Takeuchi Seiho Bear in snow 1940
Not that long ago, guys like Doug Macgregor and Scott Ritter said 8x more Ukrainians were being killed than Russians. That was an estimate, not propaganda. But it was never mentioned in the press, where numbers, if there were any, would be about 1:1. . Now, Trump is apparently being told 12x as many Russsians are killed. That is obvious propaganda. Are we to think he doesn’t know this?
This 12:1 kill ratio is utterly ridiculous. Has the Donald learned nothing yet—-the Deep State is sabotaging him again, because it wants the Ukraine proxy war on Russia to go on and on, so the MIC can sell more, more, more and still more weapons to the Pentagon. Wake up POTUS! pic.twitter.com/ixqtJtOsoC
— David Stockman (@DA_Stockman) August 3, 2025
"The deal was that the Europeans are going to buy lots of weapons from us to give to the Ukrainians. There are only three problems: We don’t have the weapons, the Europeans don’t have the money, and the Ukrainians don’t have the manpower"@JimJatras noted that while the US tries… pic.twitter.com/fFZdoR1QkR
— Rachel Blevins (@RachBlevins) August 2, 2025
🚨BREAKING: Elon Musk has called on all European states to leave the EU
"It's destroying democracy in Europe." pic.twitter.com/bg2u41noG2
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) August 3, 2025
“AMERICA HAS NOT BEEN A SOVEREIGN NATION SINCE THEY SHOT JFK….
They is Israel”‼️
— Candace Owens @RealCandaceO @TuckerCarlson pic.twitter.com/a7MXWPnpUF— Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚 (@hippyygoat) August 2, 2025
The real way to bring interest rates down is to prevent the Federal Reserve from sending trillions of taxpayer dollars to big banks, both domestic and foreign. My End the Fed’s Big Bank Bailout Act does just that. pic.twitter.com/B7egGkigbn
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) August 2, 2025
The truth sbout inflation. Never forget.
Vía @cboyack pic.twitter.com/Crm9yauhxR
— Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) August 3, 2025
cIA
🚨BREAKING: In a bombshell revelation, CIA Director John Ratcliffe has confirmed that former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey & former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are likely to face indictments due to their involvement in the Russiagate scandal. pic.twitter.com/ugwQh4cjqu
— TRUMP ARMY (@TRUMP_ARMY_) August 3, 2025
Ritter
Orban: “Peace will come when Europeans and Ukrainians alike accept the fact that Russia will never allow NATO to establish a presence on its western border in Ukraine..”
Trump wants nominees confirmed, mostly standard procedure. But now Schumer demands a billion or so to pay for Democrat pet projects.
“..billion with a b—in unrelated funding as a ransom for a handful of consensus nominees who had already made it through bipartisan committee votes.”
• Trump Tells Chuck Schumer To ‘Go To Hell’ (Margolis)
Saying that President Donald Trump wasn’t happy when Senate Democrats tried to extort his administration for a billion-dollar payout in exchange for doing their constitutionally mandated job would be an understatement. Over the weekend, what should have been a routine confirmation process for highly qualified Trump nominees turned into a hostage negotiation orchestrated by Sen. Chuck Schumer and his band of obstructionists. Make no mistake, Schumer wasn’t bargaining in good faith. He and his allies demanded over a billion dollars—yes, I meant billion with a b—in unrelated funding as a ransom for a handful of consensus nominees who had already made it through bipartisan committee votes. That’s not negotiation; that’s the Democrats shamelessly weaponizing the Senate to advance their own radical agenda.
Trump cut through the charade with a blunt, unmistakable message to Schumer on Truth Social, calling his demand nothing less than “political extortion.” Trump called the demand “egregious and unprecedented,” warning Republicans that accepting it “would be embarrassing to the Republican Party.” He urged GOP lawmakers to reject the offer, “go home and explain to your constituents what bad people the Democrats are,” and told Schumer—whom he said is under pressure from the “Radical Left Lunatics”—to “GO TO HELL!” Trump’s decision wasn’t just about protecting his nominees; it was about sending a message that the days of Republican leaders folding in the face of Democrat brinkmanship are over. The president gave Senate Republicans his marching orders: Walk away. Refuse to reward such brazen extortion. Let Democrats explain to the American people why vital appointments are stalled and government remains hobbled.
BREAKING 🚨 President Trump just told Senator Chuck Schumer to “GO TO HELL” and no Deal 🔥
CONFIRM EVERY APPOINTMENT
TIME TO GET LOUD MAGA pic.twitter.com/pWwkt0uYlW
— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) August 2, 2025
If the GOP ever hopes to reverse the damage inflicted by years of feckless Republican capitulation, this kind of stand is long overdue. Senate Majority Leader John Thune described the failed talks as a nonstop loop of shifting demands—“lots of offers” nearly agreed to, only for Democrats to move the goalposts, which sounds about right. Schumer’s team kept pushing for more: billions in aid, protection for bloated spending, and perks for their political machine. In return, they offered only the safest nominees, like it was a mob shakedown. Senator Markwayne Mullin saw it firsthand. “We’ve had three different deals since last night, and every time it’s been…‘I want more.’” The game was rigged from the start. Democrats wanted the illusion of compromise, expecting the GOP to fold. This time, they didn’t.
Democrats cried foul, accusing the GOP of padding the nominee list with “controversial” picks—classic projection from a party that’s mastered political blackmail. But the days of Republican surrender are over. Under Trump’s leadership, the GOP shut it down. Just seven nominees were confirmed before the August recess—not ideal, but better than caving to Schumer’s demands. The White House is ready to push through the rest in September, even if it means changing the rules Democrats have long abused to obstruct. This breakdown makes two things clear: Republicans are done playing by the left’s rigged rules, and if key posts stay vacant, the blame lies with Schumer and his “resistance” gang. Let them explain the dysfunction. Trump’s bold stand should fire up Republicans. After years of retreat, the party is drawing lines, rejecting ransom politics, and putting America first. It’s the kind of fight the country’s been waiting for.
“..the fear that Trump might use a dispute as a pretext to cut US military support for Ukraine or otherwise damage European security..”
Europeans pay for Ukraine in 100 different ways..
• EU Surrendered To Trump’s Demands Out Of ‘Fear’ – Sunday Times (RT)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed to a lopsided US trade deal without resistance out of fear that Washington might reduce military support for Ukraine or even withdraw American forces from Europe, the Sunday Times reported this weekend. The paper described von der Leyen’s recent visit to President Donald Trump’s golf course in Scotland – where she accepted a 15% tariff on most EU exports – as a “surrender.” According to the report, officials inside the Commission initially prepared a strong countermeasure package in response to Trump’s proposed 20% tariffs announced in April. But when Trump threatened to raise the tariffs to 30%, von der Leyen pulled back.
Behind her reversal was “the fear that Trump might use a dispute as a pretext to cut US military support for Ukraine or otherwise damage European security,” the Sunday Times wrote. Brussels was reportedly particularly concerned about the outcome of a pending American “posture review” that may result in the withdrawal of some of the roughly 80,000 US troops stationed across Europe. The trade agreement finalized last week includes not only the 15% tariff on EU goods, but also commitments by Brussels to invest $600 billion in the US economy and purchase $750 billion worth of American energy over the next three years. In contrast, the UK – negotiating independently – secured a lower 10% tariff on its exports.
Amid mounting internal backlash in Brussels, French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly criticized the outcome, saying the EU is “not feared enough.” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban remarked that Trump “ate her for breakfast,” and accused von der Leyen of exceeding her authority by allegedly pledging to purchase large quantities of US arms. Von der Leyen has also faced growing political resistance at home, as she pushes to redirect a significant portion of the EU’s next €1.8 trillion seven-year budget from agriculture and regional development toward militarization. She narrowly survived a vote of confidence in the European Parliament last month amid criticism of her leadership style and controversies over her Covid-19 vaccine procurement deals. Some MEPs now view her current term as her “last chance,” according to lawmakers quoted by the Times.
Beware the price of cuckoo clocks.
• Swiss President Blamed For ‘Disastrous’ Deal With Trump – FT (RT)
Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter is facing backlash after trade talks with Washington collapsed following a “disastrous” phone call with US President Donald Trump, Financial Times has reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. Trump announced a 39% levy – one of the highest globally – on Swiss goods on Friday, coinciding with Switzerland’s national day. According to the FT report published on Sunday, Swiss negotiators believed they had secured a provisional deal for a 10% tariff, similar to the UK’s arrangement. In exchange, Bern pledged nearly $150 billion in US-bound investment and remained in regular contact with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The offer was approved in early July, with Swiss officials convinced it only awaited Trump’s signature.
Keller-Sutter, who also serves as finance minister under the country’s rotating presidency, had publicly stated last month that she had gained rare “access to Trump.” However, during a 30-minute call on Thursday – described by sources as “disastrous” – the US leader reportedly rejected the offer and instead focused on Switzerland’s $39 billion trade surplus.“The call did not go well, in the sense that from the very first minute Trump made it clear 10 per cent was not enough, and all he could focus on was Switzerland stealing money from the US. There was nothing Keller-Sutter could say,” one source told FT. Trump reportedly asked what more the “very wealthy” Alpine country could offer.
Swiss media called the outcome Keller-Sutter’s “biggest fiasco,” with tabloid Blick likening it to the country’s worst defeat since 1515, when Swiss troops lost to France at the Battle of Marignano. Greer later denied that a final deal had been secured, telling Bloomberg: “Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.” The tariff hike followed Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ speech announcing a global trade overhaul on April 2. After multiple delays and a series of negotiations, a revised executive order signed last week adjusted rates based on “trade imbalances,” with the tariffs now set to enter into force on August 7.
“..The revolution didn’t die, it just changed tactics with all things woke re-emerging in the current unaffordability crisis..”
• A Nation In Freefall Without Immediate Course Correction (ZH)
The foundational pillars of the American middle class have been crumbling for decades, crushed under the weight of unaffordable housing, runaway education costs, and the rising price of just about everything. This full-blown affordability crisis is hollowing out the middle class from within. Add years of mass migration of millions of illegal aliens, and the wealth and opportunities once available to the native population have eroded even further. It’s becoming impossible to ignore that many policymakers in Washington, seemingly aligned with the globalist billionaires, have deliberately waged economic war on America’s middle class. This is precisely why President Trump rose to power.
Two of the core bedrocks of the middle class include homeownership and family formation. These two pillars provide economic stability, social cohesion, and long-term investment that sustain a prosperous and resilient society. Alarm bells have been sounded, and the Trump administration had better be paying attention, because a new chart that shows the estimated percentage of 30-year-olds in the U.S. who are both married and homeowners, spanning from 1950 to a projected 2025, has completely collapsed.
jesus christ pic.twitter.com/WrpKDIlyFE
— delian (@zebulgar) August 3, 2025
The chart was first posted on X by Nathan Halberstadt of New Founding, who stated this is a “critical civilizational problem.” Halberstadt is correct: Young Americans can’t afford homes, can’t start families, and increasingly see the American Dream as just a dream. This has given rise to socialism and Marxism, spreading across the nation like cancer. It’s as if the globalist elite in Washington deliberately sabotaged the middle class over the years, hollowing it out with decades of destructive policies designed to break those key pillars. This chart was enough for Elon Musk to respond with “!!” as he, too, understands there needs to be a drastic and sharp course correction or risk losing the country to socialists and Marxists.
The reason Communism failed to take hold in the U.S. in the 1960s post-WWII is that the economic expansion had stable jobs, rising wages, access to homeownership, and upward mobility. The revolution didn’t die, it just changed tactics with all things woke re-emerging in the current unaffordability crisis that has taken decades to play out.
“Arguably, the real Russiagate scandal is far more criminal and devastating in its political implications than Watergate.”
“..a Goebbels-like Big Lie campaign to not only deceive the U.S. public but to subvert the democratic process and poison international relations.”
• The Real Russiagate Scandal Blows Away Watergate (SCF)
So the hoax is finally officially acknowledged. “Russiagate” – the mainstream narrative, that is – is now described by American intelligence chiefs as a fabrication that was concocted to overturn the results of the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. Tulsi Gabbard, the current Director of National Intelligence (DNI), and CIA director John Ratcliffe have both accused former President Barack Obama of engaging in a “treasonous conspiracy” to subvert the constitutional process. It’s not just Obama who is implicated in this high crime. Other former senior officials in his 2013-17 administration, including former DNI James Clapper, CIA director John Brennan, and head of the FBI James Comey, are also implicated. If justice is permitted, the political repercussions are truly earth-shattering.
The potential impact is not confined solely to the violation of U.S. laws and the democratic process – bad enough that is. The Russiagate scandal that began in 2016 has had a lasting, damaging effect on U.S. and European relations with Russia. The frightfully dangerous NATO proxy war incited in Ukraine, which threatens to escalate into a full-scale world war, was fueled in large part by the hostility generated from the false claims of Russian interference in the U.S. elections. The allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw a subversion campaign against the 2016 U.S. election and colluded with Donald Trump to get him elected were always specious. The scandal was based on shoddy intel claims to purportedly explain how Trump defeated his Democrat rival, Hillary Clinton. Subsequently, the scandal was hyped into a seemingly credible narrative by U.S. intelligence chiefs at the direction of then-President Barack Obama as a way to delegitimize Trump’s incoming first-term presidency.
Years before the recent intelligence disclosures, many independent journalists, including Aaron Maté, and former intelligence analysts like Ray MacGovern and William Binney, had cogently disproven the official Russiagate claims. Not only were these claims false, they were knowingly false. That is, lies and deliberate distortions. Russia did not hack emails belonging to the Democratic National Committee to discredit Clinton. Clinton’s corruption was exposed by a DNC internal leak to Julian Assange’s Wikileaks whistleblower site. That was partly why Assange was persecuted with years-long incarceration. A large enough number of voters simply despised Clinton and her warmongering psychopathy, as well as her sell-out of working-class Americans for Wall Street largesse.
Furthermore, Moscow consistently denied any involvement in trying to influence the 2016 U.S. election or attempts to favor Trump. Putin has said more than once that Russia has no preference about who becomes U.S. president, implying that they’re all the same and controlled by deeper state forces. Laughably, too, while Washington accused Moscow of election interference, the actual record shows that the United States has habitually interfered in scores of foreign elections over many decades, including those of Russia. No other nation comes close to the U.S. – the self-declared “leader of the free world” – in sabotaging foreign elections.
In any case, it is instructive to compare the Russiagate farce with the Watergate scandal. Watergate involved spying by the White House of President Richard Nixon against a Democrat rival in the 1972 election. The political crisis that ensued led to Nixon’s resignation in disgrace in 1974. The U.S. nation was shocked by the dirty tricks. Several senior White House officials were later convicted and served time in jail for crimes related to the affair. Nixon was later pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford, and avoided prosecution. Nevertheless, Watergate indelibly disgraced U.S. politics and, at the time, was described as “the worst political scandal of the 20th century.” Subsequent cases of corruption and malfeasance are often dubbed with the suffix “gate” in a nod to Watergate as a momentous political downfall. Hence, “Russiagate.”
There are hugely important differences, however. While Watergate was a scandal based on factual crimes and wrongdoing, Russiagate was always a contrived propaganda deception. The real scandal behind Russiagate was not Trump’s alleged misdeeds or those of Russia, but the criminal conspiracy by Obama and his administration to sabotage the 2016 election and subsequently to overthrow the Trump presidency and the democratic will of the American people. Tulsi Gabbard, the nation’s most senior intelligence chief, has said that this amounts to “treason,” and she has called for the prosecution of Obama and other former senior aides.
Arguably, the real Russiagate scandal is far more criminal and devastating in its political implications than Watergate. The latter involved illegal spying and dirty tricks. Whereas, Russiagate involved a president and his intelligence chiefs trying to subvert the entire democratic process. Not only that, but the U.S. mainstream media are also now exposed for perpetrating a propaganda heist on the American public. All of the major U.S. media outlets amplified the politicised intelligence orchestrated by the Obama administration, claiming that Russia interfered in the election and that Trump was a “Kremlin stooge.” The hoax became an obsession in the U.S. media for years and piled up severe damage in international relations, a nefarious legacy that we are living with today.
The New York Times and Washington Post, reputedly two of the finest exponents of American journalism, jointly won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for their reporting on Russiagate, the official version, that is, which lent credibility to the hoax. In light of what we know now, these newspapers should be hanging their heads in shame for running a Goebbels-like Big Lie campaign to not only deceive the U.S. public but to subvert the democratic process and poison international relations. Their reputations are shredded, as well as those of other major media outlets, including ABC, CBS, CNN, and NBC.
Ironically, The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for its reporting on the Watergate scandal. The story was made into a best-selling book, All The President’s Men, and a hit Hollywood movie starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, playing the roles of intrepid reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Woodward and Bernstein and The Washington Post were acclaimed as the finest in U.S. journalism for exposing Watergate and bringing a crooked president to book. How shameful and absurd that an even greater assault on American democracy and international relations in the form of Russiagate is ignored and buried by “America’s finest”. That the scandal is ignored and buried should be of no surprise because to properly reveal it would shatter the foundations of the U.S. political establishment and the sinister role of the deep state and its mainstream media propaganda system.
“Trump is building Greater Israel, not America. When MAGA-Americans elected Trump, they elected Netanyahu.”
• Reality Rules Whether or Not It Is Acknowledged (Paul Craig Roberts)
In the past few days I have listen to John Helmer say on Nima’s show that President Trump’s latest irresponsible outburst signals Putin that Russia is facing war. Scott Ritter also on Nima’s show said the same. I share the concern. My position since the “Maidan Revolution” in Kiev in 2014, that is, since Washington’s overthrow of the democratically elected Ukrainian government and installed a Russiaphobic puppet, has been that Putin’s unwillingness to deal decisively with the situation, first by permitting the overthrow, second by refusing the Donbas Russians’ 2014 request to be reincorporated into Russia like Crimea, and third by foolishly trusting to the Minsk Agreement and giving Washington and NATO eight years to build a Ukrainian army, guaranteed a conflict that would widen into a catastrophic event.
Helmer and Ritter say that is what we now face with Trump’s latest recklessness being the icing on the cake that Putin’s toleration of endless provocations has baked. Scott Ritter is worth listening to. Ritter was the chief arms inspector sent to Iraq to confirm that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction justifying Washington’s invasion. But Ritter was too honest for the job and reported back that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The Zionist George W. Bush Regime simply ignored the report, sent US Secretary of State Colin Powell to the UN to lie through his teeth, and invaded and destroyed an Arab country for Israel. George W., the son of a former US president and CIA Director, sent American soldiers to die for Israel and asserted he was fighting a “war on terror.” He was fighting with American lives and money a war for Greater Israel.
Fighting wars for Israel has been US policy for the entirety of the 21st century. American parents, brothers, sisters, daughters, sons, uncles, cousins, and friends have been fighting and dying for Israel and paying for their own deaths by financing the war with their own pocket books for three presidencies during which Washington has sacrificed Americans for Israel. All of this has to be kept hidden from Americans and is by lies, censorship, charges of anti-semitism, and criminalization of criticism of Israel. If truth be known, Israel rules the West. There are only two members in the US house of Representatives with the courage to stand up to Israel. In the US Senate I think there is only one. The bully Trump is afraid of the Israel Lobby and illegally bombed Iran–an act of war–on orders from Netanyahu. Trump is building Greater Israel, not America. When MAGA-Americans elected Trump, they elected Netanyahu.
To move on to the wider point. Everywhere we look no government can face reality, not the Trump and predecessor regimes, not Putin and Lavrov, not the UK, France, Germany, China, Iran. Not even those threatened can face the reality. I am currently rereading A.J.P. Taylor’s The Origins of the Second World War. World War II happened because everyone refused to recognize reality, except Hitler who recognized it about half the time. The rest created the conditions for war that Hitler did not need or want. Hitler did not conquer Austria. The dumbshit Austrian government handed the country to him. Hitler did not invade Czechoslovakia, the dumbshit Czech President Benes handed it to him. The British and French, like Putin today, wanted peace and thus created the conditions for war.
The British government’s intense determination to avoid war caused it. The foolish British government issued a military guarantee to the Polish military dictatorship just as it was about to sign an agreement for Germany to reincorporate German territory assigned to Poland by the Treaty of Versailles. Consequently, the Poles walked away from settling the issue of Germans ruled by Poland. The result was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact portioning Poland between Germany and the Soviet Union. It was the British and French, neither capable of fighting, who recklessly declared war on Germany. France was instantly conquered, and the British escaped at Dunkirk with Hitler’s permission. Hitler misread Churchill. Hitler thought that if he let the defeated British army escape, it wouldn’t wound the British pride, and they would accept his extraordinarily peace terms that committed Germany to the defense of the British Empire.
In his day A.J.P. Taylor was hated because he told the truth, whereas the court historians insured their success by regurgitating war propaganda. Most historians you read are court historians insuring their own success.Tell the truth and the universities dismiss you from your position, as happened to A.J.P. Taylor. The inability or unwillingness to recognize reality today is worst than in the late 1930s. Today every country’s myths blind it to reality and compel it toward war. When leaders, if that is what they are, are incapable of acknowledging reality, only luck can save us.
“NATO is expanding its initiatives and calling it “containing Russian aggression.”
What aggression? It’s all just fiction.
• NATO Eyes Baltic Build-Up, Extending Its Military Footprint Toward Russia (Sp.)
NATO is mulling deploying a German-Dutch corps in the Estonian city of Parnu, the ERR broadcaster reported on Sunday, citing Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur. “This specific plan is tied to a broader NATO initiative, which involves the German-Dutch corps responsible for our area of operations and their forward command post. It would involve both our allies who fulfill leadership roles at the corps level and, of course, our own defense forces — including conscripts. From the perspective of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF), it’s a fairly significant development,” Pevkur was quoted as saying by the broadcaster. However, the final decision is going to be taken later this year, the broadcaster said.
The deployment will require creation of the infrastructure for 100-200 people, including administrative buildings, technical buildings and other facilities. The Estonian Defense Ministry is reportedly planning to allocate 17 million euros ($19.7 million) for that. In recent years, Russia has been flagging up NATO’s unprecedented activity near its western borders. NATO is expanding its initiatives and calling it “containing Russian aggression.” Moscow has repeatedly expressed concern about the buildup of NATO forces in Europe. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has also said that the Baltic states’ governments were destroying the remnants of security and stability in the region.
“And they will have to bear most of the costs of the war in Ukraine wanted by the United States. In short, a disaster. The equivalent of losing a war. Again.”
• Ursula von der Trump (Pacini)
Sometimes the scales lose their balance, and so someone or something is needed to restore that balance. Something similar happened during the visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Donald Trump. It must be acknowledged that, despite his extreme contradictions in his statements and actions, he is very consistent in one thing. Trump strongly pushes his country’s economic interests. As Dmitry Medvedev noted: “The current ‘agreement’ with the European Union: 1) is completely humiliating for Europeans, as it is only beneficial to the US – it eliminates European market protection, eliminating tariffs on American products; 2) creates huge additional costs for industry and agriculture in many EU countries for the payment of expensive American energy fuels; 3) redirects a powerful flow of investment from Europe to the US.”
We have witnessed yet another ridiculous spectacle. Nothing more than what has already happened in the past, nothing less than what could be expected. Ursula said she agreed with all of Trump’s proposals: 15% tariffs, purchasing $750 billion worth of oil and LNG, and investing $600 billion in the US economy. In other words, it will be the citizens of the European Union who will lose out once again: we repeat, the citizens of the European Union will have to give many billions of dollars to the United States because of tariffs; they will have to give many billions of dollars to the United States for the purchase of gas; they will have to give many billions of dollars to the United States for the purchase of weapons; they will have to give many billions of dollars to the United States in the form of investments on American territory.
And they will have to bear most of the costs of the war in Ukraine wanted by the United States. In short, a disaster. The equivalent of losing a war. Again. Ursula is complicit in the destruction of Europe, with the aggravating circumstance of holding the highest institutional office. In ancient usage, the use of “von” in surnames is a noble preposition that literally means ‘of’ or “from,” and indicates geographical origin or dependence on a lord. Nothing could be more apt: Ursula belongs more to the American lord than to Europe. The European people have not been consulted on this devastating prospect, while it is becoming increasingly clear that European politicians, raised, educated, and elected, do not respond in the slightest to the needs of the population.
The political significance of events such as this must be taken seriously, because they are clear signs of a shift in the order of things, in favor of another, and they have a short-, medium-, and long-term impact, in this case on the entire European continent and the collective West. Until a few days ago, the EU was pushing for war and funding and adopting a partially anti-American rhetoric in order to fulfill its obedience to NATO; today, it finds itself having to kiss the shoes of the occupant of Washington. The US president called the agreement “the greatest ever.” Von der Leyen said the agreement would bring stability and predictability. Trump ate Ursula for breakfast, but it is Europe that will suffer from indigestion.
“Now you must pay for the right to be our vassals”; “A tribute for the right to pay tribute.”
• The Tariffs Hide The True Prize For Trump And Western Oligarchies (Dionísio)
If there is one thing we can take away from this U.S. tariff attack, it is the confirmation that being an “ally” or “friend” of this nation is, in fact, extremely dangerous. Beyond the utterly self-destructive commitments its allies are bound to—which can range from declaring war on powers like the Russian Federation, to accepting and normalizing genocide, or imposing suicidal sanctions and tariffs against economic blocs like China, not to mention “sharing” the best business deals and most advanced technologies—even in customs relations, the dynamic is lethally perilous. It’s as if the U.S. is telling its vassals: “Vassalage is no longer enough”; “All the commercial, military, economic, and political advantages that vassalage grants us are no longer sufficient”; “Now you must pay for the right to be our vassals”; “A tribute for the right to pay tribute.”
The price of the “right to vassalage,” the “right” to witness one’s own economic decline, the transformation of advanced economies into mere economic substitutes, is paid through asymmetric tariffs. “To sell here, you must pay high tariffs, and beyond the tariffs that cripple your economy, you must also transfer the economic results of that trade and all its indirect economic potential to us”—in other words, “It’s all ours.” To this predatory pact, this act of economic bombardment and sabotage, the European Commission referred to it as a “balanced agreement.” And everyone watched, some more stoically, others less calmly, but they accepted it like docile cattle in a compliant herd. Is this how it is? Despite everything I’ve said, I still have doubts about whether we can interpret Ursula von der Leyen’s submissive attitude toward Trump as an effective capitulation of the European economy to the White House’s will.
Not that this isn’t her intention, or that it isn’t precisely for such behavior that the ex-Minister of Defense under Merkel and Stanford graduate holds the position of President of the European Commission. However, it seems to me that this “comprehensive agreement,” given the track record of this European Commission and its lack of the necessary competencies to negotiate everything that was announced, serves other purposes. There should be no doubt about the role this European Commission plays in the capture of the European economy by the U.S., reducing it to little more than a mercantile extension dependent on the strategies of the metropolis. There are countless instances where von der Leyen’s actions as a broker for U.S. interests and a promoter of American agendas in Europe—particularly those involving direct competition with the Russian Federation, aiming at its economic weakening and eventual destruction—have been evident. This is nothing we haven’t discussed before.
In response to the dominance of Russian energy in the European Union and the critical role that easy, quick, and cheap access to vast amounts of gas played in economies like Germany’s, von der Leyen offered the apologetic silence of Nord Stream’s destruction, the sanctioning of payment mechanisms to hinder the purchase of Russian energy, and the effusive promotion of U.S. LNG and oil—as she recently did again, falsely referring to “better and cheaper” U.S. energy. To wound the Russian Federation’s economy, von der Leyen didn’t hesitate to annihilate the European economy—a fact that, given her husband Heiko von der Leyen’s family history and the von der Leyen family’s ties to the Third Reich and Galicia, should unsettle us greatly, no matter how much they try to mask these ancestral connections with supposed confusion between different branches of the family.
“Trump’s tariffs have inflicted heavy blows on various nations; rather than awaiting doom passively, it is better to stand firm to mitigate losses..”
• India, Brazil Reject US Demands To Stop Buying Russian Oil – Global Times (TASS)
India and Brazil are interested in Russian energy imports and will not give in to US President Donald Trump’s threats, the Global Times newspaper writes, citing Chinese experts. “Trump’s tariffs have inflicted heavy blows on various nations; rather than awaiting doom passively, it is better to stand firm to mitigate losses,” Lu Xiang, research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Science, told the paper. According to him, every country has the right to safeguard its legitimate interests, and Brazil and India are acting on this principle, which reflects their pursuit of an independent foreign policy. Lu believes that the Trump administration treats tariffs as a ‘panacea’ for all the difficulties it confronts, yet reality tells a different story.
Qian Feng, director of the research department at the National Strategy Institute at Tsinghua University, said that India would not abandon Russian oil purchases despite US pressure. He pointed out that India was an oil-deficient nation, and Russian oil offered New Delhi the advantages of being cost-effective and high-quality, and safeguards for its economic development. Qian added that Washington’s attempts to put pressure on New Delhi might prompt India to further revert to a policy of balancing among major powers. Trump earlier announced plans to take measures against the countries importing Russian oil, including India and Brazil.
“Operation Mockingbird was created in the late 1940s to spread anti-Soviet propaganda through news outlets.”
• To Kill an Operation Mockingbird (Kevin Downey Jr)
Former Democratic Party presidential hopeful and current Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is giving the CIA an enema, and she’s putting the hose where it is most needed: in the sketchy, unofficial offices of Operation Mockingbird, the CIA’s not-so-secret department dedicated to propaganda. FACT-O-RAMA! Operation Mockingbird was created in the late 1940s to spread anti-Soviet propaganda through news outlets. It was later weaponized for use against Americans. Operation Mockingbird is the grandfather of “fake news.” The CIA has been bribing/threatening/installing journalists to do their bidding since the beginning of the Cold War. It is believed they had/have roughly 400 journalists, news reporters, and publishers throughout the world, writing what the CIA tells them to write.
In the mid-1970s, Operation Mockingbird was exposed by the Church Committee, led by Senator Frank Church (D-Idaho). The committee found that the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, and various other alphabet agencies were illegally bugging, wiretapping, and harassing people, even Americans, the most notable of whom was Martin Luther King, Jr. The Church Committee slapped the CIA on the wrist and told them to end Operation Mockingbird, but, exasperatingly, the committee didn’t provide any oversight to make sure that Mockingbird was dead. According to the Church Committee Report on Foreign and Military Intelligence of 1976 (page 455), Mockingbird thrives to this day. COINCIDENCE-O-RAMA! Operation Mockingbird was first exposed by journalist Carl Bernstein in Rolling Stone. Today, RFK, Jr. believes the CIA has control over the very same apocryphal rag mag.
So that leads us to where we are now. Tulsi Gabbard believes Operation Mockingbird isn’t merely still alive and kicking, but that it’s being used to slander President Trump. 9In my opinion, it is also being used to spread globalist codswallop.) Even better, Gabbard is dedicated to tearing it down. Operation Mockingbird has also taken over various television shows, like the soon-to-be kaput Late Show with Stephen Colbert. What you’re about to see is not comedy. It’s tragically cringeworthy propaganda being progenerated by a globalist shill who needs to be drummed out of the comedy community forever. Welcome to late-night brainwashing, courtesy of, I believe, Operation Mockingbird:
SCARY: Tulsi Gabbard CONFIRMS That ‘Operation Mockingbird’ is STILL Ongoing inside the CIA and she is actively trying to Shut it Down.
Tulsi says Deep State intel agents are still actively colluding with left-wing media outlets to attack President Trump from within:
“There are… pic.twitter.com/CZWMERFsa3
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 31, 2025
DNI Gabbard claims she is dedicated to ending the unofficial “Operation Mockingbird.” I can’t be more giddy. I suspect there are no hallway signs at the Pentagon stating “Operation Mockingbird Offices This Way,” and thus stabbing the problem in its heart may prove difficult. Operation Mockingbird is likely why your hirsute thing-in-law believes Trump said to take “horse pills” to beat COVID, which came from a bat salad, and so many other lies we’ve seen pushed by the media. I believe the darker threat isn’t fake news, but the seemingly unquenchable thirst for more of the same. Killing Operation Mockingbird is integral, but teaching leftoids they’ve been lied to for decades is the true challenge.
“Get this: according to Rolling Stone, the evidence showing the Russian collusion scandal was itself a hoax is actually… wait for it… Russian disinformation!”
• The Media’s Russia Hoax Coverage Just Imploded Before Our Eyes (Margolis)
There comes a point where even the most seasoned observers of media bias have to pause and marvel at just how far the mainstream press will go to insulate Democrats from their own deceptions. This latest saga, surrounding the Russian collusion hoax, hasn’t merely reached a new level of absurdity—it’s obliterated every pretense of honest reporting in spectacular fashion. We’re now witnessing a full-scale meltdown in the legacy media, triggered by the slow release of bombshell documents tied to the infamous Russian collusion narrative. DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s calculated drip of these disclosures has left the press dazed; before they can spin their way out of one revelation, another lands with even greater force, blowing apart their talking points. The impact? Panic, denial, and a frenetic scramble to rewrite reality.
At the center of it all is the “Durham Annex”—a trove of evidence so deeply troubling that the mainstream media can’t afford to look at it objectively. Instead of confronting the contents, Rolling Stone—never shy about running cover for the left—truly jumped the shark with a theory so far-fetched it would make a conspiracy theorist blush. Get this: according to Rolling Stone, the evidence showing the Russian collusion scandal was itself a hoax is actually… wait for it… Russian disinformation! It’s almost poetic, in a perverse and cynical way. According to the magazine, “the previously classified documents seem to suggest that some of the supposed ‘evidence’ Patel and others are touting as proof of their conspiracies was actually fabricated by Russian intelligence.” This plot twist isn’t arriving in a vacuum.
The left’s playbook here is obvious: muddy inconvenient waters with frantic claims and hope the facts get lost in the haze. We’ve seen it before, and you can bet we’ll see it again. This is desperation. Let’s break down their thesis. According to Rolling Stone, two emails (dated July 25 and 27, 2016) linking a top Soros operative to a Clinton campaign advisor—found in the Durham Annex—should be dismissed as likely Russian disinformation. Where’s the proof this is Russian disinformation? And how exactly could the Kremlin have predicted—months before the Steele dossier went public—that Democrats would need cover for a bogus collusion narrative? The timeline alone shatters the narrative.
These emails surfaced before the Russia hoax fully took shape and even hinted at the FBI preparing to legitimize the Steele dossier—perfectly aligning with other suppressed evidence of Obama-era interference. But instead of confronting any of it, the media memory-holes the facts to keep the story alive. Rolling Stone and its allies won’t touch the glaring contradictions because doing so would blow up their entire premise. To buy their version, you’d have to believe Russia infiltrated the Obama administration and U.S. intelligence agencies in advance—planting evidence for a scandal that didn’t even exist yet. It’s a plot so far-fetched, even Hollywood would pass.
For years, Democrats and their media allies leaned on “Russia, Russia, Russia” as the catch-all justification for their attacks on Trump. Now that the narrative is collapsing, they can’t stop. Instead, they double down—layering new conspiracies onto old ones, hoping confusion and fatigue will do what the facts won’t. But no matter how much gaslighting they deploy, the truth is still the truth—and it’s catching up to them. The American people deserve better than this endless charade, and the reckoning for years of media-driven deception is only just beginning.
“..an education system that creates a population that cannot think and solve problems is not as serious as the feminist attack on women and on marriage..”
“Instead of liberating women, feminism has destroyed them. The concept of female has radically changed.”
• The Western World’s Self-Demise Continues (Paul Craig Roberts)
Americans and the Western World face many threats that receive little, if any, attention because they are long term and slow acting. They are not immediate in our face like Trump increasing tensions with Russia with his ultimatums and placement of nuclear armed submarines, or like the Democrats’ weaponization of law and media, or the West’s moral insouciance to Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians. There are even worst things underway that are slowly destroying the West’s ability to continue its existence even if nuclear war can be avoided. The West is being undermined by the destruction of its belief system. The destruction of belief cuts across vast areas of life. At this time I will mention two of our losses that are sufficient in themselves to destroy us without Russia unleashing its arsenal of hypersonic nuclear weapons.
One is the replacement of an educated population by the emergence of an indoctrinated and uneducated generation that has not been imbued with an appreciation of their culture, which leaves the United States, Canada, and Europe without a population supportive of the “racist, exploitative countries” in which they have been taught they live. The journalist Rachel Marsden explains that merit-based personal achievement is non-inclusive and its abandonment has resulted in the destruction of education in the Western World. As bad as it is, an education system that creates a population that cannot think and solve problems is not as serious as the feminist attack on women and on marriage and its commitments such as “for better or worse.”
Kay Hymowitz, writing in the City Journal, Summer 2025, reports on how divorce has become the thing to do for middle aged women to achieve self-realization in loving themselves rather than their husbands. In the new books, magazine articles, and movies divorce is the way middle-aged women achieve self-realization in self-love. Women have joined men in philandering. Women want liberation from husbands and children. They want sex. Lots of it. Being a middle aged harlot is liberating. It is called “self-exploration” and “radical self-love.” The women love themselves more than they love their husbands and children.
The feminist destruction of marriage is pushed by those who control Hollywood and TV movies, publishing houses, magazines and media, and is part of the ongoing attack on dispossessing Western gentiles of family, the basis of social cohesion. Hymowitz describes our time as one of female joy produced by proud female self-sovereignty. Men no longer have the option of a loving mutually supportive life-long relationship with a wife. Instead of liberating women, feminism has destroyed them. The concept of female has radically changed.
“..the head of EU diplomacy, Kaja Kallas – also present in Beijing – has accused China of fueling the war in Ukraine and waging hybrid operations against Europe.”
• Why The EU Keeps Losing To China (Zemanek)
The China-EU summit held in Beijing late last month could have been a celebration of 50 years of diplomatic relations between two of the world’s largest economic powers. Instead, it served as a sobering reminder of the EU’s growing strategic confusion, and its inability to capitalize on the immense opportunities offered by cooperation with China. The summit came at a sensitive moment in global politics. What was once hailed as a mutually beneficial partnership has now become entangled in geopolitics, internal divisions within the EU, and the enduring shadow of Washington’s influence. The global turbulence of recent years – the pandemic, and the war in Ukraine – has not only strained relations but also reinforced the EU’s dependence on the United States.
Rather than renewing a partnership that once stood as a pillar of global economic integration, the EU leaders arrived in Beijing with a familiar agenda: accusations over trade practices, warnings about “security threats,” and renewed calls for China to “rein in” Russia. Predictably, no breakthrough was achieved. The deterioration of China-EU relations cannot be understood without revisiting the European Commission’s strategic shift in 2019. Under Ursula von der Leyen, Brussels officially categorized China as not just a partner but also a “systemic rival” – a move that introduced suspicion into virtually every area of engagement. Since then, an ideological lens has increasingly shaped EU policy, replacing the pragmatism that once underpinned economic cooperation.
The consequences have been stark. Brussels has launched measures to restrict Chinese investment, imposed high tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, and – most recently – barred Chinese firms from public tenders worth over €5 million. Further escalation came when the EU included two Chinese banks in its latest sanctions package against Russia, signaling that Europe is willing to weaponize economic tools for political purposes. These steps are justified by the EU as “de-risking.” By pushing for reduced interdependence in strategic sectors – raw materials, high-tech supply chains, and digital infrastructure – Brussels has aligned itself with Washington’s containment playbook, even as European leaders publicly insist on independence. In Beijing, von der Leyen struck a conciliatory tone, declaring the EU’s openness to Chinese investment and cooperation.
But such statements ring hollow when juxtaposed with her recent warnings at the G7 summit about a looming “China shock” and accusations of Beijing “weaponizing trade.” Similarly, the head of EU diplomacy, Kaja Kallas – also present in Beijing – has accused China of fueling the war in Ukraine and waging hybrid operations against Europe. These mixed signals undermine credibility and reinforce perceptions in Beijing that the EU lacks a coherent, autonomous China strategy. More fundamentally, Brussels’ approach is internally contradictory. The EU dreams of “strategic autonomy,” yet ties its foreign policy to transatlantic priorities. It seeks economic resilience, yet undermines its own competitiveness by disrupting supply chains and limiting market access. It aspires to global leadership, yet isolates itself from the rest of the world by clinging to zero-sum geopolitics.
“One convoy takes 18 hours to run from Deir al-Balah to Kerem Shalom – a distance of just 24 kilometer..,”
• ‘Unthinkable’ Catastrophe Developing In Gaza – UN Spokeswoman (RT)
A major catastrophe has developed in Gaza as UN aid convoys face systematic delays and worsening restrictions, UN spokeswoman Olga Cherevko has told RT. Israeli forces are obstructing food deliveries while malnutrition and starvation intensify across the Palestinian enclave, she explained in an interview which aired on Saturday. Cherevko, who represents the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), described how aid convoys are being held up for hours at Israeli checkpoints. “One convoy takes 18 hours to run from Deir al-Balah to Kerem Shalom – a distance of just 24 kilometers,” she said. “We are given routes that are dangerous, routes we cannot pass, routes that are congested.”
She explained that, during the last ceasefire, the UN had “unfettered access” and was able to deliver aid rapidly. “We could run multiple convoys a day. There were no holding points, no green lights, no waiting for authorizations to move,” Cherevko told RT. “Now all of this is in place and it constrains us severely.” She also claimed that over 1,300 people have been reported killed either at militarized distribution sites or while waiting along convoy routes. The spokeswoman warned that Gaza is experiencing a full-blown starvation crisis and that “the lives of over 2 million people are at stake.” “A catastrophe of unthinkable proportions has developed and is developing even further,” Cherevko cautioned.
The UN has confirmed that two out of three famine thresholds have been met in Gaza. Since April, 20,000 children have been treated for acute malnutrition, and 16 have died from hunger-related causes. The war in Gaza began in October 2023 when Hamas led an attack on Israel, killing approximately 1,250 people and taking 250 hostages. The IDF has since killed more than 60,000 people in the besieged enclave, according to recent UN estimates. Israeli media reported earlier this week, citing US special envoy Steve Witkoff, that Hamas had allegedly expressed a willingness to disarm. However, on Saturday, the militant group denied the claims, insisting on its right to resist Israeli occupation.
“..compelling them to reassess their stance and respond to the demands of their citizens.”
• The Recognition of Palestine: Western Unity Is Collapsing (Sadygzade)
The ongoing armed conflict in Gaza, along with the intensification of Israeli military operations against Palestinians – including in the West Bank – has provoked growing concern and condemnation from the international community. The deepening humanitarian catastrophe, marked by destroyed infrastructure, acute shortages of food, water, and medical aid, has pushed millions to the brink of survival. The increasing scale of destruction, the mass displacement of civilians, and violations of fundamental norms of international humanitarian law are increasingly being interpreted as elements of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians. Numerous international organizations, human rights groups, and independent observers have expressed alarm over the disproportionate use of force and the systematic pressure exerted on the civilian population.
In the face of inaction by leading international institutions – which continue to call for an immediate ceasefire and unfettered humanitarian access – criticism of double standards has intensified, and public trust in the global community’s ability to stop the violence and uphold the rights of conflict victims is rapidly eroding. Even among Israel’s Western allies, discontent with the actions of the Israeli authorities is becoming more pronounced. Large-scale military operations resulting in widespread destruction and civilian casualties have triggered sharp reactions not only from international organizations but also within Western societies themselves. Regular mass protests in major cities across Europe and North America are increasing pressure on political leaders, compelling them to reassess their stance and respond to the demands of their citizens.
Under the influence of mounting public pressure, some countries have already taken concrete diplomatic steps. On May 28, 2024, Norway, Spain, and Ireland formally recognized Palestine as an independent state – an act that resonated widely and set a precedent for other nations in the region. At this juncture, calls are growing louder for similar steps to be taken by two key European powers: France and the United Kingdom. Both countries are facing escalating domestic and international pressure, which may hasten the process of Palestinian recognition and shift the balance on the diplomatic front of the Middle East conflict.
RFK
🚨 JUST IN: RFK Jr. announced he has BANNED the mercury-based thiomersal from vaccines
This is BIG.
Even the vaccine manufacturers ADMITTED it can cause “mild to severe MENTAL RETARDATION” in children in utero
But they continued using it until LAST WEEK.
Criminals. pic.twitter.com/Y1LT1gYVFY
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 2, 2025
🚨🇬🇧 Under the cover of darkness in the middle of the night – Bus loads of Migrants are ferried into a Luxury Hotel in Canary Wharf, London – one of the Capitals most expensive areas.
All Military Age Fighting Men who look like they’re dressed in Uniform clutching an envelope.… pic.twitter.com/oRp2RrlmVh
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) August 2, 2025
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BREAKING: Massive protests all over Britain today to close the borders.
You probably won't see this on the BBC… 👇pic.twitter.com/uX1bFNnehA
— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) August 2, 2025
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 3, 2025
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UN declares war on digital freedom
🟡UN Secretary-General António Guterres has just labeled platforms like 𝕏 a “clear and present danger” to the global agenda — and now he’s demanding total control over what you’re allowed to see, say, and share.
😀 The UN’s new “Code of… pic.twitter.com/9M0ePmjHZb
— Camus (@newstart_2024) August 3, 2025
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Laziest fight ever.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/W675A8WpaJ
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) August 2, 2025
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That sound.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/Y2ws3Ys3oj
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) August 3, 2025
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