-from-gun-violence Fri, 29 May 2026 20:02:41 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506590-Perverted-country-Israels-Gush-Etzion-Council-finally-admits-after-years-of-allegations-that-there-has-been-ritualistic-sexual-abuse In an unprecedented public statement, the Gush Etzion Regional Council acknowledged ritualistic sexual abuse cases in its communities following a bombshell Kan 11 investigation, ending a long period of denial and urging victims to come forward. In a dramatic reversal that marks a turning point in one of Israel's most disturbing abuse scandals, the Gush Etzion Regional Council has issued an unprecedented public statement acknowledging ritualistic sexual abuse cases within its communities, ending a prolonged period of denial and silence. The extraordinary statement came in direct response to a bombshell investigative report by journalist Roni Zinger, aired on Kan 11's Zman Emet program. The broadcast presented testimonies from five different women, most of whom did not know each other, who described strikingly similar patterns of multi-perpetrator ritualistic sexual abuse occurring in the same areas of Gush Etzion. The program also featured recordings, filmed confrontations, and... https://www.sott.net/article/506590-Perverted-country-Israels-Gush-Etzion-Council-finally-admits-after-years-of-allegations-that-there-has-been-ritualistic-sexual-abuse Fri, 29 May 2026 19:08:16 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506587-FBI-Arrests-CIA-Official-With-40-Million-in-Gold-Bars-2-Million-In-Cash-Stashed-in-His-Home In what may be the most bizarre story of the week, if not all of 2026, the NYTimes reports that a senior CIA official was arrested last week after investigators found hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million stashed in his Virginia residence, a non-fiat fortune that he apparently brought home from work, according to court papers. The CIA official, David Rush, is being held in jail while he awaits a detention hearing in the coming days on charges of stealing public money by filling out fraudulent time sheets. But, as the NYT admits, the charging documents filed in Alexandria, Va., still leave a lot unanswered about his recent conduct. The only formal charge lodged against Rush is that he inflated his academic credentials and obtained military leave pay worth tens of thousands of dollars. The authorities say he falsely claimed to be a member of the Navy Reserve when he was discharged. https://www.sott.net/article/506587-FBI-Arrests-CIA-Official-With-40-Million-in-Gold-Bars-2-Million-In-Cash-Stashed-in-His-Home Fri, 29 May 2026 16:11:36 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506584-Reporter-who-investigated-Jeffrey-Epstein-is-fleeing-the-US-after-alleged-direct-energy-weapons-attack A journalist who has reported extensively on late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's notorious New Mexico ranch says she is "fleeing the country," claiming she was the victim of a "direct energy weapons" attack over her coverage. Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, a former Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times reporter who later became a bestselling novelist, said she abruptly abandoned her New Mexico residence after suffering what she described as symptoms consistent with "Havana syndrome." "It appears my home has been located by, well, whomever is unhappy about my reporting about Zorro Ranch and the local cover up here and the military intelligence roots of the child sex trafficking operation Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were running here in New Mexico," Valdes-Rodriguez wrote last week on her Substack. https://www.sott.net/article/506584-Reporter-who-investigated-Jeffrey-Epstein-is-fleeing-the-US-after-alleged-direct-energy-weapons-attack Fri, 29 May 2026 08:15:13 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506583-Doing-the-Math-UC-faculty-call-for-the-return-to-standardized-testing-after-shocking-decline-in-skills Years ago, I wrote a column denouncing the decision of the University of California system to drop standardized testing in the cause of greater racial diversity. Now, hundreds of UC mathematics faculty have called for a return to such testing after reports showing a thirtyfold increase in students with math skills below high school level. As written earlier, the University of California system was an early supporter of this disastrous move. It was heralded as a way to preserve diversity after voters in California repeatedly rejected race-based admissions and the Supreme Court appeared ready to bar such practices (commonly proven with reference to standardized test differentials among applicants). Now, many professors in the California system have come to the same conclusion as some of us who denounced the move years ago. They have witnessed the drop in academic skills and abilities among incoming students. These tests not only have the most significant predictive value for... https://www.sott.net/article/506583-Doing-the-Math-UC-faculty-call-for-the-return-to-standardized-testing-after-shocking-decline-in-skills Fri, 29 May 2026 00:37:38 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506582-Poll-American-Jews-under-35-are-becoming-more-explicitly-anti-Zionist While Younger Jews In Israel Become Increasingly Radicalized, Younger American Jews Become Explicitly Anti-Zionist. Polls in Israel have shown time and time again that the Jewish Israeli public has become more radical and explicitly expansionist and genocidal over time, with polls similarly showing that younger Jewish Israelis are more radical and genocidal than the older generation. Among American Jews, however, polls show the exact opposite, showing that younger American Jews are rejecting Zionism and the genocide in Gaza. This trend is underscored in a new poll by the Jewish Voter Resource Center, which found that 44 percent- nearly half- of American Jews under the age of 35 support the full dismantlement of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, supporting a single democratic state with equal rights in historic Palestine. https://www.sott.net/article/506582-Poll-American-Jews-under-35-are-becoming-more-explicitly-anti-Zionist Fri, 29 May 2026 00:12:32 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506581-Blood-on-his-hands-Musks-satellites-allowed-Ukraine-to-massacre-college-teens-Moscow SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's communication satellite network made it possible for Ukraine to carry out the recent deadly drone strike on a Lugansk college dormitory, Russian Parliament Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Tuesday. Last week, three waves of Ukrainian kamikaze drones struck the Starobelsk Professional College's main building and living quarters, killing 21 people, who were mostly teenage girls, and injuring 60 others. Speaking in the State Duma, Volodin condemned the attack as a "crime against humanity." "We must do everything we can to hold to account those who gave the orders, and who directed [the drone strike] at the college," he said. "This is a question for those companies, American ones, that allow the Kiev regime to use their satellite constellation. Elon Musk must understand that his satellites are being used to murder children," the top MP added. https://www.sott.net/article/506581-Blood-on-his-hands-Musks-satellites-allowed-Ukraine-to-massacre-college-teens-Moscow Thu, 28 May 2026 21:46:49 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506580-Non-whites-set-to-become-majority-in-US-for-first-time-by-2050-with-NY-NJ-and-Conn-reflecting-same-change Non-whites are set to become the majority for the first time in the US by 2050, a situation mirrored in up to 16 states — including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, according to new census data. The expected transformation reflects astonishing demographic changes projected to sweep across America by between 2040 and 2050, fueled by international and internal migration, as well as falling birthrates, the US Census Bureau figures show. In 1980, the US was 80% white, but that figure is expected to drop to 47% by 2050 and 44% by 2060. At the state level, some of the shifts are even more striking. In 2000, just three states — California, Hawaii and New Mexico — had less than a 50% white population. https://www.sott.net/article/506580-Non-whites-set-to-become-majority-in-US-for-first-time-by-2050-with-NY-NJ-and-Conn-reflecting-same-change Thu, 28 May 2026 21:43:14 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506568-Immigrants-buy-food-with-EBT-and-collect-from-food-banks-to-sell-overseas-for-profit The Fraud Food stamps and food pantries are intended to keep struggling Americans fed. What we found is that, in some communities, that food never reaches an American table. Instead, it gets shipped overseas and sold for profit. The scheme works like this. Residents in cities like Lawrence, Massachusetts collect food through two channels: purchasing it at local markets using EBT cards, and picking it up for free from food banks and churches. That food is then packed into large blue barrels, dropped off at shipping companies, and sent by container ship to the Dominican Republic. Once it arrives, it is sold for profit in local stores. The people doing this see nothing wrong with it. In many cases, they do it openly. According to a local that assisted us with this story, this fraud has been happening for over a decade. Over the course of several weeks, Muckraker Foundation traced the full pipeline from food pantry lines in Lawrence, Massachusetts, through shipping warehouses in New... https://www.sott.net/article/506568-Immigrants-buy-food-with-EBT-and-collect-from-food-banks-to-sell-overseas-for-profit Wed, 27 May 2026 21:19:14 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506564-Virginia-Gov-Abigail-Spanberger-advances-the-soft-coup-against-America The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is advancing quickly among Democrats, but the Constitution itself has the tools for defeating it. Advancing the latest "progressive" scheme to upend our Constitution and make the people serve the government, Governor Abigail Spanberger has signed a bill forcing Virginia to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). This ruse to overturn the Electoral College, a critical safeguard that ensures equal presidential representation for all Americans, is now just 48 votes away from national implementation. The coalition seeks to force the presidential selection to be decided by popular vote alone. This would favor Democrats in two important ways, which is why Spanberger has speedily signed on. First, controlling the vote in America's most densely populated cities would be a near-guaranteed national victory. Replete with Tammany Hall-style power dynamics and political horse-trading, these cities are already Democrat strongholds. https://www.sott.net/article/506564-Virginia-Gov-Abigail-Spanberger-advances-the-soft-coup-against-America Wed, 27 May 2026 20:23:08 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506560-European-gas-storage-cant-surivive-3-more-months-of-Hormuz Europe risks a major gas storage shortfall if disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz continue for another 1-3 months, with inventories still far below normal seasonal levels. LNG supply disruptions, strong Asian demand, and distorted gas pricing have made refilling storage unusually difficult and expensive across the EU. Equinor warns prolonged disruptions could push Dutch TTF gas prices toward €90/MWh, forcing industrial demand destruction and fuel switching across Europe. Europe could face a critical shortfall in natural gas stocks if shipping disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz persist for another 1-3 months, senior executives at Norwegian energy giant, Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR), have warned. Europe entered the current summer refill season with severely depleted gas reserves, with gas stores only 28% full following a prolonged winter. Europe's storage levels are currently at 35-37%, significantly below the 50% seasonal norm, increasing the risk that the continent will miss... https://www.sott.net/article/506560-European-gas-storage-cant-surivive-3-more-months-of-Hormuz Wed, 27 May 2026 20:06:57 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506558-Getting-spicy-Spencer-Pratt-files-formal-complaint-against-Bass-for-electioneering-in-LA-mayor-race In an emailed statement to NTD, Bass' campaign called the complaint 'completely false' and argued there were two locations filmed in the video and the sites were more than 200 feet apart, with no signs outside the ballot box. Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt and Mayor Karen Bass escalated their campaign feud on Wednesday amid accusations of election law violations. Pratt filed a formal complaint against Bass for allegedly violating election laws after Bass shared a video thanking a group of people for their support and reminding them to vote. According to Pratt, Bass approached supporters on May 25 near a polling place and dropbox location. "Electioneering within 100 feet of a ballot box is AGAINST THE LAW," Pratt wrote on X. "Soliciting votes at a ballot box is AGAINST THE LAW. These clear violations show a reckless disregard for the rule of law and our democratic process. Someone in a position of power should be especially respectful of our democratic laws, but this is... https://www.sott.net/article/506558-Getting-spicy-Spencer-Pratt-files-formal-complaint-against-Bass-for-electioneering-in-LA-mayor-race Wed, 27 May 2026 20:00:02 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506557-Free-speech-attack-Texas-mom-suing-cops-who-arrested-her-for-drawing-attention-to-citys-unsafe-brown-drinking-water A Texas mom is suing the cops who arrested her for warning on social media how her town's dirty drinking water has "hospitalized" citizens. Jennifer Combs, of Trinidad, was tossed in jail earlier this month as alleged political retaliation for posting about the "serious" public health concern on Facebook — a possible freedom of speech violation, according to FOX 4. "It was probably one of the most humiliating things I've ever gone through in my entire life. It was very, very bad," she told the outlet. Combs called her May 8 arrest for felony false alarm or report is "an extreme stretch" — considering even the city's mayor, Dennis Haws, has admitted that residents are plagued by disgusting brown-and-yellow tap water "issues." https://www.sott.net/article/506557-Free-speech-attack-Texas-mom-suing-cops-who-arrested-her-for-drawing-attention-to-citys-unsafe-brown-drinking-water Wed, 27 May 2026 19:56:33 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506555-Its-all-so-tiresome-UKs-social-media-ban-trudges-ever-onward The UK government's "consultation" on social media harm is over, and - brace yourselves - it turns out they're going to have to do something about it. I know, I was shocked too. The main talking point is that "social media is like cigarettes". Everyone is saying that, it's the meme of the day. It's a sentiment originally taken from a new report submitted to the consultation by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. Titled "Growing up in an online world", it contains this hilarious line in the foreword: ...there is, I think, an overwhelming consensus that excessive screen time can harm children and young people and we need to call this out unflinchingly rather than passively wait for someone else to prove causation". Which is a pretty neat summary of how our political system works in general, and certainly in this case: We don't know if there's even a problem yet, but by God we're gonna do something about it. That the something they end up doing makes them rich and powerful is just... https://www.sott.net/article/506555-Its-all-so-tiresome-UKs-social-media-ban-trudges-ever-onward Wed, 27 May 2026 18:33:59 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/506554-Spencer-Pratt-LITERALLY-uses-LAs-hole-filth-as-campaign-ad Pratt's power-washing stunt turns Karen Bass's failed streets into a viral billboard exposing years of neglect Spencer Pratt is running a campaign unlike anything seen in Los Angeles politics. The former reality star turned mayoral candidate isn't just talking about the city's collapse into filth, crime, and decay — he's making the evidence work for him. His team has taken to the streets with power washers and stencils, blasting clean messages like "IMAGINE IF THE STREETS WERE THIS CLEAN" and "SPENCER PRATT FOR MAYOR" directly into the grime accumulated under Democrat leadership. The tactic is as simple as it is devastating. The cleaned sections stand out starkly against the surrounding trash and dirt, creating a living advertisement for change. https://www.sott.net/article/506554-Spencer-Pratt-LITERALLY-uses-LAs-hole-filth-as-campaign-ad Wed, 27 May 2026 17:28:01 +0000