Trump says he will pass legislation to give regular Americans the same retirement benefits as federal workers, matching up to $1000 dollars annually in personal contributions and will ban congressman from profiting from insider trading.

Even Elizabeth Warren clapped for that one.

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Trump refers to "Somalian fraud" in Minnesota and even used the phrase "Somali pirates" when referring to them.

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He seems to be focusing on domestic issues, which is what we all wish he did more of. Support for war in Iran, for example is below 20%

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I will say, it isn't a good look for the Democrats who are sitting there with the demeanor of a child being scolded while Trump degrades them to their faces.

He's shouting at them that they should be ashamed of themselves for their immigration policy.

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Trump is finally getting to foreign policy. He's repeating the lie that he "ended 8 wars."

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So far, Trump's only comment on the conflict in Ukraine was to say that "25k soldiers are dying every month," and that, "it never would have happened if I had been president."

He then turned to Iran. Republicans are now applauding the assassination of Qasem Soleimani...

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Trump is now slandering the Iranian government, accusing them of instigating terrorism. Projection?

He says he will not agree to peace with Iran until they guarantee they will never have a nuclear weapon.

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The only other statement about Ukraine thus far is that Europe is now paying the US for aid to the country.

So far, the entire conflict has been barely mentioned as an afterthought, with no mention whatsoever about the negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States.

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Trump credits US intelligence for the killing of El Mencho.

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Trump is now waxing poetic about the capture of Maduro.

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No mention of the Discombobulator this time...

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Trump's state of the union address appears to be wrapping up. If you blinked, you missed the short mention of the war in Ukraine.

He primarily spoke about domestic politics, immigration, and about the raid to capture Maduro toward the end. There was a short statement about Iran, calling for them to forever abandon the possibility of obtaining a nuclear weapon.

This was basically just an opportunity for Trump to take a victory lap on his most popular issues while scolding the Democrats for everything that ever went wrong. The speech was carefully crafted to avoid his unpopular issues and to shift the heat onto Democrats.

Honestly, I think the look of weakness and defeat on the Democrats' faces was probably a win for Trump after a difficult month of policy failures.

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Missile strikes on targets in Kyiv, as captured from space, and the operation of the Ukrainian air defense system on the night of December 26 to 27, 2025.

From around 00:03, flashes can be seen on the outskirts of Kyiv, and from 00:06, the trajectories of flying ballistic missiles can be observed.

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Shot and left lying on the ground — TCC officers killed a resident of Krivoy Rog in attempts to mobilize him, Ukrainian blogs report.

Two people got into a fight with the military recruitment officers, then a shot rang out. One of the resisters fell motionless. Afterwards, TCC officers dealt with the woman who was screaming nearby — they grabbed and dragged her away from the wounded man.

Local media report that the father of the victim was injured, and the military recruitment officer also received a stab wound.

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❗️Kiev received a warning from the USA about the inadmissibility of strikes on Russian energy infrastructure facilities, which could affect American interests.

Washington was dissatisfied with the strikes on the facilities of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which is partially owned by American companies Chevron and ExxonMobil.

Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States, Olga Stefanishina, stated that she received a demarche from the State Department following the attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on an oil facility in the Black Sea at the end of last year. The head of the diplomatic mission disclosed this at a briefing, according to CNN.

We heard that the Ukrainian attacks on Novorossiysk affected some American investments that are carried out through Kazakhstan. And we heard from the State Department that we should refrain from, well, you know, from attacking American interests, she said.

Stefanishina added that Kyiv "considers this". According to her, the State Department's note noted that the US currently does not have such economic interests in Ukraine as in Kazakhstan.

Source: Военный обозреватель/ РБК
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An F-16 crashed onto a highway in Turkey, and the pilot was killed:

"Contact with the Turkish Air Force F-16, which took off from the 9th main airbase in Balıkesir, was lost immediately after takeoff. The fighter crashed onto the busy Izmir-Istanbul highway. The aircraft was on a scheduled training flight and crashed due to technical problems."

Source: ПУЛ #3
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Ukrainian non-governmental organizations fear that the referendum on territorial concessions may not go according to Kyiv's plan. This is reported by the newspaper Junge Welt.

About 50 NGOs have called on Zelensky not to allow the holding of a referendum on territorial concessions, the publication notes.

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The first guided munition with a flight range of over 100 km has been created in Russia, TASS was informed by the "Kalashnikov" concern.

The "Kub-10ME" is designed for high-precision destruction of unarmored and lightly armored military equipment, command posts, air defense facilities, and other targets.

Photo: Telegram channel of the "Kalashnikov" concern

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London and Paris are manipulating the issue of nuclear weapons and flirting with it with the Kiev regime, Maria Zakharova stated on Sputnik radio.

However, she noted that in the global information trends, another "major news story has captured the planet in the last week" — the situation with the baby monkey in Japan.

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Never heard of baby monkey, tbh.. anyone here did?
As to monkeys of larger size in Europe - we have a good term do describe them "Monkey with a grenade".

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Only JD Vance and the head of the US National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard are convincing Trump not to help Zelensky and not to attack Iran. This opinion was expressed in an interview with TASS by American analyst Andrew Napolitano.

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❗️The FSB reported on the prevention of a terrorist attack at a military airfield in Krasnodar Krai: 
The detainee, acting on the orders of Ukrainian special services, planned to set fire to an aircraft. 

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