A backpack-sized device with Russian-origin components is forcing U.S. intelligence to reexamine years of dismissing Havana Syndrome victims—and it could expose how badly Washington got this threat wrong. A Physical Device Changes the Stakes for Havana Syndrome U.S. officials told CBS News that the government acquired a portable, backpack-sized device in late 2024 containing Russian-origin components and believed capable of emitting pulsed radio-frequency energy. The reported significance is straightforward: unlike years of inconclusive theories, the government now has a tangible item that can be tested. Pentagon funding reportedly exceeded eight figures for the purchase and subsequent testing, and the device has been under evaluation for more than a year. Reported symptom profiles associated with these incidents—severe headaches, vertigo, nausea, and high-pitched sounds—have been described for years by affected U.S. diplomats, intelligence officers, and military personnel. Cases began in Havana in 2016 and later spread across dozens of countries, with more than 1,500 U.S. officials affected, according to the reporting. For families who watched careers derail and medical bills pile up, the existence of a testable device matters more than bureaucratic labels like “Anomalous Health Incidents.” Why the New Evidence Collides with Past Intelligence Judgments U.S. intelligence assessments previously leaned heavily against foreign adversary involvement. A 2023 assessment concluded such responsibility was “very unlikely,” and a January 2025 review reaffirmed that overall judgment. The new wrinkle is that two agencies reportedly moved toward a “roughly even chance” view that a foreign device could be involved. That split matters because it suggests the evidence is not being weighed uniformly across the intelligence community. The current conflict is less about partisan talking points than process and accountability. If investigators can reproduce AHI-like effects from the device under controlled testing, it strengthens the argument that at least some incidents could involve a technical capability rather than mass misdiagnosis, stress, or coincidence. If testing fails to match real-world cases, skepticism remains justified. Either way, Americans deserve clarity—especially when U.S. personnel may have been targeted overseas. Gabbard’s ODNI Review Puts Pressure on a Closed System ODNI, under DNI Tulsi Gabbard, is conducting a review of prior AHI investigations that officials described as largely complete but not yet finalized for public release. An ODNI spokesperson said Gabbard remains committed to sharing the findings while avoiding the release of incomplete information. In practical terms, that signals a tension familiar to voters tired of Washington’s “trust us” culture: transparency takes time, but endless delay looks like self-protection. CIA Havana Syndrome Patient Zero speaks on the Pentagon allegedly acquired a Havana Syndrome device on the black market "The Biden administration said they don't believe it all the while they had a device in hand" pic.twitter.com/w6TmpA0Oq7 — Red Panda Koala (@RedPandaKoala) January 15, 2026 Former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos—who reported being affected in Moscow in 2017—has publicly argued that earlier CIA assumptions were “blown up” by the existence of a device capable of producing similar effects, and he has pushed for a new analytic review. That demand tracks with a basic conservative principle: government agencies should not grade their own homework. If the CIA’s prior conclusions were formed without access to key physical evidence, oversight must correct the record. What’s Known, What Isn’t, and What Congress Should Demand Next The reporting does not establish public, definitive attribution to the Russian government; it describes Russian-origin components and a device believed capable of producing effects consistent with the symptoms. That distinction matters because Americans have watched too many national-security narratives swing between certainty and silence. Congress has reportedly been briefed, and lawmakers should press for declassified technical findings: what the device can do, what it cannot do, and how confidently it matches real AHI cases. If U.S. personnel were harmed by a directed-energy capability, the policy implications extend beyond intelligence debates. Defensive measures at embassies and overseas posts, medical support for victims, and clear interagency accountability become immediate priorities. If the government can buy and test a suspected device with significant Pentagon funding, it can also ensure affected Americans are treated with seriousness rather than shuffled into administrative limbo. The public now has enough verified reporting to demand answers. Brain Cooked Alive. Crazy how most of these victims think this 'Havana Syndrome' kind of scalar microwave-type weapon attack are from foreign adversaries when they are all connected to US secret Ultrasonic Acoustic Heyerodyne DEW V2K weapons development. “I woke up with a… pic.twitter.com/0eJcAp2vOP — SynCronus (@syncronus) March 9, 2026 Sources: Device that may be tied to Havana Syndrome obtained by U.S. government Press Release: PR-19-25 DNI Director Tulsi Gabbard on the Russia hoax: “there is irrefutable evidence” Havana Syndrome Breakthrough: US Tests Suspected Device

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Books SFF Bestiary Cats (and Other Pets) in Space: Corinna Bechko & Danny Luckert’s The Space Between How would pets fit into the plans for a generation ship? By Judith Tarr | Published on March 10, 2026 Comment 0 Share New Share Good science fiction makes me think. The story or novel or film will entertain me and I’ll engage with the characters and immerse myself in the world. Then when it’s over, parts of it will stay with me. I don’t usually read graphic novels. My brain wants either blocks o’ text or straight-up moving pictures. But Corinna Bechko answered my call on Bluesky for science fiction with cats, and The Space Between ticked not just that box but also the generation-ship box. And it’s well drawn by Danny Luckert and has interesting characters and riffs on themes that are both timely and classic. The novel is a collection of stories strung along the timeline of a generation ship, the Dodona, en route to its destination, hence its title. There’s plenty of human drama and political conflict. We see how the ship and its culture evolve and devolve as its voyage goes on. Buy the Book The Space Between Corinna Bechko (Author) and Danny Luckert (Illustrator) Buy Book The Space Between Corinna Bechko (Author) and Danny Luckert (Illustrator) Buy this book from: AmazonBarnes and NobleiBooksIndieBoundTarget Humans aren’t the only passengers on the ship. In the first story, there’s a cat. Later, one of the main characters trains and breeds dogs and experiments with genetic engineering. Eventually we find out that there’s a whole habitat in a remote area of the ship, stocked with a range of flora and fauna. The existence of this habitat and the presence of the animals is controversial. The Originators, the people who built and launched the ship, were divided as to whether animals should be included at all. Especially “useless” animals like dogs and cats, which consume resources but can’t be eaten. At first the ship’s designers isolated the animals, but by the time the first chapter of the novel begins, cats have made their way out into the lower levels of the ship, where the lower classes live and maintain the algae vats that provide food and life support for the ship. It’s illegal for anyone above what’s the called the starline, the point at which it’s possible to see the stars, to have a cat, or for that matter any animal. That changes when a pilot ends up below, is locked in a cell, and befriends a cat. Nobody knows how the cat gets in, any more than anyone knows how cats got out of the zoosphere in the first place. They’re there to hunt rats, supposedly. Rats that may or may not exist. But there the cats are, and they’re there to stay. In Chapter Two, nearly fifty years later, another animal has appeared: the dog. The attitude is still that pets are not useful. A child might have one as a plaything, but she’s expected to grow out of it. Bee begs to differ. She has a plan that involves genetically engineering dogs. That’s a newly controversial issue, since one of the big conflicts of Chapter One was the selective breeding of humans for specific traits. What Bee is doing runs into questions of relative ethics. Is it ethical to breed animals when you decline to do the same to humans? By Chapter Three, ten years later, one of Bee’s experiments has produced a puppy with trichromatic vision. Bee makes sure to let the dog, and us, know that she has no intention of breeding for sapience. “Don’t get too smart though,” she says. “Sometimes you’re better off not understanding some things.” Bee’s goal is to breed a dog that’s more suited for space travel. That could lead to developing humans who can live in what she calls marginal environments—such as a starship with failing systems. This is not an academic exercise. The Dodona is in serious trouble. It’s gone off course and may never reach its destination. Parts of it are falling apart. Food supplies are running low; everyone’s on rationing, including Bee’s dogs. Correcting the course requires breaching the containment of the zoosphere where animals have been living and breeding since the ship was launched. The humans who care for them have been keeping their existence a secret for fear that the area will be shut down and the animals ejected into space. That’s where the cats came from, and where Bee got her dogs. Other species have so far managed to stay confined. One in particular, right up against the airlock, is downright dangerous. Sugar gliders are little, cute, and very quick and agile, and they can eat just about anything—and they’re prolific breeders. If they get out, they’ll overrun the ship. But if that’s what it takes in order for the ship to survive, then that’s what has to happen. Chapter Four, some fifty years after the breaching of the zoosphere, introduces a cute little cat-creature named Mabel. We quickly learn that though she looks like a small, stripey, round-faced cat, she’s somewhat more than that. She acts like a cat, licks her butt like a cat, has a cat’s sublime lack of respect for rules and boundaries, but she can spread her sails and glide. She’s a sugar cat, a genetically engineered hybrid of cat and sugar glider. She’s a much-loved companion, whom her person regards as an extension of himself. She’s far from the only animal companion on the ship, but her species is unique. It exists only on the Dodona. It’s a culmination of what Bee began: experiments in gene splicing that have also resulted in the creation or re-creation of such useful substances as aspirin. Humans on the ship are still leery of such things. They believe it’s unnatural. But they’ll need the technology if and when they reach their destination. In the end, “useless” animals turn out be not only useful but essential to the survival of the humans on the ship. Especially the cats, who go where they like and do what they please, and open the way for the dogs and the sugar cats. They take over the Dodona in much the same way it’s believed they first moved in with humans. It’s a mutually beneficial arrangement. Humans need animals. We’re not meant to live in isolation from other species. It’s as true on the Dodona as it was, and is, on this planet where we all evolved.[end-mark] The post Cats (and Other Pets) in Space: Corinna Bechko & Danny Luckert’s The Space Between appeared first on Reactor.

Even as transgender “health care” is losing steam in the medical industry, a powerful LGBTQ activist group is expanding its demands for the kind of “gender-affirming care” that companies provide—including cosmetic interventions like an Adam’s Apple shave and liposuction. The Human Rights Campaign, which bills itself as America’s “largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization,” has long employed mafia-like tactics to pressure companies to toe the line on gender ideology. Even though its influence campaign is on the back foot after a devastating 2025, HRC is actually ramping up its demands for transgender “health care.” Over the years, HRC has expanded its requirements for companies to get a 100 “perfect score” on its “Corporate Equality Index.” The index has always included non-discrimination policies and diversity trainings, but it has increasingly required LGBTQ activism and coverage for sex-rejecting procedures. HRC’s Social Credit Score Like the mafia or Al Capone, the Human Rights Campaign promises brands protection from the Left’s activist investors and protester shock troops in exchange for a generous cut—and not just in terms of money. To demonstrate their “equality,” companies take pro-LGBTQ stances, contribute to activist groups, and promote rainbow-themed products. Investors in the environmental, social, and governance movement used HRC’s index to determine where their money went. Under President Joe Biden, HRC prodded the federal government to implement at least 75% of its 2020 demands. As the index grew more powerful, the LGBTQ mafia kept moving the goalposts. The first edition of the index (2002-2005) focused on non-discrimination, diversity trainings, and affinity groups. The second edition (2006-2012) required “parity in at least one transgender wellness benefit” including counseling, coverage of cross-sex hormones (such as estrogen for men or testosterone for women), medical visits, or “medically necessary surgical procedures such as hysterectomy.” The 2006 index gave companies 5 out of 100 points for this transgender “wellness” benefit. The 2012 edition began awarding 10 points for “transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage.” This required that insurance contracts contain “no blanket exclusions for coverage” and that they be “based on the World Professional Association for Transgender Health Standards of Care.” WPATH, an activist group masquerading as a health authority, hid doctors’ concerns about the negative effects of sex-rejecting procedures. An Adam’s Apple ‘Shave’ In 2023, HRC moved the goalposts again. Rather than 10 points, the transgender health care benefits would be worth 25 points. The old 2012 standard would count for 15 points, and to earn the remaining 10, companies would need to offer coverage of five of the following: Hair removal Hair removal specifically for reconstructive surgery Tracheal shave/reduction Facial feminization surgeries Voice modification surgery Voice modification therapy Lipoplasty/filling for body masculinization or feminization Travel and lodging expenses Men tend to have more cartilage in front of our voice boxes—often referred to as an “Adam’s apple.” If a man who identifies as a woman still has this feature, it may “out” him as transgender, so these men want to get rid of their “Madam’s apples.” A “tracheal shave” refers to the process of shaving that cartilage to hide a man’s true sex. “Lipoplasty,” commonly known as liposuction, involves removing stubborn fat for body contouring. While companies may object to the idea of footing the bill for a woman’s liposuction to appear more attractive, HRC demands that they consider offering the same treatment for a different woman—if she wants to appear male. As Americans might expect, this new requirement proved too much for HRC’s corporate partners. In July 2024, HRC granted companies a reprieve from the new requirements. They only had until this year had to get their affairs in order, however, and the 2026 Corporate Equality Index scores included the Madam’s apple requirements. A Shave Too Far? Hundreds of companies opted out of the LGBTQ mafia’s protection racket last year, and these new requirements may have contributed. At the beginning of 2025, 377 Fortune 500 companies filled out HRC’s survey for the Corporate Equality Index. This year, that number plunged by 65%, with only 131 companies in the Fortune 500 opting to work with HRC. Both Target and Bud Light faced strong backlash for public transgender stances in 2023, and pressure built from there. Conservatives and their allies began launching their own indices to encourage ideological diversity and bring companies back to neutral. Conservatives have also used shareholder resolutions to get companies to reject leftist social activism. This backlash also helped President Donald Trump secure a second term in 2024. Health Care’s Return to Sanity HRC is also rowing against the tide when it comes to health care. The Department of Health and Human Services has concluded that there is little evidence for positive impacts from transgender medical interventions on minors, but it found many documented harms. A jury awarded a detransitioner $2 million, finding that the medical professionals who carried out sex-rejecting procedures on her were liable for medical malpractice. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released a statement recommending against transgender surgery for minors under 19, leading other medical associations to follow suit. These developments will make HRC’s preferred “health care” more and more expensive—and less and less palatable for the companies that couldn’t afford it in 2024. HRC may be on the back foot, but conservatives and other Americans who want companies to prioritize business over leftist advocacy shouldn’t rest on their laurels. Investors can keep making HRC’s protection racket less valuable, and they need to keep up the pressure. The post LGBTQ Mafia Demands Companies Cover Adam’s Apple Shave, Liposuction for Transgender ‘Health Care’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

House Republicans are gathering in Doral, Florida this week to strategize ahead of a sprint to the midterms. As affordability remains a top concern for Americans, Republicans are mulling a second budget reconciliation, a second big, beautiful bill, that looks to deliver on affordability and other priorities of President Donald Trump. “One of the things that we’re certainly going to be talking about is reconciliation 2.0,” Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., a member of the House Appropriations Committee, told the Daily Signal. Other Republicans have signaled their desire for a second reconciliation package, too. The Republican Study Committee, the biggest caucus in the House GOP conference, has outlined some major reconciliation 2.0 priorities. Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News that “it’s up to congress to continue to codify the work that [Trump] is doing.” “Our reconciliation plan, the Republican Study Committee, 190 members, is proposing that we take a look at the issue of affordability, housing, health care, energy,” Pfluger said. ?RECONCILIATION 2.0 The GOP is moving on a second BBB that would:BAN welfare for illegal aliensCODIFY President Trump's EO'sSLASH $1.6 Trillion in wasteful spendingMAKE Housing and Healthcare AFFORDABLE?pic.twitter.com/BzIl2tYQlM— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 19, 2026 Moore told the Daily Signal that his top priority for reconciliation 2.0 would be “trying to make things more affordable [and] getting people working.” One of Moore’s proposals to deliver on affordability and opportunity is a program Moore started as Treasurer of West Virginia. The Jumpstart Savings Plan is a tax-advantage saving account that “creates a savings account similar to a 529,” Moore said, “for when people get out of trade school or vocational school or union apprenticeships, and it allows them to save money in perpetuity for tools, equipment, licenses, certifications and new business startup costs.” Moore has already introduced the Jumpstart Savings Act in Congress to take the West Virginia plan national. The Jumpstart Savings Act would not be for education but “for after you get out of these training and educational programs, like an apprenticeship program or vocational school [or] trade school,” Moore continued. Like a 529 account, this would be a savings account protected from capital gains tax. “These are unrealized capital gains so it’s not like we’re losing money,” Moore added. Other states have already shown interest in importing the West Virginia model. ? For decades, the health care industry has bankrolled the Left to keep the broken status quo in place. The more you pay, the more they profit.Republicans are done playing by their rules. Your health care dollars should go directly to YOU so you can choose the plan that… pic.twitter.com/xyAHyt1KiC— Republican Study Committee (@RepublicanStudy) March 9, 2026 Ohio “really wants to move” on their own Jumpstart program, Moore said. Pennsylvania and Kentucky have also reached out to the congressman showing interest in this program. Moore’s legislation has been backed by Heritage Action, the Associated Builders and Contractors, and the Teamsters union.   The post GOP Considers Last-Ditch Affordability Effort Ahead of Midterms appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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