The “big beautiful bill” has $160bn in new anti-immigrant measures including $8bn for ICE personnel, $15bn for deportations and $45bn to build detention facilities. Current total ICE budget is ~$8bn. They want to scale up this terror to an unimaginable level. www.wola.org/analysis/160...

$160 Billion to Detain and Deport: Congress’s “Reconciliation” Bill is a Betrayal of Priorities and Will Harm the Most Vulnerable - WOLA

This piece focuses on the incredible scale of what the U.S. Congress is proposing to spend on enforcement and border security. The reconciliation bill’s mammoth dimensions are not getting the attentio...

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French intelligence has released data on Russia's large-scale espionage and sabotage activities against France. A 16-page report titled "Russian Threats and Actions Against France" refers to cyberattacks, espionage, sabotage and attempts to influence political processes⤵️

‼️ ARTICLE EXPLOSIF SUR LA 🇭🇺 traître + espionnage ‼️ "Un journaliste hongrois a révélé les détails de l'espionnage de Budapest sur l'Ukraine : cela a commencé il y a plusieurs années Les services de renseig. 🇭🇺 concentrent depuis des années leurs efforts d'espionnage sur l'🇺🇦 plutôt que sur la 🇷🇺"⤵️

Hungarian journalist has revealed details of Budapest's spying on Ukraine: It started several years ago - Euromaidan Press

Hungarian intelligence services have been focusing their espionage efforts on Ukraine rather than Russia for years, according to journalist Szabolcs Panyi who cited NATO security officials.

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A new Gallup survey shows that a record 53% of Americans say their financial situation is getting worse—the highest level of pessimism since the poll began in 2001. “Golden age”

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

In annexed #Crimea, children are being tested for hatred of #Ukraine. 1/3

Donald Trump's massive package of sanctions against the U.S. economy proves effective www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Trump's tariffs threaten US weapons production

The program could make it more difficult for America to produce weapons — and keep allies.

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Im old enough to remember when Trump was really angry with Putin and was set on hitting Russia with really tough new sanctions....

🚨 NEW via POLITICO: Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world Mike Waltz’s team used at least 20 Signal chats to coordinate official work on Ukraine, China, Gaza, and more—often discussing sensitive info. This goes way beyond what was previously known.

Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world

It’s a more extensive use of the app than previously reported and sheds new light on how commonly the Trump administration’s national security team relies on Signal.

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Musk acquired X and donated tons to Trump to gain access to him and foreign leaders. One of the reasons he launched DOGE was to access sensitive data for his AI projects. Even if he moves on from DOGE, he will still maintain influence and access to Trump and foreign leaders

The imprisonment of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu points to the next level of authoritarianism in Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime — as he was seen as one of the few possible candidates who could have beaten the Turkish president at the 2028 presidential poll.

What we are witnessing is the 'Putinisation' of Erdoğan

The imprisonment of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu points to the next level of authoritarianism in Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime — as he was seen as one of the few possible candidates who could have beaten the Turkish president at the 2028 presidential poll.

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The United States has lost its traditional allies, gotten in bed with Russia and is on the verge of becoming a police state, with inflation about to go up, massively, and people over on X are … posting Studio Ghibli memes.

Nigel Farage desperately trying to get out of a deep hole he has dug for himself. The UK public hates Trump. The UK public hates Putin. Farage is shackled to both of them.

A Key Trump Ally Has Accused 'Him Of Giving Far Too Much' To Putin In Bid For Peace In Ukraine

Nigel Farage said a ceasefire should not turn the Russian president "into a winner".

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Oligarchs buying elections with million dollar giveaways. Hopefully people in Wisconsin won’t allow the South African to purchase a seat on your Supreme Court just like he bought the US federal government.

Important to realize that Trump’s approach to Canada and Greenland is like his approach to Ukraine. It’s not even simply American imperialism. It is America enabling Russian imperialism. (1/3)

Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide The post falsely claimed that Stalin, Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...

Elon Musk Shared, Then Deleted X Post Absolving Hitler, Stalin and Mao of Genocide

The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.

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La doctrine Trump pour céder l’Europe à Poutine : le plan prophétique de Curtis Yarvin

La doctrine Trump pour céder l’Europe à Poutine : le plan prophétique de Curtis Yarvin | Le Grand Continent

Un mois avant la guerre d’Ukraine, le mage des Lumières noires dotait Trump d’une doctrine de politique étrangère pour se partager le monde avec Poutine. Elle semble se dérouler sous nos yeux aujourd’hui. La partie de Risk terrifiante décrite par Curtis Yarvin devrait nous inquiéter : beaucoup, à Washington, cherchent à réaliser sa prophétie. Nous le traduisons.

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It's telling how Trump's chaotic comms is now all over the place on US aid to Ukraine and deals with Russia because they dimly sense that they're ending up in a place where not getting concessions from either Russia or Ukraine makes the US look like idiots

Growing number of experts say that Trump is providing Russia with intelligence against Ukraine. Russian forces in Kursk miraculously had extremely precise coordinates for Ukrainian troop locations, logistics and ammo depots in Kursk after Trump cut off aid. A day before Russia was on the back foot.

It remains a mystery to me why market expectations were so positive before Trump took office. The political risk of madness was out there for everyone to see.

Owen Winter@owenwntr.bsky.social · last yr.

Good morning S&P 500

Ukraine is getting Trump's version of peace through strength: Public rebukes, stoppage of critical funding & intel; pressure to concede land & minerals w/o any security guarantees, demands for a change in leadership. Meanwhile Russia gets peace through appeasement: Private meetings... (1/2)

The Heritage Foundation is now planning to destroy the EU - with the help of Polish and Hungarian partners vsquare.org/heritage-fou...

Renaming the EU, Dismantling the Commission: For What Polish and Hungarian Illiberals Seek U.S. Backing - VSquare.org

The Trump administration's most influential think tank, The Heritage Foundation, is receiving proposals from illiberal forces in Poland and Hungary on how to shape the future of the European Union. Th...

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After Elon Musk has been insinuating to turn off Starlink in Ukraine, Poland‘s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski is reminding Musk that Poland is paying for it, and he is making clear that if Musk follows through that Poland will abandon Starlink altogether for being an unreliable service.

From the man who backed out of a fight with Mark Zuckerberg and an appearance on the Daily Show: "I literally challenged Putin to one on one physical combat". This is "my dad works for Nintendo" level stuff.

Trump's claim on Friday that he was considering sanctions and Kellogg's hints that the administration has been thinking about tackling the shadow fleet have never been convincing; this indicates just how far the White House is from doing anything at all to harm Kremlin interests.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · last yr.

The US has rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task force that would tackle Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers.

US aid was stopped at the very time when the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a counteroffensive in Donbas and were already having some success. – DeepState.