Iran's New Supreme Leader Calls For 'Unity And Cohesion' As Sanctions Gut The Economy And Tensions Simmer Among The Islamic Republic's Leadership

Iran's President Pezeshkian publicly revealed a nearly seven-hour meeting with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei — focused on the collapsing economy, sanctions fallout, and internal leadership divisions. Pezeshkian has reportedly attempted to resign 28+ times. Hormuz talks have stalled with no deal timeline in sight.

https://cdm.press/news/middle-east/2026/08/11/irans-new-supreme-leader-calls-for-unity-and-cohesion-as-sanctions-gut-the-economy-and-tensions-simmer-among-the-islamic-republics-leadership/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=iran-khamenei-unity&utm_content=20260811_iran-khamenei-unity

Maura Healey Signs Massachusetts Abortion-Up-To-Birth Bill — Strips 24-Week Limit As Governor Pledges War On Trump And The Courts

Massachusetts Gov. Healey signed legislation eliminating the state's 24-week gestational limit — doctors now have unlimited discretion at any stage of pregnancy. A Republican lawmaker confirmed: abortion up to the moment of birth for a healthy, viable baby is now legal in Massachusetts. Healey used the signing ceremony to declare war on Trump, Congress, and the Supreme Court.

https://cdm.press/news/local-news/2026/08/11/maura-healey-signs-massachusetts-abortion-up-to-birth-bill-strips-24-week-limit-as-governor-pledges-war-on-trump-and-the-courts/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=healey-abortion-birth&utm_content=20260811_healey-abortion-birth

England's Fifth Heatwave Of Summer Arrives As 71 Percent Of The Country Falls Into Drought — 27 Million People Now Under Water Restrictions

England's fifth heatwave of summer has arrived — 71% of the country is now in official drought, the fastest-developing on record. Over 27 million people face water restrictions, reservoir levels are critically low, and some river flows are approaching 1976 record lows. Southern Water warned customers they could lose supply entirely.

https://cdm.press/news/europe/2026/08/11/englands-fifth-heatwave-of-summer-arrives-as-71-percent-of-the-country-falls-into-drought-27-million-people-now-under-water-restrictions/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=england-drought-heatwave&utm_content=20260811_england-drought-heatwave

Colombia Declares National Emergency After 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake Kills Over 130, Collapses Hospitals And Schools In Western Region

The strongest earthquake to hit Colombia this century struck Monday — 132 dead, 700+ injured, 188 missing. Three hospitals collapsed outright; hospital workers evacuated newborns to outdoor triage. Seven airports suspended. President De La Espriella declared a national emergency within hours. The death toll is expected to rise as rescue crews reach remote zones.

https://miamiindependent.com/international/2026/08/11/colombia-declares-national-emergency-after-7-4-magnitude-earthquake-kills-over-130-collapses-hospitals-and-schools-in-western-region/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=colombia-earthquake&utm_content=20260811_colombia-earthquake

Chinese-Made Cameras On Royal Navy Drones Were Secretly Transmitting Data To China — UK Ministry Of Defence Quietly Severed The Connection

Chinese-made cameras on Royal Navy K3 Scout drones — operated by British special forces — were secretly sending data to China. The MoD confirmed the breach, found during a routine cyber audit, and removed internet connectivity from the affected systems. No classified data confirmed exfiltrated, but even passive heartbeat signals can expose operational patterns. The question now: how deep do Chinese components run across NATO fleets?

https://armedforces.press/foreign-policy/2026/08/11/chinese-made-cameras-on-royal-navy-drones-were-secretly-transmitting-data-to-china-uk-ministry-of-defence-quietly-severed-the-connection/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=royal-navy-china-cameras&utm_content=20260811_royal-navy-china-cameras

Turkey's Parliament Opens Debate On Kurdish Peace Bill — PKK Disarmament Framework Takes Shape After 40-Year War

Turkey's parliament opened debate on legislation to suspend sentences for PKK militants and create a legal framework for disarmament — contingent on the PKK formally disbanding and surrendering all weapons. The conflict has claimed 40,000+ lives over four decades. Senior PKK figures including Ocalan are excluded from the amnesty. A parliamentary vote is expected by Tuesday.

https://cdm.press/news/asia/2026/08/11/turkeys-parliament-opens-debate-on-kurdish-peace-bill-pkk-disarmament-framework-takes-shape-after-40-year-war/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=turkey-pkk-peace&utm_content=20260811_turkey-pkk-peace

LIVE 10am EST: The SCIF — Georgia And Iran Epicenters — BKP, Rob Maness

The SCIF is live now. L. Todd Wood with BKP on Georgia politics and Rob Maness on Middle East military action. On today's brief: Will the Strait of Hormuz open? Houthis hit Aramco. DSA extremism. Second food recall. SPR at 43-year lows.

https://cdm.press/video/2026/08/11/live-10am-est-the-scif-georgia-and-iran-epicenters-bkp-rob-maness/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=scif-live-0811&utm_content=20260811_scif-live-0811

"The City Screwed This Up": Judge Temporarily Blocks Mamdani's Pied-A-Terre Tax Scheme

A New York judge halted Mamdani's socialist pied-à-terre tax and ordered City Hall to remove a publicly accessible database that exposed names, addresses, and property values of 900,000+ homeowners. "The city screwed this up… stop the train and make them do it over." Hearing set for Aug. 31.

https://themanhattan.press/politics/2026/08/11/the-city-screwed-this-up-judge-temporarily-blocks-mamdanis-pied-a-terre-tax-scheme/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mamdani-tax-blocked&utm_content=20260811_mamdani-tax-blocked

Fauci Privately Flagged Miscarriage Risk Before Telling Pregnant Women There Were No Red Flags

Newly disclosed texts show Fauci privately warned colleagues that the COVID vaccine could trigger first-trimester miscarriages — then publicly told pregnant women there was no reason for concern. The texts are part of 34,000+ messages Sen. Rand Paul and Sen. Ron Johnson released from Fauci's government phone.

🔗 https://cdm.press/news/health-freedom/2026/08/11/fauci-privately-flagged-miscarriage-risk-before-telling-pregnant-women-there-were-no-red-flags/

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CBO Ponders BBGN — The Navy's New Nuclear-Powered Battleship: Costs And Implications

The CBO just dropped its full cost analysis of BBGN-1. $275B over 30 years. $18B per follow-on ship. Larger than any surface combatant built since WWII. CDR Salamander breaks down the numbers — and the hard questions the Navy still hasn't answered.

https://armedforces.press/navy/2026/08/11/cbo-ponders-bbgn/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cbo-bbgn&utm_content=20260811_cbo-bbgn

U.S. Military Fires On Panama-Flagged Ship Trying To Run Iran Blockade — Iran Reshuffles Command With Hardliners As Hormuz Talks Collapse

A Panama-registered vessel ignored multiple warnings before dawn Tuesday and attempted to breach the U.S. naval blockade — U.S. forces fired on its rudder. No casualties. Iran's new IRGC hardliners are demanding war reparations, full military withdrawal, and all sanctions lifted before Hormuz reopens. Trump fired back: Iran owes the U.S. compensation for American casualties. Only 18% chance on Polymarket that Hormuz shipping normalizes by September 30.

https://cdm.press/news/middle-east/2026/08/11/u-s-military-fires-on-panama-flagged-ship-trying-to-run-iran-blockade-iran-reshuffles-command-with-hardliners-as-hormuz-talks-collapse/

Pakistan Says US And Iran Are Close To Some Sort Of Arrangement On Hormuz — But Both Sides Keep Hardening

Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif says the US and Iran are close to a deal on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran demands sanctions relief, asset unfreezing, and wartime compensation. Trump: "They should be paying us." A US helicopter fired on a tanker running the naval blockade. Brent crude at $89.05/barrel — up 35% year over year.

https://cdm.press/news/middle-east/2026/08/12/pakistan-us-iran-hormuz-close-arrangement-both-sides-hardening/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hormuz-pakistan-deal&utm_content=20260812_hormuz-pakistan-deal

Vance Asked Zelensky To Stop Ukraine Drone Strikes On Tankers At Novorossiysk — US Feared Damage To Chevron And Exxon Interests

Vance called Zelensky on July 31 and asked Ukraine to halt drone strikes on oil tankers at Russia's Novorossiysk port. The strikes had knocked out 20% of CPC oil loadings in July and dropped Kazakhstan's production 14%. Washington's concern: Chevron and ExxonMobil hold major stakes in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium export route.

https://tsarizm.com/news/eastern-europe/2026/08/12/vance-asked-zelensky-to-stop-ukraine-drone-strikes-on-tankers-at-novorossiysk-us-feared-damage-to-chevron-and-exxon-interests/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=vance-zelensky-novorossiysk&utm_content=20260812_vance-zelensky-novorossiysk

Zambia Votes Thursday In High-Stakes Election — Copper Billions, IMF Reforms, And Household Hardship All On The Ballot

Zambia votes Thursday. President Hichilema restructured $12 billion in sovereign debt and pledged to triple copper output to 3M metric tons/year by 2031. But 60% of Zambians still live below the poverty line. Western nations and China are both watching — Zambia holds some of the world's largest copper deposits.

https://cdm.press/news/africa/2026/08/12/zambia-election-hichilema-copper-imf-reforms-household-hardship/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=zambia-election-copper&utm_content=20260812_zambia-election-copper

British Police Unit Flags Over 100 Social Media Posts For Arrest Amid Immigration Backlash

Britain's new police unit flagged 106 social media posts for potential arrest — 50 in June alone. The task force grew from the Southport riot crackdown, where 1,876 were arrested, some for nothing more than a social media post. Police already made 33 online speech arrests per day in 2023. And the unit is still in its early stages.

https://cdm.press/news/europe/2026/08/12/british-police-unit-flags-over-100-social-media-posts-for-arrest-amid-immigration-backlash/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=british-police-social-media-arrests&utm_content=20260812_british-police-social-media-arrests

Bluesky Is Bleeding Users — The Anti-Musk Protest Platform Has Lost More Than Half Its Active Base

Bluesky has lost more than half its active users since its post-election peak. Monthly active users down 27% to 10.4M. Daily active users down 26% to just 3M. Meanwhile Threads is up 21% to 147M DAU. X still commands 302 million monthly active users. Bluesky was never the competition.

https://themanhattan.press/business/2026/08/12/bluesky-is-bleeding-users-the-anti-musk-protest-platform-has-lost-more-than-half-its-active-base/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bluesky-bleeding-users&utm_content=20260812_bluesky-bleeding-users

Wisconsin Democrats Barely Stop Socialist Takeover — Crowley Squeaks By Hong By 3,211 Votes

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley beat democratic socialist Francesca Hong by just 3,211 votes in the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary. The polls said he had no business winning. The socialist wing nearly took Wisconsin — the Democrat civil war didn't end Tuesday night. It just went underground.

https://cdm.press/news/politics/2026/08/12/wisconsin-democrats-barely-stop-socialist-takeover-crowley-hong-primary/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wisconsin-crowley-hong-primary&utm_content=20260812_wisconsin-crowley-hong-primary

Atlanta Company Pitched Georgia AG On Turning 350,000 Rideshare Cars Into Roaming Surveillance Network

Atlanta-based Flock Safety pitched Georgia's Attorney General on converting 350,000 Uber, Lyft, and delivery vehicles into roaming license plate readers feeding police databases — without telling drivers or passengers. A Dunwoody, Georgia resident uncovered it through a public records request. The plan was never executed — but the pitch itself raises serious questions about who is reviewing surveillance proposals before they go live in Georgia.

https://www.georgiarecord.com/business-ga/2026/08/12/atlanta-company-pitched-georgia-ag-on-turning-350000-rideshare-cars-into-roaming-surveillance-network/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=flock-rideshare-surveillance&utm_content=20260812_flock-rideshare-surveillance

WATCH: Drone Warfare In The Donbass — Shoot It Down!

A Russian machine gunner opens fire on a Ukrainian drone weaving over a military convoy deep in the Donbass. Raw front-line footage captures the new face of ground warfare — cheap unmanned systems hunting armored columns while soldiers scramble to find an angle of fire.

🎥 https://armedforces.press/the-ukraine-war/2026/08/12/watch-wild-wild-donbass-drone-warfare-on-the-front-lines-shoot-it-down/

SPLC Director Who Built The Hate List Arrested — Federal Charges Say She Funneled Donor Money To Her Neo-Nazi Lover

The woman who personally ran the SPLC's "hate group" blacklist was arrested Wednesday on federal fraud charges. Prosecutors say Heidi Beirich shared a home and a bank account with a neo-Nazi informant she helped pay $1.2 million in donor money. The same SPLC funded KKK robes, cross burnings, and helped organize the 2017 Charlottesville rally.

🔗 https://cdm.press/news/national/2026/08/12/splc-director-hate-list-arrested-beirich-neo-nazi-lover-donor-money/