A reminder that as the US continues to threaten countries around the world, fedposting is to be very much avoided (even with qualifiers like “in Minecraft”) and comments containing it will be removed.

Image is of a protest in San Diego against ICE.


On January 7th, 37-year-old Renee Good was murdered by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. While a considerable amount of the discussion online has been about the direction her wheels were turning and things like that, truthfully, I think it’s just fundamentally bad to shoot a person to death with a gun if you happen to be a state mercenary enforcing an incredibly racist federal policy, regardless of the circumstances.

The murder has since prompted a wave of vigils and protests, not only in Minneapolis, but also in virtually every major city in the country. The demands are justice for Good in particular, and the abolition of ICE in general, to avenge its many victims. The Trump administration has done all they can to inflame the situation, designating Good a “domestic terrorist” and saying that the agent who shot her will be immune from prosecution.

Protests and resistance to this administration’s policies have, encouragingly, had an element of international solidarity - not only are flags from countries throughout Latin America (and also Palestine) present, but speakers in protests have even been actively condemning the recent imperialist actions against Venezuela. For it is, of course, one joint struggle. The imperial boomerang always returns - and in the modern day, it returns rapidly.


Last week’s thread is here. The Imperialism Reading Group is here.

Please check out the RedAtlas!

The bulletins site is here. Currently not used.
The RSS feed is here. Also currently not used.

The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine

If you have evidence of Zionist crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on Israel’s destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

Mirrors of Telegram channels that have been erased by Zionist censorship.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia’s youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don’t want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it’s just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists’ side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR’s former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR’s forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster’s telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a ‘propaganda tax’, if you don’t believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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    We have the news. We have the emojis. We need posters. Posters like Lieutenant XHS, Sargent Marmite, and Commissar 72T. DM me to feature effort posts and good threads in the newsmega/newscomm here (including your own).

    Sgt. @[email protected] on the US military assets needed to execute different types of strikes on Iran. This builds off of their earlier post last week.

    @[email protected] in a subthread on the state of things in eastern Syria with the SDF and SAA

    Previous posts of the week:

    2025: Oct 27 | Nov 3 | Nov 10 | Nov 17 | Nov 24 | Dec 1 | Dec 8 | Dec 15 | Dec 22 | Dec 29

    2026: Jan 5

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        yes, it appears he has ascended to become one of the immortals. his weekly newsmega posts are an echo of his presence

        or maybe he’s been reincarnated as another username on these threads

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          Recovering from his astonishment, the prefect asked if there were any worthy men in Taichou to whom he could look for instruction. Big Stick said, “After you arrive, remember to call on Manjushri and Samantabhadra.” The prefect asked, “Where can I find these two bodhisattvas?” And Big Stick said, “When you see them, you won’t recognize them. When you recognize them, you won’t see them. If you want to see them, don’t take their appearances into account. Manjushri is living incognito as Cold Mountain at Kuoching Temple. And Samantabhadra is disguised as Pickup. They dress like paupers and act like lunatics. They run errands and tend the stove in the monastery kitchen.” Big Stick then said goodbye, and Lu-ch’iu Yin began his journey.

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    Donald Trump has sent in a silly letter to the Norwegian leader Jonas Støre. I shall print it:

    Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT

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    Just watched Starmer give a speech on the Greenland situation. Boring as fuck. He frames the situation as wanting to play both sides but from my perspective the UK is a US vassal too entwined to ever go against it.

    The most notable question seems to be this one:

    Q: [From Gary Gibbon from Channel 4 News] Is there anything that Trump could do that would make you stop thinking of him as an ally? And do you think he announced tariffs because he had been misinformed about the nature of the military deployment by some European countries to Greenland?

    Starmer said he spoke to Trump about the deployment yesterday, and stressed that soldiers were going there to protect it from Russia.

    On the other point, he says working with allies does not mean pretending they don’t have differences.

    Reading between the lines I can only read this as “no there is nothing the US can do to make them stop being viewed as our ally”. They’re using the word ally, but really they’re the master and the UK is the dog.

    In another question Starmer said that the UK and the US is deeply connected on intelligence, to the point of realtime communication, he said that the two countries were the closest in intelligence sharing between any 2 countries in the entire world and that “keeps the UK safe, in ways he cannot discuss”

    This is just acknowledgement that we can’t detach from the US because we’re too entwined. The UK is a US vassal. A pet dog that is supposed to do its master’s bidding. These tariffs are just disciplining a dog on a leash that’s slightly misbehaving, they’re not saying it in my words but they are publicly acknowledging that a leash exists with these words.

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    The German military contingent stationed in Greenland is leaving the island following Trump’s tariff threat - Europa Press

    The German military contingent leaves Greenland after completing its “reconnaissance mission”

    MADRID, 18 (EUROPA PRESS) The 15 German military personnel deployed to Greenland on a “reconnaissance mission” have left the Arctic territory less than a day after US President Donald Trump announced the imposition of additional tariffs on European countries deployed on the island, including Germany, after interpreting their presence there as a threat to his annexation attempts.

    A spokesman for the German Army has confirmed to the DPA news agency and the newspaper ‘Der Spiegel’ the withdrawal of the 15 soldiers, who are already on their way to the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Although sources from the newspaper ‘Bild’ indicated that the withdrawal of the military occurred without prior notice after remaining deployed on the island for less than 48 hours, the spokesman told DPA that the withdrawal is due to a natural dynamic.

    The mission has been completed and the results of this “reconnaissance” will be “analyzed in the coming days” without at any time linking the decision to Trump’s threat. In fact, in a joint statement published this Sunday, Germany and the other seven countries sanctioned by Trump (Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom) defend the mission and stress that their military presence in Greenland is to support Denmark and that “it does not pose a threat to anyone.”

    “As NATO members, we want to strengthen security in the Arctic, a shared transatlantic interest. The coordinated Danish ‘Arctic Resilience’ exercises conducted with allies respond to this need. They pose no threat to anyone,” the eight countries explained. In the statement, the eight express their “full solidarity” with the Kingdom of Denmark and the people of Greenland and mention the dialogue process opened last week “based on the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity that we firmly support.”

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    Never heard of the “China talk” podcast, but they do have some lovely guests. This guest presents a nightmare scenario for the US - a cure for cancer. Imagine the horror if we got a cure for cancer. That has to be stopped.

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    On US military buildup in the Middle East against Iran: it has started now, an additional 12x F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft have been forward deployed to Jordan, and logistics flights involving C-17 Globemaster III aircraft have taken place towards both the Middle East and Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian ocean known for hosting US Air Force strategic bombers. No bombers have been deployed as of now. This brings the total amount of F-15Es up to 36.

    Source, F-15E movements

    Source, Logistics flights

    As for the rumours on an aircraft Carrier Strike Group (CSG), the USS Abraham Lincoln CSG is now confirmed to be on its way to the Middle East/West Asia, redirected from the South China Sea. It transited the Strait of Malacca today. It is probably a week away from being operational in the region.

    As for the capabilities this brings, the F-15Es are often used for the Defensive Counter Air (DCA) mission, as they can carry up to 42 APKWS laser guided rockets each, in addition to 4x AIM-120 AMRAAM and 4x AIM-9 Sidewinder series air to air missiles. This allows a single F-15E to shoot down up to 50 targets (cruise missiles andone way attack drones) without needing to reload on the ground. F-15Es can also carry up to 5 AGM-158 JASSM series stealth cruise missiles each, which have a range in excess of 500 nautical miles. They can also be used as “bomb trucks” in scenarios where air superiority has been achieved (like Syria currently), carrying large amounts of guided bombs for a tactical fighter. However, it must be noted that aircraft with external weapons stores rarely sortie with a maximum loadout, due to the drag penalty.

    F-15E with 42x APKWS, 4x AIM-120 AMRAAM and 4x AIM-9X Sidewinder;

    F-15E with 5x AGM-158 JASSM, one on the centerline barley visible:

    The USS Abraham Lincoln’s air wing does operate both F-35C 5th generation stealth aircraft and EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft equipped with the latest AN/ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer - Mid Band (NGJ-MB) pods, which are used to suppress and destroy air defence systems, enabling overflight of airspace by other aircraft. The F-35C can also carry out strikes of it’s own with guided bombs, up to 2x 2000lb bombs each for stealthy bunker buster/penetrator missions that the F-117 previously performed. The F/A-18s that make up the majority of the air wing can also be escorted to carry out deep strikes, or be used to carry stand-off weapons, such as glide bombs and cruise missiles.

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    463 apartments were damaged in the attacks of January 3rd. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced, during a visit to Fort Tiuna, that all of them will be repaired. Regarding the sovereign wealth funds, she indicated that the first fund will be for social protection. “Any income derived from oil and gas reserves will go towards workers’ income, health, education, and housing programs. The second sovereign wealth fund will be for public services and infrastructure: water, gas, electricity, and roads.”

    She stated that there will be a technological platform that will make the use of these funds completely transparent, in order to address social inequalities and inequities. These funds will be available to the people once the dividends from oil sales begin to be received. “We will keep the public informed about the amount in the fund. The sovereign people have a right to know, and we will also report how the sovereign wealth funds will be spent in the areas we have mentioned.”

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    Looks like Syria will be reunified* by the 99% ISIS gangsters. See? If you just wear a nice suit you can get your Wahhabist hellhole with approval from the West.

    *Certain territories currently being occupied by a certain genocide-loving country do not count.

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    I guess no one cares, but the lib loser trump bootlicker who lost to Trump’s narconservative candidate, Salvador Nasralla, is to this day still crying on twitter and is no longer begging Trump to change his mind. Now he wants the US congress to do something.

  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi commented on the US imperialist withdrawal from Iraq’s Ain al-Asad military base:

    “The withdrawal of US military forces from the Ain al-Asad base and the end of the UNAMI mission are clear indications of the consolidation of independence, stability, and national sovereignty in Iraq.”

    “The Islamic Republic of Iran has always sought a strong and independent Iraq and believes that the country has the necessary capacities to play a key role in regional peace and stability.”

    https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/01/18/762493/US-evacuation--Ain-al-Asad-base-bolsters-Iraq-national-sovereignty-Iran-FM

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    Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, is scheduled to speak in the belly of the beast (World Economic Forum) on Tuesday. Should be interesting. antelope-popcorn

    I doubt he’s gonna be there just to yap about boring econony stuff. Not the Finance Minister, after all.

  • SouthFront has some “HTS” vs “SDF” combat footage. This first video collection shows the fighting for Tabqa, including “SDF” drone strikes on “HTS” regime troops:

    https://southfront.press/syrian-government-takes-over-tabqa-sdf-collapses-in-deir-ezzor-after-tribal-uprising-videos/

    This second video collection shows the “HTS” regime capturing Raqqa:

    https://southfront.press/kurdish-forces-lost-raqqa-accepted-syrian-governments-integration-plan-videos/

    Apparently, “HTS” fighters also released large numbers of “ISIS” sectarian death cultists held in “SDF” prisons.