Erik S. Lesser

Staff Photographer with the European Pressphoto Agency based in Atlanta, Georgia..

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Sources claim to Iran’s Fars News Agency that the United Arab Emirates was involved in what was like retaliatory U.S. strikes just now, but these reports are not backed by credible evidence.

[BNO News @BNONews]

JUST IN: U.S. Rep. David Scott (D-GA), who was running for a 13th term in office, has died at 80

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

According to Saudi news outlet Al Hadath, the U.S. has suspended security cooperation and dollar shipments to Iraq. While no definite reasoning for the move has been announced, the Iraqi government has struggled with the appointment of a “consensus candidate,” as they try to balance both the influences of the U.S. and the deep inroads that the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has made into their governance and security frameworks.

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

Tony Gonzales, in May 2024, calling some House Rs “scumbags.”

“Not all of them are rewarding citizens, productive members of society here. And some of them are scumbags….There’s probably a laundry list of folks.”

(He was having an affair that year with his aide)

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Footage of a US Navy destroyer launching a number of BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles at Iranian targets today.

[Greg Bluestein @bluestein]

Elsewhere in the newsletter: Democrats today launched a Progressive Caucus to organize the party’s left wing into something more than a loose coalition. #gapol

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Bahrain’s Ministry of the Interior announces that it will conduct a test tonight of its Emergency Alert System across all mobile phones and smart devices in roughly ten minutes, at 9:30PM.

[The Onion @TheOnion]

DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism https://t.co/3EJf12WaYU

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has announced, that at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, military forces under Joint Task Force-Southern Spear (JTF-SS) carried out a strike Tuesday, December 30, against three narco-trafficking vessels traveling in a convoy in International Waters.

According to SOUTHCOM, intelligence indicated that the vessels were transiting along a known narco-trafficking route and had transferred narcotics between the three vessels prior to the strikes, with three narco-terrorists aboard the first vessel killed in the initial engagement while the remaining narco-terrorists abandoned the other two boats, jumping overboard and distancing themselves before follow-on engagements sank their respective vessels, all of which were believed to have been associated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO).

Following the strikes, search-and-rescue operations for the survivors were launched by the U.S. Coast Guard.

[Erik S. Lesser @erikfoto]

@AnkerSOLIX @MilitaryMkover @Montel_Williams A AA battery won't power my house?

[Anker SOLIX @AnkerSOLIX]

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[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

URGENT ⚡️ Mario Guevara, the only journalist behind bars in the United States, faces imminent deportation following charges related to his live streaming of law enforcement. https://t.co/2xI7wTse0b

📷: Erik S Lesser/EPA

[Erik S. Lesser @erikfoto]

https://t.co/IQYxd2mVet

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

A Soyuz-2 Rocket carrying 53 Small Satellites, including 2 for the Iranian Space Agency, was launched earlier today from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Eastern Russia; with all of the Satellites said to have been Successfully Deployed in Orbit. The Two Satellites provided by Iran, include a High-Resolution Imaging Satellite named “Kowsar” and “Hodhod” a Communication Satellite, with both expected to last roughly 4 Years in Orbit.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Travis King, a 24-Year-Old Former Private in the U.S. Army who Deserted to North Korea in July of 2023 after facing Punishment due to Criminal and Administrative Trouble he had gotten into while stationed in South Korea, with him only being Freed roughly Two Months after because of “Intense Diplomacy” between the United States, North Korea, and several other Countries; was Sentenced today by a Military Court to One Year of Confinement and a Dishonorable Discharge from the U.S. Army, with him being Released right after the Hearing due to Time Served and Good Behavior.

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

#RIP dad 💔

[Erik S. Lesser @erikfoto]

@MARTAservice +30 minutes between trains

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

Coeur d'Alene (ID) police detectives confirmed the use of a racial slur against the University of Utah women’s basketball team during the NCAA tournament. Our college-aged young people can't even travel for a basketball tournament without encountering HATE!

[Erik S. Lesser @erikfoto]

Chasing the good light at @THEPLAYERS @PGATOUR #golf @XSchauffele

[EPA Images @EPA_Images]

Xander Schauffele of the US hits from a large bunker on the 16th hole during the third round of The Players Championship golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA, 16 March 2024.
📸 EPA / Erik S. Lesser

[Erik S. Lesser @erikfoto]

Wandering through #SouthCarolina covering @NikkiHaley

[EPA Images @EPA_Images]

Republican US presidential candidate Nikki Haley (R) reacts backstage before speaking at a campaign rally in Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA, 18 February 2024.
📸 EPA / Erik S. Lesser