articles 26 feb.

 Global

These Are the 15 Largest Defense Budgets in the World
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/26/these-are-the-15-largest-defense-budgets-in-the-world/




Israel War

Israeli ministers call for Gaza resettlement, military offensive and Palestinian expulsions
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250226-israeli-ministers-call-for-gaza-resettlement-military-offensive-and-palestinian-expulsions/

Another Gazan detainee dies in Israeli detention
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250226-another-gazan-detainee-dies-in-israeli-detention/

Biden, Blinken & Austin Accused of Complicity in Israeli War Crimes in Gaza; ICC Urged to Investigate
https://scheerpost.com/2025/02/26/biden-blinken-austin-accused-of-complicity-in-israeli-war-crimes-in-gaza-icc-urged-to-investigate/

Trump shares AI video of his vision for Gaza — featuring giant gold statue and him lounging poolside with Netanyahu
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/trump-shares-ai-video-of-his-vision-for-gaza-featuring-giant-gold-statue-and-him-lounging-poolside-with-netanyahu/

Israeli army kills Palestinian, injures dozens in Nablus raid
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/israeli-army-kills-palestinian-injures-dozens-in-nablus-raid-3698958



Uraine War

Trump says no security promises for Ukraine, ‘can forget about’ joining Nato
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3300287/trump-says-no-security-promises-ukraine-and-kyiv-can-forget-about-nato

F-35 fighters take off in response to Russian rocket barrage
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/02/26/f-35-fighters-take-off-in-response-to-russian-rocket-barrage/

Claims of Russia’s MiG-31’s engine shortage may be overblown
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/02/26/claims-of-russias-mig-31s-engine-shortage-may-be-overblown/

Ukraine Makes 'a Big Concession,' Agrees to Trump's Deal
https://www.westernjournal.com/ukraine-makes-big-concession-agrees-trumps-deal/

Trump: Russia Will Have to Make Concessions to Achieve Peace in Ukraine
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7535557?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Trump: US ready to lift sanctions on Russia only after conflict ends
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7535568?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Seven drones shot down over Crimea in less than an hour
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7535511?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Russian Armed Forces launched a massive missile strike on the Ozernoye airfield in the Zhitomir region
https://en.topcor.ru/57034-vs-rf-nanesli-massirovannyj-raketnyj-udar-po-ajerodromu-ozernoe-v-zhitomirskoj-oblasti.html

Ukrainians are not finished yet: Europe advises Zelensky to compensate for US aid by tightening mobilization
https://en.topcor.ru/57102-ukraincy-esche-ne-zakonchilis-evropejskie-sojuzniki-sovetujut-zelenskomu-kompensirovat-amerikanskuju-pomosch-uzhestocheniem-mobilizacii.html

Slovakia also wanted to demand that Ukraine return the funds spent on it
https://en.topcor.ru/57054-slovakija-tozhe-zahotela-potrebovat-ot-ukrainy-vozvrata-potrachennyh-na-nee-sredstv.html



US News

Epstein Files to be Released Tomorrow
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/corruption/epstein-files-to-be-released-tomorrow/

Army Caught Juicing Recruitment Numbers by Enlisting Fatties
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/26/army-caught-juicing-recruitment-numbers-enlisting-fatties/

Trump sees ‘a thirst’ for his ‘gold card’ visa idea with $5 million potential path to US citizenship
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2591771/world

Texas Launches Major Sting Against Infamous Illegal Alien Hub, Colony Ridge
https://defconnews.com/2025/02/26/texas-launches-major-sting-against-infamous-illegal-alien-hub-colony-ridge/

Michael Shellenberger Has Dropped ANOTHER Bombshell: FBI Employees Are Destroying Evidence
https://defconnews.com/2025/02/26/michael-shellenberger-has-dropped-another-bombshell-fbi-employees-are-destroying-evidence/

Trump’s Border Plans Are Huge Success—Those Enroute Change Course
https://defconnews.com/2025/02/26/trumps-border-plans-are-huge-success-those-enroute-change-course/

New report details police repression of Palestine activism at UCLA
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/02/new-report-details-police-repression-of-palestine-activism-at-ucla/

US House committee told to use Hebrew term for Israeli-occupied West Bank: Report
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250226-us-house-committee-told-to-use-hebrew-term-for-israeli-occupied-west-bank-report/

GOP staffers told to call occupied West Bank Judea and Samaria
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/west-bank-judea-samaria-name-change-gop

Kash Patel’s Honey Pot – Alexis Wilkins – A Zionist Handler
Who is Kash Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins? Could she have been ‘assigned’ to Patel by the Zionist Cartel? Alexis claims her parents were Gabe and Ansley, he worked for Gillette overseas, and her mother worked in Big Pharma. by Helena Glass
https://helenaglass.substack.com/p/kash-patels-honey-pot-alexis-wilkins

Gabbard Moves at Speed of Light, Fires Officials from Perverse Trans Chatrooms, Gives Them Extra Parting Gift, Too
https://www.westernjournal.com/gabbard-moves-speed-light-fires-officials-perverse-trans-chatrooms-gives-extra-parting-gift/

Unearthed FOIA docs expose Biden regime’s diabolical TSA plot…
https://revolver.news/2025/02/report-unearthed-foia-docs-expose-biden-diabolical-regime-tsa-plot/

Corrupt Georgia SOS Raffensperger Demands to Spend Millions on Election Machines That Don’t Comply with State Law
https://joehoft.com/breaking-corrupt-georgia-sos-raffensperger-demands-to-spend-millions-on-election-machines-that-dont-comply-with-state-law/

Next Joint Chiefs Chair Wants White Male Officers to be a Minority
https://starrs.us/next-joint-chiefs-chair-wants-white-male-officers-to-be-a-minority/

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Calls Out AG Pam Bondi for Allegedly ‘Stonewalling’ Release of Epstein List, JFK Files
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/26/rep-anna-paulina-luna-calls-out-ag-pam-bondi-for-allegedly-stonewalling-release-of-epstein-list-jfk-files/

Noem: ICE Leakers Found, Will Be Fired, Prosecuted
https://conservativefiringline.com/noem-ice-leakers-found-will-be-fired-prosecuted/

USAID Was Sending U.S. Taxpayer Money to Anti-American Leftist George Soros, Al-Qaeda Terrorists, and Drag Queens
https://conservativefiringline.com/usaid-was-sending-u-s-taxpayer-money-to-anti-american-leftist-george-soros-al-qaeda-terrorists-and-drag-queens/

Trump Administration Cuts More Than 90% of USAID Foreign Assistance Contracts
https://time.com/7262188/usaid-contracts-eliminated-foreign-assistance-trump-administration/

Donald Trump asks who signed trade deal with Canada and Mexico (he did)
https://www.indy100.com/politics/trump/donald-trump-canada-mexico-trade-deal



Covid  - Health

Michelle Trachtenberg, Buffy and Gossip Girl actress, dead at 39
Emergency medical workers pronounced her dead without giving a cause. Police said foul play was not suspected.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3300290/michelle-trachtenberg-buffy-and-gossip-girl-actress-dead-39

Fetus Receives Life-Saving Medication Inside Womb in Medical First
https://www.sciencealert.com/fetus-receives-life-saving-medication-inside-womb-in-medical-first

In memory of those who “died suddenly” in the United States and worldwide, February 17-24, 2025
Roberta Flack; Playboy model Ariane Bellamar (46); keyboardist Chris Jasper (Isley Brothers); TV producer David St. John; Hollywood hair stylists Jesús Guerrero (34), Graham Nation (39); & more
https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/in-memory-of-those-who-died-suddenly-february-17-24-2025

The American Health Care System Is a Collection of Profit Centers Unrelated to Health Care
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/02/26/the-american-health-care-system-is-a-collection-of-profit-centers-unrelated-to-health-care/

Texas Reports Death of Child Who Tested Positive for Measles, But Releases Few Details
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/texas-reported-death-child-tested-positive-measles/

Abortion Clinic Reviews Reveal Filthy Conditions, Women “Treated Like Cattle”
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/02/26/abortion-clinic-reviews-reveal-filthy-conditions-women-treated-like-cattle/



AI - Big Tech - Internet

Watch: Intuitive Machines Launches For Historic Second Soft Touchdown on The Moo
https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-live-intuitive-machines-launches-for-historic-second-soft-moon-touchdown

Explicit Influence: The Hidden Zionist Agenda In Adult Entertainment (6:05)
by TRT World
https://rumble.com/v6pgs63-explicit-influence-the-hidden-zionist-agenda-in-adult-entertainment-by-trt-.html?mref=wrdkl&mc=7vj9z



Environment - Science - Weather

A whale caught in fishing nets has been freed off Poland’s Baltic coast
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2591731/offbeat

Tardigrade Protein Could Soon Make Cancer Patients More Radiation Proof
https://www.sciencealert.com/tardigrade-protein-could-soon-make-cancer-patients-more-radiation-proof

Norway's Melting Glaciers Are Spilling Out Troves of Lost Artifacts
https://www.sciencealert.com/norways-melting-glaciers-are-spilling-out-troves-of-lost-artifacts

Thirty-Eight Volcanoes Have Recently Erupted – Three More Inside U.S. Territory That Everyone Should Be Watching Very Carefully
https://conservativefiringline.com/thirty-eight-volcanoes-have-recently-erupted-three-more-inside-u-s-territory-that-everyone-should-be-watching-very-carefully/



Economy

Real estate losses rom the Palisades and Eaton fires may top $30 billion, from old mobile homes to $23 million mansions
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/02/real-estate-losses-from-fires-may-top-30-billion-from-old-mobile-homes-to-23-million-mansions/

Creepy Nazi Sympathizer George Soros and His Partners in Crime Finally Targeted
https://joehoft.com/creepy-nazi-sympathizer-george-soros-and-his-minions-in-crime-finally-targeted/

Trump warns that ONE MILLION federal workers who haven’t responded to DOGE email may be FIRED
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/trump-warns-that-one-million-federal-workers-who-havent-responded-to-doge-email-may-be-fired/

Egg prices are expected to increase more than 40 percent this year
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/egg-prices-are-expected-to-increase-more-than-40-percent-this-year/

Having Fewer Babies Will Cost U.S. Economy “Quadrillions of Dollars”
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/02/26/having-fewer-babies-will-cost-u-s-economy-quadrillions-of-dollars/

Planned Parenthood Makes $2 Billion Killing Babies, It Doesn’t Need Our Tax Dollars
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/02/26/planned-parenthood-makes-2-billion-killing-babies-it-doesnt-need-our-tax-dollars/

New Home Sales Plunge 10.5 Percent in January From Upward Revision
https://mishtalk.com/economics/new-home-sales-plunge-10-5-percent-in-january-from-upward-revision/

Trump’s Tariffs Will Increase the Cost of a Pickup Truck by $8,000.
https://mishtalk.com/economics/trumps-tariffs-will-increase-the-cost-of-a-pickup-truck-by-8000/

Why Egg Prices are Stable in Canada
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/canada/why-egg-prices-are-stable-in-canada/



EU - UK - Canada - Australia - NATO

Germany—Like Most Democracies—Counted Votes on Election Night. Why Can’t the US Do the Same?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/26/germany-like-most-democracies-counted-votes-election-night-why-cant-us-do-same/

Erdogan says Turkiye’s membership would throw ‘lifeline’ to EU
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250226-erdogan-says-turkiyes-membership-would-throw-lifeline-to-eu/

France announces fresh sanctions against Algeria
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250226-france-announces-fresh-sanctions-against-algeria/

500 programme-makers condemn censorship, racism after BBC pulls Gaza documentary
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250226-500-programme-makers-condemn-censorship-racism-after-bbc-pulls-gaza-documentary/

Alberta enlisting 800 peace officers in fight against crime and fentanyl trafficking
https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/lawmakers-agencies-double-to-partner-with-peace-officers



China - Asia

Donald Trump declines to say whether US would defend Taiwan in attack by mainland China
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3300292/donald-trump-declines-say-whether-us-would-defend-taiwan-attack-mainland-china



Middle East

A new Syria is born: MEMO in Conversation with Sarah Hunaidi
Is the new Syrian administration reflective of society and is it able to build a country free of political authoritarianism? A member of the Syrian Women’s Political Movement joins us to discuss this and more.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250226-a-new-syria-is-born-memo-in-conversation-with-sarah-hunaidi/

Israel carries out military strikes in southern Syria
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/israel-carries-out-military-strikes-in-southern-syria/

Iran enemies have yet to receive ‘serious’ blows: IRGC chief
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/228962/Iran-enemies-have-yet-to-receive-serious-blows-IRGC-chief

US sanctions against Iran are illegal: Zakharova
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/228959/US-sanctions-against-Iran-are-illegal-Zakharova

US Treasury adds 6 entities to its anti-Iran sanctions
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/228975/US-Treasury-adds-6-entities-to-its-anti-Iran-sanctions

SDF: 12 soldiers, civilians martyred in Turkish occupation airstrikes on southern al-Shaddadi
https://hawarnews.com/en/sdf-12-soldiers-civilians-martyred-in-turkish-occupation-airstrikes-on-southern-al-shaddadi

Widespread destruction in Zirghan as result of Turkish occupation shelling
https://hawarnews.com/en/widespread-destruction-in-zirghan-as-result-of-turkish-occupation-shelling

Turkish occupation aircraft bombard Tishrin Dam vicinity
https://hawarnews.com/en/turkish-occupation-aircraft-bombard-tishrin-dam-vicinity



Africa / DR / Haiti

UN official warns of worsening famine in Sudan as violence escalates
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250226-un-official-warns-of-worsening-famine-in-sudan-as-violence-escalates/

USAID Exported CIA Balkan Terror to Haiti
https://scheerpost.com/2025/02/26/usaid-exported-cia-balkan-terror-to-haiti/