Why is the Trump administration proposing to raise defense spending to levels not seen since World War II? They’re supposedly burden-shifting to Europe & ending forever wars. Is this really needed just to dominate the Western Hemisphere or do they have something else in mind?
ping @auonsson.bsky.social
The Norwegian tanker STAV VIKING has reported a sudden loss of propulsion in the Gulf of Bothnia.
After a sharp speed drop, she is now broadcasting "Not Under Command" status. Vessel is currently drifting.
#StavViking #MaritimeSafety #GulfOfBothnia #ShippingAlert
Helsinki, Finland
1/ The fall of Victor Orbán is being mourned as a catastrophe by Russian warbloggers and commentators. They lament the loss of a man whom they openly call "a 'Trojan horse' in the EU" and blame the Russian government's ineffective attempts to interfere with the election. ⬇️
⚡️ BREAKING: World Aquatics lifts all sanctions on Russian and Belarusian athletes
The International Swimming Federation has completely removed sanctions against Russia and Belarus, allowing athletes from both nations to compete under their national symbols.
Terrorist and former "people's governor of Donbas," Pavel Gubarev, confirmed that the so-called "uprising" in Ukraine's Donbas in 2014 was entirely funded and coordinated by Moscow and carried out with Russia's military involvement.
LYING LEAVITT: "Lebanon is NOT part of the ceasefire agreement".
FACT: Literally the PM of Pakistan, who mediated the ceasefire, tweeted out that it WAS included. He's literally the one who witnessed the deal. #cdnpoli
Hungary leaking info to Russia raise possibility of a member state "actively working against the security and the interests of the EU and its citizens" European Commission said
von der Leyen plans to raise the issue at the highest level of Europe's leadership
#Pinks
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
🎯🎯
What is the point of this war?
Now our allies cannot access the Strait of Hormuz- they have no oil. We have derailed the global economy.
And the Iranian people have lost so much.
What for?
I see only war crimes
Hard for Trump to get out of a war that is making so much money for Putin.
The most crooked AG in history got fired today.
Not because she was crooked.
Because she wasn’t good enough at it.
A photo of Ali and Fatima in their press vests and hats, smiling at the camera with Lebanon in the background
Two of the journalists assassinated in South Lebanon this morning by Israel were Lebanese correspondents Ali Shoeib and Fatima Ftouni.
They become the 252nd and 253rd journalists killed by Israel in the last two years.
Unprecedented.
(📸 Cradle Media)
Sorry Mr. President, but that’s not how NATO works. Let me help you out. 1/
🧵
Chris Murphy: "We're gonna give Iran $14b to fund this war with the US? We're gonna give Russia billions to fund their war with Ukraine? We're literally putting money into the pockets of the nations we're fighting. We've never seen this level of incompetence in war-making in this country's history"
Sanctions finally squeezed Russia's war revenues to a post-invasion low. Two weeks after the US bombed Iran, Moscow was earning 11% more per day than before.
The US Treasury called it a stabilization measure. CREA's numbers tell a different story.
And so it begins...
He may also have revealed the position of former allies to him: Enemies.
The US special envoy to Belarus is basically announcing that the US is aligning itself with Lukashenka's dictatorship - massively lifting sanctions in exchange for the release of political prisoners.May heaven prevent this from ever happening with the fascist Russians, whom Europe has had enough of.
Aid to Ukraine from 2022-2026 was a rounding error. We used more in the first two weeks of the Iran war than we provided in the 4 years of aid to Ukraine.
When logging your run on Strava onboard an aircraft carrier without AIS active.
Weak.
The US is lifting sanctions against Belarus banks and financie ministerium.
Dictators love dictators.
Despite Hegseth’s bravado this morning, the last 24 hours are clearly the worst for Trump’s folly, with massive refineries hit in multiple countries. The impact on the US and global economy is going to be brutal and affect every American. This war is a disaster.
Siinäpä se taas olis.
Tästä(kään) syystä hakkuiden lisääminen ei ole ilmastoteko.
www.hs.fi/tiede/art-20...
PAUL: "If he says the violence that happened to me, where I had 6 ribs broken, my lung damaged, part of my lung removed, two pneumonias, if he thinks that's justifiable, and he can readily understand it, he can completely understand it, I think that makes him unacceptable and unfit to hold office."
