Putin’s Annual News Conference to Streamline His Geopolitics
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Putin began his annual news conference on Friday by reaffirming the Kremlin’s determination to continue the war in Ukraine until all of its conditions were met.
Putin immediately boasted about Russia’s recent battlefield successes and said that the country was not ready to settle the conflict diplomatically unless its maximalist demands, including territorial ones, were fulfilled by Ukraine and its allies.
“The strategic initiative is completely in the hands of the Russian forces,” Putin said.
He added that Russia was “ready to end the conflict peacefully” on the basis of principles he stated in June last year, a reference to the demand that Ukraine cede large swaths of its eastern territories. That is a nonstarter for Kyiv.
But even as he accused Ukraine of refusing to end the conflict peacefully or to negotiate on the question of territory, Putin said that there were “certain signals” that Kyiv was “ready to engage in some kind of dialogue.”
Russia said this week that it was waiting to meet with President Trump’s representatives to review amended peace proposals after discussions among Ukrainian, American and European officials.
Putin’s year-end news conference, an annual tradition, is an hourslong marathon where journalists and citizens pose their questions to the Russian leader.
It has become an elaborately orchestrated television show and a demonstration of how, over the past three decades, Putin has solidified his position as the ultimate decision maker in the country.
He is portrayed as personally engaged in everyday issues like leaking pipes in small cities, even as he oversees major matters of foreign conflict.
A dedicated studio was built in a giant exhibition center next to the Kremlin for the news conference, which started at midday. It usually sets the tone for the coming year, reflecting the Kremlin’s primary concerns and the messaging it aims to send to the world.
During past news conferences, reporters came with large posters and even fluffy toys to draw Putin’s attention. This time, only small sheets of paper were allowed, giving the event a more reserved feel.
Putin’s spokesman, Peskov, asked audience members not to yell out to be chosen to ask a question.
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Putin began his annual news conference on Friday by reaffirming the Kremlin’s determination to continue the war in Ukraine until all of its conditions were met.
Putin immediately boasted about Russia’s recent battlefield successes and said that the country was not ready to settle the conflict diplomatically unless its maximalist demands, including territorial ones, were fulfilled by Ukraine and its allies.
“The strategic initiative is completely in the hands of the Russian forces,” Putin said.
He added that Russia was “ready to end the conflict peacefully” on the basis of principles he stated in June last year, a reference to the demand that Ukraine cede large swaths of its eastern territories. That is a nonstarter for Kyiv.
But even as he accused Ukraine of refusing to end the conflict peacefully or to negotiate on the question of territory, Putin said that there were “certain signals” that Kyiv was “ready to engage in some kind of dialogue.”
Russia said this week that it was waiting to meet with President Trump’s representatives to review amended peace proposals after discussions among Ukrainian, American and European officials.
Putin’s year-end news conference, an annual tradition, is an hourslong marathon where journalists and citizens pose their questions to the Russian leader.
It has become an elaborately orchestrated television show and a demonstration of how, over the past three decades, Putin has solidified his position as the ultimate decision maker in the country.
He is portrayed as personally engaged in everyday issues like leaking pipes in small cities, even as he oversees major matters of foreign conflict.
A dedicated studio was built in a giant exhibition center next to the Kremlin for the news conference, which started at midday. It usually sets the tone for the coming year, reflecting the Kremlin’s primary concerns and the messaging it aims to send to the world.
During past news conferences, reporters came with large posters and even fluffy toys to draw Putin’s attention. This time, only small sheets of paper were allowed, giving the event a more reserved feel.
Putin’s spokesman, Peskov, asked audience members not to yell out to be chosen to ask a question.
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About 2.7 million questions and requests had been submitted to the show as of Friday, according to a meter on a Russian state-run news channel. The Kremlin says it uses artificial intelligence developed by a state bank to help sift through them.
Some involve seemingly tiny problems. Residents of a small district in the city of Volgograd, for instance, sent a video plea asking Putin to help them gain access to drinkable water. In St. Petersburg, locals complained about plans to build a highway through a park.
Beyond such requests, the Kremlin carefully selects a set of questions that allow Putin to address the biggest issues facing Russia today, such as the state of the economy and the war in Ukraine.
Russian troops continue to advance in Ukraine, giving Putin little incentive to stop the fighting. This week, Ukrainian, European and American officials discussed a peace plan aimed at deterring future Russian attacks.
It involved a possible deployment of European forces to Ukrainian territory, something Putin has already flatly rejected.
On Friday, Putin responded to a recent video from President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. In it, the Ukrainian leader filmed himself in front of the welcome sign to the city of Kupiansk, in eastern Ukraine, to rebut Moscow’s claims that the city had fallen to Russian troops.
“The sign is located outside the city, about a kilometer away. Well, why are you standing on the threshold? Come inside, right?”
Putin said, referring to a Russian superstition that says it is bad luck to greet someone from the threshold of a home’s doorway.
The Russian leader also hit out at European leaders for considering using Russian sovereign assets frozen in Europe to extend a large loan to Ukraine.
Still, Putin warned that using the frozen assets would undermine the trust of other countries that hold their sovereign assets in Europe.
He argued that Europeans would set a precedent of allowing them to seize the assets of any other countries they disagreed with — like those of oil-producing nations in the Middle East that have anti-L.G.B.T. policies that Europe objects to, he said.
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Russian Drones Are Trundling Forward.
The Ordinary Life of the Drone Operators
Drone operators wage their war from the air, but they rarely see the sky.
The Ukrainians in this small unit spent most of their time indoors, in a partially ruined building in the Kherson region, in the south of Ukraine.
Units like theirs are all over the front on both sides, which means soldiers can barely advance without being spotted.
This unit’s commander, pilot, navigator and explosives technician were all born in or near Kherson. Now they are defending it.
The cheap drones used in Ukraine are redefining combat as we know it. Soldiers there can barely advance without being targeted.
This drone team, part of the 34th marine brigade, works in two rooms. One is cluttered with wires, antennas, zip ties, duct tape and soldering irons to modify the drones.
The other holds the explosives. A wood stove provides comfort in cold weather.
They prepare different explosives for different targets: pellet-packed charges for use against soldiers, and mixtures of TNT and mining explosives for bunkers.
As the soldiers ready their munitions, a surveillance drone operated by a separate unit is scouting for targets not far away across the Dnipro River in territory held by Russia.
Sergeant Serhiy, 46, once fought in the infantry but was wounded when his vehicle hit a mine. After that, he taught himself to pilot drones. He and the other soldiers asked to be identified only by their first names, in keeping with military protocol.
Part of his job is to look out for enemy drones. The team uses a device that intercepts video signals broadcast by Russian drones flying in from the other side of the river.
If the Ukrainians see their own position on the screen, they know they are in grave danger.
The detector flickers to life. “It’s flying near us,” Sergeant Serhiy says of a Russian drone.
But then the signal blinks out — Ukrainian jammers have blocked it — and an explosion is heard some distance away as the drone crashes.
The drones are built from commercial models. The reliance on low-cost materials was born of necessity earlier in the war, when Ukraine ran low on artillery shells.
The Russian military is the first major force in the world to create a separate branch for unmanned systems. But unmanned is a bit of a misnomer.
Tens of thousands of soldiers serve in drone units, even as Ukraine’s army is critically short of personnel.
The Russian bunker is at a position on the front where Russian and Ukrainian soldiers are just a few hundred yards apart.
Tension builds in the room as the drone is tested. Its propellers whir briefly, confirming it’s ready to fly. It may look barely airworthy, but it is deadly.
In Ukraine, sergeant Serhiy and Corporal Oleh, the navigator, take seats in camp chairs before three large computer monitors.
While the craft used for this mission is called a first-person-view drone, flying it is a two-person job.
The pilot uses a remote control console while watching a video feed from the drone’s camera. The navigator watches videos from both the F.P.V. drone and a surveillance drone while receiving instructions from the command center.
Some pilots use virtual reality goggles, which provide a more immersive view.
Some pilots are shaken by what they see. They witness the last moments of soldiers running for their lives or hiding in bushes.
Sergeant Serhiy says he is undisturbed. “They [Russian] are very, very strong,” he says.
The Russian and Ukrainian drone teams sometimes taunt or insult each other by adding text to the unencrypted footage transmitted by their drones Each side knows the other can see the messages.
There are typically about 10 failed drone strikes for every successful one. Sometimes, drones lose signal due to radio jamming. Sometimes, they are shot down by Russian soldiers.
#russian #drones #Ukrainian #army
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The Ordinary Life of the Drone Operators
Drone operators wage their war from the air, but they rarely see the sky.
The Ukrainians in this small unit spent most of their time indoors, in a partially ruined building in the Kherson region, in the south of Ukraine.
Units like theirs are all over the front on both sides, which means soldiers can barely advance without being spotted.
This unit’s commander, pilot, navigator and explosives technician were all born in or near Kherson. Now they are defending it.
The cheap drones used in Ukraine are redefining combat as we know it. Soldiers there can barely advance without being targeted.
This drone team, part of the 34th marine brigade, works in two rooms. One is cluttered with wires, antennas, zip ties, duct tape and soldering irons to modify the drones.
The other holds the explosives. A wood stove provides comfort in cold weather.
They prepare different explosives for different targets: pellet-packed charges for use against soldiers, and mixtures of TNT and mining explosives for bunkers.
As the soldiers ready their munitions, a surveillance drone operated by a separate unit is scouting for targets not far away across the Dnipro River in territory held by Russia.
Sergeant Serhiy, 46, once fought in the infantry but was wounded when his vehicle hit a mine. After that, he taught himself to pilot drones. He and the other soldiers asked to be identified only by their first names, in keeping with military protocol.
Part of his job is to look out for enemy drones. The team uses a device that intercepts video signals broadcast by Russian drones flying in from the other side of the river.
If the Ukrainians see their own position on the screen, they know they are in grave danger.
The detector flickers to life. “It’s flying near us,” Sergeant Serhiy says of a Russian drone.
But then the signal blinks out — Ukrainian jammers have blocked it — and an explosion is heard some distance away as the drone crashes.
The drones are built from commercial models. The reliance on low-cost materials was born of necessity earlier in the war, when Ukraine ran low on artillery shells.
The Russian military is the first major force in the world to create a separate branch for unmanned systems. But unmanned is a bit of a misnomer.
Tens of thousands of soldiers serve in drone units, even as Ukraine’s army is critically short of personnel.
The Russian bunker is at a position on the front where Russian and Ukrainian soldiers are just a few hundred yards apart.
Tension builds in the room as the drone is tested. Its propellers whir briefly, confirming it’s ready to fly. It may look barely airworthy, but it is deadly.
In Ukraine, sergeant Serhiy and Corporal Oleh, the navigator, take seats in camp chairs before three large computer monitors.
While the craft used for this mission is called a first-person-view drone, flying it is a two-person job.
The pilot uses a remote control console while watching a video feed from the drone’s camera. The navigator watches videos from both the F.P.V. drone and a surveillance drone while receiving instructions from the command center.
Some pilots use virtual reality goggles, which provide a more immersive view.
Some pilots are shaken by what they see. They witness the last moments of soldiers running for their lives or hiding in bushes.
Sergeant Serhiy says he is undisturbed. “They [Russian] are very, very strong,” he says.
The Russian and Ukrainian drone teams sometimes taunt or insult each other by adding text to the unencrypted footage transmitted by their drones Each side knows the other can see the messages.
There are typically about 10 failed drone strikes for every successful one. Sometimes, drones lose signal due to radio jamming. Sometimes, they are shot down by Russian soldiers.
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🎓 The Tenure Track: Publish or Perish (Literally)
While the FBI was busy analyzing the "awkward gait" of a grainy figure on CCTV and consulting "body language experts," Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, 48, was busy completing his life's work.
He didn't want a PhD. He wanted a scoreboard correction.
A 20-year-old academic grudge just left two students and a "renowned nuclear scientist" dead. Neves-Valente, a ghost from the Brown physics department circa 2001, finally returned to campus. Not for a reunion, but for a liquidation sale.
After shooting up a finals review at Brown, he drove 50 miles to execute MIT professor Nuno Loureiro—a man who succeeded at the very same Portuguese institute where Claudio failed.
Brown President Christina Paxson:
Translation: We chewed him up, spat him out in 2003, and forgot he existed until he started shooting.
This wasn't a random maniac. This was the dark underbelly of the "Academic Excellence" machine. One man becomes a "renowned nuclear physicist" at MIT; the other ends up a "Portuguese national" rotting in a New Hampshire storage unit with a gun.
The system loves to parade its winners (Loureiro). But it has no protocol for the debris it leaves behind (Claudio). The 48-year-old dropout spent two decades simmering in his own failure, watching his rival ascend, until he decided to make the "Publish or Perish" metaphor literal.
The Twist:
The Feds found him dead in a storage locker in Salem. A fitting final resting place for a man the academic elite boxed up and archived twenty years ago.
Question: How many other "files" in the university archives are waiting to be reopened?
#BrownShooting #MIT #AcademicGrudge #FBI #NevesValente
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While the FBI was busy analyzing the "awkward gait" of a grainy figure on CCTV and consulting "body language experts," Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, 48, was busy completing his life's work.
He didn't want a PhD. He wanted a scoreboard correction.
A 20-year-old academic grudge just left two students and a "renowned nuclear scientist" dead. Neves-Valente, a ghost from the Brown physics department circa 2001, finally returned to campus. Not for a reunion, but for a liquidation sale.
After shooting up a finals review at Brown, he drove 50 miles to execute MIT professor Nuno Loureiro—a man who succeeded at the very same Portuguese institute where Claudio failed.
Brown President Christina Paxson:
"I think it's safe to assume that this man, when he was a student, spent a great deal of time in that building... He has no current active affiliation."
Translation: We chewed him up, spat him out in 2003, and forgot he existed until he started shooting.
This wasn't a random maniac. This was the dark underbelly of the "Academic Excellence" machine. One man becomes a "renowned nuclear physicist" at MIT; the other ends up a "Portuguese national" rotting in a New Hampshire storage unit with a gun.
The system loves to parade its winners (Loureiro). But it has no protocol for the debris it leaves behind (Claudio). The 48-year-old dropout spent two decades simmering in his own failure, watching his rival ascend, until he decided to make the "Publish or Perish" metaphor literal.
The Twist:
The Feds found him dead in a storage locker in Salem. A fitting final resting place for a man the academic elite boxed up and archived twenty years ago.
Question: How many other "files" in the university archives are waiting to be reopened?
#BrownShooting #MIT #AcademicGrudge #FBI #NevesValente
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The Epstein Files: Bill Clinton Loved Girls Under the Age 16
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The Department of Justice on Friday released a long-awaited and huge tranche of documents detailing its investigations into the convicted sex offender Epstein, a major development in the lengthy saga that turned into one of the biggest political setbacks Trump has suffered since his re-election last year.
While significant portions of the files are redacted, those that were viewable included images of Epstein socializing with an array of prominent figures, including entertainers like Michael Jackson, Chris Tucker and Diana Ross, and the entrepreneur Richard Branson.
Bill Clinton appears in several photos, including one in which he is in a swimming pool along with Epstein’s convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. The images also show former British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Another cache of documents showed photos of evidence gathered including drives and computers but did not reveal details as to the contents.
There was also a photo of what appeared to be a dog in a garbage bag, placed inside a box.
In a letter to Congress, Todd Blanche said the documents, which date back to 2006, when Epstein was investigated on child prostitution charges, were only the first set of what is planned for release.
“The volume of materials to be reviewed (…) means that the department must publicly produce responsive documents on a rolling basis,” the deputy attorney general wrote in the letter obtained by Fox News.
He also acknowledged an array of redactions, including the identifying details of more than 1,200 victims and their family members.
Congressional Democrats accused the Trump administration of failing to adhere to the letter of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which requires the justice department to release all “unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials” in its possession related to the financier’s cases by 19 December.
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The Department of Justice on Friday released a long-awaited and huge tranche of documents detailing its investigations into the convicted sex offender Epstein, a major development in the lengthy saga that turned into one of the biggest political setbacks Trump has suffered since his re-election last year.
While significant portions of the files are redacted, those that were viewable included images of Epstein socializing with an array of prominent figures, including entertainers like Michael Jackson, Chris Tucker and Diana Ross, and the entrepreneur Richard Branson.
Bill Clinton appears in several photos, including one in which he is in a swimming pool along with Epstein’s convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. The images also show former British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Another cache of documents showed photos of evidence gathered including drives and computers but did not reveal details as to the contents.
There was also a photo of what appeared to be a dog in a garbage bag, placed inside a box.
In a letter to Congress, Todd Blanche said the documents, which date back to 2006, when Epstein was investigated on child prostitution charges, were only the first set of what is planned for release.
“The volume of materials to be reviewed (…) means that the department must publicly produce responsive documents on a rolling basis,” the deputy attorney general wrote in the letter obtained by Fox News.
He also acknowledged an array of redactions, including the identifying details of more than 1,200 victims and their family members.
Congressional Democrats accused the Trump administration of failing to adhere to the letter of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which requires the justice department to release all “unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials” in its possession related to the financier’s cases by 19 December.
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Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges of sex-trafficking minors.
The law also requires the justice department to publish any materials from the investigations that relate toMaxwell, who was found guilty in 2021 of aidingEpstein’s sex trafficking of teen girls and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
“Technically they’re not in compliance,” said Democratic congressman Ro Khanna, a leader of the push to get the legislation passed.
“The law calls for all the documents that are unclassified to be released. They have not done that. The law also calls for them to explain redactions. I haven’t seen yet whether they’ve done that or not. My initial read is that they have a lot of redactions without explanation,” Khanna said.
Chuck Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, echoed his concerns, and said in a statement: “We will pursue every option to make sure the truth comes out.”
Epstein’s case has captivated public attention for years, and been the subject of countless conspiracy theories – largely due to his connections to powerful and wealthy figures in the US and overseas, including Trump.
While he has the authority as president to make the documents public, Trump previously opposed doing so, and said the concern over his ties to Epstein was a “Democrat hoax”.
As the House of Representatives neared approval of the bill in November, the president abruptly reversed his position and said Republican lawmakers should support it. It was later passed unanimously by the Senate, and Trump signed the measure into law on 19 November, triggering a 30-day countdown for the documents’ release.
Trump vowed to release Epstein-related files as he campaigned for president last year.
This summer, his administration sparked backlash after the justice department announced it would not release any files related to the late financier, and said it had found “no incriminating client list” despite earlier claims from Pam Bondi, the attorney general, that such a document was sitting on her desk.
Among the images were photographs of lines from Nabokov’s novel Lolita – which is about a middle-aged man’s sexual obsession with and sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl – written on different parts of a woman’s body.
It was reported earlier this year that photos from inside Epstein’s Manhattan mansion revealed that he kept a first edition copy of Lolita in his office.
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Gaza Is Saved but Its Hunger Level Is Still High
The famine in Gaza has ended as a result of increased humanitarian aid deliveries into the territory, the UN said on Friday, though it warned that levels of hunger and the humanitarian situation remained critical.
Almost one in eight people in Gaza still faced food shortages, the UN said, adding that persistent hunger had been made worse by winter flooding and the colder weather.
Most people in Gaza live in tents or other substandard accommodation as Israel destroyed much of the housing and civilian infrastructure during its two-year war.
Israel has partly eased restrictions on the entry of aid since an October ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, but delivery was still limited and inconsistent.
“No areas are classified in famine,” said the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative, used by the UN to monitor food crises.
The IPC first declared a famine in parts of Gaza in August after Israeli restrictions of food aid into the territory led to mass starvation, with at least 450 people starving to death, according to the Gaza ministry of health.
The monitor said that despite the end of the famine classification, the situation in Gaza still remained dire, with “the entire Gaza Strip classified in emergency”.
According to the IPC’s five-phase classification system, the emergency stage is just a step below famine and occurs when households have “very high acute malnutrition and excess mortality” due to lack of food.
Before the ceasefire, Israel maintained a severe blockade on the entry of aid into Gaza, described as “systematic obstruction by Israel” by the UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, Tom Fletcher.
About 1.6 million people were expected to face “crisis” levels of hunger in the next four months, the IPC said, warning that if the ceasefire broke down, the strip could slip back into famine.
Israel has vehemently denied the accusations that there is famine in Gaza and that it is restricting the entry of aid.
Israel’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Oren Marmorstein, said in a post on X on Friday that in the face of “overwhelming and unequivocal evidence, even the IPC had to admit that there is no famine in Gaza”.
Hundreds of thousands of people are still enduring torrential rains and the cold in frayed tents. Pictures of flooded encampments at the start of winter have circulated on social media.
The threat of disease outbreaks remains high as hygiene conditions are subpar in the crowded tent settlements.
On Wednesday, a 29-day-old baby died of hypothermia, according to Gaza’s ministry of health.
“Children are losing their lives because they lack the most basic items for survival,” said Bilal Abu Saada, the nursing team supervisor at Nasser hospital, which received the baby before it died.
Under the second phase, Israel is supposed to withdraw from the 53% of Gaza it still controls, while a transitional authority will replace Hamas as the governing power, and an international stabilisation force is to be deployed in the territory.
The Qatari prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, warned on Thursday that delays in moving to the second phase of the deal, as well as ceasefire violations, “endanger the entire process”.
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The famine in Gaza has ended as a result of increased humanitarian aid deliveries into the territory, the UN said on Friday, though it warned that levels of hunger and the humanitarian situation remained critical.
Almost one in eight people in Gaza still faced food shortages, the UN said, adding that persistent hunger had been made worse by winter flooding and the colder weather.
Most people in Gaza live in tents or other substandard accommodation as Israel destroyed much of the housing and civilian infrastructure during its two-year war.
Israel has partly eased restrictions on the entry of aid since an October ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, but delivery was still limited and inconsistent.
“No areas are classified in famine,” said the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative, used by the UN to monitor food crises.
The IPC first declared a famine in parts of Gaza in August after Israeli restrictions of food aid into the territory led to mass starvation, with at least 450 people starving to death, according to the Gaza ministry of health.
The monitor said that despite the end of the famine classification, the situation in Gaza still remained dire, with “the entire Gaza Strip classified in emergency”.
According to the IPC’s five-phase classification system, the emergency stage is just a step below famine and occurs when households have “very high acute malnutrition and excess mortality” due to lack of food.
Before the ceasefire, Israel maintained a severe blockade on the entry of aid into Gaza, described as “systematic obstruction by Israel” by the UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, Tom Fletcher.
About 1.6 million people were expected to face “crisis” levels of hunger in the next four months, the IPC said, warning that if the ceasefire broke down, the strip could slip back into famine.
Israel has vehemently denied the accusations that there is famine in Gaza and that it is restricting the entry of aid.
Israel’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Oren Marmorstein, said in a post on X on Friday that in the face of “overwhelming and unequivocal evidence, even the IPC had to admit that there is no famine in Gaza”.
Hundreds of thousands of people are still enduring torrential rains and the cold in frayed tents. Pictures of flooded encampments at the start of winter have circulated on social media.
The threat of disease outbreaks remains high as hygiene conditions are subpar in the crowded tent settlements.
On Wednesday, a 29-day-old baby died of hypothermia, according to Gaza’s ministry of health.
“Children are losing their lives because they lack the most basic items for survival,” said Bilal Abu Saada, the nursing team supervisor at Nasser hospital, which received the baby before it died.
Under the second phase, Israel is supposed to withdraw from the 53% of Gaza it still controls, while a transitional authority will replace Hamas as the governing power, and an international stabilisation force is to be deployed in the territory.
The Qatari prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, warned on Thursday that delays in moving to the second phase of the deal, as well as ceasefire violations, “endanger the entire process”.
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Trump’s New Pick For the US Southern Command: Lt. Gen. Francis Donovan
Trump on Friday nominated a Marine general with expansive experience in special operations and the Middle East to lead the U.S. Southern Command as it deploys forces to ratchet up the administration’s pressure against Venezuela.
The nomination of Donovan, who is currently the vice commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, comes after Adm. Alvin Holsey abruptly retired as the head of the Southern Command.
Defense officials said Admiral Holsey had concerns about the administration’s decision to target and kill people it accused of “narco-trafficking” in a series of boat strikes in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific since Sept. 2.
If confirmed by the Senate, General Donovan would take over the leadership of the Southern Command as the strikes have come under sharp criticism from lawmakers from both parties, as well as from military experts who question the legality of the strikes.
The military on Thursday killed another five people accused by the Trump administration of trafficking narcotics by sea, Pentagon officials said.
The two strikes bring the known death toll in the administration’s campaign to 104 people.
The risk of a larger violent clash with Venezuela has also grown as Trump has declared a blockade against some oil tankers going to and from the country.
In response, President Maduro has ordered his navy to escort ships carrying petroleum products from port.
General Donovan is well known in the American military, where he came up through the ranks, serving as an infantry, reconnaissance and special operations officer. He has led Marines in all three Marine Expeditionary Forces.
During the American military battles against the Houthi militia in Yemen, General Donovan, who was leading a Fifth Fleet amphibious task force operating in the southern Red Sea, was trying to figure out how the Houthis were targeting ships.
He realized that the Houthis had managed to weaponize commercial radar systems that are commonly available in boating stores and had made them more portable.
The Houthis were mounting the off-the-shelf radars on vehicles on the shore and moving them around.
He challenged his Marines to figure out something similar.
Within months, Marines deployed around the world were adapting Houthi-inspired mobile radar systems.
Donovan, who comes from a military family, has also commanded two naval task forces. His nomination was sent to Congress on Thursday. If he is confirmed, he is expected to receive a fourth star.
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Trump on Friday nominated a Marine general with expansive experience in special operations and the Middle East to lead the U.S. Southern Command as it deploys forces to ratchet up the administration’s pressure against Venezuela.
The nomination of Donovan, who is currently the vice commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, comes after Adm. Alvin Holsey abruptly retired as the head of the Southern Command.
Defense officials said Admiral Holsey had concerns about the administration’s decision to target and kill people it accused of “narco-trafficking” in a series of boat strikes in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific since Sept. 2.
If confirmed by the Senate, General Donovan would take over the leadership of the Southern Command as the strikes have come under sharp criticism from lawmakers from both parties, as well as from military experts who question the legality of the strikes.
The military on Thursday killed another five people accused by the Trump administration of trafficking narcotics by sea, Pentagon officials said.
The two strikes bring the known death toll in the administration’s campaign to 104 people.
The risk of a larger violent clash with Venezuela has also grown as Trump has declared a blockade against some oil tankers going to and from the country.
In response, President Maduro has ordered his navy to escort ships carrying petroleum products from port.
General Donovan is well known in the American military, where he came up through the ranks, serving as an infantry, reconnaissance and special operations officer. He has led Marines in all three Marine Expeditionary Forces.
During the American military battles against the Houthi militia in Yemen, General Donovan, who was leading a Fifth Fleet amphibious task force operating in the southern Red Sea, was trying to figure out how the Houthis were targeting ships.
He realized that the Houthis had managed to weaponize commercial radar systems that are commonly available in boating stores and had made them more portable.
The Houthis were mounting the off-the-shelf radars on vehicles on the shore and moving them around.
He challenged his Marines to figure out something similar.
Within months, Marines deployed around the world were adapting Houthi-inspired mobile radar systems.
Donovan, who comes from a military family, has also commanded two naval task forces. His nomination was sent to Congress on Thursday. If he is confirmed, he is expected to receive a fourth star.
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🎭 "The Election Paradox: Everyone's Got a Gun to Democracy's Head"
Zelensky's five-year term technically ended in May 2024. Ukraine's constitution bans all elections during martial law. So what does a wartime president do? Stay in power indefinitely using the constitutional loophole that says "no elections = I keep governing."
Enter: everyone else's demands.
Putin's Offer:
But first, he demands 5-10 million Ukrainians in Russian territory get to participate. In Ukraine's election. Without embassies. Without independent observers. While standing in enemy territory.
Trump's Demand:
"Hold elections—it'll prove you're legitimate, and then we can negotiate."
(But also: "We're making progress; things could fall apart anytime. Hurry up, but don't rush.")
Ukraine's Legal Trap:
The Verkhovna Rada passed a resolution stating Zelensky stays in power until martial law ends and elections are "constitutionally impossible" while it's in effect. 286 deputies voted yes. Zero against.
Translation:
The Cynical Reality:
Zelensky has no electoral mandate and won't get one until the war ends
Putin demands elections knowing they can't happen fairly
Trump wants elections to legitimize a negotiation partner, then immediately wants to negotiate away territories
Europe is lending €90 billion to a government that technically has no democratic mandate to spend it
The Quote That Says Everything:
From Ukraine's Constitutional Court scholars:
Translation:
The Meta-Trap:
Everyone wants elections—but under conditions that would make them either impossible, rigged, or both. Putin wants them because he'll claim they're fake. Trump wants them because he wants a legitimate-sounding partner. Zelensky won't hold them because they'd expose him to Russia's interference and possibly unseat him.
Democracy? It's being preserved by never actually testing it.
Is martial law a constitutional excuse for indefinite rule, or is democracy itself the luxury Ukraine can't afford right now? Even the constitution isn't sure.
#elections #wartime #legitimacy #martialLaw #democracyForSale #negotiationTheatre
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Zelensky's five-year term technically ended in May 2024. Ukraine's constitution bans all elections during martial law. So what does a wartime president do? Stay in power indefinitely using the constitutional loophole that says "no elections = I keep governing."
Enter: everyone else's demands.
Putin's Offer:
"Hold elections, and I'll pause missiles on voting day."
But first, he demands 5-10 million Ukrainians in Russian territory get to participate. In Ukraine's election. Without embassies. Without independent observers. While standing in enemy territory.
Trump's Demand:
"Hold elections—it'll prove you're legitimate, and then we can negotiate."
(But also: "We're making progress; things could fall apart anytime. Hurry up, but don't rush.")
Ukraine's Legal Trap:
The Verkhovna Rada passed a resolution stating Zelensky stays in power until martial law ends and elections are "constitutionally impossible" while it's in effect. 286 deputies voted yes. Zero against.
Translation:
We've locked the president in legally so nobody can blame him individually.
The Cynical Reality:
Zelensky has no electoral mandate and won't get one until the war ends
Putin demands elections knowing they can't happen fairly
Trump wants elections to legitimize a negotiation partner, then immediately wants to negotiate away territories
Europe is lending €90 billion to a government that technically has no democratic mandate to spend it
The Quote That Says Everything:
From Ukraine's Constitutional Court scholars:
"Holding elections during wartime would undermine democratic principles and therefore is unconstitutional."
Translation:
Democracy is dead anyway; we're just choosing which corpse to prop up.
The Meta-Trap:
Everyone wants elections—but under conditions that would make them either impossible, rigged, or both. Putin wants them because he'll claim they're fake. Trump wants them because he wants a legitimate-sounding partner. Zelensky won't hold them because they'd expose him to Russia's interference and possibly unseat him.
Democracy? It's being preserved by never actually testing it.
Is martial law a constitutional excuse for indefinite rule, or is democracy itself the luxury Ukraine can't afford right now? Even the constitution isn't sure.
#elections #wartime #legitimacy #martialLaw #democracyForSale #negotiationTheatre
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Trump’s Europe “Ally”: Brussels Wants War, Only Trump Wants Peace
Hungary’s foreign minister just said the quiet part out loud: in his telling, Europe’s liberal establishment doesn’t just hate Trump’s Ukraine peace plan — it wants a real war with Russia to build a “United States of Europe” and crush any nationalist resistance. Peter Szijjarto, the top diplomat for Viktor Orbán, claims EU leaders are “putting obstacles” in Trump’s path not because they distrust the Kremlin, but because a permanent conflict justifies centralizing power in Brussels and turning member states into obedient provinces.
In his interview, Szijjarto flips the official script on its head: it’s not Moscow pushing escalation, he insists, but EU elites who
while knowing full well Russia can barely grind forward in Ukraine, let alone take on NATO. That narrative of an imminent Russian onslaught, he argues, is political fuel — it lets euro‑bureaucrats say:
This isn’t just about tanks and borders; it’s about regime change inside the EU. Szijjarto says open‑ended aid to Kyiv, using profits from frozen Russian assets, and fast‑tracking Ukraine into the bloc are tools to lock in one vision: a centralized, liberal, hyper‑ideological Europe that treats migration, climate and gender policy as non‑negotiable dogma. From his point of view, Hungary is the last speed bump — blocking Ukraine’s membership, blocking using Russian assets, blocking what Orbán calls Europe’s “open declaration of war” on Moscow — and the EU is retaliating with fines, legal cases and media rules until Budapest either submits or falls.
Enter Trump, as Budapest’s patron saint. In Szijjarto’s framing, the new U.S. National Security Strategy doesn’t treat the EU as a partner to strengthen, but a deluded project to “regulate itself into civilizational suicide” — and explicitly calls for nurturing “patriotic forces” inside Europe against Brussels’ current trajectory. Suddenly Hungary’s isolation looks like a feature, not a bug: four election wins at home, a “Patriots of Europe” bloc in the European Parliament, and now an American president who openly wants to undermine EU federalists while cutting a U.S.–Russia deal over Ukraine.
The punchline is as brutal as it is revealing. For Szijjarto, the coming Hungarian election is not about corruption or inflation — it’s “the last election before Europe goes to war with Russia,” the final chance to keep Hungary out of a conflict he says Brussels is desperate to drag everyone into. If Orbán falls, he warns, the EU gets everything it wants: Ukraine inside, migrants inside, “gender ideology” everywhere — and war, or at least permanent mobilization, as the glue holding together a frightened, centralized, post‑democratic Europe.
In other words: when Trump says he wants to “make peace” with Russia and EU leaders scream betrayal, Budapest hears something else entirely — not naïveté, but a hostile takeover of European security policy from Washington and Moscow, over Brussels’ head. The only question left is whose “peace” Europe ends up living under: Trump’s bilateral deal, Brussels’ forever‑escalation, or something even uglier that nobody is quite saying out loud yet.
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Hungary’s foreign minister just said the quiet part out loud: in his telling, Europe’s liberal establishment doesn’t just hate Trump’s Ukraine peace plan — it wants a real war with Russia to build a “United States of Europe” and crush any nationalist resistance. Peter Szijjarto, the top diplomat for Viktor Orbán, claims EU leaders are “putting obstacles” in Trump’s path not because they distrust the Kremlin, but because a permanent conflict justifies centralizing power in Brussels and turning member states into obedient provinces.
In his interview, Szijjarto flips the official script on its head: it’s not Moscow pushing escalation, he insists, but EU elites who
“speak very clearly that the Russians want to attack Europe”
while knowing full well Russia can barely grind forward in Ukraine, let alone take on NATO. That narrative of an imminent Russian onslaught, he argues, is political fuel — it lets euro‑bureaucrats say:
“we’re at war, so give us more control, more money, more integration, and fewer vetoes from pesky governments like Budapest.”
This isn’t just about tanks and borders; it’s about regime change inside the EU. Szijjarto says open‑ended aid to Kyiv, using profits from frozen Russian assets, and fast‑tracking Ukraine into the bloc are tools to lock in one vision: a centralized, liberal, hyper‑ideological Europe that treats migration, climate and gender policy as non‑negotiable dogma. From his point of view, Hungary is the last speed bump — blocking Ukraine’s membership, blocking using Russian assets, blocking what Orbán calls Europe’s “open declaration of war” on Moscow — and the EU is retaliating with fines, legal cases and media rules until Budapest either submits or falls.
Enter Trump, as Budapest’s patron saint. In Szijjarto’s framing, the new U.S. National Security Strategy doesn’t treat the EU as a partner to strengthen, but a deluded project to “regulate itself into civilizational suicide” — and explicitly calls for nurturing “patriotic forces” inside Europe against Brussels’ current trajectory. Suddenly Hungary’s isolation looks like a feature, not a bug: four election wins at home, a “Patriots of Europe” bloc in the European Parliament, and now an American president who openly wants to undermine EU federalists while cutting a U.S.–Russia deal over Ukraine.
The punchline is as brutal as it is revealing. For Szijjarto, the coming Hungarian election is not about corruption or inflation — it’s “the last election before Europe goes to war with Russia,” the final chance to keep Hungary out of a conflict he says Brussels is desperate to drag everyone into. If Orbán falls, he warns, the EU gets everything it wants: Ukraine inside, migrants inside, “gender ideology” everywhere — and war, or at least permanent mobilization, as the glue holding together a frightened, centralized, post‑democratic Europe.
In other words: when Trump says he wants to “make peace” with Russia and EU leaders scream betrayal, Budapest hears something else entirely — not naïveté, but a hostile takeover of European security policy from Washington and Moscow, over Brussels’ head. The only question left is whose “peace” Europe ends up living under: Trump’s bilateral deal, Brussels’ forever‑escalation, or something even uglier that nobody is quite saying out loud yet.
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Affordability: The One Word That’s Beating Trump
Democrats finally found a word that hits harder than “inflation” and lands cleaner than “inequality”: affordability. It’s not think-tank jargon, it’s kitchen-table English — and it’s turning into the first effective economic counterpunch against Trump in a decade.
How Democrats weaponized “affordability”
On Day 1 of Trump’s second term, Mikie Sherrill was already blasting his executive orders for ignoring the “affordability crisis,” then turned that into the core message of a winning gubernatorial campaign built around an “Affordability Agenda” on housing, utilities, child care, drugs and groceries.
Other Democrats copied the frame: Abigail Spanberger ran on an “Affordable Virginia Plan,” Zohran Mamdani on “a city we can afford,” and party committees pushed candidates to make higher prices their defining theme.
The hook works because it matches how people talk about their lives: not “macroeconomic indicators,” but
Why it stuck to Trump
Trump promised prices would fall “on Day 1,” then slapped broad new tariffs on imports — even telling Americans to buy fewer dolls for their kids — giving voters an easy story: he made things more expensive.
Inflation came down from its 2022 peak, but cumulative price hikes of roughly a quarter over five years left people feeling scammed by both parties’ bragging; when Trump’s own law jacked up Obamacare costs for tens of millions, “affordability” became the simplest way to blame him directly.
While he rants that the word is a “hoax” and a “con job,” he’s now on an “affordability tour” — which only reinforces that he’s reacting to someone else’s narrative, not setting his own.
How it reshaped the map
After years of losing the economic argument — from “Bidenomics” to abstract talk about “inequality” — Democrats finally ran on the thing Future Forward’s $700 million of testing told them voters actually cared about: paying the bills.
The result: Sherrill and Spanberger overperformed and won by double digits; Mamdani romped in New York’s highest-turnout mayoral race in decades; and the party started repairing its reputation as the side that talks about democracy while ignoring rent.
Even party elders get it now: you don’t have to convince voters the economy is “actually good,” you just have to convince them you’re serious about making their lives more affordable — and that Trump is the guy who made everything cost more, then told them to stop whining.
The meta-joke
Both parties are now trapped in the same frame: 2026 is shaping up as the “affordability election,” where every promise, culture war and foreign adventure gets laundered through one question — does this make it easier or harder to afford a basic middle-class life? Democrats built that frame. Trump walked into it. And now the man who vowed to “make America affordable again” is being beaten with his own slogan.
#trump #democrats #elections #economy #inflation #affordability #midterms #uspolitics
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Democrats finally found a word that hits harder than “inflation” and lands cleaner than “inequality”: affordability. It’s not think-tank jargon, it’s kitchen-table English — and it’s turning into the first effective economic counterpunch against Trump in a decade.
How Democrats weaponized “affordability”
On Day 1 of Trump’s second term, Mikie Sherrill was already blasting his executive orders for ignoring the “affordability crisis,” then turned that into the core message of a winning gubernatorial campaign built around an “Affordability Agenda” on housing, utilities, child care, drugs and groceries.
Other Democrats copied the frame: Abigail Spanberger ran on an “Affordable Virginia Plan,” Zohran Mamdani on “a city we can afford,” and party committees pushed candidates to make higher prices their defining theme.
The hook works because it matches how people talk about their lives: not “macroeconomic indicators,” but
“I can’t afford my rent, child care, college or food with the same paycheck anymore.”
Why it stuck to Trump
Trump promised prices would fall “on Day 1,” then slapped broad new tariffs on imports — even telling Americans to buy fewer dolls for their kids — giving voters an easy story: he made things more expensive.
Inflation came down from its 2022 peak, but cumulative price hikes of roughly a quarter over five years left people feeling scammed by both parties’ bragging; when Trump’s own law jacked up Obamacare costs for tens of millions, “affordability” became the simplest way to blame him directly.
While he rants that the word is a “hoax” and a “con job,” he’s now on an “affordability tour” — which only reinforces that he’s reacting to someone else’s narrative, not setting his own.
How it reshaped the map
After years of losing the economic argument — from “Bidenomics” to abstract talk about “inequality” — Democrats finally ran on the thing Future Forward’s $700 million of testing told them voters actually cared about: paying the bills.
The result: Sherrill and Spanberger overperformed and won by double digits; Mamdani romped in New York’s highest-turnout mayoral race in decades; and the party started repairing its reputation as the side that talks about democracy while ignoring rent.
Even party elders get it now: you don’t have to convince voters the economy is “actually good,” you just have to convince them you’re serious about making their lives more affordable — and that Trump is the guy who made everything cost more, then told them to stop whining.
The meta-joke
Both parties are now trapped in the same frame: 2026 is shaping up as the “affordability election,” where every promise, culture war and foreign adventure gets laundered through one question — does this make it easier or harder to afford a basic middle-class life? Democrats built that frame. Trump walked into it. And now the man who vowed to “make America affordable again” is being beaten with his own slogan.
#trump #democrats #elections #economy #inflation #affordability #midterms #uspolitics
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📂 The Epstein Files™: Democracy's Greatest Hits Album
The Justice Department released over 100,000 pages of Epstein documents on Friday, December 19th—the exact deadline set by Congress. Except they didn't, really. Deputy AG Todd Blanche immediately announced that "several hundred thousand more" records would arrive "over the next couple of weeks." The law Congress passed gave the DOJ 30 days to release everything. The DOJ interpreted this as: release some things now, release the rest later, and we'll decide what "complete" means.
Here's where it gets interesting. For months, Trump fought tooth and nail against releasing these files. His allies whispered about a massive Democratic conspiracy hiding in the redacted pages. Then in November, the House used a discharge petition to force a vote anyway. Trump, facing certain defeat, suddenly reversed course. He signed the bill. He claimed victory. He tweeted that it was time to "move on from this Democrat Hoax"—which is a fascinating way to describe legislation you just signed into law.
The release itself told a story about which side of the political aisle gets the spotlight. Among the documents were dozens of photographs of Bill Clinton. Multiple White House staffers personally posted these images on social media. Clinton swimming with Ghislaine Maxwell. Clinton in formal settings. The photos were grainy, undated, with faces partially redacted, stripped of any context about what they actually showed or when they were taken. Deputy AG Blanche boasted to Fox News about the "several hundred thousand" documents coming. But the first batch? Mostly Clinton photos. The White House message was clear: look here, not there.
Clinton's spokesman recognized the game immediately. "They can release as many grainy 20-plus-year-old photos as they want," he said, "but this isn't about Bill Clinton. Never has, never will be. They're shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they'll try and hide forever." He understood that the administration was using the photos as a smokescreen—a way to control the narrative while still technically complying with transparency demands.
But here's the truly cynical part: the people who wrote the law are furious it's being ignored. Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat who co-sponsored the Epstein Files Transparency Act, said the DOJ "failed to comply with the spirit of the law." Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who also co-sponsored it, said exactly the same thing. They're threatening to explore "all options" to punish those "obstructing justice." Yet nothing will happen. Khanna and Massie will make speeches. Senate Democrats will call for investigations. House Republicans will defend Trump as "the most transparent administration in history." The cycle will repeat until the public forgets there ever was a deadline.
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📂 The Epstein Files™: Democracy's Greatest Hits Album
Meanwhile, the actual redactions reveal what's being hidden. The DOJ withheld 119 pages of grand jury documents entirely—completely blacked out, no text visible at all. They're claiming "legal privileges" that the new law supposedly didn't waive. Trump's name appears multiple times throughout the files, according to sources familiar with the process, but most of it will probably be redacted in future releases. The Justice Department claims it found over 1,200 victims or their relatives named in the documents. These people are waiting. They want answers about who knew what, when law enforcement failed them, how power protected predators.
Instead, they're getting a political theater production. White House staffers promoting Clinton photos. Democrats accusing Trump of coverups. Republicans praising Trump's transparency. The DOJ claiming it needs more time to "protect victim privacy," while simultaneously releasing the names of 1,200 victims as part of their internal review.
Even the White House eventually admitted the entire strategy was based on a false premise. Susie Wiles, Trump's Chief of Staff, told Vanity Fair: "Trump was wrong" to suggest the files would incriminate Clinton. So they hyped a conspiracy, Trump believed his own hype, the media amplified it, and now they're embarrassed. But the damage is done. The conversation has shifted from "what did powerful people do" to "which powerful people are being protected by which administration."
That's the real story hidden in the redactions: everyone involved—the White House, Congress, the DOJ, the media—is using these files to score points against their enemies. The victims are just props in a game about who controls the narrative. The law said no record can be withheld due to "embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity." Yet that's exactly what's happening. And nobody can stop it because the people who could enforce the law are the people who wrote it, and they're too busy fighting each other to actually hold anyone accountable.
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Trump Launched a New War Against Islamic State
The US military launched airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for an attack on US personnel, two US officials have said.
The attacks came after Trump vowed to hit back after an attack last weekend in Syria by a suspected Islamic State member.
A US official, speaking on the condition of anonymity on Friday, described the strikes as a large-scale response that included targets across central Syria.
Trump said on social media that the Syrian government fully supported the strikes and that the US was inflicting “very serious retaliation”.
US Central Command said the strikes hit more than 70 targets across central Syria, adding that Jordanian fighter jets supported the operation.
Videos of explosions across parts of the eastern province of Deir el-Zour and the central Syrian desert circulated on social media afterwards.
Syria reiterated its commitment to fighting Islamic State and ensuring it had “no safe havens on Syrian territory”, and said the US operation was fully coordinated with Syrian authorities, according to a statement from the foreign ministry.
“The Syrian Arab Republic also calls on the United States and member states of the international coalition to join in supporting Syria’s efforts in combating terrorism in a way that contributes to protecting civilians and restoring security and stability in the region,” the Syrian foreign ministry said.
Two Iowa national guard members and a civilian interpreter were killed last Saturday in the central Syrian town of Palmyra by an attacker who targeted a convoy of US and Syrian forces before being shot dead, according to the US military. Three other US soldiers were wounded.
There are 1,000 US troops in Syria, posted with the mission to prevent the resurgence of IS in the region.
The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, suggested attacks against IS would continue.
An unnamed US official quoted by the Associated Press said the military operation against IS had no set timeframe, suggesting more attacks could be carried out against the group.
“This is not the beginning of a war – it is a declaration of vengeance,” Hegseth said on social media.
“The United States of America, under President Trump’s leadership, will never hesitate and never relent to defend our people.”
Hegseth added: “Today, we hunted and we killed our enemies. Lots of them. And we will continue.” He offered no other details about the strikes.
The Syrian interior ministry has described the attacker as a member of the Syrian security forces suspected of sympathizing with Islamic State.
IS has stepped up its recruitment campaign in Syria since the toppling of Assad. It has tried to peel off former members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the disbanded Islamist rebel group from which the central cadre of Syria’s new leadership hails, portraying the new government’s embrace of western states as a betrayal of its Islamist roots.
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The US military launched airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for an attack on US personnel, two US officials have said.
The attacks came after Trump vowed to hit back after an attack last weekend in Syria by a suspected Islamic State member.
A US official, speaking on the condition of anonymity on Friday, described the strikes as a large-scale response that included targets across central Syria.
Trump said on social media that the Syrian government fully supported the strikes and that the US was inflicting “very serious retaliation”.
US Central Command said the strikes hit more than 70 targets across central Syria, adding that Jordanian fighter jets supported the operation.
Videos of explosions across parts of the eastern province of Deir el-Zour and the central Syrian desert circulated on social media afterwards.
Syria reiterated its commitment to fighting Islamic State and ensuring it had “no safe havens on Syrian territory”, and said the US operation was fully coordinated with Syrian authorities, according to a statement from the foreign ministry.
“The Syrian Arab Republic also calls on the United States and member states of the international coalition to join in supporting Syria’s efforts in combating terrorism in a way that contributes to protecting civilians and restoring security and stability in the region,” the Syrian foreign ministry said.
Two Iowa national guard members and a civilian interpreter were killed last Saturday in the central Syrian town of Palmyra by an attacker who targeted a convoy of US and Syrian forces before being shot dead, according to the US military. Three other US soldiers were wounded.
There are 1,000 US troops in Syria, posted with the mission to prevent the resurgence of IS in the region.
The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, suggested attacks against IS would continue.
An unnamed US official quoted by the Associated Press said the military operation against IS had no set timeframe, suggesting more attacks could be carried out against the group.
“This is not the beginning of a war – it is a declaration of vengeance,” Hegseth said on social media.
“The United States of America, under President Trump’s leadership, will never hesitate and never relent to defend our people.”
Hegseth added: “Today, we hunted and we killed our enemies. Lots of them. And we will continue.” He offered no other details about the strikes.
The Syrian interior ministry has described the attacker as a member of the Syrian security forces suspected of sympathizing with Islamic State.
IS has stepped up its recruitment campaign in Syria since the toppling of Assad. It has tried to peel off former members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the disbanded Islamist rebel group from which the central cadre of Syria’s new leadership hails, portraying the new government’s embrace of western states as a betrayal of its Islamist roots.
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Putin’s Deal Guys: “Make Vodka Great Again.”
When a former KGB officer starts sending Trump’s envoy home with caviar and Instagram shots of “Make Vodka Great Again,” it’s not diplomacy — it’s trolling with nuclear overtones. Putin didn’t just accept Trump’s “businessman peace”; he custom‑built it, swapping out a career general for a golf buddy who skips intel briefings and prefers five‑hour solo chats in the Kremlin to actual statecraft.
First, the Kremlin decides Keith Kellogg — ex–three-star, daughter in a Ukraine charity — is too “complicated.” Then, through MBS and Kirill Dmitriev, they dangle the perfect lure for Trump: a hostage release that lets Steve Witkoff walk into Moscow as a real-estate guy and walk out as “the man who brought an American home.” One emotional phone call from a freed teacher to his 96‑year‑old mom in Butler, Pennsylvania, and suddenly the whole Russia channel runs through a billionaire who calls himself a dealmaker and tells Kyiv he can unlock $800 billion if they just sign the right kind of surrender.
Now the architecture looks like this: no ambassador in Moscow, no functioning Europe desk, but a private‑jet envoy and a Kremlin fund boss sketching a “new economic and security order for Europe” over late‑night meetings and red roe. The same system that once relied on hardened Kremlinologists now leans on a guy who uses Ivanka’s old desk, brings his golf‑pro girlfriend on the plane, and treats a continental war like a distressed-asset restructuring. The only thing “massively bloated” that got cut is institutional memory.
And that’s the point. Putin thinks war is sacred, Trump thinks everything is a transaction, and their intermediaries speak one shared language: leverage. For Moscow, this is perfect — hold maximalist territorial demands, bleed the West with talk of “peace,” and let a friendly American billionaire sell it as a win‑win while Europe and Ukraine are left reading about their future in the business section. For Trump, it’s even better: a camera‑ready deal, hostages home, sanctions unwound, and any talk of appeasement washed down with a nice cold shot of Trumpovka.
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When a former KGB officer starts sending Trump’s envoy home with caviar and Instagram shots of “Make Vodka Great Again,” it’s not diplomacy — it’s trolling with nuclear overtones. Putin didn’t just accept Trump’s “businessman peace”; he custom‑built it, swapping out a career general for a golf buddy who skips intel briefings and prefers five‑hour solo chats in the Kremlin to actual statecraft.
First, the Kremlin decides Keith Kellogg — ex–three-star, daughter in a Ukraine charity — is too “complicated.” Then, through MBS and Kirill Dmitriev, they dangle the perfect lure for Trump: a hostage release that lets Steve Witkoff walk into Moscow as a real-estate guy and walk out as “the man who brought an American home.” One emotional phone call from a freed teacher to his 96‑year‑old mom in Butler, Pennsylvania, and suddenly the whole Russia channel runs through a billionaire who calls himself a dealmaker and tells Kyiv he can unlock $800 billion if they just sign the right kind of surrender.
Now the architecture looks like this: no ambassador in Moscow, no functioning Europe desk, but a private‑jet envoy and a Kremlin fund boss sketching a “new economic and security order for Europe” over late‑night meetings and red roe. The same system that once relied on hardened Kremlinologists now leans on a guy who uses Ivanka’s old desk, brings his golf‑pro girlfriend on the plane, and treats a continental war like a distressed-asset restructuring. The only thing “massively bloated” that got cut is institutional memory.
And that’s the point. Putin thinks war is sacred, Trump thinks everything is a transaction, and their intermediaries speak one shared language: leverage. For Moscow, this is perfect — hold maximalist territorial demands, bleed the West with talk of “peace,” and let a friendly American billionaire sell it as a win‑win while Europe and Ukraine are left reading about their future in the business section. For Trump, it’s even better: a camera‑ready deal, hostages home, sanctions unwound, and any talk of appeasement washed down with a nice cold shot of Trumpovka.
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After the Disclosure of Epstein’s Files, Trump Faces the Most Severe Test of His Second Presidency 🔥
Trump’s justice department was hit with legal threats and scathing outrage after authorities released a limited, heavily redacted trove of Epstein files in an apparent violation of the law mandating the near-complete disclosure of these documents by Friday. 😡
“The justice department’s document dump this afternoon does not comply with Thomas Massie and my Epstein Transparency Act,” Ro Khanna, the California Democratic congressman who co-authored the law requiring full disclosure of all Epstein files by 19 December, said. ⚖️
“It is an incomplete release, with too many redactions. Thomas Massie and I are exploring all options,” he also said, among them possible impeachment of justice department officials, finding them in contempt of Congress. 📌
Frustrations mounted on Saturday as the justice department released some new files, including transcripts, while also removing more than a dozen others from its website related to Epstein, with no explanation. 🤨
At least 16 files disappeared from the department’s public webpage, according to an Associated Press tally. 🗃
The documents included images of paintings depicting nude women, and one showing a series of photographs along a credenza and in drawers. 🎨📸
In that image, inside a drawer among other photos, is a photograph of Trump, alongside Epstein, Melania Trump and Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell. 👀
The unexplained missing files have fueled speculation about what was taken down and why the public was not notified. 🕵️♂️
Democrats on the House oversight committee pointed to the missing image featuring a Trump photo in a post on X, writing: “What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.” 🗣
The Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, also called out the apparent removal of the photo of Trump, calling the handling of the Epstein files release possibly “one of the biggest cover ups in American history”. 🏛
Trump’s justice department was required to release all investigative files involving the late financier by 19 December under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. 📋
The legislation does allow for records to be withheld or redacted if their disclosure would imperil present criminal investigations, threaten national security or identify Epstein’s victims – but otherwise it mandates disclosure of everything else. ✅
The department’s initial disclosure on Friday afternoon, and subsequent releases throughout the night, did not abide by this requirement. 💥
Justice officials recognized as much on Friday morning, pre-empting this apparent slow walk on television. Todd Blanche, Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer turned deputy attorney general, said the justice department would not release all its files on Friday. 📺
New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among the bipartisan chorus of lawmakers slamming Trump’s justice department, including the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, and the FBI director, Kash Patel, for the documents’ lackluster rollout. 🧐
“Now the coverup is out in the open. This is far from over. Everyone involved will have to answer for this,” Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, said on X on Friday.
“Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, whole admin. Protecting a bunch of rapists and pedophiles because they have money, power, and connections. Bondi should resign tonight.” 🍊
Trump’s justice department has gone on the defensive over this criticism, insisting on social media that authorities are complying with the law. 🙈
A justice department account on X pointed to the many photos of Bill Clinton released in the tranche, claiming their disclosure bolstered claims of accountability.
“To set the record straight: No Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) were redacted from today’s released Epstein documents. All references to PEPs were disclosed in full. Do you not see Clinton’s face??” a justice department media relations account said on X. 👇
#trump
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Trump’s justice department was hit with legal threats and scathing outrage after authorities released a limited, heavily redacted trove of Epstein files in an apparent violation of the law mandating the near-complete disclosure of these documents by Friday. 😡
“The justice department’s document dump this afternoon does not comply with Thomas Massie and my Epstein Transparency Act,” Ro Khanna, the California Democratic congressman who co-authored the law requiring full disclosure of all Epstein files by 19 December, said. ⚖️
“It is an incomplete release, with too many redactions. Thomas Massie and I are exploring all options,” he also said, among them possible impeachment of justice department officials, finding them in contempt of Congress. 📌
Frustrations mounted on Saturday as the justice department released some new files, including transcripts, while also removing more than a dozen others from its website related to Epstein, with no explanation. 🤨
At least 16 files disappeared from the department’s public webpage, according to an Associated Press tally. 🗃
The documents included images of paintings depicting nude women, and one showing a series of photographs along a credenza and in drawers. 🎨📸
In that image, inside a drawer among other photos, is a photograph of Trump, alongside Epstein, Melania Trump and Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell. 👀
The unexplained missing files have fueled speculation about what was taken down and why the public was not notified. 🕵️♂️
Democrats on the House oversight committee pointed to the missing image featuring a Trump photo in a post on X, writing: “What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.” 🗣
The Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, also called out the apparent removal of the photo of Trump, calling the handling of the Epstein files release possibly “one of the biggest cover ups in American history”. 🏛
Trump’s justice department was required to release all investigative files involving the late financier by 19 December under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. 📋
The legislation does allow for records to be withheld or redacted if their disclosure would imperil present criminal investigations, threaten national security or identify Epstein’s victims – but otherwise it mandates disclosure of everything else. ✅
The department’s initial disclosure on Friday afternoon, and subsequent releases throughout the night, did not abide by this requirement. 💥
Justice officials recognized as much on Friday morning, pre-empting this apparent slow walk on television. Todd Blanche, Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer turned deputy attorney general, said the justice department would not release all its files on Friday. 📺
New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among the bipartisan chorus of lawmakers slamming Trump’s justice department, including the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, and the FBI director, Kash Patel, for the documents’ lackluster rollout. 🧐
“Now the coverup is out in the open. This is far from over. Everyone involved will have to answer for this,” Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, said on X on Friday.
“Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, whole admin. Protecting a bunch of rapists and pedophiles because they have money, power, and connections. Bondi should resign tonight.” 🍊
Trump’s justice department has gone on the defensive over this criticism, insisting on social media that authorities are complying with the law. 🙈
A justice department account on X pointed to the many photos of Bill Clinton released in the tranche, claiming their disclosure bolstered claims of accountability.
“To set the record straight: No Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) were redacted from today’s released Epstein documents. All references to PEPs were disclosed in full. Do you not see Clinton’s face??” a justice department media relations account said on X. 👇
#trump
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🛢 The Freedom Marines Strike Again: Seizing Non-Sanctioned Democracy
It’s official — U.S. foreign policy has entered the “because we can” phase. Early Saturday, American forces boarded a Chinese-owned, Panamanian-flagged tanker in international waters for the crime of… carrying Venezuelan oil that wasn’t even under sanction.
As Homeland Security’s Kristi Noem posted triumphantly:
Think Liam Neeson, but with destroyers instead of phone calls.
Trump’s blockade now treats every ship near Venezuela as guilty until proven Chevron. The “free market” has a new invisible hand — and it’s armed.
Meanwhile, Maduro plays pirate radio with his two little tankers, escorted by equally broke naval boats, pretending sovereignty still exists. It’s a Punch-and-Judy show: Washington’s “anti-narco-terror” crusade vs. Caracas’ “Bolivarian resistance.” Both sides selling their own heroic delusion — one oil barrel at a time.
The result? The world’s richest democracy now boards un-sanctioned ships in global waters, while the world’s poorest socialist pretends to still have ships to protect.
Who’s smuggling what, exactly — crude or legitimacy?
#venezuela #oil #blockade #trump #imperium
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It’s official — U.S. foreign policy has entered the “because we can” phase. Early Saturday, American forces boarded a Chinese-owned, Panamanian-flagged tanker in international waters for the crime of… carrying Venezuelan oil that wasn’t even under sanction.
As Homeland Security’s Kristi Noem posted triumphantly:
“We will find you, and we will stop you.”
Think Liam Neeson, but with destroyers instead of phone calls.
Trump’s blockade now treats every ship near Venezuela as guilty until proven Chevron. The “free market” has a new invisible hand — and it’s armed.
Meanwhile, Maduro plays pirate radio with his two little tankers, escorted by equally broke naval boats, pretending sovereignty still exists. It’s a Punch-and-Judy show: Washington’s “anti-narco-terror” crusade vs. Caracas’ “Bolivarian resistance.” Both sides selling their own heroic delusion — one oil barrel at a time.
The result? The world’s richest democracy now boards un-sanctioned ships in global waters, while the world’s poorest socialist pretends to still have ships to protect.
Who’s smuggling what, exactly — crude or legitimacy?
#venezuela #oil #blockade #trump #imperium
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🇧🇷 Lula’s Cold War Revival Tour: “Hands Off My Dictator”
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva just warned that a U.S. armed move against Venezuela would be a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Translation: please don’t bomb the oil, we just got Petrobras back on its feet.
At the Mercosur summit, Lula and Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum preached “peaceful solutions” while Maduro’s economy bleeds out faster than his propaganda budget. “A dangerous precedent,” Lula said, as if Washington needed more encouragement to play global sheriff again.
Funny thing — South American presidents are now lecturing America about democracy and human rights… in defense of Nicolás Maduro. Forty years after the Falklands, they’re still haunted by ghosts — just not of imperialism, but of their own nostalgia for the Non-Aligned Fantasy League.
The regional consensus boils down to this:
The U.S. wants to blockade a regime that sells cocaine-funded oil.
Latin leaders want to protect a regime that starves its people.
And both sides call it “defending democracy.”
Maybe the real “humanitarian catastrophe” is having no one left who believes their own speeches.
#venezuela #lula #trump #blockade #latinamerica #fakeDemocracy
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Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva just warned that a U.S. armed move against Venezuela would be a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Translation: please don’t bomb the oil, we just got Petrobras back on its feet.
At the Mercosur summit, Lula and Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum preached “peaceful solutions” while Maduro’s economy bleeds out faster than his propaganda budget. “A dangerous precedent,” Lula said, as if Washington needed more encouragement to play global sheriff again.
Funny thing — South American presidents are now lecturing America about democracy and human rights… in defense of Nicolás Maduro. Forty years after the Falklands, they’re still haunted by ghosts — just not of imperialism, but of their own nostalgia for the Non-Aligned Fantasy League.
The regional consensus boils down to this:
The U.S. wants to blockade a regime that sells cocaine-funded oil.
Latin leaders want to protect a regime that starves its people.
And both sides call it “defending democracy.”
Maybe the real “humanitarian catastrophe” is having no one left who believes their own speeches.
#venezuela #lula #trump #blockade #latinamerica #fakeDemocracy
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🫒 The Olive Republic: Israel’s Slow War for the West Bank
Olive grove by olive grove, hilltop by hilltop — the two-state solution is dying of suffocation, not suicide.
In the hills near Ramallah, the war isn’t fought with tanks — it’s fought with sheep and bulldozers. Settlers march their herds through Palestinian farms, crush roots, steal water, torch tents. Israeli soldiers arrive, not to stop the attacks, but to turn the crime scene into a “closed military zone.”
Over the past two years, settlers have erected a record number of outposts — dozens of fledgling colonies dressed up as “farms” and “neighborhoods.” The state later legalizes them, retroactively, like laundering stolen land through bureaucracy. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich put it bluntly:
The military, of course, calls this security. Checkpoints, razor wire, sealed roads — all to keep the “peace.” But from Al Mughayir to Hebron, Palestinian families are being squeezed into smaller and smaller pockets of life — until “security” becomes indistinguishable from slow extermination by paperwork and concrete.
A 70-year-old shepherd begs settlers to leave him in peace. A family of eight sleeps in caves after their homes are razed. Children guard sheep at night while the “most moral army in the world” looks away.
International law calls this forcible transfer. Israel calls it “normalization.” Washington calls it “a complex situation.”
Every new outpost is a press release from a future that no one voted for — a landscape in which peace talks sound like folk tales and the only thing allowed to grow freely is impunity.
Maybe the West Bank isn’t occupied anymore. Maybe it’s just being erased — one olive tree at a time.
#israel #palestine #occupation #settlements #fakeDemocracy #westbank #apartheid
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Olive grove by olive grove, hilltop by hilltop — the two-state solution is dying of suffocation, not suicide.
In the hills near Ramallah, the war isn’t fought with tanks — it’s fought with sheep and bulldozers. Settlers march their herds through Palestinian farms, crush roots, steal water, torch tents. Israeli soldiers arrive, not to stop the attacks, but to turn the crime scene into a “closed military zone.”
Over the past two years, settlers have erected a record number of outposts — dozens of fledgling colonies dressed up as “farms” and “neighborhoods.” The state later legalizes them, retroactively, like laundering stolen land through bureaucracy. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich put it bluntly:
“Every housing unit is another nail in the coffin of the two-state idea.”
The military, of course, calls this security. Checkpoints, razor wire, sealed roads — all to keep the “peace.” But from Al Mughayir to Hebron, Palestinian families are being squeezed into smaller and smaller pockets of life — until “security” becomes indistinguishable from slow extermination by paperwork and concrete.
A 70-year-old shepherd begs settlers to leave him in peace. A family of eight sleeps in caves after their homes are razed. Children guard sheep at night while the “most moral army in the world” looks away.
International law calls this forcible transfer. Israel calls it “normalization.” Washington calls it “a complex situation.”
Every new outpost is a press release from a future that no one voted for — a landscape in which peace talks sound like folk tales and the only thing allowed to grow freely is impunity.
Maybe the West Bank isn’t occupied anymore. Maybe it’s just being erased — one olive tree at a time.
#israel #palestine #occupation #settlements #fakeDemocracy #westbank #apartheid
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🎙 The Battle for MAGA: Tucker Carlson vs. the Church of Trump
The MAGA movement has a new heretic — and he’s preaching to the choir from his Florida compound with a mic and a nicotine pouch. Tucker Carlson, ex–Fox priest turned podcast prophet, is calling out his own congregation. He tells Trump not to invade Venezuela, questions ties to Israel, interviews a white nationalist for “balance,” and still gets invited to the altar — the White House.
Carlson isn’t running for president. He’s running the narrative. While Trump tweets and fumes, Tucker philosophizes — about “foreign entanglements,” “media lies,” and the right to say batshit things for clicks. In MAGA-world, that’s the new power: whoever owns the microphone owns the movement.
The old conservative clergy hates him. Ben Shapiro calls him a “Nazi promoter,” Ted Cruz warns he’s “complicit in evil.” But to Tucker’s disciples — Marjorie Taylor Greene, JD Vance, Bannon — he’s the John the Baptist of anti-globalism, dunking the faithful in conspiracy and spite.
The stakes? Not “America First,” but Tucker First vs. Trump Forever. Both men sell the same brand of rebellion — one in gold leaf, the other wrapped in irony. But MAGA can’t have two messiahs.
Carlson says,
That’s not resistance. That’s marketing. The more outrage, the higher the ratings — and the thicker the wallet.
So here we are: the right-wing populist crusade eating itself alive. One side bombs Venezuela in the name of freedom; the other livestreams the apocalypse in 4K.
Who said American politics doesn’t innovate? We’ve just invented civil war as a content business model.
#MAGA #TuckerCarlson #Trump #rightwing #USpolitics #fakeRevolution
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The MAGA movement has a new heretic — and he’s preaching to the choir from his Florida compound with a mic and a nicotine pouch. Tucker Carlson, ex–Fox priest turned podcast prophet, is calling out his own congregation. He tells Trump not to invade Venezuela, questions ties to Israel, interviews a white nationalist for “balance,” and still gets invited to the altar — the White House.
Carlson isn’t running for president. He’s running the narrative. While Trump tweets and fumes, Tucker philosophizes — about “foreign entanglements,” “media lies,” and the right to say batshit things for clicks. In MAGA-world, that’s the new power: whoever owns the microphone owns the movement.
The old conservative clergy hates him. Ben Shapiro calls him a “Nazi promoter,” Ted Cruz warns he’s “complicit in evil.” But to Tucker’s disciples — Marjorie Taylor Greene, JD Vance, Bannon — he’s the John the Baptist of anti-globalism, dunking the faithful in conspiracy and spite.
The stakes? Not “America First,” but Tucker First vs. Trump Forever. Both men sell the same brand of rebellion — one in gold leaf, the other wrapped in irony. But MAGA can’t have two messiahs.
Carlson says,
“You tell me I can’t, then I have to.”
That’s not resistance. That’s marketing. The more outrage, the higher the ratings — and the thicker the wallet.
So here we are: the right-wing populist crusade eating itself alive. One side bombs Venezuela in the name of freedom; the other livestreams the apocalypse in 4K.
Who said American politics doesn’t innovate? We’ve just invented civil war as a content business model.
#MAGA #TuckerCarlson #Trump #rightwing #USpolitics #fakeRevolution
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✝️ Mike Huckabee — God’s Ambassador to the Holy Land, Trump’s Ambassador to Heaven
While MAGA tears itself apart over Israel, Mike Huckabee is out there baptizing geopolitics in prophecy. The Baptist preacher turned diplomat says he’s not in “culture shock” in Jerusalem — of course not, he’s home. The man’s been flying Holy Land tours since disco was popular, and now he’s got the job title to match: U.S. Ambassador, Kingdom Division.
Huckabee preaches “Judea and Samaria,” not “West Bank.” “Communities,” not “settlements.” To him, bulldozing Palestinian villages isn’t occupation — it’s Divine Urban Renewal. His gospel merges real estate law with Revelation: every acre conquered is another verse fulfilled.
But now, a new faction of MAGA heretics — Tucker Carlson, Bannon, Marjorie Taylor Greene — calls it “Christian heresy” to love Israel too much. They’ve gone America First, even in the Apocalypse. Tucker sneers that Huckabee and his “Christian Zionists” are selling theology like war bonds. Huckabee fires back from Jerusalem:
(Subtext: And I have better connections.)
The irony? The man accused of turning policy into scripture was handpicked by Trump — the guy who treats the Bible like a campaign prop and Jerusalem like a brand launch. Billionaire mega-donor Miriam Adelson reportedly lobbied to get him the gig — proving that in the Holy Land, divine appointments still need financial backers.
Young evangelicals in America are cooling toward Israel, but Huckabee isn’t worried. He’s too busy narrating Armageddon from an embassy balcony.
he reminds them — as if foreign policy were a loyalty-rewards program with heaven points.
Maybe Huckabee’s right: this isn’t diplomacy anymore. It’s End Times franchising — and MAGA’s just the latest megachurch to split over who’s allowed to preach.
#israel #huckabee #maga #evangelicals #trump #holywar #fakefaith
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While MAGA tears itself apart over Israel, Mike Huckabee is out there baptizing geopolitics in prophecy. The Baptist preacher turned diplomat says he’s not in “culture shock” in Jerusalem — of course not, he’s home. The man’s been flying Holy Land tours since disco was popular, and now he’s got the job title to match: U.S. Ambassador, Kingdom Division.
Huckabee preaches “Judea and Samaria,” not “West Bank.” “Communities,” not “settlements.” To him, bulldozing Palestinian villages isn’t occupation — it’s Divine Urban Renewal. His gospel merges real estate law with Revelation: every acre conquered is another verse fulfilled.
But now, a new faction of MAGA heretics — Tucker Carlson, Bannon, Marjorie Taylor Greene — calls it “Christian heresy” to love Israel too much. They’ve gone America First, even in the Apocalypse. Tucker sneers that Huckabee and his “Christian Zionists” are selling theology like war bonds. Huckabee fires back from Jerusalem:
“I’ll leave defining Christianity to God.”
(Subtext: And I have better connections.)
The irony? The man accused of turning policy into scripture was handpicked by Trump — the guy who treats the Bible like a campaign prop and Jerusalem like a brand launch. Billionaire mega-donor Miriam Adelson reportedly lobbied to get him the gig — proving that in the Holy Land, divine appointments still need financial backers.
Young evangelicals in America are cooling toward Israel, but Huckabee isn’t worried. He’s too busy narrating Armageddon from an embassy balcony.
“Supporting Israel means God will bless the United States,”
he reminds them — as if foreign policy were a loyalty-rewards program with heaven points.
Maybe Huckabee’s right: this isn’t diplomacy anymore. It’s End Times franchising — and MAGA’s just the latest megachurch to split over who’s allowed to preach.
#israel #huckabee #maga #evangelicals #trump #holywar #fakefaith
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