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Obama and Bush call Trump’s USAID closure a ‘travesty’ as report warns of 14 million extra deaths

Witkoff and Carlson talk about Europe exactly as Russian television propagandists do. Must dismiss the rich functional democracies where people lead long happy lives so that our own citizens settle for tawdry and impoverishing fascist oligarchy.

Spurred by “alarming political interference in academic research by the Trump administration,” Brussels’s Vrije Universiteit (VUB), or Free University, allocated $2.7 million in funding last week for at least 12 new postdoctoral roles open to “censored Americans.”

“If you keep punching your allies in the face, eventually they’re going to stop wanting to buy weapons from you,” one Western European defense official said. Two-thirds of EU defense spending has typically gone to American contractors. Losing that could have major ramifications for our economy.

NEW: We just sent a letter, along with 38 other groups, calling on Congress to reject the PEPPER Act. The bill would insulate presidents from legal accountability and would be a dangerous step toward making the president a king.

A French politician suggested the two countries no longer share the values that inspired the gift more than a century ago. The White House sharply rejected his request, which he described as symbolic.

The touchstone of most authoritarian regimes is not the kind of total control that most people feel in their day-to-day lives. It is that the regime is only selectively bound by law, producing constant low-grade anxiety as to whether, how, or against whom power will be exercised.

Alternate headline: Trump and Netanyahu have abandoned Biden’s ceasefire.

NEW: The family of Mahmoud Khalil have just released footage of his arrest. It’s distressing. “Stop resisting” “He’s not resisting” The men who take him are in plain clothes and in unmarked cars. They refuse to give their names or even say what agency they’re from. He is just disappeared.

Elon Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI. THE INSIDE STORY:

Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

A lot of people who got the measles as children died or suffered lifelong disabilities as a result. The measles vaccine was a godsend to worldwide public health, and it’s an absolute scandal that this lethally ignorant dolt has any power over public health.

It's rather disgusting for a fellow who cozies up to Putin and China to call a former astronaut and US Navy captain—who's married to a onetime House member who was shot in the line of duty—a "traitor."

Besides lying viciously here about the role he and Starlink have played in his pal Putin's war crimes in Ukraine, Musk below shows the growing madness I warned about as his biographer many weeks ago. His deranged attacks on a top Polish minister and U.S. ally reek of the Kremlin.

Denmark has donated 19 of the F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, and now Trump has ordered an end to US support for their onboard jamming equipment, thereby helping Putin destroy this USD 291,000,000 donation. This US administration is an enemy of Europe. news.online.ua/en/the-us-is...

Group members hope the boycott can effectively pressure the US administration, and use the platform to share alternative buying options. #EuropeNews

BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight. This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.

Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov exclaimed, "Masks are off!" He declared Trump Russia's ally and predicted that he would pull out of NATO—and redirect military aid that was originally meant for Ukraine to Russia. This and more in my latest article⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=54rl...

Chamberlain appeased Hitler in 1938, when he didn't know for certain that there would be a larger war - and not three years later, when hundreds of thousands of people had already died

Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

Second: We need a massive surge in European Defence. At Thursday’s European Council, I will present a plan to rearm Europe to our Member States. Lasting security is build on strength.

There’s no one around to stop Trump from declaring martial law and suspending the Constitution or even an election.

Democrats spent months warning voters about Trump’s agenda for a second term. “When you tell people that hell is coming, some of them will actually believe you and expect their leaders to do everything in their power to stop it,” Jay Caspian Kang writes.

US warships will have a harder time refueling in Norway after last nights meltdown. Haltbakk, Norway’s largest* bunker company will from now on refuse to service US warships. According to owner it is a direct reaction in support of Ukraine. Company has previously banned Russian ships. *self-claim

Does Donald Trump want to do a deal that ends the war in Ukraine, or does he just want to do a deal with Putin? @mcfaulmike.bsky.social offers a reframing that better explains what Trump is up to:

Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.

Russian Lawmaker Predicted the Trump-Vance Ambush of Zelensky State Duma member Oleg Morozov said the meeting would be a lesson in humiliation, designed to condition Zelensky to capitulate to the US—and later to Russia. Me for @thedailybeast.bsky.social: www.thedailybeast.com/russian-lawm...

One of Hitler's favorite tactics was to invite leaders he wanted to dominate to personally meet him and then ambush them with insults and wild demands such as with the Austrian Chancellor before forcing the Anschluss. Schuschnigg's own words:

EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions. On @therecordmedia.bsky.social therecord.media/hegseth-orde...

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

President Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous. Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.

Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

Trump’s disgusting behavior in our Oval Office in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Volodymyr Zelensky may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.

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Decent people thank Ukraine.

Let it all come out. There will be a reckoning. Zelensky is a hero.

Our leaders acting like ventriloquist dummies for Putin. Disgusting.

Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Europe, all watched that. So did Russia and China. The US is no longer the leader of the free world.

Do you have a suit sir. And why are you wearing a cap. It's disrespectful.

No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

The scenes in the Oval Office today will shame the US for decades. They’ll never be forgotten. A world leader, fighting for his country against the 21st century’s Nazis, came to the US and was attacked & abused by a gangster regime siding with the fascist invaders. A historic disgrace.

The guy who asked Zelensky if he owned a suit, Brian Glenn, is a reporter for the pro-Trump media network Real America’s Voice and also Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare Oval Office interviewer spots only after the White House blocked the Associated Press.

I hope that soon enough the right words will be found. And the right decisions will be made. I am hoping for diplomacy, wisdom and common sense. This is my sincere wish for the sake of Ukraine and the world. President Zelenskyy defends the interests of Ukraine and Ukrainians.

Trump is too much of a coward to say a bad thing to Putin, yet he dares lecture Zelensky? Russia is on the verge of collapse and Trump/Vance are desperate to save them

Zelenky stood in front of the American government, in the seat of our democracy, and thanked our entire nation. Every farmer, teacher, engineer, nurse, and cop. Thanked us on behalf of his entire country. youtu.be/7gjwlCe5T6M?...

BREAKING -- Tesla is no longer a trillion-dollar company 8% stock price drop yesterday as sales drop and Elon Musk spends all his time in DC, illegally meddling in the govt, endorsing neo-Nazis, and giving Nazi salutes The company was worth $1.5 trillion in December

The UN didn't approve a US resolution on Monday that urges an end to the war in Ukraine. Members didn't adopt the US resolution for its failure to mention the Kremlin’s aggression. Instead, they approved a resolution demanding Russia withdraws forces from Ukrainian territories, which Trump opposes.

The estimated cost to rebuild Ukraine's economy after Russia's invasion has risen to $524 billion, nearly three times its expected 2024 economic output, the World Bank, United Nations, European Commission and the Ukrainian government found reut.rs/41t6T2T

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