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One of ‘biggest own goals in diplomatic HISTORY’ — Treasury Sec Bessent decimates Zelensky’s Oval Office tantrumBessent had expl...

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</div></a><div dir="auto" data-sanitized-class="tgme_widget_message_text js-message_text"><b>One of ‘biggest own goals in diplomatic HISTORY’ — Treasury Sec Bessent decimates Zelensky’s Oval Office tantrum</b><br><br>Bessent had explained to Zelensky weeks ago the purpose of the rare earths deal was to show Russia that there was 'no daylight' between Washington and Kiev.<br><br><a href="https://t.me/s/?q=%23Zelensky">#Zelensky</a> <a href="https://t.me/s/?q=%23Trump">#Trump</a><br><br> <a href="https://t.me/MTodayNews" target="_blank">@MTodayNews</a></div><br><br><span>(Feed generated with <a href="https://fetchrss.com/" target="_blank">FetchRSS</a>)</span>


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title: Pax Americana is over. What comes next will be worse.
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For nearly eight decades, humanity has benefited from an international order built and maintained by American power.

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title: LaRouche in Dialogue with Russian Economists
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<p><strong>The US is determined to seize even the slightest opportunity to end the Ukraine conflict, the secretary of state has said</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Some EU countries would favor the conflict between Russia and Ukraine dragging on longer with the idea of weakening Moscow, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has charged, stressing that Washington’s goal is to end the hostilities.</p>
<p>Rubio's comments came after a heated meeting between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky on Friday, which triggered accusations from American officials that the Ukrainian leader showed <em>“disrespect”</em> and ingratitude towards the US.</p>
<p>In an interview with CNN on Friday, Rubio emphasized that Washington is seeking peace for Ukraine, adding that if there’s even a 1% chance of that happening, it <em>“needs to be explored.”</em> He also suggested that some of his EU counterparts are not exactly on board with this approach.</p>
<p>He cited an unnamed European foreign minister as saying that the EU’s plan is to allow <em>“the war go… on for another year and at that point Russia will feel so weakened that they’ll beg for peace.”</em> Rubio criticized this approach, stating, <em>“That’s another year of killing, another year of dying, another year of destruction, and by the way, not a very realistic plan in my point of view.”</em></p>

            
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<p>Rubio has also called on Zelensky to apologize for what he called an <em>“antagonistic”</em> approach during the meeting, rebuking him for his stance on an agreement granting the US rights to Ukraine’s natural resources, which was set to be signed at the White House but ended up in limbo due to the spat that ensued.</p>
<p>While Zelensky – who urged the US to continue military support for Ukraine while warning that the failure to do so would backfire – was heavily criticized by Trump administration officials and Republicans, many EU leaders rallied to his support.</p>
<p>Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the EU Commission, praised Zelensky’s <em>“dignity”</em> and reassured him that he is <em>“never alone.”</em> Friedrich Merz, Germany’s presumed future chancellor, said that <em>“we must never confuse aggressor and victim in this terrible war.”</em></p>
<p>Meanwhile, Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, went even further, issuing a not-so-veiled rebuke to Trump. <em>“We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the aggressor… Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.”</em></p>
<p>Whereas Russia has praised the Trump administration for its willingness to find ways to resolve the Ukraine conflict, including examining its root causes, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denounced the EU for what he described as a desire to further escalate the hostilities.</p>

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title: Zelensky seeks to thaw relations after Trump spat: Peace ‘will be difficult’ without US
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took to social media Saturday to clarify comments he made during the contentious back-and-forth with President Trump at the White House a day earlier, saying lasting peace in Eastern Europe would be “difficult” without U.S. support. Zelensky, in a lengthy thread on the social platform X, expressed gratitude for the U.S.…

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title: Conference Invitation—A Beautiful Vision for Humanity in Times of Great Turbulence!
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<h2 data-sanitized-class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Schiller Institute International Conference, May 24-25, 2025<br>A Beautiful Vision for Humanity in Times of Great Turbulence!</h2>


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<p>The strategic situation is presently undergoing not one, but several tectonic changes. These changes are effectively burying the unipolar order that emerged after World War II, and then again in a new form, after the end of the Cold War. Francis Fukuyama’s thesis of the “end of history,” by which he meant world domination by the Western liberal model of democracy, turned out to be one of the most short-lived “eras” in history.</p>



<p>Following President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the trans-Atlantic relationship very quickly shattered, with a deafening burst of noise. “The U.S. is now the enemy of the West,” screamed London’s <em>Financial Times</em>, in a front-page article which concluded: “The West is dead.” The special relationship between the U.S. and the U.K., which was the pillar of the unipolar order, has been broken, never to be restored.</p>



<p>It is now coming to light that the pro-EU forces in Europe were allied with the very same “deep state,” sometimes called the “permanent bureaucracy,” under attack by the Trump administration. Vice President J.D. Vance’s remarks at the Munich Security Conference about the lack of democratic practices in Europe struck a raw nerve in the European “permanent bureaucracy.”</p>



<p>If President Trump succeeds in not only ending the Ukraine war, but also permanently banning the species-threatening use of nuclear weapons, through a process of cooperation and dialogue with Russia and China, he will deserve a place on Mount Rushmore. This would mean nothing less than replacing the practice of geopolitical confrontation against the BRICS states and the Global South with cooperation for the mutual benefit of all.</p>



<p>The second tectonic change is marked by the process in which the nations of the Global South are presently overcoming 500 years of colonialism with the help of China and moving to become middle-level income countries in the near term. Instead of regarding this development as a threat, European nations and the United States should happily welcome the elimination of grinding poverty for billions of people now being liberated to achieve their full potential. The only way the danger of global nuclear war and the subsequent annihilation of the human species can be overcome, is by cooperation with the Global Majority.</p>



<p>The conference will also reflect on the life work of Lyndon LaRouche. The <a href="https://www.larouchelegacyfoundation.org/">LaRouche Legacy Foundation</a> (LLF) will present ample evidence that Lyndon LaRouche, as early as the 1960s, had forecast the present crisis of the liberal system with astounding accuracy. If the world had listened to LaRouche’s analysis, and his warning of Nixon’s destruction of the old Bretton Woods system, by the introduction of floating exchange rates, the world would never have entered the present existential crisis—a crisis characterized by a zooming speculative financial bubble, collapsing physical economy, and an unquenchable drive for war and the Schachtian militarization of the economy associated with it.</p>



<p>The scientific method of LaRouche’s physical economy is most closely approximated today by China, which is why that country is so enormously successful, a success which can be replicated by any nation that chooses to do so.</p>



<p>The major challenge facing the world as a whole, is to finally create a just, new world economic order, and to apply the concept of peace through development. At the conference, there will be an important discussion of the campaign by the Schiller Institute to put the Oasis plan, first proposed by LaRouche in 1975, on the agenda for all of Southwest Asia. There will be a special focus on a development plan for the African continent in line with the <a href="https://au.int/en/agenda2063/overview">African Union’s Agenda 2063</a>, which shares the spirit of the <a href="https://laroucheorganization.com/larouche-plan-southwest-asia">Oasis Plan</a>.</p>



<p>We need to catapult the entire world out of the present misery of geopolitical confrontation, out of the barbaric conception that everything is a zero-sum game, and that one always needs an enemy. We have reached a moment in history in which we absolutely need to reach a new paradigm that proceeds from the idea of the one humanity first, and then brings into cohesion the interests of all nations with that of the one humanity. We must create a new era in human history, based on completely new axioms, not those of the old order which has just imploded. For that, we need a new global security and development architecture that takes into account the existential interest of every single nation on the planet. It is the quality of a degraded, or a sublime character of culture, which determines how we think. The needed new paradigm requires that we replace the present ignorance, indifference and outright chauvinism with respect to other cultures, with curiosity, interest, knowledge and even love for the different cultures of the planet. The Schiller Institute conference will feature a dialogue of cultures and civilizations, whereby the uniqueness, as well as the universal principles uniting art, will be brought forth.</p>



<p>Mankind is at its most important branching point ever. If we continue as barbarians, we will suffer the fate of the dinosaurs and troglodytes. But we also have hope because man is capable of the limitless perfection of his reason and beauty of character. This must inform our vision of the future.</p>



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<p>Panel One: Strategic Challenges and the Emerging New Order</p>



<p>Panel Two: The Beauty of the Diversity of Cultures</p>



<p>Panel Three: The Role of Youth in Shaping a New World Economic Order</p>



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<p>Panel One: LaRouche Legacy Foundation on the Actuality of LaRouche’s Ideas</p>



<p>Panel Two: The Development of Africa as the Joint Mission of Humanity</p>



<p>Panel Three: The Industrial Revolution 4.0, Space, Fusion and AI </p>


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<p>Depuis son entrée en poste, Donald Trump a multiplié les attaques contre les personnes transgenres. </p>

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<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/838/1*e-YeMqANSMlcIpfa7FVnYw.jpeg"></figure><p>I publish my work in print form every month in a collection called JOHNSTONE magazine. The new edition is titled “We Are Ruled By Sociopaths Because Capitalism Elevates The Worst Among Us,” and it’s available to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1923372041">order in print</a> or download as a pay-what-you-want <a href="https://caitoz.gumroad.com/l/cuhrf">e-book version</a>.</p><p>In a system which elevates those who are willing to do whatever it takes to make the most money, it is only natural that we now find ourselves <a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/when-theres-no-money-in-the-pursuit">ruled by sociopaths</a>. That’s why we’re seeing <a href="https://www.mintpressnews.com/elon-musk-not-renegade-outsider-cia-pentagon-contractor/280972/">Pentagon contractor</a> Elon Musk throwing his weight around in a presidential administration that <a href="https://x.com/BoltzmannBooty/status/1894219144066720191">he co-owns</a> with Israeli billionaire<a href="https://x.com/mtracey/status/1837886438903357920"> Miriam Adelson</a>.</p><p>Under capitalism we are ruled by the worst among us, while the living saints of our society toil without recognition in our hospitals, schools and slums. In our status quo systems there is no money in the pursuit of goodness and no goodness in the pursuit of money; it is those who pursue money above all else who wind up on top, and they have no goodness in them.</p><p>This, plainly, is unsustainable.</p><p>You can get a paperback copy of this issue by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1923372041">clicking here</a>, or a pay-what-you-feel digital copy by <a href="https://caitoz.gumroad.com/l/cuhrf">clicking here</a>.</p><p>Other paperback editions of JOHNSTONE can be purchased by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CF5YLBGD">clicking here</a>. Other digital editions can be downloaded by <a href="https://caitoz.gumroad.com/">clicking here</a>.</p><p>You can also get a subscription to the digital versions which will be sent to your inbox every month by <a href="https://caitoz.gumroad.com/l/mmjbro">clicking here</a>.</p><h4>INSIDE:</h4><p><em>Tom Cotton Admits The US Doesn’t Actually Care About Spreading Democracy … 3</em></p><p><em>They’re Still Slaughtering Civilians In Gaza … 6</em></p><p><em>They Don’t Just Tell Us What To Think, They Train Us HOW To Think … 8</em></p><p><em>Fathoms … 10</em></p><p><em>How To Be Both Happy And Well-Informed … 12</em></p><p><em>Trump Goes All-In On Stealing Gaza For His Zionist Owners … 14</em></p><p><em>Only 3 Percent Of Jewish Israelis Think Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plan For Gaza Is Immoral … 16</em></p><p><em>The Nonstop Military Operation Known As Israel … 18</em></p><p><em>As The Gaza Agenda Moves Forward, The Imperial Narrative Shifts With It … 21</em></p><p><em>The Tiger Show … 22</em></p><p><em>Civil Rights Are Being Destroyed Throughout The West In Service Of Israel … 24</em></p><p><em>The Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza Didn’t Start With Trump … 26</em></p><p><em>It’s Gross And Cringey To Love A State Like Israel Or The USA … 28</em></p><p><em>The Gaza Ceasefire Is Being Sabotaged By Israel, By Trump, And By The Media … 30</em></p><p><em>Israel Admits It Violated The Ceasefire And Hamas Did Not … 32</em></p><p><em>Washington Drops Ukraine, Israel Backs Down On Hamas Demands … 34</em></p><p><em>The IDF Didn’t Just Target Hospitals, They Destroyed Individual Medical Machines … 36</em></p><p><em>There Is No Antisemitism Crisis In Australia. It’s A Carefully Constructed Lie. … 39</em></p><p><em>I Write About Israel All The Time Because I Have To, Not Because I Want To … 42</em></p><p><em>Anyone Who Wants The Ukraine War To Continue Is A Monster … 44</em></p><p><em>Meditations On The Notion That Obama “Never Had Any Scandals” … 46</em></p><p><em>You Don’t Actually Need To Pick A Team … 48</em></p><p><em>Israel Pushes New Atrocity Narrative Just As Ceasefire Deadline Approaches … 50</em></p><p><em>Liberals Hate Socialists Because Socialists Are The Real Thing … 52</em></p><p><em>Israel And Its Apologists Weaponize Sympathy In Order To Facilitate Genocide … 55</em></p><p><em>When There’s No Money In The Pursuit Of The Good And No Goodness In The Pursuit Of Money … 58</em></p><p><em>The Empire At Its Most Honest … 60</em></p><p><em>They’re Fetishizing The Bibas Kids’ Red Hair To Sell Genocide To White Westerners … 62</em></p><p><em>All These Israeli Agendas Were Planned Long In Advance … 64</em></p><p>Again, you can get a paperback copy of this issue by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1923372041">clicking here</a>, or <a href="https://caitoz.gumroad.com/l/cuhrf">click here</a> for a digital pay-what-you-feel copy.</p><p>__________________</p><p><em>My work is </em><a href="https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/05/24/my-experiments-with-hacking-capitalism/"><em>entirely reader-supported</em></a><em>, so if you enjoyed this piece </em><a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/about"><em>here are some options</em></a><em> where you can toss some money into my tip jar if you want to. </em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU8Yu4WZJ11Il3TZmNiMUFQ?sub_confirmation=1"><em>Go here</em></a><em> to find video versions of my articles. 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<p><strong>The vice president’s policy stance is aligned with the tech mogul’s views on key issues, including free speech and Ukraine aid</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Tech billionaire and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk has called US Vice President J.D. Vance <em>“our future President,”</em> fueling speculation about Vance’s political ambitions.</p>
<p>Musk’s remarks followed a post on X addressing the tense exchange between Vance and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over free speech policies during an Oval Office meeting on Thursday.</p>
<p>As Starmer met with President Donald Trump and administration officials at the White House, Vance defended his stance on digital censorship, echoing comments he made during last month’s Munich Security Conference.</p>
<p><em>“We also know there have been infringements on free speech that affect not just the British,”</em> Vance said. <em>“Of course, what the British do in their own country is up to them, but it also impacts American technology companies and, by extension, American citizens.”</em></p>
<p>Starmer dismissed Vance’s concerns, insisting that free speech remained firmly protected in the United Kingdom. <em>“We’ve had free speech for a very, very long time in the United Kingdom, and it will last for a very, very long time,”</em> the Labour Party leader said.</p>
<p><em>“Best VP ever and our future President,”</em> Musk wrote in a post on his social media platform X on Friday.</p>
<p>Musk has been vocal in his criticism of Starmer and has frequently aligned with Vance on key foreign policy issues, particularly free speech and US aid to Ukraine.</p>
<p>Musk’s endorsement comes as Vance and Trump engaged in a heated exchange with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky at an Oval Office meeting on Friday. Vance, the first to address Zelensky, criticized his recent public appearances highlighting war devastation, accusing him of hosting <em>“propaganda tours,”</em> and labeling the Ukrainian leader <em>“disrespectful.”</em></p>
<p>The confrontation led to the day’s events being cut short, while Trump reportedly dismissed Zelensky and told him to return when he was <em>“ready to pursue peace.”</em> Musk later also chimed it, saying the Ukrainian leader had <em>“destroyed himself in the eyes of the American people”</em> in an X post.</p>

            
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<p>Musk, who was appointed to lead DOGE when Trump took office in January, has been tasked with reducing government inefficiency and cutting federal spending. His endorsement of Vance marks the second time in recent weeks that he has expressed support for the vice president, previously posting: <em>“Best VP ever and hopefully our future President.”</em></p>
<p>The 40-year-old Vance is the third-youngest vice president in US history. His relationship with Trump has evolved significantly since the president’s first term. Once a vocal critic of Trump, Vance opposed his candidacy in 2016, calling him <em>“cultural heroin”</em> for conservatives and questioning his character. However, he later shifted his stance, securing Trump’s endorsement in his successful 2022 Ohio Senate bid, a move that cemented his place within Trump’s political inner circle.</p>

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title: Zelensky ‘weakened his hand’ post tense Trump exchange: Sean Spicer
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Spicer attributed Zelenskyy’s demeanor to a lack of “preparation” and understanding of “diplomacy.” 

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5168826
title: Artificial intelligence can help predict the next pandemic
author: ;Marco Salemi; opinion contributor
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AI’s potential to detect and prevent disease is limitless, and allows us to address public health in a manner that is proactive, not just reactive.

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5170702
title: Kinzinger hits Trump over clash with Zelensky: US ‘not the good guys in this’
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Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) hammered President Trump and Vice President Vance late Friday over their joint clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. Kinzinger, who has emerged one of Trump’s most vocal critics, said after the exchange that the U.S. is “not the good guys” in the ongoing discussion about how…

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title: American Independence 250th: End The U.S.-British Special Relationship!
author: ;The LaRouche Organization
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guid: https://www.rt.com/russia/613529-zelensky-ukraine-conflict-over/
title: Zelensky is done – former CIA analyst
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<p><strong>The Ukrainian leader’s failure at Friday’s meeting with Donald Trump has highlighted that he is an “impediment to peace” and has to be removed, John Kiriakou has told RT</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Vladimir Zelensky is done as the leader of Ukraine and should be removed, journalist and former CIA analyst John Kiriakou told RT, commenting on the verbal spat between Zelensky and US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday.</p>
<p>The meeting became heated when Zelensky resisted Trump’s demand to negotiate peace with Russia, leading the latter to accuse him of ingratitude and an unwillingness to end the conflict. Consequently, Zelensky left the White House prematurely, without signing an agreement that would have granted the US rights to Ukraine’s natural resources. The planned joint press conference was canceled.</p>
<p><em>“For all intents and purposes, Zelensky is done. I wouldn’t be surprised if in three months Zelensky is living in London or some such place,”</em> Kiriakou said on Friday. He noted that Zelensky, who, citing martial law, refused to step down after his presidential mandate ended last year, will <em>“have to be removed”</em> because he <em>“continues to be an impediment to peace.”</em></p>

            
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<p><em>“You know, they’ve got this provision in the Ukrainian constitution where they don’t have to have elections during a time of martial law...Maybe it’s time to take a second look at that, get him out, and elect somebody who can negotiate in good faith with the Russian government,”</em> the analyst suggested.</p>
<p>Kiriakou noted that without the support of Washington, which Kiev effectively lost when Zelensky antagonized Trump on Friday, the Ukraine conflict can be considered <em>“over.”</em></p>
<p><em>“[Zelensky] can’t rely on NATO… if the US pulls out. And it looks very much that the US is in the process now of pulling out. The conflict is over. It’s done. This is today’s reality,”</em> he stated.</p>

             
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<p>Zelensky has previously dismissed the possibility of stepping down. In an interview with Fox News following the meeting with Trump, he responded to a call from US Senator Lindsey Graham <em>“to resign and send somebody over that we can do business with.”</em> Zelensky stated he won’t do that unless asked by the Ukrainian people. According to Kiriakou, losing the support of such a pro-Kiev figure as Graham is yet another sign that Zelensky time at the helm is over, as is the conflict itself.</p>
<p><em>“In the US Congress, we have workhorses and we have show horses. And Lindsey Graham is a show horse. So when you’ve lost Lindsey Graham, you’ve lost the war. [It] is a message to Vladimir Zelensky that it’s time to just stop,”</em> the analyst said.</p>

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guid: yt:video:qtOavzLhB-k
title: American Independence 250th: End The U.S.-British Special Relationship!
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‼️Ukrainian MP Demands Impeachment After Oval Office MeltdownUkrainian MP Oleksandr Dubinsky has ignited a firestorm by demandin...

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/2144568/ski-acrobatique-kingsbury-gros-globe-cristal
title: Mikaël Kingsbury s’assure du gros globe de cristal à Almaty
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<p>Le Québécois a remporté l'épreuve de bosses en parallèle. C'est sa 98e victoire en Coupe du monde.</p>


guid: https://www.rt.com/india/613546-sanctions-impact-crude-supplies-india/
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<p><strong>Purchases in February dropped to their lowest level since January 2023</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>India’s imports of crude oil from Russia decreased in February to their lowest level since January 2023. The downturn in purchases comes weeks after the outgoing US administration imposed sanctions against several Russian energy companies and numerous oil tankers.</p>
<p>Imports to India, the country that became Russia’s second largest buyer of oil following the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict, decreased by 14.9% from the previous month, averaging just around 1.4 million barrels per day in February, as per data from Kpler and cited by Bloomberg on Friday.</p>
<p>The shortfall from Russia was compensated for by several countries, primarily Iraq and Saudi Arabia, according to Kpler data. For instance, shipments from Iraq, India’s second-biggest supplier, jumped 8.3% in February. Indian refiners also bought more from Nigeria, Angola, Mexico, and Colombia. Crude purchases from Russia by the South Asian nation are expected to further decline over the next two months, the Bloomberg report suggested.</p>

            
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<p>The latest sanctions imposed in January by the US and UK targeted Russian oil producers, including Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas, as well as 183 tankers involved in transporting Russian crude oil. The measures have impacted both India, the world’s third-largest oil importer, which largely relies on seaboard crude shipments, and China, the world’s largest importer.</p>
<p>Speaking in New Delhi in February, Russian First Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin emphasized that Moscow would continue supplying oil to global markets, including India, despite the sanctions. <em>“We are pragmatic. We value our relationships, and we will continue to supply the market. Our resources are competitive from an economic standpoint,”</em> Sorokin said. </p>
<p>He also suggested Russia would be increasing liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments to India. New Delhi currently imports the super-chilled fuel from both Qatar and the US, which together meet about 50% of its demand.</p>

             
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<p>India has walked a diplomatic tightrope in the Ukraine conflict, maintaining close contacts with the US and Europe while expanding its strategic partnership with Russia, which has emerged as its largest oil supplier. </p>
<p>Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov in an interview with News18 on Thursday praised New Delhi’s approach to finding the most cost-effective sources of oil and gas and noted that Russia has been a reliable and affordable energy provider.</p>

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5169188
title: Deporting veterans is nothing to boast about
author: ;Vedia Barnett; opinion contributor
link: https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5169188-trump-deporting-veterans/
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To every lawmaker, every voter, every American who claims to support our troops: This is your moment to prove it.

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5168771
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Seasonal allergies affect roughly 100 million people in the U.S., according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma &amp; Immunology.

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5170772
title: Musk makes case for controversial DOGE cuts in 3-hour Rogan interview
author: ;Filip Timotija
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk made the case for the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cuts during a lengthy interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, defending the actions of the advisory board and labeling non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as “maybe the biggest scam ever.” Musk, who was tapped by President Trump to head DOGE but is not the…

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<p><strong>Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, previously suggested that the bloc must replace the US as the world’s leader</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Russian President Vladimir Putin should be the ‘leader of the free world’, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said. His remarks came in response to the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, who suggested that the bloc must assume the mantle from the US following Washington’s policy shift on Ukraine.</p>
<p>On Friday, Kallas, along with several other EU leaders, reiterated their support for Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, who engaged in a heated exchange with US President Donald Trump in the White House on Friday. Trump accused Zelensky of not being grateful for American assistance and not being willing to negotiate an end to the Ukraine conflict, while the Ukrainian leader urged Washington to continue its military support for Kiev while warning that failure to do so would backfire on the US.</p>
<p>Kallas took a swipe at Trump, writing: <em>“Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the aggressor [sic]. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.”</em></p>

            
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<p>In an interview with RIA Novosti on Saturday, Medvedev, who now serves as deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, agreed that the title of ‘leader of the free world’ should be transferred from the US to another party, but not the EU. The world <em>“needs one, and he exists. His name is Vladimir Putin,”</em> he said.</p>
<p>Medvedev also argued that while EU leaders might try to show some defiance in the face of US pressure, they will ultimately cave in. <em>“They will make some noise, post identical messages on social media, and return to their pen. Europe is a feeble, quarrelsome old woman who is utterly dependent on US protection.”</em></p>

             
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<p>The former president also reiterated that Moscow remains open to negotiations to settle the Ukraine conflict, but stressed that they must proceed on Russia’s terms. <em>“We have always been ready for negotiations, and any negotiations require reciprocal steps. But only those steps that correspond to the reality on the ground and our basic law.”</em></p>
<p>Russia has praised the Trump administration for attempting to resolve the Ukraine conflict and listen to Moscow’s geopolitical concerns related to it, while blasting the EU for attempting to fuel the hostilities by continuing to support Kiev.</p>

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5169877
title: Democrats go full McCarthy with attacks on Musk’s nationality, loyalties
author: ;Jonathan Turley; Opinion Contributor
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Democratic leaders have been questioning the loyalty of those who support or work with the Trump Administration, echoing McCarthy's playbook, and questioning the loyalty of naturalized citizens like Elon Musk, while also attacking Republicans as fascists and Nazis.

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2144579/bernache-grippe-aviaire-h5n1
title: Des bernaches trouvées mortes à l’Î.-P.-É. étaient infectées par la grippe aviaire
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<p>Les résultats devront être confirmés par le Centre national des maladies animales exotiques à Winnipeg.</p>

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5170158
title: Administration channels Neville Chamberlain with actions on Ukraine
author: ;Former Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.); opinion contributor
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The Biden administration is reportedly seeking a peace deal in Ukraine that gives Russia control over certain territories, despite warnings from allies and critics that this would be appeasement and harm America's global interests.

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title: Ukraine attempted to attack TurkStream – Russian MOD
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<p><strong>Russian air defenses have downed three UAVs as they approached a key compressor station on the gas pipeline, according to the military</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Russian air defenses have intercepted three drones near a key compressor station in Krasnodar Region servicing the TurkStream gas pipeline, in what the Defense Ministry in Moscow has described as a Ukrainian sabotage attempt.</p>
<p>The pipeline delivers Russian natural gas to Turkish customers and several European countries, including Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Greece. Operational since January 2020, it has an annual capacity of 31.5 billion cubic meters.</p>
<p>In a statement on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that <em>“on the night of February 28, against the backdrop of </em>[Ukrainian leader]<em> Vladimir Zelensky’s visit to Washington, the Kiev regime carried out yet another attempt to attack the Russkaya gas compressor station in the village of Gaikodzor… with the help of three fixed-wing UAVs.”</em> Moscow suggested that Kiev had sought to disrupt the delivery of Russian gas to European nations.</p>
<p>According to the ministry, all three incoming drones were destroyed some distance away from the facility, with the energy infrastructure sustaining no damage and continuing normal operations.</p>
<p>During a phone call on Saturday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, to exert influence on the Ukrainian leadership to dissuade Kiev from attempting to <em>“carry out terrorist attacks against civilian infrastructure.”</em> Fidan said Ankara would take all necessary measures in this respect, according to a readout released by the Russian Foreign Ministry.</p>
<p>The Russkaya Compressor Station serves as the point of exit on Russian soil for gas delivered via the TurkStream.</p>

            
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<p>In January, the ministry reported a similar incident that involved nine kamikaze drones, which were all intercepted. However, debris from explosions caused minor damage to the gas compressor station, which was swiftly repaired by the facility’s personnel.</p>
<p>Commenting on the incident at the time, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Ukraine of engaging in acts of <em>“energy terrorism.”</em></p>
<p>Türkiye also confirmed the attack several days later, while Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, whose country is among the recipients serviced by the TurkStream, said Budapest views any attempts to sabotage its energy supply as undermining its national sovereignty.</p>
<p>The European Commission stated last month that <em>“obviously, any attack on energy infrastructure is something that is worrying.”</em></p>
<p>Since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022, Moscow has accused Kiev of targeting the pipeline on multiple occasions.</p>
<p>Late last month, Reuters reported that deliveries of Russian natural gas via the TurkStream had reached a historic high, with preliminary calculations indicating that supplies exceeded 50 million cubic meters per day in January 2025.</p>
<p>After Ukraine decided in late 2024 to terminate its five-year gas transit contract with Russian energy giant Gazprom, the TurkStream has been the sole route supplying Russian gas to southern and southeastern Europe.</p>

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5170798
title: Maher on ‘deplorable’ Trump-Zelensky clash: ‘The Real Housewives of the White House’
author: ;Filip Timotija
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Comedian Bill Maher weighed in on the Oval Office blowup between President Trump, Vice President Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling the contentious meeting the “The Real Housewives of The White House.”  “It devolved into this shouting match, which I’m sure Trump thinks is good TV,” Maher said during Friday night’s edition of HBO’s…

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2144585/traitement-involontaire-toxicomanie-drogue-surdoses
title: Le traitement forcé contre la toxicomanie, une solution efficace ?
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<p>L'Alberta prévoit 180 millions $ pour construire deux centres de traitement de la dépendance involontaire.</p>

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title: What does Russia want from the Middle East?
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<p><strong>Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s recent tour of the region outlines clear goals of engagement with its various players</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov embarked on a diplomatic tour across the Middle East, with the primary objective of strengthening bilateral relations, discussing pressing regional issues, and fostering strategic cooperation. His itinerary included three key capitals, each playing a significant role in the geopolitical landscape of the region.</p>
<p>The first stop was Ankara, where Lavrov held talks with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, covering a broad range of topics, including bilateral cooperation, regional security, and trade and economic relations. This was followed by a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during which special attention was given to the Syrian settlement, the dynamics of Russian-Turkish relations, and coordination efforts within multilateral frameworks.</p>
<p>The next destination was Tehran, where Lavrov met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and later held discussions with President Masoud Pezeshkian. The talks focused on energy partnerships, the development of transport corridors, and collaboration on the international stage, particularly concerning sanctions pressure and the alignment of positions within various multilateral organizations.</p>
<p>The final leg of the tour took Lavrov to Doha, the capital of Qatar. There, he engaged in negotiations with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, followed by a meeting with the country’s prime minister and foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. The discussions centered on energy cooperation, investment partnerships, and joint initiatives aimed at addressing regional crises.</p>

            
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<p>Notably, the selection of these three countries for the tour underscores the context of Syria, where Moscow remains actively engaged both diplomatically and politically. Türkiye, Iran, and Qatar are pivotal players in the Syrian settlement process, and their positions will be crucial in shaping the region’s future. Despite Western assertions that Moscow’s influence in Syria has waned following the departure of Bashar Assad, Russia continues its dialogue with the new Syrian leadership under Ahmad al-Sharaa. This reaffirms Russia’s steadfast strategic course in the Middle East and its commitment to maintaining a significant role in regional affairs, safeguarding its interests, and proposing diplomatic solutions amid an evolving balance of power.</p>
<h2>What was discussed in Ankara?</h2>
<p>During his visit to Türkiye, Lavrov held talks with Erdogan and Fidan. The discussions focused on bilateral cooperation, the situation in Syria, the Ukraine conflict, and broader regional developments, including the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.</p>
<p>Despite a complex history and existing disagreements, Russia and Türkiye continue to develop their partnership. Ankara remains a crucial trade and economic partner for Moscow and plays a key mediating role in international negotiations. Erdogan has repeatedly emphasized Türkiye’s ambition to serve as a diplomatic bridge between Russia and the West, and in this context, Türkiye reaffirmed its willingness to facilitate dialogue between Moscow and Kiev by offering itself as a negotiation platform.</p>
<p>However, an equally critical issue on the agenda was the Syrian settlement. Moscow continues to maintain its influence in Syria despite the recent political transition in Damascus, where the leadership of Assad has been replaced by a new administration under al-Sharaa. While Western countries have attempted to frame this change as a weakening of Russia’s position, Moscow has swiftly adapted to the new reality, establishing ties with the new Syrian authorities and maintaining its active diplomatic and military presence in the region.</p>
<p>For Ankara, the Syrian issue remains strategically important, given its concerns over Kurdish armed groups, refugee flows, and the necessity of securing its position in northern Syria. Despite tactical disagreements, Russia and Türkiye remain engaged in dialogue on Syria, as both sides recognize the importance of stability and maintaining control over their respective spheres of influence.</p>
<p>The discussions also covered broader Middle Eastern issues, particularly the ongoing escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Moscow has traditionally maintained a balanced stance, supporting a two-state solution and actively engaging with Arab nations in the region. Meanwhile, Türkiye seeks to strengthen its influence in the Islamic world, leveraging the conflict in Gaza to enhance its regional leadership.</p>

            
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<p>Notably, against the backdrop of Lavrov’s tour, a closed-door meeting between Russian and US representatives took place on February 27 at the US Consulate General in Istanbul. While no official statements were made regarding the substance of these talks, reports suggest that the key topic was the potential restoration of diplomatic communication channels between Moscow and Washington.</p>
<p>Naturally, the primary focus was on bilateral relations, the Ukraine conflict, and regional security. Despite the harsh public rhetoric, the very fact that the discussions took place indicates that both Washington and Moscow, despite the deep crisis in their relations, acknowledge the necessity of certain mechanisms for interaction. It is likely that the talks addressed the risks of further escalation in Ukraine, security concerns in Syria, and potential areas of cooperation in other regions. The meeting in Istanbul also suggests that the West may be interested in re-establishing diplomatic engagement with Moscow, even if only in a limited capacity.</p>
<h2>Guests from Moscow are always welcome in Tehran</h2>
<p>Lavrov’s visit to Iran marked a significant milestone in Russian-Iranian relations, highlighting the ongoing movement toward closer cooperation amid mounting external pressure. Lavrov’s discussions with Pezeshkian and Araghchi covered a wide range of topics, from bilateral trade and economic cooperation to the situation in Syria and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.</p>
<p>One of the key factors driving the intensification of Russian-Iranian political ties is the renewed wave of pressure from the administration of US President Donald Trump, which has once again ramped up sanctions and diplomatic constraints on Tehran. In response to this escalating pressure, Iran is increasingly turning to strategic partnership with Moscow, seeking support in countering Western influence and strengthening coordination on the international stage.</p>
<p>The signing of a new intergovernmental treaty between Russia and Iran in January laid the foundation for deeper cooperation across various sectors, from economic and energy collaboration to military and political engagement. The talks in Tehran reaffirmed the commitment of both nations to solidifying their strategic alliance, utilizing existing multilateral platforms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), BRICS, and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which offer Iran additional opportunities for economic integration and diplomatic insulation from Western sanctions.</p>
<p>Lavrov’s visit also took place against the backdrop of escalating tensions between Iran and Israel. While Tehran remains interested in de-escalation, it continues to face increasing pressure from the Israeli authorities, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who – backed by Washington – pursues a hardline anti-Iranian policy.</p>

            
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<p>In this volatile environment, Russia is positioning itself not only as a strategic partner to Iran but also as a potential mediator in regional conflicts, particularly concerning the Syrian settlement. It is evident that Moscow is working to bridge the gap between Tehran and the new leadership in Damascus under al-Sharaa. The recent transition in Syria has introduced new dynamics into the regional balance of power, and Russia, maintaining its influence in the country, is now seeking to establish new mechanisms for cooperation between Iran and the new Syrian government.</p>
<p>Despite its deep involvement in the Syrian conflict, Tehran is also exploring avenues for engagement with the new Syrian leadership. This could contribute to reducing regional tensions, as Iran aims to avoid further escalation amid Israeli threats and continued US pressure.</p>
<p>Beyond political affairs, Lavrov and Iranian officials devoted particular attention to expanding bilateral economic cooperation. With both Russia and Iran under Western sanctions, the two nations are working to enhance trade, particularly in the energy and transportation sectors. Joint projects could help Iran mitigate the negative effects of economic restrictions by providing access to alternative financial and logistical mechanisms, while Moscow sees an opportunity to further solidify its economic presence in the region.</p>
<p>The talks also touched upon the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as developments in Lebanon and Afghanistan. Sharing similar positions on these issues, Russia and Iran are coordinating their diplomatic efforts to increase their influence over regional dynamics.</p>
<p>Lavrov’s visit to Tehran reaffirmed that Russian-Iranian relations are deepening, transitioning into a phase of comprehensive strategic partnership. The growing anti-Iranian stance of Washington and Israel is inevitably pushing Tehran toward even closer ties with Moscow, including both diplomatic and military cooperation.</p>
<p>At the same time, Moscow is leveraging this moment to expand its footprint in the Middle East, facilitating dialogue between Tehran and the new authorities in Damascus while strengthening economic collaboration. As Western pressure continues to mount, the Russian-Iranian alliance is becoming an increasingly significant factor in global politics, shaping the regional balance of power in profound ways.</p>

            
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<h2>There’s always something to discuss in Doha</h2>
<p>On February 26, Lavrov visited Doha. In addition to bilateral cooperation, the discussions centered on pressing regional and global challenges, including the conflict in Gaza, the situation in Syria, the broader dynamics of Middle Eastern politics, and the Ukraine conflict.</p>
<p>In recent years, Qatar has pursued a pragmatic foreign policy strategy, focused on diversifying partnerships beyond its traditional ties with the US and the EU. Russia, China, India, and other major economies have become key pillars of Doha’s efforts to establish stable economic and political relationships. Against this backdrop, Russian-Qatari cooperation has reached a new level, as evidenced by growing investment projects and a deepening political dialogue.</p>
<p>Lavrov announced that the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund are preparing joint energy projects worth over $1 billion. Qatari investors are already among the largest shareholders in Russia energy giant Rosneft, while Doha itself serves as the headquarters for the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, underscoring its significance in the global energy sector.</p>
<p>However, cooperation between Moscow and Doha extends beyond economic interests. Qatar has played an active role in mediation efforts related to the Ukraine crisis, particularly in humanitarian initiatives such as reuniting Russian and Ukrainian children with their families. This highlights the evolving role of Gulf monarchies as key intermediaries in global conflicts, and Moscow appears to welcome these initiatives, recognizing Doha as a potential partner in a range of international issues.</p>
<p>One of the key topics of discussion was Syria. The change in leadership in Damascus in December 2024 marked a new phase in Syrian politics, with al-Sharaa gradually shaping the country’s foreign policy agenda. Moscow is particularly interested in stabilizing the situation, especially in the context of maintaining its military presence and the operation of its bases in Syria.</p>
<p>Another critical topic was the escalation in Gaza and Lebanon. Both Moscow and Doha expressed concern over Israel’s ongoing military operation in Gaza and strikes on southern Lebanon. Lavrov stressed that these actions contradict UN Security Council resolutions and peace agreements between Israel, Hamas, and Hezbollah.</p>

            
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<p>Qatar plays a crucial role in mediating the conflict between Israel and Hamas, facilitating negotiations and humanitarian initiatives. With its unique channels of communication with various factions, including Palestinian organizations, Doha has emerged as an important diplomatic player. Russia, which has traditionally supported a two-state solution, remains committed to resolving the conflict, though maintaining a balanced approach between Israel and Arab states is becoming increasingly difficult in the current climate.</p>
<p>Another factor contributing to regional instability is the growing tension between Iran and Israel. Moscow may see Doha as an additional channel for engagement in the region.</p>
<p>Qatar’s role as a mediator, its economic power, and its ability to engage with various political forces in the region make Doha an increasingly valuable partner for Moscow. In recent years, Gulf states have significantly enhanced their global standing, and Moscow now views Arab monarchies as an important new factor in international politics.</p>
<h2>A new political course in Damascus: Pragmatism and the pursuit of stability</h2>
<p>Syria is undergoing significant political changes that are shaping a new reality for both the country itself and its key partners, including Russia. The recent phone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and al-Sharaa was a strong signal that Moscow acknowledges the new political landscape in Damascus and is prepared to engage with the new authorities in a pragmatic and constructive manner.</p>
<p>Following the annulment of the 2012 constitution and the dissolution of the old security structures, Syria has entered a new phase of political transformation. Al-Sharaa has announced plans to establish conditions for presidential elections within the next four to five years, reflecting the new leadership’s commitment to building a stable and legitimate political system.</p>
<p>Notably, the new Syrian government is demonstrating pragmatism by fostering dialogue with Moscow while remaining guided by its own national interests. This is a natural course of action – during a transitional period, Syria seeks international support while maintaining sovereignty over its decision-making processes.</p>
<p>Moscow understands that Syria’s new leadership will not adhere to the previous patterns of engagement but will instead act based on the country’s evolving political, economic, and social realities following more than a decade of conflict. In this context, it is crucial for Russia not only to preserve its influence but also to adapt its strategy to the new Syrian landscape by offering pragmatic cooperation, particularly in economic and humanitarian spheres.</p>

            
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<p>During the conversation, Putin reaffirmed Russia’s willingness to support the improvement of Syria’s socio-economic conditions. This likely implies assistance in infrastructure and energy projects, as well as participation in the reconstruction of the war-torn economy. Given the current international landscape, attracting investments and strengthening trade and economic ties are critical for Damascus, and Moscow remains one of its key partners in this regard.</p>
<p>A significant milestone in this transition was the first nationwide dialogue forum initiated by Syria’s new leadership. Held in Raqqa, the event underscored Damascus’ efforts to foster internal political consensus. However, the absence of representatives from the US-backed Kurdish Autonomous Administration highlights ongoing political rifts within the country.</p>
<p>Kurdish leaders continue to emphasize the need for dialogue, but their exclusion from the official political process suggests that divisions within Syria remain deep-seated. Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and Afeen Soweid, co-chair of the Democratic Autonomous Administration, stress the importance of including all Syrian factions in the political process. However, in practice, there remains a notable distance between Kurdish structures and the new government in Damascus.</p>
<p>Syria’s transitional period presents both challenges and opportunities for its new government and its international partners, including Russia. Moscow understands that al-Sharaa and his administration will prioritize Syria’s national interests, making it necessary for Russia to adapt its approach accordingly. The Kremlin is likely to focus on pragmatic cooperation with Damascus, emphasizing economic reconstruction and the preservation of Russia’s strategic foothold in the region.</p>
<p>Thus, Syria’s political transformation introduces both new risks and new opportunities for Russia. The success of Russian-Syrian relations during this transitional period will depend on Moscow’s ability to navigate these changes flexibly, ensuring regional stability while safeguarding its strategic interests.</p>
<p>Russia’s proactive engagement on the international stage reflects its multi-vector diplomatic strategy. Moscow continues to strengthen ties with key Middle Eastern players – Türkiye, Iran, and Qatar – solidifying its influence in a region that is becoming increasingly significant amid global transformations.</p>

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<p><strong>Russia has repeatedly highlighted the Ukrainian leader’s “inadequacy” and inability to negotiate, according to the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s recent visit to Washington was a <em>“complete political and diplomatic failure”</em> for Kiev, according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.</p>
<p>Her comments follow a tense meeting between Zelensky, US President Donald Trump, and Vice President J.D. Vance at the White House on Friday, which ended abruptly without a planned minerals agreement being signed. During a heated exchange in the Oval Office, Zelensky resisted Trump’s demand to negotiate peace with Moscow, leading Trump to accuse him of ingratitude, <em>“gambling with World War III,”</em> and an unwillingness to end the conflict.</p>
<p>On Saturday, Zakharova criticized Zelensky’s <em>“outrageously boorish behavior”</em> in Washington, stating that his actions confirmed <em>“he is the most dangerous threat to the world community as an irresponsible warmonger.”</em> She emphasized that Moscow has repeatedly highlighted Zelensky’s <em>“inadequacy,”</em> corruption, and inability to negotiate.</p>

            
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<p><em>“Everyone should realize how unambiguous such outbursts from the terrorist leader sound,”</em> she said in a statement on Telegram. According to the diplomat, <em>“in the current increasingly deteriorating political conditions for the Kiev regime, [Zelensky] is unable to show a sense of responsibility and is therefore obsessed with continuing the war, rejecting peace, which for him would be like death.”</em></p>
<p>Zakharova described Trump’s reprimand of Zelensky at the White House as a <em>“sobering dressing-down”</em> unprecedented in international politics and diplomacy. She asserted that this incident also highlights the <em>“political weakness and profound moral degradation”</em> of European leaders who continue to back Zelensky, whom she characterized as <em>“insane”</em> and disconnected from reality. </p>
<p>Following the spat, EU nations, including France, Germany and Poland rushed to defend the Ukrainian leader and expressed their support for Kiev.</p>

             
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        <a target="_blank" href="https://www.rt.com/news/613528-zelensky-presidency-over-scott-ritter/">
            <span>READ MORE: </span>Zelensky’s presidency is over – Scott Ritter
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<p>The failed meeting has raised concerns about future US support for Ukraine. Zelensky’s visit was initially intended to finalize a deal granting the US access to Ukraine’s minerals, including rare-earths. The collapse of the talks has left the agreement in limbo.</p>

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2144463/activites-culturelles-enfants-relache-2025-quebec
title: 20 activités culturelles à faire avec les enfants pendant la relâche au Québec
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<p>Voici comment nourrir la fibre artistique des tout-petits comme des plus grands pendant cette pause.</p>

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5170802
title: GOP governors rush to Trump’s defense after ‘jarring’ spat with Zelensky
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Red state governors were quick to throw their support behind President Trump following a tense back-and-forth with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office Friday afternoon, citing Trump’s dedication to protecting Americans. “The disrespect shown by Zelenskyy to @POTUS was jarring — especially given how much support the US has provided,” Florida Gov. Ron…

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5170802-republican-governors-donald-trump-volodymyr-zelensky-spat/

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#Administration #Defense #International #News #Policy #State Watch #oval office #russia #Russia-Ukraine war #Trump administration #ukraine #Ukraine peace talks #white house #zelensky visit

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5169688
title: Are AOC and Jasmine Crockett sabotaging Democrats’ 2028 chances?
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Either Crockett or Ocasio-Cortez getting the Democratic nomination for president in 2028 would be a dream come true and a prayer answered for the Trump-Vance White House,

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5167446
title: Trump economic approval ratings sag as inflation fears grow
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Polls show that Americans’ confidence is slipping in President Trump’s ability to handle the economy – the most important issue in the 2024 election and the one that likely carried Trump to a second presidential term. Concerns about affordability, jobs, and inflation are weighing on Trump’s economic approval rating against a backdrop of faltering consumer…

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/2144578/tennis-felix-auger-aliassime-finale-dubai
title: Félix Auger-Aliassime s’incline en finale à Dubaï
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<p>Le Grec Stefanos Tsitsipas s'est imposé devant le Montréalais en deux manches identiques de 6-3.</p>

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guid: https://www.rt.com/india/613539-damage-ukraine-zelensky-kanwal-sibal/
title: The damage can’t be undone – ex-Indian top diplomat on Zelensky-Trump spat
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<p><strong>Former Indian Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal called the talks in Washington a “complete disaster”</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Former Indian Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal has called Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s meeting with US President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance at the White House on Friday a <em>“disaster.”</em> He suggested the public spat that resulted in Trump accusing Zelensky of being ungrateful and unwilling to pursue a negotiated peace further deepened the negative perceptions of the Ukrainian leader in Washington. </p>
<p>Speaking in an interview with RT, Sibal highlighted Trump’s longstanding skepticism toward Zelensky, stating, <em>“Even before Trump got elected, he was saying that Zelensky is a ‘super-truth’ man. Each time he comes to the United States, he goes back with a few billion.”</em> </p>
<p>Commenting on how Ukrainians might perceive the failed talks, Sibal suggested that, under martial law, <em>“People can’t express themselves freely.”</em> He added, <em>“Support will be mobilized locally by the government to uphold Zelensky’s brave stand in standing up to President Trump and proving the dignity of Ukraine. But the damage is very severe. I don’t think it can be undone because all that has happened comes on top of already strong negative feelings that Trump and his team have for Zelensky.”</em>  </p>
<p>Referring to the viral videos emerging from the Oval Office meeting on Friday, Sibal noted that Ukraine’s ambassador appeared <em>“evidently very shocked”</em> that the conversation went <em>“so negative and unpleasant.”</em> He added that the diplomat had likely worked hard to explain Kiev’s position, but <em>“all this work obviously went in vain.”</em> </p>

             
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        <a target="_blank" href="https://www.rt.com/russia/613529-zelensky-ukraine-conflict-over/">
            <span>READ MORE: </span>Zelensky is done – former CIA analyst
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<p>Sibal also raised concerns about Europe’s stance on Ukraine, suggesting that the <em>“Europeans are playing a losing game.”</em> He explained that <em>“Germany is facing a severe economic downturn. The UK is in a mess. France is deeply troubled economically. They’re not in a position to keep providing this kind of largesse to Ukraine,”</em> arguing that the EU is struggling to sustain its level of military aid without firm security guarantees from the US. </p>
<p>According to Sibal, Trump has been openly critical of NATO’s role in the conflict. <em>“Trump is the only president who has openly said that he understands why the expansion of NATO is a threat to European security,”</em> he said. </p>
<p>Ukraine, he added, is primarily significant in the broader geopolitical effort to weaken Russia. <em>“Beyond that, the narrative that ‘if Putin wins in Ukraine, he will attack Europe’ is just a tool to keep public opinion mobilized behind the political class in Europe,”</em> he added.</p>

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guid: https://georgewebb.substack.com/p/ukraine-at-a-tipping-point
title: Ukraine At A Tipping Point
author: ;George Webb
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<div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40d0d053-7ada-4e21-92ff-b5358c8d6fef_1504x831.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40d0d053-7ada-4e21-92ff-b5358c8d6fef_1504x831.jpeg" width="1456" height="804" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/40d0d053-7ada-4e21-92ff-b5358c8d6fef_1504x831.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":804,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":509796,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158179086?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40d0d053-7ada-4e21-92ff-b5358c8d6fef_1504x831.jpeg","isProcessing":false}' alt="" fetchpriority="high" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Going back to the first days of the Ukraine War three years ago, I saw young families fleeing Ukraine in droves, never planning on returning to Ukraine.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd488e80-0ad8-4ce8-9cf5-c22029ca73c0_3076x1874.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd488e80-0ad8-4ce8-9cf5-c22029ca73c0_3076x1874.png" width="1456" height="887" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bd488e80-0ad8-4ce8-9cf5-c22029ca73c0_3076x1874.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":887,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":5243173,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158179086?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd488e80-0ad8-4ce8-9cf5-c22029ca73c0_3076x1874.png","isProcessing":false}' alt="" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>General Wesley Clark, who orchestrated 77 days of NATO bombing in Serbia, was predicting nuclear explosions at the Polish Border with Ukraine when I was there, seemingly to inject fear of flight in the fleeing young Ukrainian families.</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}' data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM" data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">George Webb’s Task Force Orange Journal is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input-wrapper"><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input"></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-button"></div></div></div></div><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74877aee-a1f4-4f09-9a88-7fbc0af705d2_1320x692.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74877aee-a1f4-4f09-9a88-7fbc0af705d2_1320x692.jpeg" width="1320" height="692" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/74877aee-a1f4-4f09-9a88-7fbc0af705d2_1320x692.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":692,"width":1320,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":206912,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158179086?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74877aee-a1f4-4f09-9a88-7fbc0af705d2_1320x692.jpeg","isProcessing":false}' alt="" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>There is nothing like being on the border, interviewing hundreds of people daily.  The young families escaping had no intention of ever returning to Ukraine.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fba51f51e-c0ce-4315-ad68-de0313fd6d0e_1278x1170.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fba51f51e-c0ce-4315-ad68-de0313fd6d0e_1278x1170.png" width="1278" height="1170" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ba51f51e-c0ce-4315-ad68-de0313fd6d0e_1278x1170.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":1170,"width":1278,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1143579,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158179086?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fba51f51e-c0ce-4315-ad68-de0313fd6d0e_1278x1170.png","isProcessing":false}' alt="" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Three years later, Ukraine die-hards tell me there are no anti-war protests in Ukraine.  I know Azov picks up protesters in force conscription if there are protests.  We were are Elon Musk’s SpaceX to demonstrate that Elon Musk can turn out the lights on Ukraine like a light switch with Space X communications and surveillance satellites.</p><p>If Elon and Trump want a peace-minded President, they can simply turn out the SpaceX lights.  Right now, the balance is tipping to Oleksandr Dubinsky in Ukraine and the peacemakers.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08d23c03-6a94-4515-a831-eb526db56cb9_1278x1092.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08d23c03-6a94-4515-a831-eb526db56cb9_1278x1092.png" width="1278" height="1092" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/08d23c03-6a94-4515-a831-eb526db56cb9_1278x1092.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":1092,"width":1278,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":593143,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158179086?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08d23c03-6a94-4515-a831-eb526db56cb9_1278x1092.png","isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>We will continue to follow this story as it develops.</p><p>https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/ukrainian-mp-demands-volodymyr-zelenskys-removal-citing-diplomatic-failure-with-donald-trump-who-is-oleksandr-dubinsky/articleshow/118644237.cms</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}' data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM" data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">George Webb’s Task Force Orange Journal is a reader-supported publication. 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Carl Larson of Seattle fought on Ukraine’s front lines for six months, an experience he describes as “horrific."

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title: Federal employees begin to receive second work accomplishment email
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Federal employees on Friday began receiving a second email asking them to list bullet points on what they did during the past week, as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to recommend cuts to the workforce. The emails began to be sent out late Friday night with a subject line “What did you do…

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5136708
title: Cuomo jumps into New York mayor’s race, attempting political comeback
author: ;Jared Gans
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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced Saturday afternoon that he’s entering New York City’s mayoral race, adding a big name to the already busy Democratic primary challenging Mayor Eric Adams (D).  “Our city is in crisis. That’s why I am running to be Mayor of New York City,” he wrote on social platform…

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5170473
title: A rational path forward in Gaza: Give Palestinians a choice
author: ;Dan Perry; opinion contributor
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Israel should honor the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, which would secure the safe return of the hostages, rather than resuming the war and potentially causing thousands more deaths.

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#International #Opinion #Donald Trump #Egyptian officials #Hamas #Israel #Mahmoud Abbas #Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu #Qatari officials #Saudi Arabian officials #United Arab Emirates officials

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guid: https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/613544-yura-borisov-anora-oscars/
title: Is Yura Borisov about to become Russia’s first Oscar-winning actor?
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<p><strong>Here’s how Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ took this prominent actor from Moscow indie to a nomination for an Academy Award</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Yura Borisov has made history as the first Russian actor to be nominated for an Academy Award. His performance in Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Below, we explore why Borisov is one of the most compelling talents of his generation and how he achieved such a remarkable milestone.</p>
<h2>The success of Anora</h2>
<p>‘Anora’ premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the prestigious Palme d’Or. The film didn’t just succeed – it became a sensation. With a cast featuring several Russian actors and a storyline centered on Russian-speaking immigrants and visitors to the US, its impact was undeniable. Cannes sent a clear message: Art transcends politics. If a film is exceptional, it deserves recognition, regardless of its origins.</p>
<p>The story follows Anora Mikheeva, a Brooklyn stripper raised in a Russian-speaking émigré community. At the club, she meets Vanya, the son of wealthy Russian oligarchs. Their whirlwind romance quickly leads to a spontaneous wedding in Las Vegas, much to the dismay of Vanya’s parents, who do everything in their power to stop it.</p>
<p>Borisov plays Igor, an associate of Toros, an Armenian priest tasked with keeping an eye on Vanya. Though not the lead, Borisov’s performance and charisma have captivated critics. Along with his Oscar nomination, he was also up for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA, though he didn’t take home those awards. However, ‘Anora’ has dominated the festival circuit, earning Borisov accolades from film critics’ associations in Los Angeles, Toronto, Seattle, and Austin.</p>
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                                    "Anora" by Sean Baker, 2024.
                
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<p>While Borisov left a lasting impression, the rest of the cast deserves praise as well. Mikey Madison shines as Anora, while Mark Eydelshtein, a rising Russian actor, delivers a strong performance as Vanya. Veterans Aleksey Serebryakov and Darya Ekamasova add depth to the story as Vanya’s formidable parents. Director Sean Baker has cemented his place as a beacon of American independent cinema, crafting a film that feels fresh and authentic amid today’s wave of blockbusters and streaming hits.</p>
<h2>Breaking barriers: Russian actors in Hollywood</h2>
<p>But let’s focus on Borisov. Out of the entire Russian-speaking cast of ’Anora’, he was the only actor nominated for major awards – his Academy Award nod being the most significant. While Soviet and Russian films have won three and a half Academy Awards (since Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Dersu Uzala’ was a joint Soviet-Japanese production), no Soviet or Russian actor had ever been nominated for an Oscar before. </p>
<p>Several factors played into this. The Academy has historically favored American talent, with international recognition largely limited to the Best International Feature Film category. That started to change in 2020 when ‘Parasite’ swept the major categories, signaling a shift in how the Academy acknowledges global talent. Another reason is the relatively low presence of Russian actors in American cinema. While a few Soviet actors occasionally appeared in Hollywood films – often in minor roles – significant breakthroughs were rare.</p>
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                                    Alex Coco, Karren Karagulian, Samantha Quan, Mark Eydelshteyn, Sean Baker, Mikey Madison, Darya Ekamasova,Yura Borisov and Vache Tovmasyan attend the "Anora" Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 21, 2024 in Cannes, France.
                
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<p>‘Anora’ stands apart in this regard, featuring a cast of well-known Russian actors. Aleksey Serebryakov has been a leading figure for decades, Darya Ekamasova has built an impressive career over the past ten years, and Mark Eydelshtein is an emerging talent. Then there’s 32-year-old Yura Borisov – whose rise to stardom has been years in the making. He didn’t become an overnight sensation; he built his career step by step, earning a reputation as one of the most talented actors of his generation since 2019.</p>
<h2>Borisov’s path to stardom</h2>
<p>Born in December 1992 in Reutov, a Moscow suburb, Borisov had no family ties to the acting world – he’s a true self-made talent. His journey began in a school theater group, and at 16, he earned a spot at the prestigious Shchepkin Higher Theater School, an impressive feat for a teenager. In Russia, theater is the backbone of an actor’s education, shaping performers with rigorous training. All the Russian actors in ‘Anora’ came from theatrical backgrounds, reflecting the country’s deep-rooted stage traditions.</p>
<p>Borisov followed a conventional path early on, but his admission to a top theater school at such a young age signaled his raw talent. By 20, he won his first theater award – the Golden Leaf – a recognition that took many by surprise. Still, his rise wasn’t meteoric. He spent years playing minor roles in films and TV shows before landing his breakout role in 2015’s war drama ‘The Road to Berlin’.</p>
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                                    "The Road to Berlin’" by Sergei Popov, 2015.
                
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<p>Watching that film today, it’s clear Borisov had something special even then. His performance felt strikingly real, as if he wasn’t acting at all. He has a rare gift – an ability to make his characters feel like people you might know in real life. This naturalism became the foundation of his success.</p>
<p>Borisov’s big break came in 2019 with Boris Akopov’s crime drama ‘The Bull’. The film earned multiple awards, and critics hailed Borisov’s performance. The movie was a defining moment in Russian cinema, vividly capturing the turbulence of the 1990s – a chaotic era marked by organized crime, economic collapse, and extreme social upheaval following the Soviet Union’s dissolution.</p>
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                                    "The Bull" by Boris Akopov, 2019.
                
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<p>It’s no wonder that the movie was enthusiastically received and Borisov became a star overnight. His portrayal of a young leader of a local crime gang struck precisely the right note. Many people in Russia remember those times and, in Borisov’s character, see echoes of themselves, their neighbors, former classmates, or acquaintances.</p>
<p>After ‘The Bull’, Borisov’s career took off. Within a year, he starred in a historical epic (‘The Union of Salvation’), a biopic (‘Kalashnikov’), and two sci-fi hits (‘The Blackout’ and ‘Invasion’). But his next standout role returned to the 1990s. In 2020, he starred in the TV series ‘Peace! Friendship! Chewing Gum!’ – a nostalgic look at the decade through the eyes of teenagers. Though not the lead, Borisov’s character – an Afghan War veteran who turns to crime – became one of the show’s most memorable performances, evolving significantly over three seasons.</p>
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                                    "Peace! Friendship! Chewing Gum!" by Ilya Aksenov, 2020.
                
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<p></p>
<h2>Sustained success and future prospects</h2>
<p>In 2023, Borisov appeared in three major festival films: ‘Petrov’s Flu’, ‘Captain Volkonogov Escaped’, and ‘Compartment No. 6’. The latter movie deserves special mention. This Finnish-Russian collaboration directed by Juho Kuosmanen stars Finnish actress Seidi Haarla alongside Borisov. It’s an intimate and deeply emotional story about a Finnish student who meets a simple, gruff young man in a compartment on the Moscow-Murmansk train. She’s heading to Murmansk to study ancient petroglyphs, and her traveling companion is a very direct and unrefined young man. While she initially disdains the guy, he eventually draws her interest.</p>
<p>‘Compartment No. 6’ has garnered international acclaim, successfully making the rounds at film festivals, winning several awards, including a special prize at Cannes, and receiving an Academy Award nomination from Finland.</p>
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                                    "Compartment No. 6" by Juho Kuosmanen, 2021.
                
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<p>By that time, it was clear Borisov wasn’t just a fleeting star – he was here to stay. Many rising actors have a moment of fame before fading, but Borisov has sustained his success over six years, continuously delivering compelling performances. Since ‘Compartment No. 6’, he has appeared in a range of projects, from the post-apocalyptic series ‘Epidemic’ to the thriller ‘The Riot’ and an adaptation of the Soviet sci-fi classic ‘One Hundred Years Ahead’.</p>
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                                    "One Hundred Years Ahead" by Aleksandr Andryushchenko, 2024.
                
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<p>However, one concern looms over his future: Overexposure. In post-Soviet cinema, young stars have often been overworked to the point of exhaustion. Sergey Bezrukov, for example, became a household name in 2000 but was soon cast in so many projects that audiences grew weary. The same happened to Aleksandr Petrov in the late 2010s, when he starred in eight films and series within a single year.</p>
<p>On February 14, 2025, Borisov starred as Alexander Pushkin in ‘Prophet: The Story of Alexander Pushkin’, an unconventional biopic infused with rap elements. Whether this project will be a minor misstep or a major turning point remains to be seen. Hopefully, producers will recognize Borisov’s unique talent and allow him to continue making meaningful choices rather than overloading him with projects. In an industry driven by commercial interests, truly exceptional actors are rare – and Borisov is one worth preserving.</p>

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title: White House sees Zelensky as ‘petulant child’ – NBC source
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<p><strong>The Ukrainian leader’s behavior at Friday’s meeting with Trump was reportedly perceived as “needlessly provocative”</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>The White House was taken aback by Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s behavior during his meeting with US President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance in the Oval Office on Friday, NBC News has reported, citing an anonymous source.</p>
<p>After several weeks of negotiations and deliberations, Zelensky was expected to finalize an agreement granting the US rights to his country’s natural resources. However, the meeting seemed to have gone off script and devolved into a heated exchange. The Ukrainian leader’s stay at the White House was cut short, while the accord was left unsigned.</p>
<p>In an article on Saturday, NBC News, citing unnamed sources, reported that <em>“there was no predetermined strategy”</em> for an outright confrontation. However, Vance felt compelled to counter Zelensky’s <em>“needlessly provocative”</em> attitude. Sources said no one had <em>“expected </em>[Zelensky]<em> to walk in there and act like such a petulant child,”</em> characterizing the Ukrainian leader’s demeanor as <em>“entitled.”</em></p>
<p>The conversation grew increasingly heated as Trump told Zelensky he had to negotiate peace with Russia, to which the Ukrainian leader responded by digging in his heels and insisting that the US should continue supporting his country.</p>

            
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<p>The US head of state accused his visitor of ungratefulness, arguing that Kiev does not <em>“have the cards,”</em> and would have lost to Russia if not for the generous US assistance provided. Vance soon joined the fiery exchange, also accusing Zelensky of failing to show enough respect to the US.</p>
<p>In a post on X later on Friday, Fox News journalist Jacqui Heinrich claimed that <em>“Trump kicked out Zelenskyy – he did not walk off on his own.”</em></p>
<p>She further quoted an unnamed member of the White House staff as claiming that the Ukrainian delegation was <em>“begging to reset but </em>[Secretary of State Marco]<em> Rubio and </em>[National Security Advisor Mike]<em> Waltz informed them Zelenskyy needs to leave </em>[the]<em> White House grounds.”</em></p>
<p>Commenting on the altercation on his Truth Social platform, Trump observed that the Ukrainian leader had demonstrated that he <em>“is not ready for peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations.”</em></p>
<p>In an interview with CNN on Friday, Secretary of State Rubio advised Zelensky to apologize <em>“for wasting our time.. </em>[and]<em> turning this thing into the fiasco for him that it became.”</em></p>
<p>Meanwhile, the Ukrainian leader himself told Fox News that he did not feel he owed Trump and Vance an apology, explaining that he was <em>“not sure we did anything bad.”</em></p>

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5168912
title: Lee Zeldin should trash EPA’s national recycling plan
author: ;Howard Husock; opinion contributor
content: There is no current realistic market for recycled plastic.
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title: Joe Rogan Experience #2282 - Bill Murray
author: ;PowerfulJRE
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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5170906
title: About 8 in 10 say they’ve recently experienced extreme weather: Survey
author: ;Sophia Vento
link: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5170906-extreme-weather-climate-change-survey/
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Roughly 80 percent of Americans said they have recently experienced extreme weather, according to a new poll. The survey, released Friday from The Associated Press/NORC Research Center, found that over the last five years, about half of the public reported being affected by extreme heat waves or cold weather. Roughly 70 percent also say they…

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#Energy &amp; Environment #Policy #AP-NORC #Climate change #cold weather #extreme weather #Heat wave

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5171019
title: US officials say senior al-Qaeda affiliate leader killed in Syrian strike
author: ;Filip Timotija
link: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5171019-us-officials-al-qaeda-leader-strike-syria/
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A U.S. airstrike killed a senior al-Qaeda-affiliated leader in Northwest Syria last month, according to U.S. officials.  The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Saturday that its forces targeted and killed Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, a senior military leader of the Hurras al-Din (HaD), an Al-Qaeda affiliate that is designated as a terrorist organization by…

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2144589/debut-saison-feu-foret-alberta
title: Début de la saison des feux de forêt en Alberta
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<p>Alors que la saison débute officiellement le 1<sup>er</sup> mars, les pompiers ont déjà dû faire face à plusieurs feux.</p>

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5167670
title: Carbon markets can still preserve USAID’s global conservation efforts
author: ;Max McGrath-Horn; opinion contributor
link: https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5167670-carbon-markets-nature-conservation/
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Carbon financing can play a larger role here if the private sector can help fill the financing gap left by USAID’s withdrawal. 

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5169840
title: After the Trump-Starmer meeting: What lies ahead for Europe and the UK?
author: ;Imran Khalid; opinion contributor
link: https://thehill.com/opinion/5169840-ukraine-trade-deal-starmer-trump/
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Starmer's visit to Trump's White House was a delicate balancing act between flattering Trump and advocating for European priorities, with Trump's unpredictability ensuring that nothing is set in stone.

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#International #Opinion #Canada #Donald Trump #Emmanuel Macron #Keir Starmer #King Charles #russia #Trade Deal #Transatlantic Alliance #Ukrainian war #Vladimir Putin

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5171088
title: Trump fumbles the ball to Putin
author: ;Mark Toth and Jonathan Sweet; opinion contributors
link: https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5171088-trump-fumbles-ukraine-deal-russian-putin/
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Putin knew he was in a weak negotiating position -- that is until Trump and Vance’s Oval Office outbursts strengthened his hand.

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#National Security #Opinion #Donald J. Trump #JD Vance #russia ukraine conflict #Zelensky White House visit

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5171101
title: Starmer embraces Zelensky after Trump spat: ‘We stand with you’
author: ;Ashleigh Fields
link: https://thehill.com/policy/international/5171101-starmer-zelensky-trump-russia-ukraine-war/
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer offered a warm embrace of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after a Friday clash with President Trump which prompted questions about future U.S. support for the Eastern European nation. “You have full backing from the United Kingdom and we stand with you with Ukraine for as long as it may take,”…

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2144105/duproprio-centris-injonction-vente-maison
title: Entente avec Centris et DuProprio : la plateforme immobilière Ubee pourra être lancée
content: <p>Le lancement est toutefois reporté de quelques jours, selon le site Internet. </p>
link: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2144105/duproprio-centris-injonction-vente-maison
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guid: https://www.rt.com/news/613559-ukrainian-attack-turkstream-threatens-hungary/
title: Ukrainian attack on TurkStream threatens Hungary’s sovereignty – FM
author: ;RT
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<p><strong>Peter Szijjarto has condemned the latest attempted drone strike on the pipeline that delivers Russian gas to European countries</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has condemned a recent drone attack on a compressor station of the TurkStream gas pipeline, labeling it an assault on his nation’s sovereignty due to the conduit’s critical role in its energy security.</p>
<p>Szijjarto’s comments came on Saturday after the Russian military reported thwarting a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russkaya compressor station on Friday night. This station is a critical facility for the TurkStream, also known as Turkish Stream, pipeline in Russia’s Krasnodar Region, serving as the point of exit on Russian soil for gas deliveries. The Defense Ministry stated that three drones were neutralized by air defense systems, preventing any damage to the station’s operations. <br><em></em></p>
<p><em>“The Turkish Stream pipeline is the guarantee of Hungary’s natural gas supply security; therefore, any potential disruption would seriously jeopardize our energy security,”</em> Szijjarto wrote on Facebook. <em>“Energy security is a matter of sovereignty, and therefore this type of attack should be considered an attack on sovereignty.”</em></p>

            
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<p>The pipeline, which has been operational since January 2020, delivers Russian natural gas to Turkish customers and several European countries, including Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Greece.</p>
<p>The Hungarian minister also called on the European Commission to clarify its stance on the matter, reminding it of its recent assurance that Ukraine would not target EU-bound infrastructure.</p>
<p>Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov informed Szijjarto about the attempted attack during a phone conversation initiated by Hungary, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. He explained the incident and its implications for the pipeline’s security.</p>
<p>The incident is not the first involving the facility. Back in January, Ukrainian forces attempted to attack it with nine kamikaze drones, according to the Russian military. All of the UAVs were intercepted, but debris from the explosions caused minor damage to the station.</p>
<p>Commenting on the incident at the time, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Ukraine of engaging in acts of <em>“energy terrorism.”</em></p>

link:
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guid: https://www.mondialisation.ca/?p=5696596
title: La chronologie de l’Ukraine révèle la véritable histoire
author: ;Joe Lauria
link: https://www.mondialisation.ca/la-chronologie-de-lukraine-revele-la-veritable-histoire/5696596
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N'hésitez pas à partager ce bref guide historique avec ceux qui écoutent encore les médias pour essayer de comprendre ce qui se passe en Ukraine. Le récit dominant revient à ouvrir le livre et lire un chapitre au hasard comme s'il s'agissait du début.


guid: https://www.rt.com/news/613545-protest-romania-annulled-presidential-elex/
title: Tens of thousands rally in support of NATO-skeptic Romanian politician (VIDEO)
author: ;RT
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<p><strong>Calin Georgescu, whose victory in the first round of the presidential election last November was annulled, is now facing charges that he calls politically motivated</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Bucharest on Saturday to demand that the second round of the annulled Romanian presidential election take place rather than a new vote be held. The protests come after in December Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the results of the first round, which saw right-wing candidate Calin Georgescu win with 23% of the vote. </p>
<p>In January, Romania's ruling coalition approved a rerun of the presidential election, the first round of which is scheduled for May 4. If no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote, a runoff will follow on May 18.</p>
<p>The Romanian authorities cited supposed <em>“irregularities”</em> in Georgescu’s campaign, claiming without proof that Russia had covertly supported him. The politician is known as a critic of NATO and the EU and a staunch opponent of aiding Ukraine.</p>
<p>Saturday’s rally, organized by the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party, drew participants from across the country to Bucharest’s Victory Square. AUR leader George Simion and Georgescu were in attendance. Organizers claimed that nearly a million people turned out, although several media outlets reported lower figures.</p>

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<p>The demonstrators in front of the government’s headquarters chanted <em>“Down with the Government,”</em> with placards demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu. According to media reports, there were several isolated altercations between protesters and police, which had a large presence in the Romanian capital.</p>
<p>Simon proclaimed that the protest on Saturday was pursuing the goals of <em>“returning to democracy, supporting free elections and expressing protest against the government.”</em></p>
<p>He warned that similar rallies would follow until the authorities paid heed to the dissatisfaction felt by large sections of the Romanian population.</p>

            
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            <img src="https://mf.b37mrtl.ru/files/2025.02/thumbnail/67c031e62030270f17216bd3.jpg" alt="Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate at the Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania, October 15, 2024.">
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<p>Georgescu stated that <em>“Romanians are fed up with corruption and state security forces.”</em> He urged the demonstrators to <em>“repossess our country.”</em></p>
<p>On Wednesday, police briefly detained the politician and conducted dozens of raids on his supporters. After being questioned by the Prosecutor General’s Office, Georgescu was released, but barred from leaving the country, making social media posts, or appearing on TV. He faces a total of six charges, including <em>“anti-constitutional acts”</em> and misreporting finances, the authorities said in a statement.</p>
<p>The politician claims that he has fallen prey to the Romanian <em>“deep state.”</em></p>
<p>Earlier this week, he asked US President Donald Trump for help against what he described as a political persecution campaign against him.</p>
<p>Georgescu’s arrest drew condemnation from Trump-appointed government efficiency tsar Elon Musk, who described the Romanian government’s actions as <em>“messed up.”</em></p>
<p>US Vice President J.D. Vance similarly hit out at the government in Bucharest while speaking at the Munich Security Conference in February.</p>

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5171117
title: Trump says he’ll posthumously pardon baseball legend Pete Rose
author: ;Filip Timotija
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President Trump said that he will posthumously pardon baseball legend Pete Rose and hammered Major League Baseball (MLB) for preventing the all-time hits leader from being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame over betting on games.  “Major League Baseball didn’t have the courage or decency to put the late, great, Pete Rose, also known…

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https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5171117-trump-says-hell-posthumously-pardon-baseball-legend-pete-rose/

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guid: https://www.rt.com/news/613560-ft-orban-demands-eu-dialogue-russia-ukraine/
title: EU state calls for direct peace talks with Russia – FT
author: ;RT
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<p><strong>In a letter to the EU Council, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban reportedly cited a recent UN resolution as marking a “new phase” in the Ukraine conflict</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has urged the EU to immediately engage in direct dialogue with Russia to negotiate a ceasefire in Ukraine, the Financial Times has claimed, citing a letter the politician reportedly sent to Brussels.</p>
<p>Since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022, Budapest has repeatedly criticized the EU’s weapons shipments to Kiev. The Hungarian government has also called for the sanctions imposed on Russia to be lifted.</p>
<p>In its article on Saturday, the FT, citing a letter that Orban supposedly sent to EU Council President Antonio Costa, claimed that the Hungarian prime minister had demanded that the bloc initiate <em>“direct discussions with Russia on a ceasefire.”</em> </p>
<p>Orban also reportedly stated that <em>“it has become evident that there are strategic differences in our approach to Ukraine that cannot be bridged by drafting or communication,”</em> as quoted by the British newspaper, which interpreted the remark as an indication that Budapest would block any agreement within the bloc, unless it heeded Hungary’s call.</p>

            
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<p>The Hungarian leader reportedly cited the US-drafted resolution adopted by the UN Security Council on Monday that Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, hailed as a <em>“starting point for future efforts towards peaceful settlement.”</em></p>
<p>The resolution calls for a <em>“swift end”</em> to the Ukraine conflict, while eschewing any rhetoric directly condemning Russia. The 15-member council adopted the resolution in a 10-0 vote, with France, the UK, Denmark, Greece, and Slovenia abstaining.</p>
<p>In his letter to Costa, Orban stated that the document <em>“signals a new phase in the history of the [Ukraine] conflict and renders all previous agreed language by the European Council irrelevant,”</em> according to the FT.</p>
<p>The Hungarian prime minister’s purported message came ahead of an EU summit next week, which is expected to center on additional military aid for Ukraine, the FT wrote.</p>
<p>In an interview with Hungary’s Kossuth Radio on Friday, Orban poured cold water on Ukraine’s EU aspirations, clarifying that while Budapest did not oppose assession in principle, <em>“here and now, this is unthinkable.”</em></p>
<p>He argued that Ukraine’s admission at present <em>“would destroy Hungarian farmers… and subsequently the entire Hungarian national economy.”</em><br><em></em></p>
<p><em>“I also don’t see clearly how we will curb the crime that would inevitably flood into Hungary along with it,”</em> the prime minister added.</p>
<p>Delivering his annual state of the nation address in Budapest last week, Orban predicted that Ukraine would not be admitted into NATO either, but would instead <em>“once again be a buffer zone”</em> between the military bloc and Russia once the hostilities with Moscow were over. He also said that the <em>“European and American liberals”</em> had badly miscalculated thinking that Russia would not respond to their attempts to drag Kiev into NATO.</p>
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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5170326
title: DOGE structure, authority emerge as biggest DC mystery under Trump
author: ;Zach Schonfeld; Julia Shapero
link: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5170326-doge-structure-trump-mystery/
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The Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) structure and authority has become a central mystery in the barrage of lawsuits seeking to stymie its operations.  After insisting Elon Musk isn’t the group’s formal leader, the White House under mounting pressure cleared up confusion over DOGE’s leadership Tuesday, naming Amy Gleason as the cost-cutting panel’s administrator.  But…

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5171175
title: Klobuchar on Trump-Zelensky blowout: ‘The future of the free world is before us’
author: ;Filip Timotija
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said during an interview that the “future of the free world is before us” in light of the heated White House meeting on Friday between President Trump, Vice President Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.  “This is no time for an apology war. There are lives at stake. There is peace…

link:
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5171175-klobuchar-on-trump-zelensky-blowout-the-future-of-the-free-world-is-before-us/

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#Senate #russia #Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations #Russia-Ukraine war #Trump administration #ukraine #Ukraine minerals deal #white house

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5171177
title: Sunday shows preview: Fault lines deepen after Trump-Zelensky clash; DOGE cuts endure
author: ;Ashleigh Fields
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President Trump’s public debacle with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky halted hopes for a signed minerals agreement while dividing the world — and Washington — over their support for the Republican inside the Oval Office or the embattled foreign head of state.  As the tumultuous meeting played out in real time on Friday, GOP leaders lauded…

link:
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/5171177-sunday-shows-preview-russia-ukraine-doge-trump-zelensky/

tags:
#News #Sunday Talk Shows #ABC #CNN #Department of Government Efficiency #DOGE #MSNBC #NewsNation #russia #Russia-Ukraine war #shutdown #shutdown deadline #Sunday talk shows #ukraine

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guid: https://www.rt.com/news/613561-waltz-zelensky-white-house-stunned/
title: Trump adviser describes how Zelensky was kicked out of White House
author: ;RT
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<p><strong>The Ukrainian leader’s team was “stunned” when they were told to leave, according to Mike Waltz</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p data-start="131" data-end="207"><strong data-start="131" data-end="138"></strong>US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has revealed how Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and his delegation reacted to being expelled from the White House following a heated confrontation with President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance.</p>
<p data-start="580" data-end="1056">The altercation occurred during a meeting on Friday where the leaders had intended to finalize a minerals agreement between the United States and Ukraine. The discussion deteriorated when Zelensky dug in his heels in and insisted that Trump should be supporting Kiev more rather than staying neutral in an attempt to mediate a deal with Moscow.</p>
<p data-start="580" data-end="1056">Trump accused Zelensky of being ungrateful for American support and unwilling to make necessary concessions to end the conflict, while J.D. Vance criticized him for his lack of diplomacy.</p>
<p data-start="1058" data-end="1336">In an interview with Breitbart News on Saturday, Mike Waltz said that <em>“the dealmaker-in-chief knows when to walk away from a bad deal or a bad negotiation,”</em> and recounted how he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered Trump’s sentiments to Zelensky’s team.</p>
<p data-start="1338" data-end="1683"><em>“They were stunned. I don’t know how they thought that could move forward after that kind of very public episode with the entire world watching,”</em> Waltz recalled. <em>“It was really his team – and as you saw from his ambassador, she just put her head in her hands in the middle of the Oval Office – that knew the gravity of what had just happened.”</em></p>

            <blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"We made it clear that the negotiation, which could have been a fantastic day for them and the country was over and that it was time to go." <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeWaltz47?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MikeWaltz47</a> on his message to the Ukrainian delegation after the <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> - <a href="https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ZelenskyyUa</a> White House Blow-Up via <a href="https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BreitbartNews</a>… <a href="https://t.co/FvHBQJKrP2">pic.twitter.com/FvHBQJKrP2</a></p>— SiriusXM Patriot (@SiriusXMPatriot) <a href="https://twitter.com/SiriusXMPatriot/status/1895868108612440495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2025</a></blockquote> 
    

<p data-start="1685" data-end="1968">An unnamed member of the White House staff had said earlier that Trump had basically <em>“kicked out”</em> Zelensky and claimed that the Ukrainian delegation was <em>“begging to reset,”</em> but Rubio and Waltz insisted they leave the White House grounds immediately, according to Fox News journalist Jacqui Heinrich.</p>

            
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            <img src="https://mf.b37mrtl.ru/files/2025.03/thumbnail/67c2ca35203027503f4e83c8.jpg" alt="US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance meet with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in the Oval Office, Washington, DC, February 28, 2025.">
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<p data-start="1970" data-end="2187">Waltz added that the Ukrainian team was informed that <em>“American patience had run out,”</em> describing the sentiment as: <em>“How do you come and insult someone when you’re practically begging them for money and assistance?”</em></p>
<p data-start="2189" data-end="2390"><em>“So we made that clear in no uncertain terms. We made it clear that the negotiation, which could have been a fantastic day for them and the country, was over, and that it was time to go,”</em> Waltz said.</p>
<p data-start="2392" data-end="2654">In the meantime, Rubio slammed Zelensky for <em>“wasting”</em> everyone’s time with his attitude and questioned his true intentions regarding the conflict with Russia. In an interview with CNN, Rubio said Zelensky <em>“should apologize”</em> for turning the high-level meeting into a <em>“fiasco.”</em></p>
<p data-start="2656" data-end="3036">Shortly after the meeting, Zelensky admitted it did not go well but signaled that he did not plan to apologize to the US leader. In an interview on Fox News, he claimed <em>“we have to be very open and very honest”</em> in bilateral interactions. He blamed some of his statements on being lost in translation but ultimately said he was <em>“unsure”</em> that he did <em>“anything bad”</em> to offend the American people.</p>

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A federal judge extended a temporary injunction on Friday blocking the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth.  U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King ruled that President Trump’s executive orders violate the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, which grants equal protection under the law.  King said Trump’s existing orders…

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title: Slovakia will not back Kiev’s war effort – Fico
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<p><strong>Ukraine will never be strong enough to negotiate from a position of power, the NATO country’s PM has argued</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p data-start="116" data-end="176"><strong data-start="116" data-end="123"></strong>Bratislava will no longer provide military or financial aid to Kiev, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said, rejecting the Western mantra of <em>“peace through force”</em> and calling for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.</p>
<p data-start="116" data-end="176">The announcement came in response to a tense meeting at the White House on Friday, where Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, US President Donald Trump, and Vice President J.D. Vance were expected to formalize a minerals agreement between Washington and Kiev.</p>
<p data-start="116" data-end="176">The discussion devolved into a heated exchange when Zelensky insisted that Trump should support Kiev more instead of remaining neutral in order to mediate a ceasefire with Moscow.</p>
<p data-start="116" data-end="176">Trump cut the meeting short, stating that Zelensky was <em>“not ready”</em> for peace. <em>“We’re looking for peace. We’re not looking for somebody that’s going to sign up a strong power and then not make peace because they feel emboldened,”</em> the US leader told the press afterward.</p>
<p data-start="1339" data-end="1511"><em>“Slovakia will not support Ukraine, neither financially nor militarily, to continue the war. If others do so, we will respect it,”</em> Fico wrote on social media on Saturday.</p>

            
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<p data-start="1513" data-end="1677">The Slovak leader criticized Kiev’s Western backers for pursuing <em>“peace through force,”</em> calling the approach unrealistic and a pretext for prolonging hostilities.</p>
<p data-start="1679" data-end="1777"><em>“Ukraine will never be strong enough to negotiate from a position of military power,”</em> he argued.</p>
<p data-start="1779" data-end="1964">Slovakia plans to propose an <em>“immediate ceasefire”</em> at the upcoming EU summit on March 6, even though the initiative has already been rejected by Zelensky and several EU member states.</p>
<p data-start="1966" data-end="2137">Fico also warned that restricting Russian gas supplies harms European industry, calling for the resumption of gas transit through Ukraine to Slovakia and Western Europe.</p>
<p data-start="2139" data-end="2352"><em>“Gas from east to west is not flowing, but Ukraine is taking European gas instead,”</em> he said, describing the current situation as <em>“absurd”</em> and insisting that EU assistance to Ukraine <em>“cannot be a one-way ticket.”</em></p>

            
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<p data-start="2354" data-end="2683">While acknowledging the need to strengthen the EU’s defense capabilities, he urged the bloc’s leaders to recognize differing views on the conflict. <em>“If it is not respected at the summit that there are opinions other than continuing the war, the European Council may not be able to agree on conclusions about Ukraine,”</em> he added.</p>
<p data-start="2685" data-end="3090">Since returning to office in 2023, Fico has been a vocal critic of the EU’s stance on the Ukraine conflict. He has halted Slovakia’s military aid to Kiev, opposed its NATO membership bid, and advocated for immediate peace talks. Fico has also criticized EU sanctions on Russia, arguing that they are ineffective and damaging to Europe, and has urged the West to resume normal dialogue with Moscow.</p>

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Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) condemned the Trump administration over the recent fallout with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky during Friday’s Oval Office meeting broadcasted by the American press.  “This week started with administration officials refusing to acknowledge that Russia started the war in Ukraine. It ends with a tense, shocking conversation in the Oval Office…

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<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*lt97c0u11XRTsA8--_KHpQ.png"></figure><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d393JofFT40"><em>Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley)</em></a>:</p><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2Fd393JofFT40%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dd393JofFT40&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fd393JofFT40%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"><a href="https://medium.com/media/f9bd56f76ce40fcb701b8ed9a3ecdd72/href">https://medium.com/media/f9bd56f76ce40fcb701b8ed9a3ecdd72/href</a></iframe><p>Israeli media are now reporting that Benjamin Netanyahu is considering “a brief resumption” of the onslaught in Gaza in order to pressure Hamas to make concessions and change the terms of the ceasefire agreement which was signed on the 19th of January.</p><p>The Times of Israel <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-said-mulling-brief-resumption-of-war-to-pressure-hamas-on-gaza-ceasefire-terms/">reports</a>:</p><blockquote>“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a brief resumption of fighting against Hamas to pressure the terror group into making further concessions, according to an Israeli television report aired Saturday as he held high-level deliberations on the stalled negotiations to advance to the second stage of the hostage-ceasefire agreement in Gaza.</blockquote><blockquote>“Hamas has rejected Israel’s proposal to extend the first, 42-day stage of the deal, which formally expires Saturday night, insisting that the deal proceed with phase two, which Israel has largely refused to negotiate for the past month. Thirty-three Israeli hostages were released, eight of them dead, in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Five Thai nationals held hostage in the Gaza Strip were freed separately.</blockquote><blockquote>“With the ceasefire expected to lapse at midnight, Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz will meet Sunday, along with other security officials, to discuss preparations for a potential resumption of fighting in Gaza and a review of all potential war fronts, Channel 12 news reported.”</blockquote><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?type=text%2Fhtml&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;schema=twitter&amp;url=https%3A//x.com/SanaSaeed/status/1895927714596733352&amp;image=" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"><a href="https://medium.com/media/574b3a70d4dfbb26ed11241a4634f5c0/href">https://medium.com/media/574b3a70d4dfbb26ed11241a4634f5c0/href</a></iframe><p>This framing that Hamas has “rejected” Israel’s proposed extension of phase one is just the current propaganda line from the US-Israeli PR machine. In reality the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5klgv5zv0o">terms of the ceasefire deal</a> say that Israel and Hamas were supposed to move on to phase two of the agreement this weekend, but Israel <a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/02/24/israeli-official-gaza-ceasefire-deal-on-brink-of-collapse-due-to-netanyahus-hardened-stance/">has been refusing</a> to negotiate the second stage of the agreement this entire time because it would entail a withdrawal of Israeli troops and a commitment to a lasting peace. This idea that the first phase of the ceasefire should be “extended” instead of continuing on to the second phase is a brand new proposition the US and Israel just started <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y64sbK2NEtM">pushing a few days ago</a>.</p><p>It is therefore Israel who is rejecting the ceasefire as written and trying to write up new terms for the deal; Hamas is just insisting on the terms of the ceasefire it agreed to.</p><p>But today we’re being hammered with this message that Hamas is rejecting peace. A <a href="https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1895962753007046741">tweet</a> by Axios’ <a href="https://www.mintpressnews.com/revealed-israel-unit-8200-spies-american-media/288457/">Israeli intelligence operative</a> Barak Ravid reads as follows:</p><blockquote>“Israeli Prime Minister’s office says Israel agreed to a U.S. proposal for extending the Gaza ceasefire in return for release of hostages but claims Hamas refuses.”</blockquote><p>So that’s the official message we’re being fed by the consent-manufacturing machine, as the Trump administration sends even more weapons to Israel. The White House has just used its “emergency powers” to bypass congressional oversight for a <a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/01/trump-approves-3-billion-weapons-transfer-to-israel/">$3 billion weapons transfer</a> to the Netanyahu regime, right after posturing as a stern tough guy who cares about making peace in his controversial dustup with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.</p><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?type=text%2Fhtml&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;schema=twitter&amp;url=https%3A//x.com/DecampDave/status/1895884958872604840&amp;image=" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"><a href="https://medium.com/media/cac41a3f63811b3f89d286b1f37fca54/href">https://medium.com/media/cac41a3f63811b3f89d286b1f37fca54/href</a></iframe><p>As readers have no doubt already heard, the entire western political-media class has been in an uproar since Trump and Vice President JD Vance made international headlines by publicly <a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/01/trump-vance-school-zelensky-on-reality-of-his-war/">raking Zelensky over the coals</a> for his role in obstructing peace with Russia, even accusing him of “gambling with World War Three.”</p><p>Democrats are rending their garments over the public humiliation of Saint Zelensky and crying about the <a href="https://x.com/caitoz/status/1895581829337637329">“bullying” behavior</a> of Trump and Vance, while Republicans are applauding the whole ordeal as a sign that Trump is a strong and heroic peacemaker who doesn’t take any guff from Washington’s warmongering proxies. But the most immediate and glaring point about Zelensky’s public castigation is that this same administration doesn’t appear to be taking that same energy to Benjamin Netanyahu as he prepares to resume a genocide.</p><p>And of course it doesn’t. Trump has <a href="https://x.com/mtracey/status/1837886438903357920">publicly admitted</a> to being bought and owned by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Israelis_by_net_worth">world’s wealthiest Israeli</a>, <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/miriam-adelson-gives-100-million-to-trump-campaign-making-good-on-reported-pledge/">megadonor</a> Miriam Adelson, while JD Vance <a href="https://www.mintpressnews.com/peter-thiel-gaza-ai-war-white-house/288372/">is the protégé</a> of virulent Zionist billionaire Peter Thiel. What we witnessed on Friday was Trump speaking to Zelensky in public the way Adelson probably speaks to Trump in private. We can certainly never expect to see him speaking that way to Netanyahu.</p><p>It is good that things are moving toward peace in Ukraine, but this war was never intended to be permanent. It was only ever intended to be a temporary quagmire to bleed and divert Russia as much as possible while advancing strategic objectives elsewhere, which we recently saw manifest in the empire’s successful <a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/another-nation-absorbed-into-the">regime change operation in Syria</a>. Zelensky, like every other US imperial asset, was only ever intended to be used and then discarded. 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The United Kingdom agreed to loan Ukraine around $3 billion on Saturday to support their efforts in the war against Russia after a contentious White House meeting left the world wondering about the nation’s ability to secure its sovereign borders.  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the fellow European country for its assistance amid the conflict. …

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<p><strong>London has promised Kiev a new $2.84 billion loan, which it hopes to fund with profits from frozen Russian assets</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p data-start="137" data-end="196"><strong data-start="137" data-end="144"></strong>Vladimir Zelensky received a warm welcome in London from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who reassured the Ukrainian leader of the UK’s <em>“unwavering support”</em> for <em>“as long as it takes”</em> following a contentious meeting with US President Donald Trump.</p>
<p data-start="137" data-end="196">The encounter between Trump and Zelensky at the White House on Friday had been intended to finalize a minerals agreement but devolved into a heated exchange, where the Ukrainian leader dug his heels in and insisted that Washington should support Kiev more rather than act as a neutral mediator with Moscow.</p>
<p data-start="137" data-end="196">Trump accused Zelensky of being ungrateful for American support and unwilling to make the necessary concessions to end the conflict. <em>“We’re looking for peace,”</em> Trump stated. <em>“We’re not looking for somebody that’s going to sign up a strong power and then not make peace because they feel emboldened.”</em></p>

            
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<p data-start="137" data-end="196">In contrast, Starmer assured Zelensky of the UK’s full backing <em>“for as long as it takes,”</em> emphasizing the importance of reaching a <em>“just and lasting peace that secures Ukraine’s future sovereignty and security,”</em> according to a spokesperson.</p>
<p data-start="137" data-end="196">The UK also announced on Saturday a new $2.84 billion loan to bolster Ukraine’s military capabilities, which London hopes will be repaid with profits from frozen Russian assets. Zelensky hailed the <em>“meaningful and warm meeting”</em> with Starmer and promised that the <em>“funds will be directed toward weapons production in Ukraine.”</em></p>
<p data-start="137" data-end="196">Since 2022, Washington and Brussels have frozen an estimated $300 billion in Russian central bank reserves along with billions in private assets. Western officials have proposed redirecting some of the funds to Ukraine, but legal concerns have slowed such efforts. However, proceeds from the assets are already being used to back some of the G7 loans to Ukraine.</p>

            
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<p data-start="137" data-end="196">Moscow has repeatedly condemned the asset freeze as <em>“theft,”</em> arguing that accessing the funds would be illegal and set a troubling precedent. The Kremlin also maintains that Western nations’ support for Kiev makes them direct participants in the conflict.</p>
<p data-start="137" data-end="196">The UK is one of the largest individual state donors, having already provided Kiev with more than $15.5 billion since January 2022. Berlin has sent over $18 billion worth of arms and other aid, while the US has provided almost $120 billion, according to Germany’s Kiel Institute.</p>
<p data-start="137" data-end="196">Trump, however, has estimated the overall US aid to Kiev at over $300 billion and wants Ukraine to reimburse US taxpayers for their generosity via the minerals deal. He criticized his predecessor, Joe Biden, for simply giving cash away like <em>“cotton candy,”</em> while European countries, he noted, would be reimbursed for their aid to Kiev as it was provided <em>“in the form of a loan.”</em></p>

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A federal judge on Saturday ruled that President Trump’s firing of the head of an office designed to protect government whistleblowers was unlawful.  U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled in favor of Hampton Dellinger, director of the Office of Special Counsel, who said he was fired from his post in a one-sentence email. An…

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spent the last 24 hours making a public showing of gratitude by thanking leaders across the globe for their outpouring of support after Vice President Vance accused him of being ungrateful for U.S. support amid the country’s war against Russia.  Zelensky shared his appreciation with the presidents of Switzerland, Finland, Estonia,…

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<p><strong>The move aims to “promote unity” and “cultivate a shared American culture for all citizens,” according to the White House</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p data-start="155" data-end="218"><strong data-start="155" data-end="162"></strong>President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring English the only official language of the United States, marking the first time in the nation’s history that such a designation has been made, according to the White House.</p>
<p data-start="603" data-end="981">The <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/designating-english-as-the-official-language-of-the-united-states/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">executive order</a>, signed on March 1, 2025, emphasizes the role of a common language in promoting unity and facilitating civic engagement. The new order also rescinds a mandate issued by President Bill Clinton in 2000, which required federal agencies and organizations receiving US government funding to provide language assistance to individuals with limited English proficiency.</p>
<p data-start="1210" data-end="1534"><em>“Establishing English as the official language will not only streamline communication but also reinforce shared national values and create a more cohesive and efficient society,”</em> the order reads, adding that it is <em>“in America’s best interest for the federal government to designate one — and only one — official language.”</em></p>

            <blockquote data-conversation="none" data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"A nationally designated language is at the core of a unified and cohesive society, and the United States is strengthened by a citizenry that can freely exchange ideas in one shared language." ⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/ZxRd8fSDw8">https://t.co/ZxRd8fSDw8</a></p>— The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1896004794604834975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2025</a></blockquote> 
    

<p data-start="1536" data-end="1778">Under the new order, agency heads have the discretion to determine whether to continue offering services in languages other than English, based on their respective missions and the efficient delivery of government services.</p>

            
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<p data-start="1536" data-end="1778">The US has never had an official language at the federal level, as all previous congressional attempts to designate English as the national language have failed. However, over 30 states have already designated it as their official language.</p>
<p data-start="1780" data-end="2197">According to US census data, more than 350 languages are spoken in the United States, but the vast majority – 78% of residents – use English as the only language spoken in the household. The second most spoken language is Spanish (13.4% of the population), followed by Chinese (around 1%). Less widely spoken languages include Tagalog, Vietnamese, Arabic, French, and Korean; there are over a million Russian speakers.</p>

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2144696/trump-enquete-bois-oeuvre-securite
title: Trump ordonne une enquête sur les importations de bois d’œuvre, dont celles du Canada
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<p>Le secrétaire au Commerce devra enquêter sur la possible menace à la « sécurité nationale » des États-Unis.</p>

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President Trump signed a Saturday executive order requesting an evaluation of lumber imports, which he described as a “critical” manufacturing industry “essential” to national security, economic strength and the industrial resilience of the United States. “Wood products are a key input used by both the civilian construction industry and the military.  Each year, the United…

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President Trump designated English as the official U.S. language in a Saturday executive order that repealed former President Clinton’s executive action aiding individuals who are limited in their English proficiency.  The order makes it so federal agencies are no longer required to provide language assistance to non-English speakers.  Federal agencies will still have the option…

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<p>L'ambassadrice Kirsten Hillman mène une campagne de persuasion auprès des législateurs américains.</p>

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The White House is set to welcome professionals in the cryptocurrency industry on March 7 for a first-of-its-kind summit. “Attendees will include prominent founders, CEOs, and investors from the crypto industry, as well as members of the President’s Working Group on Digital Assets,” the Office of Communications said in a Friday announcement. “The Summit will…

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<p><strong>Former President Biden had blocked several bomb shipments over the Gaza war</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p data-start="128" data-end="180"><strong data-start="128" data-end="135"></strong>US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has signed a declaration to expedite the delivery of approximately $4 billion in military assistance to Israel, calling President Donald Trump the Jewish state’s great ally<em>,</em> according to a statement released on Saturday.</p>
<p data-start="543" data-end="838">The move is part of the White House’s broader effort to bolster Israel’s military capabilities amid ongoing regional tensions. Since Trump took office on January 20, his administration has reportedly approved nearly $12 billion in major foreign military sales to West Jerusalem.</p>
<p data-start="840" data-end="1160"><em>“This important decision coincides with President Trump’s repeal of a Biden-era memorandum, which had imposed baseless and politicized conditions on military assistance to Israel at a time when our close ally was fighting a war of survival on multiple fronts against Iran and terror proxies,”</em> Rubio <a href="https://www.state.gov/military-assistance-to-israel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">stated</a> on Saturday.</p>

            
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<p data-start="1162" data-end="1553">On Friday, the Pentagon announced that the State Department had approved the potential sale of nearly $3 billion worth of bombs, demolition kits, and other weaponry to Israel. That emergency approval bypassed the usual congressional review process, marking the second instance in recent weeks of expedited arms sales to Israel amid a fragile ceasefire with Hamas militants – in a war that has already claimed over 1,700 Israeli and 62,000 Palestinian lives.</p>
<p data-start="1555" data-end="1815">The US is Israel’s largest arms supplier, providing more than two-thirds of the Jewish state’s weapons imports. The US spent $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel between October 2023 and October 2024, according to the Costs of War Project at Brown University.</p>
<p data-start="1817" data-end="2264">Last February, former President Joe Biden ordered the Pentagon and the State Department to <em>“obtain certain assurances”</em> regarding Israel’s use of US-made weapons in Gaza.</p>
<p data-start="1817" data-end="2264">The resulting report claimed that the <em>“nature of the conflict in Gaza makes it difficult to assess or reach conclusive findings on individual incidents”</em> and that Washington has yet to obtain <em>“complete information to verify whether US defense articles”</em> resulted in civilian deaths.</p>

            
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<p data-start="2266" data-end="2588">In May, Biden temporarily stopped deliveries of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel and announced that more weapons could be embargoed if the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) pressed ahead with an invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza. The IDF entered the city regardless, and Biden eventually lifted the temporary arms freeze.</p>
<p data-start="2590" data-end="2913">The State Department praised the latest decision to reverse Biden’s <em>“partial arms embargo”</em> as <em>“yet another sign that Israel has no greater ally in the White House than President Trump.”</em> Secretary Rubio invoked emergency authority to fast-track this assistance, citing the national security interests of the United States.</p>

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title: Banker solicits cash for Ukrainian nukes in ‘joke’ fundraiser
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<p><strong>The brief campaign was launched after a heated debate at the White House, where Zelensky refused to discuss peace with Trump</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Supporters of Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky turned to fundraising for nukes instead of diplomacy after Friday’s tense Oval Office meeting between their leader and US President Donald Trump.</p>
<p>The Washington talks were expected to finalize a minerals agreement between the US and Ukraine, but the meeting quickly turned heated. Zelensky insisted that he refuses to discuss peace with Russia and demanded that the White House continue to back Ukraine rather than act as a neutral mediator.</p>
<p>During a sharp exchange with Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, Trump accused him of <em>“gambling with World War III”</em> and reportedly showed him the door, abruptly ending their press conference.</p>
<p>Following the meeting, which US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called a <em>“fiasco”</em> for Zelensky, Ukrainian banker Oleg Gorokhovsky launched a fundraising campaign <em>“for nuclear weapons.”</em> The Monobank co-founder, who currently resides in London, cited public demand for the initiative.</p>
<p><em>“Received many requests to start a fundraiser for nukes,”</em> he wrote on his Telegram channel Friday, sharing a link to Monobank’s donation page.</p>

            
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<p>The campaign quickly gained momentum, raising 14 million hryvnias ($337,902) within the first 12 hours, with contributions from approximately 70,000 participants across 61 countries. Gorokhovsky claimed that after Ukraine, the largest donations came from the United States and Poland. By the end of the 20-hour fundraiser, a total of 27.2 million hryvnias (approximately $656,495) had been collected.</p>
<p><em>“Yes, we want to have nuclear weapons and the ability to strike back at the enemy so that they understand everything once and for all—but for now, we don’t have the means,”</em> he said in a post a day later.</p>
<p><em>“And we fully support our President, who responded with dignity when Ukraine’s interests were being disregarded,”</em> he added, announcing the end of the campaign.</p>
<p>Gorokhovsky later told the BBC that the <em>“nuclear”</em> fundraiser was meant as a joke to <em>“let off steam”</em> after a tough day, adding that he doubts anyone genuinely donated for nuclear weapons.</p>
<p><em>“It was a joke. I’m sorry if I disappointed a lot of people... I don’t understand how this money that will be collected can be used for nuclear weapons, and I didn’t plan on it,”</em> he said.</p>

            
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<p>On social media, he announced that the funds would be redirected to a military aid initiative, adding that anyone unhappy with the change could request a refund.</p>
<p>Zelensky has repeatedly raised the issue of nuclear weapons. In a recent interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, he suggested Ukraine should be given nuclear capabilities if NATO membership is not granted swiftly. His earlier rhetoric about regaining such weapons of mass destruction was among the factors that contributed to the escalation of the conflict with Russia.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Rubio rejected Zelensky’s appeal for nuclear weapons as an unrealistic demand, saying that it is not a solution <em>“to the problem.”</em></p>
<p>Russian Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik labeled the initiative as a fraudulent scheme exploiting public emotions. He asserted that the funds collected under the pretext of developing nuclear weapons would likely be embezzled. </p>
<p>”Absolutely clear that the funds from emotional individuals from different countries will simply be stolen, because no one is going to sell any ‘nuclear weapon’ to anyone, and no one will even look for opportunities to buy it,” he said.</p>
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guid: https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/613567-ye-flaunts-swastika-t-shirt/
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<p><strong>The US rapper-turned-designer said it had always been his “dream” to wear the Nazi symbol in public.</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Ye, the controversial American rapper formerly known as Kanye West, was spotted in Los Angeles on Thursday wearing a white T-shirt featuring a swastika. The design appears to be the same one he promoted on his website before it was taken down.</p>
<p>In a short video published by TMZ the following day, the rapper is seen chatting with a group of men before noticing the camera. He then walks toward it, ensuring an unobstructed view of the design.<strong> </strong></p>

            
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<p><em>“It was always a dream of mine to walk around with a Swastika T on,”</em> Ye wrote in a now deleted post on X (formerly Twitter) the same day. He previously described the design as his <em>“greatest performance art piece thus far,”</em> adding, <em>“I’ve wanted to make this tee shirt for years.”</em></p>
<p>The sighting follows Ye’s latest provocation—a Super Bowl ad directing viewers to a merchandise store that only sold a $20 swastika T-shirt. The ad showed Ye filming himself in a dentist’s chair before flashing a link to his online store. Those who visited the site found only one item for sale, labeled <em>“HH-01.”</em></p>
<p>The design was widely condemned, with the Anti-Defamation League linking the name to the Nazi salute <em>“Heil Hitler.”</em> Shopify shut down the website, stating that Ye <em>“did not engage in authentic commerce practices”</em> and violated its terms of service.</p>
<p>The latest incident adds to Ye’s history of antisemitic controversies. Adidas cut ties with him in October 2022 after he praised Adolf Hitler and denied the Holocaust during an interview on Infowars. <em>“I see good things about Hitler,”</em> he said at the time. Two months later, he declared <em>“I am a Nazi”</em> during another Infowars interview with Alex Jones. He later blamed the statement on drinking too much Hennessy.</p>

            
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<p>More companies and collaborators have since distanced themselves from the rapper. Russian designer Gosha Rubchinsky, who worked with Ye on the <em>“Black Dogs”</em> collection and was appointed head of design for Yeezy in December 2023, said last month that he was ending his partnership with Ye. Although Rubchinsky did not publicly comment on West’s controversies, the announcement was made after the rapper posted several antisemitic statements, identified himself as a Nazi, and professed his admiration for Adolf Hitler in February this year. </p>
<p>Ye, a 24-time Grammy Award winner, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2016 and has spoken about his struggles with mental health. Last month, he revealed he had also been diagnosed with autism and had stopped taking his medication after learning he was misdiagnosed. <em>“I haven’t taken the medication since I found out it wasn’t bipolar,”</em> he said on The Download podcast, adding, <em>“It’s worth the ramp-up, as long as y’all get the creativity.”</em></p>
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<p><strong>The Ukrainian leader does not care about human lives or billions of wasted euros, Peter Szijjarto has said</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>The public clash between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has made it clear that, unlike Washington, Kiev is not interested in ending its conflict with Moscow, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said.</p>
<p>Zelensky’s trip to the White House on Friday was abruptly cut short after his meeting with the US president and vice president devolved into a shouting match in front of the media. Trump and J.D. Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of <em>“gambling with World War III”</em> due to his reluctance to negotiate peace with Russia, and of being disrespectful and ungrateful for the substantial military aid provided to Kiev by Washington.</p>
<p>The visit was intended to finalize a minerals agreement between the US and Ukraine, but it was never signed as Zelensky demanded security guarantees and greater involvement in the conflict from the Trump administration.<br><em></em></p>
<p><em>“It became clearer to everyone than ever before who wants peace and who wants war; who wants to stop the killing and who wants to continue it; who stands on the grounds of common sense and who does not care for either human lives or billions of wasted euros,”</em> Szijjarto wrote in a post on Facebook on Saturday about the heated exchange at the Oval Office, which US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as a <em>“fiasco.”</em></p>

            
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<p>The foreign minister made it clear in his message that it is Zelensky, who wants <em>“the war to just continue.”</em></p>
<p><em>“Trump’s stand for peace was the greatest moment of the past three years,”</em> he insisted.</p>
<p>The US president told Zelensky on Friday that Ukraine was <em>“running out of soldiers”</em> and had no cards to play in the standoff with Russia. <em>“Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it, so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed,”</em> Trump said.</p>
<p>Szijjarto stressed in his post that the authorities in Budapest, who had been consistently calling for a diplomatic settlement of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, <em>“hope that… Trump will make the US-Russian negotiations a success, because only a US-Russian agreement can bring peace back to our beloved Central Europe.”</em></p>
<p>Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described Zelensky’s trip to the US as <em>“a diplomatic and political failure”</em> of the Kiev government. <em>“With his outrageously boorish behavior”</em> at the White House, the Ukrainian leader confirmed that he is <em>“an irresponsible instigator of a major war”</em> and <em>“a most dangerous threat to the international community,”</em> she wrote on Telegram on Saturday.</p>

             
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<p>Zakharova also reiterated Moscow’s stance that a lasting peace can only be achieved <em>“when the root causes of the conflict are fully eliminated.”</em></p>

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2135684/economie-sociale-faire-affaires-autrement
title: L’économie sociale, ou comment faire des affaires autrement
content: <p>Ce modèle d’affaires existe depuis longtemps au Québec, mais il demeure peu connu.</p>
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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2144078/brise-glace-polaire-davie-finlande-legault-lettre
title: Brise-glaces : Davie veut intégrer Helsinki, Ottawa veut des garanties pour Lévis
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<p>Alors que Davie veut déplacer une partie de la production en Finlande, Ottawa exige des retombées locales.</p>

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2143416/viande-animaux-abattage-ferme
title: Le Québec devrait-il autoriser la vente de viande d’animaux abattus à la ferme?
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<p>Des éleveurs du Québec voudraient que cela soit permis, comme c'est le cas en Colombie-Britannique.</p>

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title: Le café, coincé entre l’inflation et la réduflation
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<p>Cette boisson dont la demande ne faiblit pas subit notamment les conséquences du réchauffement climatique.</p>

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2144623/jagmeet-singh-relance-npd-sondages
title: Jagmeet Singh mise sur son « bilan » et sur sa fermeté face à Trump pour relancer le NPD
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<p>Le chef néo-démocrate Jagmeet Singh affirme qu'il veut miser sur « son bilan » pour convaincre les Canadiens.</p>

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<p>Le film <em>Emilia Pérez </em>part favori avec 13 nominations pour les Oscars, juste devant <em>The Brutalist</em> et <em>Wicked</em>.</p>

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title: Analyse | Jusqu’où ira Elon Musk?
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<p>L’objectif avoué du milliardaire est de démanteler le gouvernement américain le plus rapidement possible.</p>

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title: Querelle entre Trump et Zelensky : quelles incidences sur la guerre en Ukraine?
content: <p>« Les États-Unis vont abandonner l'Ukraine en termes d’aide militaire », estime un expert.</p>
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title: Analyse | Justin Trudeau au sommet européen sur l’Ukraine pour éviter de se retrouver isolé
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<p>Le Canada sera au cœur des discussions des Européens afin de concevoir une stratégie militaire commune.</p>

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title: Ukraine’s future now rests with a new president, after White House fiasco
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<p>Rarely do we see such a showdown in the White House between a leader of an allied country and the president of the U.S. For many, it was surreal to the point where they questioned its authenticity. But if we were ever looking for a crystalized example of what is wrong with Ukraine and how the West got into this quagmire, it was all there in a tense, live exchange where Trump and JD Vance wanted to essentially use the moment to put Zelensky in his place.</p>
<p>But he resisted. He believed he was a player and had many moves ahead of him.</p>
<p>“You don’t have enough cards,” Trump exploded. Zelensky responded by “this is not a game.”</p>
<p>And yet it is a game and Zelensky just proved himself to be the main, if only obstacle to peace in the country. The arrogance and delusion was stunning but understandable given that a number of western leaders have been rallying even more support for him. Does Zelensky and his support base actually believe they can just ignore Trump and Putin and continue with their game?</p>
<p>When watching the sensational crossfire, all becomes clear. The dictator is pumped up on something which carries him and leads him to believe that he is there to negotiate when in reality he is just there to be Trump’s bitch and sign whatever is given to him. The delusion was amazing. And like so many dictators, you can see the lack of preparation; where are the advisors and media experts to prepare him? Doesn’t need ‘em. The result, which could have worked out for him if he was smarter, was a bloodbath, a slaughter which in many ways made everything now clearer and simpler for Trump. He can’t work with Zelensky and so therefore, he will have to go as he is really the obstacle to anything being achieved in Ukraine. Perhaps the Russians already knew this and were just biding their time for the Trump camp to work it out.</p>
<p>Of course, the resentment was so thick you could cut it with a knife. The way JD Vance spoke to him was like you talk to your 12-year old boy who has been expelled from school. Trump and JD saw Zelensky as a creation of Biden and Obama of course and gave him one last chance to cross a divide and say ‘no, actually I’m with you guys’. But he couldn’t.</p>
<p>Europe is of course to blame for making him feel so unique and irreplaceable and no doubt this will just make Trump more determined than ever that a quick fix to Ukraine will simply come in pushing for early presidential elections. Critical now will be how Zelensky’s cabal will stay with him or be peeled off one by one by a sweeter deal offered by Trump. Most likely, Trump and JD are already looking for their own replacement although it may well be that no interfering will be necessary as many Ukrainians will be disappointed with Zelensky’s performance. Politically within Ukraine, the White House stunt will cost him a lot which he might not understand fully if his European support base is telling him not to worry. We’ve got your back.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/12/zelenskyy-rejects-claim-boris-johnson-talked-him-out-of-2022-peace-deal">What Zelensky did in 2022</a> with Boris Johnson – to reject a very favourable peace deal – was foolish and will go down in history as a mistake which cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who were fed into the meat grinder and sent to the front lines.</p>
<p>But what he then did in the White House with Trump and JD was stupid beyond belief as not only did it enrage Trump – to the point where he actually asked Zelensky to leave the Oval Office – but it amalgamated support for him from EU leaders even more – the very gesture which will push Trump into an even more belligerent position. He will put Zelensky and the EU in its place and now show the whole world how ineffective Europe is when it wants to play at being a superpower but doesn’t want to pick up the tab. Can Europe go it alone in Ukraine is not the question. The question is whether Trump will let it. This might have been one scenario which could have been bandied about and might have been given some oxygen, but now the EU position has to be tackled head on. Trump will be thinking ‘I have to teach the EU a lesson.’ ‘America is running the show and I call the shots,’ will be Trump’s thinking now. It is hardly a great act of prescience now to predict that Zelensky will now have, at the very least, lost all the U.S. support he had before; and at the very best a new political dynamic which will emerge in the coming weeks which will have a support infrastructure probably more than the puny 5 billion dollars that Victoria Nuland blew on the 2014 elections which installed Poroshenko. Ukraine needs a new cookie monster.</p>
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The pro-war lobby in the West needs to come up with new ideas, rather than saying the same old things

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<p><strong><em>President Trump has advanced a new policy proposition that engagement and dialogue is vital if we are to bring an end to the fighting. </em></strong></p>
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<p>When western pundits resist efforts to bring an end to fighting in Ukraine, they never provide an alternative vision of what they would do differently.</p>
<p>A respected associate of mine asked me today if a ceasefire and peace process in Ukraine would simply embolden China and Russia to further aggression.</p>
<p>This is a line oft repeated among the majority of politicians, journalists and so-called academics in the west, who are opposed to an ending of the war. ‘We can’t stop the war, because if we do, China will invade Taiwan and Russia will invade Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland etc.’</p>
<p>My view, for what it’s worth, is that an end to the war in Ukraine might embolden China longer-term over Taiwan in particular. I’ve seen no evidence that it will embolden Russia to invade NATO, precisely because Russia sees itself, in large part, as a country of Europe, even if it has been excluded.</p>
<p>However, and critically, if both China and Russia were so emboldened, then should we not ask ourselves how we have ended up in this position?</p>
<p>Russia’s decision to go to war was driven by a belief that it’s core strategic interests in preventing NATO expansion to its border via Ukraine was being ignored, and that it was subject to permanent sanctions with no possibility of removal through any concessions it might make.</p>
<p>That’s my opinion and one I know that many ‘realists’ share.</p>
<p>But, in any case, the ‘what next’ question should have been considered as part of a longer-term strategic assessment when western nations pushed the NATO enlargement agenda.</p>
<p>We have known since at least 2008 that this was a redline for Russia.</p>
<p>Did we expect Russia’s position to change and if so, how? If Russia’s position did not change, how far would we go to advance Ukraine’s NATO aspiration, including through direct military confrontation?</p>
<p>I’m not aware that those questions were ever asked or, if they were, considered rather than dismissed. And I was at the heart of British government decision making from the latter part of 2013, before the Ukraine crisis started (and must therefore accept some of the blame).</p>
<p>Without the United States, a war in Ukraine was never going to be sustainable for Europe, financially, politically or militarily.</p>
<p>Yet no one thought this through. Or, if they did, they didn’t factor in the eminent risk of America doing an about face on policy one day, as is now happening.</p>
<p>With America now withdrawing, sustaining a losing war in Ukraine rather than calling a halt to the killing cannot be considered a legitimate strategy if its only goal is to avoid losing face.</p>
<p>That makes us look weaker and more feckless.</p>
<p>If other states are now emboldened by the failure of western policy in Ukraine, that is not a sufficient reason to avoid an end to the bloodshed now.</p>
<p>Our self-righteousness indignation to peace is merely a figleaf covering the deflated genitals of our policy failure.</p>
<p>The west so badly mishandled relations in the eight years between the flashpoint of the Maidan and the start of war, not thinking through the consequences.</p>
<p>Russian actions and reactions in Ukraine have always been predictable.</p>
<p>They were predictable in February 2014.</p>
<p>They were predictable in February 2022.</p>
<p>They were predictable in February 2025.</p>
<p>We were never going to fight for Ukraine.</p>
<p>I have heard senior British Ambassadors say that we were never going to fight for Ukraine. And we are the most hawkish nation in Europe.</p>
<p>Why were we never going to fight?</p>
<p>Because it would never be possible to ensure that the 27 nations of the EU or the 31 nations of NATO would come to a collective agreement to fight.</p>
<p>Someone would always block fighting.</p>
<p>Compromises would be made.</p>
<p>We would pursue a lowest common denominator. That led us to a sanctions-only approach.</p>
<p>As I have said many times before, in the game of geostrategic chess, President Putin always knew that large, chattering teams of politicians around the table couldn’t outmanoeuvre him.</p>
<p>In fact, they would take weeks and months just to agree on the meaning of pawn, let alone whether to move it on the board.</p>
<p>We lost through indecision and have yet to learn the lesson.</p>
<p>You can’t fight wars by committee. But you can make peace in a group.</p>
<p>As Albert Einstein said, ‘we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them’. That is seen by some as the source of the misattributed saying, ‘the definition of insanity is to do the same thing but expect a different result.’</p>
<p>As the war in Ukraine grinds towards its diplomatic denouement, those people who would like to avoid a negotiated settlement are not coming up with an alternative approach.</p>
<p>They are not introducing new ideas to up the ante, if that is what they want to do. In fact, I don’t know what they want to do, because they’ve been saying exactly the same things for three years and I am epically bored right now.</p>
<p>The problem here, is that neither are they advancing a credible argument against ending the war.</p>
<p>Their position seems to be, the war is bad, it’s all Russia’s fault and if we give in now, Russia will be emboldened to strike elsewhere.</p>
<p>Their defensive position is held together by straplines not substantive arguments.</p>
<p>In a recent speech, the veteran U.S. Democrat politician Bernie Sanders said,</p>
<p>‘Russia started the war, not Ukraine,</p>
<p>Putin is a dictator, not Zelensky.’</p>
<p>While I am sure he may believe that it’s just another banal outburst, intended more to rail against the political leaders in his own country, rather than to bring peace in Ukraine.</p>
<p>Of course, people view the origins of the war differently and people are entitled to their views.</p>
<p>Debate on the war in Ukraine has become reduced to ‘I’m right and you are wrong’ with voices of reason and realism in the west, like mine, stifled by the mainstream.</p>
<p>But we will never reach a position in which there is a universally accepted view of who was at fault and who was not.</p>
<p>Instead, let’s try to accept that every side in this conflict takes some share of the blame, be that Russia, Ukraine, the U.S., UK and everyone else.</p>
<p>Let’s have a frank but polite discussion about a way forward.</p>
<p>President Trump has advanced a new policy proposition that engagement and dialogue is vital if we are to bring an end to the fighting. British and European leaders can’t continue unchallenged, carrying on as if the world hasn’t changed.</p>
<p>They need to come up with genuinely new and constructive ideas, rather than continuing to say the same things. And reengage in dialogue with Russia.</p>
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title: Acceptance of Asians in Europe
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<p><strong><em>Asked how they would feel if one of their children was in a love relationship with an Asian person, an average 70% of EU citizens say they would be “totally comfortable”. But results vary greatly across countries. </em></strong></p>
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title: Europe will pay for America First
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<p><strong><em>Europe will pay for America First</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Tom McTAGUE</em></strong></p>
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<p>“We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” observed Joan Didion. Yet politicians are different. They tell stories not so much to live, but to survive. Stories give leaders an aura of purpose and control, imbuing their decisions with great meaning; ushering in new beginnings and, of course, new ends. And then, sometimes, we just stop believing in them. That is what happened in the White House yesterday. The story of the West melted away and all that was left was power.</p>
<p>Watching Donald Trump over the past week has felt like one of those moments when history was being made: new narratives emerging out of the old. For a few days at least, Europe seemed to have been jolted out of its complacent malaise. “Germany became Gaullist, France became British, and Britain became European,” joked one French diplomat. The fear of America’s withdrawal from Europe had seemingly prompted a revolution. Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron flew to Washington to rescue the old world and seemed to succeed: our American Caesar offered his clementia and all was well, apparently. But then Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the Oval Office and it was not American withdrawal that was on offer, but American supremacy, uncloaked — angry, imposing, imperial. Do what we say or we will hand you over to your executioners.</p>
<p>This has been the story of the past week. One moment, Europe is in a spin as Zelensky is denounced as a dictator; the next, it is happy as Ukraine hands over half its natural resources to America. And then it heads into the weekend with feelings of sadness, shame and even humiliation. Zelensky, the weakest of Europe’s leaders, was treated as every European leader would be were they not as craven as our own.</p>
<p>The end result is a mixture of embarrassment — that of the schoolchild who avoids being bullied — and lasting geopolitical unease. What does diplomacy matter in a world where all that counts is power and you are a supplicant? Starmer may have flown back to Britain happy that he had secured a public commitment from Trump for Nato’s mutual defence clause. But does anyone now believe that anything the President said yesterday really matters? Perhaps more profoundly, does anyone — deep down — believe that it is acceptable to be so dependent on Trump’s whims or those of his nation? Ukraine can hardly be blamed for being so weak. Britain and the rest of Western Europe have no such excuses.</p>
<p>In the end, everything has changed and nothing has changed. Trump means what he says when he says it — and then doesn’t. The US is both withdrawing from Europe and expanding at the same time. An epoch of ambiguity has arrived and it’s far more dangerous than we realise.</p>
<p>Take the “minerals deal” between Zelensky and Trump that was supposed to be signed yesterday, but so painfully wasn’t. Far from acting as a brake on American imperial overreach — which many in Washington have called for — the agreement would have essentially extended US interests even further into Europe. Under the terms of the deal as proposed, the United States gains a 50% stake in Ukraine’s mineral wealth in perpetuity: a permanent stake.</p>
<p>Trump acknowledged the importance of the proposal before his blow-up with Zelensky. He indicated that the deal would serve as a security “backstop”, ensuring Putin did not restart his war for control of Ukraine. “I don’t think anybody’s going to play around if we’re there with a lot of workers,” Trump declared. The new doctrine, it seemed, would be “peace through economics”, as Le Monde put it. Zelensky would be forced to the table through an acceptance of partition and extraction. The strategy is not new — Britain was forced to abandon its imperial trading system in return for American support in the last world war. But what is unusual here is the steel being displayed without any sheath of idealism. This was a display of imperial power that was hard to unsee.</p>
<p>Even if the minerals deal were to be saved, the “security” it would offer Ukraine — and Europe — is far from clear. The implication is that Trump wants to take on a new economic colony in the knowledge that Russia would not dare attack it. But is that the case? Russia knows that an attack on any Nato country would risk sparking — in theory — a war with the United States and its allies, a direct confrontation it could not win. But an attack on a country in which the US simply had mining interests would not be the same. The response that such a provocation would trigger has been left entirely uncertain.</p>
<p>To clear up the ambiguity, Britain and France have offered to send troops to Ukraine to secure whatever peace agreement Trump can strike with Putin, and with it America’s new interests. But why would Russia now accept the informal absorption of rump Ukraine into the American economic sphere with its new assets protected by its clients, the British and French? Especially after witnessing that display in the Oval Office yesterday.</p>
<p>The idea of a sustainable peace agreement consequently remains remote, even if the breakdown in relations between Zelensky and Trump can be patched up. Without American support — assuming Europe fails to fill the gap — Ukraine would be forced to sue for peace on Russian terms. But once Trump carves out his stake in Ukraine, the peace negotiations enter a new phase: to the winner the spoils, literally.</p>
<p>You have to wonder what the likes of Elbridge Colby must make of Trump’s handling of events. Colby is one of the most eloquent exponents of American “restraint” in Washington, hired by the President as the policy lead in the Department of Defense. Colby argues that the US has become overstretched by its imperial commitments, and needs to focus less on Europe and more on what he considers the principal threat to America’s global primacy: China’s ambition to retake Taiwan. Colby’s argument is not “isolationist” in any sense, nor civilisational like Steve Bannon’s, who wants the US to form a Christian-Nationalist alliance against globalist China. Colby is arguing for a form of imperial prioritisation which would push for Europe to become more independent. Yet Trump is seeking a minerals deal with Ukraine that would draw him further into Europe — even as he mocks and berates its most embattled leader.</p>
<p>The new President’s defenders would argue that Trump will eventually bully his way to the best of all worlds, extending America’s power and economic dominance at very little cost. Indeed, Ukraine will, in all likelihood, eventually agree to become an American economic protectorate irrespective of the President and his ambitious Vice President. The alternative — national elimination under Putin — is worse. Yet it strikes me that — first — Europe’s voters will not be able to unsee what they have just witnessed. And — second — the United States itself has made a curious bet that it can project its power into Ukraine without any real idea of the force necessary to accompany its new economic interests.</p>
<p>The situation reminds me of the build up to the Suez crisis in 1956, when Britain withdrew its forces from the canal zone in Egypt, while insisting its economic interests remained secure. The Tory MP Enoch Powell warned the then government that any agreement with Egypt would not be “worth the parchment on which it is engrossed” because the remaining British technicians in the canal zone would be hopelessly vulnerable to, and ultimately forced out by, terrorism and harassment. Can we really say that Trump’s potential miners in Ukraine without American military protection would be any different?</p>
<p>But we do not yet know the strength of America’s commitment to Ukraine. For this reason it is worth playing out the scenario in which Zelensky swallows his pride and Russia acquiesces to the partition of Ukraine. In this scenario — under the current terms being pushed by Starmer and Macron — British and French troops would find themselves massing somewhere in Eastern Europe, if not in Ukraine itself, with the stated aim of deterring Russian aggression, based on some vague promise of American air support which might or might not exist. Is this really enough to deter Russia anymore than it was to deter Colonel Nasser in 1956? And what if it isn’t? Are we prepared to go to war with Russia for Ukraine? From Taiwan to the Donbas, ambiguity mixed with menace now reigns.</p>
<p>Stories allow us to live because they turn daily chaos into something hopeful or inspirational; it’s a tale that offers explanation or revelation — or, at the very least, comfort. Yet what is emerging from Donald Trump’s unpredictability looks like a fable that no-one with any self-respect can believe in any longer. Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelensky all flew to Washington this week looking for a story they could tell to their expectant nations at home. Two succeeded — for a few hours. But all we will remember is the drama of the failure.</p>
<p><em>Original article:</em> <a href="https://unherd.com/2025/03/trumps-angry-imperialism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>unherd.com</strong></a></p>


guid: https://strategic-culture.su/?post_type=article&amp;p=883809
title: Exposing elite degeneracy
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<p><strong><em>Our archetypal case study are the Macrons, the French power couple situated at the apex of their country’s political pyramid.</em></strong></p>
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<p>It goes almost without saying that the “elite” referenced here is located in the collective West. It would be exceedingly difficult to associate the leading segment of any other society or civilisation, as a class, with degeneracy.</p>
<p>Our archetypal case study are the Macrons, the French power couple situated at the apex of their country’s political pyramid. Our French sources assure us that in France anomalies concerning the birth gender of the allegedly female member of that pair have been suspected for a long time. Those suspicions, however, have had to be voiced <em>sub rosa</em>, because of the establishment’s extreme hostility to any speculations on that subject.</p>
<p>The few investigative journalists and investigators who had ventured to question those anomalies, many of which are obvious even to the naked eye, have been hounded by the media and persecuted by the French judicial system in a variety of vicious ways. That plainly gives the lie to what remains of France’s historical reputation of being a haven of enlightened tolerance for diverse views.</p>
<p>American journalist Candace Owens has assembled evidence that compellingly (and almost conclusively) demonstrates that the individual passed off to the public under the identity of Brigitte Macron, the official wife of the French President, is neither Brigitte nor a biological woman.</p>
<p>Candace Owens’ professional trajectory parallels in many ways that of her colleague Tucker Carlson. Like Tucker, Candace laboured for many years in the ranks of establishment media until her conscience became so conflicted by the constraints on truthful reporting and honest commentary that for her remaining within the system was no longer an option. Like Tucker, Candace was able to parlay the respect and trust that she had built up over the years into an independent investigative journalism platform. There, without censorship, she can discuss topics and articulate opinions that are off limits in the discourse of the pseudo liberal democratic world of mainline journalism that had expelled her, as it did Tucker, from the ranks of its licenced professionals.</p>
<p>Intrigued by the rumours swirling around France’s “first lady,” Candace Owens made the bold decision to dig into the story and share the findings with her audience, which by now numbers in the millions. The result was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIbUXQ5c-oQ&amp;t=788s"><em>Becoming Brigitte: Gaslighting the public</em></a><em>, </em>a series of investigative reports that for the first time brought to the attention of the Anglophone world the tangled web of lies and misrepresentations surrounding not just the true identity of Emmanuel Macron’s putative spouse, but also his own vertiginous (and it appears unmerited) rise to prominence and ultimately the Presidency of a major European country.</p>
<p>In essence, Candace’s disclosures are that “Mme. Macron” has been, so to speak, misgendered, but by deliberate design, having been born a male and subsequently undergoing surgical procedures to alter her sex. But by degraded contemporary criteria that revelation is standard fare compared to the really sleazy part of the story. It turns out that most of what we have been told about the inception of their relationship is provably false. Even the assertion in the official account that at seventeen Emmanuel was almost of legal age when he and his teacher, the allegedly thirty-six year-old Brigitte, “fell in love” is as false as “Mrs.” Macron’s official gender identity. Meticulous research has revealed that at the critical stage when he succumbed to the charms of his middle school literature teacher, Emmanuel was in fact a child of fourteen, whilst his seductress (or perhaps more precisely, seducer) was thirty-nine. Not only does that significantly increase <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxiPadcGc5I">the age difference between the lovers</a>, but more importantly it places the affair within the legal ambit of statutory rape, even by the notoriously permissive French standards.</p>
<p>That, of course, is just the bare bones of the polemical contentions that Candace Owens corroborates with ample proof, leaving little room for reasonable doubt. No summary of the details can do justice to what Candace calls “a look back at the murky, hidden background of Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron,” so viewing the entire series of six episodes, culminating with the just posted incisive recapitulation, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu1_dhNvLHg"><em>Epilogue</em></a>, is highly recommended to all wishing to savour the particulars of this sordid tale of debauchery, deceit, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JovQpHl2JQ">paedophilia</a>, and betrayal of the public trust.</p>
<p>For her trouble in exposing the moral rot at the very heart of French public life, Candace Owens was rewarded with a stern letter from a U.S. law firm hired by the Macrons (“Mr. and Mr. Macron,” as she sarcastically but probably not inaccurately refers to them in one of the episodes) demanding she cease and desist from completing her disruptive investigation and threatening dire consequences unless she dropped her inquiry.</p>
<p>But far from achieving the desired chilling effect, the legal threat predictably made Candace Owens more determined to carry on with her investigation. In America she could afford to do that thanks to the protection provided by the First Amendment and a judicial system still largely resistant to the more egregious abuses. During the recent Presidential campaign, Owens conducted an in-depth investigation of comparable scope into the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpDom_9mp6E&amp;list=PLPW2eH9z9CUsmsHeb6AqIms0cXBws5WuH">murky background of Kamala Harris</a>, uncovering a similar mass of alarming inconsistencies, factual inaccuracies, and information gaps in the biography of the individual who was a hair’s breadth away from one of the most powerful political offices in the world. Needless to say, unwelcome as her snooping was to powerful individuals and interests, in America Candace was still free to complete her task and post her findings, unlike her French colleagues <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj6Ti-3CFxk">who were harassed</a> and silenced or, like <a href="https://candaceowens.com/video/becoming-brigitte-candace-owens-x-xavier-poussard-ep-6/">investigative journalist Xavier Poussard</a>, had to move their family abroad to safety.</p>
<p>Needless to say, publication of piquant details from the private lives of the French Presidential couple is not the real motive behind Ms. Owens’ investigation or of this reflection on the results of her professional work. That is, rather, the consternation provoked by the question which Candace Owens asks in one of the episodes of the Macron series and which we could also echo: what explains the sudden appearance of so many Manchurian Candidates (the Macrons and Harris are but the tip of the iceberg) in the top political echelons of the Collective West? Who controls them through blackmail, whose orders are they taking, and what unspoken and murky agendas, totally at variance with their public commitments and utterances, are they being instrumentalised to promote?</p>
<p>Granted, these contrived public personae without a verifiable biography and seemingly without even much substance as human beings, are but proxies for the actual rulers, in effect only the visible, external layer of the complex and fraudulent system which governs the “Western Democracies.”</p>
<p>But how much longer are Western nations prepared to tolerate that farce, submitting to directives transmitted through anonymous figures of fictitious provenance and charged with a dubious mission?</p>
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title: Les véhicules du stationnement endommagé à Ottawa toujours inaccessibles
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<p>Des voitures sont toujours prisonnières du stationnement à étages qui s’est partiellement effondré mercredi.</p>

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<p><strong>The tech mogul supports a reassessment of American involvement in both organizations, questioning their relevance and effectiveness</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Billionaire Elon Musk has publicly endorsed the idea of the US withdrawing from both the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.</p>
<p>Responding to a social media post advocating such a move on Sunday, Musk, who leads the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), commented, <em>“I agree.”</em></p>
<p>US President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers have vowed to reconsider Washington’s participation in the UN, as well as in the US-led military bloc.</p>
<p>In February, Senator Mike Lee of Utah introduced the Disengaging Entirely from the United Nations Debacle (DEFUND) Act, proposing a complete US withdrawal from the UN. Lee criticized the UN as a <em>“platform for tyrants”</em> that attacks America and its allies, arguing that despite significant funding, the organization has failed to prevent wars, genocides, human rights violations, and pandemics.</p>
<p>Echoing Lee’s sentiments, Musk wrote on X that <em>“America provides way too much funding to the UN and associated entities.”</em></p>
<p>During his 2016 campaign, Trump described the UN as weak and incompetent, stating it was <em>“not a friend of democracy… freedom... the United States.”</em> Last month, the Trump administration opposed a UN General Assembly resolution demanding Russia’s immediate withdrawal from Ukraine.</p>
<p>Musk, now a key advisor to Trump, has taken the lead in looking for ways to cut costs and reduce the federal workforce. In February, DOGE released its first savings report, claiming an estimated $55 billion in savings through cost-cutting measures.</p>

            
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<p>That same month, Elise Stefanik, Trump’s nominee for US Ambassador to the UN, advocated the global adoption of Musk’s DOGE initiative. She criticized the UN’s financial practices and called for a <em>“Global DOGE”</em> effort to reform international governance. Stefanik also pledged to push for defunding and dismantling UN-affiliated organizations accused of corruption and antisemitism.</p>
<p>Musk has also voiced skepticism about NATO. In February, he labeled the alliance <em>“anachronistic”</em> and called for a full review, questioning its relevance in the post-Cold War era. He also questioned the rationale behind American taxpayers covering a significant portion of Europe’s defense costs, highlighting that the US pays for approximately 67% of NATO’s military expenses, despite spending only 3.5% of its GDP on defense.</p>
<p>His position aligns with Trump, who has frequently criticized NATO, urging members to increase defense expenditure and threatening to withdraw, arguing the US bears an unfair financial burden for European security.</p>

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title: ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith turns up political talk, triggering 2028 speculation
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Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith is taking on a new role in Democratic politics as the party searches for its identity after its loss to President Trump in November.  Smith expressed interest in politics well before Election Day but has been particularly critical of the party following Trump’s victory, calling on it to refocus on…

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title: With student test scores flailing, DOGE cuts to Nation’s Report Card raise red flags
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Cuts to the Department of Education are hitting the highly valued Nation’s Report Card even as sirens blare on student test scores.   The 12th grade National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) was recently canceled, and the top official in charge of it was put on leave, leading advocates to doubt a promise from the Department…

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5170323
title: USAID cuts could send global health into chaos
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The Trump administration’s decision to end almost all foreign aid spending from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is poised to plunge global health into chaos.  The contract terminations announced Wednesday will end grants for HIV treatments and prevention, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, Ebola and numerous other diseases and conditions. Nutrition assistance programs for…

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title: 5 storylines to watch for ahead of this November’s elections
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title: A spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of far-right populism
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<p><strong><em>What the European far-right that Musk might yet bankroll lack and what have lacked since 1848 is America’s libertarian streak.</em></strong></p>
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<p><em>A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre.</em> ~ The Communist Manifesto, 1848</p>
<p>We are back to 1848, when the peoples of Belgium, Denmark, France, Galicia, the German Confederation, Greater Poland, the Habsburg Monarchy, Hungary, Ireland, the Italian States, Moldavia, the Romanian Principalities, Schleswig, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wallachia rose up in bloody protest against their terrified masters.</p>
<p>Though current events in each of those hot spots deserve their own articles, I will concentrate on today’s Germany and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_against_the_far-right_in_Germany">cordon sanitaire</a> “all the powers of old Europe” have thrown up against this dangerous upheaval to the God-given right of von der Leyen, Kallas and similar bums to shake down the rest of us.</p>
<p>And, as God has entered the frame, where better to start than with <a href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2025-02/germany-elections-reaction-bishop-georg-batzing-interview.html">the Vatican’s report on the German upheaval</a>, which trots out Bishop Georg Bätzing (chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference), Bishop Kirsten Fehrs (the Chair of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany) and Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki (Archbishop of Cologne), who all congratulate the German electorate and their elected representatives for holding the line and forming a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_against_the_far-right_in_Germany">German cordon sanitaire</a> against their own far-right, who are, they would have us believe, the very reincarnation of Hitler’s Wehrmacht and who, at the drop of a hat, will goose step back into Poland and all the way to Moscow and Stalingrad if Europe’s “holy alliance” do not stop them. For, make no mistake about it, Europe’s far-right are a dangerous lot and not only do they do Putin’s bidding but they have enlisted POTUS Trump and Musk to their ranks as well.</p>
<p>First, let’s get the Putin and Russian canards out of the frame. Putin is the bogeyman Europe’s parasitic order needs and, as the old cliché has it, if Putin did not exist, they would have to invent him. This is because the only thing that binds von der Leyen, Estonia’s Kallas and France’s Macron together is to create an external spectre, before whom we should all cower and against whom we should pray that our lily-livered leaders protect us.</p>
<p>The problem with that is Putin is no concern of mine or of most marginalised Germans, who would dearly wish to start using Russia’s cheap energy again. Britain’s old age pensioners are being denied winter fuel because Sir Keir Starmer, who is a core part of this cordon sanitaire, needs their allowance to fuel Zelensky’s coke habit. And, as regards defending Ukrainian democracy, not only have countless articles skewered that straw man, but Zelensky’s Reich is still, this very day, displaying their fascism to the world by <a href="https://swentr.site/russia/613181-ukraine-city-celebrates-holocaust-propagandist/">erecting monuments</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulas_Samchuk">Ulas Samchuk</a>, one of Ukraine’s most notorious Nazi collaborators, who demanded the extermination of “<a href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=Ulas+Samchuk+Jewish+chimpanzees&amp;pc=S126&amp;form=S1GDCC&amp;ptag=N13001">Jewish chimpanzees</a>” Poles and sundry others, who offended his far-right sensibilities.</p>
<p>And, as regards imitating Samchuk’s allies by marching on Moscow and Stalingrad without the proverbial pot to piss in, it is Starmer, Macron and their German and Estonian clowns who want us to do that. If not wanting to freeze my nuts off in a fox hole on the outskirts of Moscow or Stalingrad makes me far-right, fair enough and Starmer, Kallas or von der Leyen can take my place if they are so worried about what Putin’s Siberian Legions are up to. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_vult">Deus vult</a>!</p>
<p>But that is not how it has ever worked. The parasitic class that Starmer, Kallas, von der Leyen and Macron typify see others playing the role of cannon fodder and them continuing on their gravy train to nowhere.</p>
<p>Of course, to use the old parrot phrase, if we are so opposed to von der Lryen, Kallas and the rest of them, we can always vote them out. Fine, but no one elected von der Leyen or Kallas and, as the German, French, British and many other elections show, the electoral game is rigged to ensure these parasites are all but impossible to eject.</p>
<p><a href="https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/481118380_2343179772727739_4500305222288444544_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p600x600_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=108&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=2Lby4lYpjz0Q7kNvgFrwZ1e&amp;_nc_oc=Adg4UUKCMoBnfD1fuRlkALUqdTxw2njl2GHVSevdl4g1Ah9hYVDpnKGs2XAOAzVtsco&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&amp;_nc_gid=AAasJPN2OJumHl2p7BLFNAH&amp;oh=00_AYCBsjz6yDUSWVhPYz792Oopqx2WrD3O74VVUBSZUJQ6OA&amp;oe=67C2A947">Germany exemplifies</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahra_Wagenknecht">Sahra Wagenknecht</a>‘s <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-leftist-bsw-party-considers-challenging-national-election-result-2025-02-24/">BSW Party</a> got just under 2.5 million votes but no seats, whereas <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_90/The_Greens">the war mongering Grünen (Green) Party</a> got 5.7 million votes and 85 seats and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Schleswig_Voters%27_Association">South Schleswig Voters Association (SSW)</a> got 76,000 votes and one seat, which was a very healthy return per vote cast.</p>
<p>If we pan out to the bigger parties like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDU/CSU">CDU/CSU Party</a>, we see that they get a vastly disproportionate share of the old, the sinecured and the downright comfortable voting for them, whereas the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany">Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)</a>, Old Europe’s bogeyman, predominates in the eastern part of Germany, the former German Democratic Republic. We have, if the voting patterns are our metric, several Germanys, the poorer GDR regions, where the AfD holds sway, the Bohemian and red light quarters of Berlin, Freiburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Köln, Münster and Stuttgart where the Greens rule the roost and the rest of the West where the I’m all right Jacks give the old Europeans their lop sided mandate</p>
<p>Although we could further disaggregate the German vote by age and sex, Britain better serves our purpose. That is because rank corruption has caused the Scottish National Party to implode and Labour’s Northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_wall_(British_politics)">Red Wall</a> has proved itself to be up for grabs by both the Conservative Party and Nigel Farage’s populist Reform Party. All Labour has between it and another melt down is Starmer refusing to hold elections, at least until another acceptable alternative, in the form of a revamped Conservative Party or a house trained Reform Party, can once again take command.</p>
<p>This is not to say that the far-right populists in France, Germany, England or anywhere else pose the same sort of threat to the old order that the 1848 revolutionaries did. They do not. Musk’s interest in Germany is as much fueled by his desire to sell them lithium batteries to complement their idiotic windmills as it is that he frets over failings in their democratic system. Much the same explains his interest in England’s lack of proper democracy.</p>
<p>But Musk is also a doer, not a Eurocrat. He is an overgrown child who wants to fly to Mars and he has more satellites in space than NASA or the Chinese do. He is an economic titan who would have given the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robber_baron_(industrialist)">robber barons</a> of the nineteenth century a good run for their money. As for the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, because he knows that a Trump executive order could vaporise his flaky monopoly in a day, he is an obedient lapdog of no consequence in this debate.</p>
<p>As for Musk, if he ever visits Europe, he could observe the European Parliament, where over 7,000 of its employees do <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/13/eu-45m-travelling-circus-brussels-strasbourg-last-year/">a weekly commute between Strasburg and Brussels</a> for no good reason, except to grease the wheels of Europe’s massive corruption that not even Musk’s DOGE hot shots can conceptualise.</p>
<p>On that latter point, we see that Macron is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron">umbilically tied </a>to the Rothschilds and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Merz">Friedrich Merz</a>, Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting, was formerly on the board of Black Rock, as well as many other similar companies, who are likewise invested in Zelensky’s rump Reich and who more resemble the economically redundant aristocrats of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemens_von_Metternich">Metternich’s</a> old Europe just as Musk does its trail blazing entrepreneurs.</p>
<p>Although Marx’ Communist Manifesto would regard all these cats as parasitic capitalists, they are striped differently and the capitalism of Musk is very much at odds with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rentier_capitalism#:~:text=The%20term%20was%20developed%20by,-rents%2C%20leases%20and%20rents.">rentier capitalism</a> Europe’s old order represents.</p>
<p>This European far-right that Musk might yet bankroll consists of a number of diverse actors, who include Israeli stooges like excellent street demagogue <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson">Tommy Robinson</a>, astroturf populists like Nigel Farage (check out his <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/nigel-farage-mocks-labour-smoking-ban-b2604143.html">half a bitter and cigarette</a>, playing to the common man), intellectuals like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Weidel">AfD’s lesbian leader</a> and many more, who are not easily categorised. However, what they lack and what they have lacked since 1848 is America’s libertarian streak, typified in the land of the free and the home of the brave by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution">the Second Amendment</a>, the right of the ordinary American to tool up like Rambo, when not otherwise engaged eating red meat, attending NFL games or screaming for their heroes, Trump included, at wrestling matches.</p>
<p>The net result of that is that the ordinary Germans and the ordinary Europeans can only hope to take power with a ballot paper in one hand and not much else beyond empty air in the other, when the Dutch, German, British and French Gestapo, with the blessing of the aforementioned German clerics, set about cracking their skulls to keep their incestuous cordon sanitaire intact.</p>
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<p><strong>The stars’ trips to Kiev were funded via the US foreign aid system, the Hungarian Prime Minister has claimed</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>The Hollywood celebrities who visited Ukraine to ‘support’ the country during its ongoing conflict with Russia didn’t do it out of sympathy, but because they were paid millions, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said.</p>
<p>Stars’ trips to Kiev were paid for with money from USAID, Washington’s primary mechanism for funding political projects abroad, Orban said in an interview with Hungarian broadcaster TV2 on Saturday.</p>
<p><em>“People were given money for their opinions. I am talking about big celebrities and movie stars. They were given money to go to Ukraine, so they did not do it from the heart or out of sympathy for the Ukrainians - which could have actually been the case – but because they were given money,”</em> he said.</p>
<p>The payments received by the stars amounted to <em>“millions of euros or dollars,”</em> the prime minister claimed, without providing any names.</p>
<p>Angelina Jolie, Sean Penn, Ben Stiller and Orlando Bloom were among the most prominent Western celebrities to have visited Ukraine since the escalation of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev three years ago.</p>
<p>In early February, reports emerged on social media claiming that Jolie had received $20 million for her trip to Lviv in April 2022, and that Penn, Stiller and Bloom were written checks of $5 million, $4 million and $8 million, respectively, by USAID.</p>

            
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<p>Back then, Stiller rejected the accusations, calling them <em>“lies coming from Russian media.”</em> The actor insisted in a post on X that his visit to Kiev was <em>“self-funded.”</em> Penn’s lawyer also said that reports of his client being paid by USAID to meet with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky were <em>“completely false, misleading and reckless.”</em></p>
<p>Several Western media outlets, including AFP and Reuters, said that their fact checking teams had found that the claims of stars getting USAID money originated from a fabricated video and that there were no available records of the agency paying the celebrities.</p>
<p>Shortly after taking office, US President Donald Trump launched a clampdown on USAID, accusing it of widespread corruption and inefficiency. He imposed a 90-day funding freeze on the agency and transferred oversight of its programs to the direct control of the US State Department.</p>
<p>Orban said in his interview that the activities of USAID in recent decades could be <em>“the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the Western world.”</em></p>

             
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<p><em>“I have never seen anything like this before - when billions of dollars are being transferred from the US budget to foundations and various forms of support, and then they are being distributed around the globe and given to those who represent the ideals, spirituality, programs and specific interests demanded by the Americans, and they receive money for that,”</em> he stressed.</p>

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title: Net neutrality is dead — welcome to the age of ‘pay-to-play’ and premium access
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title: Uma Europa parada no tempo e sem centralidade
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<p>A União Europeia está absolutamente devastada. Falta saber bem porque razão tal sucede. Há quem diga que é porque os EUA a abandonam, trocando a atenção que lhe davam, por uma atenção maior ao pacifico e, em especial, à China. Há quem diga que, o seu receio está relacionado com a incapacidade de a União Europeia se defender das suas ameaças, leia-se, do arqui-inimigo das nações do centro europeu, concretamente a Federação Russa. Há quem diga, ainda, que o desespero tem causa na perda da liderança, o que é caricato: tanto falar de liberdade e, ao mesmo tempo, parecer ter medo de ser livre. A Europa tem medo de se libertar dos EUA e, perante essa possibilidade, sente-se abandonada.</p>
<p>Seja qual for, todas radicam numa só: a perda da sua centralidade. A União Europeia, tantas vezes confundida com “a europa”, por quem não percebe o que é “a europa”, está aterrorizada com a perda definitiva da sua centralidade. Apelidada de “velho continente”, a europa ocidental habituou-se, durante séculos a fio, a ser sede e berço das mais avançadas ideias de civilização e receptáculo da pilhagem e sucção dos recursos mundiais. A “civilização” europeia terá representando, em termos de importância e nesse período, o que representaram as designadas civilizações da antiguidade.</p>
<p>Do Grécia antiga à Roma republicana à imperial, da França iluminista à Inglaterra liberal, acabando na Rússia socialista. A Europa foi berço de algumas das ideias mais transformadoras da história humana, as quais, com as contradições próprias de tudo o que é humano, levaram o mundo mais longe. Da europa vieram também as maiores desgraças deste tempo, da inquisição ao despotismo, do tráfico negreiro ao esclavagismo, do capitalismo selvagem, ao fascista ou nazi. Provando sempre que, em cada momento de acção, sonho e aventura, lhe correspondeu sempre a reacção, o pesadelo e a distopia. A Europa não seria o que foi, o que é, sem as duas faces da moeda, como nenhuma civilização, aliás. É da condição humana. Não podemos esquecer que os EUA hegemónicos e imperiais e a China socialista super-industrial, são também resultados concretos da influência europeia e das suas ideias centrais de civilização. Como se a cada um correspondesse um pólo oposto da disputa ideológica ocorrida na própria Europa.</p>
<p>Mas esta Europa, em especial a europa ocidental, já nesta fase decadente, habituou-se, mesmo assim, a ser o centro das atenções, o centro do mundo, o mundo disputado. Se a China era conhecida como o império do meio, num outro período histórico, a europa ocidental também o pretendeu ser. Na guerra fria, era na europa ocidental que se vendiam as ideias de convergência de sistemas, aliando o liberalismo privado anglo-americano ao socialismo científico soviético, resultando numa mescla de socialismo utópico com capitalismo, a que chamámos de “social-democracia”, apenas porque não negava os principais direitos políticos aos ricos, permitindo-lhes a criação de partidos e a tomada do poder, através do uso do seu maior poderio económico. Hoje, temos à vista de todos em que resultou tal democracia, totalmente ancorada em partidos que representam os mais ricos, financiados por eles e muitos com “empresários” como representantes. Quando Jeff Bezos assume que no Washington Post só será publicada a sua opinião sobre “liberdade e mercado livre” e nenhuma outra, percebemos que a sublimação da democracia liberal, consiste na revelação das suas próprias limitações democráticas.</p>
<p>A europa ocidental tentou e terá, nalgumas dimensões, conseguido, durante algum tempo, fazer a síntese da contradição entre uns EUA neoliberais, assumidamente individualistas, minarquistas e uma URSS colectivizada, socialista e muito centralizada. Entre uma visão individualista do “salve-se quem puder”, do “ganhador e perdedor” e a visão colectivista do “ninguém pode ficar para trás”. Foi o tempo da reformista social democracia, ideologia que visou impedir a transição para o socialismo de todo o continente europeu. Para além de o continuar a fazer, actualmente a EU vê-se encerrada num fanatismo centrista e situacionista, como que ideologicamente imobilizada. É uma europa agarrada ao acessório, para não mudar nas questões centrais.</p>
<p>Em bom dizer, a perda da centralidade europeia encontra tradução na obsolescência histórica da Europa com uma “economia social de mercado” conceito que se tornou redundante, face à emergência de uma China que consegue aliar uma direcção socialista a um mercado ultra-dinâmico e com amplas liberdades de iniciativa, não apenas encerradas na tradicional “iniciativa privada”. A perda da centralidade geográfica encontra paralelo na perda da centralidade ideológica. Quando ouvimos Von Der Leyen afirmar que a europa tem uma “economia social de mercado”, o que assistimos é à passagem de um atestado de irrealizável idealismo, nada condicente, nem com as suas intenções, nem tão pouco com as intenções das forças que a suportam e, ainda menos, nada condicente com as necessidades actuais dos povos europeus, a quem foi roubado o sonho, a ideia de progresso e desenvolvimento permanentes, trocada por uma falácia chamada de “fim da história”, que celebra os “mercados livres” e a liberdade dos super ricos viverem à custa da produção de milhões de pobres.</p>
<p>É caricato que, em grande medida, o “fim da história” de Fukuyama, avidamente comprado pelas elites europeias, acabou por representar “o fim deste capítulo da história europeia”. Sem o perceberem, a celebração do fim da história, com a queda do bloco soviético, representou, também, o fim da centralidade ideológica europeia, o fim da sua virtude, o fim da relevância central das suas ideias. Neste novo mundo, a europa nada tem para oferecer que não seja oferecido por tantos outros e de forma mais efectiva. A Europa, a União Europeia, não perdeu apenas a sua centralidade, perdeu a sua relevância. A europa deixou de fazer a síntese de dois opostos. Ao sucumbir ao neoliberalismo do consenso de Washington, a EU transformou o pólo central que representava, entre dois pólos opostos, num mundo de dois pólos apenas. Com dois pólos, a centralidade deixa de existir, passa a ser fisicamente impossível.</p>
<p>A perda da relevância ideológica acabou por desaguar na perda da relevância geográfica. Situada entre a Rússia czarista, primeiro, ruralista, atrasada, feudal, a URSS socialista, colectivizada e a Federação Russa com o capitalismo reconstituído, mas defensora veemente da sua soberania, fonte de recursos minerais, energia e alimentos, uma civilização que, nas suas várias reencarnações, estava mais virada para a sua vertente ocidentalista, europeísta, pretendendo ser aceite na elite das nações mundiais que constituíam a europa ocidental, esta europa tinha, a ocidente, uns EUA, muito concentrados na relação com a URSS, primeiro, e, mais tarde, ainda vivendo em modo de guerra fria, sobrevalorizando a “ameaça” russa e as suas capacidades militares. Uns EUA que ainda não haviam acabado a tarefa a que se haviam proposto quando fizeram colapsar a URSS. A tarefa era fragmentar todo aquele território.</p>
<p>Esta Europa que, de um lado tinha um amigo que dizia “não te juntes à Rússia, que eles são uma ameaça”, para tal alimentando e alimentando-se da ideia de permanente necessidade corrida militar, olhando para o continente europeu como veículo e terreno de batalha de uma conquista de toda aquela fortuna em recursos naturais, e, de outro lado, tinha uma “ameaça” que, repetidamente tentava convencê-la de que era uma nação igual, uma nação europeia, como que tentando dizer “não me vejas como inimigo, quero ser teu amigo”, era, em resultado disso mesmo, uma europa que representava o centro das atenções de duas das maiores potências mundiais, em torno das quais orbitava grande parte do mundo.</p>
<p>Se, nos EUA, esta europa bebia as suas ideias neoliberais, o investimento estrangeiro directo, os capitais e atingia o maior mercado de consumo do mundo, na URSS, na Federação Russa, a Europa tinha a energia e recursos baratos de que necessitava para alimentar uma indústria competitiva, a nível mundial. Esses recursos de um lado e o mercado do outro lado do atlântico, associados a triliões de capital acumulado em pilhagens da era colonial e neocolonial, permitiram à UE financiar o seu alargamento e estender por mais algum tempo ainda, a sua centralidade. A atenção de dois pólos opostos permitia a continuação da sua versão sintética, da sua versão mediadora, da conexão entre dois mundos opostos. O facto de os EUA ainda verem na Rússia, uma versão da URSS, contribuía para esta centralidade. Esta posição, de uma certa independência – vejamos a posição de Schroeder e Chirac na guerra do Iraque – deu à europa mais uns anos de vida como centralidade das atenções mundiais.</p>
<p>Mas haviam nuvens negras sob o céu europeu. Não se tratou apenas de não se proteger dessas nuvens, de antecipar a sua vinda e tomar as necessárias prevenções. Foi mais grave do que isso. A UE decidiu fazer de conta que não as via, primeiro, e, à medida que se aproximavam, já apanhada pela chuva intensa, decidiu dizer que fazia sol, quando a borrasca já nos congelava os ossos. Daí até cancelar quem à sua frente lhe aparecia molhado, foi um passo. Podemos discutir muito sobre as razões pelas quais esta ultra burocratizada União europeia, esta Comissão Europeia omnipresente e omnipotente, foi incapaz de ver, analisar e lidar com a tempestade que se aproximava. A resposta, penso, que pode ser encontrada num livro sobre a URSS, chamado de “Socialismo Traído”, que trata de forma objectiva e evidente, sobre as causas que levaram à queda do bloco soviético e que radicam na cooptação das suas elites por interesses antagónicos ao serviço do inimigo.</p>
<p>Também as elites europeias foram amplamente cooptadas e a resistência que havíamos presenciado aquando a guerra do Afeganistão e do Iraque, não mais aconteceu. Investimentos brutais em cursos “Fullbright”, programas de “Leadership” e muita USAID na comunicação social <em>mainstream</em>, resultaram numa elite europeia americanizada, sem qualquer traço de independência, mas com todos os traços de subordinação. Paulatinamente assistimos à queda do PIB europeu em relação ao dos EUA (nos anos 80 e 90, o PIB dos EUA era inferior ao da Alemanha, Inglaterra, França, Espanha e Itália) e ao domínio norte americano das estruturas de capital na europa. Com o poder económico instalado estavam criadas as condições para a tomada definitiva do poder político, como estava previsto desde o Plano Marshal e a criação da Comunidade europeia do Carvão e do Aço.</p>
<p>A intenção de não dissolver a NATO em 1991, foi uma das primeiras nuvens negras que a EU não quis enfrentar. Esta incapacidade em acolher a “nova” Federação Russa no seu seio, traduziu na acção europeia as intenções da Casa Branca em ajudar o mínimo possível aquele país. Não contente com a manutenção das tensões securitárias dentro do continente europeu, nas suas próprias fronteiras, as sucessivas administrações europeias e respectivos estados, foram assistindo, primeiro, ao alargamento da NATO em direcção às fronteiras do país europeu que constituía um dos seus pontos de apoio económico, e, posteriormente, à instrumentalização da EU como extensão da própria NATO. Se não vai para a NATO, vai primeiro para a EU e depois fica com via aberta (“<em>fast track”</em> como diz a “americana” von der Leyen). A resistência europeia inicial à entrada de novos estados ex-soviéticos foi removida com o tempo.</p>
<p>Não contente, a União Europeia embarcou na revolução laranja, no Euromaidan e nas perseguições aos povos russófonos da Ucrânia. Foi uma europa incapaz de impedir as manobras dos EUA no seu espaço, incapaz de impedir o apoio a grupos neonazis, fascizantes e xenófobos. Esta europa deixou fazer da russofobia a sua agenda principal e, ao abrigo da mesma, cancelou muitos dos seus próprios cidadãos, ostracizou outros, censurou, cortou relações, decepando um dos seus pontos de apoio económico, aquele em que assentava o peso da sua necessidade de energia e minérios baratos e em quantidade. Ao invés de afastar os EUA e dizer “na europa somos nós quem resolvemos as coisas”, deixou-se condicionar e instrumentalizar, assistindo impávida à sabotagem das suas próprias infra-estruturas. A Ucrânia passou a constituir a <em>raison d’être</em> da EU.</p>
<p>Estava bom de ver o que aconteceria caso a Europa hostilizasse a Federação Russa. Não apenas perderia todas as vantagens de ter perto o que agora tem de ir buscar longe, de ter fácil o que agora custa muito a comprar e de ter barato o que agora é muito caro. Mas fez ainda pior, permitindo o afastamento e a viragem da Federação Russa para oriente. Não querendo comprar o gás, os lubrificantes, papel, cereais, ouro ou alumínio russos, o executivo chefiado por Vladimir Putin fez o que dele se esperava: virou-se para a China, num movimento que, no fundo, teve tanto de natural como de contraditório em relação à história russa dos últimos 30 anos. Mesmo a URSS sempre viveu naquela dúvida sobre a sua orientalidade ou europeísmo. A viragem da Rússia para a China, não apenas reforçou a superpotência asiática, permitiu à Federação Russa uma vitória retumbante na questão Ucraniana, e ainda retirou a centralidade à Europa. Não mais a Europa seria importante, para a Rússia, para o mundo. Com o tempo, também deixaria de o ser para o seu líder, os EUA.</p>
<p>Como só tem centralidade o que é objecto de olhar e atenção, menos um bloco a querer confluir para a Europa, já por si, seria um resultado negativo. Mas com a união estratégica entre Federação Russa e República Popular da China, deu-se outro efeito: tal realidade obrigou os EUA a decidirem, de forma definitiva, o que fazer em relação à Ásia. Perante a falta de recursos para um combate em dois campos, os EUA foram obrigados a “entregar” a defesa da europa à própria UE e a desviar recursos para o pacífico. Trump só acelerou um processo que haveria de chegar, mesmo sob Biden e o Partido Democrata. Os EUA não são nação de ficar à espera de outros, acabariam sempre por se decidir.</p>
<p>O reforço estratégico da economia Chinesa que representou o entendimento com a Rússia, obrigou os EUA a desviar a sua atenção para oriente. Quando a Federação Russa iniciou a “Operação Militar Especial”, as autoridades russas referiram que esta acção visava “desmantelar a hegemonia dos EUA e do ocidente”. O primeiro passo foi a eliminação da UE, do quadro da competição com a Rússia, sendo tal passo também almejado pelos EUA. A NATO, que teve como objectivo “manter a Alemanha em baixo, a Rússia fora” e os “outros dentro”, cumpriu o objectivo de eliminar a europa, instrumentalizando-a, enquanto competidora dos EUA.</p>
<p>Hoje, quando vemos Trump negociar com a Federação Russa a cooperação na área dos recursos minerais e apropriar-se, de forma neocolonial, dos recursos ucranianos, não apenas confirmamos a suspeita de que a Ucrânia era uma colónia dos EUA, como a de que, no final, a Europa é trocada pelos EUA, como destino preferencial dos vastos recursos minerais russos. Mas os EUA ainda garantiram outra coisa: que eles os recebem e a europa não. Esta europa fanatizada, russófoba, é incapaz de retirar as vantagens que tem no seu próprio continente, deixando competidores entrar, apropria-las e impedirem que ela própria as utilize. Um trabalho perfeito, portanto.</p>
<p>A EU, divorciada que foi da federação Russa, deixou os EUA mais descansados com a possibilidade de união dos dois blocos, podendo estes então voltar-se para a ásia e, subitamente, eis que os dois olhares mais importantes sob a europa, os que lhe conferiam a centralidade que ainda tinha, confluem ambos para a ásia. A República Popular da China, voltou, dois séculos depois, a ser o império do meio, centralidade essa conseguida também à custa da europa, que com ela também não foi capaz de se contentar. De repente, os EUA, querendo evitar a centralidade chinesa, acabam a dar-lha de mão beijada. Seja porque, primeiro, obrigam a europa a obrigar a Federação Russa a divergir para oriente, depois, obrigam-se, em resultado dessa acção, a voltar-se, a si próprios, para oriente.</p>
<p>Se EUA e UE parecem andar os dois ao sabor dos acontecimentos, correndo atrás do prejuízo e actuando de forma reaccionária em relação às acções alheias, a verdade é que, dos dois, só um, os EUA, actuam de acordo com os seus próprios desígnios, o que é sempre uma vantagem. Aliás, dos três competidores em confronto, dos quais a europa constituía o centro da disputa, apenas esta última se vê ultrapassada pelos acontecimentos, não actuando de forma a contrariá-los, mas, ao invés, actuando de forma a agravá-los. Federação Russa e EUA, é certo que em resultado das contingências, escolheram ir para onde foram. A EU ainda nada decidiu, nem parece encaminhada para tal.</p>
<p>A República Popular da China, de repente, vê-se a fazer de centro, de síntese. E é aqui que se dá a perda da relevância civilizacional europeia. Novamente para a China rejuvenescer como potência da inovação. Se antes a Europa havia conquistado esta posição por estar na frente da tecnologia, das ideias, da cultura e da economia, hoje, são a China e a Ásia, quem ocupa tal espaço. A China faz uma síntese perfeita em capitalismo mercantil e direcção socialista baseada em sectores estratégicos. Na China moderna convive a liberdade de empresa, com a liberdade da propriedade pública, cooperativa e social, todas convivendo e competindo por mais e melhor. Tudo isto, com uma capacidade de planeamento descentralizado no longo prazo que torna todo o universo circundante mais estável. A China proporciona harmonia, estabilidade, previsibilidade. A EU passou a representar o oposto. Errância, indecisão, reacção e inacção.</p>
<p>Enquanto no ocidente, na Europa, a comissão europeia, a casa branca, obrigam à privatização, na China promove-se a liberdade de iniciativa através de novas formas históricas e mais diversas de propriedade, sendo de cada um a escolha de como fazê-lo. O resultado é uma revolução tecnológica – e consequentemente ideológica – que corresponderá ao que foi, para o mundo, a revolução industrial na europa do século XVIII. Se antes era à europa que vinham os estrangeiros estudar o sistema económico, hoje é na China que se aprende a construir o futuro. Todos querem saber, cada vez mais, como emular em si próprios, o sucesso chinês.</p>
<p>Imiscuindo-se, ao contrário da europa e EUA, de impor e propor aos outros o que fazer, a Republica Popular da China possibilita a absorção dos ensinamentos que o seu modelo importa, sem restrições ou condicionamentos, admitindo o seu aproveitamento em conexão com outros modelos, potenciando o surgimento de novas propostas e modelos de gestão pública e privada. Sem a rigidez ocidental de outrora, a superioridade do modelo Chinês dará ao mundo a democratização económica sem a qual não é possível a democratização social. A Europa dos “valores” perde porque optou por construir os “valores” a partir do telhado, a partir da burocracia e não da matéria, da ciência ou da economia. Ao invés, acabou a destruir as dimensões económicas que lhe deram os anos de ouro da europa moderna e social democrata, que assentavam numa relação simbiótica e mais virtuosa entre formas diferentes de propriedade. As formas democráticas de propriedade (colectividades, cooperativas, associações, empresas publicas) iam convivendo entre si, gerando relações de produção diversas e inovadoras, bem como movimentos sociais fortes, de onde emanava a democracia. Tudo isso a europa dos “valores” deixou destruir, ao ponto de, hoje, já não o poder ensinar a ninguém. Tudo se reduziu ao estado minarquista, ao privado e às parcerias “público-privadas” que garantem aos privados o rentismo a partir de serviços públicos essenciais. A União europeia passou a confundir-se com os EUA.</p>
<p>O mais interessante desta perda de centralidade, por países, por nações, é que a própria União Europeia se partirá, no caso de não encontrar uma direcção estratégica que resolva, efectivamente, os problemas dos seus povos e, entre eles, não se encontra, ainda, a guerra. Ainda! A Europa, os estados membros da EU têm de construir uma defesa para defender a sua soberania e não para impor a terceiros o que fazer, considerando ameaças todos os que não são como ela. Não o fazendo, assistiremos ao confluir de nações europeias também para a ásia.</p>
<p>Em resultado da “Operação Militar Especial”, a própria Turquia transformar-se-á num importante pólo económico, industrial, energético e de segurança. Pela sua posição euroasiática, tal como a Federação Russa, servirá de ponto de passagem de oriente a ocidente. As nações mediterrânicas terão de se virar para aí. Por aqui vemos o quão sozinhas se sentem a França, Portugal, Inglaterra, Países Baixos ou os Bálticos. De repente terão de aprender a viver com os seus vizinhos, porque o seu padrinho se voltou para outro lado e o Partido Democrata, quando vier, nada poderá fazer. Esta “nova” europa está naquele período da vida em que se é adulto da idade, mas criança no comportamento. O que é ofensivo para as crianças, uma vez que estas são capazes de se dar com os seus vizinhos.</p>
<p>O medo do abandono de que os EUA padecem e que os levou a manipular a europa, a UE, concretizou-se no próprio continente europeu. Por não ter compreendido que a discussão era entre si e os EUA, restando saber qual dos dois ficaria esquecido nesta viragem para oriente, ao fazê-lo primeiro, são os EUA quem deixa a europa abandonada, solitária. Esta Europa, incapaz de abraçar o projecto euroasiático, divorciada de si e dos seus, inactiva e imóvel, como que parada no tempo, deixou que o fim da história dos EUA, se tornassem no seu próprio fim da história. Tivesse a Europa abraçado o projecto euroasiático, unindo-se com ásia e áfrica, numa só massa de desenvolvimento, cooperação, partilha e competição e seriam os EUA quem ficaria ao abandono. Eis o nível da traição de que formos alvo pelos “nossos governantes”.</p>
<p>Ao invés, a Europa de Von Der Leyen, Costa e Kallas, decidiu abandonar-se a si própria e com esse abandono, ser abandonada por quem julgava que a protegia. Um dia serão julgados por tão crassos e inconsequentes erros. Para já, todos ficaremos um pouco mais insignificantes, até que, um dia, as nossas mentes sejam capazes de se reinventar e abraçar o futuro. O que apenas sucederá quando os povos europeus perceberem que os tempos de grandeza e centralidade se foram, abandonarem a sua arrogância e pedantismo e, com humildade, se comportarem como exigem os desafios impostos.</p>
<p>A recuperação de qualquer tipo de centralidade só será possível através de uma política soberana, justa, promotora da liberdade e diversidade, no respeito pela identidade nacional de cada povo, de cada estado nação, aproveitando essa multiplicidade como força motriz da reinvenção, ao invés de coarctá-la ou condicioná-la por recurso a modelos fechados e ultrapassados como os liberais e neoliberais.</p>
<p>Por este caminho só nos restará o isolamento e à depressão.</p>
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<p><strong>Mark Rutte’s plea comes after the two leaders had a falling out in Washington that strained ties between Kiev and its biggest donor</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has called on Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky to mend ties with US President Donald Trump following a heated exchange at the White House.</p>
<p>The meeting between Trump and Zelensky on Friday, which Rutte described as <em>“unfortunate”</em> in an interview with the BBC on Saturday, was originally set up to finalize a minerals agreement. It escalated into a tense exchange.</p>
<p>The Ukrainian leader maintained that Washington should increase its support for Kiev rather than position itself as a neutral mediator with Moscow. Trump criticized Zelensky for what he perceived as a lack of gratitude for American assistance and an unwillingness to make concessions to resolve the conflict with Russia.</p>
<p>The confrontation led to the day’s events being cut short, with the US president reportedly dismissing his guest from the White House. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the encounter as a <em>“fiasco,”</em> with Trump telling Zelensky to return when he was <em>“ready to pursue peace.”</em></p>
<p><em>“I said: I think you have to find a way, dear Vladimir, to restore your relationship with Donald Trump and the American administration. That is important going forward,”</em> Rutte said, referring to a call he had with Zelensky on Friday.</p>
<p>He reminded Zelensky of the support provided by the Trump administration, particularly the provision of Javelin anti-tank weapons in 2019, which were crucial in Ukraine’s defense when the conflict escalated in 2022. Without the Javelins, <em>“Ukraine would have been nowhere,”</em> Rutte stated.</p>

            
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<p>The NATO chief emphasized the importance of acknowledging the assistance from the US, which remains Kiev’s biggest donor. The US has provided $65.9 billion in military aid since 2022, according to a US Department of State posting on January 20, 2025.</p>
<p><em>“We really have to give Trump credit for what he did then, what America did since then and also what America is still doing,”</em> Rutte said.</p>
<p>The heated Trump-Zelensky exchange has drawn diverse international reactions. European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, reaffirmed their support for Ukraine.</p>
<p>Conversely, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban endorsed Trump’s stance, praising his peace efforts. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the meeting a <em>“complete political and diplomatic failure”</em> by the Ukrainian side.</p>

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President Trump is marking a clear and categorical decision on the dictatorship of Venezuela and Cuba.

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<p><strong><em>The Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), a British intelligence cutout, covertly funds and orchestrates political destabilization and regime change efforts worldwide under the guise of democracy promotion.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>By Kit KLARENBERG</em></strong></p>
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<p>In the wake of the Trump administration’s “pause” on foreign “aid” spending, countless US-bankrolled destabilization and regime change efforts have been thrown into <a href="https://thegrayzone.com/2025/01/31/trump-executive-order-us-regime-change-network/">total disarray</a>. Despite desperate calls from beneficiaries for the European Union to fill the gap, its member states <a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/19/europe-following-us-in-cutting-foreign-aid-says-caritas-radio-schuman#vuukle-comments-2758156" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have responded</a> by “drastically” slashing their own “overseas development” expenditure. Yet, there is no indication so far Britain intends to curtail the operations of the <a href="https://www.wfd.org/">Westminster Foundation for Democracy</a>, London’s little-known international meddling machine.</p>
<p>Established in 1992, WFD was directly modelled on Washington’s National Endowment for Democracy, created the <a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2015/01/08/cias-hidden-hand-in-democracy-groups/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previous decade</a> by the CIA to <a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2017/09/13/reagan-documents-shed-light-on-u-s-meddling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">carry out</a> publicly what the Agency previously did covertly. Namely, funding media outlets, political parties, activist groups, “NGOs”, trade unions and other elements that can be corralled to destabilize if not outright overthrow foreign governments if and when they dare step out of line. <a href="https://www.wfd.org/who-we-are" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Primarily funded</a> by the Foreign Office, WFD ponderously <a href="https://www.wfd.org/what-we-do" target="_blank" rel="noopener">describes itself</a> as “an executive non-departmental public body.”</p>
<p>This is a euphemism for the Foundation being a British intelligence cutout, formally operating as an independent organisation free from state control or affiliation, but in reality carrying out politically sensitive, risky activities abroad with which London is wary of being openly and directly associated. This raison d’etre is amply spelled out in a markedly revealing, since-memory holed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050503020514/http:/www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/Published%20Response%20to%20RPA%20Report%20Final21Mar05.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">official review</a> of WFD’s activities published in 2005, to date the only instance of its work being subject to serious scrutiny.</p>
<p>The review explicitly notes, “WFD’s work requires an arm’s length relationship from government,” and the Foreign Office “benefits from the cover.” The Foundation’s “central rationale” is to provide “assistance” London “could not or would not wish to undertake directly.” The indirect granting of support to “controversial” projects, concerned with ousting “enemy” leaders or propping up successfully-installed puppet governments “in countries of key interest” to Britain, limits “damage to official government-to-government relationships,” while “avoiding the danger” of “British government presence [being] interpreted as foreign interference”:</p>
<p>“[WFD’s] arm’s length relationship…provides the [Foreign Office] with the best safeguard…the less the [Foreign Office] seeks to exercise control the more it can deny responsibility…The Foundation provides a necessary and valuable instrument.”</p>
<p>WFD founder Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, a longtime <a href="https://www.ned.org/docs/annual/1991%20NED%20Annual%20Report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NED adviser</a> charged by the Foreign Office in the late 1980s with creating a British Endowment equivalent, is quoted in the report at some length. He states that the NED’s <a href="https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/collapsing-empire-rip-overt-operations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contemporary success</a> in killing off Communism in Central and Eastern Europe demonstrated “interference in the internal politics of foreign countries” was “more effective” if conducted openly. Hitherto covert “interference” by the CIA and MI6 “had caused problems when secret financial assistance…leaked into the public domain.”</p>
<p>Pinto-Duschinsky went on to boast that WFD’s “distinctive feature” and “comparative advantage” was its “freedom to give political – rather than technical or educational – grants,” including providing funds “to political forces…in direct opposition to existing governments.” The Foundation’s largesse could also be directed to “training of police forces in developing nations.” Which of course are not up for election at regular intervals, and of obvious use in maintaining unpopular, illegitimate British-backed regimes in power.</p>
<p><strong>‘Partisan Approach’</strong></p>
<p>The report goes on to cite multiple examples of British overseas meddling conducted via WFD since its inception, bragging that “along the way we have made many good friends for Britain among key leaders in politics and civil society” the world over. In its early years, the Foundation infiltrated developing “democratic institutions”, political parties and civil society in the former Soviet sphere. Concurrently, WFD was heavily active in South Africa, “in the runup to its crucial 1994 elections.”</p>
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<p>The role of NED – and USAID, and the CIA – in ousting Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic in <a href="https://www.usip.org/publications/2001/08/whither-bulldozer-nonviolent-revolution-and-transition-democracy-serbia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 2000</a> is well-known, having been <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/12/11/us-advice-guided-milosevic-opposition/ba9e87e5-bdca-45dc-8aad-da6571e89448/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">openly advertised</a> at the time. The report reveals WFD mirrored the skullduggery of these agencies, crafting “strong relationships” with “civic reform groups” and “opposition forces” to “grow and develop” antagonism to Milosevic “around the country” – including the leader’s “heartlands”, where his public support “was strongest.” The Foundation openly proclaims “this work…contributed to the defeat of Milosevic.”</p>
<p>Subsequently, WFD set up a program under which “more than 900 judges, prosecutors, lawyers and others, from all over the country” were trained, “creating a country-wide network of legal reformers.” The Foundation crowed, “many participants” went on to become “prominent” within Yugoslavia’s pro-Western, <a href="https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/privatising-syria-us-plans-post-assad">post-coup administration</a>, including “various key government departments, its supreme court, and police forces.” Simultaneously, WFD was “helping lay the groundwork” for revolution in Ukraine, having secretly colluded with local “opposition groups” ever since Kiev’s 1991 independence.</p>
<p>In <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa">November 2004</a>, NED-trained and bankrolled NGOs and activists in Ukraine forced a rerun of that year’s presidential election, to oust Viktor Yanukovych and elect Viktor Yushchenko, a pro-NATO Western puppet. Again, the fundamental US role in this palace revolution is well-established, and <a href="https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/collapsing-empire-rip-overt-operations">openly admitted</a>. The report suggests WFD’s contribution to the putsch, which imitated Washington’s efforts, was decisive. The Foundation “mobilised mass support” for “peaceful resistance” to Yanukovych’s initial victory, exploiting “Ukrainian parties and youth organisations” for the purpose:</p>
<p>“Despite initial [Foreign Office] qualms, the party work in Ukraine is a clear demonstration of how WFD’s partisan approach can contribute to a successful political reformist movement.”</p>
<p>Meanwhile, WFD organised “visits from young trainers” involved in prior regime change efforts in Yugoslavia and Georgia, “who could share their recent, comparable experiences” of toppling governments, to Kiev. The Foundation moreover ferried activists around Ukraine “to mobilise support” for causing election day chaos throughout the country, “encouraging small youth groups and NGOs to coordinate their efforts.” As a result, “young people…were helped to focus their energies and maximise their impact on the elections.”</p>
<p><strong>‘Political Changes’</strong></p>
<p>Over the course of its three-decade-long existence, WFD’s existence, let alone operations, have barely been acknowledged by the British media. Nonetheless, leaked documents testify that the Foundation continues to insidiously exploit youth overseas as chaos agents. For example, the Foundation covertly constructed an army of young activists in Lebanon to cause havoc around that year’s May general election. In confidential submissions to the Foreign Office, WFD boasted its penetration of Beirut was such, it maintained a dedicated “office in the Lebanese parliament building.”</p>
<p>The project was intended to “target youth, aged 18 – 30…eligible to vote” in Lebanon’s election, “and able to engage in political activism.” Two “sub groups of young people” were in the Foundation’s crosshairs. This comprised “youth…already politically active with traditional political parties and civil society led movement and initiatives, including in universities,” in particular “youth leaders”, and “less engaged youth who demonstrate interest and will benefit from capacity development and building their social capital”:</p>
<p>“This project [will] explicitly work with new actors and dynamics within Lebanese politics…Youth leaders will expand their views and networks by engaging in dialogues, advocacy and activities with the municipalities and Parliament…remaining youth will benefit more from trainings and opportunities to design and implement initiatives, develop their understanding and interest in political processes and be empowered to be active citizens. Through WFD, youth will have opportunities to engage with parliamentarians.”</p>
<p>Elsewhere, “at the local level in selected municipalities,” the Foundation would “target local youth groups, provide training, coaching and support to advocacy with itlocal institutions on selected issues,” in order to “empower young men and women to demand participation and accountability.” Along the way, WFD sought to enhance “youth leaders’ understanding of how political change happens and how it can most effectively be influenced by active citizens.” It was hoped this would elicit “changes in attitudes and behaviours” among the Foundation’s targets.</p>
<p>In sum, this effort amounted to a grand plot, à la Yugoslavia, Ukraine and elsewhere, to cultivate a legion of adolescent regime change footsoldiers, to harass elected officials and wreak mayhem if they refused to cater to their demands, or the 2018 election produced the ‘wrong’ results. It was just one of <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/britains-secret-propaganda-war-in-lebanon">several malign</a> cloak-and-dagger projects mounted by British intelligence cutouts in Lebanon at this time, in pursuit of out and out regime change.</p>
<p>From London’s perspective, Beirut’s 2018 vote very much produced an unwelcome outcome. Namely, its longtime bête noire Hezbollah effectively <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/5/8/hezbollah-amal-and-allies-biggest-winners-in-lebanon-elections">emerged victorious</a>. Undeterred, leaked Foreign Office documents indicate London simply <a href="https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/05/27/secret-documents-expose-british-cloak-and-dagger-activities-in-lebanon/">began pumping</a> yet further funds into clandestine projects to destabilise Lebanon, with WFD being a primary beneficiary. Not coincidentally, these sums began flowing in profusion in July 2019 – right when the <a href="https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/protests-rage-in-lebanon-as-anger-grows-against-spiraling-economic-crisis">initial protests</a> that eventually erupted into <a href="https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/legacy-lebanons-october-revolution">attempted revolution</a> four months later began.</p>
<p><em>Original article: </em><strong><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/britain-s-secret-overseas-meddling-machine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Al Mayadeen English</a></strong></p>


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<p><strong>West Jerusalem has accused Hamas of rejecting a ceasefire extension</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Israel has halted all humanitarian aid to Gaza, citing a refusal by the militant group Hamas to extend phase one of an internationally brokered ceasefire deal that expired on Saturday.</p>
<p>The Israeli prime minister’s office made the announcement in a post on X on Sunday.</p>
<p><em>“With the conclusion of the 1st stage of the hostages deal and in light of Hamas’s refusal to accept the Witkoff framework for the continuation of the talks, to which Israel agreed, PM Netanyahu decided: as of this morning, entry of all goods &amp; supplies to the Gaza Strip be halted,”</em> the statement read.</p>
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<p>According to the public broadcaster Kan, Israel believes that enough aid has entered the enclave in recent weeks to sustain Hamas for months. According to the Witkoff framework, a proposal by US special envoy Steve Witkoff, the truce should be prolonged during the Ramadan and Passover holiday period through April.</p>
<p>Hamas rejected the plan on Saturday, urging Israel to move forward with the second phase instead. Brokered by the US, Qatar, and Egypt, the ceasefire deal is supposed to encompass three phases, each lasting 42 days.</p>
<p>The first phase included a truce and a prisoner exchange. The second phase is intended to create a long-term cessation of hostilities, the release of all remaining captives, and a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza. The third phase should focus on Gaza’s reconstruction under the supervision of Egypt, Qatar, and the United Nations.</p>
<p>Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem told Qatar-based Al Araby TV on Saturday that no talks were underway regarding the second phase of the agreement. Israel is reluctant to proceed to the next stage because it wants to secure the return of the remaining hostages while keeping the option of resuming hostilities open, Qassem claimed.</p>
<p>On Sunday, Hamas described Netanyahu’s decision to halt humanitarian aid into Gaza as <em>“cheap blackmail”</em> and a <em>“coup”</em> against the ceasefire deal. The militant group also previously accused Israel of truce violations.</p>

             
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<p>In the first phase of the agreement, Hamas released 33 Israeli hostages, including the bodies of those deceased, in exchange for roughly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Fifty-nine hostages remain in Gaza, with Israeli assessments indicating that at least 35 of them are dead.</p>
<p><em>“Israel will not allow a ceasefire without the release of our hostages,”</em> Netanyahu’s office stated on Sunday, threatening <em>“further consequences”</em> if Hamas continues to say no to the proposal.</p>
<p>The hostages were abducted during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel, which killed approximately 1,200 people. In the past 16 months, nearly 47,000 people in Gaza have been killed, according to the enclave’s health authorities.</p>

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<p>The Chance for a New World</p>
<p>Paul Craig Roberts</p>
<p>For the first time in many years there is hope.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>The DEI/Woke/Democrat assault on white Americans has been stopped at least for four years.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>For awhile I won’t have to worry that the FBI will break down my door because some creep doesn’t like what I wrote or said in an interview.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>As my assumption is that the War on Free Speech has been called off, I can relax a bit.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>And I would like to.</p>
<p>Also, the war on Russia has been stopped and hopefully Trump won’t start one with China and Iran.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>The main worry is the extent to which Israel will determine Trump’s Middle East policy. Netanyahu is determined to set America at war with Iran for Israel.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>An America that serves as Israel’s puppet is certainly not great again.</p>
<p>I could have retired 20 years ago.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>I tried to retire 15 years ago, but readers complained.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>We made an agreement that I would continue as long as readers supported the website, and readers have.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>March has arrived, bringing with it my quarterly request for readers’ support.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Monthly donors carry the website, but they need some quarterly support to keep the site’s public foundation status.</p>
<p>Opposing 12 years of the Obama/Biden Democrat assault on white Americans, on American citizenship with open borders, on Russia and the Middle East, on sexual normality, on children with drag queens and early sexualization “education,” with the advancement of evil in every possible direction, with the 8-year assault on Donald Trump, has left me ready for some time of my own.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Fighting for truth has been an every day affair, and it has left me no time for my own life. <span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>With Trump, Bondi, Tulsi, Elon, Kash, and RFK, Jr, in place, I am considering posting three times a week, perhaps M-W-F or T-Th-Sunday.</p>
<p>There remains much about which to be concerned.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>The replacement of cash and cheques with digital currency would deliver us into tyranny.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>AI is another act of suicide in which humans make themselves irrelevant and unemployable.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>AI diminishes humanity, so why is it being developed and employed? What good does it do to produce goods and services by machines which deprives people of incomes with which to purchase the goods and services?<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>As Elon Musk has admitted, AI means communism, a uniform income, the end to merit-based rewards. <span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Why the decades of resisting communism only to submit to it in the end in the form of AI? What will people do?<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Live a meaningless life on drugs and hologram entertainment?</p>
<p>Assuming the replacement of people by AI can be halted, can manufacturing jobs be brought back to the US from Asia and Mexico?<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Can the US return to self-sufficiency in food?<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Can tariffs replace the income tax which has established a form of slavery in which the government owns a substantial percentage of your labor just as a slave owner owned the slave’s labor?<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Can Good repress the Evil that has been released?<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Can the character of the American people<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>be rebuilt?</p>
<p>And, of course, Trump and his team will have to be held accountable and kept on task, so there will be much to write about.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>I will continue, although perhaps with fewer postings, if support and readership continue.</p>


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<p><strong>President Macron won the uphill battle of briefly nudging President Trump to Europe’s position on Ukraine. Other leaders should take note.</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>When French president Emmanuel Macron arrived in Washington for his first meeting with newly reelected US president Donald Trump, he could have hardly faced a more perplexing challenge: He had to convince the proud and self-absorbed leader of the free world, who appeared to be at the height of his power and recently had seemingly switched camp to the strategic adversary Russia while abandoning Western Europe, against all odds to embrace the old world’s views on the future of embattled Ukraine.</p>
<p>The intelligent and systemic approach adopted by the French maverick and trickster to pull off this upset in the White House is a timeless textbook example of how to successfully deal with a mighty and narcissistic mega-leader by transforming apparent weakness into real strength through the use of both traditional and novel maneuvers.</p>
<p>Instead of resorting to the quack nostrum of primitive and cheap flattery as many observers erroneously alleged, Macron took five interrelated smart steps that hinged on a well-calibrated balance between the <em>“three Fs”</em> of friendliness, firmness and forthcomingness. Other movers and shakers around the globe are well-advised to emulate the following magic formula for achievement when dealing with powerful and self-centered interlocutors.</p>
<h2>1. Do your homework and enjoy the lion’s den</h2>
<p>The French president had obviously completed all the necessary preparatory work before the meeting with his American counterpart, entering the Oval Office with a smart gameplan and a short list of effectful and razor-sharp talking points. Among other things, he apparently had reviewed valuable history lessons and previous meetings with Trump and settled on crystal-clear objectives. Those included reengaging Europe in the Ukraine peace process, exhibiting firmness in defending moral principles, ensuring an accurate reading of history, protecting Ukrainian interests and, above all, obtaining reliable security guarantees for Ukraine to prevent Russia from rekindling the war. Given that the ENA alumnus had also committed all the fruits of his homework to memory, he subsequently was able to speak without elaborate notes. It also appears that the French president had liaised with the French media beforehand, enabling him to orchestrate and choreograph subsequent events by calling upon a well-organized block of compatriot-journalists at opportune moments during the unfolding drama.</p>
<p>In contrast, Trump seemed to have done little preparatory work, for the most part fighting with a sword that had already been blunted. During the photo op in the Oval Office, he mainly regurgitated mantras and cliches (such as that the untestable claim that the war between Russia and Ukraine would never have happened under his watch). During the concluding press briefing in the East Room, he read a text that, judging by his note-fixated delivery, he possibly had seen for the first time. When preparedness meets unpreparedness, the prepared one is poised to relax and, as will be seen later, set the agenda and make important gains, too. Paradoxically, after you have completed your studies, you can act in an unstudied manner!</p>

            
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<p>Indeed, when sitting in the Oval Office – a veritable lion’s den designed to impress visitors and put them on the wrong foot – and standing in the East Room, the French president appeared to be fully at ease and immensely enjoy himself. He seemed to savor every second of the consequential encounters and, because he was prepared, could act in a natural and spontaneous manner. In essence, the French president appears to have thought and behaved like a successful sportsman who looks forward to a decisive global competition watched by millions of people and enjoys his performance, whereas losers are timid and nervous. Perhaps the greatest example of such a true champion is the German tennis legend Boris Becker, who regarded the Center Court in Wimbledon as his much-beloved living room!</p>
<p>Operating from a position of inner strength, which is outwardly projected with calm and non-threatening confidence, is of utter importance when dealing with powerful leaders. Those usually have a knack for discovering weaknesses and skillfully exploiting them in a ruthless fashion. As a rule, the pressure exerted by the strongman increases exponentially with greater perceived fragility.</p>
<h2>2. Use impactful non-verbal communication</h2>
<p>The French president Macron is famous for his mastery of what I call the <em>“politics of expressive tactility”</em>, especially for his elaborate rituals of shaking the hands and patting the shoulders of flabbergasted dignitaries, which border on manhandling. In 2017, in a sign of outwardly projected strength, he grabbed Trump’s hands extremely tightly on the Champs Elysees in Paris, pulling and shaking them vehemently while tapping him on the shoulder for a felt eternity of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20241217035944/https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DwijJfVbBg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">29 seconds</a>. This time round, Trump, after snubbing his French counterpart by not meeting him at the entrance of the White House upon arrival, tried to reciprocate, leading to an almost comical, televised tug-of-war handshake competition between the two world leaders acting on a global stage.</p>
<p>While the jury might still be out on who won this fight for dominance, the Frenchman subsequently literally gained the upper hand in terms of powerful and situationally adapted non-verbal communication. His gestures, in a rare blend, exuded self-confidence, strength and assertiveness paired with kindness, openness and a willingness to connect. In the Oval Office, he sat with his legs spread comfortably and authoritatively, his arms outstretched and hands firmly holding his knees, and looking slightly from above, while often slightly leaning towards his interlocutor and even grasping the latter’s knees while smiling, thus combining uncompromising domination with joyful engagement. During the subsequent press briefing, he often turned to Trump when the latter was speaking to show that he was interested and listened actively. Whereas Macron usually kept close eye contact with his interlocutor, the US president often starred into the room in a grim and defensive manner. Moreover, Macron usually looked attentively into the surrounding group, establishing contact and sucking in vital signals, while confidently raising his eyebrows and knowledgably winking and smiling in the direction of certain journalists. At times, in a powerful change of body language, the French master communicator stretched out his index finger like a teacher, such as when he corrected Trump’s false claim that Europe had given all aid to Ukraine only in the form of loans. Macron’s powerful non-verbal communication catalyzed and reinforced all subsequent measures taken to <em>“conquer”</em> the White House.</p>
<h2>3. Build connection sincerely and kindly</h2>
<p>The outgoing and responsive French president managed to build rapport not only through his mastery of non-verbal communication but also through his verbal prowess. In particular, the authentic <em>charmeur</em> adjusted himself to the same wavelength as the US president and put his interlocutor in a happy mood, which is of crucial importance when dealing with an overbearing, brash and irascible personality like Trump. The Frenchman managed to talk quietly and pleasantly, but – contrary to widespread claims in the press – was not a mere whisperer.</p>
<p>Using the ancient rhetorical device of <em>captatio benevolentiae</em> (which is a Latin expression meaning <em>“capture of goodwill”</em>), the suave French president kindly lauded his American counterpart for initiating peace talks to end the war in Ukraine. It is germane to this theme that most observers erroneously blamed Macron for using flattery. In reality, the acknowledgment that he lavished on Trump, far from being an act of primitive and cheap bootlicking and sucking up to a more powerful man, was sincere, grounded in facts and therefore credible, while being undergirded by a strong sense of gratitude.</p>

            
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<p>After all, breaking almost three years of radio silence between Russia and the collective West, which was only interrupted by occasional threats and insults, Donald Trump had taken the bold initiative to talk to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and subsequently remained undeterred by the widespread condemnation of this tactical gambit. Importantly, the US president prepared the ground for peace talks by dispensing with unhelpful, disparaging remarks.</p>
<p>Moreover, to instantaneously establish common ground and build strong rapport, Macron leveraged the social capital that he had built with Trump over many years. During the meeting in the Oval Office, the Frenchman stressed that he and Trump are personal friends and that France and the US as nations had been on amical terms through centuries. Both, during the photo op and subsequent press briefing, he fondly and gratefully recalled the US president-elect’s visit to France in December 2024 on the occasion of the re-opening of Notre-Dame of Paris after a fire had ravaged it, which, according to Macron, meant a lot for the French people. Such repetition paid off. Trump could connect well with this docking piece from the recent past, apprising those present in the Oval Office of the fact that Notre-Dame is a cathedral (!) and – succumbing to the universal human urge to reciprocate – commending Macron for a <em>“phantastic”</em> restoration job.</p>
<p>During the press briefing, Macron also skillfully picked up threads laid by Trump and emphasized the bond-building shared experiences at the national level during momentous events. Reiterating a theme mentioned by his American counterpart, he highlighted how France had been united in friendship with the American revolutionaries and subsequently during the two world wars. The Frenchman managed to amplify the themes of friendship and union, stirring the discourse into a direction that was pertinent for his subsequent advocacy for supporting embattled Ukraine. He pulled off this feat by appealing to an inspiring shared core belief with great clarity, namely, that it is important to defend peace and sovereignty and thus be on what he believes to be <em>“the right side of history”</em>.</p>
<p>Throughout his interactions with the US strongman, Macron skillfully varied social distance, alternating between courteous respect (such as when he called his counterpart <em>“Mr. President”</em>) and informality (on those occasions when he just spoke affectionately of <em>“Dear Donald”</em> or simply <em>“Donald”</em>). He also displayed modesty and addressed his counterpart with the appropriate degree of deference due to the powerful leader of the free world. For example, when asked what advice he could give Trump on how to obtain effective security guarantees from Putin, the Frenchman gave the following unassuming answer: <em>“Look, I will never give any advice to President Trump.”</em> Instead, he reframed his insights as a sharing of experience, even though in reality, his points served as stark lessons in history offered to Trump, who at times appears to be naive. Macron made his lessons vivid and compelling by weaving in stories, such as a reference to his seven-hour fruitless discussions with Putin before the latter launched his special military operation.</p>
<h2>4. Take initiative courageously and inconspicuously</h2>
<p>The French president blended his gentle bridge-building approach with varying degrees of fearless firmness, thus rising above the mundane role of a mere <em>Trump-Versteher</em> and gaining valuable credit points in France and the rest of anti-Russian Europe. Especially when dealing with a strongman, smart displays of strength are of vital importance, since in many situations involving back-alley combat and sandbox justice, the bully will only be swayed by superior force.</p>
<p>The French president displayed courage by not shying away from taking the initiative and setting the agenda even while being in the lion’s den, but did so in an unspectacular, unobtrusive and unimposing manner. Two innovative and disruptive moves stood out in this regard: acting as an orchestrator on foreign turf and skillfully switching languages to great effect.</p>
<p>According to convention, it is the prerequisite of a host to call upon journalists in a press gathering. Yet in a radical and astonishing break with this ritual, President Macron at time orchestrated the press pool in the Oval Office himself with natural ease, appointing journalists whom he gave the right to ask questions.</p>

            
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<p>Moreover, while the French former investment banker on many occasions spoke in English to communicate directly with his counterpart and the rest of the English-speaking surrounding, he smartly and politely opted for French in special situations and thus achieved great impact. Even when he was in the Oval Office, he called upon French journalists and gave extensive answers in his native language. On the one hand, this insistence on French, which has been a common habit of many French leaders, was a display of patriotism. But more importantly, this ploy transformed weakness into strength by turning the state of being a guest on a foreign turf into an asset, effectively transforming the Oval Office into the French president’s reception room in the Palais de l’Élysée.</p>
<p>More specifically, by speaking French, Macron put the usually talkative Trump on the defensive. In metaphorical terms, he relegated the habitually dominating American Goliath into the unexpected role of passive and impotent observer, who had to listen to the French David’s tractates without comprehension. Trump’s body language said it all – the mighty leader of the free world often directed his eyes to the ground or stared into empty space. On one occasion, Trump reacted in apparent self-ironic resignation by praising French as the most beautiful language in the world while acknowledging that he had not understood a word!</p>
<p>Apart from changing the power dynamics, Macron also gained another advantage by switching to French, that is, the chance to present a lengthy, candid and forthright argument, including crucial points with which Trump did not agree, without being interrupted by the latter. This extended <em>parrhesia</em> was due to two factors: Firstly, Trump did not understand the French part and thus could not intervene, and secondly, it would have been very impolite to interrupt the French lady who acted as translator.</p>
<p>During his visit, Macron at times also took initiative more directly, assertively and forcefully and exuded an aura of dominance, partly based on a superior intellect and knowledge base. For example, when Trump was asked whether the U.S. had really agreed to shut down a military base in Greece, Macron, acting like a coach, directed Trump to other journalists, apparently because he – in contrast to Trump who had to ask his Secretary of State for advice – knew that this piece of news was false, thus showing that his grasp of American affairs was superior to that of the American president himself!</p>
<p>Moving even higher on the scale of non-confrontational forcefulness, Macron, when presented with false claims, refused to simply suck it up. Instead, he essentially fact-checked Trump, correcting his counterpart when he spread the fake news that Europe had loaned all aid money to Ukraine and explaining that Europe had provided a mix of different financing vehicles, including <em>“real money”</em>. Trump who obviously had not prepared for being challenged could only retort with a weak <em>“If you believe that, it’s okay with me”</em>.</p>
<p>Macron reinforced his position of strength by reaffirming moral principles. For example, he stated his preference for not automatically using frozen Russian assets to compensate Ukraine, since this would constitute a breach of international law. Of course, it has to be noted as a caveat that his stance on this issue could change.</p>
<p>Again, Macron amplified his message with powerfully self-assertive body language. At the start of his charming rebuke regarding Trump’s false claim related to loans, which he prefaced by <em>“No, in fact, to be frank”</em>, he firmly but gently placed his hand on Trump’s right arm and held it down, as a gentle dominator signaling the US president to be silent. Interestingly, Trump partly mimicked Macron’s free movements of hands during the fact checking episode. This meant that there was a high degree of harmonious synchronicity despite the US president in essence being chided while remaining dubious about the facts presented by Macron.</p>

            
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<h2>5. Gently gain and secure buy-in</h2>
<p>Closing the circle in a ring composition from preparation to consolidation, the French president scored several valuable points and nudged his American counterpart into the desired direction, pocketing some important quick wins, often through the backdoor. At times, he managed to move Trump, who is often accused of repeating the narrative of the Russian <em>“enemy”</em>, to parrot Macron’s talking points.</p>
<p>Of course, it has to be noted as a caveat at the outset that given the US president’s notoriously erratic conduct, it is far from certain that Macron’s gains constitute a stable possession. It is sufficient for Trump to make some casual statements denying what had been said or implied during the meetings with Macron to conclude that the Frenchman’s success had been fleeting after all. Of course, such a denial would come at a cost to Trump, since he once again would lose credibility, as happened so often because of his many false claims and U-turns. For example, after calling Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky a dictator, he subsequently feigned bewilderment, saying in a smug tone: <em>“I can’t believe I said that”</em>. Nevertheless, reaping important gains at least for a moment from a few relatively short meetings on one single day on foreign territory constitutes already a significant achievement. So how did the Frenchman pull it off?</p>
<p>Firstly, Macron, unlike many other leaders – due to his excellent preparation, bridge-building efforts and agenda-setting initiative, all catalyzed and reinforced by skillful non-verbal communication – managed to communicate key messages, ticking off his carefully prepared talking points, without being cut short, bullied, condemned and corrected by the habitually overbearing US president, who tends to take things personally. For example, the Frenchman was able to portray Russia as the <em>“aggressor”</em> without objections from the US president and his stance that that Russia needs to pay for the human and material havoc it wrought one Ukraine. He also expressed his great respect and admiration for the bravery and resistance of the Ukrainian people and insisted on Ukraine’s sovereignty. Macron also contemplated building the capacity of the Ukrainian military with US credibility.</p>
<p>Obviously, one has to be careful to avoid constructing an <em>argumentum ex silentio</em>, reasoning and asseverating that because one’s interlocutor had not said anything, he therefore automatically agreed. But given that the shrewd US president usually immediately rebukes all important statements with which he does not agree, his silence was at least conspicuous. Apart from being charmed by Macron, it is possible that Trump still reserves for himself the option of upping military pressure against Russia if it does not bow to all of his demands and does not help him to achieve his personal plans, especially given that Russia is a partner of Iran, which is the archfoe of the US and Trump’s darling, Israel.</p>
<p>Secondly, the French president obtained outright gains, getting a foot in the door and nudging the US president in the desired direction. For example, Trump confirmed that the US is <em>“helping Ukraine like nobody’s ever helped Ukraine before”</em>. Furthermore, the US president agreed to the presence of European peacekeepers in Ukraine, which Macron wants to use to deter Russia from launching another invasion of Ukraine.</p>
<p>Interestingly, in this case, the French president apparently managed to catch his American counterpart off-guard and sow confusion, prompting him to make an off-the-cuff claim whose veracity appears to be doubtful. More specifically, Trump affirmed that Putin would consent to the presence of European peacekeeping troops in Ukraine. Trump even doubled down by relating that he had specifically asked Putin this question and that the Russian president allegedly has <em>“no problems”</em> with it. One reason for why Trump might have lowered his guard is that he was overrelaxed due to Macron’s success in putting him at ease. Few people know what Putin really told him, but the fact that his foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, after the conversation between Trump and Putin, categorically rejected the idea of allowing European troops into Ukraine – a clear position that was subsequently reiterated by Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov – at least shed some doubt on Trump’s account or constitute a hint that the US president may have misunderstood the Putin regarding an issue that is of utmost importance to Russia in the grand scheme of things.</p>

            
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<p>Even more importantly, when asked whether the European troops in Ukraine will have <em>“backing from US troops”</em>, the US president answered in the affirmative, saying: <em>“<a href="https://www.rev.com/transcripts/trump-and-macron-q-a" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">We’re going to have a backing of some kind</a>”</em>, which can be understood as a promise by the US president that the European troops would get some sort of US support. It comes to a surprise that this later potential U-turn by the leader of the free world, which amounts to the American backstop that had been much coveted by Europe, has not been widely noticed, even if it was only an ephemeral policy stance that might be abandoned very soon.</p>
<p>The French president used skillful tactical maneuvers – including powerful rhetorical devices – to cement his wins. To start with, he often spoke in <em>“we”</em> terms to project unity and insinuate implied consent from this interlocutor. At times, he packaged crucial conjectures and imputations about the US position as mere after-thought, which could easily get overheard and thus remain apparently valid as an undisputed fact. A good case in point is Macron’s above-mentioned interest in building Ukraine’s military capacity after a peace deal, which he accompanied with the subsequent consequential statement: <em>“We see US credibility here.”</em></p>
<p>In addition, the Frenchman repeated the US president’s promises, among other things, by paraphrasing and summarizing them at a given endpoint. All along, he was careful to give ownership and thus credit to his narcissistic American counterpart. Interestingly, this ploy can even be used for transferring ownership for one’s own ideas to others.</p>
<p>Moreover, Macron at times appeared to put words into Trump’s mouth in a courteous and deferential manner without being subsequently corrected. For example, the Frenchman stated: <em>“We don’t want to preempt any sort of discussions that are currently underway, but we do share the same objective of building this lasting peace.”</em> Yet it is not clear whether Trump, who is interested in quick wins achieved on a transactional basis, is ultimately interested in truly winning the peace. Furthermore, Macron claimed that Ukraine during the last few years had battled not only for its own independence and sovereignty, but also for what he called <em>“our collective security”</em> and held the front in this regard. This statement was reinforced by Macron making the following conjecture: <em>“No one in this room wants to live in a world where it’s the law of the strongest and international borders can be violated from one day to the next by anyone.”</em> Again, it is far from obvious that the freewheeling US president, who is keen on annexing Greenland and Canada and gain control over the Panama Canal would agree, but his silence was at least conspicuous and showed his unwillingness to fight a public battle against Macron.</p>
<p>Besides, the French maverick appealed to Trump’s super-ego in an unostentatious and discreet manner. For example, Macron implied that it would be a sign of weakness (which the US president, of course, wants to avoid at all expense) if the peace would constitute a surrender by Ukraine. He amplified this warning by reiterating his demand for security guarantees for this country after a ceasefire that must also safeguard Ukraine’s sovereignty and full freedom of negotiation.</p>
<p>In conclusion, leaders around the world are well-advised to follow the above-mentioned five timeless rules that help to successfully handle a self-centered strongman. Mind you: When a powerful interlocutor like Trump calls you a tough negotiator, you know that you have failed, because this title is usually condescendingly conferred on weaklings.</p>
<p>Put in a nutshell, the French president Macron adopted a flexible and balanced approach, skillfully leveraging his foreignness and avoiding unnecessary confrontation, to secure and consolidate valuable gains. Importantly, instead of simply kowtowing to the US president and giving the store away, he smartly varied unassuming pliability with determined firmness in a continent fashion, achieving an optimal blend of methods in the end.</p>
<p>The French president’s artistic and versatile <em>“Romanesque”</em> style is characteristic of a people that had to live for a long time under the rule of the Roman conqueror and, in order to survive and prosper, needed to be highly adaptable. This flexibility contrasts sharply with the US president’s Anglo-Saxon stubborn and brash sturdiness (Trump has German and Scottish ancestors), honed during centuries of conquest – with the only viable alternative to total victory being total surrender.</p>
<p>This time round, the Frenchman – due to the above five-fold success recipe – proved to be lucky in being the winner in the epic battle between the two natural dispositions, for a precious moment converting weakness into strength and conquering the White House as a result. After all, to amplify a famous saying, luck is the meeting of opportunity with preparation, dexterity and versatility!</p>

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            <p>US investors are backing a plan to activate Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, the Financial Times has reported, citing sources. The conduit between Russia and Germany, which was never put into operation, may now serve as leverage in the ongoing Ukraine peace talks, the publication has suggested.</p>
<p>The deal is being set up by Matthias Warnig, former executive director of the Swiss-based Nord Stream 2 operator, FT claimed on Sunday. Unnamed US investors are supporting the plan in a <em>“once unthinkable move that shows the breadth of [US President] Donald Trump’s rapprochement with Moscow,”</em> the outlet wrote.</p>
<p>During his first term in office, Trump was critical of Nord Stream 2, targeting it with sanctions. In an interview in October, he even boasted that his actions had <em>“killed”</em> the project.</p>

            
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<p>Since the outset of his second term in office, however, Trump has initiated a notable shift in US-Russia relations, seeking closer political and economic ties with Moscow and signaling that Washington could <em>“at some point”</em> lift sanctions.</p>
<p>Warnig’s plan involves US businessmen reaching out to the White House as part of back-channel efforts to broker peace in Ukraine, the FT wrote. Some in Trump’s team reportedly see Nord Stream 2 as potential leverage in peace talks.</p>
<p>One US-led consortium of investors has reportedly drawn up the outlines of a post-sanctions deal with Nord Stream 2 owner Gazprom. The US investors would collect <em>“money for nothing,”</em> claimed one senior US official.</p>
<p>Nord Stream 2, which was intended to complement the already operational Nord Stream 1, was completed in 2021, but was never commissioned due to concerns over the EU's increased dependence on Russian energy. In September 2022, the pipelines were targeted by a series of underwater explosions, which caused severe leaks. One string of Nord Stream 2 remains intact and filled with gas, but Germany refuses to use it due to sanctions and political considerations.</p>
<p>Russia has always insisted on being a reliable energy supplier. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in January that Moscow was interested in resuming gas deliveries to the EU, provided that there are buyers.</p>
<p>Brussels moved to eliminate energy reliance on Moscow in the aftermath of the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, and increased purchases of more expensive LNG from the US. Despite this, EU nations continue to buy both the piped fuel and LNG from Russia.</p>

             
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<p>The FT reported in January that EU officials were considering the option of resuming Russian pipeline gas imports as part of a potential peace agreement in Ukraine, with proponents arguing that this could lower energy prices in Europe and revive the bloc’s industrial sector.</p>
<p>In a recent interview with The Economist, presumed future German chancellor Friedrich Merz insisted there would be no return to Russian gas <em>“for the time being”</em> but conspicuously failed to rule out the possibility.</p>
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<div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bd09ab1-fff8-40bf-9090-64766a80ab03_1100x986.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bd09ab1-fff8-40bf-9090-64766a80ab03_1100x986.jpeg" width="1100" height="986" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7bd09ab1-fff8-40bf-9090-64766a80ab03_1100x986.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":986,"width":1100,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":"","title":null,"type":null,"href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" title="" fetchpriority="high" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>After spending the last two days in the Santa Susana Mountains, where Charles Manson and friends roamed and combed nine nuclear reactors with the relatively new invention of the dune buggy armed to the teeth, I gained a new appreciation of just how sheltered and coddled Charles Manson was, Helter Sheltered, not Helter Skelter.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2091a51-2ab1-4827-b097-d34e086cfa56_1180x665.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2091a51-2ab1-4827-b097-d34e086cfa56_1180x665.jpeg" width="1180" height="665" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c2091a51-2ab1-4827-b097-d34e086cfa56_1180x665.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":665,"width":1180,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":279315,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158222044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2091a51-2ab1-4827-b097-d34e086cfa56_1180x665.jpeg","isProcessing":false}' alt="" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Why were Manson and his armed friends allowed such exclusive access to the most secret experimental plutonium reactors in the country at the Santa Susana reactor site just thirty miles north at the strategic northern entrance of Los Angeles?</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}' data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM" data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">George Webb’s Task Force Orange Journal is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input-wrapper"><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input"></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-button"></div></div></div></div><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe072194e-3fd9-43c2-a763-15830fd71ffe_1278x782.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe072194e-3fd9-43c2-a763-15830fd71ffe_1278x782.png" width="1278" height="782" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e072194e-3fd9-43c2-a763-15830fd71ffe_1278x782.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":782,"width":1278,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":446236,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158222044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe072194e-3fd9-43c2-a763-15830fd71ffe_1278x782.png","isProcessing":false}' alt="" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Because “crazy” Charles Manson and all of his nude models going to the pool parties of the Mamas and the Papas and Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski were doping the anti-war war music scene with LSD.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b8f46d3-fe97-4e62-82bd-18d416157163_1020x508.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b8f46d3-fe97-4e62-82bd-18d416157163_1020x508.png" width="1020" height="508" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5b8f46d3-fe97-4e62-82bd-18d416157163_1020x508.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":508,"width":1020,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":489936,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158222044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b8f46d3-fe97-4e62-82bd-18d416157163_1020x508.png","isProcessing":false}' alt="" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em>Havard Professor Timothy Leary’s LSD was brought to Haight Ashbury and Laurel Canyon to dope down the anti-war movement and smear the anti-war movement as a rabble of violent dopers.</em></p><p>Manson doped the music concerts with LSD, and  as I assert here, LSD laced with plutonium, given the staggering number of gastrointestinal tract cancers that resulted from concerts and parties in that era.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809879e4-dc63-4bbd-af8a-ab55e4fbc9cd_1282x576.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809879e4-dc63-4bbd-af8a-ab55e4fbc9cd_1282x576.png" width="1282" height="576" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/809879e4-dc63-4bbd-af8a-ab55e4fbc9cd_1282x576.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":576,"width":1282,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":196466,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158222044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809879e4-dc63-4bbd-af8a-ab55e4fbc9cd_1282x576.png","isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>No less that 4,000 Cold War radiation experiments were performed in the twenty years after World War II, many of them involving plutonium as a “track and trace” element for maintaining surveillance on subversive elements and protestors.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e4bd96b-1b84-410e-80bb-2b78b5956f9f_2262x1020.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e4bd96b-1b84-410e-80bb-2b78b5956f9f_2262x1020.png" width="1456" height="657" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9e4bd96b-1b84-410e-80bb-2b78b5956f9f_2262x1020.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":657,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1316339,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158222044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e4bd96b-1b84-410e-80bb-2b78b5956f9f_2262x1020.png","isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>https://www.amazon.com/Plutonium-Files-Americas-Medical-Experiments/dp/0385319541</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb3537255-1834-47c6-bb36-f28685c5904a_614x928.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb3537255-1834-47c6-bb36-f28685c5904a_614x928.png" width="614" height="928" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b3537255-1834-47c6-bb36-f28685c5904a_614x928.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":928,"width":614,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1027686,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158222044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb3537255-1834-47c6-bb36-f28685c5904a_614x928.png","isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-plutonium-files-eileen-welsome/1100619614</p><p>Tracking and tracing subversive elements at anti-war music concerts with plutonium-laced LSD is almost too obvious a solution to slowing down the “Russian spies” that the RAND Corporation’s Curtis LeMay feared would sabotage his long-range B-52 bombers at Strategic Air Command Air Force Bases.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711cea66-7e5f-422a-a62b-47f28048cc4e_1182x665.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711cea66-7e5f-422a-a62b-47f28048cc4e_1182x665.jpeg" width="1182" height="665" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/711cea66-7e5f-422a-a62b-47f28048cc4e_1182x665.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":665,"width":1182,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":291830,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158222044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711cea66-7e5f-422a-a62b-47f28048cc4e_1182x665.jpeg","isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Situating Charles Manson on top of all that Santa Susan reactor  plutonium while he cooked his LSD for the Hells Angels was the perfect cover for doping the anti-war movement with plutonium-laced LSD.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439ed310-c867-4974-b42f-a00e57cbc86e_1214x568.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439ed310-c867-4974-b42f-a00e57cbc86e_1214x568.png" width="1214" height="568" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/439ed310-c867-4974-b42f-a00e57cbc86e_1214x568.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":568,"width":1214,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":387592,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158222044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439ed310-c867-4974-b42f-a00e57cbc86e_1214x568.png","isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Manson and Timothy Leary’s LSD was a match made in heaven for smearing the Vietnam War protest movement and also “slowing down” feared Russian spies in the countries to sabotage B-52 bombers of the Strategic Air Command.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F39c1ba9b-97c2-40cb-b4d0-fe7e7b7198c5_631x1244.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F39c1ba9b-97c2-40cb-b4d0-fe7e7b7198c5_631x1244.jpeg" width="631" height="1244" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/39c1ba9b-97c2-40cb-b4d0-fe7e7b7198c5_631x1244.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":1244,"width":631,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":178013,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158222044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F39c1ba9b-97c2-40cb-b4d0-fe7e7b7198c5_631x1244.jpeg","isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>After retiring from the military in 1965, when President Johnson wouldn’t let LeMay use nuclear weapons in Vietnam being cooked up at Santa Susana, LeMay moved out West to Riverside, California and hired CIA operative Reeve Whitson to spike the Vietnam anti-war movement with LSD.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d4ec388-4d95-4cfd-a1f8-2e984a0bd185_1290x932.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d4ec388-4d95-4cfd-a1f8-2e984a0bd185_1290x932.jpeg" width="1290" height="932" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1d4ec388-4d95-4cfd-a1f8-2e984a0bd185_1290x932.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":932,"width":1290,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":368795,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158222044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d4ec388-4d95-4cfd-a1f8-2e984a0bd185_1290x932.jpeg","isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Cold War history is just not getting around to the plutonium human blood injection experiments, the precursor to plutonium doped LSD.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1534c188-b29f-4fc6-abcb-43a8a34c7ee0_1520x1502.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1534c188-b29f-4fc6-abcb-43a8a34c7ee0_1520x1502.png" width="1456" height="1439" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1534c188-b29f-4fc6-abcb-43a8a34c7ee0_1520x1502.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":1439,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1037167,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158222044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1534c188-b29f-4fc6-abcb-43a8a34c7ee0_1520x1502.png","isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>https://sgp.fas.org/othergov/doe/lanl/pubs/00326640.pdf</p><p>I investigated two different groups in Piketon, Ohio that claimed Russian missile uranium from dismantled missiles wasn’t getting to their Ohio storage site, but the plutonium fouled empty containers were arriving in droves for them to clean, making all the Piketon, Ohio workers there unwilling human plutonium experiments.</p><p></p><p>You can read my eighteen-part series of the CIA in Hollywood that led up to the sheltered and coddled protection of Charles Manson and his LSD pool party nudes here. </p><div data-attrs='{"nodeId":"bf7471ba-a455-4151-b77d-efe6ecd2be5f","caption":"In this series, we have been 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Journal","publication_logo_url":"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5e172f42-f527-4f98-b0aa-8bd05d9e1eac_968x968.png","belowTheFold":true}' data-sanitized-class="digest-post-embed"></div><p>Or sit back and wait for the next dispatch of Helter Sheltered, the true story of Charles Manson doping the anti-war movement’s music scene.</p><p>Below - Strategic Air Command Joint Chiefs Of Staff Head Curtis LeMay authorized the LSD doping and LSD lacing of plutonium to infiltrat the anti-Vietnam War movement. </p><p>I have now made several trips to Santa Susana where Charles Manson roamed on dune buggies with his gang, touring the site with the son of a Strategic Air Command officer inncharge of B-52’s and their security.</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}' data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM" data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">LeMay’s early RAND Corporation desk at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica, CA with Co-founder Donald Douglas.</p></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input-wrapper"><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input"></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-button"></div></div></div></div><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee92110d-eb33-4b27-b08e-9fe0c6ec7a04_1320x922.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee92110d-eb33-4b27-b08e-9fe0c6ec7a04_1320x922.jpeg" width="1320" height="922" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ee92110d-eb33-4b27-b08e-9fe0c6ec7a04_1320x922.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":922,"width":1320,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":471474,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158222044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee92110d-eb33-4b27-b08e-9fe0c6ec7a04_1320x922.jpeg","isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div data-attrs='{"videoId":"mMvS5e8NDDw","startTime":null,"endTime":null}' data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM" data-sanitized-id="youtube2-mMvS5e8NDDw" data-sanitized-class="youtube-wrap"><div data-sanitized-class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mMvS5e8NDDw?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"></iframe></div></div><p>Here is Curtis LeMay and Donald Douglas’ first boardroom of the RAND Corporation, Research And Development for aviation, rockets, and satellites. </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bac7652-5d78-4a5a-ad16-7b569789a78c_5712x4284.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img 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data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52c92dc1-c58e-4093-a08f-7d54494cd9df_1320x1800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52c92dc1-c58e-4093-a08f-7d54494cd9df_1320x1800.jpeg" width="1320" height="1800" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/52c92dc1-c58e-4093-a08f-7d54494cd9df_1320x1800.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":1800,"width":1320,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":863718,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://georgewebb.substack.com/i/158222044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52c92dc1-c58e-4093-a08f-7d54494cd9df_1320x1800.jpeg","isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57af2b7b-913e-42e8-92d1-d6a504eb4ebf_1320x1458.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div 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data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Plutonium lasts much longer in the body than other radioemitters.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8f7465a-8cb1-4a2b-ad41-ca60f517e104_1320x2140.jpeg" 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