Weekly News-May 10-2024
Here are our top 5 stories of the week.
#1 – Biden Accused of Helping Hamas As Israelis Fume Over Threat to Halt Weapons
By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge
Israeli leaders are furious after the evening prior CNN published an interview with President Biden wherein he laid out that the US will withhold all offensive weapons from Israel if it moves forward with a full-scale invasion of Rafah.
In a message to both Israel’s “enemies and best friends” – clearly a reference to Washington – Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday vowed that Israel “will achieve [its] goals in the north and south.” Read full article >
#2 – GOP Bills Would Require ID to Vote in Fed Elections, Stop Counting Illegals in Census
By R. Cort Kirkwood | The New American
Since taking office in 2021, President Joe Biden has used the illegal-immigration policies of open borders; importing, releasing, and paroling “migrants”; and stopping the deportation of illegal aliens to remake the nation through demographic change.
Democrats know those millions of “migrants” might well become citizens and then Democratic voters. But even before that, they alter the apportionment of congressional seats because they are counted in the decennial census. Read full article >
#3 – Israel Carpet Bombs Rafah After Hamas Accepts Ceasefire Proposal
By Natural News
Israel’s military intensified carpet-bombing of Rafah on Monday night accompanied with reported ground advances shortly after Hamas agreed to a US-mediated ceasefire proposal.
(Article republished from MiddleEastEye.net)
The small town home to 1.5 million displaced Palestinians was struck with air strikes and artillery shelling, accroding to Palestinian news outlets. Several people have been reported killed and wounded. Read full article >
#4 – Pfizer Stock Hit After Boy Dies Of Cardiac Arrest During Gene Therapy Trial
By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge
Stock in Pfizer dropped on Tuesday after a young boy receiving experimental gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy died during the trial.
According to STAT News, Pfizer has yet to determine exactly what happened or how the boy died Pfizer has confirmed that the boy suffered cardiac arrest, and is pausing crossing over patients in its randomized phase 3 trial of the treatment in older boys, according to the report. Read full article >
#5 – Top FBI Official Urges Agents to Use Warrantless Wiretaps on US Soil
By Dell Cameron, William Turton | Wired
A top FBI official is encouraging employees to continue to investigate Americans using a warrantless foreign surveillance program in an effort to justify the bureau’s spy powers, according to an internal email obtained by WIRED.
Known as Section 702, the program is controversial for having been misused by the FBI to target US protesters, journalists, and even a sitting member of Congress. US lawmakers, nevertheless, voted to extend the program in April for an additional two years, while codifying a slew of procedures that the FBI claims is working to stop the abuse. Read full article >
Here are our top 5 most underreported or most bizarre stories of the week.
#1 – AstraZeneca Withdrawing Covid Vaccine Worldwide
By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge
In yet another damning development for the ‘safe and effective’ crowd, AstraZeneca has announced the worldwide withdrawal of its Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, branded as Vaxzevria, due to a rare but serious side effect. Read full article >
#2 – Boy Scouts of America Changes Name to ‘Scouting America’ to be ‘More Inclusive’
By Doug Mainwaring | LifeSite News
After years of turmoil and upheaval resulting in a major identity crisis, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced today that it’s changing its name to Scouting America in order to be “more inclusive.”
The rebranding comes as the troubled organization emerges from bankruptcy after a tsunami of allegations of sexual abuse rocked the once-beloved, venerable institution geared to forming boys into men. Read full article >
#3 – An Enormous Chunk of the U. S. Population is Either Homeless, Living in Poverty Or Considered to be Among the Working Poor
By Michael Snyder | The Economic Collapse Blog
As the U.S. economy slows down, those at the bottom of the economic food chain are being hit the hardest. Homelessness is surging, the number of Americans living in poverty is rising, and more Americans are considered to be among “the working poor” than ever before. Unfortunately, we are witnessing a historic economic shift right now, and economic conditions are only going to get even more harsh during the months ahead. Needless to say, that is really bad news for all of us. Read full article >
#4 – Florida Becomes First State to Ban ‘Fake Meat’
By Patricia Tolson | The Epoch Times
Florida’s governor has signed a first-of-its-kind bill into law to officially ban lab-grown meat, in a bid to protect the Sunshine State’s cattle industry and its residents.
#5 – Finnish MP on Trial for Sharing Bible Verse Against Homosexuality Urges Christians to Speak the Truth
By Andreas Wailzer | LifeSite News

Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen – ADF International
Finnish MP and former Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen, who is being prosecuted for posting a Bible verse condemning homosexuality, called on Christians to courageously share the truth on controversial issues in the face of persecution.
In a talk hosted by the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and Family, Räsänen told the story of her ongoing court case in Finland and encouraged Christians to boldly speak out despite possible retaliation. Read full article >