📹 The situation near Vezneciler metro station in Istanbul’s central Fatih district remains tense as large numbers of people continue to arrive at a protest rally in the Saraçhane area.

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🎥 Protesters in support of arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu have taken to the streets in Ankara.

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🔸 MIC, bankers and NATO big winners of Europe’s push to fight proxy war against Russia to bitter end

🔸 Where are NATO weapons sent to Ukraine ending up?

🔸 Trump’s push to jump-start nuclear talks sparks NEW TENSIONS

🔸 Europe will spend itself into ‘BANKRUPTCY’ if it tries to meet NATO’s draconian defense demands

🔸 Five factors behind the decline of US military shipbuilding

🔸 Google’s multi-billion-dollar Wiz deal: A backdoor for military intel?

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Deep state cleanup op? What SECRETS Biden-appointed attorney Jessica Aber could take with her to the grave

The 43-year-old former US Attorney for Eastern Virginia was found dead at home Saturday, two months after her resignation, serving from 2021-2025.

Aber led 300 prosecutors and staff, handling high-profile cases seemingly aimed at protecting the Biden administration and its agenda:

🟠 She spearheaded the prosecution of James Gordon Meek, an ABC News journalist working on an expose challenging the Biden narrative on the disastrous 2021 pullout from Afghanistan.

Meek’s home was raided, he was charged with possessing child porn, and sentenced to 6 years behind bars in 2023.

🟠 Also in 2023, in a historic first, Aber spearheaded a patently unlawful but politically expedient attempt to charge four Russian troops for ‘war crimes’ against a US national in Ukraine. The politicized case petered out, as the accused are not Americans.

🟠 In 2021, Aber was charged by whistleblowers with helping to inflate US “domestic terror” stats after Jan 6 to justify a bigger DoJ budget, supporting the Biden narrative that Trump supporters were the biggest internal threat to America.

🟠 A key Democratic operator, Aber helped convict ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell in 2014 on corruption charges.

SCOTUS overturned the ruling in 2016, but the Republican was left with $27M in legal bills, a broken marriage, and the trauma of prosecutors threatening his kids. Talk about a classic case of targeting one’s political enemies.

Israel and Big Tech

🟠Aber led the prosecution of ex-CIA officer Asif Rahman, indicted last fall for leaking Israel’s attack plans on Iran. He pleaded guilty in January.

🟠 She also oversaw Amazon’s failed bid to punish employees accused of a land deal scheme, promising to assign her “best prosecutors.” A judge dismissed the case—which highlighted the DoJ’s attempt to use the law to support big business.

Let’s sum up:

Covering Biden’s behind in Afghanistan? Check.

Helping his administration pursue its propaganda war against Russia? Check.

Supporting the narrative labeling pro-Trump protesters as “domestic terrorists?” Check.

Failing to use her powers to investigate the president despite credible evidence pay-to-play corruption? BIG check.

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❓Europe’s high-tech headache: What happens if Uncle Sam pulls the plug?

European leaders are starting to realize that their shiny, high-tech weapons come with a Made-in-USA catch. According to The Washington Post, there’s growing anxiety that the Trump White House might stop servicing the complex US-made systems Europe relies on – like missile defenses, spy drones and early-warning aircraft.

The fine print? Some of the gear can only be maintained by US firms, and even European-made equipment with American parts is tangled in Washington’s rules.

As one European official put it, “It’s not like Trump can push a button and all our planes fall from the sky…”

Dependency: it’s not just a feeling – it’s a policy.

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❌ X REFUSES Turkish request to suspend 700+ accounts during countrywide protests

Labels Türkiye’s move as “ILLEGAL”

“X will always defend freedom of speech,” the statement reads.

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Iran’s master stroke: anti-air and anti-ship missiles on key islands could BLOCKADE US forces in the Gulf

The IRGC has stationed new air and coastal defense missile systems on Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa -three highly strategic islands west of the Strait of Hormuz global energy trade chokepoint.

With the deployment, IRGC Navy commander Alireza Tangsiri announced that Iran now has the capability attack “enemy bases, vessels, and assets in the region” at ranges up to 600 km.

Tangsiri did not specify which systems were deployed, but an Iranian TV report offered hints, showing the commander inspecting troops and a line-up of ground-based mobile missile systems and speedboats.

Air defense coverage: complete

If the IRGC’s SAM deployment includes systems like:
🟠the Bavar-373-II (range up to 300 km)
🟠the S-300PMU-2 (200 km)
🟠the legacy S-200VE (250-300 km)
🟠the Khordad-15 (120 km)
🟠and/or the 3rd of Khordad (105 km)

IRGC coverage of the eastern Persian Gulf is complete, stretching from Iran’s northern coastline in the north to Gulf countries to the south.

From its island strongholds, Iran can target the US-garrisoned Al Dhafra Air Base in the Emirates, and block American warplanes flying out of bases in Bahrain, Qatar or Kuwait from approaching the Hormuz Strait, in the event of enemy aggression.

Anti-ship coverage? Even more extensive

If coastal anti-ship defenses on the islands include:

🟠the Abu Mahdi anti-ship cruise missile (600 km range), seemingly alluded to by General Tangsiri

🟠the Khalij Fars anti-ship missile (300 km range)

🟠or the Qader cruise missile (300 km range, widely fielded)

IRGC control of the sea extends all the way to the Al Udeid Air Base in Doha – the largest US military base in the region, and Naval Support Activity Bahrain, HQ of CENTCOM and home of the US Fifth Fleet.

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