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Woman detained by ICE while boarding her Southwest flight at Denver International Airport.

27-year-old Chantal Alejandra Morales Rojas was heading back to Oakland when plainclothes ICE agents stopped her on the jetway. Another passenger tried to step in and defend her as agents led her away.

#ICE #DenverAirport #Immigration #Chantal

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An Orlando family that dined and dashed on a $300 bill at At the Diner is now trying to settle the issue after the internet made them famous.


How would you handle this?

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๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ BREAKING:

A sweeping political overhaul is unfolding in Hungary as Prime Minister Peter Magyar moves to dismantle the power structure built by former leader Viktor Orbรกn and his Fidesz party.

New anti-corruption committees have launched investigations into major state contracts, media institutions, and senior Fidesz figures, while legal reforms target Orbรกn-era institutions. Reports indicate Orbรกn and several close allies could face criminal investigations, although no convictions have been announced.

The article argues that Magyar's government is receiving strong backing from Euro-Atlantic institutions and that the campaign is intended to permanently dismantle Orbรกn's political legacy. It also claims Hungary's foreign and domestic policies are shifting away from the "sovereign" model associated with the Orbรกn era.

Source: RT (Opinion)

#Hungary #ViktorOrban #PeterMagyar #Europe
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Netanyahu will meet Trump next week at the White House. It's his seventh trip there. The visit shows the U.S. remains committed amid the Iran war escalation and the genocide in Gaza.

Source: aljazeera
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An IRIB reporter delivered a stand-up while holding an SVD sniper rifle, saying Iranians were ready to defend the country alongside the armed forces.

Not sure what he plans to do with it, though โ€” there are no US boots on the ground

#Iran #journalist #sniperrifle #SVD #Dragunov #USA #IranUS #IRIB

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดโœˆ๏ธ ROMANIAN JET SHOOTS DOWN DRONE โ€“ But Why the Double Standard on Ukraine?

A Romanian F-16 has destroyed a drone over an "unpopulated area" โ€“ but Bucharest's response raises questions about selective outrage.

๐Ÿ›ฉ๏ธ A Romanian fighter jet shot down a drone that entered its airspace, tracked from the Black Sea.

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ The drone has not been officially blamed on any foreign military โ€“ but Russia is the assumed culprit.

๐Ÿ” This is the third such incident in two months โ€“ yet Romania's responses have been dramatically different.

#Romania ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด #NATO #Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ #Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ #Drone #DoubleStandards #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Hypocrisy #ThinkBRICS
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๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผโš”๏ธ BAHRAIN & KUWAIT SECRETLY STRIKE IRAN โ€“ Gulf States Join US War, Risking Broader Catastrophe ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท

In a major escalation, Bahrain and Kuwait have secretly carried out airstrikes inside Iranian territoryโ€”their first direct retaliation against Tehranโ€”with the UAE providing intelligence and air cover. The war is widening, and the Gulf monarchies are now active combatants.

๐Ÿ”ด What the WSJ exclusive reveals:

โœˆ๏ธ Bahrain and Kuwait sent jets to strike drone and missile storage depots inside Iran in early July.

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช The UAE provided intelligence and defensive air cover โ€“ despite publicly calling for deโ€‘escalation.

๐Ÿ’ฅ Iran has focused retaliation on Bahrain and Kuwait โ€“ both host US military bases. The strikes are a direct response.

๐Ÿ›ข๏ธ Gulf oil exports crippled โ€“ the Strait of Hormuz remains choked. The Red Sea blockade by Houthis adds a new front.

#GulfCrisis #Iran #US #Bahrain #Kuwait #UAE #BRICS #GlobalSouth #AxisOfResistance #WSJ #WarEscalation #Hormuz #Sovereignty
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Lightning strikes Chinese rocket as it touches the heavens!

#China #Rocket #Space
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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช NEW FRONT OPENS: Saudi Warplanes Strike Hodeidah โ€“ Yemen's Air Defense Forces Respond ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

The war is spreading. Saudi airstrikes hit Hodeidah, Yemen, after the Houthis targeted a Saudi vessel in the Red Sea. Yemen's air defense forces claim to have forced Saudi warplanes to leave its airspace โ€“ a direct challenge to Riyadh's military reach.

โœˆ๏ธ Saudi Royal Air Force launched airstrikes on the Houthiโ€‘controlled city of Hodeidah, Yemen.

๐Ÿšข Houthi attack on Saudi vessel NCC MASA in the Red Sea โ€“ minor hull damage.

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Yemeni Defense Ministry source claims air defense forces forced Saudi warplanes to retreat from Yemeni airspace.

๐ŸŽฅ Footage confirms Saudi airstrikes targeting Hodeidah.

#Yemen ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช #SaudiArabia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ #Houthi #RedSea #AxisOfResistance #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Hodeidah #WarEscalation #GulfCrisis #ThinkBRICS
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ“ˆ DeCoding China: The Year Zero of Hyper-Development โ€“ How 2003 Changed Everything

Think BRICS continues its deep dive into China's economic ascent. This episode reveals the critical turning point: the year 2003, when China shifted from gradual growth to hyper-development.

๐Ÿ—๏ธ The Year Zero: 2003 โ€“ After this year, China's infrastructure development entered a completely new phase โ€“ railways, power grids, bridges, and industrial capacity skyrocketed.

๐Ÿง  The core secret โ€“ Not just hard work. A "smart monetary mechanism" fueled China's rapid ascent, bypassing traditional Western financial constraints.

๐Ÿ“Š GDP dominance โ€“ China's global ranking transformed in the 2000s, moving from a developing economy to a global powerhouse in just a few years.

โšก Steel, coal, cement, aluminum โ€“ Production surged postโ€‘2003, dwarfing the rest of the world.

๐ŸŽฅ Watch the full analysis here: https://youtu.be/2-9oXGneKh0

#China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ #HyperDevelopment #Infrastructure #BRICS #GlobalSouth #EconomicSovereignty
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ“ก ZAKHAROVA TO MUSK: "Shut Down Starlink in Ukraine if You Want to Save Lives" ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

Musk recently criticised "fancy diplomats" for detached diplomacy while people die on the front lines. Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesperson just threw his words back at him.

๐Ÿ”ด What Zakharova said:

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ "I would like to take that idea a step further and suggest removing Starlink from Ukraine so people would stop dying."

๐ŸŽฏ Ukraine has used Starlink to expand long-range strikes on Russian territory โ€“ targeting energy infrastructure, ports, and civilian areas.

#Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ #Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ #Starlink #ElonMusk #Zakharova #BRICS #GlobalSouth
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ’€ US STRIKES TANKER KILLING TWO CREW โ€“ State-Sanctioned Murder on the High Seas ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

The US has attacked a tanker in the Gulf of Oman, killing two crew members, over alleged suspicion of carrying Iranian LNG. This is not "law enforcement" โ€“ it is state-sanctioned murder.

๐Ÿ’ฅ US military fired two projectiles at a tanker in the Gulf of Oman.

๐Ÿงพ The pretext: "suspicion of violating the US-imposed naval blockade" by transporting Iranian LNG.

โ˜ ๏ธ Two crew members killed โ€“ names and nationalities not yet released.

#Iran ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท #US ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ #GulfOfOman #Blockade #WarCrime #BRICS #GlobalSouth #AxisOfResistance
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Be prepared for some cuteness overload.

A baby marmot tries to (unsuccessfully) stop its parents from fighting.

#Marmot #animal #wildanimal
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๐ŸŽ™๏ธ THE NARRATED WAR AND THE NEGOTIATED WAR โ€“ Two Ways the Global South Speaks ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ณ

A small webinar in Italy and BRICS's actual record reveal two different approaches to speaking for the Global South โ€“ one passionate and interpretive, the other cautious and institutional.

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Framed the conflict as a "Fluid War" โ€“ permanent finance-driven instability.

๐ŸŒ Argued maritime chokepoints are giving way to land corridors โ€“ but many of those corridors are pushed by the US/Gulf states to cut Iran's leverage.

๐Ÿง  Claimed "direct access" to USโ€‘Iran talks โ€“ unverifiable.

โšก Rhetoric openly partisan โ€“ advocacy, not diplomacy.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read the full analysis here: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/the-narrated-war-and-the-negotiated

#BRICS #IranWar #GlobalSouth #Multipolarity #Diplomacy #ThinkBRICS
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ’€ EU INSTITUTIONALISES PIRACY โ€“ Russia's Oil Will Be Seized and Sold Under New Sanctions

The European Union has just approved a legal mechanism to confiscate and sell Russian oil from detained tankers โ€“ stateโ€‘sanctioned theft dressed up as "sanctions enforcement."

๐Ÿ“œ New legal basis โ€“ EU countries can now seize Russian oil cargoes from blacklisted tankers and sell them.

๐Ÿ’ฐ No payment to Russia โ€“ the regulation explicitly forbids any funds from the sale reaching Russian natural or legal persons.

๐Ÿ›ข๏ธ Over 670 tankers blacklisted โ€“ the EU has already sanctioned tankers it claims transport Russian oil in violation of the price cap.

#EU #Russia #Sanctions #Oil #Piracy #BRICS #GlobalSouth #InternationalLaw
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Saudi Arabia strikes Houthi-held Hodeidah, Yemeni group says

Houthi-controlled Foreign Ministry warns that the attack will trigger further escalation in the Yemeni conflict.

Source: Al Jazeera
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ BREAKING:International relations scholar John Mearsheimer says Russia is guaranteed to win the Ukraine conflict, arguing that no amount of Western military aid including Patriot air defense systems can reverse the battlefield balance.

Speaking on the Daniel Davis Deep Dive podcast, Mearsheimer claimed Russia's overwhelming air power allows it to strike targets across Ukraine with little resistance. He also argued that continued attacks on key infrastructure, including Black Sea ports such as Odesa, could leave Ukraine economically weakened and functioning as a "dysfunctional rump state."

Mearsheimer further suggested that growing tensions involving Iran may reduce Western military and financial support for Kiev, making Ukraine's long-term outlook increasingly difficult.

Source: RT (citing the Daniel Davis Deep Dive podcast)

#Russia #Ukraine #JohnMearsheimer #Geopolitics
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Protester grabs the mic from the Madison police chief during a press conference on the fatal shooting of 38-year-old Corey Ruiz.

The activist, representing "APTAP", calls out โ€œcolonialism,โ€ Zionism, and capitalism while demanding police accountability.

#MadisonPolice #CoreyRuiz #Police

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