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You mean after a mass shooting you can do more than just send “thoughts and prayers”? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Australia announces plan to buy back guns after Bondi mass killing
Hundreds of thousands of firearms are expected to be handed into authorities, Australia’s prime minister said, as a result of a raft of planned gun-control measures.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
You mean after a mass shooting you can do more than just send “thoughts and prayers”? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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What happens when you show fear to a bully? He bullies you some more. www.wsj.com/world/europe...
By Not Tapping Russian Assets for Ukraine, Europe Showed Its Fear
Europe has demonstrated that when faced with Russian threats and intimidation, the continent struggles to stand strong.
www.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
What happens when you show fear to a bully? He bullies you some more. www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Meanwhile the biggest drug dealer the Trump gavernment had in jail, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, was pardoned by Donald Trump!
Call me skeptic
Call me skeptic
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Meanwhile the biggest drug dealer the Trump gavernment had in jail, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, was pardoned by Donald Trump!
Call me skeptic
Call me skeptic
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The government says it is arresting cartel members and destroying drug labs at 4x the rate of the previous government. As a result, homicides have fallen 22 percent this year from last, to their lowest level in a decade, and violent robberies are down 15 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/w...
Can This Man Finally Defeat Mexico’s Cartels?
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The government says it is arresting cartel members and destroying drug labs at 4x the rate of the previous government. As a result, homicides have fallen 22 percent this year from last, to their lowest level in a decade, and violent robberies are down 15 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/w...
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5/ "Why? Because he has some kind of debt there for alimony or something else. But he signed, and they wrote off his debts and gave him some money on top of that, three million [$37,281], plus he'll get another 240,000 [$2,982] a month. But they don't realise [how it really is]."
December 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
5/ "Why? Because he has some kind of debt there for alimony or something else. But he signed, and they wrote off his debts and gave him some money on top of that, three million [$37,281], plus he'll get another 240,000 [$2,982] a month. But they don't realise [how it really is]."
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1/ A Russian soldier says that only the "marginalised" – drug addicts, the homeless and the destitute – are joining the Russian army these days . He says that the war continues because people in Russia profit from it and that its aim is to "dominate and humiliate" Ukraine. ⬇️
December 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
1/ A Russian soldier says that only the "marginalised" – drug addicts, the homeless and the destitute – are joining the Russian army these days . He says that the war continues because people in Russia profit from it and that its aim is to "dominate and humiliate" Ukraine. ⬇️
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Estonia may shut its border with Russia entirely after three guards crossed into its territory uninvited
It's the latest in a pattern: armed Russians on Estonian roads, stolen river buoys, fighter jets in its airspace ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/e...
It's the latest in a pattern: armed Russians on Estonian roads, stolen river buoys, fighter jets in its airspace ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/e...
December 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Estonia may shut its border with Russia entirely after three guards crossed into its territory uninvited
It's the latest in a pattern: armed Russians on Estonian roads, stolen river buoys, fighter jets in its airspace ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/e...
It's the latest in a pattern: armed Russians on Estonian roads, stolen river buoys, fighter jets in its airspace ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/e...
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Putin claimed Russia seized Siversk. ISW says 77%
Gerasimov claimed Kupyansk. Ukraine is liberating it
Gerasimov claimed 50% of Kostyantynivka. ISW found 1.6%
Even Russian milbloggers call the claims fiction ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/p...
Gerasimov claimed Kupyansk. Ukraine is liberating it
Gerasimov claimed 50% of Kostyantynivka. ISW found 1.6%
Even Russian milbloggers call the claims fiction ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Putin claimed Russia seized Siversk. ISW says 77%
Gerasimov claimed Kupyansk. Ukraine is liberating it
Gerasimov claimed 50% of Kostyantynivka. ISW found 1.6%
Even Russian milbloggers call the claims fiction ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/p...
Gerasimov claimed Kupyansk. Ukraine is liberating it
Gerasimov claimed 50% of Kostyantynivka. ISW found 1.6%
Even Russian milbloggers call the claims fiction ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/p...
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A Russian Orlan-10 drone crashed 50 km from Istanbul - the second drone incident in Turkish airspace this week.
Turkish F-16s intercepted another unidentified drone on 15 December.
🔗https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/russian-drone-crashes-in-turkey/
Turkish F-16s intercepted another unidentified drone on 15 December.
🔗https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/russian-drone-crashes-in-turkey/
Russian Orlan-10 drone crashes near Istanbul as Black Sea surveillance intensifies
Second drone incident in Turkish airspace this week.
euromaidanpress.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A Russian Orlan-10 drone crashed 50 km from Istanbul - the second drone incident in Turkish airspace this week.
Turkish F-16s intercepted another unidentified drone on 15 December.
🔗https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/russian-drone-crashes-in-turkey/
Turkish F-16s intercepted another unidentified drone on 15 December.
🔗https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/russian-drone-crashes-in-turkey/
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From Conservatism to MAGA: The Authoritarian Pipeline
How ideology becomes a perceptual filter
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Jack Smith has requested that Jim Jordan release the entire video of his 8-hour closed-door testimony which he gave this week to the House Judiciary Committee.
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Jack Smith has requested that Jim Jordan release the entire video of his 8-hour closed-door testimony which he gave this week to the House Judiciary Committee.
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
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For the very first time ever an Ukrainian drone attacked a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Mediterranean Sea.
What makes it also interesting is that no USV was used but a grenade dropping drone.
The message is clear: no Russian tanker, no matter where, is safe.
What makes it also interesting is that no USV was used but a grenade dropping drone.
The message is clear: no Russian tanker, no matter where, is safe.
December 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
For the very first time ever an Ukrainian drone attacked a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Mediterranean Sea.
What makes it also interesting is that no USV was used but a grenade dropping drone.
The message is clear: no Russian tanker, no matter where, is safe.
What makes it also interesting is that no USV was used but a grenade dropping drone.
The message is clear: no Russian tanker, no matter where, is safe.
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Australia has delivered the last 12 of its 49 promised Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Australia has delivered the last 12 of its 49 promised Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
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Yet another Russian jet powered Shahed shot down by STING interceptor!
Furthermore, STING, developed by @wildhornets.bsky.social, remains the only publicly known interceptor capable of intercepting such targets.
Furthermore, STING, developed by @wildhornets.bsky.social, remains the only publicly known interceptor capable of intercepting such targets.
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Yet another Russian jet powered Shahed shot down by STING interceptor!
Furthermore, STING, developed by @wildhornets.bsky.social, remains the only publicly known interceptor capable of intercepting such targets.
Furthermore, STING, developed by @wildhornets.bsky.social, remains the only publicly known interceptor capable of intercepting such targets.
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Anyone notice that Speaker Johnson subtly dismissed Congress today so that they won't be in session on Friday?
Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?
Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Anyone notice that Speaker Johnson subtly dismissed Congress today so that they won't be in session on Friday?
Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?
Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?
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"We will not leave the European Council today without a decision on the financing of Ukraine for the next two years." - Ursula von der Leyen.
December 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"We will not leave the European Council today without a decision on the financing of Ukraine for the next two years." - Ursula von der Leyen.
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⚡️Ukrainian passport appears in newly released Epstein photos.
Democratic members of the U.S. Congress released additional photos from the Jeffrey Epstein estate on Dec. 18, including images of a Ukrainian woman's passport.
Democratic members of the U.S. Congress released additional photos from the Jeffrey Epstein estate on Dec. 18, including images of a Ukrainian woman's passport.
Ukrainian passport appears in newly released Epstein photos
Democratic members of the U.S. Congress released additional photos from the Jeffrey Epstein estate on Dec. 18, including images of a Ukrainian woman's passport.
kyivindependent.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
⚡️Ukrainian passport appears in newly released Epstein photos.
Democratic members of the U.S. Congress released additional photos from the Jeffrey Epstein estate on Dec. 18, including images of a Ukrainian woman's passport.
Democratic members of the U.S. Congress released additional photos from the Jeffrey Epstein estate on Dec. 18, including images of a Ukrainian woman's passport.
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I miss the days when FBI Directors caught mass shooters and didn’t fly to wresting events on a government jet to watch their girlfriend sing.
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I miss the days when FBI Directors caught mass shooters and didn’t fly to wresting events on a government jet to watch their girlfriend sing.
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After drones strikes occurring, parts of Rostov on Don, Russia, have also lost electricity. Several users living in this part of Russia have posted through Telegram that they are now in total darkness.
December 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
After drones strikes occurring, parts of Rostov on Don, Russia, have also lost electricity. Several users living in this part of Russia have posted through Telegram that they are now in total darkness.
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Russia’s Oryol saw another night-time attack on the local power plant, reportedly using jet-powered drones or missiles. As ever, local residents were thoroughly delighted.
December 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Russia’s Oryol saw another night-time attack on the local power plant, reportedly using jet-powered drones or missiles. As ever, local residents were thoroughly delighted.
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Switzerland, a supposed bastion of neutrality and individual freedom, sentenced to 18 months in prison in absentia a 49-year old Swiss citizen Avi Motola who served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a sniper through 2024, valiantly defending Europe from the Russian fascists.
December 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Switzerland, a supposed bastion of neutrality and individual freedom, sentenced to 18 months in prison in absentia a 49-year old Swiss citizen Avi Motola who served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a sniper through 2024, valiantly defending Europe from the Russian fascists.
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Zelensky arrived in Warsaw for a meeting with the President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki.
December 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Zelensky arrived in Warsaw for a meeting with the President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki.
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Kupiansk was “captured” — according to the Kremlin. But Ukrainian jets, drones, and ground teams proved otherwise. Now it’s liberated, and Zelenskyy showed up to prove it.
Watch and read more: euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/f...
Watch and read more: euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/f...
Frontline report: Ukraine’s counteroffensive turns Kupiansk into a symbol of defiance
With Trump's peace negotiations looming, Ukraine’s stunning liberation of Kupiansk has dealt a blow to Moscow’s credibility and battlefield morale.
euromaidanpress.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Kupiansk was “captured” — according to the Kremlin. But Ukrainian jets, drones, and ground teams proved otherwise. Now it’s liberated, and Zelenskyy showed up to prove it.
Watch and read more: euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/f...
Watch and read more: euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/f...
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Milka. Oreo. Toblerone. Cadbury. Ritz. Sour Patch Kids.
Same company. Still operating in Russia. $1.4 billion/year—taxed by the Kremlin to fund the war.
You stopped buying Russian vodka. Time to check what you missed.
📹 @kariodermann
Same company. Still operating in Russia. $1.4 billion/year—taxed by the Kremlin to fund the war.
You stopped buying Russian vodka. Time to check what you missed.
📹 @kariodermann
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Milka. Oreo. Toblerone. Cadbury. Ritz. Sour Patch Kids.
Same company. Still operating in Russia. $1.4 billion/year—taxed by the Kremlin to fund the war.
You stopped buying Russian vodka. Time to check what you missed.
📹 @kariodermann
Same company. Still operating in Russia. $1.4 billion/year—taxed by the Kremlin to fund the war.
You stopped buying Russian vodka. Time to check what you missed.
📹 @kariodermann
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Russia says Kolpino is fine. So why hasn't she moved in three days—while every other warship fled?
Russia's subs are trapped in the Black Sea. If Kolpino can't move, Ukraine just neutralized half its Kalibr-capable submarines without a direct hit.
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/k...
Russia's subs are trapped in the Black Sea. If Kolpino can't move, Ukraine just neutralized half its Kalibr-capable submarines without a direct hit.
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/k...
December 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Russia says Kolpino is fine. So why hasn't she moved in three days—while every other warship fled?
Russia's subs are trapped in the Black Sea. If Kolpino can't move, Ukraine just neutralized half its Kalibr-capable submarines without a direct hit.
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/k...
Russia's subs are trapped in the Black Sea. If Kolpino can't move, Ukraine just neutralized half its Kalibr-capable submarines without a direct hit.
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/k...