"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 @GOPMajorityWhip

I'd encourage everyone to read the Danish military intelligence assessment in full, and not rely on excitable social media upsums. Here is the top line: "The Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) assesses that Russia will intensify its hybrid war by carrying out more frequent attacks against the West and NATO, with greater consequences for the targeted countries than in the past. This could include destructive cyber attacks that cripple critical societal functions as well as sabotage attacks that carry a high risk of casualties." In other words, Russia will continue doing what it's already doing (terrorist attacks against hard and soft targets, cyberoperations), only more so. This is an uncontroversial assessment across Western intelligence services, so far as I've been able to determine. DDIS continues: "At the same time, there is a low but growing risk that Russia will launch a limited military attack against one or several NATO countries bordering Russia....Such a limited military attack could take the form of isolated strikes with long‑range weapons on infrastructure that is vital to the support to Ukraine. In this situation, Russia might then claim that the weapons only struck NATO territory because they were jammed by Ukraine. It could also be a so-called false flag operation, where Russia uses Ukrainian‑made drones to attack a NATO country." The scenario envisaged here (a low but growing risk) is a plausibly deniable conventional attack by Russia. The objective would be twofold. First, to sow panic and confusion in the targeted country or countries, and encourage skepticism of the official government version of what just happened. "Maybe it was the Ukrainians." "Maybe it was an accident." "Maybe no attack took place and the deep state is trying to foment World War III." Thirty seconds on this hellsite should be enough to convince you that counterfactual narratives would be easy enough to amplify, especially in countries with elections forthcoming. A "limited military attack" psychologically would just be a heightened form of "hybrid" war because it's designed to overwhelm and demoralize the population and make its think that supporting Ukraine just isn't worth it since those not at war are now liable to become collateral damage. The second objective of such an attack would be to gauge NATO's response to it -- and this is key bit, because, as DDIS also states: "Russia will likely carry out military attacks only if it assesses that such attacks will not result in a war by triggering a collective NATO military response. However, Russia is likely uncertain about what could trigger such a war. Consequently, there is a risk that Russia assesses that the NATO countries will not respond collectively, especially if Russia assesses that the United States cannot or will not support the European NATO countries in a potential war against Russia." (Italics added.) You wouldn't be wrong to detect a hint of political messaging here. (All intel services deny they do any such thing but they all do.) This is Denmark, a country that just stared down a possible U.S. invasion and annexation of Greenland, which would have meant the disintegration of NATO. Trump has spent his entire second term (and much of his first term) doubting the Inviolability of Article V. His Pentagon has given NATO allies questionnaires to fill out to prove their worthiness as allies, while it undergoes a force posture review with ominous media leaks about what Bridge Colby and his minion might do (25,000 U.S. troops withdrawn, a scuppered U.S. base in Poland, etc.) Now comes a frenzy of intelligence reporting across Europe about a possible Russian attack on NATO, all kickstarted by a CIA briefing delivered to the Poles, Scandinavians and Balts months ago with a warning that they're probably on their own if and when such an attack happens. Never let a good crisis go to waste... Russia isn't sure what would trigger a war with NATO, so how might NATO make it sure? A "limited military attack" can be deterred if Washington telegraphs its intent to enforce Article V in word and deed by stating clearly and repeatedly what would constitute a casus belli in 2026 and, of course, by keeping U.S. troops in Europe.

New! Prof @RosariaTaddeo, Professor of Digital Ethics and Defence Technologies at the Oxford Internet Institute, joins Matteo Flora on Tgcom24's "Artificial Intelligence: In Our Midst" to discuss AI and existential risk. Listen here: mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it…

It was probably funny for Trump, but it's a sign of weakness from Xi's perspective. Chinese are big on reputation and not embarrassing each other, and to publicly mock a former president makes Trump look like a dumb American to Xi. The Art of the Deal vs The Art of War.

This is insanity, or worse, treason. I served in the CIA Counter Espionage Group. Israel was our number two espionage threat, stealing secrets from us at every turn. I caught one of these attempted penetrations. If the Senate passes this, every one of them who voted for it should be tried for treason - By the people. Clean out the House and Senate and fumigate the Capitol building.

gosh I think we'd all agree but @RossKneeDeep "better candidate than #Trump" is the lowest of low bars, right? better cheat? liar? philanderer? sore loser? bully? grifter? misogynist? NOW you're on solid ground

Palantir and Anthropic targeted Minab school, aided by Pentagon stale data and Hegseth psychopathy stripping target review staff. And it was a triple tap, not a double tap. Children killed on first strike. Parents killed by second strike getting surviving children. Rescue workers killed by third strike rushing in after second strike. Unforgivable.

“The goal should be efficiency, not speed.” The Blavatnik School’s Jesse Hamilton and Nathan Wood argue that embedding military advisers within industry could help accelerate weapons reviews without compromising safety or core values. 👇 ow.ly/PtGn50ZQTW7

This is illegal Notice the text at the bottom, “paid for by the US government”. Why the hell is the US government and our taxpayers paying for Trump political ad on Fox News?

SPECIAL REPORT: The Kremlin used the staged and manufactured 2026 State Duma elections in occupied Ukraine as a de facto referendum on Russian occupation, portraying participation in the election and support for United Russia as evidence of widespread acceptance of Russia’s illegal rule. The Russian occupation apparatus has employed a diverse range of tactics since 2025 to execute the election management toolkit and manufacture United Russia’s parliamentary victory in occupied Ukraine. The Kremlin and Russian occupation officials will also use the election results as evidence of grassroots endorsement of Russia’s increasingly formalized official ideology amongst residents of occupied areas, which will set conditions for the Kremlin to continue to force residents of occupied Ukraine into making sacrifices for the Russian state in defense of this constructed and imposed ideology.

An hour ago at the UN Security Council Sergey Lavrov appealed for religious freedom in Ukraine.

given that #attribution can still be challenging w #drones, makes you wonder how the #USAF has responded to #Ukraine's #Operation #Spiderweb attacks last year, which destroyed very costly #Russian strategic bombers deep inside Russia

kinda bad optics either way Mike: either they're incompetent (highly likely), or in contempt of the law (equally highly likely, since #DJT considers himself both above the law and a law giver at the same time).

the U.S. uses "undocumented" because it takes due process (you know, a finding of law) to determine whether someone who's entered the country has done so illegally. some % of undocumented immigrants will be determined to have no legitimate path to citizenship, but others will

well done, but 3300 kilos is about 1/100th of what gets through every year, and it's already getting to be old hat compared to the newer synthetics.

In 1983, the United States ran the "Proud Prophet-83" politico-military global war game to simulate a NATO-Warsaw Pact crisis and ensuing armed conflict. Among the participants were officials from the Joint Staff, combatant commands, CIA, State Department, and (covertly) Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. John Vessey. Following a few days of simulated hostilies, both sides were exchanging hundreds of nuclear attacks across Europe and other theaters. Those strikes destroyed every major German and Polish city as well as Paris, London, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, and additional targets farther afield. The final message conveyed through a hotline estabilished for the purposes of simulation and directed to Moscow read: "May you burn in hell like you are going to burn here." It was sent by SecDef Caspar Weinberger.

Farewell, Ihor Onishenko, 50 y.o. He survived the occupation of Bucha and volunteered to defend Ukraine. He recently gave his life for his country during a battle in Pokrovsk. He leaves behind two sons and his wife. Eternal memory and glory to you, Hero. 🇺🇦

I love it 🤣💙🤣💙

Just so pathetic. One after the other, Trump nominated people to the most important positions solely because they are sycophantic cultists who refuse to even say he is wrong about something that impacts public health even when they know he is. This is a nightmare for America.

THE IRS JUST PERMANENTLY STOPPED LOOKING AT TRUMP'S OWN MONEY Not paused. Not under review. PERMANENTLY ENDED. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche ordered the IRS to shut down every current and future audit of the Trump family and the Trump business Read that again. The man appointed by Trump just told the agency that taxes Americans to protect Trump's taxes from ever being taxed This came out of Trump v IRS, a lawsuit and settlement so unorthodox that Democrats, Republicans, and the judge overseeing it all raised alarms at the same time. When everyone across the aisle is uneasy, that's not partisanship, that's a five-alarm fire Meanwhile your audit letter still shows up in the mail like clockwork Small business owners get flagged for a $400 deduction. Trump's entire empire gets a permanent hall pass signed by his own hand-picked AG This is a sitting president using the machinery of federal law enforcement to make his own finances legally untouchable, forever, while he's still in office setting the rules for everyone else's taxes There is no oversight committee scarier to Trump than the IRS knocking on his door, so he had his own DOJ nail that door shut Ask yourself who else gets to write themselves out of a tax audit permanently. Nobody. Nobody but Trump The family business gets immunity. The country gets the bill This isn't governance. This is Trump laundering his own tax exposure through the highest law enforcement office in the land Share this before they bury it under the next distraction