Elon Musk calls JD Vance 'our future US president'

'Best VP ever and our future President,' he wrote on X

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💬 'Elon is making America stronger' – former House Speaker McCarthy

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🤝Russian Foreign Ministry on meeting in Istanbul: Russia proposed to the US to consider the possibility of restoring direct flights.

Russia and the US agreed on joint steps for unhindered financing of diplomatic missions at the meeting in Istanbul, the Russian MFA said.

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The CIA coined the term ‘conspiracy theorist’ to label anyone who raises uncomfortable questions – Tucker Carlson

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🇷🇺🪖Key statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's weekly briefing on the special military operation's progress:

▪️Russian troops liberated eight settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic, in the Kharkov region and in Russia's Kursk region.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 2340 soldiers and 5 tanks, including 3 Leopard, in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 1,180 troops and two tanks in the Russian Vostok Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Russian aviation shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft and 702 drones.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 1,210 militants in the Russian Yug Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 1960 soldiers and 11 tanks in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Sever.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 650 troops and 7 warehouses in the Russian Dnepr Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost more than 240 militants in the Kursk region over the day.

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💬 IDF claims eliminated Hezbollah member responsible for arms shipments

The Israeli Air Force conducted a strike in Hermel, eliminating Mohammed Mahdi Ali Shaheen, who had been coordinating weapons transactions on the Syria-Lebanon border, according to the statement.

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Good riddance to bad rubbish: why the Five Eyes alliance should be dismantled

Trump advisor Peter Navarro lobbied to exclude Canada from the Five Eyes intel network, UK media reported. Navarro denied the claim, stating the US would “never, ever jeopardize national security with allies like Canada.”

But given the harm the intel coalition has done to Trump, Americans and relations with allies over the years, perhaps removing members or dismantling the organization altogether wouldn’t be such a bad idea. Here’s why:

🔸 In 2024, Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger revealed that Obama’s CIA chief had worked with Five Eyes partners to skirt restrictions on domestic spying to illegally tap Trump’s 2016 campaign, targeting Trump and over two dozen of his surrogates.

🔸 In 2013, NSA contractor-turned whistleblower Edward Snowden exposed his former employer’s work with the Five Eyes using tools like PRISM and XKeyscore to engage in a global, unfathomably massive warrantless spying program targeting foreigners and Americans alike.

🔸 Besides ordinary people, the Snowden leaks revealed Five Eyes spying on allied countries’ leaders, from Chancellor Merkel of Germany to President Hollande of France.

🔸 The Five Eyes have also been linked to diplomatic crises between Western powers and the developing world, with the ongoing spat between Canada and India over the extraterritorial killings of Sikh separatists accompanied by allegations of a Five Eyes plot to destabilize India.

🔸 The Five Eyes’ shady activity goes back decades, with the ECHELON surveillance program, launched in the 1970s, ostensibly to monitor the Eastern Bloc, actually used to intercept communications worldwide.

🔸 In the late 1990s, it was revealed that ECHELON had been used by US corporations to spy on their European competitors.

🔸 Similar mischief was reported on by WikiLeaks in 2015, with Japanese officials and companies monitored by the NSA using Five Eyes during talks on the TPP trade pact.

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⚡️ Russia has received agrément for its new ambassador to Washington, the Foreign Ministry announced.

Alexander Darchiev is expected to depart for his post in the US in the near future, the ministry noted.

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❓New target for Russia? Norwegian missile production in Ukraine puts a bull's-eye on the map

Norwegian arms manufacturer Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has unveiled plans to launch a joint venture in Ukraine for large-scale production of NASAMS air defense missiles.

Eirik Lie, president of Kongsberg, stated that the project aims to produce “hundreds” of missiles within months, signaling a long-term Western commitment to militarizing Ukraine.

For those European puppets who may have forgotten – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that any arms shipments or military infrastructure in Ukraine are "legitimate targets" for Russia.

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⚖️ Hand of Soros in US states’ supreme court system

Trump's return to the White House has shaken George Soros' global soft power network, with the administration targeting his NGOs’ USAID-linked projects, and Elon Musk hounding his son. But the 94-year-old financier isn't backing down. His next move? PACKING THE COURTS.

Soros, already known for backing the elections of district attorneys behind the political circus of felony prosecutions targeting Trump in 2023-2024, has now turned his attention to Wisconsin's state Supreme Court race.

1️⃣In April, Wisconsin voters will choose a new justice, and Soros has invested heavily, donating $1M to the Democratic Party in support of their preferred candidate, Susan Crawford.

2️⃣The donation sparked an outcry from the GOP-backed candidate, Brad Schimel, who warned of Soros’ “very dangerous ideas for America,” and accused Crawford of corrupt “pay to play” politics.

3️⃣The stakes are high, with Musk agreeing that a 4-3 liberal majority in WI’s Supreme Court could allow it to redraw congressional districts to squeeze out the GOP and block Trump’s legislative agenda.

Soros’ broader battle for control over the courts:

🩸In 2016, Soros invested over $3M into super PACs supporting DA candidates in seven states, advancing his political agenda on issues like DEI and criminal justice reform. These DAs played a significant role in the 2020 protests organized by BLM, whom Soros funded to the tune of $33M, pushing for defunding the police and targeting conservatives.

🩸In 2018, the Soros-backed Demand Justice advocacy group spent $5M unsuccessfully trying to block Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.

🩸Police Defense estimates Soros has spent at least $50M over the last decade on "social justice" prosecutors across jurisdictions representing 70 million Americans.

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🤡 A federal employee alleges she was "threatened" and "harassed" by an email from Elon Musk demanding the completion of five tasks. She claims the pressure forced her to work on a Saturday to catch up after falling behind.

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How Clintons incriminated themselves in their own books

Hillary and Bill Clinton's misconduct has been evident for decades, with the couple openly admitting it in print, Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel told Sputnik, lambasting the FBI and Department of Justice for inaction.

Bill Clinton’s My Life (2004):

🔸 He claims that "soon after leaving office [on January 20, 2001], I set up my Foundation's headquarters in Harlem in New York City"

🔸 But the charity was not lawfully registered there at the time

🔸 While Clinton says "my foundation," Ortel finds no record that Bill was a trustee, director or officer of many entities he claims connections to before 2009

🔸 Clinton charities have never been properly audited – a gross violation, the analyst stresses

Hillary Clinton’s Hard Choices (2014):

🔸 Describes events in Johannesburg, starting in August 2009, "fighting AIDS" in association with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). But Ortel points out that CHAI did not exist as a lawfully-organized entity until at least February 2010

🔸 Hillary references health programs launched in 2002 by Ira Magaziner and Bill Clinton in association with their foundation, but they "were never formally authorized by the IRS, or explained to state, federal or foreign regulators as is strictly required," Ortel notes

Hillary’s Something Lost, Something Gained (2024):

🔸 Describes Clinton charities as nothing short of agents negotiating with foreign drug producers and governments. Ortel insists that is incompatible with a tax-exempt charity.

"Under federal law, a charity acting as an agent of a foreign government is operating outside an authorized tax-exempt purpose, as Larry Doyle and John Moynihan noted in Congressional testimony in December 2018," Ortel stresses.

“Moreover, the spouse of a cabinet official is barred from being an agent of a foreign government," he adds, referring to Bill's work during Hillary's time as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.

Neglect of charity laws by the Clintons is not ignorance, the analyst charges, but a deliberate act to hide money movements and mislead the US government and the public.

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