articles 17 aug.

 
WORLD - NATIONAL 1

Some Simple Truths About Slavery
White people did not invent slavery, but it was abolished by them. 
Slavery started in Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East, where civilization started, and there weren’t any white people around at the time.
In the United States, Democrats were the slave owners
It was Democrats who founded the Ku Klux Klan, created Jim Crow laws, lynched, and enforced segregation. They blocked every attempt at civil rights legislation for a century...
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2025/08/17/some-simple-truths-about-slavery-n2661936

Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess - A Courageous Hero For Peace
by Mark R. Elsis
https://RudolfHess.net

“My coming to England in this way is, as I realize, so unusual that nobody will easily understand it. I was confronted by a very hard decision. I do not think I could have arrived at my final choice unless I had continually kept before my eyes the vision of an endless line of children’s coffins with weeping mothers behind them both English and German, and another line of coffins of mothers with mourning children.”
Rudolf Hess (June 10, 1941)

Hitler’s Peace Plans
by Mark R. Elsis
https://HitlersPeacePlans.com



ISRAEL-US- ME 1

In Visit to Illegal West Bank Settlement, Netanyahu Says He Kept 25-Year-Old Promise To Thwart a Palestinian State
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/17/in-visit-to-illegal-west-bank-settlement-netanyahu-says-he-kept-25-year-old-promise-to-thwart-a-palestinian-state/

Taxpayers Against Genocide
https://www.taxpayersagainstgenocide.org/

Tens of thousands of protesters gather in Tel Aviv to demand end to Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/17/tens-of-thousands-of-protesters-gather-in-tel-aviv-to-demand-end-to-gaza-war

Israeli police use water cannons, arrest dozens as protesters demand hostage deal
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2612077/middle-east

Jordan opens field hospital in Gaza
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2612148/middle-east

Israel prepares to move Palestinians to southern Gaza amid expanded military operations
https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/17/israel-prepares-to-move-palestinians-to-southern-gaza-amid-expanded-military-operations

Israeli Attacks Kill Dozens Across Gaza as IDF Prepares To Forcibly Displace Palestinians from Gaza City
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/17/israeli-attacks-kill-dozens-across-gaza-as-idf-prepares-to-forcibly-displace-palestinians-from-gaza-city/

Hamas rejects Israel’s Gaza relocation plan
https://www.arabnews.jp/en/middle-east/article_153535/

Israel prepares forced transfer of civilians in Gaza City amid reoccupation push
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250817-israel-prepares-forced-transfer-of-civilians-in-gaza-city-amid-reoccupation-push/

UNRWA warns of ‘manmade famine’ in Gaza, urges return to UN-led aid system
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/unrwa-warns-of-manmade-famine-in-gaza-urges-return-to-un-led-aid-system/3661660

Israel Plans to Move Hundreds of Thousands of Palestinians from Gaza: Report
https://www.westernjournal.com/israel-plans-move-hundreds-thousands-palestinians-gaza-report/

Thousands rally in Europe in support of Gaza
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250817-thousands-rally-in-europe-in-support-of-gaza/

France ‘strongly condemns’ Israel’s controversial E1 settlement plan in occupied West Bank
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250817-france-strongly-condemns-israels-controversial-e1-settlement-plan-in-occupied-west-bank/

Israel excluded from upcoming Bari trade fair in Italy: Report
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250817-israel-excluded-from-upcoming-bari-trade-fair-in-italy-report/

Illegal Israeli settlers establish new settlement outpost in occupied West Bank
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250817-illegal-israeli-settlers-establish-new-settlement-outpost-in-occupied-west-bank/

Nineteen Palestinians Starve to Death in Gaza Over Three Days Due to Israeli Blockade
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/17/nineteen-palestinians-starve-to-death-in-gaza-over-three-days-due-to-israeli-blockade/

'50 Palestinians must die for every Israeli killed,' says ex-Israeli intelligence chief on leaked tape
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/50-palestinians-must-die-for-every-israeli-killed-says-ex-israeli-intelligence-chief-on-leaked-tape-3706526



UKRAINE-US WAR ON RUSSIA

Witkoff pretends 'Article 5-like protection' for Ukraine is 'game-changing' concession - Like all U.S. agreements, the devil is in the details
https://trendsinthenews.substack.com/p/witkoff-pretends-article-5-like-protection

Russia reinforces grouping in Zaporizhzhia – active deployment of equipment and personnel
https://timeukraineisrael.com/en/news/war-en/russia-reinforces-grouping-in-zaporizhzhia-active-deployment-of-equipment-and-personnel/

European, NATO leaders to join Ukraine’s Zelensky for meeting with Trump
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2612150/world

Trump reportedly backs plan to cede Ukrainian territory to Russia for peace deal
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-reportedly-backs-plan-to-cede-ukrainian-territory-to-russia-for-peace-deal/3661720

Putin demands control of key Ukrainian territory in exchange for peace: European diplomat
https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-backs-putins-proposal-russia-take-full-control-donbas

Conscripting Soldiers Is a Growing Problem for Ukraine
https://www.libertynation.com/conscripting-soldiers-is-a-growing-problem-for-ukraine/

North Korea Poised to Deploy Cheonma-2 Tanks With Crews to Ukrainian Front in Support of Russia.
https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2025/north-korea-poised-to-deploy-cheonma-2-tanks-with-crews-to-ukrainian-front-in-support-of-russia

Russia Says It Destroyed 300 Ukrainian Drones, Hit Sapsan Missile Storage Sites
https://english.aawsat.com/world/5176055-russia-says-it-destroyed-300-ukrainian-drones-hit-sapsan-missile-storage-sites

VIDEO: Vladimir Putin Opens Up on “Very Frank” Conversation with President Trump in Alaska – “The Visit was Timely and Very Useful”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/video-vladimir-putin-opens-up-very-frank-conversation/

Kyiv tries to make Russia 'pay' by launching drone strikes on critical infrastructure 
https://en.topwar.ru/269737-kiev-pytaetsja-zastavit-rossiju-zaplatit-nanosja-udary-bespilotnikami-po-kriticheskoj-infrastrukture.html

Zelensky Sending $50 million Per Month to UAE Preparing to Flee Ukraine 
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/ukraine/zelensky-sending-50-million-per-month-to-use-preparing-to-flee-ukraine/

The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack the Smolensk nuclear power plant with the Spis attack drone
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7972563?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Ministry of Defense: a drone aimed at a nuclear power plant was intercepted over the Smolensk region
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7972560?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp



NATIONAL  2

Three Republican-led states to send hundreds of National Guards to Washington at Trump's request
https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/17/three-republican-led-states-to-send-hundreds-of-national-guards-to-washington-at-trumps-re

3 dead, 9 injured in early morning mass shooting at New York restaurant
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/3-dead-9-injured-in-early-morning-mass-shooting-at-new-york-restaurant/3661863

Nearly 70 arrested overnight in DC, Bondi says 
https://www.conservativenewsdaily.net/breaking-news/nearly-70-arrested-overnight-in-dc-bondi-says/

Muslim Man Mohamed Mohamed Charged After Raping Unconscious Woman to Death in Front of a Church (Video
https://rairfoundation.com/tennessee-horror-muslim-man-mohamed-mohamed-charged-after/

Portland Antifa Riot at ICE Facility—Again
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/08/17/portland-antifa-riot-at-ice-facility-again-n4942787

Dem Governor Literally Pardoned a Convicted Killer to Protect Him from Deportation
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/17/dem-governor-literally-pardoned-a-convicted-killer-to-protect-him-from-deportation-n4942789

Russia Hoax Charges — The Coming Democrat Trials
https://spectator.org/russia-hoax-charges-the-coming-democrat-trials/

Billionaires For Socialism: The $2 Billion "Grassroots" Operation Behind Zohran Mamdani
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/billionaires-socialism-2-billion-grassroots-operation-behind-zohran-mamdani

(NY) Guatemalan National Set Free After Sending 12 Kids to the Hospital with THC Gummies [WATCH]
https://www.lifezette.com/2025/08/guatemalan-national-set-free-after-sending-12-kids-to-the-hospital-with-thc-gummies-watch/

Justice Didn’t Put Tina Peters in Prison, Criminals in the Deep State Did
https://joehoft.com/justice-didnt-put-tina-peters-in-prison-criminals-in-the-deep-state-did/

Is She Drunk? Kamala Harris Sounds Sloshed as She Weighs in on Texas Redistricting Efforts (VIDEO)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/is-she-drunk-kamala-harris-sounds-hammered-as/

California Bill AB 495 Will Allow Strangers to Remove Children from School or Daycare Without Parents Being Notified
https://joehoft.com/california-bill-ab-495-will-allow-strangers-to-remove-children-from-school-or-daycare-without-parents-being-notified/

Pew Reports Trump’s Approval Rating Drops to 38 Percent
https://mishtalk.com/economics/pew-reports-trumps-approval-rating-drops-to-38-percent/



COVID BIOWEAPONS - HEALTH

RFK Jr vindicated as Fauci lawyers admit childhood vaccines were never safety tested
https://www.wnd.com/2025/08/rfk-jr-vindicated-as-fauci-lawyers-admit-childhood/

World Council for Health Sounds Alarm: Covid-Vaxxed Face ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ of Mass Deaths
https://slaynews.com/news/world-council-health-sounds-alarm-covid-vaxxed-face-ticking-time-bomb-mass-deaths/

Wildfire smoke is 14 times more deadly than previously thought, new study shows
https://interestingengineering.com/health/wildfire-smoke-is-14-times-more-deadly

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Cases On the Rise: Here Are The Symptoms
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/flesh-eating-bacteria-cases-rise-here-are-symptoms

Health Care System To Pay More Than $1 Million To Settle COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Case
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/health-care-system-pay-more-1-million-settle-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-case

They Knew MNRA was a Fraud 
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/disease/the-knew-mnra-was-a-fraud/



AI - BIG TECH - INTERNET - MEDIA

Chinese EV maker unveils extended-range SUV with 933-mile range, challenging Tesla
https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/china-unveils-extended-range-suv



SPACE - UFOs - SCIENCE - PARANORMAL - HISTORYUS News

Saturday Citations: A new category of supernovas; neurons beat machine learning; depression and vitiligo
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-saturday-citations-category-supernovas-neurons.html

Thousands of catfish climb waterfalls in first-ever sighting, leaves scientists stunned
https://interestingengineering.com/science/thousands-of-catfish-climb-waterfalls

Cosmic twist: Ursa Major III is hiding a black hole core, and not dark matter
https://interestingengineering.com/space/ursa-major-iii-dark-cluster-study



MILITARY - AVIATION - DRONES (AIR/WATER)

Indian Air Force requests 114 additional Rafale French fighter jets with domestic production.
https://armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2025/flash-info-indian-air-force-requests-114-additional-rafale-french-fighter-jets-with-domestic-production

British Navy conducts remote intelligence mission with undersea robot XLUUV Excalibur over 16,000 km.
https://armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2025/exclusive-report-british-navy-conducts-remote-intelligence-mission-with-undersea-robot-excalibur-over-16-000-km



ENVIRONMENT - WEATHER - FOOD

Thousands without power after Hurricane Erin strikes Puerto Rico
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hurricane-erin-puerto-rico-storm-b2809221.html

Wildfires in Spain and Portugal force evacuations and deployment of thousands of emergency personnel
https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/17/wildfires-in-spain-and-portugal-force-evacuations-and-deployment-of-thousands-of-emergency

Spain Battles 20 Major Wildfires amid Scorching Heat, Deploys More Troops
https://english.aawsat.com/varieties/5176139-spain-battles-20-major-wildfires-amid-scorching-heat-deploys-more-troops

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake rocks Indonesia's Sulawesi island
https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/17/magnitude-58-earthquake-rocks-indonesias-sulawesi-island

Death toll from rains, flash floods in Pakistan rises to 351
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/death-toll-from-rains-flash-floods-in-pakistan-rises-to-351/3661614

Trump's DOJ Hammers California Climate Madness with Two New Lawsuits
https://www.westernjournal.com/trumps-doj-hammers-california-climate-madness-two-new-lawsuits/

Radical climate activism is causing toxic hysteria. Here’s how to stop it.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/relatable/climate-change

Map of Earth’s functional biosphere reveals 60% of global land area is outside safe zone
https://interestingengineering.com/science/half-global-land-in-risk-study

Ranchers Demand DHS Takeover After USDA Fails to Stop Screwworm at the Border
https://beefnews.org/ranchers-demand-dhs-takeover-after-usda-fails-to-stop-screwworm-at-the-border/

Seattle Media Claims Dogs Eat Meat, which “Contributes to Climate Change”
https://conservativefiringline.com/seattle-media-claims-dogs-eat-meat-which-contributes-to-climate-change/



ECONOMY

Average American to receive $3,752 tax cut in 2026 from Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill:’ report says 
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/report-average-american-receive-3752-tax-cut-2026-due-obbba

 Federal government to drop 300,000 workers this year 
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/federal-government-drop-300000-workers-year

Trump’s Manufacturing Boom Has China on Its Heels
https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2025/08/17/trumps-manufacturing-boom-has-china-on-its-heels-n2192915

Trump’s Tariffs Send Italy Into Crisis
https://spectator.org/trumps-tariffs-send-italy-into-crisis/

Secret Service, USDA Stomp SNAP Fraud in Georgia
https://defconnews.com/2025/08/17/secret-service-usda-stomp-snap-fraud-in-georgia/

HUD Implements Bold English-Only Policy: ‘One Voice, One Language’ to Save Taxpayer Dollars and Promote Assimilation
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/hud-implements-bold-english-only-policy-one-voice/

California Unemployment Rate is Highest in US
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/california-unemployment-rate-is-highest-us-beating/

Insider Trading Runs Deep Within the Democrat Party
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/insider-trading-runs-deep-within-democrat-party/

US, EU remain key markets for Chinese exports, but certain shifts are surprising
https://rmx.news/european-union/us-eu-remain-key-markets-for-chinese-exports-but-certain-shifts-are-surprising/

What’s the Driving Force Behind Trump’s Tariff Merry-Go-Round?
https://mishtalk.com/economics/whats-the-driving-force-behind-trumps-tariff-merry-go-round/

America starts to feel the squeeze: What we know about tariffs and inflation
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/17/trump-trade-war-inflation

Job market gloom hasn't been this bad since the Great Recession
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/16/job-market-great-recession



EU - UK - CANADA

J.K. Rowling Destroys Trans-Identifying Male Athlete Over Olympic Ambitions
https://www.outkick.com/culture/jk-rowling-transgender-hannah-mouncey-handball-olympics

Air Canada halts plans to resume flights after union defies order to return to work 
https://justthenews.com/world/canada/air-canada-resume-flights-after-government-orders-end-flight-attendant-strike

Liberalism Run Amok: Canada to Begin Euthanizing Disabled Citizens
https://defconnews.com/2025/08/17/liberalism-run-amok-canada-to-begin-euthanizing-disabled-citizens/

Poland celebrates its Armed Forces Day, and sends a very clear message to Putin
https://rmx.news/article/poland-celebrates-its-armed-forces-day-and-sends-a-very-clear-message-to-putin/

Can Canada Just Nullify Your Property Ownership Under Its Woke Agenda? 
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/canada/can-canada-just-nullify-your-property-ownership-under-its-woke-agenda/



CHINA - ASIA

China pressures Bangkok gallery to remove Uyghur, Tibetan, Hong Kong artwork
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/08/china-pressures-bangkok-gallery-to-remove-uyghur-tibetan-hong-kong-artwork/

 North Korea’s Kim, Putin vow cooperation in phone call 
 https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/08/north-koreas-kim-putin-vow-cooperation-in-phone-call/
 


MIDDLE EAST 2

Syria’s HTS Government Preps 50,000 Troops for a Large Anti-Kurd Offensive in Northeast
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/17/syria-preps-50000-troops-for-a-large-anti-kurd-offensive-in-northeast/

Hezbollah Chief Warns Lebanon Disarmament Handing Country to Israel, May Mean Civil War
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/17/hezbollah-chief-warns-lebanon-disarmament-handing-country-to-israel-may-mean-civil-war/

Israel Bombs Power Plant Near Yemeni Capital After Houthi Ballistic Missile Launch
https://www.infowars.com/posts/israel-bombs-power-plant-near-yemeni-capital-after-houthi-ballistic-missile-launch/

Iran’s nuclear development and the limits of coercive strategy
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250817-irans-nuclear-development-and-the-limits-of-coercive-strategy/

"Greater Israel" idea poses threat to global, regional peace
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/235492/Greater-Israel-idea-poses-threat-to-global-regional-peace

Israel became desperate due to barrage of Iranian missiles
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/235482/Israel-became-desperate-due-to-barrage-of-Iranian-missiles

6 terrorists killed, 25 kg bomb identified in IRGC operations
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/235476/5-terrorist-killed-25-kg-bombs-identified-in-IRGC-operations

Yemen attacks Ben Gurion Airport with hypersonic missile
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/235494/Yemen-attacks-Ben-Gurion-Airport-with-hypersonic-missile

Iran parliament to advance bill to strengthen armed forces
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/235471/Iran-parliament-to-advance-bill-to-strengthen-armed-forces

2 projects turning Iran’s eastern provinces into transit hub
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/235471/Iran-parliament-to-advance-bill-to-strengthen-armed-forces

Nation prepared to smash any enemy front: IRGC
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/235463/Nation-prepared-to-smash-any-enemy-front-IRGC



MEXICO - LATIN AMERICA

Brazilian Army Integrates Centauro II Armored Vehicles to Strengthen Regional Defense Capabilities.
https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2025/brazilian-army-integrates-centauro-ii-armored-vehicles-to-strengthen-regional-defense-capabilities

Mexico Government Weak on Cartels, U.S. Military Deployed to Caribbean for Drug Interdiction
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/mexico-government-weak-cartels-u-s-military-deployed/

Peruvian Archaeologists Find Ancient Pre-Inca Character’s Home Remains
https://www.telesurenglish.net/peruvian-archaeologists-find-ancient-pre-inca-characters-home-remains/



Africa / Haiti / DR

Paramilitary Group in Sudan Shells Famine-stricken Camp in Darfur, Killing 31 People
https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5176020-paramilitary-group-sudan-shells-famine-stricken-camp-darfur-killing-31-people

Port-au-Prince Marks Two Months Without Electricity Amid Sabotage, Political Paralysis, and Mounting Public Anger
https://www.telesurenglish.net/port-au-prince-marks-two-months-without-electricity-amid-sabotage-political-paralysis-and-mounting-public-anger/