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Ukraine Wants Hungary’s Slot in EU and NATO

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Ukraine says ready to replace Hungary in EU and NATO – Al Jazeera English
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Ukraine has declared that it is ready to replace Hungary in the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should Budapest prefer to join Russian-led blocs.

The statement was released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on Wednesday. While clearly tongue-in-cheek, it also reflects the serious tension that has built up between Ukraine and Hungary, with Budapest offering support for Moscow’s narratives over the war in Ukraine and obstructing the Western bodies’ efforts to bolster Kyiv.

Kyiv’s statement, which was also posted on X, was made in response to “[t]he latest manipulative statements from the leadership of Hungary regarding Ukraine’s decision not to extend the transit agreement with the aggressor state, Russia, from 2025 onwards”, it said.

 

Here’s How DEI-Crazed Officials Made The LA Fire More Deadly– thefederalist.com

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Here’s How DEI-Crazed Officials Made The LA Fire More Deadly– thefederalist.com
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As relentless fires burn in Los Angeles, thousands of residents who fled their homes are just learning how poorly public officials prepared for such an event. Emergency response leaders following bad public policy have been too focused on sending firefighting equipment to Ukraine, keeping the homeless safe, protecting fish, and adopting green policies to focus on things like making sure there is enough water to feed fire hydrants and guaranteeing that the strongest, best-trained, most-skilled firefighters are leading operations.

Officials seem to believe that when fire forces you to flee your home, there is just one thing on your mind: the skin color and cultural experience of the firefighters who will bring you to safety. Will they be diverse enough to rescue you? Never mind if they are the best for the job, are they anything but straight white men?

That has been a major priority of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), which, in 2022, launched its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Bureau (DEI), purportedly “focused on ensuring a safe, diverse and inclusive workplace for all.”

In January 2022, then-Mayor Eric Garcetti checked multiple DEI boxes by appointing Kristin Crowley as fire chief, the first female, LGBT chief in Los Angeles. That year, according to LAFD data, “of the more than 6,500 applicants to LAFD, 70% were people of color and nearly 8% … were female,” which was “double the … percentage of female firefighters within the Department” at the time.

The LAFD Girls Camp is one avenue for recruitment for female firefighters, hosting girls between 14 and 18 to explore career opportunities in the department.

Capitol Police Stop Potential Trump Attacker Hours Before Senate Visit– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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Capitol Police Stop Potential Trump Attacker Hours Before Senate Visit– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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A man attempting to enter the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) on Wednesday was stopped and arrested after security officers discovered a machete and multiple knives in his bag. The incident unfolded just hours before President-elect Donald Trump’s scheduled appearance on Capitol Hill to meet with Senate Republicans, marking a dramatic moment in the otherwise routine proceedings of the day. According to a statement from the U.S. Capitol Police, the man was apprehended around 2 p.m. at the north doors of the CVC during standard security screening.

Officers monitoring the X-ray machine noticed the machete in his bag, prompting an immediate halt to the screening process. A subsequent search of the bag uncovered three additional knives, all of which were secured by police before the suspect was taken into custody. The individual, whose name has not yet been released, was charged with multiple counts of carrying a dangerous weapon.

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Old Video Shows Gates Openly Calling for Death Panels to Deal with Rising Cost of Dying

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Bill Gates Calls for ‘Death Panels’ to Euthanize Citizens Not ‘Worthy of Healthcare’– slaynews.com
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As nations around the world push to introduce and expand liberal euthanasia laws, the plans are sounding eerily similar to the “assisted suicide” agenda billionaire Bill Gates has been promoting for several years.

The Microsoft co-founder argues that it is not cost-effective to provide individuals with long-term healthcare.

Instead, Gates believes his fellow human beings should be euthanized to reduce healthcare costs so that the money that would have been used for treatments can be spent elsewhere.

In 2010, Gates weighed up the cost of keeping “terminally ill” Americans alive versus paying for teachers’ salaries.

Gates lamented that Americans are unwilling to question if spending money on people in “the last three months” of their lives was cost-effective.

He suggested there wasn’t a benefit in end-of-life care and a decision should be made to end people’s lives instead of providing costly palliative care.

He argued that a panel of bureaucrats should decide whether a person deserves to receive treatment, with those who are not “worthy of healthcare” being euthanized by the government to save money.

“That’s called the ‘death panel’,” he said of the group who would decide whether people get to live or die.

Gates made the remarks during an interview at an Aspen Ideas Festival in 2010.

Johnson Nixes House Rule Keeping Men out of Women’s Bathrooms

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US House quietly drops ban on men using women’s bathrooms from new rules package– www.lifesitenews.com
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On the heels of the November election that delivered both Houses of Congress and the White House to Republicans, and that also saw the election of Democrat “Sarah” McBride of Delaware – the first transgendered person to the U.S. House of Representatives – House Speaker Mike Johnson instituted a ban on biological males using female restrooms throughout the extensive U.S. Capitol complex.

However, U.S. House Rep. Nancy Mace’s proposed resolution requiring that Capitol Hill employees use restrooms “corresponding to their biological sex” was, with no explanation, omitted from the official rules of the new House session after Johnson had assured Mace it would be included.

It remains unclear why Mace’s resolution was dropped and what that means regarding the ban announced by Johnson in November.

“We welcome all new members with open arms who are duly elected representatives of the people,” Johnson said before last week’s vote on the rules for the 119th Congress, appearing to have perhaps softened on his earlier stringent declaration banning males who identify as females from using women’s restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms at the Capitol.

“I believe it’s a command that we treat all persons with dignity and respect,” Johnson added.

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Newsom Chose Minnows over Americans, Trump Claims

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Trump Says Gavin Newsom’s Attempt to Protect an ‘Essentially Worthless Fish’ Caused Fire Disaster– www.westernjournal.com
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President-elect Donald Trump accused California Gov. Gavin Newsom of being partly to blame for Los Angeles firefighters not having the water they needed to fight wildfires that erupted on Tuesday.

“Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

“He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but didn’t care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price is being paid,” the president-elect continued.

“I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO CALIFORNIA! He is the blame for this. On top of it all, no water for fire hydrants, not firefighting planes. A true disaster!” Trump wrote.

DOJ Really Wants Smith’s Trump Report Released before the Inauguration

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Special counsel’s Trump report should be partially released, Justice Department tells appeals court – CBS News
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The Justice Department urged a federal appeals court in Atlanta on Wednesday to clear the way for the release of a portion of special counsel Jack Smith’s report detailing his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump.

In court documents filed with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the government wrote that Attorney General Merrick Garland has determined not to release the volume of Smith’s report that deals with the classified documents case, so long as criminal proceedings involving co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira are pending.

Garland does, however, plan to submit to Congress and the public the first volume of Smith’s report, which relates to his investigation and prosecution of Trump stemming from the 2020 presidential election.

“Because the Attorney General has determined not to release to the public Volume Two of the Final Report to the public while defendants’ case remains pending—the volume that concerns the proceedings against defendants—an injunction is unnecessary,” prosecutors wrote, urging the 11th Circuit to deny the emergency request for an injunction.

Georgians Protest Pro-Russia Government

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Georgians hold anti-government protest on Orthodox Christmas – Napoleon Northwest Signal
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Thousands of Georgians marched through the streets of Tbilisi late on Monday on Orthodox Christmas Eve, gathering in front of parliament for a 40th day of anti-government demonstrations.

Mass protests have shaken the Caucasus country since November 28, when Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced that the government would not pursue the launch of European Union membership talks until 2028.

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Ecaudor President Names Stand-In to Run for Re-Election

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Ecuador’s Noboa names acting president so he can campaign – Reuters Canada
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Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa said in a decree on Tuesday that interim vice-president Cynthia Natalie Gellibert will serve as acting president from Thursday to Sunday so he can participate in campaigning for his re-election.
A debate about who would act as president if Noboa were to take time out for the campaign has made waves in the country amid a long-running spat between him and elected vice-president Veronica Abad.

Mexico president trolls Trump with “Mexican America” map after his “Gulf of America” name change proposal– www.cbsnews.com

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Mexico president trolls Trump with “Mexican America” map after his “Gulf of America” name change proposal– www.cbsnews.com
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum responded sarcastically on Wednesday to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”

Standing before a 17th-century world map in her daily press briefing, Sheinbaum proposed dryly that North America should be renamed “América Mexicana,” or “Mexican America,” because a founding document dating from 1814 that preceded Mexico’s constitution referred to it that way.

“That sounds nice, no?” she added with a sarcastic tone. She also noted that the Gulf of Mexico had been named that way since 1607.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on January 8, 2025.. She suggested that the United States should be called “Mexican America,” in response to Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”

Taiwan demonstrates sea defenses against potential Chinese attack as tensions rise with Beijing– abcnews.go.com

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Taiwan demonstrates sea defenses against potential Chinese attack as tensions rise with Beijing– abcnews.go.com
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KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — Taiwan on Thursday demonstrated its sea defenses against a potential Chinese attack as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a multitiered strategy to deter an invasion from the mainland.

The island’s navy highlighted its Kuang Hua VI fast attack missile boats and Tuo Chiang-class corvettes in waters near Taiwan’s largest port of Kaohsiung, a major hub for international trade considered key to resupplying Chinese forces should they establish a beachhead on the island.

The Kuang Hua VI boats, with a crew of 19, carry indigenously developed Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missiles and displayed their ability to take to the sea in an emergency to intercept enemy ships about to cross the 44-kilometer (24-nautical mile) limit of Taiwan’s contiguous zone, within which governments are permitted to take defensive action.

Man who plotted to kill Justice Kavanaugh wanted to protect Roe v. Wade: court document– www.lifesitenews.com

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DEI programs to promote diversity actually breed hostility in schools, businesses: study– www.lifesitenews.com

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DEI programs to promote diversity actually breed hostility in schools, businesses: study– www.lifesitenews.com
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs are billed as making society more tolerant, compassionate, and harmonious but actually increase hostility in workplace and educational settings, according to a recent study.

The study, by Rutgers University’s Network Contagion Research Institute, focused on “diversity training interventions that emphasize awareness of and opposition to ‘systemic oppression,’” which has “seen widespread adoption across sectors like higher education and healthcare.” It was conducted by exposing 423 Rutgers students to influential DEI training materials authored by far-left activists like Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo, then surveying their reactions.

“Across all groupings (race, religion, and caste-based), instead of reducing bias, they engendered a hostile attribution bias,” the researchers found, “amplifying perceptions of prejudicial hostility where none was present, and punitive responses to the imaginary prejudice.”

“This research raises critical questions about how many individuals, as a result of these programs, have experienced undue duress, social ostracization, or even termination of employment,” said the researchers, who called for further research into “the potential for a far broader scope of harm than previously considered.”

Taxpayers Paid $3 Billion for Radical DEI Kickbacks Under Biden › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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Taxpayers Paid $3 Billion for Radical DEI Kickbacks Under Biden › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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President Joe Biden gave more than $3 billion across 30 agencies to outside contractors to implement his diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) executive order in federal government agencies. These billions are on top of the already exorbitant cost of existing DEI funding for each department.

On Biden’s first day in office, January 20, 2021, he began implementing his DEI agenda, making it his top priority for America. DEI initiatives even took priority over the defense of the nation and the fentanyl crisis. Biden’s day-one executive order to advance “racial equity” through the federal government signaled to America and federal bureaucracies that his most urgent issue was cultural Marxism—not China, Iran, or the border crisis.

“Equity,” as opposed to “equality,” is a term closely aligned with communism used to force equal outcomes rather than equal opportunities. In June 2021, Biden doubled down and issued another executive order requiring the federal workforce to promote DEI in its departments. This maneuver set the stage for billions of wasted taxpayer dollars on cultural Marxist indoctrination that doubtless reshaped the work of federal employees in agencies such as the FBI, Health and Human Services, the Secret Service, and the Defense Department.

Former Congresswoman Debbie Lesko Calls for “Comprehensive Audit of Entire Election System” in Maricopa County After Being Sworn in as County Supervisor, Florida Secretary of State to be Consulted for Changes (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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Former Congresswoman Debbie Lesko Calls for “Comprehensive Audit of Entire Election System” in Maricopa County After Being Sworn in as County Supervisor, Florida Secretary of State to be Consulted for Changes (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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Former Rep. Debbie Lesko announces audit of Maricopa County elections upon taking office as Maricopa County Supervisor

Former Congresswoman Debbie Lesko, upon taking office as a Maricopa County Supervisor Monday, announced plans to audit Maricopa County’s election system. 

“It is very important to a lot of my constituents,” she said.

This is a major departure from former Maricopa County officials’ stance that the elections are run with integrity despite major issues in the last three elections. Recall that former Maricopa County Chairman Bill Gates, following the 2022 election, which was stolen from Trump-Endorsed statewide candidates like Kari Lake and Abe Hamadeh, said the election “was run extremely well.” This is despite 60% of vote counting machines across Maricopa County breaking down on election day and disenfranchising in-person voters who were mostly Republicans.

This also came after the forensic audit of the 2020 election discovered major discrepancies in ballot chain of custody documentation, mail-in ballot signature verification, and ballot printing, as well as numerous election law violations. While serving in the U.S. House, Lesko was one of the brave 139 Republicans who voted to stop the certification of the stolen 2020 election.

Burma War Escalates With Significant Implications for US Interests– www.dailysignal.com

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Burma War Escalates With Significant Implications for US Interests– www.dailysignal.com
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As war rages in Europe and as Israel confronts adversaries from all sides in the Middle East, Americans would be forgiven not knowing about the yearslong conflict raging in Burma—the world’s longest-running civil war.

The violence has ravaged the Southeast Asian nation for decades, and battlefield developments indicate the conflict may be reaching a new stage—with consequences for both the region and the United States.

Burma’s long-running civil war cooled during the 2010s, under the democratic government led by the National League for Democracy (NLD), but fighting erupted again following a military coup in 2021.

The military, which has always been the most powerful player in Burmese politics, feared a loss of power on the heels of the NLD’s landslide victory in the 2020 elections, and it violently seized control of the government.

Since the coup, Burma’s military junta has imprisoned thousands of anti-junta activists and waged war against Burma’s array of powerful ethnic militias, often killing civilians in the process.

Former Israeli Military Officials Float Audacious Plan To Strike Iran in Final Days of Biden Presidency– freebeacon.com

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Former Israeli Military Officials Float Audacious Plan To Strike Iran in Final Days of Biden Presidency– freebeacon.com
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JERUSALEM—Two former Israeli military officials have proposed that Israel launch a major attack on Iran in the final days of Joe Biden’s presidency.

Kobi Michael and Gabi Siboni, now prominent national security analysts who often appear on Israeli TV and radio, argued in a policy paper published last month that a series of airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear, military, economic, and government infrastructure are the only way to prevent Iran from rebuilding its regional terrorist network, which Israel has degraded over 15 months of war. Israel should start the attack just ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, according to the analysts—thereby minimizing the risk of diplomatic retaliation by Biden and forcing the hand of the president-elect.

“With this attack, Israel will demonstrate to the United States … its absolute refusal to accept the continuation of the Iranian nuclear program and its unwillingness to risk Iran’s breakout to a bomb,” Michael and Siboni wrote. “As several rounds of attacks on Iran will be required, [the subsequent rounds] will take place after Trump takes office and under a U.S. administration that is more sympathetic than Biden’s.”

The proposal—published by the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, a think tank in Jerusalem, and picked up by Hebrew media—is an audacious answer to Israel’s most pressing national security question: Will Trump support an attack on Iran’s nuclear program?

SCOTUS Chief Roberts Defended Censorship-Industrial Complex– thefederalist.com

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SCOTUS Chief Roberts Defended Censorship-Industrial Complex– thefederalist.com
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Over the last decade, America’s ruling class has used the threat of “mis-, dis-, and mal-information” to justify turning the awesome powers of the administrative state against domestic Wrongthinkers from elite orthodoxy. The most insidious and far-reaching manifestation of this phenomenon has been seen in the Censorship-Industrial Complex, which has eroded our First Amendment, thereby imperiling the republic itself.

Alarmingly, a new report indicates that the Supreme Court — which refused to bring the censorship regime to justice — not only shares this regime’s concerns about “disinformation,” but likewise supports robust and widespread action to “combat” it. The report comes from Chief Justice John Roberts himself.

Roberts took to his recently released annual review to elucidate what he sees as the key threats to the independence of his fellow justices, and thereby the rule of law itself. He distinguishes between “strong and passionate reactions” to and “informed criticism” of the court on the one hand, and independence-threatening “illegitimate activity” on the other.