Philip
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Public broadcasters from Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia pulled out of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after organizers decided to allow Israel to compete.
At least 4 countries pull out of 2026 Eurovision contest as Israel’s participation sows discord
At least four countries have announced they are pulling out of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Public broadcasters from Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia pulled out of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after organizers decided to allow Israel to compete.
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Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
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Ukrainian children abducted by Russia are being sent to military camps in North Korea. Legal expert Rashevska told U.S. Senate that a 12-year-old from Donetsk and a 16-year-old from Simferopol were taken to Songdowon camp, 9,000 km from home, exposed to militarized training and propaganda.
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Ukrainian children abducted by Russia are being sent to military camps in North Korea. Legal expert Rashevska told U.S. Senate that a 12-year-old from Donetsk and a 16-year-old from Simferopol were taken to Songdowon camp, 9,000 km from home, exposed to militarized training and propaganda.
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The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
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Hey America, if you were a Christian nation, you’d be feeding the poor, not yelling at them for using food stamps.
December 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Hey America, if you were a Christian nation, you’d be feeding the poor, not yelling at them for using food stamps.
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Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
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PRO TIP: If you're going to lash out at reporters for questioning your stamina, don't fall asleep mid-rant.
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
PRO TIP: If you're going to lash out at reporters for questioning your stamina, don't fall asleep mid-rant.
Trump's Kremlin driven peace initiative has sharply defined the incompatible positions of all sides and made US/European divergence inevitable as long as Trump regime survives. Canada has had to choose Europe..
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Trump's Kremlin driven peace initiative has sharply defined the incompatible positions of all sides and made US/European divergence inevitable as long as Trump regime survives. Canada has had to choose Europe..
Russia made a strategic mistake flying drones to disrupt European airspace from the shadow fleet. Europe is now ok with Ukraine hitting Russian shopping. Erdogan complains but actually approves.
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Russia made a strategic mistake flying drones to disrupt European airspace from the shadow fleet. Europe is now ok with Ukraine hitting Russian shopping. Erdogan complains but actually approves.
China likely to get de facto control of large chunks of Siberia sooner than many think possible.
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
China likely to get de facto control of large chunks of Siberia sooner than many think possible.
We need to watch Chinese behaviour on Russia very closely as the Russian economy goes over the cliff edge. Wang Yi was in Moscow at same time as Kushner and Witkoff.
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
We need to watch Chinese behaviour on Russia very closely as the Russian economy goes over the cliff edge. Wang Yi was in Moscow at same time as Kushner and Witkoff.
UK moving closer to Trump as the Trump regime is increasingly failing
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
UK moving closer to Trump as the Trump regime is increasingly failing
Alarmed by UK plans to align with US rather than EU standards making single market membership a longer process.
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Alarmed by UK plans to align with US rather than EU standards making single market membership a longer process.
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Pretty high up there in ideas I heard over and over again was that if I ever “double tapped” a wounded combatant (fired on them again after they had already been incapacitated or otherwise neutralized), I would probably go to prison.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Dear Troops: Please Don’t Go to Jail for Pete Hegseth
In his second term, Trump has gone from pardoning war criminals to making war crimes official policy.
slate.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Pretty high up there in ideas I heard over and over again was that if I ever “double tapped” a wounded combatant (fired on them again after they had already been incapacitated or otherwise neutralized), I would probably go to prison.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Inspector General: Hegseth Put Troops Lives At Risk
Inspector General also found that Mr Hegseth violated military regulations by using his personal phone for official business.
Hegseth shared information that could have been intercepted by a foreign adversary.
news.sky.com/story/us-def...
Inspector General also found that Mr Hegseth violated military regulations by using his personal phone for official business.
Hegseth shared information that could have been intercepted by a foreign adversary.
news.sky.com/story/us-def...
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth faces escalating scrutiny as report finds he put troops at risk
Sky's US partner NBC is reporting that the Inspector General also found that Mr Hegseth violated military regulations by using his personal phone for official business.
news.sky.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Inspector General: Hegseth Put Troops Lives At Risk
Inspector General also found that Mr Hegseth violated military regulations by using his personal phone for official business.
Hegseth shared information that could have been intercepted by a foreign adversary.
news.sky.com/story/us-def...
Inspector General also found that Mr Hegseth violated military regulations by using his personal phone for official business.
Hegseth shared information that could have been intercepted by a foreign adversary.
news.sky.com/story/us-def...
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I think it's time we start declaring the Trump Administration and their Reeks traitors.
They're traitors to the Constitution.
Their desire to create a white Christian nationalist state is against the founding fathers and the law.
They're the "foreign threat" to America, not immigrants.
They're traitors to the Constitution.
Their desire to create a white Christian nationalist state is against the founding fathers and the law.
They're the "foreign threat" to America, not immigrants.
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I think it's time we start declaring the Trump Administration and their Reeks traitors.
They're traitors to the Constitution.
Their desire to create a white Christian nationalist state is against the founding fathers and the law.
They're the "foreign threat" to America, not immigrants.
They're traitors to the Constitution.
Their desire to create a white Christian nationalist state is against the founding fathers and the law.
They're the "foreign threat" to America, not immigrants.
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The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
For now Epstein is out of the headlines but it is there liking a loitering drone, just waiting its moment to explode
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 AM
For now Epstein is out of the headlines but it is there liking a loitering drone, just waiting its moment to explode
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It’s not a stretch to say that my former political party is now firmly pro-Russia/pro-Putin. Not a stretch at all. It’s traitorous, but it’s true. Look, the leader of my former political party works for Putin. He’s on Putin’s side. Always has been. And the party has followed him.
December 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It’s not a stretch to say that my former political party is now firmly pro-Russia/pro-Putin. Not a stretch at all. It’s traitorous, but it’s true. Look, the leader of my former political party works for Putin. He’s on Putin’s side. Always has been. And the party has followed him.
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ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
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New Report Says: FBI in turmoil, Patel "in over his head," Bongino a "clown"
That's what a new 150-page dossier from inside the Bureau says
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
That's what a new 150-page dossier from inside the Bureau says
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Kash Patel humiliated in explosive FBI dossier... and his jacket fury
The internal report, written by an alliance of active-duty and retired agents who railed against Biden's hated DEI policies, described the FBI as 'a rudderless ship' under Patel.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
New Report Says: FBI in turmoil, Patel "in over his head," Bongino a "clown"
That's what a new 150-page dossier from inside the Bureau says
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
That's what a new 150-page dossier from inside the Bureau says
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
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The UK must escape the doom loop of low skills on.ft.com/3KuxmY6 | opinion
The UK must escape the doom loop of low skills
Social mobility like my own is all too rare when so many are trapped in low-income jobs by lack of training
on.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The UK must escape the doom loop of low skills on.ft.com/3KuxmY6 | opinion
Or the square root of FA. Matches the public standing of FLOTUS, the red robin Epstein hand me down.
FACT: If you Invested $12,500 in Melania Trump's memecoin scheme 11 months ago at its peak, you now have $118.
Congrats for getting scammed by the First Family.
Congrats for getting scammed by the First Family.
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Or the square root of FA. Matches the public standing of FLOTUS, the red robin Epstein hand me down.