How Chechnya’s Boss Exploits Ukraine War to Consolidate Chechen Power

Ramzan Kadyrov aggressively promotes Putin's Ukraine war in public while systematically shielding his population from the draft and sending political rivals to the front lines.

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Reporter: Do you think "woke one" was crazy?

Zohran Mamdani: I think that each person has a responsibility to tell New Yorkers, to tell Americans when they're running for office what they believe.

Sometimes what you believe can change. It can develop. It can grow.

I've made very clear that I do not believe in defunding the police, that I will not be defunding the police, and that to me delivering critical public safety also looks like working with our police department alongside many other partners.

And we've seen over the first seven months of this administration what that can look like when we're talking about the fewest murders on record in New York City, the fewest shooting incidents on record in New York City.

And that to me is how we measure a lot of our public safety.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Iran:

Trump has not just proven that he was willing to bomb them, but he’s also willing to bankrupt them.

Marco Rubio:

I tried this thing called keto. You go through this massive withdrawal from sugar.

It was a near psychotic event for me.

If I did that in this job, I would be saying, ‘Mr. President, we must bomb Paraguay.’

Sen. Fetterman: Israel is the red line for me. Like, I can't ever turn my back to Israel.

Stewart: But that is not our country.

Sen. Fetterman: When people, or a government, or people turn their back to the Jewish community, things end really badly.

Stewart: Jewish community and Israel are not the same thing, brother man. That is not the same thing.

Fetterman: I'm always going to stand with Israel.

Stewart: Is there anything you would criticize Israel about?

Sen. Fetterman: No.

Pentagon Confirms Three US Strikes in Yemen Killed Over 150 Civilians in 2025

Newly released Pentagon report confirms US military operations killed 153 innocent civilians in 2025, with just three airstrikes in Yemen accounting for all confirmed deaths.

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BIG: Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier have tried to JUMP from the ship during the carrier's extended deployment.

The ship's roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines have been deployed since Nov 21, more than eight months, supporting operations against Iran.

One wife said her husband tried to jump overboard after being repeatedly overextended.

In a separate incident, a sailor on watch caught a shipmate preparing to go overboard and pulled them back onto the deck.

Stars and Stripes reported a third incident in which watchstanders stopped a crew member from jumping.

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INTERESTING: A UAE government VIP jet—a Boeing 737-700 BBJ operated by Royal Jet—made short visits to Iran on two consecutive days.

On Aug 11, it flew from Abu Dhabi to the Tehran area and stayed roughly one hour.

On Aug 12, the same aircraft returned, this time landing at Karaj/Payam Airport about 40 km west of Tehran, staying just 30 minutes before departing.

Ukrainian drone units decisively beat a U.S. armored brigade in a major exercise in Germany, exposing gaps in America’s adaptation to modern drone warfare.

Ukrainian operators quickly detected U.S. vehicles, then simulated destroying them with explosive and FPV drones—so effectively that U.S. units had to repeatedly “respawn.”

Source: WSJ

Moldovan Defense Minister Anatolie Nosatîi interrupted a journalist who began speaking Russian, saying: “I don't understand you.”

He answered after she repeated the question in Romanian and praised her for using the state language.

His CV states that he speaks Russian and studied in Ukraine for four years.

Britain, Italy, Switzerland and Indonesia are being considered for a foreign mission to verify Hezbollah’s disarmament in southern Lebanon.

The plan could involve inspecting villages and private homes, but the mission’s mandate and freedom of movement remain unresolved.

Source: Reuters

Oman and Saudi Arabia launched a “Secure Green Land Corridor” linking Sohar Port to SPARK Dry Port via the Empty Quarter highway (~564 km Saudi segment, ~$533 million to build).

It aims to cut costs, speed up cargo transit, and bypass maritime chokepoints.

Pete Hegseth:

In the U.S., fatal drug overdoses have dropped dramatically. Flows of fentanyl are way down.

Crossings at our southwest border have dropped to zero.

The murder rate in American cities is at modern all-time lows. Historic drops in crime.

Pete Hegseth:

Fake news media has tried to discredit and delegitimize Operation Southern Spear.

The same voices said nothing when governments allowed unprecedented border crisis and record drug overdoses and deaths.

Now they deny and try to diminish our shared success.

Pete Hegseth:

The previous U.S. administration under Joe Biden stood in front of you promoting priorities like gender issues, women peace and security, climate change, diversity, dudes in dresses.

The Department of War is done with that nonsense.

BREAKING: Trump:

Our wonderful White House Press Secretary, and one of my most trusted aides, Karoline Leavitt, will be departing her role at the end of the month so she can spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally understand and respect!

Karoline will now be one of my top outside advisors, and an influential voice within the Republican Party, as we work to defy History, and conclusively win the Midterm Elections.

Karoline has been a real leader in the White House, and has done a phenomenal job fighting for Justice, Liberty, and Freedom, since 2018, including our Historic Re-Election Campaign of 2024.

Karoline has been one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the History of the Office. Thank you, Karoline, for a job well done!

Pete Hegseth:

The United States War Department seeks a historic, generational investment in our military spending through a new $1.5 trillion budget.

We have work to do with our Congress, but make no mistake:

We will work as hard as humanly possible with Republicans to deliver what is truly a necessary, historic investment to ensure America remains the dominant military power on planet Earth.

Pete Hegseth:

We are killing terrorists, and we’re defeating the failed and toxic ideologies of radical socialism and communism.

The international left, along with their enabling left-wing media, is plotting to unlawfully assert ICC jurisdiction over U.S. and partner military personnel and operations.

It’s striking that this so-called court and other globalist bodies undermine our efforts but do nothing to hold real terrorists and real tyrants accountable.

Pete Hegseth:

President Trump does not tolerate free-riding. We are not here for games.

Our citizens and our nations deserve and expect real, concrete actions.