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🇺🇸Bennie Thompson gave a welcome remark to Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security: “Thank you for finding time to attend the congressional hearing amidst your constant outfit changes and photo shoots.” 😂
May 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🇺🇸Bennie Thompson gave a welcome remark to Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security: “Thank you for finding time to attend the congressional hearing amidst your constant outfit changes and photo shoots.” 😂
🇫🇷France’s new laser rifle silently melts electronics at 500 meters — and Ukrainian infantry could really use it
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France’s new laser rifle silently melts electronics at 500 meters — and Ukrainian infantry could really use it - Euromaidan Press
France’s new HELMA-LP laser rifle disables electronics from 500m away—quietly. A battlefield tool Ukrainian infantry may need sooner than later.
euromaidanpress.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🇫🇷France’s new laser rifle silently melts electronics at 500 meters — and Ukrainian infantry could really use it
euromaidanpress.com/2025/05/18/f...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/05/18/f...
🇫🇷"Russia cannot have a say in the support we give to Ukraine, nor can it dictate conditions of a lasting peace. Because Ukraine's sovereignty and the security of all Europeans is at stake."
–Emmanuel Macron, President of France
–Emmanuel Macron, President of France
March 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🇫🇷"Russia cannot have a say in the support we give to Ukraine, nor can it dictate conditions of a lasting peace. Because Ukraine's sovereignty and the security of all Europeans is at stake."
–Emmanuel Macron, President of France
–Emmanuel Macron, President of France
🇺🇦“I’m not the kind of person who would sit silently or swallow Putin’s narratives during negotiations. I’m not interested in his popularity in Crimea or his red caviar. To me, they’re dinosaurs — they want to devour us,” — Zelensky.
March 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🇺🇦“I’m not the kind of person who would sit silently or swallow Putin’s narratives during negotiations. I’m not interested in his popularity in Crimea or his red caviar. To me, they’re dinosaurs — they want to devour us,” — Zelensky.
🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇦Macron: Europe's sanctions on the Russian Federation will be lifted only in the event that the regime withdraws behind the borders of 1991.
March 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇦Macron: Europe's sanctions on the Russian Federation will be lifted only in the event that the regime withdraws behind the borders of 1991.
🇺🇦The center of Dnipro, Ukraine 🇺🇦💔
Russia is escalating more than ever before, launching +50 Shaheds at one city each day to overwhelm air defenses and strike many civilian and infrastructure targets
USA 🇺🇸 has not pledged any aid in 3 months worsening the impact of each strike
Russia is escalating more than ever before, launching +50 Shaheds at one city each day to overwhelm air defenses and strike many civilian and infrastructure targets
USA 🇺🇸 has not pledged any aid in 3 months worsening the impact of each strike
March 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🇺🇦The center of Dnipro, Ukraine 🇺🇦💔
Russia is escalating more than ever before, launching +50 Shaheds at one city each day to overwhelm air defenses and strike many civilian and infrastructure targets
USA 🇺🇸 has not pledged any aid in 3 months worsening the impact of each strike
Russia is escalating more than ever before, launching +50 Shaheds at one city each day to overwhelm air defenses and strike many civilian and infrastructure targets
USA 🇺🇸 has not pledged any aid in 3 months worsening the impact of each strike
🇺🇦🇺🇸❗️U.S.-Ukraine deal on mineral resources will be indefinite — and any changes will require American approval, says Ukrainian MP
😑The draft agreement covers all natural resources, including oil and gas, and contains no security guarantees, the lawmaker noted.
😑The draft agreement covers all natural resources, including oil and gas, and contains no security guarantees, the lawmaker noted.
March 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🇺🇦🇺🇸❗️U.S.-Ukraine deal on mineral resources will be indefinite — and any changes will require American approval, says Ukrainian MP
😑The draft agreement covers all natural resources, including oil and gas, and contains no security guarantees, the lawmaker noted.
😑The draft agreement covers all natural resources, including oil and gas, and contains no security guarantees, the lawmaker noted.
🇪🇺The European Union is not considering allowing Russian banks back into SWIFT. The German government stated it is unaware of any such initiatives and emphasized that SWIFT operates under EU law and that sanctions remain in force.
🐘Turns out this game can be played both ways.
🐘Turns out this game can be played both ways.
March 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🇪🇺The European Union is not considering allowing Russian banks back into SWIFT. The German government stated it is unaware of any such initiatives and emphasized that SWIFT operates under EU law and that sanctions remain in force.
🐘Turns out this game can be played both ways.
🐘Turns out this game can be played both ways.
😑Ukrainian shipping in the Black Sea was never under threat. The Saudi-brokered truce benefits only Russia — The Times.
March 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
😑Ukrainian shipping in the Black Sea was never under threat. The Saudi-brokered truce benefits only Russia — The Times.
Europe’s new unanimity: Orbán doesn’t need to agree.
Hungary’s veto on Ukraine decisions is no longer a roadblock. The EU will move forward with decisions supported by 26 countries, sidelining PM Orbán.
Hungary are now ignored, - Politico
Hungary’s veto on Ukraine decisions is no longer a roadblock. The EU will move forward with decisions supported by 26 countries, sidelining PM Orbán.
Hungary are now ignored, - Politico
March 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Europe’s new unanimity: Orbán doesn’t need to agree.
Hungary’s veto on Ukraine decisions is no longer a roadblock. The EU will move forward with decisions supported by 26 countries, sidelining PM Orbán.
Hungary are now ignored, - Politico
Hungary’s veto on Ukraine decisions is no longer a roadblock. The EU will move forward with decisions supported by 26 countries, sidelining PM Orbán.
Hungary are now ignored, - Politico
🇺🇸😑🤨The Pentagon is looking for who leaked information about a secret briefing for Elon Musk to the press, - Bloomberg
❗️The Pentagon began testing employees with a lie detector after a leak about Elon Musk learning secret information about a possible war with China.
❗️The Pentagon began testing employees with a lie detector after a leak about Elon Musk learning secret information about a possible war with China.
March 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🇺🇸😑🤨The Pentagon is looking for who leaked information about a secret briefing for Elon Musk to the press, - Bloomberg
❗️The Pentagon began testing employees with a lie detector after a leak about Elon Musk learning secret information about a possible war with China.
❗️The Pentagon began testing employees with a lie detector after a leak about Elon Musk learning secret information about a possible war with China.
🇺🇦Ukrainian woman voting in the Russian-organized referendum on whether her Ukrainian region should join Russia
March 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🇺🇦Ukrainian woman voting in the Russian-organized referendum on whether her Ukrainian region should join Russia
🇺🇸A CNN poll revealed who is more to blame for the Oval Office dispute:
• Trump – 50%
• Vance – 42%
• Everyone – 4%
• Zelensky – 4%
So that’s why Rusty lashed out at CNN today…
• Trump – 50%
• Vance – 42%
• Everyone – 4%
• Zelensky – 4%
So that’s why Rusty lashed out at CNN today…
March 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🇺🇸A CNN poll revealed who is more to blame for the Oval Office dispute:
• Trump – 50%
• Vance – 42%
• Everyone – 4%
• Zelensky – 4%
So that’s why Rusty lashed out at CNN today…
• Trump – 50%
• Vance – 42%
• Everyone – 4%
• Zelensky – 4%
So that’s why Rusty lashed out at CNN today…
🇨🇦🇺🇸WOW. The owner of a popular inn in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, told CNN that “easily” 90% of their business has disappeared as Canadian tourists cancel their vacations in the U.S. following Trump’s relentless attacks on their country.
Donald Trump is destroying America.
Donald Trump is destroying America.
March 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🇨🇦🇺🇸WOW. The owner of a popular inn in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, told CNN that “easily” 90% of their business has disappeared as Canadian tourists cancel their vacations in the U.S. following Trump’s relentless attacks on their country.
Donald Trump is destroying America.
Donald Trump is destroying America.
🇺🇸Reporter: Why won't you impose sanctions on Russia after Putin rejected your ceasefire offer?
Trump: He didn't reject anything…They have a lot of sanctions. They have more sanctions than anybody
Trump: He didn't reject anything…They have a lot of sanctions. They have more sanctions than anybody
March 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🇺🇸Reporter: Why won't you impose sanctions on Russia after Putin rejected your ceasefire offer?
Trump: He didn't reject anything…They have a lot of sanctions. They have more sanctions than anybody
Trump: He didn't reject anything…They have a lot of sanctions. They have more sanctions than anybody
🇺🇸On Friday, in a top-secret briefing from Pete Hegseth, Elon Musk will gain access to closely guarded US military secrets regarding the US military’s plan for any war that might break out with China. This is despite Musk's extensive business interests in China and his ketamine addiction - Anonymous.
March 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
🇺🇸On Friday, in a top-secret briefing from Pete Hegseth, Elon Musk will gain access to closely guarded US military secrets regarding the US military’s plan for any war that might break out with China. This is despite Musk's extensive business interests in China and his ketamine addiction - Anonymous.
🇺🇸Donald Trump: "We don't need anything from Canada, and yet it costs up $200b in subsidy to keep Canada afloat. So when I say they should be a state, I mean that. I really mean that”
(The U.S. does not provide a $200 billion subsidy to Canada)
(The U.S. does not provide a $200 billion subsidy to Canada)
March 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
🇺🇸Donald Trump: "We don't need anything from Canada, and yet it costs up $200b in subsidy to keep Canada afloat. So when I say they should be a state, I mean that. I really mean that”
(The U.S. does not provide a $200 billion subsidy to Canada)
(The U.S. does not provide a $200 billion subsidy to Canada)
🇺🇦😏"Ukraine may soon start producing 40 "Bohdana" artillery systems per month, work is underway to increase the speed of chassis production," — director of the Ukrainian Council of Gunsmiths
March 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
🇺🇦😏"Ukraine may soon start producing 40 "Bohdana" artillery systems per month, work is underway to increase the speed of chassis production," — director of the Ukrainian Council of Gunsmiths
🇺🇸A butcher in Pennsylvania spoke to Fox about Trump’s tariffs:
“The consumer is going to pay for it.”
(Most Americans aren’t buying Trump’s lie that other countries are the ones paying the tariffs.)
“The consumer is going to pay for it.”
(Most Americans aren’t buying Trump’s lie that other countries are the ones paying the tariffs.)
March 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🇺🇸A butcher in Pennsylvania spoke to Fox about Trump’s tariffs:
“The consumer is going to pay for it.”
(Most Americans aren’t buying Trump’s lie that other countries are the ones paying the tariffs.)
“The consumer is going to pay for it.”
(Most Americans aren’t buying Trump’s lie that other countries are the ones paying the tariffs.)
🇺🇸BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Donald Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office that the New York Times is "the enemy of the people" because he disagrees with their criticism of him.
March 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
🇺🇸BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Donald Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office that the New York Times is "the enemy of the people" because he disagrees with their criticism of him.
🇷🇺The Russians that Trump and Musk support are circulating an image of themselves with the skull of a Ukrainian child they murdered.
March 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🇷🇺The Russians that Trump and Musk support are circulating an image of themselves with the skull of a Ukrainian child they murdered.
🇨🇦Laura Ingraham: You’re tougher with Canada than you are with some of our biggest adversaries. Why?
Trump: “Only because it’s meant to be our 51st state…One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada”
Go ahead, MAGA—try to defend this.
Trump: “Only because it’s meant to be our 51st state…One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada”
Go ahead, MAGA—try to defend this.
March 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🇨🇦Laura Ingraham: You’re tougher with Canada than you are with some of our biggest adversaries. Why?
Trump: “Only because it’s meant to be our 51st state…One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada”
Go ahead, MAGA—try to defend this.
Trump: “Only because it’s meant to be our 51st state…One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada”
Go ahead, MAGA—try to defend this.
🇺🇸A federal judge just ruled that Elon Musk has violated the Constitution for dismantling USAID and ordered employees to have their access immediately restored.
March 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🇺🇸A federal judge just ruled that Elon Musk has violated the Constitution for dismantling USAID and ordered employees to have their access immediately restored.
🇺🇸🇷🇺In short, Trump and Putin have agreed on nothing. Putin wants to continue the war and is deliberately delaying peace talks.
March 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
🇺🇸🇷🇺In short, Trump and Putin have agreed on nothing. Putin wants to continue the war and is deliberately delaying peace talks.
❗❗❗AROUND 50 SHAHEEDS (Iranian kamikaze drones) OVER UKRAINE
🐘 Some strange deal seems to have followed that 2-hour conversation.
🐘 Some strange deal seems to have followed that 2-hour conversation.
March 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
❗❗❗AROUND 50 SHAHEEDS (Iranian kamikaze drones) OVER UKRAINE
🐘 Some strange deal seems to have followed that 2-hour conversation.
🐘 Some strange deal seems to have followed that 2-hour conversation.