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📺 Ana Kasparian (X: @AnaKasparian) & Cenk Uyghur (X: @cenkuygur) break down Drop Site’s latest investigation: “Epstein and Leviathan” from @mazmhussain.bsky.social & @ryangrim.bsky.social on how the financier...

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📺 @AnaKasparian and @cenkuygur break down Drop Site’s latest investigation: “Epstein and Leviathan” from @MazMHussain and @ryangrim on how the financier opened doors to Netanyahu and Ehud Barak amid Israel's offshore gas fight 👉 Watch “You Won't BELIEVE How Powerful Jeffrey Epstein Was”
January 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Originally posted on Jan. 1, 2026:

A Reuters investigation details how Israel used repurposed M113 armored personnel carriers packed with 1–3 tons of explosives as ground-based truck bombs in Gaza City in the weeks before the Oct. 10 ceasefire.

As Israeli forces advanced into central Gaza City...
A Reuters investigation details how Israel used repurposed M113 armored personnel carriers packed with 1–3 tons of explosives as ground-based truck bombs in Gaza City in the weeks before the October 10 ceasefire. As Israeli forces advanced into central Gaza City, these APC bombs, alongside airstrikes and bulldozers, flattened dense residential neighborhoods like Tel al-Hawa and Sabra. Satellite imagery shows at least 650 buildings destroyed in six weeks. Residents described blasts that felt like earthquakes, with no warning in some cases. Military experts told Reuters the explosions rivaled Israel’s largest U.S.-supplied aerial bombs, the 2000-pounders, sending debris hundreds of meters and collapsing multi-storey buildings. The use of APCs as bombs is highly unusual and risks indiscriminate damage in urban areas, the experts said. Israeli officials said the tactic was needed to counter alleged Hamas booby traps and was guided by military necessity. Hamas denied booby-trapping buildings at scale. UN officials and international law scholars warned that deploying multi-ton explosives in residential areas may violate humanitarian law and could amount to wanton destruction, a potential war crime. See new posts Conversation Reuters @Reuters In the weeks before the ceasefire on October 10, Israel widely deployed a new weapon: M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed to carry between 1 and 3 tons of explosives, @Reuters found https://reut.rs/49zGDrq
January 4, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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Originally posted on Jan. 1, 2026:

⚡️ “This is truly the honor and the privilege of a lifetime,” Mamdani says after being sworn in as the new Mayor of New York City.

Drop Site will be on the ground for Thursday’s 1 p.m. public inauguration where Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in by Sen. Bernie...
⚡️ “This is truly the honor and the privilege of a lifetime,” Mamdani says after being sworn in as the new Mayor of New York City. Drop Site will be on the ground for Thursday’s 1 p.m. public inauguration where Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in by Sen. Bernie Sanders and introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, followed by the planned block party along Broadway near City Hall with music. Zara Rahim @ZaraRahim he is the mayor ya’ll!!!! Zara Rahim @ZaraRahim
January 4, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Andreas Krieg says the UAE has cultivated militias, separatists, & other non-state actors across the Middle East & Africa—an “axis of secessionists” in places like Yemen, Libya, Sudan, & Somalia—to project power & influence beyond formal state structures.

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"What the UAE have tried to do since the Arab Spring, is building a network of networks in breakaway regions across the Arab world...put together the STC and the War in Yemen is part of that. The 'Axis of Secessionists' creates a regional order that includes the Israelis but excludes other Arabs states, the Gulf and Turkey" The rest of @AJInsideStory here 👇 https://youtu.be/18ys2pwyRXw @AzizAlghashian
January 4, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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Originally posted on Jan. 1, 2026:

🇵🇸 “Happy New Year,” says Marwan Barghouti, the unlawfully imprisoned Palestinian leader, in a video recorded before his arrest in 2002, shared tonight by his son, Arab Barghouti.

More than 2 decades into his imprisonment, Barghouti remains the most prominent...
🇵🇸 “Happy New Year,” says Marwan Barghouti, the unlawfully imprisoned Palestinian leader, in a video recorded before his arrest in 2002, shared tonight by his son, Arab Barghouti. More than two decades into his imprisonment, Barghouti remains the most prominent and popular Palestinian political figure, as calls continue to grow for his release. “Free, Free Palestine,” he adds in the footage, thanking European and American friends who joined him to mark the new year.
January 4, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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Originally posted on Jan. 1, 2026:

🧵 THREAD: What Day 81 of the Gaza ceasefire shows, according to field data shared w/ Drop Site by sources inside Hamas

⭕️ A daily field monitoring report submitted to mediators by Hamas recorded 22 Israeli military violations of the Gaza ceasefire on Dec. 31...
🧵 THREAD: What Day 81 of the Gaza ceasefire shows, according to field data shared with Drop Site by sources inside Hamas ⭕️ A daily field monitoring report submitted to mediators by Hamas recorded 22 Israeli military violations of the Gaza ceasefire on Dec. 31, 2025 (Day 81), with two people killed — including a 5-year-old child — and multiple injuries reported across Gaza. ⭕️ The report cites 1152 injuries since the ceasefire began, with “all of the wounded were targeted inside the yellow line, without exception.” ⭕️ The thread below details casualties, military activity, aid entry, and overall compliance with agreed terms after 81 days 🧵👇🏼
January 4, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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Originally posted on Jan. 1, 2026:

⭕️ Israeli authorities announced the death of detainee Hassan Issa al-Qash’aleh, from Rahat, a Palestinian Bedouin city in the Negev, inside Beersheba prison on Thursday evening.

More than 100 detainees have been killed since the genocide began, with 86...
⭕️ Breaking: Israeli authorities announced the death of detainee Hassan Issa al-Qash’aleh, from Rahat, a Palestinian Bedouin city in the Negev, inside Beersheba prison on Thursday evening. More than 100 detainees have been killed since the genocide began, with 86 identities confirmed, while dozens of Gaza detainees remain forcibly disappeared and Israel continues to withhold the bodies of 94 prisoners. Human rights groups describe the toll as historically unprecedented, matching the number of detainees killed over a 24-year period between 1967 and 1991, according to Ma’an News. Al-Qash’aleh’s death comes amid a sharp rise in detainees killed in Israeli custody since the start of the Gaza war on October 7, 2023. He had been held for more than 13 months and was reportedly scheduled for release after six. Leading human rights groups and prisoner rights groups have documented detainees face systematic abuse, including torture, starvation, medical neglect, sexual assault, and deliberate exposure to disease such as scabies. See new posts Conversation Palestinian Center for Prisoners Advocacy @PalPrisonersA 🚨 Breaking news — The Palestinian detainee Hassan Issa Al-Qashaleh, from the city of Rahat in the 1948-occupied Palestinian territories, has died in the notorious Israeli occupation’s Be'er Alsabea' "Be'er Sheva" Prison.
January 4, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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An attendee raised a photo of Hind Rajab at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration. The 5-year-old Palestinian girl was killed by Israeli fire in Gaza in January 2024 while trying to flee with her family. Her desperate phone calls for help became a global symbol of the deliberate civilian harm central...
An attendee raised a photo of Hind Rajab at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration. The 5-year-old Palestinian girl was killed by Israeli fire in Gaza in January 2024 while trying to flee with her family. Her desperate phone calls for help became a global symbol of the deliberate civilian harm central to Israel’s genocidal military campaign. Meghnad Bose @MeghnadBose93 A guest at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration holds up a picture of Hind Rajab, the 5-year-old Palestinian child killed by Israeli forces in Gaza last year. Mamdani’s advocacy for Palestine was a keenly contested issue in the election, and was sharply criticized by pro-Israel groups and politicians, even as a genocide continued in Gaza, which took the lives of many like Hind. Meghnad Bose @MeghnadBose93
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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Originally posted on Jan. 1, 2026:

🟢New: Scottish activists broke into Bruntons Aero Products near Edinburgh & sabotaged equipment, calling out the firm’s role in supplying parts to Leonardo, an arms maker tied to Israel’s weapons supply. The graffiti read...

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January 4, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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Rep AOC (@aoc.bsky.social, X: @AOC) introduced the new mayor:

Video: Halal Flow via X (X: @halalflow, @halalflow.bsky.social)
January 4, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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Mamdani gave a shout-out to “Palestinian New Yorkers in Bay Ridge who will no longer have to contend with a politics that speaks of universalism and makes them the exception.”

And signals a move away from “the frigidity of rugged individualism to the warmth of collectivism.”
January 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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Drop Site News caught up with Olivia Becker, Video Director for Zohran Mamdani, at the mayor’s inauguration on Thursday.

Becker told us she’s thrilled to see other campaigns adopting Mamdani’s...

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January 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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🇨🇱 Chile’s President Gabriel Boric: "Today it's Venezuela, tomorrow it could be any other"
January 4, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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Drop Site spoke w/ Andrew Epstein, a top aide who serves as creative director for Mayor Zohran Mamdani, about what to expect from the administration’s communications & media team.

He said the...

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January 4, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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The Pentagon refuses to say where the 12/30 attacks occurred but US Coast Guard has been searching for the survivors in the Pacific Ocean approximately 400 nautical miles southwest of the Mexico / Guatemala border.
January 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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We are sure it’s just a coincidence, but today is the statuatory date for the DOJ to explain its redactions in the Epstein file productions.

We have not forgotten, and we won’t let up - regardless of the President’s new unconstitutional actions.
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he called President Donald Trump and directly voiced his opposition to the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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⭕️ Axios reports that the CIA played a central role in enabling the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, with U.S. intelligence officials saying a small CIA team was clandestinely deployed on the ground starting in August. According to a source, the team mapped Maduro’s “pattern of...
⭕️ JUST IN: Axios reports that the CIA played a central role in enabling the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, with U.S. intelligence officials saying a small CIA team was clandestinely deployed on the ground starting in August. According to a source, the team mapped Maduro’s “pattern of life,” providing detailed intelligence that made the operation possible. Axios says the effort was coordinated over several months by a senior group that included Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. The source described frequent, sometimes daily, meetings and calls, including direct coordination with President Trump. @BarakRavid 🚨The CIA produced the intelligence that enabled Delta Force's capture of Maduro, according to a source with knowledge 🚨The source said the CIA had a "small team clandestinely on the ground starting in August that was able to provide extraordinary insight into Maduro’s pattern of life that made grabbing him seamless" 🚨The source said the team working on the operation for several months included Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Rubio, Secretary of Defense Hegseth and CIA director Ratcliffe 🚨"They had consistent meetings and phone calls, sometimes even daily … often meeting both with the president and separately", the source said
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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Posted earlier today (Jan. 3, 2026) at 10:15 AM PT/15 PM EST:

🔘 Moments Ago

Trump on Machado: “It would be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn’t have the respect of her country.”

He said Venezuela’s VP has been sworn in as president following the removal of Nicolás Maduro, while...
🔘 Moments Ago Trump on Machado: “It would be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn’t have the respect of her country.” He said Venezuela’s vice president has been sworn in as president following the removal of Nicolás Maduro, while underscoring U.S. involvement in shaping the transition: “I understand she was just sworn in but she was, as you know, picked by Maduro,” Trump said, adding that Marco Rubio is “working on that directly” and “just had a conversation with her.” Trump claimed she is “essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again, very simple. See new posts Conversation María Corina Machado @MariaCorinaYA Translated from Spanish Venezuelans, the hour of freedom has arrived. See new posts Conversation María Corina Machado @MariaCorinaYA Venezolanos, llegó la hora de la libertad.
January 4, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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🇲🇽 Former Mexican President AMLO:

“I am retired from politics, but my libertarian convictions prevent me from staying silent in the face of the arrogant assault on the sovereignty of the people of Venezuela and the kidnapping of their president. Neither Bolívar nor Lincoln would accept the United...
🇲🇽 Former Mexican President AMLO: “I am retired from politics, but my libertarian convictions prevent me from staying silent in the face of the arrogant assault on the sovereignty of the people of Venezuela and the kidnapping of their president. Neither Bolívar nor Lincoln would accept the United States government acting as a world tyranny. President Trump: do not fall into self-complacency or listen to the siren song. Tell the hawks to go to hell; you have the capacity to act with practical judgment. Do not forget that today's ephemeral victory can be tomorrow's resounding defeat. Politics is not imposition. Remember that "respect for the rights of others is peace," as Benito Juárez taught us in the 19th century. I am Mexican with great pride, but also Latin American. I unconditionally support my president Claudia Sheinbaum. For now, I am not sending you a hug. AMLO” Andrés Manuel @lopezobrador_ Translated from Spanish I am retired from politics, but my libertarian convictions prevent me from staying silent in the face of the arrogant assault on the sovereignty of the people of Venezuela and the kidnapping of their president. Neither Bolívar nor Lincoln would accept the United States government acting as a world tyranny. President Trump: do not fall into self-complacency or listen to the siren song. Tell the hawks to go to hell; you have the capacity to act with practical judgment. Do not forget that today's ephemeral victory can be tomorrow's resounding defeat. Politics is not imposition. Remember that "respect for the rights of others is peace," as Benito Juárez taught us in the 19th century. I am Mexican with great pride, but also Latin American. I unconditionally support my president Claudia Sheinbaum. For now, I am not sending you a hug. AMLO Andrés Manuel @lopezobrador_ Estoy retirado de la política, pero mis convicciones libertarias me impiden callar ante el prepotente atentado a la soberanía del pueblo de Venezuela y el secuestro de su presidente. Ni Bolívar ni Lincoln aceptarían que el gobierno de Estados Unidos actuara como una tiranía mundial. Presidente Trump: no caiga en la autocomplacencia ni escuche el canto de las sirenas. Mande al carajo a los halcones; usted tiene capacidad para actuar con juicio práctico. No olvide que la efímera victoria de hoy puede ser la contundente derrota del mañana. La política no es imposición. Recuerde que “el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz”, como nos enseñó Benito Juárez en el siglo XIX. Soy mexicano con mucho orgullo, pero también latinoamericano. Apoyo incondicionalmente a mi presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum. Por ahora no le mando un abrazo. AMLO
January 4, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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🎥 WATCH | Drop Site News Latin America editor José Luis Granados Ceja warned that Trump’s rhetoric points to a dangerous domino effect, signaling to other governments like Cuba and Mexico: comply, or face similar intervention.

Granados Ceja and Krystal Ball also discuss how the escalation...
🎥 WATCH | Drop Site News Latin America editor José Luis Granados Ceja warned that Trump’s rhetoric points to a dangerous domino effect, signaling to other governments like Cuba and Mexico: comply, or face similar intervention. Granados Ceja and Krystal Ball also discuss how the escalation functions as a distraction from domestic crises and scandals in the U.S., including rising health care costs, while billions are prepared for foreign intervention. Granados Ceja notes the campaign against Venezuela reflects a broader, long-running project to crush left-wing governments in the region—one that exposes the priorities of U.S. leadership with the costs it will impose both abroad and at home. @krystalball | @GranadosCeja
January 4, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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Latest footage fromCaracas, where local reports compiled by
@ReporteYa (X) cite explosions near key military sites:

• Fuerte Tiuna – the largest military complex in Venezuela and headquarters of the armed forces.

• La Carlota – a military air base in eastern Caracas, historically used by the...
Latest footage fromCaracas, where local reports compiled by @ReporteYa cite explosions near key military sites: • Fuerte Tiuna – the largest military complex in Venezuela and headquarters of the armed forces. • La Carlota – a military air base in eastern Caracas, historically used by the air force. • Aragua air base – a major Venezuelan Air Force installation. • La Guaira – primarily a port and coastal state, but it hosts naval and air defense installations tied to military logistics. See new posts Conversation Andrés David @xooxvaez2 Translated from Spanish Caracas 2:50am. Helicopter overflight Rate this translation: See new posts Conversation Andrés David @xooxvaez2 Caracas 2:50am. Sobrevuelo de helicópteros
January 4, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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Venezuelan Pres. Nicolás Maduro delivered a video message to the US on New Year’s Eve, offering what he described as serious talks with Washington on combating drug trafficking & opening space for US investment in Venezuelan oil.

Maduro contrasted the proposal with what he called US “illegal...
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro delivered a video message to the United States on New Year’s Eve, offering what he described as serious talks with Washington on combating drug trafficking and opening space for U.S. investment in Venezuelan oil. Maduro contrasted the proposal with what he called U.S. “illegal warmongering,” pointing to recent military actions and sanctions. He also addressed the American public directly, saying Venezuela is a friend to the United States, while denouncing U.S. policy as one of excessive force aimed at seizing Venezuela’s resources. See new posts Conversation teleSUR English @telesurenglish During his New Year's interview with writer and journalist Ignacio Ramonet, the president of the Bolivarian Republic of #Venezuela Nicolas Maduro, let the people of the #US know that they have a friendly government and a friendly people in Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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In his message yesterday, Maduro said the U.S. goal is to seize Venezuela’s oil, gold, rare earth elements, and all its mineral wealth. He argued that Washington’s agenda is purely about controlling those resources.
January 4, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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Strikes on Fort Tiuna (Spanish: Fuerte Tiuna), Venezuela’s largest military complex, located in southern Caracas. It serves as the main headquarters of the Venezuelan armed forces & hosts units from the army, national guard, & military intelligence, while also containing government offices and...
Strikes on Fort Tiuna (Spanish: Fuerte Tiuna), Venezuela’s largest military complex, located in southern Caracas. It serves as the main headquarters of the Venezuelan armed forces and hosts units from the army, national guard, and military intelligence, while also containing government offices and residential areas for military families. See new posts Conversation Alerta News 24 @AlertaNews24 Translated from Spanish 🇻🇪🇺🇸 | U.S. helicopters bombed the Venezuelan military complex Fuerte Tiuna in Caracas. See new posts Conversation Alerta News 24 @AlertaNews24 🇻🇪🇺🇸 | Helicópteros estadounidenses bombardearon el complejo militar venezolano Fuerte Tiuna en Caracas.
January 4, 2026 at 1:46 AM