Things to Keep an Eye On
Virginia Democrats rejected at Supreme Court, Mossad director raises alarms about Bibi's replacement, German intelligence rejects Palantir, SPLC and OKC, Hondurasgate
Virginia Democrats try to sell a plan to retire the entire state supreme court
After a 9-0 loss appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia Democrats are left with no choice but to demagogue the courts of the state and country. One of their craziest plans, passed around this week, is to retire the entire state supreme court.
Mossad director raising alarms about Bibi’s proposed replacement
The Mossad-Likud conflict is the most interesting in Israeli politics, and this is a level of heat it hasn’t seen before:
Against this backdrop, Barnea frames his opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s choice for the next Mossad chief, Roman Gofman, not as a routine professional disagreement, but as an extraordinary warning about character, judgment, and “purity of values.” He argues that Gofman’s history of bypassing military procedures and disregarding established protocols demonstrates a willingness to cross boundaries that a Mossad director must know how to impose on himself. In Barnea’s view, placing a leader who “seeks shortcuts” and “violates procedures” at the helm of an organization that already operates abroad beyond the law and at home with virtually no oversight would pose an unacceptable strategic danger to the State of Israel.
House Democrats pressure Trump to acknowledge Israeli nukes
From RS:
More than two dozen House Democrats demanded that the Trump administration acknowledge Israel’s possession of nuclear weapons in a letter revealed by the Washington Post Tuesday.
The missive represents a rare public comment from U.S. leaders about Israel’s nuclear arsenal, which reportedly now consists of about 90 warheads. It comes amid a war with Iran premised largely on the need to destroy Tehran’s civilian nuclear program and prevent the possibility that the country could pursue a nuclear weapon.
Haaretz: Two Israeli companies can locate Starlink users
Important reporting:
Two Israeli-owned companies have developed a technology that can locate the position and, in some cases, even identify the users of Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, a Haaretz investigation found.
German intelligence rejects Palantir
From DW:
Palantir has long divided opinions. In the eyes of its proponents and opponents, the analysis tools made by the publicly traded US company which are in-demand worldwide are either a silver bullet or the devil's work. Against this backdrop, a media report has emerged in Germany: according to information from the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, as well as public broadcasters NDR and WDR, the country's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, BfV) has decided against using Palantir.
U.S. court suspends sanctions on Francesca Albanese
We’ll see if this one will stick, but it’s an interesting decision nonetheless.
How Saudi Arabia is thinking about the Iran war
Important story in FT about a non-aggression pact being floated. This op-ed by Turki al-Faisal, the former intelligence chief, is also a must read.
The SPLC and the Oklahoma City Bombing
Margaret Roberts has a book about the FBI and the OKC bombing and has been going into Jesse Trentadue’s FOIA cases and the SPLC’s alleged role. They have conceded they had informants at Elohim City. Jack Cashill also has an article here.
Mitteleuropa fallout from Hungarian election and Israeli spyware
The former Polish justice minister whom Orban granted asylum has fled to the U.S. He is deeply implicated in the spyware scandal that has already led to prosecutions of senior Polish officials. Here is an F24 story on a record number of Russian espionage cases in Poland, and VSquare has a story on the Hungarian think tank spy under diplomatic cover who’s now been expelled back to Russia.
Mayor of Arcadia, California charged with acting as illegal Chinese agent
From ABC:
Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, California, was charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent for China, the Justice Department announced on Monday.
Wang agreed to plead guilty, the DOJ said.
The City of Arcadia said Wang resigned from her position on Monday.
Starting in late 2020, Wang and Yaoning “Mike” Sun worked together to operate a website called U.S. News Center that “purported to be a news source for the local Chinese-American community.”
Sikh biker gang member sentenced for gun dealing
From EDCA:
Jashanpreet Singh, 27, of Lodi, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to five years and four months in prison for unlawful dealing of firearms and unlawful possession of a machine gun, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.
According to court documents, Singh was the founder of the “Punjabi Devils” Motorcycle Club, a Stockton-based outlaw motorcycle gang associated with the Hells Angels. On June 6, 2025, Singh attempted to sell several weapons to an undercover officer, including a short-barreled rifle, three assault weapons, three machine gun conversion devices, and a revolver. A search of Singh’s residence resulted in the discovery of additional firearms, including a machine gun, another machine gun conversion device, and a silencer.
Rep. Max Miller sues ex-wife for defamation
This is the congressman who supports extending U.S. veterans’ benefits to Americans who serve in the IDF:
Rep. Max Miller, who has been accused of abusing his ex-wife, is now suing her for defamation — a major escalation in an ongoing public dispute between the two-term Ohio Republican and the daughter of Ohio GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno.
In a copy of the complaint filed Wednesday evening in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and reviewed by POLITICO, Miller claims that his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, and her legal team made “false, malicious, and defamatory statements wrongly accusing [him] of being a violent and abusive husband and father.”
Latin American left releases huge Hondurasgate investigation
It’s a big one. The key detail is Netanyahu allegedly financed the pardon for Hernandez:
The forensic analysis confirmed that in an initial recording, Hernández mentions that his pardon was financed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and involved lobbying from Republicans, with prominent Trump political advisor Roger Stone supposedly responsible for organising the key meetings. According to the leaked conversations, Hernández’s return to Honduras and all the logistics of reinstalling him in the presidency would be financed by Israel. If successful, Hernández would become Trump’s main political operator and Israeli advocate in the region, turning Honduras into a strategic area of military, logistical, and economic operations for the United States.