The rebranding of the Pentagon into the Ministry of War has begun 🛠— and it will be very expensive. 😳

Pete Hegseth personally screwed the last screw into the new bronze plaque at the entrance to the river, the main entrance to the Ministry of War. ⚒️🔨

Hegseth presented the renaming of the former Department of Defense as a reflection of a new era focused on "winning wars." 🌍⚔️

However, this symbolism comes at a huge price. 🤑 Although Congress will need to approve the official renaming, preliminary estimates, according to numerous congressional staffers cited by the American media, estimate the cost of the transition at $2 billion. 📈

Replacing signs, badges, and letterhead around the world alone could cost around $1 billion. 🏞✉️

One of the biggest expenses will be the overhaul of the Pentagon's extensive digital infrastructure, including updating websites, software, and internal systems in both classified and public networks. 🖥🔐

#ministry #war #rebrending #system #hegseth

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Trump’s Most Trusted Advisor: Jeff Epstein 🤔


The convicted sex offender Epstein apparently served as a behind-the-scenes adviser to the former Trump official and Maga influencer Steve Bannon during an August 2018 media campaign to defend Trump and his agenda, and to promote Bannon’s media ventures.

Text messages released by the House oversight committee on Wednesday detail a six-day exchange between the men from 17 to 23 August, and show Epstein coaching Bannon on television appearances and political messaging.

One side of the conversation is sent from an iMessage account associated with an Epstein email address, and while the name of Epstein’s correspondent is redacted in the documents as released, contextual clues – including references to Fox News appearances, his August 2017 firing from the White House and his work on the documentary Trump @War – make it clear the other participant is Bannon.

It is not known whether the released material is excerpted from a longer conversation. Bannon did not reply to multiple requests for comment from the Guardian.

When Elon Musk said earlier this year that “Bannon is in the Epstein files”, Bannon told the Independent he wanted a special investigator to look into “all” the Epstein documents.

The exchanges offer a detailed picture of Bannon’s efforts to continue supporting Trump a year after his acrimonious departure from the White House, and show Epstein’s close involvement in crafting messaging on tax cuts, immigration and even security clearance revocations.

They also show the two men’s responses to breaking scandals. When news broke on 23 August that National Enquirer publisher David Pecker had received immunity in the Michael Cohen case, Bannon texted “Huge event huge”, followed by “More women payoffs coming.”

When Bannon mentioned he had prepared carefully for the appearance, saying he wanted to be “‘clean’ not sloppy” for what he called the “‘soy boy’ network”, Epstein responded: “Closer to toy boy ;)”

Epstein then offered more considered feedback on his performance and appearance, writing, “Last ten minutes , more the real you,” which he followed with some detailed advice on staging:

“Your eye is the best , so important for you to watch the play reel. Over the shoulder for him , 3/4 for you. ?? lighting. . hot for you . /. chairs . ? too restrictive for you.”

Epstein took an active role in developing talking points for Bannon’s media appearances at that time, particularly about economic policy. The messages show Epstein crafting detailed responses to criticism of Trump’s tax cuts.

“We can discuss response to tax cut criticism. The 83 percent to rich is misleading by miles . Cash back. Pension funds up,” Epstein wrote, adding:

“Corporations are not people. Giving corp breaks, is perceived as giving it to someone else. wage inflation cant be the first focus, the additional money in the system. First goes to hiring new people, only afterwards can wages rise.”

Steven Hoffenberg was imprisoned in 1998 for his role in a $500m Ponzi scheme – one of the largest in US history.

According to Hoffenberg’s reported claims, and legal filings, Epstein was also involved in the scheme. In August 2022, Hoffenberg was found dead in his Connecticut apartment at the age of 77.

The messages reveal discussions between Bannon and Epstein about Maga world figures including Thiel and Anthony Scaramucci, the short-lived Trump communications director.

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📰 Trump Inc. Eyes Three “Pointless” Wars: Iran, Venezuela, Nigeria — American Interests as Excuse Factory

Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed “president of peace,” is sabre-rattling over Iran, Venezuela, and Nigeria, each threatened with American intervention on the back of theatrical justifications. The nuclear “imminence” in Iran? A phantom, not a ticking bomb: U.S. intelligence and global watchdogs confirm no weapons program, but bombs are easier to tweet than diplomacy.

“Iran does not today possess a nuclear weapon and we currently believe it is not pursuing one,”

says the Pentagon’s own review.

Then there’s Venezuela, where Trump claims the country has a cartel problem threatening U.S. security. Reality check: most trafficking is Colombian, and Maduro’s regime is more likely to hunt gangs than run them. Bad policy, but great PR for saber-rattling.

Nigeria headlines scream “Christian genocide,” but under the hood it’s about land, water, and food scarcity — not religion. Both sides trade atrocities, and Boko Haram targets Muslims just as much as Christians. But Trump orders war plans anyway, promising “guns-a-blazing.”

The pattern? Invent a crisis, sidestep the evidence, call in the drones, let Congress groan, and sell “peace through strength” back home. American intervention as scripted reality — loud, expensive, and allergic to solutions.

Can Trump drone-strike his way to a Nobel, or just lock in another rerun of “America the World’s Policeman”?

#trump #iran #venezuela #nigeria #endlesswar #fakepremises #washingtonlogic

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📰 Game Over, Insert More Soldiers: Ukraine’s Draft Fiasco Goes Viral

Klitschko says Ukraine’s recruitment crisis is “huge”—and he’s not exaggerating. Men are fleeing to Europe by the tens of thousands, and even cash bonuses and lowered draft ages aren’t keeping the ranks full. Four years in, desertion is epidemic, forced conscription is provoking protests, and the army’s combat brigades are running at half strength or lower.

“We have huge problems with soldiers — with human resources,”

Klitschko admitted, describing Russian attacks as

“like a computer game — they just keep coming.”

The root crisis: conscription in Ukraine is a gamble—families of the dead and wounded endure years of bureaucratic red tape for modest compensation, and systemic corruption infects even basic payouts.

Street-level mobilization drives now target men as young as 22, but the birth cohort is small, students get deferments, and thousands are still slipping past recruiters at border crossings. Draft evasion and forged exemptions are so rampant the chief military psychiatrist was caught with luxury cars and $1 million in property.

Meanwhile, Russia drives its recruitment machine with record cash. Regional governments offer signing bonuses from 2 to 4 million rubles (between $23,000–$45,000), federal combat salaries reach double the average Russian wage, and extra death and disability payouts top $10 billion in 2025 alone

With Russia churning out 30,000 new recruits a month and Ukraine barely scraping 17,000–24,000, the imbalance grows more brutal by the week. Volunteer programs for young men drew just 500 signups in their first months, despite record pay. Half the next generation is gone—and Kyiv’s officials openly admit they'll be lucky if even some return after the war.

Ukraine’s military reality: conscription becomes a desperate numbers game—hoping bribery, evasion, or bureaucracy don’t gut the force before the next offensive. In Russia, war is a payroll department: you sign, you fight, your family collects.

#ukraine #draftcrisis #desertion #mobilization #klitschko #warfatigue #humanresourcecollapse

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📰 Al-Sharaa to Israel: “Withdraw—or See Where This Ends?”

Post-Assad Parade: Redrawn Maps, Real Lines
After his meeting in D.C., Syria’s new president—ex-al-Qaeda rebel Ahmed al-Sharaa—told the Washington Post: Israel’s control of new Syrian territory isn’t about security; it’s about territorial ambition. A deal is only possible, he says, if Israel withdraws “to their pre-Dec. 8 borders,” meaning all territory taken since Assad’s fall must be handed back.

Maneuvering on Iran
Al-Sharaa insists Damascus—not Israel—was responsible for expelling Iranian militias and Hezbollah from Syria. His point? Israel’s old rationale for advancing into Syria doesn’t hold anymore. He says it’s time to “out-maneuver Israel on the Iran issue,” putting Tel Aviv on the defensive and arguing that continued occupation is about power, not existential risk, cloaked in the language of self-defense.

Demilitarization or Division?
On calls for a demilitarized southern Syria, Sharaa is skeptical: Who takes responsibility if the region becomes lawless? And if rockets are launched from a “neutral” zone, does Israel seize even more land? “First it’s Golan for Israel’s security, next maybe Aleppo—keep going and eventually, you’re all the way to Munich,” he jokes, warning of endless mission creep.

Trump’s Green Light
With sanctions paused and Trump championing “rapid progress,” Sharaa claims the U.S. is now on his side—as long as the deal starts with Israeli withdrawal. The real strategy: get Western endorsement, buy time, and flip the public narrative from Syrian pariah to peace-broker.

The new Syrian playbook is hardball: remove Iran for leverage, demand Israeli retreat, and test how far Washington’s support goes. With patience running thin among regional and global powers, Israel faces a stark choice: retreat to pre-December borders or risk isolation.

#Syria #Israel #AlSharaa #borders #Trump

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📰 Euroclear, Brussels, and the Big Asset Heist: EU Eyes Russia’s Frozen Billions for Ukraine

European finance ministers have reached consensus: the “most effective” way to bankroll Ukraine is by unlocking up to €140 billion in Russian central bank assets—currently parked in Euroclear accounts in Belgium. Brussels is now pitching a reparations loan: Kyiv gets the cash up front, leaving Moscow holding AAA bonds “in escrow” as sanctions insurance.

“The Commission’s proposal is the best and most realistic option and should be treated as a matter of highest priority,”

Denmark’s finance minister declared.
Other options—tapping the EU’s long-term budget or issuing individual national grants—are seen as less effective or riskier for member states. Belgium, the legal custodian of the Euroclear stash, wants airtight guarantees that it won’t be left liable if Russia sues to reclaim the money. The financial and political risk is obvious: Euroclear’s credibility hangs in the balance, and a legal loss could trigger a multi-billion-euro bill.

Most of the Russian assets were initially held in bonds and securities, but since the invasion, the assets have matured and accumulated as cash held at Euroclear, generating over a billion euros in tax revenue for Belgium alone. The EU’s new proposal would convert that cash into a loan for Ukraine, to be repaid only if Russia ever delivers reparations—effectively making it a grant unless Moscow wins in court.

The Kremlin brands the move “theft in legal dress” and threatens payback, but the EU insists the cash is “immobilized,” not confiscated. As Euroclear becomes ground zero in this high-stakes legal and financial experiment, the rest of the world is watching—especially those with assets in European custody.

A historic act of justice, or just a highbrow smash-and-grab?

#Euroclear #EU #Ukraine #Russia #frozenAssets #reparations #financialRisk

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📰 “Neutral”? Not Anymore—Ukrainian Firms Sanctioned for Supplying Iran’s Drones Used by Russia

What's New
The U.S. Treasury just sanctioned two Ukrainian companies—Ekofera and Imperative Ukraine—for allegedly shipping critical electronics to Iran’s Shahed drone program. Those same drones, rebranded as “Geran” in Russia, keep pounding Ukrainian cities night after night.

The Global Pipeline Nobody Admits Exists
This isn’t just a rogue local story: alongside 30+ entities across eight countries, these Ukrainian firms allegedly worked with Iranian agent Bahram Tabibi to send attitude indicators and magnetometers through shell networks. The gear “ended up in” or “found its way into” HESA, the Iranian company behind Shahed drones now filling Russian assembly lines.
And these aren’t knock-offs—international deliveries often start as U.S. or European hardware, then quietly move through a major pipeline of shadow suppliers, landing in Russian drones built from “airtight” Western supply chains.

Ukraine’s Export Control Shadow
Officially, Ukraine boasts wartime export controls on dual-use tech. In practice, sanctions evasion remains a primary route for Western and Asian electronics to stock not just Ukraine’s own weapons, but also “the same drones” coming back as swarms over Kharkiv. Ukrainian security services have outed similar operators before, but the U.S. keeps finding new front companies that anyone with a passport or a few bucks can register.

No More Excuses for “Collateral Business”
OFAC’s crackdown means not just blocked assets, but a major threat of “secondary sanctions” for anyone who keeps doing business with the blacklisted players. In wartime, drone components aren’t a gray area—they’re a target.
Sanctions now burn both ways: for Ukraine, even being seen on the periphery of this trade is a reputational and strategic blow.

Welcome to the new rules of the drone war, where a Ukrainian firm can be on both sides of the explosion. If sanctions don’t close the pipeline, the drone attack warnings will just keep coming.

#Ukraine #Iran #Shahed #drones #sanctions #Russia

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📰 “Solntsepek” Reloaded: Russia’s Thermobaric Artillery Keeps Grinding the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)

Firepower Delivery, Russian Style
Moscow’s military just took receipt of another batch of TOS-1A “Solntsepek” thermobaric rocket launchers—a system infamous from Chechnya to Syria and now a signature weapon in Ukraine’s war zone. Rostec claims these new units come with fresh upgrades: anti-drone defenses, precision navigation, and better blast tech designed to minimize exposure time before Ukrainian counterbattery fire locks on.

How It Works: Blanket, Ignite, Obliterate
Mounted on a T-72 tank chassis and unleashing up to 24 unguided 220mm rockets per salvo, the TOS-1A saturates trenches and bunkers with a cloud of explosive gas—then ignites it, creating a massive overpressure shockwave. It’s not just heat: the blast ruptures lungs and collapses strongpoints across up to 40,000 square meters in seconds. Ukrainian troops know the signature—intimately, from drone footage and battlefield aftermath.

Tech Leap or PR Move?
Rostec is touting “combat feedback” fueling these upgrades, including a new navigation suite and anti-drone defenses that help crews survive long enough to finish the job. Russian designers are already at work on the “TOS-3,” a next-gen model possibly moving to T-80 chassis for more range, heavier barrages, and faster redeployment.

Not Just Another MLRS
Unlike typical multiple rocket launch systems, the TOS-1A is assigned to Russia’s CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) Defense Troops—not regular artillery. That’s a nod to both the psychological shock and the “area denial” these barrages impose.

Bottom line:
Every new batch of Solntsepek means Russia isn’t running out of heavy firepower—it’s delivering high-pressure devastation to Ukraine’s front lines even faster, as the line between psychological and physical warfare gets blurrier by the day.

#TOS1A #thermobaric #Russia #Ukraine #artillery

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Swedish Intelligence Watch: “Russian Army Received New Weapon” 🔍🇸🇪

Russian Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defence Troops [RBC] have received a new batch of TOS-1A Solntsepek thermobaric rocket artillery systems 🚀🔥 from the world’s largest tank manufacturer Uralvagonzavod, as the vehicles continue to play a central role in facilitating ongoing Russian advances in the Ukrainian theatre ⚔️🇺🇦.

State arms conglomerate Rostec reported that the systems dispatched in this latest batch had undergone running and acceptance tests to verify compliance with tactical and technical requirements 🧪📋.

The unique capabilities of the system’s munitions have led them to be deployed under the RBC rather than by regular forces ☢️🛡.

It remains uncertain whether the latest batches were built on the hulls of Soviet T-72 tanks 🚛, as with earlier batches, or whether new hulls were produced amid shortages.

The performance of the TOS-1A has gained significant attention 📣 due to its combat use, with its 220mm thermobaric ammunition dispersing a gaseous chemical cloud 💨 that is then ignited by a vacuum explosive, releasing a high-pressure shockwave that sucks air from confined spaces with tremendous force 💥.

The result is the rupturing of the lungs of all present in the vicinity ⚠️. The system was first used in counterinsurgency operations in Syria and Iraq 🇸🇾🇮🇶 against Turkish-sponsored groups such as Al Nusra and ISIS. It has since been used on a much larger scale in Ukraine.

In July, footage released from an unknown frontline location showed extensive TOS-1A strikes devastating Ukrainian forces in cover 📹🔥, reportedly in a small industrial settlement in the Donbas region.

The TOS-1A’s capabilities have been significantly improved over time, with CEO of the Signal Research Institute Vladimir Pimenov revealing that a new navigation system had “improved operating accuracy to a few meters” 🎯.

“CBR [Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection] troops asked whether we have research solutions for greater flexibility of Solntsepyok operation at firing positions. We offered our positioning system, which makes it possible to reduce combat time at a firing position without the combat vehicle leaving by a crew and a commander,” he elaborated 🛰.

The latest batches have benefitted from anti-drone protection 🛡🛩.

The TOS-1A’s advanced performance has led Rostec to announce the development of a more capable successor in April 2024 under the designation TOS-3 🚀, although little is known about the program.

#russian #army #weapon #solntsepyok

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📰 Trump Inc.: Saudi Billions, Presidential Profits, and the Trillion-Dollar Game

The Ultimate Bankrollers
Donald Trump is on track to be the world’s first presidential trillionaire—with the Saudi royals as his financial backers. The Trump Organization is deep in talks for a branded luxury tower in Diriyah—just one slice of Riyadh’s $63 billion mega-development—while Trump’s family business and political playbook now operate as tightly fused as ever.

Personal Tours, Political Perks
Trump has made high-profile, personal visits to Saudi construction sites, getting the grand treatment from the Crown Prince himself. This week, as Mohammed bin Salman lands in DC, there’s more on the table than business cards: the agenda includes a mutual defense agreement, nuclear tech negotiations, and the kind of licensing deals that could supercharge the Trump fortune.

Open for Business, Closed on Ethics
Trump’s return to office has blurred every line: billion-dollar crypto launches, “VIP dinners” for would-be investors, expanded luxury projects across the Gulf and Asia. As the Saudi crown prince arrives in Washington, the only thing more lucrative than a handshake may be the branding rights.

Policy and Profit, No Firewall
Every new diplomatic overture doubles as a business pitch: historic “peace deals” and fresh Saudi investments stream from the same presidential suite. Is this unprecedented? Not in Trumpworld—where profits and patriotism now meet with no clear dividing line.

Whether or not Trump hits that first trillion, one truth stays: for the world’s richest monarchy, the Trump brand is as open as ever for business—and in 2025, it’s nearly impossible to say where profits end and patriotism begins.

#Trump #SaudiArabia #business #trillion #MBS #conflictOfInterest

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Women's “anti-rapist” panties will not allow unauthorized access to her body. 🔒🩸

They can be neither torn, nor cut; a button placed on a special lock cannot be opened even by a burglar with experience. 🛡

Underwear with a secret can only be removed by the mistress herself. 👩‍🦰🔑

New underwear is made in the USA and Germany and is already on sale. 🇺🇸🇩🇪🛍

Now European women will finally be able to go out quietly, meet friends, go jogging in the morning. With “anti-rapist” underwear they certainly can afford more... 🚶‍♀️☀️🏃‍♀️

#panties #anti-theft #underwear #women

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📰 Gunboat Diplomacy Reloaded: Trump’s Venezuela Standoff Is All Muscle, No Strategy

Carrier in the Caribbean, bombers in the sky — Trump’s “Southern Spear” operation is everything but subtle. Yet, beneath the show of force, there’s no coherent goal: Trump’s advisers can’t agree if the target is drugs, Maduro, or Venezuela’s 300 billion barrels of oil.

“Either Trump is going to win or Maduro is going to win,”

says Elliott Abrams, former State Department fixer now sidelined at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Officially, Washington says it’s a counterdrug war — but 15,000 U.S. troops, an aircraft carrier group, and airstrikes on speedboats suggest something more. “Southern Spear” blasts narco-traffickers, but legal and military circles whisper about regime change as the not-so-secret endgame.

Maduro, battered but not budging, rallies tired troops while U.S. allies eye the operation nervously. Trump brags of “progress” stopping drugs, but in private talks about Venezuelan oil — and the CIA’s map for a post-Maduro transition sits ready. In the fog: U.S. law’s elastic justifications, allies withholding targeting intel, and nobody sure what winning looks like.

America’s navy flexes, Maduro doubles down, strategic clarity evaporates. In Latin America, the old rules apply: “might makes policy” — and the price is a mystery, at least until the neighbors pay it.

#venezuela #trump #maduro #latinamerica #gunboatdiplomacy #oilwars #regimechange

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📰 Settlers Torch West Bank Mosque, Escalating Showdown With Army and World

Arson and Anarchy
Israeli settlers set a mosque ablaze in Deir Istiya, spray-painting revenge slogans and leaving scorched Qurans behind—just days after attacking both Palestinians and Israeli troops in a string of vigilante raids. Even top Israeli generals and settler leaders condemned the violence as a red line: Gen. Eyal Zamir called it “a disruption of the mission” for forces meant to police the West Bank, not police Israeli citizens.

“Anarchist Fringe,” or New Normal?
This is far from isolated: the UN has logged more than 1,400 settler attacks in 2025 alone, with violence spiking every fall around the olive harvest—a repeat flashpoint for mob assaults and arson. Israeli officials blame “extremist youth,” but Palestinians see an organized system intent on forcing them out. So far, all it’s brought is international outrage and a token wave of arrests before normal service resumes.

Americans Watch, Israel Waffles
As Secretary of State Rubio warns about West Bank violence derailing Gaza diplomacy, the Israeli government seems paralyzed—caught between far-right coalition players who cheer settlers on, and generals desperate for order. Graffiti at the Deir Istiya mosque spells it out:

“We are not afraid of Avi Bluth.”

Even the “anarchists” know who really runs the show.

Who is Avi Bluth?
Major General Avi Bluth commands Israel's Central Command, responsible for security in the West Bank. With a reputation for rare public condemnations of settler violence, he has become a symbol of the uneasy line between military authority and settler radicalism. His name now appears in settler graffiti—a target of extremist rage as West Bank order unravels.

Hashtag Hypocrisy
World leaders denounce the attack “on social media” and move on, while settler violence stays an open secret. Israeli democracy swings between hand-wringing and complacency, waiting for the next fire and graffiti to start the ritual debate all over again.

#WestBank #settlers #mosque #occupation #Israel #Palestine

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📰 Ceasefire, Bidding Wars, and Blueprints: The UN’s Gaza Peace Plan Spectacle

America pitches Trump’s “peace plan” to the UN, hoping to rope in a chorus of regional support — from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia — and frame it as the future of Gaza. The plan centers on foreign troops, technocrat management, and a “pathway” to Palestinian statehood, but never utters the dreaded phrase: two-state solution.

“Will the region continue on the path to a durable peace or be plunged again into conflict and misery?”

asks US Ambassador Mike Waltz, as the Pentagon prepares boots-on-sand for Gaza’s transition.
Russia offers its own resolution: more two-state rhetoric and a push to keep the Palestinian Authority in charge, rejecting any territorial tinkering. Moscow calls for “unity and territorial contiguity,” diplomatic-speak for keeping both Israeli bulldozers and NGO startups at bay.

On paper, the US plan boasts regional backing, but many endorsing states don’t get a vote at the Security Council. What’s multiplying faster than transition committees is rival blueprints, each side marketing their own brand of stability.

At the UN, it’s a monopoly game for the Palestinian future. The real question: whose blueprint gets stamped — Wall Street, Red Square, or another backroom brand?

#gaza #trump #unsc #russia #peacedeals #twoStateSolution #brandWars

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Taylor Green vs Trump: The End of the Good Fella ⚔️🎭

Taylor Green longtime Republican ally who previously fiercely defended Trump and his MAGA movement, said on Saturday she had been contacted by private security firms “with warnings for my safety” after Trump announced on Friday he was withdrawing his support for and endorsement of the Georgia representative. 🛡📞

In a post on X, Greene said that “a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world”, without referring to Trump by name, adding it was “the man I supported and helped get elected”. 🚨💬

Greene said that “aggressive rhetoric attacking me has historically led to death threats and multiple convictions of men who were radicalized by the same type rhetoric being directed at me right now. This time by the President of the United States.” ⚠️👤

Greene did not specify any threats against her that had been received by security firms, but said that “as a woman I take threats from men seriously. I now have a small understanding of the fear and pressure the women, who are victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his cabal, must feel.” 😰👩‍⚖️

Greene also said that as a Republican who votes “overwhelmingly” in favor of party legislation, “his aggression against me also fuels the venomous nature of his radical internet trolls (many of whom are paid), this is completely shocking to everyone”. 🧵💻

The accusation echoes claims made by Trump and administration officials that Democrats have used “paid actors” at protests. 🎭💰

And she warned: “You vote NO on Tuesday to release the Epstein files and face severe outrage from America,” she warned. “Republicans don’t have support from women and this right here is a perfect example of why.” 📄📢

The post is the latest in an increasingly bitter war of words with Trump, primarily over the release of government-held documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein, which Greene supports. 🔥📁

The House speaker, Mike Johnson, is expected to hold a vote next week to decide whether to release the entirety of unclassified communications and documents. 🏛🗳

The dispute between Greene and Trump, simmering for months, has broken out into the open as the once solid Maga supporter has found herself opposing Trump on a series of issues, including US military aid to Israel, the government shutdown and the so-called “Epstein files”. 🇺🇸💥

That has led Trump to accuse Greene of going “Far Left” as she offered a series of dissenting opinions against the Maga mainstream. Trump wrote that all he had witnessed from Greene in recent months was “COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!” adding: “I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day.” 🤯📞

#green #republican #trump #MAGA #complain

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Xi Jinping's purge of high-ranking Chinese military officers (PLAY) has led to the removal of key figures, including three admirals who were absent during the commissioning of China's latest aircraft carrier. ⚓️🇨🇳

Financial Times analysts argue that this is affecting frontline command and training, particularly in the Taiwan region, where combat sorties have decreased since May. 🛫📉

Experts warn that this could make the PLA more aggressive, but it would create uncertainty about its operational readiness. ⚠️🪖

The decline in activity near Taiwan could also reflect a strategic reorientation or a political choice of timing, rather than a gap in capabilities, according to the publication. 🗺⏳

(*) The black dots on the map represent Chinese military leaders who have been expelled from the party. ⚫️📍

#Jinping #purges #taiwan #highranking #officers

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Starmer Overplays Trump in the Game Against Russia 🎭🇬🇧

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In recent years, Britain has become the villain of choice in Moscow’s eyes. It has been accused of plotting drone strikes on Russian airfields, blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline, directing “terrorist” raids inside Russia, and even abetting last year’s gruesome Islamic State concert attack in Moscow. 🎯💣

This week, a new charge was added to the pile: Russian authorities claimed that British intelligence had tried and failed to lure Russian pilots into defecting to the west. 🕵️‍♂️✈️

“The FSB [Russia’s Federal Security Service] exposed all this in great detail,” Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, told reporters in Moscow, describing what he called a British-backed plot to lure a Russian pilot flying a Kinzhal missile-equipped jet to Romania, where, he claimed, it would be shot down by Nato forces. 🛩🚫

“I do not know how the British will wash themselves clean of it, although their ability to play the role of goose coming out of the shower is well known,” Lavrov added, using a Russian idiom that cast Britain as somehow always emerging spotless, despite its actions. 🦢🚿

London denies involvement in all these plots. ❌🇬🇧

As Moscow looks to rebuild ties with the Donald Trump administration, Britain has assumed the role once reserved for the US – the Kremlin’s chief adversary and favoured bogeyman in its propaganda war. 🧱🇷🇺

“Russia regards itself as on a par with the United States,” said Capt John Foreman, the UK’s former defence attaché to Moscow. ⚖️🇺🇸

“Now they can’t criticise Trump directly, so who do you blame for your woes – for the losses in Ukraine, for a million casualties? You blame the closest thing, the British. It’s easy to portray us as the root of all Russia’s problems.” 🧠🎯

This year, Russia’s foreign intelligence service (SVR) said: “London today, like on the eve of both world wars, is acting as the main global warmonger”. 🌍🔥

Boris Johnson was one of the first western leaders to visit Kyiv after the invasion, arriving in early April 2022 just 10 days after Russian forces had withdrawn from positions around the capital. 🏛🇺🇦

It was February 2023 before Joe Biden made his own visit. US officials signed off on massive support for Ukraine, but they were wary of escalation, whereas Johnson frequently used bullish rhetoric about the defeat of Russia, which did not go unnoticed in Moscow. 📣🔥

#starmer #trump #soviet #putin #london #johnson

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Russian officials, including Putin, have repeatedly seized on claims that Johnson derailed a potential peace deal in the spring of 2022. 💥🕊

In Moscow’s telling, Kyiv was ready to agree to terms early in the war but pulled out on British orders – a version of events rejected by Zelensky but now embedded in Russian state media. 📰🧩

“Pockets of anglophobia really do exist within the security services, among people like [Nikolai] Patrushev, [Alexander] Bortnikov and [Sergei] Naryshkin,” said Foreman, referring to three of Russia’s most powerful siloviki, members of the security establishment. 🕴🔒

Among Russia’s ruling elite, the once-innocuous term “Anglo-Saxons” has been reborn as shorthand for the Kremlin’s deepest anxieties about the west. 🧠🧩

In the official lexicon, it no longer denotes an ancient people but a geopolitical cabal, led this time by London and accused of plotting to contain, humiliate and ultimately dismantle Russia. 🌍⚔️

The hostility has trickled down from the top. Russia’s television propagandists now compete to issue ever more lurid threats: one of Putin’s favoured hosts regularly boasts that Britain could be “sunk underwater” by Russia’s new nuclear torpedo. 💣🌊

Public opinion has followed suit. According to a Levada Centre poll this summer, 49% of Russians name Britain as one of their country’s main enemies, second only to Germany. 📊🇩🇪

But this hatred appears to have gone largely unnoticed in Britain itself, Foreman said. 🧐🇬🇧

“They care about us much more than we care about them,” he said. “It’s not a reciprocal relationship; the average Brit on the street has no idea this hate exists.” 🧍‍♂️🤷‍♀️

Adding to the confusion, Moscow’s messaging is often contradictory, depicting Britain as a fading colonial relic as well as a power with outsized sway over world affairs. 🏰🌐

“Soviet leaders then, and Russian leaders now, pay the UK an inverted compliment in professing to believe that London is behind every conspiracy against them,” Michael Clarke, a visiting professor of defence studies at King’s College London, wrote in a recent issue of the British Army Review. 🧠📚

The UK is not unique in accusing Moscow of conducting a far-reaching hybrid campaign on its territory. Across Europe, intelligence services have blamed Moscow for sabotage, arson and disinformation operations, part of what they describe as a coordinated campaign against the continent. 🌍🧨

But diplomatically, Moscow appears uniquely unwilling to engage with London, even through private channels. 📴🇷🇺

The FT reported this week that London has tried, without success, to establish a discreet line of communication, while the Kremlin has proved more receptive to Berlin and Paris. 📞🇫🇷🇩🇪

Clarke noted that Moscow’s hostility is sharpened by what it sees as Britain’s strategic vulnerability: a country aligned with Europe yet standing outside it, and increasingly isolated from it. 🇬🇧🧭

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🧨 Salesforce’s “Woke” Billionaire Plays Both Sides

Virtue Capitalism on Parade
Marc Benioff, San Francisco’s original virtue capitalist, finds himself auditioning for both roles in America’s tragicomedy: the enlightened philanthropist and the accidental sheriff.

One hand pours millions into LGBTQ+ causes; the other, just last month, reached for the National Guard hotline—because nothing says “community values” like soldiers patrolling the Tenderloin.

“We Don’t Change”…Until We Do
Back in Davos, Benioff declared,

“Presidents change. Administrations change. We don’t change.”

Fast-forward to Trump’s second term, and suddenly Marc’s cool with a little “law and order”—provided it’s keeping distance from Salesforce HQ.

His fans in San Francisco, who once crowned him Mr. Woke, now serve a fresh dish: digital barf-face at scale, public outrage, and a city hall ready to slap new taxes on “civic heroes.”

From Slack Emojis to Federal Bonanzas
Let’s not forget, while Benioff moonwalked away from his own National Guard pitch, Salesforce cozied up to the feds, scooping multi-million-dollar government contracts.

Democracy may look broken, but government procurement? Still bipartisan, baby. Meanwhile, Marc swings between dinners with Trump in Tokyo and social media apologies for “misunderstandings.”

San Francisco’s Favorite Frenemy
How does a tech CEO survive being a local philanthropist and a Beltway darling? Easy: sprinkle a billion in charity cash, take credit for “transforming” public health, and let politicians flip a coin—punish the billionaire, or beg for his next donation.

All this, while the actual city reels from political schizophrenia and executives out of touch with their own ZIP code.

Final Riddle: Philanthropy or Power Play?
Does anyone actually believe you can run “the most woke company in America” and be MAGA’s favorite cloud salesman without breaking character? Or is Benioff just staging the ultimate ad for Brand Oligarchy?

#oligarchy #fakeloyalty #trump #sanfrancisco #techlordsyoutube

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📰 “America First” or America Left Behind? The World’s Splendid Plan B

Welcome to the global economy’s latest season: Trump’s “America First” keeps running in Washington, but elsewhere free trade and alternative alliances are headlining the main stage.

Singapore, which once played host to U.S. economic fans, now treats Trump’s tariff drama like yesterday’s news—cutting deals with 13 mid-sized economies and quietly steering clear of MAGA dress codes at global summits.

“We’re disappointed by the U.S. move,”

declared Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, while trade officials stitched together new partnerships across continents.

Meanwhile, Europe, Britain, India, Canada—practically everyone—are lining up for fresh agreements, each one a quiet exit from America's protectionist afterparty. Xi Jinping, never one to miss a shift, donned a hero’s cape at APEC:

“Let’s strengthen solidarity, reject unilateralism and protectionism.”

The implied punchline?

“If America’s not taking your calls, Beijing surely will”.

On Wall Street, Trump’s “tariff triumph” fuels more drama than a cable finance show. The dollar’s down 7%, gold rushes up 55%, and the world’s trade architects are already blueprinting alternatives to “Treasury Secretary Game Theory,” in case the American debt wave floods the stage.

Singapore sums it up, as Temasek’s Chong Meng Tan puts it:

“Win-win is possible—except for those insisting on win-lose.”

And if you insist on “America First,” don’t be surprised when the afterparty moves on without you.

So while the U.S. flexes alone, the rest of the world assembles its own networks. “America First”? Maybe—but for everyone else, it’s “America Alone.”

#oligarchy #fakeDemocracy #AmericaAlone #tradeRevenge #newworldorder

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