SOTT English

A Conservative's audit of the Left's ruling assumptions The mirror they refuse to look into. There is a particular kind of intellectual dishonesty that does not know it is dishonest. It wraps itself in the language of compassion, hides its power hunger behind slogans of liberation, and mistakes its own cultural preferences for universal moral law. American progressivism, in its current form as embodied by the Democrat Party, has become a nearly perfect specimen of this condition. ✍️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

After Shangri-La: Asia is no longer asking Washington's permission At the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue 2026 held in Singapore and attended by 44 countries, the real story was not the reaffirmation of the US-led Indo-Pacific order but its slow, public unraveling. The Speech That Misread the Room The opening plenary belongs, by Shangri-La tradition, to Washington. This year, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared: "The era of the United States subsidizing the defence of wealthy nations is over," demanded that allies spend at least 3.5% of GDP on defence, and denounced the "utopian idealism" of the old multilateral order. ✍️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇺🇸BEST OF THE WEB: Gabbard: Fauci, Biden Admin threatened those who attempted to expose US-funded foreign gain-of-function biolabs Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday revealed there are more than 120 taxpayer-funded biolabs located in 30 countries, and the Biden administration "threatened" people who attempted to expose their existence. Gabbard alleges an intentional cover-up by powerful figures, including Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Biden administration, regarding the existence and gain-of-function research conducted at these labs, some in high-risk areas such as Ukraine. "These biolabs include labs in places like Ukraine, which could be at risk of compromise due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war," Gabbard said. ❗️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

Backroom detente: A curious lack of Iranian strikes on UAE, while others get hit Amid Iran's counter-attacks on Gulf nations and reportedly on American bases hosted in these Arab Gulf allied states, there's been a curious lack of any new launches against the United Arab Emirates. Kuwait and Bahrain have been hit especially hard in this week's new flare-up in cross-Gulf fighting, but again, the UAE has been spared - after previously coming under significant attacks during the opening month of Operation Epic Fury. Even faraway Jordan has been targeted in the new 'retaliatory' attacks. But Bloomberg on Thursday revealed the reason - Iran and the UAE have apparently reached an 'understanding' after some backroom dealing and diplomacy. 📍 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

Hunter Biden invested in a pandemic firm collaborating with Daszak's EcoHealth and the Wuhan lab Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners - an investment firm led by Hunter Biden - was a lead financial backer of Metabiota, a pandemic tracking and response firm that has partnered with Peter Daszak's EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners (RSTP) was an offshoot of Rosemont Capital, an investment fund founded by Biden and John Kerry's stepson in 2009, that counted Biden as a Managing Director. Among the companies listed on archived versions of the firm's portfolio is Metabiota, a San Francisco-based company that purports to detect, track, and analyze emerging infectious diseases, The National Pulse can reveal. Financial reports reveal that RSTP led the company's first round of funding, which amounted to $30 million. ‼️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇮🇱Israel 'emptying' Al-Aqsa facilities to undermine Waqf, watchdog warns Palestinian monitoring group says authorities are targeting four key sites across the mosque complex as part of broader effort to sideline Jordanian-backed Islamic Waqf. Israel has emptied four facilities within the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex that served as offices for the Islamic Waqf, in what a monitoring group has described as an escalating campaign against the Jordanian-backed body. The Al-Quds International Institution, a Palestinian organisation that monitors developments in Jerusalem, said on Tuesday that Israeli authorities have used "manufactured security pretexts" to target the facilities. According to the group, Israeli forces raided the sites in recent months, broke their locks and prevented the installation of replacements. 🙌 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🛸Discs, orbs, 'heavenly' phenomena, more revealed in 3rd batch of declassified UFO files Americans living in the northeastern United States witnessed "brilliant and beautiful" glowing red and white orbs in their backyard, which they caught on video, the Pentagon's third release of declassified UFO files on June 12 showed. The new documents contained encounters from around the world, such as reports of a "disc-like" object in Zimbabwe, a "potato shaped" craft in Colorado, and "heavenly" phenomena moving at speeds of 12,000 kilometers per hour in Hungary. The third batch adds to the previous two document dumps of UFO and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) files released by the Pentagon on May 8 and May 22. Those batches also detailed stunning encounters, including Apollo 11 astronauts seeing a "sizable" object near the moon and a UAP being shot down over the Great Lakes. ➡️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

How Bad Is Foreign Influence In America's Nonprofit Universe? In February, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing titled "Foreign Influence in American Nonprofits: Unmasking Threats from Beijing and Beyond." While Democrats deflected and tried to make the hearing about MAGA and free speech, the underlying topic remains important. So how bad is foreign influence in America's nonprofit universe? It turns out: very bad. The Muslim Brotherhood Earlier this week, the New York Post published a story reporting that CAIR was under investigation by HHS for alleged fraud. ✍️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇵🇭BEST OF THE WEB: 61 killed, 1,200 injured after 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocks southern Philippines - 3 aftershocks of mag. 6.5, 6.0 and 6.0 (UPDATE) A powerful offshore earthquake struck southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 32 people and injuring over 200. The magnitude 7.8 earthquake also triggered tsunami waves exceeding a metre that impacted nearby coastlines. The city of General Santos bore the brunt of the event, experiencing building collapses and significant damage to critical infrastructure. The bustling port city is home to some 700,000 people and a hub for the tuna export industry. 📍 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

Severe hailstorm strikes Ankara, Türkiye leaving layer of ice 5 cms thick A sudden downpour and hailstorm in Ankara around midday paralyzed life in the city. Many houses were flooded, and vehicles were swept away by the floodwaters, particularly in Yenimahalle and Kahramankazan districts. 👍🏼 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇷🇺Putin tells the truth: Russia is fighting alone against entire West No one will be able to force a strategic defeat on Moscow in Ukraine, the Russian president has said Russia is practically fighting against the entirety of the collective West in the Ukraine conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a meeting with service members in the Kremlin on Friday. The meeting coincided with Russia Day, which commemorates the country's declaration of sovereignty on June 12, 1990 and the beginning of its post-Soviet statehood. "Russia is standing against the so-called Collective West single-handedly," Putin said, noting that the Ukraine conflict has become "exceedingly high-tech." The NATO nations are all, without exception, ramping up efforts to do all they can to orchestrate actions against Russia, he added. 🙌 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇺🇦Candace Owens: Ukraine conflict is 'ethnic cleansing' of Russian speakers The goal was to remove the population of eastern Ukraine and replace it with "other people", the US commentator has said The Ukraine conflict appears to be an "ethnic cleansing" project aimed at removing the Russian-speaking population from the country's eastern border regions, US conservative commentator Candace Owens has said. Owens made the remarks in an interview with Russian filmmaker and TV host Nikita Mikhalkov during a discussion about the roots of the conflict and the West's attitude toward Russia. "I think what's happening in Ukraine is an ethnic cleansing," Owens said, arguing that it was "obvious" that large numbers of fighting-age men were being killed, and suggested that "the ultimate goal" of those behind the conflict was to move in "other people" to Ukraine's border regions. 👀 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

Trump administration plans major NATO drawdown of U.S. jets, tankers, bombers and warships in Europe A June document shared with allies reportedly outlines sweeping reductions in U.S. military assets assigned to NATO operations, including fighter jets, surveillance aircraft, tankers, naval forces and bomber units. The Trump administration is preparing to reduce key U.S. air and naval assets available for NATO missions in Europe, a move that would mark a broad shift in America's military posture inside the alliance, according to The New York Times. Two senior European officials familiar with the decision said the reductions were detailed in a document provided to allies in early June. The plan would cut the number of American aircraft and warships assigned to NATO operations and could limit the alliance's capacity for aerial refueling, surveillance, long-range strikes and maritime monitoring. ➡️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇺🇸US publishes docs on 'dangerous' Ukrainian biolabs The documents confirm Russia's claims that the labs were working with potential bioweapons. US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has released new evidence that US-funded biological laboratories in Ukraine were researching dangerous pathogens. Washington previously denied any role in running these labs. Published on Friday, the declassified documents reveal that the US "built and supported" 40 biolabs in Ukraine, which worked with "especially dangerous pathogens" including anthrax, avian flu, Ebola, plague, and tuberculosis. ➡️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

Eurasia's EU dream now comes with an anti-Russian price tag As Yerevan weighs Russia against Europe, the real question is whether the "European path" exists at all. The final results of Armenia's parliamentary elections are due to be announced this weekend. Vaagn Hovakimyan, head of the country's Central Election Commission, has said ballots will be recounted until Friday, after which complaints and appeals will be considered. The official results are expected on Sunday and those who reject the outcome will then have one day, June 19, to appeal to the Constitutional Court. 👉🏼 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇺🇸US Justice Department subpoenas major banks over alleged 'debanking,' source says The U.S. Justice Department has issued subpoenas to major banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, seeking information on whether they improperly closed customer accounts for political reasons, according to a person familiar with the matter. The subpoenas, some dating back ​to last year, were from the U.S. Attorney's ​Office in Washington, D.C., headed by Jeanine Pirro. The ⁠Wall Street Journal first reported the subpoenas. They requested ​banks to provide lists of individuals who were allegedly "debanked," ​along with details explaining why their accounts were closed, the report said. 👉🏼 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

Ron Paul: We should not 'integrate' our military with any foreign nation! Not since the notorious 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) provided for indefinite detention of American citizens, has the annual funding bill been as misused as this year. Embedded in the bill is an insult to every American who values our national sovereignty. The NDAA's Section 224, the "United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative," would "integrate" the Israeli military with our own, fusing technology, production, intelligence-sharing, and more. As Ben Freeman wrote last week in Responsible Statecraft: "The US and Israel already work together heavily on missile defense, but this provision would greatly expand coordination to seemingly every area of defense tech, including AI, quantum, autonomous systems, directed energy, cyber, biotech, and many more. ❗️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇭🇳Intense rains cause severe flooding in San Pedro Sula, Honduras A vehicle was trapped in the middle of a strong current of water this Thursday in San Pedro Sula, one of the scenes that reflected the impact of the intense rains that hit the city during the afternoon. The image shows the moment a person tries to stabilize a vehicle as the force of the water surrounds it and threatens to sweep it away. The current turned the street into a raging river, creating a high-risk situation for drivers and pedestrians. The incident occurred in the middle of traffic and the man was fighting to prevent the current from carrying his vehicle away. ❗️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

Puffy Putin peril: The West's latest attempt to scare itself Headlines about the Russian president's looks and 'erratic' behavior are a symptom of terminal Russophrenia. You can't argue with a man observing the obvious: We are living in unusually perilous times. In the Middle East, for instance, the Israeli-American infernal duo have been on a rampage of war, state terror, all-purpose devastation, and genocide that, as a bonus, has also brought the world economy to the verge of cardiac arrest by clogging one of its vital fossil fuel arteries. Indeed, that particular risk is so obvious that even Germany's less than brilliant Friedrich Merz has long spotted it. ➡️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

Why the Israeli real-estate expo in London must be cancelled If organisers of the "Great Israeli Real Estate Event" get their way, stolen Palestinian land will be traded on British soil this Sunday. The event takes places annually in cities across the US and Canada, and has in recent years been coming to London, in an attempt to establish the capital as a regular feature of the expo. Despite keeping the London event under wraps in recent years, the secret is now out - and we're taking action to stop it. We know that we can cancel the event, because it has been cancelled elsewhere: in 2024, organisers pulled out of Brooklyn amid widespread protest. 🙌 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate