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The port of St. Petersburg has just been struck by dozens of drones, each carrying tons of explosives. The strikes were precise and powerful. Within minutes, eight ships in the port were ablaze, including a large landing ship, two tankers, and several military support vessels. Flames rose dozens of meters into the air, and thick black smoke covered the entire sky over the city. The explosions were heard even in the city center.

Background: Orbán is an entrenched but wildly unpopular oligarch and authoritarian. He is facing an election that he will decisively lose — unless he can manage some trick. This obvious false flag (which he will now blame on Ukraine) should not fool anyone. It should only remind us that other people in similar situations (I mean Trump) will have similar thoughts. See my essay from yesterday on "The Next Coup Attempt."

🚨BREAKING: Russia’s major Black Sea fleet port of Novorossiysk has suffered one of the most extensive attacks of the war. Russian air defense seems to have either failed or was largely nonexistent — WOW.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 THIS is what “strategic depth” looks like now Russia isn’t winning, it’s literally burning behind its own lines Bashneft-Novoil in Ufa, one of the key refineries feeding fuel into the system, now lighting up the sky, hundreds of kilometers from the front That’s the thing, distance doesn’t protect anymore, when assets this deep start going up, it hits supply, transport, revenue, everything at once Call it “regional news” if you want, but every fire like this chips away at the engine keeping the war running

Elections in Hungary are a global challenge for Russia. The fight for Viktor Orban's victory is a true existential politial war for Russia. Orban's defeat would mean losing control over Central and Eastern Europe for Russia. That would mean to breaking up the construct Russia has spent years building. If Orban remains in power, Russia would be able to influence negotiations both with the EU and US, including negotiations about Ukraine. Thus, Russian political strategists and Russian special services, equipped with Russian money, will do anything they can to provide victory for Orban. Their actions are directed at changing the dynamics of the elections race - according to polls, opposition Tisza party is ahead of the currently leading Fidesz party. Looks like the closer to election day, the more dangerous their actions and methods will become. Election day in Hungary is exactly one week from now, on April 12.

BREAKING: Russia’s major oil export terminal and Black Sea fleet port of Novorossiysk has just experienced one of the most extensive attacks of the war. I’m amazed oil prices aren’t $150 yet.

My intel is that Trump administration used Orban to help sabotage the EU’s Russian-assets-to-Ukraine deal. More Trump/Russia. politico.eu/article/operat…

@FBIDirectorKash Um, ok. 🤡

67,000 arrests. Violent crime arrests up 100%+. 1,800 gangs dismantled. Murder and robbery rates dropping to historic lows. We put 1,000 agents back in the field, backed our cops, and went to work — because Donald Trump lets good cops be cops. Criminals are on notice. We’re not slowing down.

@kilmeade @BarackObama @springsteen You’re so stupid

Wonder if they will run this clip in the new @BarackObama library? Maybe @springsteen will write a song about it

@GabeZZOZZ Hi stupid. NATO is a defense alliance

NATO isn’t preventing wars. It is causing them.

JD Vance 🇺🇸 heads to Hungary 🇭🇺 to back a government aligned with Moscow 🇷🇺, while Russia continues its brutal war in Ukraine🇺🇦 War crimes, civilian targeting and forced deportations, all crimes Europe 🇪🇺 hasn’t witnessed at this scale since WWII. Vance can go to hell

@defense_civil25 Yeah, that happened under Biden

MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. 🇺🇸

@RepBrandonGill By electing ppl like you to office

This is how nations commit suicide.

@BasedMikeLee I’d support an amendment barring ppl like you from holding office.

Would you support a constitutional amendment prospectively limiting birthright citizenship to children born to U.S. citizen parents?

🇪🇺🇩🇪 German Foreign Minister calls to end unanimity in EU foreign & security policy. The veto has become a weapon, used to stall and weaken Europe. Using qualified majority instead will make the EU more democratic, freer and stronger. Abolish the veto.

BREAKING: Pete Hegseth appoints his longtime advisors Jack Daniels and Captain Morgan as his top two generals.

@WhiteHouse Huh?

“‘If you import The Third World, you become The Third World!’— AND THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS LONG AS I AM PRESIDENT.” - President DONALD J. TRUMP 🇺🇸

@HQNewsNow @SethAbramson Yeah, screw the people.

Trump is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following: $510 million - Grants for farmers and agricultural research $82 million - Loans for rural small businesses (Fully eliminated) $61 million - Support for farmers and food markets (Fully eliminated) $240 million - School meals and food education for children abroad (Fully eliminated) $659 million - Community building grants $47 million - Support for minority-owned businesses (Fully eliminated) $449 million - Economic development grants for communities $1.6 billion - Weather forecasting, fisheries, and coastal protection (NOAA) $993 million - Scientific research and technology standards $150 million - Support for American exports and trade $2.2 billion - Broadband and internet access programs $8.5 billion - Funding for public schools $1.5 billion - Vocational training and adult education (Fully eliminated) $2.7 billion - College access and higher education support $15.2 billion - Roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects $1.1 billion - Home energy efficiency and clean energy programs (Fully eliminated) $1.1 billion - Scientific research funding $386 million - Environmental cleanup programs $150 million - Cutting-edge clean energy research $4 billion - Help paying home heating and cooling bills for low-income families (Fully eliminated) $768 million - Refugee resettlement assistance $819 million - Care and shelter for migrant children $775 million - Local anti-poverty programs (Fully eliminated) $5 billion - Public health programs, mental health services, and disease prevention $5 billion - Medical research (NIH) $129 million - Healthcare quality and safety research $356 million - Emergency preparedness and disaster response $1.3 billion - FEMA community disaster preparedness grants $707 million - Cybersecurity protection for critical infrastructure $52 million - Airport and transportation security $40 million - Protection against chemical and biological weapons threats $53 million - Funding for homeland security operations $3.3 billion - Community development block grants for local neighborhoods (Fully eliminated) $1.3 billion - Affordable housing construction grants (Fully eliminated) $393 million - Programs to reduce homelessness $529 million - Housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS (Fully eliminated) $489 million - Housing and services for Native American communities $50 million - Grants to help communities build more housing (Fully eliminated) $60 million - Enforcement of fair housing and anti-discrimination laws $58 million - Homebuyer and renter counseling services (Fully eliminated) $45 million - Renewable energy development programs (Fully eliminated) $1.7 billion - Grants for local law enforcement and public safety $20 million - Civil rights mediation and legal access programs (Fully eliminated) $1.6 billion - Job training for at-risk youth (Fully eliminated) $395 million - Jobs program for low-income seniors (Fully eliminated) $234 million - Worker safety and labor protection programs $101 million - Enforcement of equal pay and workplace anti-discrimination laws $46 million - Programs to combat child labor and forced labor abroad $2 billion - International humanitarian aid $1.2 billion - Food aid for hungry families abroad (Fully eliminated) $4.3 billion - Global health and disease prevention programs $2.7 billion - Funding for the United Nations and international partnerships $642 million - International economic and treasury programs $315 million - Democracy and anti-corruption programs abroad $486 million - Grants for public transit projects $4.2 billion - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure $372 million - Airline service for rural and small communities $145 million - Grants for sustainable and equitable infrastructure $204 million - Loans and investment for underserved communities $1.4 billion - IRS taxpayer services and enforcement $100 million - Air pollution monitoring and reduction programs (Fully eliminated) $1 billion - EPA grants to states for environmental protection $2.5 billion - Clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funds $90 million - Grants to reduce diesel pollution (Fully eliminated) $3.4 billion - NASA space and earth science research $297 million - NASA technology innovation programs $1.1 billion - International Space Station operations $143 million - STEM education programs $309 million - Small business development and entrepreneurship programs $170 million - Small Business Administration operations $158 million - Loans for small businesses

@Doranimated @LisaMikol3369 Oh, ground war. Lovely

A large group of C-17 military transport aircraft of the US Air Force is crossing the Atlantic and heading towards the Middle East, according to data from Flightradar24. C-17s are used for transporting personnel, heavy weapons, and armored vehicles. This is one of the largest aerial troop deployments since the beginning of the war. Trump is not about to exit the conflict.