A U.S. Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III at a base in the Middle East on Friday, December 19, in support of tonight’s retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria, dubbed Operation Hawkeye Strike.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has published footage from tonight’s large-scale retaliatory strike operation against ISIS strongholds and affiliated sites in Syria, dubbed Operation Hawkeye Strike, with American and Jordanian Forces utilizing over 100 precision-munitions - launched from aircraft and ground-based systems - to destroy over 70 ISIS targets across Northern and Central Syria.

According to recent reports by the U.S. Intelligence Community, Russian President Vladimir Putin still intends to capture all of Ukraine and reclaim parts of Eastern Europe that previously were part of the Soviet Union - such as the Baltics and Poland - despite ongoing negotiations and claims, by both U.S. and Russian officials, that Russia and Putin want to end the war in Ukraine. This assessment, having been accepted and corroborated over the last few years by both intelligence agencies in Europe and the United States, has remained roughly the same since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with it expected that Russia will eventually provoke a direct conflict with NATO, according to Reuters.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has stated that a Justice Department in the future could convict Attorney General Pam Bondi and others for their handling of the Epstein Files, which he states has been in serious violation of the rule of law imposed by the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

The U.S. has attempted to interdict and seize another sanctioned vessel in the Southern Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela, officials have told Reuters.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to brief President Donald J. Trump on options for new strikes against Iran during a planned meeting between the two leaders later this month at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, citing Iran’s efforts to rebuild facilities where they produce long-range ballistic missiles and efforts to repair its crippled air-defense network, including concerns that Iran is working to reconstitute its underground nuclear-enrichment sites bombed in June, a person with direct knowledge of the plans and four former U.S. officials have told NBC News.

Only days after a similar attack on the base targeted air-defense systems, radars, and military aircraft, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has announced and published images from another drone attack last night against Belbek Air Base in Sevastopol, Russian-occupied Crimea. The attack reportedly targeted and resulted in serious damage to the control tower and two Su-27 “Flanker” Fighter Aircraft, including one that was fully-armed and preparing for takeoff on a taxiway at Belbek.

In addition to EFTA00000468.pdf, the image of President Donald J. Trump, at least 18 other documents and files are discovered to have been removed overnight by the Justice Department from what was released yesterday as part of the Epstein Files.

The U.S. Coast Guard is currently interdicting and attempting to seize a sanctioned vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters of the Southern Caribbean Sea, according to three U.S. officials who spoke to ABC News.

The U.S. Coast Guard, with assistance from Navy, interdicted and seized the Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned sanctioned crude oil supertanker M/T CENTURIES, today in the Southern Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Venezuela, as the Trump Administration escalates its campaign of pressure against the the Government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, officials told the Wall Street Journal.

Previous reports that the ship was the Comoros Islands-flagged, Indian-owned tanker M/T DIANCHI, appear to have been false, though the vessel does remain a target of sanctions and is currently operating off the coast of Venezuela.

F-35A Lightning lls with the “Green Mountain Boys” of the Vermont Air National Guard’s 134th Fighter Squadron, 158th Fighter Wing, seen on the tarmac at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Eastern Puerto Rico, after arriving earlier today from the Mainland United States.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has published an over seven-minute-long clip of today’s boarding and seizure by a Coast Guard Maritime Special Reaction Team (MSRT), with assistance from the Navy, of the M/T CENTURIES, Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned sanctioned crude oil supertanker, in international water of the Southern Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela.

Damn…

Alex Jones, yes that Alex Jones, has released a statement saying that he is concerned about the mental wellbeing of Candace Owens, who has now begun spreading an insane conspiracy theory that the Daily Wire, Erika Kirk, Egypt, and the United States Military was behind the assassination of Charlie Kirk.