Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Somalia is on the verge of turning into an Islamic terrorist state.
Al-Shabaab, Islamic terrorist organization, supported quietly by Turkish troops under the command of President Erdoğan of Turkey,
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who supports the Muslim Brotherhood, stationed in Somalia, will be taking control after the collapse of the Somali government, which is imminent.
Why is this important? It’s geography. Somalia has a long coast with short distances from crucial sea lanes, and
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just as Somali pirates were hijacking ships some time ago, a terrorist state could use its resources to interrupt maritime traffic at will, and it could as well be a disruptive force for its neighbors, meaning everything from Ethiopia to Egypt to its north, and
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to the emerging East African market area.
And who is paying for this?"
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "The Los Angeles Times published a counter to the claims of fraud in the LA vote, but their response sounds more convoluted and impossible than the original complaint.
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The complaint? It was noticed that late vote counts had lots of late votes for Mayor Karen Bass and Nithiya Raman, and not one vote for Spenser Pratt. Statistically, in an honest vote, that would be impossible.
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And when something in a vote is statistically impossible—the reasonable and responsible opinion is to believe there has been fraud.
But, the LA Times has an excuse. Now, listen to this.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "About US Supreme Court rulings
The media seems to assume that what the Supreme Court rules on any individual case depends on whether the appointed sitting justices are conservative or liberal when they were appointed.
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A bit of research can prove that assumption is wrong, going all the way back to the founding of the Court.
But all these speculations, excuses, assumptions in the media miss one important fact.
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The Supreme Court’s job is to judge the merit of cases according to the Constitution of the USA. Decisions are not supposed to reflect political bias or personal opinion.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Just a serious thought—
The Holocaust (Shoah) does not really say anything about Jews and Judaism and the Jewish connection to Israel and to G‑d. The Holocaust says something more about the world’s civilizations and
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how they can be when power and control are more important than morality.
You see, antisemitism is like the bully in the playground.
The bully in the playground picks on smaller or quieter kids to feel powerful, to feel in control, and
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the bully at times finds himself surrounded by other weak people who side with the bully both to protect themselves from aggression and to feel like they are sharing the control and power of the bully.
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Thr Free Beacon article states the New York Times partnered with the Pulitzer Center on an anti-Israel false propaganda piece, with the Center funded by sources including Open Society Foundations, Humanity United, and the Norwegian government. 1)
The referenced NYT article "The Cost of Survival in Gaza," published June 8, 2026, by Emma Goldberg and Emily Kassie, profiles a London Palestinian who sent over $250,000 to support family in Gaza amid war-related shortages.
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Free Beacon criticizes the project for repeating false propaganda about Israeli actions without detailing left leaning funders. The Pulitzer Center (a nonprofit) receives support from groups like Open Society Foundations (Soros family, $900k grant),
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The Telegraph article reported on a Trump administration proposal for the US to directly purchase the Chagos Islands from Mauritius, securing full control of the Diego Garcia military base while bypassing the stalled UK-Mauritius sovereignty transfer deal. 1)
Diego Garcia is a critical US-UK strategic asset in the Indian Ocean, supporting bomber operations, surveillance, and logistics from the Gulf Wars to Yemen strikes, with US concerns over potential future Chinese influence via Mauritius prompting the direct-buy idea.
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The proposal follows Trump's repeated criticism of the UK deal as "great stupidity" and weakness, highlighting US efforts to lock in long-term control of key bases amid great power competition, though no price or final agreement has been set.
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