MERZ: No army in Europe is as tested as Ukraine's army. No society become more resilient, no defense industry more innovative than Ukraine's.
Our cooperation benefits not just Ukraine's defense, but also reinforces German and European defense capabilities and industrial base.
Image: Quantum Systems
Following the successful establishment of the German-Ukrainian joint venture Quantum Frontline Industries, German @quantumdrones.bsky.social today announced Quantum WIY Industries, a joint venture focused on strengthening air defence capabilities together with Ukrainian WIY Drones.
❗️Hundreds of missiles for Patriot, deep-strike and mid-strike drones: Ukraine and Germany have agreed on a €4 billion defense package — Fedorov
Ukraine’s Defense Minister has announced that he held talks with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz:
„Russia has no chance to win this war.“
🇮🇹 #BREAKING | Italy has suspended its defence co-operation agreement with Israel following escalation in political tensions between the two countries
The move came amid a series of incidents involving Israeli forces and Italian peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, where they are deployed under the UN
#BREAKING | Italy has suspended its defence co-operation agreement with Israel following escalation in political tensions between the two countries
The move came amid a series of incidents involving Israeli forces and Italian peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, where they are deployed under the UN
Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni slams Trump over his outrageous behavior towards Pope Leo. 😳👇
VoteVets is launching a 225k buy in support of Anmar Campa-Najjar.
The buy includes: television on San Diego broadcast and cable; local cable systems in the LA market; Palm Springs cable; Spectrum streaming; and CTV/YouTube non-skip and Meta – all targeting non-Republicans and Men 50+
From Navy Officer to Obama appointee — Anmar Campa-Najjar knows the value of public service. Now he's fighting to flip CA-48 Blue, and VoteVets is investing $225K to make it happen.
PA last month said the two Trump prison camps they want to put there can't be hooked up to water or sewer (and therefore can't open).
www.pa.gov/agencies/dep...
Now MD says Trump the prison camp they're trying to put near Hagerstown can't get sewer either:
www.projectsaltbox.com/p/maryland-o...
Wait for the other shoe @theguardian.com
#PedoPrez's media company drops lawsuit against the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
I wrote this about Santos and Menendez, but relevant again: "The Senate [or House], by constitutional design, is not dependent on the actions of the executive and judicial branches to fix the Senate’s problems. Senators have both the right and the obligation to judge the evidence for themselves"
bsky.app/profile/kott...
cc @votevets.org
a screenshot of the "New Bestsellers" list from Substack, with Andrew Tate in the #1 position
Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.
“Donald Trump’s ‘blockade’ of the Strait of Hormuz isn’t strategy - it’s a confession that they’ve run out of ideas.” Brigadier General Steven Anderson breaks down the current state of play in the Middle East on our Substack. Read it now: substack.com/@votevets/no...
Calling Donald Trump's war strategy schizophrenic is putting it mildly.
"She is from British Columbia but moved to Texas in 2021 when she married her American husband.
The family was driving home from a baby shower when they were stopped at a border patrol checkpoint. She and Ayla, who has autism, were fingerprinted and detained..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"Oregon's Democratic Governor Tina Kotek signed eight bills into law defending immigrant rights, as the Trump administration ramps up federal immigration enforcement..."
ktvz.com/news/governm...
all over the world, these guys are just exact xerox copies of each other.
in this case, "istvan" is pronounced "JAYR-id"
“California Republicans refused Sunday to endorse Donald Trump’s pick for governor here, a stark rebuke of the sitting president by the party’s rank-and-file in the nation’s most populous state…”
www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
👋🏻
"Each day of the trial, the courtroom filled with community members. Current and former students and colleagues, members of the California Faculty Association from various universities and students who had heard about the case all came to show support..."
www.huffpost.com/entry/jonath...
me either 🤔
A war of choice, record-breaking inflation, and a federal judge calling out the Pentagon for "end-runs" around the law. If you need a break after this week, you’re in good company.
Here is your weekend news roundup:
substack.com/@votevets/no...
"This pattern raises serious concerns that certain market participants may have had access to material nonpublic information regarding a market-moving geopolitical event..."
www.npr.org/2026/04/10/n...
