“Flesh shall rot away while they stand”: A modern outbreak meets an ancient prophecy
A rare and often fatal “flesh-eating” bacteria has killed at least seven people along the Gulf Coast so far this year, with health officials in two states warning residents to stay cautious around warm coastal water through the rest of the summer. Florida’s Department of Health confirmed a second death from Vibrio vulnificus this year in data posted August 6, alongside 14 additional confirmed cases. Louisiana has recorded five deaths and nine total cases in 2026, every one of them a hospitalized patient who contracted the infection through a wound exposed to seawater and who had an underlying health condition. That marks a sharp jump for Louisiana specifically: Once in the bloodstream, it can cause sepsis, blistering skin lesions, and organ failure within hours, …..

Nigerian court rules Islamic police can’t arrest Christian convert
A Nigerian woman was detained and beaten after fleeing abuse and embracing Christianity, but now a top court is protecting her rights and curbing Sharia forces. The ruling came in the case of Sarah*, now 22, who fled her family home in Kano State in 2025 after suffering abuse from her elder siblings, who were also attempting to force her into marriage against her wishes. (Sarah’s parents had died years prior.) Sarah took refuge with a Christian family, the Abaras, and while living with them, converted to Christianity herself.

North Korean ballistic missile kills 7 steelworkers on their way to shelter, shuts down Zaporizhstal plant
A Russian ballistic strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killed seven employees of the Zaporizhstal steel plant and injured 21 others, Ukrainian steelmaker Metinvest, the plant’s majority owner, said on 11 August. The workers were on their way to a shelter after an air raid alert was announced when the strike hit the industrial site,

‘Abortion shot’: Senators release doc showing 82% miscarriage rate after COVID jab
A newly released trove of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s communications during the early days of the COVID pandemic shows that the former COVID czar knew that the experimental drug had proved deadly to the unborn, with vaccinated pregnant women miscarrying at a staggering rate of 82%. Yet he and other government health officials continued to promote the deadly jab as “safe and effective” for pregnant moms.

Two Russian refineries burn – Orsk hit by drones 1,500 km out, Komsomolsk ablaze 6,500 km east
Two Russian oil refineries caught fire on 11 August, but the two incidents tell very different stories. In Orsk, in Orenburg Oblast, drones sparked a blaze that Ukrainian monitoring channels quickly linked to Kyiv’s long-range campaign. Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers farther east, a Rosneft plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur burned for reasons that remain unexplained.

Russia’s Odesa strikes halve Ukraine’s grain export forecast
Ukraine’s Agriculture Ministry has cut its forecast for agricultural exports in 2026–2027 by 54% as Russian attacks disrupt shipping through Odesa’s ports, Bloomberg reported. The ministry now expects 29.6 million tons of agricultural exports, down from 64.4 million. Its wheat export forecast fell by 53%, from 17.6 million tons to 8.3 million tons.

New round of Israel-Lebanon talks set for September in Rome
The US State Department announced on Tuesday that the US will host the talks, which will take place in Rome, Italy, in September. “The talks will continue in Beirut, Jerusalem and Washington in the meantime. We view the development positively,”

US helicopter fires on Panamanian-flagged ship heading to Iranian port
A US military helicopter fired on a Panamanian-flagged ship in the Gulf of Oman early Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reports. The ship was hit in the rudder, an American source told the newspaper. The information was confirmed by Central Command, Centcom. According to a statement, the helicopter fired two missiles at the engine room of the ship Vela Nova after “the ship’s civilian crew ignored repeated warnings from US forces.”

Seismologist on Colombia earthquake: Unusually large, but not unusual for the region
Now this was a somewhat unusually large earthquake in Colombia, but if you go a little further south towards Ecuador, the earthquakes have been even larger.

Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia
A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his younger brother to death. They were convicted in absentia of crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 14-year civil war in Syria, which claimed the lives of half a million people. al-Assad and his brother Mahir fled to Russia after rebels entered Damascus in December 2024

German nurse convicted of 10 patient murders faces 121 more suspected cases
A former German nurse convicted of ten murders of patients is now being investigated in 121 additional suspected cases. The man, who worked at clinics in Würselen and Cologne, was sentenced to life imprisonment last year. So far, 39 bodies have been examined as part of the new investigation, the Aachen prosecutor’s office told the German news agency DPA. According to the verdict, the nurse gave dangerously large doses of sedatives to seriously ill patients between December 2023 and May 2024. The motive was, among other things, to reduce his workload during night shifts, according to prosecutors.

AI cyber threats give security leaders decision fatigue
Many security leaders at major companies, flush with expanded budgets to fend off AI-powered cyberattacks, are experiencing a level of decision fatigue that’s freezing them in their tracks. Why it matters: Those leaders are still trying to size up how autonomous cyberattacks will affect their businesses at a time when they need to be taking bold action and mobilizing quickly, experts told Axios.

UN’s Green Climate Fund isn’t “Green” or about “Climate”; it’s just a UN Fund
The UN Green Climate Fund (“GCF”) is neither Green nor about climate. They are mostly just doing normal foreign aid that the donor countries would be better off doing themselves. They have received and spent over $20 billion to date, with more billions coming.

Trump cheers Alito staying for another Supreme Court term: ‘One of the greatest of all time’
In a late-night social media post, President Donald Trump celebrated Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s decision to remain on the bench for another term. Trump’s celebration of the 76-year-old conservative stalwart’s decision to put off retirement comes as the midterms raise the stakes over how long Republicans will retain the Senate majority needed to confirm any eventual successor. “Great news for our Country! Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has announced that he is staying for another Term,” Trump wrote Monday night on Truth Social. “He is one of the Greatest of All Time. We are all lucky!”

Iran’s Military Command Reshuffle Digs In For ‘Hardline’ Confrontation: US Must Meet All Demands For Hormuz Opening
Pakistan started the day by floating optimistic reports of the warring sides reverting to ‘moving toward peace efforts’ – however that appears very short-lived, or really was probably never a reality, given soon on the heels of these claims a top Iranian official has reiterated that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US corrects its ‘behavior’. According to fresh reports out of state media sources:

Not Winning? Just Change The Rules…
What binds the new Democratic Party to the new Democratic Socialists is a set of shared issues and values. That is, the radicalism of the Democrats in the age of Trump Derangement Syndrome – lawfare, de-balloting, the Mar-a-Lago raid, and calls to destroy the Electoral College, the nine-justice Supreme Court, and the filibuster – helped give birth to the socialists. But the overriding commonality among those on the new Left is that if they do not get their way, they blame the “system.” Then they seek to change the rules, no matter how hallowed those laws and conventions may have been or how much they themselves benefited from them in the past.

The Diamond Crash Accelerates
The Diamond Standard Index, tracked on Bloomberg under the ticker DIAMINDX, tumbled to new record lows during the first half of August as a surge in affordable lab-grown stones eroded the scarcity premium underpinning natural diamond prices. “Technological progress in growing diamonds in labs has been amazing. It’s no surprise most engagement rings are now using lab diamonds,”

Amb. Mike Huckabee for president? Why the unlikeliest 2028 candidate suddenly makes a lot of sense 
one specific email last week from the American Renewal Project grabbed my attention. It was an op-ed sent to 70,000 pastors by David Lane, the influential evangelical leader who helped organize the largest turnout of evangelical voters in history during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Buried inside was one sentence that immediately caught my attention: “We’ll throw Mike Huckabee’s name in the hat for 2028.”

‘We have no time to waste’: Netanyahu unveils Israel’s national AI program 
Netanyahu said Israel has a narrow window of opportunity to establish itself among the world’s leading AI powers and linked success in the field to the country’s future economic prosperity and security. “We stand at the threshold of a new era. AI is not just another technology; it is going to change the world. We are in a historical window of opportunity, but a very short one, because the pace of change is so great that if you do not safeguard and advance yourself in this wave, you will simply be left behind. And we cannot be left behind. We have no time to waste, and we do not just want to avoid being left behind; we want to be in the number one place, a leading place,”

Six dead as Houthi missiles strike commercial vessel in Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Six individuals lost their lives Tuesday during a Houthi missile strike on a commercial vessel transiting the Bab el-Mandeb strait, according to Yemeni officials quoted by The Associated Press. Yemen’s coast guard confirmed that the casualties comprised four civilian crew members and two personnel from the government-aligned National Resistance Forces. Official statements from the Transportation Ministry of Yemen’s internationally recognized government stated that Houthi forces launched three ballistic missiles directly at the Yemeni merchant ship.

The emergence of a new Islamic military bloc
The signing in Mecca of the new Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani Joint Defense Agreement should set off alarm bells throughout Jerusalem-and, frankly, throughout Washington. On August 7, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed what has been called the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, pledging that an armed attack against one member will be treated as an attack against all three. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has acknowledged that the agreement is, technically, comparable to NATO’s Article 5, although the precise mechanisms for implementing that commitment remain unclear. Turkey brings one of NATO’s largest militaries, a rapidly expanding indigenous defense industry and an increasingly independent foreign policy under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Turkey’s ambitions for a greater regional role have led some observers to describe its foreign-policy vision in neo-Ottoman terms.

Iran to become member of BRICS Bank, increasing economic cooperation, trade 
Iran is going to become a member of the BRICS Bank, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnaser Hemmati said, according to reports from Iranian media on Tuesday evening. BRICS is an organization made up of eleven countries: Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. It is an economic and geopolitical bloc that focuses on trade and development.

Devastating ad exposes transgender mutilation of children
A new ad is taking aim at far-left Texas Democrat Senate nominee James Talarico’s record on LGBT issues, using artificial intelligence (AI) to depict the candidate as a gender “transition” surgeon looming over a little girl. The 30-second spot, created by American Principles Project (APP), evokes the famous 1964 “Daisy” ad from President Lyndon B. Johnson’s campaign that depicted a little girl picking flower petals before implicitly being caught in a nuclear explosion. The APP version replaces the looming threat of the Cold War arms race with the transgender industry. “She dreams of growing up, falling in love, becoming a mother,” a similarly voiced narrator says. “The trans industry preys on confused children.

Socialism: A System Where Government Uses Your Money To Solve Everyone Else’s Problems
They’re coming for your money and have a ton of momentum right now. Democratic Socialists are winning elections by promising free stuff, but free stuff is never actually free. Somewhere, someone has to pay for it. Unfortunately, it’s a system that is becoming increasingly popular among our young adults.

There Are Now 10 States (Plus Washington D.C.) That Allow Abortions Up To Birth
There are 8 nations where you can get an abortion up to birth. One is the US where 10 states (plus D.C.) have no gestational limits on abortion. Sadly, it’s likely more states will soon join this list. This is a crime against humanity. If we continue to kill children on an industrial scale in America, there isn’t going to be a future for America.

Judgment Day for Christian influencer who declined to feed politician’s gender fantasy
A prominent influencer has been ordered to prison – a two-year sentence reduced to house arrest – for refusing to feed a politician’s fantasy that he is a woman. Of course, being male or female is embedded in the human body down to the DNA level and does not change, irrespective of feelings, chemicals or surgeries.

Zelensky Claims North Korea Sending Up To 50K Troops To Russia; Presses Seoul To Send Missiles
Ukraine’s President Zelensky warns North Korea against its deepening involvement with Russia in the war against Ukraine. His Monday words alleged that Russia recently received additional ballistic missiles from Pyongyang and is preparing to deploy more North Korean troops, after already sending thousands to fight on the Russian side.

Witchcraft Courses Rapidly Expand Across University Campuses, Outnumbering Christianity 8 to 1 At Arizona State
Arizona State University will offer 8 courses with witchcraft, magic, or occult in the title. Meanwhile, one course will cover the bedrock faith of Western Civilization. “Think about that…At one of the largest public universities, students can choose from a small festival of courses on witchcraft, while Christianity receives [only] a single titled course.”

Israel Was Just Directly Threatened By a Nuclear-Armed Islamic Nation—And It’s Not Iran
Iran’s nuclear weapons program has been mostly obliterated by U.S. and Israeli militaries over the past 14 months. Pakistan, however, currently possesses approximately 170 nuclear warheads. The other day, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif demanded all Islamic nations unite militarily against Israel, especially over the ‘Palestinian’ issue.

UN’s Green Climate Fund isn’t “Green” or about “Climate”; it’s just a UN Fund
“The UN Green Climate Fund isn’t “green” nor is it about the climate. It is simply foreign aid under another name. David Wojick explains why and concludes, “It makes no sense for donor countries to run billions of dollars of their limited foreign aid money through the fraudulent and wasteful Green Climate Fund.”

Netanyahu spokesman to JNS: Hamas must disarm before Gaza pullout
Israel will reject any Gaza Strip ceasefire framework that fails to require total Hamas disarmament, PM Netanyahu’s spokesperson said, warning that the terrorist group must be completely stripped of its arsenal before Israel considers withdrawing its troops. The Islamist group is “just as committed to terrorism today” as it was on Oct. 7, 2023.

Typhoon Dolphin floods central China, parts of Beijing
Typhoon Dolphin churned deeper inland to the central Chinese province of Hubei on Tuesday, flooding streets, forcing the closure of tourist areas and halting construction projects, as forecasters warned of extreme rainfall across a broad swathe of the country.

Fauci Privately Flagged Miscarriage Risk Before Telling Pregnant Women There Were ‘No Red Flags’
Newly disclosed text messages show Fauci privately entertained the possibility that the COVID vaccine could trigger first-trimester miscarriages, months before he told the public there was no risk. The messages come from a trove Sen. Rand Paul and Sen. Ron Johnson released, containing over 34,000 texts and 522 voicemails.

Colombia declares national emergency as quake toll hits 111
Colombia declared a national emergency on Monday after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in the west of the country killed at least 111 people and injured 87 others as rescue teams searched for survivors trapped under debris. The quake prompted evacuations in the capital, Bogota, and was felt across other parts of Latin America, including Ecuador and Panama.

Ukraine gave up 1,900 nuclear warheads in 1994 on Western promises that didn’t work. New plan would replace them with Britain’s shield instead
Plan pairs Britain’s nuclear deterrent with Ukraine’s army as Europe doubts US protection and struggles to deter Russia. Boles said Europe needed a new security model because neither US President Donald Trump nor a future US president could be guaranteed to “defend Europe as if it were Kansas.”

Theodore Roosevelt’s Enduring Lesson: America Is No Accident
In an August 1901 speech, Theodore Roosevelt … Expounding on America’s greatness, he noted history does not stop. As generations follow each other, the future depends on each. “When we pay homage to the hardy, grim, resolute men who, with incredible toil and risk, laid deep the foundations of the civilization that we inherit, let us steadily remember … that the only homage that counts is homage of deeds – not merely words.”

DNC Faces Catastrophic Donor Revolt
As the 2026 midterms approach, the consensus among the pundit class is that the Democrats will retake control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate. But an all-out revolt from the Democrat donor class may complicate that picture. Democrats are indeed leading in the polls and running with a strong historical precedent that says the president’s party almost always loses seats in the midterms. According to recent FEC filings, however, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is quite literally broke – and there is no precedent for winning a major national election without at least remaining competitive in the money game. As Politico reports, “The DNC is more than $2 million in debt,

Syria and Iraq plan oil pipeline to the Mediterranean as Hormuz tensions rise
The Iran war and the crisis around the Strait of Hormuz have shaken global oil markets. Now Syria hopes to open an oil pipeline from Iraq to the Mediterranean and thereby establish itself as a player in the energy market. But the challenges are many.

Zelenskyy says up to 50,000 North Korean troops are on their way to Russia
North Korea has already sent soldiers, missiles and ammunition to Russia earlier in the war, in exchange for financial support and military technology, among other things. “At first we talked about hundreds, then thousands, and now a decision has been made to deploy between 30,000 and 50,000 North Koreans on Russian territory,”

Trump says he will demand compensation from Iran in peace talks
Iran wants the US to pay war reparations as part of a future peace settlement. The US president rejects that – and instead says he intends to demand money from Iran in the peace negotiations. In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump calls Iran’s demand for compensation for damage caused by the war an “interesting idea.” “Now I also demand compensation from Iran, for all the people they have killed and seriously injured,” he writes. Trump clarifies that he is referring to compensation for the families and loved ones of all those whose lives the Iranian regime has directly or indirectly had on its conscience. The president specifically mentions the terrorist network al-Qaeda’s deadly attack on the American warship USS Cole in 2000.

Democrats’ Frankenstein Turns: Communist Ghost Dance Now Set To Devour The Party
You can’t overstate the power of ideas, especially bad ideas, and super-especially bad ideas that are really just manifestations of emotional states such as envy, vengefulness, enmity, sloth, and greed. Did somebody say communism? A lot of people are saying it lately. This garbage barge of management nostrums for the ills of advanced industrial society has steamed back into New York Harbor and is busy now dispatching its agents across the land.

‘Lull Israel to sleep’ by making peace while preparing war, officials advised country in the region – report 
Officials from a country in the Middle East advised another regional country to pretend to make peace with Israel in order to prepare for a larger war against it, Channel 12 News and state broadcaster Kan News reported Monday, after the IDF military censor approved the publication. According to Kan, the censor did not allow the two countries to be identified. Officials from one country reportedly advised the other to “tactically compromise” and make an agreement with Israel to “lull it to sleep” while preparing its forces for a larger confrontation with Israel.

Hamas continues entrenching itself along Gaza’s Yellow Line despite ceasefire 
Hamas terrorists continue to entrench themselves near the Yellow Line in Gaza, with Israeli forces reporting that terrorists are moving among the ruins, digging and working to restore military infrastructure despite efforts by the U.S.-backed Board of Peace (BoP) to advance a ceasefire and reconstruction plan.

The Middle Eastern formula for ‘peace’ – Ignore Hamas and blame Israel
Foreign ministers of Arab and Islamic countries gathered in Jordan on August 5 and 6 to issue yet another series of condemnations of Israel. Reading their statements, one could easily conclude that there is only one party responsible for violence, instability, and suffering in the Middle East: Israel. Hamas? Barely relevant. The Hamas-led October 7, 2023, massacre? Apparently not worth mentioning. Palestinian terrorism and incitement against Israel? Not on the agenda.

Regime official’s ouster suggests the Islamic Republic is finding its postwar footing
These changes are a sign that the regime is coalescing into one nucleus, and the old guard is reaffirming itself.

Poll: Good news for right-wing bloc
A new Channel 14 News poll published Monday evening gives the right-wing bloc a majority of 62 Knesset seats. Likud, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, gains two seats compared with the previous poll and leads with 33 seats.

Israel prefers Iran pressure without war, but officials warn: ‘Trump is unpredictable’
Israeli officials are closely watching Washington as negotiations with Iran remain stalled and U.S. President Donald Trump signals that he is in no rush to return to full-scale fighting, even as he keeps economic pressure on Tehran and introduces new demands into any future talks.

IAEA to remove nuclear material from secret Syrian site after US-Israel deal
The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to soon remove nuclear material stored at a clandestine site in Syria after the Trump administration reached understandings with Syria and Israel, according to Israeli and U.S. officials cited by Axios.

Witchcraft Courses Rapidly Expand Across University Campuses, Outnumbering Christianity 8 to 1 At Arizona State
This fall, Arizona State University is offering eight courses with words like witchcraft, magic, or the occult in the title. Meanwhile, one course will cover the bedrock faith of Western Civilization. “Think about that for a moment,” writes Owen Anderson, who teaches philosophy and religion at the university, at The Blaze. “At one of the largest public universities in the country, students can choose from a small festival of courses on witchcraft, while Christianity receives [only] a single titled course.” A quick web search reveals other major universities across the country are offering similar classes.

DECOY OPERATION: Trump Secretly Switched Planes In Turkey Amid Iranian Threat
President Donald Trump was secretly moved off Air Force One and flown out of Turkey aboard a smaller military aircraft last month as part of an extraordinary deception operation triggered by a credible Iranian assassination threat, while journalists and some White House staff were deliberately left believing the president remained aboard the iconic presidential jet,

7.4 earthquake hits western Colombia: at least 110 killed, dozens of buildings collapsed
A 7.4 earthquake hit western Colombia on Monday, Aug 10, killing at least 110 people and injuring hundreds. According to the Colombian Geological Service, the earthquake was the strongest in Colombia of the past decade. The earthquake struck around 7:30 and had its epicenter in San Jose del Palmar, a municipality in the Choco province.

Wildfires Continue to Rage Across Western US and Canada as Tens of Thousands Evacuated
Wildfires burning across the western US and Canada continued to threaten communities Sunday, leaving thousands of residents displaced and others watching closely for possible evacuation orders. While some evacuees waited anxiously to learn whether their homes had survived, firefighters worked to contain several major blazes across the region.

As Our Planet Becomes Even More Unstable, There Will Be More Giant Earthquakes, More Volcanic Eruptions and More Chaotic Wildfires
We were warned Earth was becoming increasingly unstable. We were warned there would be enormous earthquakes; we were warned more volcanoes would start erupting, and we were warned this would be a historic year for wildfires. What we’re witnessing is not even close to normal, and many believe it’s just the beginning.

Is a Global Financial Crash Starting In Japan?
The unraveling of the yen carry trade is accelerating, and that’s bad news for the global financial system. For a long time, investors could borrow yen for next to nothing and invest that money in financial assets all over the world. That helped create some epic financial bubbles, but now the entire process has gone in reverse.

MI Democratic Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Advocated for Sharia Law in US at CAIR Event, Equates Banning It with ‘White Supremacy’
Muslim supremacist Abdul El-Sayed spoke at an Oklahoma event sponsored by CAIR advocating for Sharia law and comparing it to the Trail of Tears. He equated banning it with white supremacy, invoking racism and Islamophobia over Sharia not being allowed on the streets of America.

DSA Leader Frances Gill is Unhinged from Reality – Denies Biden Opened the Borders While Squirming Over Abolishing Prisons, Police
“Democratic Socialists of America leader Frances Gill did interviews touting socialism and the DSA’s platform, which she should probably rethink. She claimed that former President Biden never opened the borders and squirmed while trying to defend defunding police and closing down prisons. Fail.”

Opening The Door to An Ideology That Revels in Chaos, Violence, And Reshaping the Fabric of Societies
“Disastrous open border policies have wreaked havoc across Europe and Western Nations. The globalist rhetoric that caused nations to open their doors in the name of “inclusion” and “acceptance” has had disastrous consequences—predominantly, and unsurprisingly, the undermining of national sovereignty.”

Dr. Ashley Bloomfield is New Zealand’s Anthony Fauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s COVID pandemic management parallels that of Dr. Ashley Bloomfield in New Zealand. Both officials cultivated cults of personality while suppressing information and deliberately misleading the public. This, quite rightly, has led the public in both countries to mistrust the health establishment.”

‘Privileged Idiot’: DSA National Co-Chair Stammers Over Taxing the H3!! Out of Millionaires, Opening America’s Borders
Democratic Socialists of America Co-Chair Megan Romer had brain freeze when asked to explain what she means by “tax the h3!! out of millionaires.” The question seemed to break her brain. She also tried to explain open borders & the ‘Palestinian’ conflict; it didn’t go well. All she made clear was her hatred for Israel & love of ‘Palestine.’