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Beatrice Keul, testified that she was introduced by Jeffrey Epstein to Donald J Trump, who then brutally raped her in a hotel room in Atlantic City, NJ, and her claims were deemed credible by a panel of the House Judiciary Committee today. The NYT has decided that this is not reportable news.

"While this matters most urgently to Ukraine right now, the very fact that modern warfare depends so heavily on technologies such as Starlink, vesting so much power in private hands, should prompt a rethink in capitals around the world, particularly those whose own security may be compromised."

🇧🇷 Brazilian President Lula’s first statement: “These were elections in which we had to overcome foreign interference in our country through digital platforms. We will have to regulate these platforms.”

Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.

Trump is trying to make the world safe for autocracy.

Haltung zahlt sich halt aus.☺️

Der Hofnarr durfte dem König wenigstens die Wahrheit sagen. Audi-Chef Döllner steht bei Trump auf der Bühne und darf nur nicken. Den Narren bezahlte einst der Hof, hier legt der Narr 4,2 Milliarden drauf. Narrenfreiheit hatte der eine. Döllner hat nur Zollfreiheit im Blick.

He destroyed his country, maybe they want him to destroy the UN as well?

Kolumne: Russische Propagandaagenturen, MAGA-Accounts mit zusammengenommen Millionen von Followern und Elon Musk persönlich ziehen an einem Strang, nachweislich. Es geht darum, Europa mit Desinformation zu destabilisieren - ist aber auch manchmal unfreiwillig sehr komisch.

This is the biggest corruption scandal in American history. The Trump crime family is trying to sell the future natural gas rights of Alaska to the Russians in exchange for $25 billion in cash for themselves today.

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

Free weekend update is out. Its mostly a deep dive into the Starlink/Starshield move by Trump and Musk (yes both of them) which did real damage to Ukraine and proved a point. Trump reacts to pressure, not flattery. Standing up to him is the only way. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...

SPECIAL REPORT: Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying once again to breathe life into the myth of inevitable Russian military victory in order to persuade the United States and other supporters of Ukraine to compel Kyiv to surrender. Read more: https://isw.pub/MythofRussianVictoryBSK

70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

This is not just a problem of billionaires, this is a general problem of philanthropy. A donation is not decided by necessity, but rather personal preference, and that is potentially concerning on every level.

Das Christen keinerlei Brandmauer gegenüber Faschisten haben wissen wir schon seit dem letzten Jahrhundert. Würde in Anbetracht der aktuellen Entwicklung absolut höchste Zeit das mal ins Rampenlicht zu stellen.

Ukraine losing access to Starshield raises serious concerns for our national security—like who controls critical capabilities the U.S. government has spent billions to procure & how decisions to restrict them are made. I'm demanding answers from the Department of Defense & SpaceX

There is a massive corruption scandal unfolding in the US, with top American executives abandoning a $25 billion gas project over allegations of secret Russian investment and control. ​All of this is happening just as the US administration moves to ease sanctions on Russia. ​

The 696th consecutive day of protests in Georgia.

This is why it's dangerous to give rich people so much power over our lives. Sometimes, they are appallingly ignorant. The Nazis added the word "socialist" to their name purely as propaganda to appeal more to workers. But the party--and Hitler--hated real socialists and communists.

At least 70,000 people are currently being held in black box ICE detention centers, Air Force Major Jason Watson has been held in solitary confinement for months, but the media is hyper-focused on riots in France.

What’s going on between Trump and Putin? Why are they calling each other humanitarians? I explain why that’s the the point and the flattening of language and words under authoritarians.

🇺🇦 Starlink and Starshield operate reliably even at speeds exceeding 400 km/h, Ukraine’s Defense Minister, General Yevhen Khmara, stated. The Ministry of Defense continues testing to determine the maximum speed limit.

Things you contemplate when your administration is definitely operating within the law.

One thing is extremely clear: European security cannot depend on the moods of Donald Trump and Elon Musk

The Republican Party is giving us cancer. The New York Times doesn't say it that directly, but its investigation proves it.

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton said his teams “have received intelligence that Iran has substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel” and The State Department is reducing staffing at four U.S. embassies in the Middle East. We’re headed down a bad path.

Oh, right it's to distract from Jared being caught selling US foreign policy to dictators. Makes sense.

Sikorski’s point is simple: turning a global business into a political weapon abroad can damage the very brands you built. Musk should understand that influence comes with responsibility. Being wealthy doesn’t make you immune to the consequences of your own words.

It’s starting, ICE is detaining US citizens with proof of citizenship and calling their documents false. Are you next?! Am I?!

I picked up the phone & called as many Americans as I could here in Kyiv. People who have voted for Trump, people with connections to the MAGA world, & American journalists who I thought could offer some really interesting perspectives on what is happening back home. m.youtube.com/watch?v=wfwi...

This has been said over and over again by German foreign minister Wadephul, whom the Americans have been merrily ignoring (is it because they just won’t deal with any German politicians apart from the AfD?)

Mark Carney on Elon Musk crippling Ukraine’s Starlink: “I search for the right adjective to describe whoever took this decision… against a country that is literally fighting for the lives of its citizens against naked aggression."

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Due to corruption and decay, an entire Russian town is now collapsing into middle earth.

Russian propaganda never discusses the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The USSR was allied with Nazi Germany and would have stayed allied if Hitler hadn't betrayed them in 1941. Russia has zero moral high ground on Nazism, because it is the closest thing to Nazi Germany in Europe today

Attn Seattle voters: Two mail bins containing undelivered ballots were found in a dumpster at Golden Gardens Park, according to King County Elections. All ballots have been reissued to the affected voters, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating.