Mark Davess

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Secretary Rubio mischaracterizes NATO's purpose. Article 5 bases exist for collective defense, not as launchpads for unilateral uses of force violating UN Charter Article 2(4). The Minab school attack — 175 girls killed by a U.S. Tomahawk — demonstrates precisely why European states cannot legally permit such operations: Rome Statute Article 25 criminalizes complicity in war crimes. The U.S. rejects ICC jurisdiction; Europe cannot. Rubio's 'one-way street' complaint is projection — he demands Europe accept criminal liability for American actions. That is not alliance. That is demanding accessory status under duress."

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents, working with state police, pulled over a vehicle, in Ogden, Utah… and smashed their car window because he wouldn’t roll it down all the way. Watch the shift… because this is where it goes from aggressive to completely out of control. The driver already has the window partially open. The ICE agent is yelling, giving a countdown, threatening to break the window… while another officer is trying to open the door from the other side. No explanation, or clear threat… Just escalation. Then, someone inside says, “I’m a U.S. citizen… you pointed a gun at me.” And that’s the moment everything changes. Instead of pulling back… instead of correcting… instead of even acknowledging it… The ICE agent snaps. “I don’t give a shit who you are, I don’t know you.” And then he immediately escalates further… raises the metal bar… and starts hitting the window… doubling down on force. A person says you pointed a gun at them… and your response is not to de-escalate… It’s to get MORE aggressive. That’s retaliation. They call them “non-compliant”… and within seconds, the window is smashed and the driver is dragged out. And it doesn’t stop there. The passenger… who is recording… gets told to “stay there” while the officer puts his hand on his gun. He responds, “I’m recording for my safety.” The officer shuts the door on him anyway. When he opens it again and steps out… and then the officer physically shoves him back into the car. This is what needs to be understood… The escalation didn’t come from a threat. It came the second someone spoke up… the second someone said, “you pointed a gun at me”… The second someone started documenting it. That’s when it got worse. That’s when it turned physical. That’s when the window broke. And that’s what should alarm people… because that’s not about safety anymore. That’s about being challenged… and responding with more force.

Oleshky is not living — it is surviving. No drinking water. No electricity. No gas. People are counting every sip of water to survive one more day. I have appealed to both Russia and the ICRC — demanding a humanitarian corridor and compliance with the Geneva Convention. Nearly a month has passed. Nothing has changed. ❗️This is not a consequence of war. This is deliberate terrorism by Russia against civilians. The @ICRC must move from observation to action. Every day of delay costs lives!

At the request of the Russian government, @Apple removed numerous VPN services from the App Store - tools that had allowed Russians to bypass censorship. A remarkable stroke of luck for Putin to have such “friends” in Big Tech. Over the past few years, Russian authorities have blocked millions of websites, including independent media and opposition platforms. VPNs are now one of the few remaining ways for Russians to access truthful reporting on current events. Yet Apple has chosen to assist state censorship in Russia.

💔 In the hospital, 6‑year‑old Yevheniya Serhiyenko has died. Her older sister shielded her with her own body during a russian shelling. Twenty‑year‑old Dasha was killed instantly at the site of the strike, while little Zhenya was rushed to the hospital… but today she passed. Russia kills children.

NATO has historically acted as a deterrent… removing it changes that equation. In conflicts like Afghanistan, NATO allies fought alongside U.S. forces. Over 1,000+ non-U.S. NATO troops were killed in Afghanistan. Article 5 = “an attack on one is an attack on all.” NATO officially declared the 9/11 attacks on the U.S. as an attack on the entire alliance. This was the only time in history Article 5 has been triggered. NATO didn’t just offer words—it provided real military, intelligence and operational support. NATO helped prevent large-scale war in Europe since WWII. The U.S. benefits from bases, logistics and cooperation across Europe with NATO. Iran has not attacked a NATO country directly, so the alliance isn’t automatically triggered. European leaders have explicitly said the conflict is “not a NATO matter.” Several NATO allies say the U.S. acted without full coordination. NATO countries worry joining could trigger a larger regional or even global conflict. NATO countries aren’t refusing because they support Iran… they’re refusing because: - It’s not a treaty obligation - They weren’t involved in the decision - The risks (war, oil shocks, escalation) are high - Their priorities are elsewhere (especially Russia/Ukraine) Fighting could make their own economies worse. Trump flacks like Marco Rubio will be historically seen as completely duped sycophants.

Tomorrow, a friend will have a court hearing for standing on the sidewalk. According to the regime's new law, even just standing on the sidewalk is illegal. She is under 160 cm and less than 50 kg, and will likely face a few days' jail time for 'blocking the road on the sidewalk'. The regime forces received various forms of assistance from Hungary, Russia, Iran, and China. Meanwhile, my supposed allies are nowhere to be found... Not even strongly worded letters these days. I am unable to protect the people I love; I don't even know what to do with this feeling anymore. I am emotionally drained, and I am tired of fighting against the monster that is thousands of times bigger than myself. I don't even know why I write these at this point... Except maybe I am hoping that someone important will read this and will do something to help us.

This is geopolitical suicide. It’s spitting on the sacrifice of our WWII vets. Their sacrifice built the foundation of the rules-based order, the alliance with our dear friends in Europe, and the unity that defeated the Soviet Union in the Cold War. We must fight.

@WhiteHouse If you are a billionaire; not so much for anyone else. Trump also lost 1 million jobs, bankrupted farmers, crashed the dollar & crypto, and increased the cost of everything with his illegal tariffs and war.

Oleksandr Yakovenko, the founder of TAF Industries, one of Ukraine's largest drone makers wrote a good response to @RheinmetallAG's Papperger's irritating statement. I used AI to translate it for you. It is worth reading in full. "Dear Mr. Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall, When you called Ukrainian drone manufacturers “Ukrainian housewives with 3D printers in their kitchens,” you demonstrated how deeply the European defense establishment still fails to understand the nature of modern warfare. This is not about emоtions. This is about battlefield reality. Here are the figures your industry refuses to acknowledge: In 2025 alone, Ukrainian drones carried out 819,737 confirmed strikes. They accounted for 90% of all combat losses of the Russian army—more than all other types of weapons combined. A single company, TAF Industries, produces up to 100,000 FPV drones per month. Over any given 90-day period, the products of my company alone have more confirmed hits than your entire fleet of equipment over its entire history of combat use across all conflicts. And most importantly—I built this company and achieved these results in two years, not fifty. Think about that. Our drones achieve greater kinetic effect in three months than your flagship platforms have in half a century. Why? Because the battlefield has changed, while your business model has not. Russian electronic warfare has rendered GPS-guided Western munitions (Excalibur, GMLRS, etc.) almost ineffective. Expensive and complex systems designed for wars with air superiority and conventional “peer-on-peer” conflict have become easy targets for drones costing $500–2,000 that attack them from above. The cost-effectiveness ratio has been turned upside down: one 120mm Rheinmetall shell or one anti-tank missile costs more than a dozen of our drones—yet our drones still prevail. This is not a “Lego game.” This is industrial Darwinism in real time. We iterate weekly. We lose factories to missile strikes and rebuild them within weeks. We print parts in basements and deploy 100,000 strike systems per month, while your engineers still require 3–5 years and hundreds of millions of euros to certify even minor upgrades. The war in Ukraine is not a temporary anomaly. It is the first true drone-industrial war. And it has already proven that outdated European platforms—no matter how expensive or “serious”—are becoming increasingly irrelevant if they do not integrate the very technologies you are mocking. So when you say “this is not innovation,” I hear something else: “We do not want to admit that the future is being written in Ukrainian workshops, not in Düsseldorf offices.” The hashtag #MadeByHousewives is trending for a reason. Because these “housewives” destroy more enemy equipment every month than entire European armies do over full campaigns. And they do so while your industry continues to sell 20th-century solutions at 21st-century prices. The invitation stands, Mr. Papperger. Stop laughing at the kitchen table. Come and learn how the war of tomorrow is actually fought. Because the next time someone asks, “Who needs tanks in the age of drones?”, the answer may be simpler than you think: Those who still believe in 1979 will lose to those who are building in 2026. With respect (but with facts), Oleksandr Yakovenko Founder of TAF Industries One of those “Ukrainian housewives”" pravda.com.ua/columns/2026/0…

"All this time Putin had, and still has, a mole in all European and NATO official meetings. If the integrity of these meetings is to be maintained, it would be appropriate to ban Hungary from all of them. Every generation has a Kim Philby” #4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theins.press/en/inv/290911#4

DHS says "FAKE NEWS" and denies arrests. But NBC's story - sourced to the Marine Corps itself - didn't claim arrests. It reported ICE agents stationed outside to conduct immigration status inquiries. The Marine Corps confirmed it on their own website: mcrdpi.marines.mil/#:~:text=Due%2…. DHS denied something NBC never alleged, leaving the actual claim completely untouched. Most readers will see "FAKE NEWS" and move on. That's not a rebuttal. That's a redirect.

@mfa_russia @antonioguterres @UN_HRC In 50 years there will be nothing more to remember them but a paragraph in an old dusty history book about late 20th and early 21st century dictators.

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@mfa_russia @antonioguterres @UN_HRC 4 years and Russian are still lying about their documented war crimes x.com/lana_s2022/sta…