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Monday, July 13, 2026

US Senate GOP super PAC seen raising record $140M in Q2

 The United States Senate Leadership Fund (SLF) and its affiliates have broken fundraising records by bringing in $140 million in the second quarter of the year, Axios reported.

This windfall pushed the group’s cash on hand to $238 million as of June, more than double the $117 million at the same point in 2024, marking the first major release since US Majority Leader John Thune (pictured left) became Senate GOP leader.

The funds are designated to defend Republican seats in states like Iowa and Ohio, and to support $100 million in proactive campaigns in New Hampshire, Georgia and Michigan. The main Democratic Senate super PAC and its affiliate raised $147 million in the second quarter but hold a lower total of $126 million in cash on hand.

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/US-Senate-GOP-super-PAC-seen-raising-record-dollar140M-in-Q2/66688541

Why Is China Advertising Insane War Drones On Facebook

 The proliferation of low-cost suicide drones and interceptor drones appears to be accelerating as nation-states begin stockpiling these expendable platforms, reflecting a rapid and structural shift in modern warfare toward mass, attritable weapons.

More concerning is that some of these drones appear to be marketed far beyond traditional military channels and potentially sold to the highest bidder.

We have already identified what appear to be Chinese companies advertising advanced dual-use drone systems on Facebook, suggesting that drone warfare technologies could soon be easily accessible on the commercial market.

Various companies on Facebook appear to be marketing low-cost suicide drones and interceptor drones that look on par with those seen in Ukraine, as shown on Reels.

Here are some of those advertising videos featured on Reels:

When reaching out to what appear to be Chinese or Hong Kong-based drone companies selling advanced AI interceptor drones to anyone, you're greeted with a sales document:

Pricing sheet.

The central question is whether these exporters are complying with China’s Export Control Law and the 2024 regulations governing dual-use items. The potential national security risk is clear: low-cost drone systems could be acquired by criminal groups, terrorist networks, or other non-state threat actors with limited technical or financial barriers.

A possible early warning came from Mexico, where authorities recovered a fiber-optic drone. The discovery suggests that technologies refined on modern battlefields, such as in Ukraine, may already be migrating toward the US homeland and other allied countries.

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/why-china-advertising-insane-dual-use-war-drone-facebook

Unlike so many of them, Lindsey Graham never got rich after 23 years in public office

 by Monica Showalter

What an interesting -- and honoring -- thing it is to die a politician after many years, only for everyone to learn afterwards that you were never corrupt.

Which is the picture we have here with the now-late Sen, Lindsey Graham, who served in public office for 23 years.

Graham, in fact, died one of the poorer members of Congress, never using his office to get rich, the way so many of them do: Sen. Mark Warner, and Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Ro Khanna spring to mind, but there are so many others, even on the conservative side.

No doubt they knew all the loopholes, all the ways to get rich in public office without getting arrested, the weak laws and weaker enforcement being the problem.

But Graham never availed himself of those things, based on what's known about him, he was a hard-working senator solely focused on being a senator, serving the people of South Carolina, and the nation itself. 

No insider trading, those magically timed trades based on privileged information, which is hard to prove, but how a lot of them get rich while in public office, both in Congress and across the executive agencies.

No sleazy book deals -- huge amounts of cash paid from publishers, who get it from most anywhere, to deliver cash to the waiting pol, in exchange for ... something. A lot of them get rich that way, too.

No NGO wrap-arounds into campaign coffers, to be paid in inflated salaries to family members, keeping the wealth all in the family, in exchange for ... something.

No weird real estate deals, the buying of properties at cut-rate prices and unloading them at inflated prices, the way a lot of them do, looking at you, California politicians.

No strange money appearing ... out of nowhere. We even see that and think: suitcases of cash from somewhere, in exchange for ... something.

Graham was an experienced pol and had to have known all the tricks. But with only $1.4 million to his name at the time of his death, an amount that could have easily come from equity on his modest home, he obviously never partook.

That is laudatory. And for all our differences with him on a few things here and there, he obviously was a senator of principle. Nobody paid him off. He was no sleazeball. And that is worth honoring.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/unlike-many-lindsey-graham-never-got-rich-after-33-years-in-public-office/

Cox Media Heir Turned Communist Financier Arrested In Spain, Faces US Extradition

 Jim "Fergie" Chambers, the Communist centi-millionaire and heir to the massive Cox media fortune, was arrested in Ibiza at the request of the US Justice Department and is awaiting possible extradition on federal charges linked to "international money laundering… with the intent to provide material support to and resources to foreign terrorist organizations," according to The Grayzone on Monday, citing new details from the sealed indictment.

The indictment alleges that Chambers transferred funds from US banks to accounts in Tunisia with the intent to support foreign terrorist organizations.

The Grayzone notes that the sealed indictment has little evidence that Chambers has donated any money to "foreign terrorist organizations." It merely states "Chambers made numerous transfers of funds from banks in the US to banks in Tunisia," where he relocated in late 2023.

Chambers is the founder of the Babochki Collective and a major backer of Stop Cop City, Palestine Action US (later renamed Unity of Fields), and related legal defense efforts. He allegedly funded bail, legal fees, and direct-action campaigns targeting police-training projects and Israeli-linked defense firms, while also building networks with far-left activists.

To note: Mirah Wood sits at the center of Babochki Collective as an "Admin" and is the co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America's (DSA) Internationalist Committee

A communist and convert to Islam from New York, Chambers has pledged to use his $250 million fortune to fund "revolutionary organizing."

The indictment also alleges that, after fleeing the US in 2023, he transferred about $7.5 million out of the country in order to seek opportunities to provide material support to Hamas, Middle East Eye reported.

There are numerous reports that Chambers has possibly supported or interfaced with designated terrorist groups, including Samidoun, which the US Treasury identified as a "sham charity serving as an international fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization," and Middle East Children's Alliance, which has been cited by US and allied governments for links to the PFLP.

Additional US groups he has possibly supported or interfaced with include China-based Marxist Roy Singham's NGO sphere, including ANSWER Coalition, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and Newsclick, as well as student and campus mobilization networks (such as Students for Justice in Palestine) and political prisoner advocacy groups. Chambers' own Berkshire Communists project in Massachusetts has served as a local hub for organizing and arms training within this network.

City Journal's Stu Smith wrote in a recent report, "Chambers is one of the main funders of America's radical Left. His money has flowed to a host of projects in the "anti-imperialism" organizing space," adding, "Chambers claims that he and Singham are effectively the two primary financiers of the US radical left." Despite this, the two have apparently been at loggerheads—a conflict that has now gone public."

Chambers' arrest comes ahead of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's planned meeting this Thursday of high-level officials from 60 nations that will begin to problem-solve how to curb transnational far-left terrorism across the Western world.

Last month, Fox News' Asra Nomani reported that US Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York, authorized by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, is examining whether Singham, NGOs he funded, or their leaders committed wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, or other financial crimes.

Smith also noted, "Congressional scrutiny of the Singham network has recently intensified. Several House committees have sought documentation from affiliated organizations. Lawmakers have also referred The People's Forum to the IRS, urging review and possible revocation of its tax-exempt status, and have asked then-Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Singham under the Foreign Agents Registration Act."

Meanwhile, Calla Walsh, a former Democratic Party operative who worked for Democratic Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, met Chambers several years ago while working with Unity of Fields. She was recently seen on Iranian television praising slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as the "greatest anti-imperialist leader" of her lifetime.

"Ayatollah Khamenei was the greatest anti-imperialist leader to have lived during my lifetime," Walsh said.

Walsh shared a message similar to that of the Democratic Socialists: "Death to America"...

Oddly enough, the rhetoric from Chambers, Walsh, Marxist NGOs operating in the US, and the DSA all sounds similar.

Here's the DSA calling for revolution and the destruction of America from within:

Days ago, Mark Penn, the former chief White House pollster and strategic advisor to President Bill Clinton for six years, warned in a Wall Street op-ed titled "The Socialist Threat Is Real" that "Lawmakers, law-enforcement agencies and journalists should investigate the DSA to see if it is being funded by foreign governments and interests."

This all comes as Western leaders are trying to determine where a troubling pattern of left-wing revolutionary activity is originating, amid an alarming rise in far-left activists seeking to kill "capitalists."

Walsh is calling for revolutionaries to attend a rally in front of the courts in Ibiza on Tuesday, where Chambers is being held. 

Perhaps Rubio's upcoming meeting with leaders from 60 nations on Thursday can begin piecing together the puzzle of who is funding the activist groups seeking a communist revolution to destroy America from within.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cox-media-heir-turned-communist-financier-arrested-spain-faces-us-extradition

US Embassy in UAE cancels consular appointments

 

The US Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the US Consulate General in Dubai have canceled all consular appointments from July 13 to 15, citing the regional security situation.

The embassy said it remains on ordered departure status, with non-emergency US government personnel relocated outside the UAE.

Only limited consular assistance is currently available to U.S. citizens, while routine visa services remain suspended.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202607116587

UAE condemns attacks on Kuwait consulate in Iraq

 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement condemning repeated assaults on Kuwait's Consulate General in Basra, Iraq.

The ministry said the attacks violated international law, stressing the need to safeguard diplomatic missions and personnel. The statement cited the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations as the framework obligating the protection of foreign missions. It urged Baghdad to "fulfill its legal obligations" by securing the site, investigating the incidents and holding those responsible accountable.

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/UAE-condemns-attacks-on-Kuwait-consulate-in-Iraq/66688355

Trump said to greenlight MbS plan for Yemen strikes

 United States President Donald Trump gave his approval for military operations against Yemen's Houthi rebels on a phone call with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), Axios reported, citing US officials.

This call followed urgent diplomatic meetings between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Saudi officials, with Saudi Arabia seeking American backing to prepare for a potential regional conflict.

The agreement led directly to Monday's escalation, when Saudi warplanes bombed Sanaa International Airport to block a sanctioned Iranian flight. The Houthis retaliated with drone and missile strikes on Saudi Arabia's Abha airport, breaking a fragile four-year truce.

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Trump-said-to-greenlight-MbS-plan-for-Yemen-strikes/66688305