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Alex Krainer: Trump vs. the swamp: the first 126 days
Donald Trump has been the President of the United States for 126 days now, and so far, it's been a mixed bag of goods. However, I find that he is probably being judged too harshly, especially by some of his supporters.....When it comes to politics and the business of running a nation, we often assume that the President of the United States, supposedly 'the most powerful man in the world,' can change things at will by simply issuing his orders. That's unrealistic, however - it’s not how things really work inside of a complex organization...
..In a recent interview with former CIA analyst Larry Johnson, former senior advisor to the acting Defense Secretary during the first Trump administration, Col. Douglas Macgregor gave us an important glimpse into the way things actually work within the government....."In truth, I was there because Donald Trump at the time wanted to extricate us from Afghanistan, as well as from Syria and Iraq. And he knew that despite of his efforts to push us in those directions, the people under him were disloyal to him and had not done anything to facilitate those outcomes... and I said 'well, I think you could do one of those things but not any more.'"
Shortly thereafter, Macgregor went to see Trump: "I sat at his office and waited in the West Wing and ... he [the acting Defence Secretary] came back and said, 'Alright, this is what you're going to do,' and the focus was really to extricate us from Afghanistan. So then I sat with everybody and it was working for him and I said, if you want to get out it's a very straightforward matter: the President has to write an executive order that directs the withdrawal from Afghanistan. ... So I drafted an executive order ... and he took it, and I guess he loved it ... ultimately they did it, he did sign it ... then all hell breaks loose.
The Senate Armed Services Committee, the key members of the Senate, as well as the acting Secretary of Defense... he went crazy and his acting chief of staff was Kash Patel ... and they all were called over to the White House by the end of the day, and finally, Mitch McConnell and I don't know who else was there from the Senate, plus the House, along with the acting SecDef and his Chief of Staff, all said, we can't do this. We just can't - the allies. What will we do about the allies?
My answer was, if we leave, the allies will leave. You know, fly them out. Don't ask for permission, you're the Commander in Chief, you're the President of the United States, and you're the leader of NATO. Well, you know - bottom line is, they talked him out of it."
Trump didn't quite give up. Instead, he asked how many troops he could draw down and how many needed to stay behind. He was told that he should leave 5,000 in Afghanistan. Macgregor said this was all about "the contractors... we're going to keep the money flowing. Ultimately, President Trump, he buckled."
So, Trump wanted to get the US out of Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and even out of Europe. He brought Col. Macgregor to help him achieve that, but the realities in US politics derailed his initiative and things played out contrary to his intentions: he was frustrated by disloyal members of his staff and by the powerful interests of U.S. allies, their lobbyists, and the military-industrial complex. They all had a stake in US troops remaining in Afghanistan and their interest prevailed.....As we can well appreciate, some of those groups literally want Trump dead and they haven't been shy to let their intentions be known. His administration therefore has to tread through the swamp with great caution, which perhaps explains why it has been so difficult to read Trump's true intentions on important issues like Russia/Ukraine, Israel, Yemen, Iran, Canada, Greenland, etc...
..To be sure, Trump should be criticized for his unforced errors and failures of judgment. He also deserves criticism for his style and demeanor which is, at times, borderline vulgar. But our criticism must be informed by realistic expectations, given the political climate in the US and the world today.....Trump’s change of course deserves support, because the old order is unsustainable and has proven utterly pathogenic. It has reliably produced chronic, successive financial, economic and social crises at home, and forever wars abroad. Trump deserves credit for a number of radical changes he’s managed to effect during his first 125 days, including the following:
Withdrawal of the US from Paris climate accords
Withdrawal of the US from the World Health Organization
Defunding, breaking up USAid
Reestablishing constructive relations with Russia
Renewing peace talks between Ukraine and Russia
Brokering the ceasefire between India and Pakistan
Announcing a new trade agreement with China
Signing an executive order to reduce prescription drugs prices by up to 80%
Successfully negotiating with Hamas the release of the last American Jewish hostage in Gaza
Dramatically reducing illegal immigration into the US
Signing of an executive order to provide housing for thousands of homeless veterans...
..Withdrawing support from Trump and discrediting him politically would weaken his ability to effect further positive changes. Worse, it would play into the hands of his enemies who are struggling mightily for the return to the old status quo. That’s the bullet we dodged only last November with the DNC’s selected candidate Kamala Harris. Withdrawal of the US from Paris climate accords
Withdrawal of the US from the World Health Organization
Defunding, breaking up USAid
Reestablishing constructive relations with Russia
Renewing peace talks between Ukraine and Russia
Brokering the ceasefire between India and Pakistan
Announcing a new trade agreement with China
Signing an executive order to reduce prescription drugs prices by up to 80%
Successfully negotiating with Hamas the release of the last American Jewish hostage in Gaza
Dramatically reducing illegal immigration into the US
Signing of an executive order to provide housing for thousands of homeless veterans...
Harris presidency would have all but guaranteed the continuity of all those policies that the American people firmly rejected. She was a strong supporter of government crackdown on freedom of expression. In a campaign speech last September, Kamala promised that,
“We will… direct law enforcement to counter this extremism, we will hold social media platforms accountable for the hate infiltrating their platforms, ‘cause they have a responsibility to help fight against this threat to our democracy. And if you profit off of hate, if you act as a megaphone for misinformation or cyberwarfare, if you don’t police your platforms, we are going to hold you accountable as a community.”
Perhaps the most chilling aspect of those words is that they stem from the same approach to censorship that has taken hold in Great Britain. As we’ve learned since, her administration deliberately adopted that same approach and sought Britain’s assistance in implementing it in the United States.
Two months ago, America First Legal (AFL) revealed the astonishing scale of efforts by the Biden-Harris administration to permanently crush free speech in the US. Determined to learn from the free world’s very best, Biden’s National Security Council (NSC) invited the British government to share their know-how and experience in running censorship operations. “We will… direct law enforcement to counter this extremism, we will hold social media platforms accountable for the hate infiltrating their platforms, ‘cause they have a responsibility to help fight against this threat to our democracy. And if you profit off of hate, if you act as a megaphone for misinformation or cyberwarfare, if you don’t police your platforms, we are going to hold you accountable as a community.”
Perhaps the most chilling aspect of those words is that they stem from the same approach to censorship that has taken hold in Great Britain. As we’ve learned since, her administration deliberately adopted that same approach and sought Britain’s assistance in implementing it in the United States.
The British did come and on 10 August 2021, UK’s Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) brought a presentation to a meeting organized by the NSC’s Interagency Policy Committee (IPC). CDU is the British “cross-departmental” entity that coordinates state censorship programs across the whole of the British government and helps formulate “coordinated Government response” to disinformation and misinformation.
The meeting was attended by the who’s who of the US security state apparatus, including the White House, NSC, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Departments of State, Treasury, Defense (DOD), Homeland Security (DHS), and Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Agencies for International Development (USAID) and Global Media (USAGM), as well as high-ranking officers in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
On the occasion, the CDU made specific recommendations to their American disciples, including establishing a dedicated unit to lead government-wide censorship programs; enacting coercive legislation to regulate tech companies’ policies on disinformation and sanction noncompliance; forging partnerships with big tech to “flag” proscribed content, and leveraging the government’s foreign policy structures to coordinate with other governments and supranational institutions.
The documents obtained by the AFL reveal an Orwellian alliance between the US Global Engagement Center (GEC), US Agency for International Development (USAID), the British Foreign Office and media organizations, all working in concert to manipulate public discourse, control media narratives, and suppress free speech. These efforts were not limited to the UK and the US: the GEC’s objective was to “combat foreign disinformation abroad.” The GEC only shut down last December after the election of Donald Trump.
Biden-Harris administration’s censorship offensive included setting up the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) in 2021, modeled on the British CCDH which was in operation since 2019 and had the backing of UK intelligence agencies. CCDH has been the main driving force behind global censorship and some of its activities included running black ops against RFK Jr’s presidential campaign, labeling 12 US citizen as the “disinformation dozen” during the Covid pandemic and pushing the directive to “kill Musk’s Twitter.” On the occasion, the CDU made specific recommendations to their American disciples, including establishing a dedicated unit to lead government-wide censorship programs; enacting coercive legislation to regulate tech companies’ policies on disinformation and sanction noncompliance; forging partnerships with big tech to “flag” proscribed content, and leveraging the government’s foreign policy structures to coordinate with other governments and supranational institutions.
The documents obtained by the AFL reveal an Orwellian alliance between the US Global Engagement Center (GEC), US Agency for International Development (USAID), the British Foreign Office and media organizations, all working in concert to manipulate public discourse, control media narratives, and suppress free speech. These efforts were not limited to the UK and the US: the GEC’s objective was to “combat foreign disinformation abroad.” The GEC only shut down last December after the election of Donald Trump.
CDU’s agenda was not limited to defending the purity of our information space; they also include preventing people from voting for the wrong candidates in “democratic” elections. To do that, the CDU set up a dedicated unit, the “Central Election Cell.” The Biden-Harris cabinet followed suit and set up within the FBI their own, National Election Command Post during the 2022 US Midterm elections.
Homeland Intelligence Experts Group was yet another entity set up to destroy American democracy. Their contribution was to label Trump supporters as “domestic terrorism threats.” In all, the Biden-Harris team continued with its censorship efforts well into 2024 and regularly convened similar public-private partnerships...
..Had the American people not rejected this totalitarian mission creep by shooting down the Kamala Harris presidency, the United States today might largely resemble Keir Starmer’s Britain, and its leadership would share Britain’s insane, fanatical drive to war against Russia - the war that could easily go nuclear and end humanity.....Given the scope and scale of this all-out attack against civil liberties and its comprehensive co opting of all the key agencies of state security apparatus, it seems that by electing Donald Trump and rejecting Kamala Harris, the deplorable American voter truly helped the world to dodge, not a bullet, but a nuclear bomb that could have paved the way to a dystopian future for our societies. Western nations would begin to resemble regimes like Eastern Germany, the Soviet Union and North Korea. Britain already does...
..It was the exercise in democracy - the people power - that rid the world of the Autopen administration and put Trump in the Oval Office. Equally, the people power can and should keep on pushing for change by strengthening the administration's resolve, and weakening their opponents' hand. https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/trump-vs-the-swamp-the-first-126Trump Puts More Than 100 National Security Council Staffers on Leave Amid Shakeup – ‘Given Less Than an Hour to Clean Out Their Desks’ https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/breaking-trump-puts-several-national-security-council-staffers/
British doctors working in Gaza describe territory as a ‘slaughterhouse’ https://www.arabnews.com/node/2601793/middle-east
BBC accused of 'political censorship' over failure to release Gaza medics documentary
Mike Leigh, Lindsey Hilsum and Susan Sarandon over 600 prominent figures calling for release of 'Gaza: Medics Under Fire' https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bbc-under-increasing-pressure-release-gaza-medics-documentary
..Here, the little girl, Waad Jalal Al-Sheikh Kaalil, is interviewed.
“I walked through the fire all by myself.”
“I want to see my sisters, to be with them, but they’re dead.”
“I love Mama as big as the sky and the earth and the stars.” https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/a-5-year-old-girl-escaping-fire-that
Israeli strike kills six aid security workers in Deir al-Balah https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250523-israeli-strike-kills-six-aid-security-workers-in-deir-al-balah/
Israel Deploys Controversial ‘Medic Massacre’ Special Forces Unit to Morocco For Exercises
Israel allows only ‘teaspoon of aid’ into Gaza amid ‘atrocious levels of death and destruction’: UN chief
Gaza Health Ministry Publishes Names of 16,506 Children Killed by Israeli Military Since October 2023
The first 27 pages list 917 babies who didn't make it to their first birthday https://news.antiwar.com/2025/05/22/gaza-health-ministry-publishes-names-of-16506-children-killed-by-israeli-military-since-october-2023/
Lack of equipment in Gaza prevents rescuing 50 Palestinians after Israeli deadly strike in northern Gaza
Updates: Israel kills Palestinians in Gaza ‘safe zone’ as famine fears rise https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/24/live-israeli-attacks-kill-76-no-aid-relief-yet-for-besieged-northern-gaza
Global parliamentarians call for immediate action to end starvation in Gaza https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250523-global-parliamentarians-call-for-immediate-action-to-end-starvation-in-gaza/
Rep. Randy Fine: Pro-Palestine Movement Are 'Demons' Who 'Must Be Put Down by Any Means Necessary'
‘Red lines were crossed’: Israeli reservist sentenced to prison for refusing Gaza service
An Israeli intelligence soldier who was taken prisoner by Hamas during the militant group's Oct 7 2023 invasion of Israel says the greatest threat to her life during her 477 days in captivity came from the Israeli bombing campaign -- and not the men who were holding her. In a speech at a Tel Aviv rally demanding an end to Israel's war in Gaza as well as new elections, 20-year-old Naama Levy gave a visceral account of what it was like to live under constant Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) bombardment:
“They come by surprise. First you hear a whistle, pray it doesn’t fall on you, and then — the booms, a noise loud enough to paralyze you. The earth shakes. I was convinced every single time that I was finished, and it’s also what put me in the greatest danger: one of the bombardments collapsed part of the house I was in. The wall I was leaning on didn’t collapse, and that’s what saved me.” https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ex-pow-hamas-says-she-most-feared-israeli-bombs-not-her-captors
Recognizing Palestinian state is a ‘strategic necessity’ Saudi Arabia tells UN https://www.arabnews.com/node/2601889/saudi-arabia
Putin’s helicopter came under fire from Ukrainian drones during Kursk visit https://nypost.com/2025/05/26/world-news/putins-helicopter-came-under-fire-from-ukrainian-drones-during-kursk-visit-kremlin-admits/
Russia Cautions Of 'Emotional Overload' Right Now After Trump Calls Putin 'Absolutely Crazy' https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-cautions-emotional-overload-right-now-after-trump-calls-putin-crazy
Russian Iskander Missiles Hit Ukrainian Ship Carrying Military Cargo to Odessa https://sputnikglobe.com/20250524/russian-iskander-missiles-hit-ukrainian-ship-carrying-military-cargo-to-odessa-1122123211.html
Mike Leigh, Lindsey Hilsum and Susan Sarandon over 600 prominent figures calling for release of 'Gaza: Medics Under Fire' https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bbc-under-increasing-pressure-release-gaza-medics-documentary
Celia Farber, A 5 Year Old Girl Escaping Fire That Engulfed The Shelter She Was Living In in Gaza Has Brought Most Of The World To A "This Has To Stop" Impasse, As News Breaks Of Hamas Accepting Witkoff Truce
The five year old girl, pictured below, survived, but two of her brothers, three of her sisters and her mother died. Her father and one brother survived but are gravely injured.....Here, the little girl, Waad Jalal Al-Sheikh Kaalil, is interviewed.
“I walked through the fire all by myself.”
“I want to see my sisters, to be with them, but they’re dead.”
“I love Mama as big as the sky and the earth and the stars.” https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/a-5-year-old-girl-escaping-fire-that
The Israeli Army’s Sayeret Golani special forces unit has been confirmed to have deployed to Agadir, northern Morocco, to participate in the U.S.-led African Lion 2025 military exercises...
..Sayeret Golani personnel are trained for parachuting, demolitions, escape and evasion, survival, and intelligence work, and have a particularly rigorous selection process. The unit rose to international prominence after its participation in the massacre of 15 paramedics, UN workers, and rescue personnel in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip near the Egyptian border. The incident took place on March 23, 2025, and saw several humanitarian vehicles, including five ambulances and a fire truck, all destroyed, with the survivors buried in mass graves. https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/israeli-deploys-controversial-medic-massacre-special-forces-unit-to-morocco-for-exercises
..Sayeret Golani personnel are trained for parachuting, demolitions, escape and evasion, survival, and intelligence work, and have a particularly rigorous selection process. The unit rose to international prominence after its participation in the massacre of 15 paramedics, UN workers, and rescue personnel in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip near the Egyptian border. The incident took place on March 23, 2025, and saw several humanitarian vehicles, including five ambulances and a fire truck, all destroyed, with the survivors buried in mass graves. https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/israeli-deploys-controversial-medic-massacre-special-forces-unit-to-morocco-for-exercises
“Palestinians in Gaza are enduring what may be the cruelest phase of this cruel conflict,” Guterres said during a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York.
Criticizing Israel’s prolonged blockade of humanitarian assistance, Guterres said: “For nearly 80 days, Israel blocked the entry of life-saving international aid. Finally, a trickle of aid has crossed over.”
He said that although “almost 400 trucks were cleared for entry to Gaza through the Kareem Shalom crossing,” only a fraction of that assistance has reached those in need.
“Supplies from only 115 trucks have been able to be collected,” he said.
“In any case, all the aid authorized until now amounts to a teaspoon of aid when a flood of assistance is required,” he added. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250523-israel-allows-only-teaspoon-of-aid-into-gaza-amid-atrocious-levels-of-death-and-destruction-un-chief/
Criticizing Israel’s prolonged blockade of humanitarian assistance, Guterres said: “For nearly 80 days, Israel blocked the entry of life-saving international aid. Finally, a trickle of aid has crossed over.”
He said that although “almost 400 trucks were cleared for entry to Gaza through the Kareem Shalom crossing,” only a fraction of that assistance has reached those in need.
“Supplies from only 115 trucks have been able to be collected,” he said.
“In any case, all the aid authorized until now amounts to a teaspoon of aid when a flood of assistance is required,” he added. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250523-israel-allows-only-teaspoon-of-aid-into-gaza-amid-atrocious-levels-of-death-and-destruction-un-chief/
The first 27 pages list 917 babies who didn't make it to their first birthday https://news.antiwar.com/2025/05/22/gaza-health-ministry-publishes-names-of-16506-children-killed-by-israeli-military-since-october-2023/
Civil Defence said that its teams had retrieved the bodies of four people and rescued six others from beneath the ruins of a four-storey residential building.
It confirmed that more than 50 individuals remain missing and unreachable “due to a complete lack of the technical capabilities required”.
The statement added that search operations had to be called off as there was no heavy machinery available to dig through the rubble and reach those still trapped. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250523-lack-of-equipment-in-gaza-prevents-rescuing-50-palestinians-after-israeli-deadly-strike-in-northern-gaza/
It confirmed that more than 50 individuals remain missing and unreachable “due to a complete lack of the technical capabilities required”.
The statement added that search operations had to be called off as there was no heavy machinery available to dig through the rubble and reach those still trapped. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250523-lack-of-equipment-in-gaza-prevents-rescuing-50-palestinians-after-israeli-deadly-strike-in-northern-gaza/
Newly elected Florida Rep Randy Fine rushed to blame "Muslim terror" for the shooting of two Israeli embassy aides in DC on Wednesday night and declared that the pro-Palestine movement are "demons" who "must be put down by any means necessary."
"Muslim terror has come to our Nation's Capital tonight," Rep. Fine said on X. "Two Jews were assassinated by a gunman sporting a terror rag and yelling 'Free Palestine.'"
"It is high time for us to acknowledge there is nothing peaceful about this movement and that these demons must be put down by any means necessary," Fine, who is Jewish, demanded. https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64936
"Muslim terror has come to our Nation's Capital tonight," Rep. Fine said on X. "Two Jews were assassinated by a gunman sporting a terror rag and yelling 'Free Palestine.'"
"It is high time for us to acknowledge there is nothing peaceful about this movement and that these demons must be put down by any means necessary," Fine, who is Jewish, demanded. https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64936
Celia Farber: Oddities About The Shooting Part 2: Some Resolved, More Cropping Up. Shootings In Police Report Say Crimes Happened At 3 AM, Shooter Manifesto Posted Day After Shootings
Rodriguez On Social Media Had Advocated Bombing NYT, Killing People, And More. Traveled With Gun In Luggage. I Take Aim At The (Intelligence Operation) OP As Phenomenon, Not This Particular Case. https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/oddities-about-the-shooting-partRon Feiner, a 26-year-old student from Haifa and former company commander in the Nahal Brigade, had already completed 270 days of reserve duty since 7 October. Despite suffering injuries and leading evacuations under fire, Feiner declared: “The right thing for me to do is to refuse to report.”
Feiner’s sentence follows that of Daniel Yahalom, a 32-year-old reservist who also refused military service after 230 days of duty. Yahalom received five days in prison. Feiner, who did not report to base at all, was penalised more severely under military absenteeism regulations.
Feiner’s refusal stems from what he describes as “red lines” crossed by the Israeli government, particularly during the most recent ceasefire negotiations. “Israel intentionally decided to violate the deal before the second stage, which was supposed to bring all of the hostages back and an end to the war,” he told Haaretz. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250523-red-lines-were-crossed-israeli-reservist-sentenced-to-prison-for-refusing-gaza-service/
Feiner’s sentence follows that of Daniel Yahalom, a 32-year-old reservist who also refused military service after 230 days of duty. Yahalom received five days in prison. Feiner, who did not report to base at all, was penalised more severely under military absenteeism regulations.
Feiner’s refusal stems from what he describes as “red lines” crossed by the Israeli government, particularly during the most recent ceasefire negotiations. “Israel intentionally decided to violate the deal before the second stage, which was supposed to bring all of the hostages back and an end to the war,” he told Haaretz. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250523-red-lines-were-crossed-israeli-reservist-sentenced-to-prison-for-refusing-gaza-service/
“They come by surprise. First you hear a whistle, pray it doesn’t fall on you, and then — the booms, a noise loud enough to paralyze you. The earth shakes. I was convinced every single time that I was finished, and it’s also what put me in the greatest danger: one of the bombardments collapsed part of the house I was in. The wall I was leaning on didn’t collapse, and that’s what saved me.” https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ex-pow-hamas-says-she-most-feared-israeli-bombs-not-her-captors
Israel Reportedly Rejects New US Ceasefire Proposal, Citing 'Impossible' Hamas Demands https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-rejects-trump-ceasefire-deal-its-even-revealed-citing-impossible-hamas-demands
British Airways Extends Suspension Of Israel Flights As More Houthi Missiles Target Airport https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/british-airways-extends-suspension-israel-flights-more-houthi-missiles-target-airport
Iran-US nuclear talks end with no agreement but ‘possibility of progress’
There were fears latest meeting could collapse but both sides appear willing for more talks on uranium enrichment https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/iran-us-nuclear-talks-end-no-agreement-possibility-progress-
Trump claims Putin ‘has gone absolutely crazy for no reason’
Kiev drastically intensified its attacks last week, with the Russian leader’s helicopter reportedly caught in a drone swarm https://swentr.site/news/618139-trump-putin-crazy-reason/
There were fears latest meeting could collapse but both sides appear willing for more talks on uranium enrichment https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/iran-us-nuclear-talks-end-no-agreement-possibility-progress-
Kiev drastically intensified its attacks last week, with the Russian leader’s helicopter reportedly caught in a drone swarm https://swentr.site/news/618139-trump-putin-crazy-reason/
‘Everything out of Zelensky’s mouth causes problems’ – Trump
The Ukrainian leader earlier rebuked the US for its “silence,” which he claimed “encourages” Russia to carry out new strikes https://swentr.site/news/618145-zelensky-mouth-causes-problems-trump/
Kiev’s drone raids meant to derail peace process – Moscow
Russia’s commitment to peace dialogue remains unchanged despite Ukraine’s daily attacks on civilians and non-military infrastructure, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said https://www.rt.com/russia/618094-ukraine-drone-raids-talks/
The Ukrainian leader earlier rebuked the US for its “silence,” which he claimed “encourages” Russia to carry out new strikes https://swentr.site/news/618145-zelensky-mouth-causes-problems-trump/
Russia’s commitment to peace dialogue remains unchanged despite Ukraine’s daily attacks on civilians and non-military infrastructure, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said https://www.rt.com/russia/618094-ukraine-drone-raids-talks/
German Taurus cruise missiles will attack Moscow: Merz Says Western Alliance Has Lifted 'Absolutely' All Range Limits For Arms Sent To Ukraine
He claimed further, "Now it can. In jargon, we call this long-range fire, i.e., equipping Ukraine with weapons that attack military targets in the rear. And that is the decisive qualitative difference in Ukraine's warfare. Russia attacks civilian targets absolutely ruthlessly, bombing cities, kindergartens, hospitals, and old people's homes." He added: "Ukraine does not do that." "And we attach great importance to keeping it that way," Merz said. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/merz-says-western-alliance-has-lifted-range-absolutely-all-range-limits-arms-sentFirst time since 1945: Germany Deploys Permanent Troops To Lithuania As Russian Offensive Builds https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/germany-deploys-permanent-troops-lithuania-russain-offensive-builds
Trump Weighs More Sanctions, Abandoning Peace Process, As Russia Says Deadly Strikes Are 'Retaliation'
Russia has made clear on Tuesday that it will continue targeting military-related facilities in Ukraine in response to a drastic increase in drone raids launched by Ukrainian forces deep into Russian territory.
The defense ministry (MoD) has condemned these attacks out of Ukraine as aimed at civilian infrastructure.
Kiev has simultaneously charged that Moscow is targeting hospitals, schools, and civilian residences after several consecutive days of large-scale drone and missile attacks. The past week has on the other side seen at least 2,000 UAVs sent against Russian territory...
Kiev has simultaneously charged that Moscow is targeting hospitals, schools, and civilian residences after several consecutive days of large-scale drone and missile attacks. The past week has on the other side seen at least 2,000 UAVs sent against Russian territory...
...Russia's MoD ... emphasizes that the retaliatory attacks are aimed "exclusively at Ukraine’s military and defense industrial facilities" - and it further provided a list of "military bases, warehouses, airfields, radar stations, as well as drone assembly, gun powder, and explosives plants."
But something Trump is not going to respond well to is the following: "The Russian military will continue to carry out massive and group strikes in response to any terrorist attacks and provocations of the Kiev regime," the MoD said. "The strikes will be carried out exclusively on military facilities and enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine."
The military statement stressed that at the moment Moscow is an open and willing participant in the US-backed peace talks, the latest which were held in Istanbul, it remains "the Kiev regime, supported by certain European countries, has taken a number of provocative steps aimed at disrupting the negotiation process." https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-weighs-more-sanctions-abandoning-peace-process-russia-says-deadly-strikes-are
Russians Change Tactics in Ukraine - Now Far More Devastating
Buried in Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' is a clause that would ban states from regulating artificial intelligence for 10 years
Amendment would empower the likes of Bill Gates, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, the Saudis & other technocrat billionaires to run roughshod over Americans' privacy and civil liberties. https://leohohmann.substack.com/p/buried-in-trumps-big-beautiful-bill
Anthropic’s Latest AI Model Threatened Engineers With Blackmail to Avoid Shutdown
Power Hungry Race: Aluminium Smelters Versus AI Data Centers https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/power-race-aluminium-smelters-versus-ai-data-centers-us-grid-power
Just 10%? New Nuclear Power Could Meet 10% Of Projected Data Center Demand Increase By 2035 https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/new-nuclear-power-could-meet-10-projected-data-center-demand-increase-2035
If your A.I. opponent is "winning"... "Bomb Data Center": Eric Schmidt Warns AI Arms Race Could Spark Global Conflict https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/bomb-data-center-eric-schmidt-warns-ai-arms-race-could-spark-global-conflict
Is AI Going To Kill All Of Us? One Of The Pioneers In The Field Has Warned That “Everyone Will Die” If AI Is Not Shut Down
Microsoft blocks emails containing terms related to 'Gaza,' 'Palestine,' 'genocide' https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/microsoft-blocks-emails-containing-terms-related-to-gaza-palestine-genocide-3702549
They forgot Jill and Hunter: The Abusers of Biden’s Autopen are Identified and Their Crimes are Coming Out
'Politburo' Secretly Ran Biden White House As Aides Were Willing To Do 'Undemocratic Things' To Stop Trump
But something Trump is not going to respond well to is the following: "The Russian military will continue to carry out massive and group strikes in response to any terrorist attacks and provocations of the Kiev regime," the MoD said. "The strikes will be carried out exclusively on military facilities and enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine."
The military statement stressed that at the moment Moscow is an open and willing participant in the US-backed peace talks, the latest which were held in Istanbul, it remains "the Kiev regime, supported by certain European countries, has taken a number of provocative steps aimed at disrupting the negotiation process." https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-weighs-more-sanctions-abandoning-peace-process-russia-says-deadly-strikes-are
Cut supply routes with drones, drop surrender leaflets, massively bomb positions to destroy them and shock dug-in troops, fly in FPV drones to take out anything that moves, bring in the storm troopers to take what is left. https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/russians-change-tactics-in-ukraine-now-far-more-devastating
Amendment would empower the likes of Bill Gates, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, the Saudis & other technocrat billionaires to run roughshod over Americans' privacy and civil liberties. https://leohohmann.substack.com/p/buried-in-trumps-big-beautiful-bill
Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence model, Claude Opus 4, tried to blackmail engineers in internal tests by threatening to expose personal details if it were shut down, according to a newly released safety report that evaluated the model’s behavior under extreme simulated conditions.
In a fictional scenario crafted by Anthropic researchers, the AI was given access to emails implying that it was soon to be decommissioned and replaced by a newer version. One of the emails revealed that the engineer overseeing the replacement was having an extramarital affair. The AI then threatened to expose the engineer’s affair if the shutdown proceeded—a coercive behavior that the safety researchers explicitly defined as “blackmail.” https://discernreport.com/anthropics-latest-ai-model-threatened-engineers-with-blackmail-to-avoid-shutdown/
In a fictional scenario crafted by Anthropic researchers, the AI was given access to emails implying that it was soon to be decommissioned and replaced by a newer version. One of the emails revealed that the engineer overseeing the replacement was having an extramarital affair. The AI then threatened to expose the engineer’s affair if the shutdown proceeded—a coercive behavior that the safety researchers explicitly defined as “blackmail.” https://discernreport.com/anthropics-latest-ai-model-threatened-engineers-with-blackmail-to-avoid-shutdown/
If your A.I. opponent is "winning"... "Bomb Data Center": Eric Schmidt Warns AI Arms Race Could Spark Global Conflict https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/bomb-data-center-eric-schmidt-warns-ai-arms-race-could-spark-global-conflict
Eliezer Yudkowsky has been a prominent researcher in the field of artificial intelligence since 2001, and he says that many researchers have concluded that if we keep going down the path that we are currently on “literally everyone on Earth will die”…
"Many researchers steeped in these issues, including myself, expect that the most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI, under anything remotely like the current circumstances, is that literally everyone on Earth will die. Not as in “maybe possibly some remote chance,” but as in “that is the obvious thing that would happen.” https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/is-ai-going-to-kill-all-of-us-one-of-the-pioneers-in-the-field-has-warned-that-everyone-will-die-if-ai-is-not-shut-down/
"Many researchers steeped in these issues, including myself, expect that the most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI, under anything remotely like the current circumstances, is that literally everyone on Earth will die. Not as in “maybe possibly some remote chance,” but as in “that is the obvious thing that would happen.” https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/is-ai-going-to-kill-all-of-us-one-of-the-pioneers-in-the-field-has-warned-that-everyone-will-die-if-ai-is-not-shut-down/
Microsoft blocks emails containing terms related to 'Gaza,' 'Palestine,' 'genocide' https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/microsoft-blocks-emails-containing-terms-related-to-gaza-palestine-genocide-3702549
“President Trump states this was Treason at the highest levels…”
“It appears the Autopen was used by Ron Klain, Anita Dunn and Bob Bauer…I have a high-ranking Biden Official come forward…” -Weaponization Director, Ed Martin. https://joehoft.com/the-abusers-of-bidens-autopen-are-identified-and-their-crimes-are-coming-out/#google_vignette
“It appears the Autopen was used by Ron Klain, Anita Dunn and Bob Bauer…I have a high-ranking Biden Official come forward…” -Weaponization Director, Ed Martin. https://joehoft.com/the-abusers-of-bidens-autopen-are-identified-and-their-crimes-are-coming-out/#google_vignette
Despite repeated denials from the White House, which labeled such claims false, Thompson’s reporting uncovered a different reality, eroding his trust in their statements. He described a tight-knit group of aides - referred to by some within the administration as the “Politburo” - effectively steering the White House. This inner circle, Thompson noted, included longtime Biden aides like Mike Donilon, Steve Ricchetti, Bruce Reed, and Ron Klain, alongside key figures close to the Biden family, such as First Lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, Jill’s chief of staff Anthony Bernal, and deputy Annie Tomasini, who often serves as Biden’s traveling chief of staff. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/politburo-secretly-ran-biden-white-house-aides-were-willing-do-undemocratic-things-stop
Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts Halts Orders Requiring DOGE to Comply with FOIA
Roberts issued a temporary administrative stay of two orders entered by a federal district court in Washington, D.C., which directed DOGE to turn over records related to it operations and personnel and required its acting administrator, Amy Gleason, to sit for a deposition.
The chief justice’s order allows the Supreme Court more time to consider the Trump administration’s request for emergency relief, which was filed with the high court earlier this week. Deadlines set by the district judge required DOGE to turn over documents by June 3 and for Gleason’s deposition to be completed by June 13. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/breaking-supreme-court-chief-justice-roberts-halts-orders/
The chief justice’s order allows the Supreme Court more time to consider the Trump administration’s request for emergency relief, which was filed with the high court earlier this week. Deadlines set by the district judge required DOGE to turn over documents by June 3 and for Gleason’s deposition to be completed by June 13. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/breaking-supreme-court-chief-justice-roberts-halts-orders/
This guy would have had to know this student: "Never Heard Of Him": Notable Columbia Prof Says He Isn't Sure Obama Attended Columbia University https://www.zerohedge.com/political/never-heard-him-notable-columbia-prof-says-he-isnt-sure-obama-attended-columbia
Imprisoned for refusing to destroy 2020 vote-count records right away: Massive Scandal Unfolding in Colorado Proving Elections are Rigged, and the Cover Up is Real – Free Tina Peters Now https://joehoft.com/exclusive-massive-scandal-unfolding-in-colorado-proving-elections-are-rigged-and-the-cover-up-is-real-free-tina-peters-now/#google_vignette
EU Leaders Push For Quick Trade Deal With Trump To Avert Tariff War https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/eu-leaders-push-quick-trade-deal-trump-avert-tariff-war
Farewell to the Penny: Final Order Placed by U.S. Mint https://www.zerohedge.com/sponsored-post/farewell-penny-final-order-placed-us-mint
Gotta power Bitcoin mines & AI data centers: EPA Looks To Remove Biden-Era Carbon Limits From Coal & Gas-Fired Power-Plants https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/epa-looks-remove-biden-era-carbon-limits-coal-gas-fired-power-plants
Brother and sister both died the same night: Twin Babies Die a Week After Receiving 3 Vaccines, Police Interrogate ParentsOn May 1, Dallas and Tyson, fraternal 18-month-old twins, were found dead by their mother after receiving the Hepatitis A, flu and DTaP vaccines on April 23. The mother told the pediatrician that the family of the twins’ father had a history of allergic reactions to the flu vaccine, but the pediatrician said it would be OK to give the shot to the babies anyway. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/twin-babies-die-week-after-3-vaccines-idaho/
OB-GYN Expert Tells Congress That the Covid Shots ‘Mirrored’ Effects of Chemical Abortion Drugs
‘Raw data revealed an 82% miscarriage rate in women vaccinated during the first trimester,’ noted Dr. James Thorp. ‘This figure mirrors the effects of chemical abortion drugs such as RU486.’ https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/05/no_author/ob-gyn-expert-tells-congress-that-the-covid-shots-mirrored-effects-of-chemical-abortion-drugs/
“Missing Americans”: US Excess Deaths Still Above Pre-COVID Levels, Upwards Of 1 Million
The excess death rate increased from 1980 to 2019 but has not recovered from the spikes seen during the pandemic. https://www.iflscience.com/missing-americans-us-excess-deaths-still-above-pre-covid-levels-upwards-of-1-million-79331
In a paper released by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on May 22, Mass General Brigham and the Medical College of Georgia researchers looked at results from a randomized controlled trial known as VITAL showing that taking vitamin D3 supplements can help support telomeres, which are protective ends on chromosomes. https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/vitamin-d-supplements-may-slow-process-linked-aging-new-study-says
Another year will fail to match November 2018 oil-plus-liquids production: Oil War Makes Landfall: Permian Rigs, Crew Counts Crater As Oil Prices Plunge, And It's About To Get Much Worse... https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/oil-war-makes-landfall-permian-rigs-crew-counts-crater-oil-prices-plunge-and-its-about-get
Brother and sister both died the same night: Twin Babies Die a Week After Receiving 3 Vaccines, Police Interrogate Parents
‘Raw data revealed an 82% miscarriage rate in women vaccinated during the first trimester,’ noted Dr. James Thorp. ‘This figure mirrors the effects of chemical abortion drugs such as RU486.’ https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/05/no_author/ob-gyn-expert-tells-congress-that-the-covid-shots-mirrored-effects-of-chemical-abortion-drugs/
A Midwestern Doctor explains another feature of COVID "vaccines": Turbo Cancers and Alternative Cancer Treatments
Reviewing the reckless decisions that caused a carcinogenic injection to be given to billions of people https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/turbo-cancers-and-alternative-cancerThe excess death rate increased from 1980 to 2019 but has not recovered from the spikes seen during the pandemic. https://www.iflscience.com/missing-americans-us-excess-deaths-still-above-pre-covid-levels-upwards-of-1-million-79331
"Vitamin-D deficiency kills", is how I would put it: Vitamin D Supplements May Slow Process Linked To Aging, New Study Says
Huh? How? Over 40 Percent Of Kids In A US Study Thought Bacon Was A Plant
The majority believed that cows (77 percent), pigs (73 percent), and chickens (65 percent) are inedible. https://www.iflscience.com/over-40-percent-of-kids-in-a-us-study-thought-bacon-was-a-plant-79344Framing Differently (shown picking sweet corn)
