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https://twitter.com/Dal_Libano/status/1961803421893415282 Europe is drawing up ‘pretty precise’ plans to deploy troops from across the continent to Ukraine as part of a US-backed security guarantee. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told the FT that the deployment may see tens of thousands of European-led and American-backed troops sent to Ukraine. The US is expected to …
We need to send Biden to fucking prison https://t.co/QeqtiddqYB — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) August 23, 2025
Good Morning from Germany, where Chancellor Friedrich Merz is looking for excuses after a rough start on economic policy.“This task is bigger than some may have imagined a year ago – and I say that self-critically,” Merz admitted in a speech on Saturday in Osnabrück. “We’re not… pic.twitter.com/Q3BcYBvYUC — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) August 24, 2025 …
About 10 countries have expressed their readiness to send troops to Ukraine in the framework of providing possible security guarantees for Kiev. This was reported on August 19 by Bloomberg, citing sources. It is noted that this became known during the summit of European officials, which took place on Tuesday, August 19. The meeting was …
UK & ALLIES PREP TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO UKRAINE – MILES FROM THE FRONT LINE Western nations are quietly preparing to put boots on the ground in Ukraine – but not to fight. The idea? Guard key infrastructure, train troops locally, and avoid combat zones at all costs. UK-led training of Ukrainian forces, currently done on …
The EU wants to scan your private messages before they’re encrypted. Not after. Not if flagged. Before. “The plan would mandate that messaging platforms, including WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram, must scan every message, photo and video sent by users starting in October, even if end-to-end encryption is in place” https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-chat-control-plan-gains-support-threatens-encryption “Rather than weakening encryption directly, …
"US DEPLOYS B-1B LANCERS TO JAPAN" For the first time since the Vietnam War, U.S. B-1B Lancer strategic bombers are being stationed in Japan for an extended period. US wants to send a message to China. pic.twitter.com/NtRe5CUzi7 — WORLD AT WAR (@World_At_War_6) April 18, 2025
🚨 #BREAKING: President Bukele says he will REFUSE to send MS-13 gang members back to the United States from El Salvador BUKELE: “How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous!” “Why do you want terrorists… pic.twitter.com/Ng954tOBJG — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April …
The Trump administration is preparing to send more immigrants with criminal records to El Salvador’s notorious mega prison on the heels of a Supreme Court order allowing the use for now of a sweeping wartime authority for deportations, according to two US officials. El Salvador has emerged as a key US ally in Latin America …
by Martin Armstrong The European Union has a “new normal” for bloc resolutions that no longer require unanimous votes. Hungary adamantly rejects the proposal to send $22 billion (20 billion euros) to Ukraine, therefore, the bloc instantaneously changed the rules and determined that unanimity is no longer a requirement. “The statement on Ukraine today will …
Alexa+ is billed as a major upgrade that includes individual voice recognition through Alexa Voice ID, nuanced calendar scheduling, Ring home security system integrations, and product purchasing capabilities. It’s Amazon’s latest effort to generate a profit from Alexa, which lost $25 billion in revenue between 2007-2021 according to The Wall Street Journal last year. While …
RATE CUTS can (often do) send stock markets plunging. The biggest stock market plunge in recent times was associated with rate cuts. BITCOIN & CRYPTO track stock markets… pic.twitter.com/ZMrWdDXGge — Northstar (@NorthstarCharts) March 17, 2025 When stocks crash in response to rate cuts, expect Bitcoin to follow. The truth is, rate cuts might seem like …
National Guard deployed to N.Y. prisons as corrections officers strike https://t.co/mZ0yK3JHvV — Police1 (@PoliceOne) February 20, 2025 NEW YORK — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has deployed National Guard troops to secure state-run prisons amid a wildcat strike by corrections workers. Picketing and striking by corrections officers took place at around 30 state prisons as …
Send him to the front line. Good old days. https://t.co/8LvDqzmfPj — The Great Martis (@great_martis) February 17, 2025 JUST IN: 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukrainian President Zelensky says "the risk that Russia will occupy Europe is 100%." Do you agree? pic.twitter.com/AKRRpLhUj3 — BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) February 16, 2025
An Italian navy ship has taken migrants to Italy from asylum processing centres in Albania following a court decision in Rome and is bringing them back to Italy. It was the third failed attempt by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government to process migrants in the non-EU country. An Italian appeals court on Friday refused to approve …
by solanawhale Not a scam. One incorrect click or incorrect value or incorrect decimal place and your entire life savings can be gone forever. In this case, the sender used a platform that allowed him to set his own fee payment to the miner. He likely either wanted to prioritize his transaction or wanted to …
New York CNN — Broadcast television licensing is not ordinarily a hot topic during a presidential election. But Donald Trump’s threats are not ordinary, either. In the past two years, Trump has called for every major American TV news network to be punished, according to a CNN review of his speeches and social media posts. …
by Chris Black This’ll do the trick! This is the last big push they need to break them over the edge and take Crimea! It’s only a matter of days now – maybe only hours or minutes! Putin is on the ropes! The Guardian: Thirty secondhand Leopard I battle tanks are to be refurbished by …
by Chris Black Germany’s chancellor Scholz has said repeatedly he was not going to send various weapons to AFU and then sent them anyway. It’s still not clear what direction this is going in. After the abysmal failure of the Ukraine so-called counter-offensive, a lot of Western politicians were calling for peace talks, and even …
WHITE HOUSE'S KIRBY: U.S. ANNOUNCING ADDITIONAL AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE No need to wait for the debt ceiling deal vote — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 31, 2023 White House: “Horrible things will happen if the US Treasury runs out of cash”. Also WH: “We’re sending 1% of our remaining cash to Ukraine”. To know what people …