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In Kharkiv today, russia struck an ordinary commuter train. Killing kids, striking markets, Killing dogs, burning trains - everything is possible if you are a great "humanitarian"

Perhaps the most amazing thing in the story is that this Habba, no stellar attorney, is being paid $10 million a year for work that no one can identify & she’s not willing to describe. That’s nuts and smells dirty as hell. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

I'd like to remind Trump administration that after Iran war started, Ukraine deployed experts and technology to the Middle East to help Gulf states defend themselves against Iranian drones and protect US bases in the region, while Russia provided targeting information to Iran.

Maybe we can just rename them all, except Washington, because we still love ol' George.

The United States has frozen or blocked roughly $5 billion in Russian sovereign assets, alongside over $30 billion in private wealth and assets. I expect Trump is negotiating those with Putin right now. Unblocking them and getting a cut. One half, one quarter - who knows?

Big investigation out today: "Trump's Golf Empire Is A Billion-Dollar Tax Shelter" www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign:

Every move Trump has made in the last few days is purely anti-Ukrainian. It's not a negotiation and it has nothing to do with energy prices, with a peace process, or with Zelensky's attitude.

"The President of the United States is turning to Russia for support ahead of the parliamentary elections... Frankly speaking, he doesn't have many trump cards. He needs to show at least something before these elections. And who did he turn to for help? He turned to Russia for help.

Fun fact: When Trump became the presumptive GOP nominee in 2024, he started forming dozens of new companies to profit off the presidency. Since that moment, he's formed at least 76 new companies. He's created at least 36, that we know of, just since taking office. He made $2.2 billion in 2025.

Russian propagandists stated that with the diesel deal, Trump has set a precedent for bypassing sanctions. Russia could learn a thing or two from this, they say. Now other countries, like South Korea, might follow suit: "A precedent has been set for the blatant violation of their own sanctions.

Russian propagandists are discussing the diesel deal. And it's quite interesting: "The diesel deal has nothing to do with restoring the fuel balance. Even if our diesel arrives, it will be in November, and that's only one day's worth of consumption…

Many people have a wrong idea about what US intelligence sharing with Ukraine is. In reality it's largely early warnings about air strikes so Ukrainians can seek shelter. This requires US satellites. But it looks like Trump might have instructed his military to stop giving Ukrainians that warning.

Look, Zelensky signalling that the US has cut off all warning of Russian missile attacks on Ukraine.

Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."

Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt just days before unveiling a new space-travel policy. The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by the Trump admin's actions — and led by Elon Musk.

🚨 Polish SIM cards were in some of the 30+ Russian drones that hit Poland in September 2025. If any lingering doubts remain about whether that attack on Poland by Russian drones was intentional or not, the answer should now be clear to even the most fact-resistant observer.

lmao Hannity's Trump accomplishments ticker got even more pathetic

Hannity's list of "TRUMP'S TOP ACCOMPLISHMENTS" includes restoring Confederate names to military bases and releasing dietary guidelines

If an unmarked vehicle, without emergency lights or siren, tried to pull you over and then begins ramming you, would you try to get away? I would. And I am a retired police officer who is white.

I used to wonder if European countries + Canada would cancel orders for the F35 due to concerns that the USA would one day refuse to ship spare parts. But maybe they'll just stop buying F35 over concerns that Lockheed + the USA government are too incompetent to be able to reliably ship spare parts.

Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.

Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media www.propublica.org/article/dona...

Putin-linked Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for Donald Trump Jr's wedding on a private island in the Bahamas in May, 2026. Jared Kushner + a Russians tied to Kremlev attended. You cannot understand USA foreign policy without considering Russian bribes.

NEWS: Antwerp’s diamond industry insists the lavish ring it gave Trump wasn’t tied to the tariff break it received weeks later. But its own words tell a very different story.

Russia is using commercial aviation to transport sanctioned goods from the Maldives, UAE, Turkey, etc that become components of military systems used in Russia to kill civilians in Ukraine. It's thus legitimate for Ukraine to stop this sanctions evasion by destroying planes on Russian airfields.

Airports in the UK & EU should sanction all air carriers flying to Moscow. If Emirates or Turkish airlines flies to Moscow, their planes should not be allowed to land in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, etc. Do this immediately to send a clear message. The airlines will choose Europe > Russia.

"Russians who crave revenge for invented causes and revel in propaganda are complicit in all the killings, violence, and war crimes committed by our worthless, blood-soaked state." A Russian woman explains why Russia’s imperial ambitions are destroying the country from within.

🚨 ICYMI: This is one of the most offensive and egregious things I’ve ever covered (and that’s saying a lot seeing how it’s Florida):

ICE’s flight manual says children above 13 years old can be shackled if they are deemed a security risk. A father being moved with his two teenaged sons — who might “conspire” with one another against 10+ flight guards — would be enough for them to be considered security risks.

Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.

This is what happens when you elect a leader with a brain. America should try that.

Whatever you call it, you just made all the goods we buy that come across our border more expensive. Michigan, he’s asking us to pay for his vanity trade war with our money.

🧊🚸⛓️ ”ICE just arrested a 5-year-old boy on his way to a soccer game in my home city of Austin, Texas. His name, just like the name of the little boy from Minnesota, is Liam. And Liam should be starting kindergarten this week, but instead he’s sitting in a trailer prison right now in Dilley, Texas.”

“On the day Renée Good died, he’d posted about her death on his own Facebook page. The caption was one word: “FAFO.””

Things you can buy at the Russian Wildberries: Drone components, such as fiber optic cables or clamping devices.

BREAKING: The Trump White House just ousted all three sitting members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission — hamstringing the bipartisan agency ahead of the midterms. The EAC helps state and local officials run elections, including by certifying election equipment.

🇵🇱 PM Tusk: Every missile successfully fired in Ukraine that destroys aggressor’s missiles, rockets, drones, or aircraft makes Poland safer. This is directly a matter of our own security. We cannot allow this issue to become part of some foolish political struggle here at home.