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@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.

@mfa_russia @antonioguterres @UN_HRC

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

🚨 Fact Check: Ukraine Aid & "Money Laundering" Claims 1. 🇺🇸 The Money Stays in the USA It is a common myth that we send suitcases of cash to Ukraine. In reality, over 60% of the funding stays right here in America. The money is paid to U.S. defense contractors (in states like PA, AZ, and AR) to build new, modern weapons for our own military to replace the older gear we sent abroad. 🛠️ 2. 🕵️ No "Revelations" from the ODNI The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released no reports supporting claims of a domestic money-laundering scheme. Their actual 2026 briefings focus on countering foreign disinformation designed to trick Americans into believing these exact types of unverified conspiracy theories. 📉 3. 🔍 The Most Audited Aid in History Every dollar is tracked by the Ukraine Interagency Oversight Working Group, which includes three separate Inspectors General (DoD, State, and USAID) and the GAO. • The Verdict: While auditing in a war zone is difficult, these non-partisan watchdogs have found zero evidence of billions being "kicked back" to any political party. ⚖️ #UkraineAidFacts #NationalSecurity #StopDisinformation @GAO @StateDeptOIG

A federal judge just ruled that videos of DOGE staffers must stay up — and they are devastating. Under oath, they couldn't define DEI. They admitted they never reduced the deficit. And they wiped out $100 million in humanities grants — including a Holocaust documentary — using ChatGPT. The regime tried to bury this. It didn't work. dworkinsubstack.com/p/shut-it-down…

When the whole world learned about Bucha. About Ukrainians butchered in the streets of Bucha by Russian occupiers. About our people tortured in basements. About those shot on the roads. About adults and children whose bodies were found in graves in Bucha. Everyone saw the horror that Russia and its aggression bring. They saw what Ukraine is really defending itself against. Today, on the fourth anniversary of Bucha’s liberation from Russian occupiers, we honored the memory of Ukrainians who were killed and tortured there. We remember and will never forget what the enemy did. Every Russian murderer, executioner, and terrorist must be held accountable for every crime against our people. Blessed be the memory of everyone whose lives were taken by Russia – to all who were killed in Bucha and across Ukraine at the hands of Russian occupiers.

15 Ukrainian children were taken at gunpoint. The case has been referred to court. Juvenile prosecutors of the Office of the Prosecutor General have submitted an indictment to court against a serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces who organized and personally participated in the illegal transfer of 15 Ukrainian children, who were later deported to Russia. The events took place during the occupation of the village of Novopetrivka in the Kherson region. Fifteen children were staying in a local school: orphans, children deprived of parental care, and children in difficult life circumstances. They were under the care of the school principal and her husband. When the principal attempted to organize their evacuation to Ukrainian-controlled territory, Russian military personnel became aware of it. They arrived at the school armed, conducted an interrogation, and effectively blocked any possibility of evacuation. The very next day, the children were forcibly taken away. They were moved in stages: through occupied parts of the Kherson region, then to Crimea, and further to Russia, where they were placed in a children’s institution. In Russia, the children were forced to participate in propaganda activities, banned from speaking Ukrainian, and subjected to constant psychological pressure. There were no grounds for any so-called “evacuation.” The children had access to food, medical supplies, and shelter, and were in relatively safe conditions. This is a war crime. As of March 2026, the Ministry of Justice has officially confirmed 20,570 cases of deportation and forced transfer of Ukrainian children. The occupying authorities continue to intensify pressure, alter children’s personal data, restrict communication with their families, and obstruct their return. All 15 children in this case have since been returned home. They are receiving psychological support, assistance with documentation, housing, and care — everything needed to help them regain a sense of safety and childhood. We will not stop until every Ukrainian child is brought home. #BringKidsBack

Four years ago in Bucha, Russia killed over 500 innocent civilians. Among them were 43 children. The youngest was just 1.7 years old. After that, Russia kept screaming that everything was staged, that it wasn’t true, that it was Ukrainian propaganda. The truth is: they did it, and those innocent people will never come back. And they got away with it. Remember that.

We always suspected this to be true, but it’s astounding that we now have hard evidence. Orban and his cronies really are Putin’s Trojan horse in the EU

@DonaldJTrumpJr @jsolomonReports Says the guy who stole from a children’s cancer charity. SIT THE FUCK DOWN.

🕵️ THE INSIDER EXPOSES ORBAN AND FICO AS RUSSIAN ASSETS A massive leak of recorded calls between Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto and Russia's Sergey Lavrov reveals a secret conspiracy. The transcripts show Szijjarto acting not as a diplomat, but as a subordinate reporting to his handler. In one call, Lavrov personally asked Szijjarto to help lift EU sanctions on Gulbakhor Ismailova, the sister of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov. 🤝 "ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE" Szijjarto confirmed that Hungary and Slovakia were jointly preparing a proposal to the EU to remove Ismailova from the blacklist. Seven months later, she was indeed delisted. During their talks, Szijjarto insulted EU officials, calling Borrell a "disappointment," and told Russian officials he was "always at their service" after visiting Gazprom headquarters. 📉 SABOTAGING THE 18TH SANCTIONS PACKAGE The leak reveals that Szijjarto actively fought to gut the 18th EU sanctions package. He boasted to Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister Sorokin: "I am doing everything to cancel it. I have already removed 72 companies from the list out of 128." He even asked for a list of Russian banks under threat so he could find ways to protect them from EU legal grounds. 🚩 COORDINATED BETRAYAL IN BRUSSELS European intelligence officials state that Hungary and Slovakia consistently demand the removal of Russian names from sanction lists without legal arguments, citing only "political reasons." This coordinated effort by Budapest and Bratislava is a deliberate attempt to protect Putin’s "shadow fleet" and financial interests while maintaining their own access to Russian oil and gas. 🧩 CONNECTING THE PUZZLE: THE TRUMP CONNECTION When we put all the pieces together, the picture becomes clear. Who supports these Russian puppets in Europe? Donald Trump. His public endorsement of Orban and his pressure on Ukraine to capitulate align perfectly with the Kremlin’s goals. It appears increasingly obvious that Trump is part of this same network. Just as the Epstein files exposed one side of his past, these leaks expose his current role as a Russian asset.

Tonight here in Bucha, we are holding a night of remembrance. 561 civilians were killed here over 33 days of fighting and Russian occupation. Across the entire territorial community surrounding the city, more than 1,000 people died during that time. Hundreds were shot by Russian soldiers, and the bodies of many lay in the streets and against walls for weeks, until Russia's defeat and the return of Ukrainian forces to the city, along with the global media. And the name of this comfortable, prosperous suburb of Kyiv among the woods became a shocking symbol of atrocity and inhumanity, images that went around the world. This is the church in the center of Bucha, next to which a mass grave of 67 bodies was found. During the occupation, people buried their dead as best they could -- like this, in a pit beside a church. Every day I can see that church from my home in the distance, and every time, I remember how we were present at the terrible exhumation of that enormous grave. That's something I would want to forget forever. A memorial complex now stands on that spot.

@EricTrump @megforflorida @GovRonDeSantis @JamesUthmeierFL It'll be changed back within 5 years, no worries. Enjoy your drivelling ego fantasies while it lasts.

Palm Beach International Airport is now officially…. “President Donald J. Trump International Airport!” Proud to have played a small role in making this happen. Huge thanks to @megforflorida, @GovRonDeSantis, @JamesUthmeierFL, and the overwhelming majority in the Florida House!

#Belarus It's striking how quickly some are willing to soften their stance toward the Lukashenka regime - for example, when he pauses the migration pressure or the weather balloon theatrics. But how do you frame this clearly? These are not concessions. These are manufactured crises. The regime created these threats deliberately - man-made tools of escalation - only to later "de-escalate" them in exchange for political engagement. And now, a democratic country is potentially open to meeting the regime not because it has changed its behaviour, but because it has temporarily agreed to stop doing something it engineered in the first place. All this comes on top of its ongoing record: imprisoning and killing Belarusians and enabling Russia's war against #Ukraine. This sets a dangerous precedent. It signals that escalation pays - that if you create enough disruption, you can trade its suspension for legitimacy.

Nadia Gorlo was a seamstress and accountant. She got married, gave birth to a daughter and a son. She lived in the village of Semenivka in the Chernihiv region. She was a very kind person who always supported others and cared for everyone. “Her home was always spotlessly clean. My mother loved working the land: she took joy in seeing everything grow. She was also a great cook, always experimenting with new recipes. She never spared herself, but she always felt sorry for others - from a spider to a human. I don't know anyone else with a heart as big as my mother's. No matter how hard it was, my mother always supported, comforted, and found the right words,” said her daughter, Oksana. On September 6, 2025, around midnight, a Russian drone crashed into the family's house. Nadia's husband was injured and taken to the hospital. She herself was pulled out from under the rubble only in the morning. Nadia Gorlo is survived by her husband, daughter, son, and two grandchildren.