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American foreign policy under Trump is not isolationist. On the contrary, MAGA ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve the interests of American crypto, mineral and tech companies, especially if they have links to the president. They think of themselves as "the vanguard of a movement that will alter not just America, but the world."
Read more here:
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Breaking news: The Pentagon’s public tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased by 37 without explanation from the Defense Department.
That includes 29 Navy sailors and eight Marines, according to the Pentagon’s database. wapo.st/4hqpweB
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The head of Egyptian intelligence warned Israelis of an impending Hamas attack before October 7. Read @vmsalama
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"internal financial documents show that ticket sales steeply declined after Mr. Trump’s takeover of the institution, and plunged even further after his name was added to the building"
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Trump in 2015: I would not be throwing Xi Jinping a dinner. I would get him a McDonald's hamburger and say 'we have to get down to work.' We're giving him a state dinner and what he has done is sucked all of our jobs.
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🔴 KHERSON/OLESHKY: Thanks for covering this subject. Please take your time to do the proper research. Replying to disinformation and requests.
🧵General facts about the Kherson region: two banks of the Dnipro River.
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Lord, President Xi just insulted Trump and the USA, right to Trump's face-in the White House. Xi referred, yet again, to the "Thucydides trap". This is a reference to the US being in decline and China replacing it.
And Trump sits their making moo eyes like a lovestruck teenager
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Russian drones are hitting book warehouses all across Ukraine, becuase the destruction of Ukrainian language and culture is one their war's central goals.
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Flashback
So wrong! @BarackObama is hosting China's VP Xi Jinping today at the Pentagon with a full honor ceremony with music and cannons...
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People were simply sorting vegetables, and Russia killed them...
Do you grasp the scale of the cynicism and terror?
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"House Republicans will continue to hold Hunter Biden’s feet to the fire... no one–not even the president’s son–is above the law.”
-Tom Emmer, 1.17.24
"Don Jr is a private citizen and businessman so this unwarranted attack will go nowhere,"
-Tom Emmer, 9.23.26
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Russia is starving civilians in Oleshky, and the small town is in the middle of a humanitarian crisis. People, including children, are reportedly eating pigeons and animal food to survive.
Ukraine has made an evacuation plan, but Russia won't let the civilians leave.
In Oleshky, Kherson region, temporarily occupied by Russia, people are facing a horrific humanitarian crisis. Reports say residents are searching for food scraps and collecting grass simply to survive.
Russia is cutting off supplies of food, medicine and other basic necessities, while denying humanitarian organisations access and blocking efforts to evacuate civilians. Russian FPV drones are hunting people in the streets.
Oleshky had around 24,000 residents before the full-scale war. Today, only about 2,000 remain, including around 50 children. There is no electricity or gas, while food, medicine and other essential supplies have been unavailable for the past month.
Ukraine is working to organise an evacuation. The ICRC has confirmed that it is ready to take part, and international humanitarian organisations are prepared to provide life-saving aid. Yet Russia is preventing these efforts from reaching people.
The suffering in Oleshky and other occupied communities of the Kherson region is a direct consequence of Russia’s actions. The international community must put pressure on Russia to allow humanitarian organisations access, establish a humanitarian corridor, and ensure civilians can leave safely.
"We will not allow these crimes to remain hidden behind the frontline and Russia’s refusal to grant access to the occupied territories," Ukraine's Foreign Minister @andrii_sybiha has stressed.
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There are 15 members of the UN Security Council. 14 support, in some way or another, an immediate ceasefire. Including four permanent members.
Only one state blocks an end to hostilities. And it is the aggressor itself.
Russia vetoes not just a ceasefire. Russia vetoes peace. Putin could have ended this war long ago. But he chooses daily escalation.
This war has to stop. Ukraine wants to end it now — not later. We are ready for a full, unconditional ceasefire. Ready for ceasefires on energy and food. Ready to stop right now, right here.
We were not the ones who started it. We were invaded. We keep on fighting — defending our home.
We must stop this war now. Before Putin enters your home. He is already at the entrance.
This is not a Ukrainian war. Not even a European one. It is a global threat. Preventing the worst scenario depends on everyone in this room, and beyond it.
From my address to the UN Security Council meeting on September 23, 2026.
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Po latach bezsensownej, kolonialnej wojny Władimir Putin niczego nie osiągnął. Kończą mu się zasoby, brakuje mu rekrutów. Od ponad 12 lat próbuje podbić Donbas, a od ponad 4 - Kijów.
Wystarczy.
📍 Nowy Jork, @UN Rada Bezpieczeństwa nt. Ukrainy.
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Umowna „partia Rosja” powstaje na naszych oczach. Prorosyjscy działacze związani z M. Piskorskim założyli stowarzyszenie Suwerenistów. Ich celem są wybory parlamentarne w 2027 r. Pomaga im Braun i prorosyjski europoseł Luboš Blaha, wykładowca MGIMO.
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Incredible. First @SecMullinDHS claimed that @DHSgov identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials said, no no no, that’s just people we flagged, here’s the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens.
All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle.
"The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
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Right now, "the Chinese communist state media is allowed onto the White House grounds… but we are not," @kaitlancollins notes
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🔥 Sikorski brought the heat at the UN Security Council: “Sergey, tell your boss: enough is enough”
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski addressed the Russian delegation directly, pointing to the gap in economic power between Russia, Poland, Europe and NATO.
“You have been trying to conquer Donbas for over 12 years and Kyiv for over four. You have been stopped by heroic Ukraine — a country whose GDP is one-tenth of Russia’s.
But Poland’s GDP is almost half of yours. Europe’s is 10 times bigger. NATO’s is 25 times bigger.
You can still kill a lot of people, but you cannot win. You can stop this imperial war of choice at any time. Don’t endanger Europe and the world any further. Stop destroying Russia’s future.”
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Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski at the UN Security Council:
🗣 "To the representatives of the Russian Federation, I have this to say: You have been trying to conquer Donbas for over twelve years and Kyiv for over four. You have been stopped by heroic Ukraine, a country with one-tenth of Russia's GDP. But Poland has almost half of your GDP. Europe has 10 times your GDP. NATO has 25 times your GDP. You can still kill a lot of people, but you cannot win. You can stop this imperial war of choice at any time. Don't endanger Europe and the world any further. Stop destroying Russia's future. Sergey, I know you're listening. Tell your boss: 'enough is enough.' Thank you."
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