Jan van Eyck Madonna and Child at the Fountain 1439 (height: 7.4“, 19cm) • Trump-Backed Funding Bill Fails House Vote As 38 Republicans Say ‘No’ (ZH) • Trump and Musk Sink US Government Spending Bill (RT) • DOGE Insider: ‘A Lot of Stuff Ready For Day One’ (ZH) • A Very Different Transition (Jeffrey A. Tucker) • Trump Notches Several Court Victories On Eve Of Return To The White House (JTN) • Georgia Appellate Court Disqualifies Fani Willis (Turley)
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Richard Oelze The expectation 1936 • ‘CALL THEIR BLUFF’: Trump And Vance Slam Pork-Filled House Bill (ZH) • Congress’s First Gift To Trump Could Be Legislative ‘Kitchen Sink’ (JTN) • Musk Brands Reuters ‘Paid Propaganda’ (RT) • Kaja Kallas, Queen of Russophobia (RT) • Kiev Regime Kills Russian General To Hide The Truth About Bioweapons (SCF) • Trump’s Ukraine Envoy Condemns Murder of Russian General (RT) • US Sets Conditions For Ukrainian NATO membership (RT) • No Western Troops
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Pablo Picasso Woman in an armchair (Olga) 1922 • Trump Says He Wants To Talk To Putin (RT) • Trump Could End US-Supported Long-Range Strikes on Russia (Antiwar) • Assad’s Overthrow An ‘Unfriendly Takeover’ By Türkiye – Trump (RT) • Trump Threatens To Fire Federal Employees Working From Home (JTN) • Trump Sues Des Moines Register, Pollster For Brazen Election Interference (ZH) • House GOP Accuses Liz Cheney Of Tampering With J6 Witness (JTN) • The Danger of White
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Pablo Picasso Bust of woman with arms raised 1922 • Judge Rules Trump Doesn’t Have Immunity In New York ‘Hush Money’ Case (ZH) • Trump Says Zelensky Not Invited To Inauguration (RT) • Trump May Use Bitcoin As US Reserve Asset On ‘Day One’ (CT) • Western Leaders Think They’re Chosen By God – Putin (RT) • German Government Collapses Just One Week After French Implosion (ZH) • German Politician: Sanctions A ‘State Coup’ Against European Industry (Sp.) •
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Pablo Picasso Female bust 1922 • Trump Team Studying Orban’s Ceasefire Initiative (RT) • UK PM Calls For ‘Maximum Pain’ On Russia (RT) • Ukraine Will Have To Trade Land For Peace – Slovak President (RT) • The New Time Of Troubles, Part III – Don’t Worry, Be Happy (Helmer) • Germany ‘Cornered’ – Economy Minister (RT) • Hungary Dismayed At ‘Unprecedented Gesture In Diplomacy’ By Zelensky (RT) • Syria: The Death of a Civilization (Karganovic) • Trump Transition
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Pablo Picasso The classical head 1922 • Self-Deportation Comes To Washington Ahead Of Trump’s Return (JTN) • Trump Invites World Leaders, Not Their Messengers, To Inauguration (JTN) • ABC To Pay Trump $15 Million For Defamation, Issue Apology (ZH) • Biden Planning Last-minute Ukraine Arms Surge – CNN (RT) • Biden Aims to Go Out With a Bellicose Bang (Ottenberg) • Trump Calls For Ending Daylight Saving Time (JTN) • Biden Never Considered Specifics of the 1500 Clemency Cases
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René Magritte The menaced assassin 1927 • Trump Wants ‘Day One’ Ukraine Ceasefire – NBC (RT) • Christmas Ceasefire Still Possible – Orban (RT) • Trump’s Ukraine Envoy Pick Predicts End Of Conflict Within Months (RT) • Ukraine Vows ‘Zero Gas Transit’ To EU (RT) • Kremlin Reacts To Trump’s Stance On Long-Range Strikes Into Russia • Clintons Open to Preemptive Pardon as Deep State May Abandon Them (Sp.) • Modified Limited Hang-out (Kunstler) • Mounting Boeing Delays Suggest
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Pablo Picasso Women running on the beach 1922 • Marc Andreessen Gives Insider Peek At DOGE Decisions (ZH) • ProPublica Pats Itself On Back After Hegseth Hitpiece Humiliation (ZH) • Trump Says He Will Not ‘Abandon’ Ukraine (RT) • West Will ‘Betray’ Ukraine – Fico (RT) • Strikes Deep Into Russia ‘Big Mistake’ – Trump (RT) • Trump Wants EU To Send Troops To Ukraine – WSJ (RT) • Six Major NATO States Sign Document On Ukraine’s Accession Plans
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Alfred Sisley A Village Street in Winter 1893 • Trump Wants ‘Day One’ Changes To US Policy (RT) • Trump Told Zelensky He Wants ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ – Reuters (RT) • Trump Likely To Leave Ukraine With Financial Black Hole – NYT (RT) • FBI Director Chris Wray Resigns (ZH) • Sheriff’s Assn. Embraces Kash Patel As FBI director: ‘He’s A Butt Kicker’ (JTN) • RFK Jr. Wants To Prove CIA Killed His Uncle – Axios (RT) • Trump Mocks
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Johannes Vermeer Woman holding a balance 1662-63 • Pressure Mounts For Support Of Trump’s Cabinet Picks During Honeymoon (JTN) • 250 Conservative Veterans Sign Letter Backing Tulsi Gabbard Nomination (Hill) • Pete Hegseth Lashes Out At Media ‘Smear’ Campaign (RT) • Pete Hegseth Will Be Confirmed As Secretary of Defense, Predicts His Lawyer (JTN) • DOJ Spied On Kash Patel, Staffers Without Telling Courts (JTN) • How Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Plans To Keep Trump Case Alive (ZH) •
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