Daily Dispatch - 19 December 2023

THIS ONE IS A DOOZY!

TOP STORIES

1. JUST IN: Trump-Appointed Judge Halts Removal of Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila 

2. Tennessee sues BlackRock in first-of-its-kind ESG lawsuit 

3. U.S. Steel sold to foreign company | Blaze Media 

4. US announces 10-nation force to counter Houthi attacks in Red Sea | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera 

5. ARMAGEDDON: MASS OF THOUSANDS of Illegal Aliens Wait to Be Processed at Eagle Pass - Like Nothing You've Ever Seen (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila 

ISRAEL

1. (17) zerohedge on X: "Red Sea is now largely closed to traffic. That's 8.8 million bpd of daily oil transit, and nearly 380 million tons of daily cargo transit. Global traffic now will be rerouted around Cape of Good Hope, adding 40% to voyage distance (and even more to cost) https://t.co/Xct7x03tFI" / X 

2. BP, Evergreen, Euronav Halt Sailings Through Chaotic Red Sea As Insurers Demand 'War Risk Coverage'  | ZeroHedge 

3. (5) Mark Facebook on X: "@HarrisonHSmith @samosirmatthew Harrison, DONT Google Search Project Catastrophe. Dont... Oops... https://t.co/eGo2hJobLj" / X 

4. (16) Sam Parker 🇺🇲 on X: "Chaya Raichik of LibsofTikTok celebrates the déath of people who exercise their speech in ways she doesn't like: https://t.co/l16P4J7yOR" / X 

5. Yemen’s Houthis ‘will not stop’ Red Sea attacks until Israel ends Gaza war | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera 

6. Over 100 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza 

7. War with Hamas has turned half a million Israelis into refugees -opinion - The Jerusalem Post 

8. Hezbollah 'Attacks' Israel's Iron Dome Systems Amid Fierce Clashes On Lebanon Border | Gaza War | Hindustan Times 

WAR

1. U.S. enters 2024 with its smallest military in over 80 years as active-duty troop numbers sink to less than 1.3 million and all branches except Space Force MISS recruiting goals and Pentagon issue 'national call of service' to Gen Z | Daily Mail Online 

2. US Armed Forces misses recruitment by 41,000 troops | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com 

3. US Army faces 'TikTok mutiny' as Gen Z recruits whine about low pay, 'sh***y' food and FITNESS TESTS while on bases in uniform | Daily Mail Online 

EUROPE

1. Bosch will in Deutschland bis zu 1500 Stellen abbauen - Blick 

2. US quietly announces new Ukraine command with 3-star general - Responsible Statecraft 

3. (15) Michael Shellenberger on X: "Europe On Cusp Of Mass Secret Censorship Corporate news media and governments applaud crackdown on free speech as EU censorship officials open office in San Francisco by @shellenberger French President Emmanuel Macron; Thierry Breton, EU Commissioner for Internal Market and… https://t.co/eTt6IBfC1n" / X 

4. Britain's National Grid drops China-based supplier over cyber security fears - FT | Reuters 

5. Germany To Permanently Deploy Troops for First Time Since World War II 

IMMIGRATION

1. Texas law lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally | AP News 

2. Trump doubles down on anti-immigration rhetoric, pledging to use overseas troops at the border - ABC News 

3. Migrant buses respond to Chicago’s new penalties and restrictions by dropping migrants in secret locations 

OTHER

1. Ex-Navy admiral reveals military cover-up, supports non-human UFO claims - Insider Paper 

2. (12) Jeremy Carl on X: "1/ Today at Arlington National Cemetery, they will tear down a memorial built to celebrate reconciliation between North and South. But commanding American General and President U.S. Grant had a dramatically different view of reconciliation than the monument wreckers. A 🧵: https://t.co/QAPa2wMpka" / X 

3. Can Texas secede? 'Nationalist' group says yes, Supreme Court said no 

4. Biden wants to give 500,000 Americans money to buy homes 

5. Nearly 1% of entire country has signed record-breaking fire Trudeau petition  - The Counter Signal 

6. (6) Lisa Logan on X: "🧵I’ve discovered EXACTLY how the federal government is sneakily going to turn freedom-loving America into a surveillance state like China through the manipulation of the term ‘resilience.’ It’s called The Federal Plan for Equitable Long-Term Recovery and Resilience. https://t.co/HQNOXTXeVz" / X 

7. Kendall Stephens, Philadelphia LGBTQ activist, charged with rape of minors - CBS Philadelphia 

8. American Society of Magical Negroes is PANNED online after trailer that joked 'uncomfortable white people' are 'the most dangerous animals on the planet' | Daily Mail Online 

9. Claudine Gay’s DEI Empire | City Journal 

10. Man with 15 prior arrests brutally attacks ‘Lion King’ violinist, promptly gets released with no bail | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com 

11. BLACKROCK SCANDAL: Tennessee Sues Company, Demands Transparency on Alleged Environmental Activism | The Gateway Pundit | by Fernando de Castro 

12. Japanese Firm to Acquire U.S. Steel for Almost $15 Billion — National Security and Labor Concerns Rise as Iconic American Company Changes Hands | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft 

13. Iceland volcano erupts on Reykjanes peninsula 

14. American scientists misled Pentagon on research in Wuhan 

15. Google to pay $700M in antitrust settlement over Play Store dispute 

16. BlackRock, Blackstone: RFK Jr’.’s housing conspiracy theory - The Washington Post

17.  Over 170 people with Jeffrey Epstein links to be named in 2024 court documents - Insider Paper 

18. WHO Global Framewrk on well-being and health promotion - framework4wellbeing_16dec22.pdf