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Following reporting by The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal, Google confirmed it has suspended the account of Desi Banks Productions LLC for violations of advertising policies and deleted the Mossad recruitment ads from its transparency portal. This article was originally published by All-Source Intelligence. Update: Desi Banks has finally commented on the affair, claiming ignorance of how his LLC was used to purchase ads recruiting Iranians for the Mossad. “I have kids, and never in my life would I be involved in […]

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“This Facebook post was protected speech, and it’s not a close question — not remotely.”

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“As support for abolishing ICE grows among Democratic voters, party leadership continues to argue for reform instead.” —Salon

The Delegation to the Wall

When word reached King’s Landing that the dead were stirring beyond the Wall, the brave Democrats of the Seven Kingdoms sent a delegation north. They did not bring dragonglass, nor men for the Night’s Watch, nor coin to repair the Wall where it wept with meltwater. They brought parchment marked with sternly written words.

The Lord Commander thanked them while a savage wind cut through his heavy cloak and the dead moaned incessantly down below. The letters expressed concern about the White Walkers, but urged restraint. They reminded the Wildlings, should they be listening, that their murderous behavior did not represent who the Realm was. The delegation stayed long enough to be seen shivering as they glanced briefly northward, then rode south, satisfied that the issue had been thoroughly acknowledged.

The glue, or spirit, that binds certain teams is not mystical – you can cultivate it by changing how you work together

- by Leigh Thompson

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The life of Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose illuminates how scientific genius can emerge from the most unexpected quarters

- by Somaditya (Soma) Banerjee

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For more than twenty years between 1980 and 2016, Donald Trump built, looted, and then bankrupted a casino empire — Trump Entertainment Resorts — along Atlantic City’s iconic boardwalk. His casinos stripped punters of hard-earned earnings, wiped out bond holders and stock market investors, and ended as protracted, costly failures, even while it enriched Trump. ‘The money I […]

Mossad is taking advantage of deadly riots that rocked Iran this month to solicit spies through a series of social media ads. In one of history’s strangest collaborations, the Israeli intel agency has purchased the ads through an LLC owned by Atlanta-based standup comic Desi Banks. Update: This report and a September 2025 article by journalist Jack Poulson have resulted in the termination of Farsi-language recruitment ads by Israel’s Mossad assassination agency. Google has suspended the company used to purchase […]

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