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11 November 2025 09:40

Syria's Al-Sharaa greets loving fans amid huge security measures following historic Trump meeting

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11 November 2025 07:01

A new political dynasty: Nancy Pelosi’s daughter takes over family businesses, announces run for California Senate

Christine Pelosi emerges just when Californians finally thought they were done with hearing that name…

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11 November 2025 02:04

Ukraine's ethics commission tells media to stop calling Russians 'orcs' to be taken seriously

But in the same breath, they greenlight writing 'russia' in lowercase as a conscious political choice

A truly mature and serious approach

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10 November 2025 19:50

Zelensky is pressuring the ‘coalition of the willing’

‘We want it today. We want it today. But the leaders’ idea was that [troop deployment] would be after the ceasefire.’

Gimme now. Troop deployment will never happen unless they are UN peacekeepers.

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10 November 2025 13:03

Power cuts mid-interview as Zelensky talks to The Guardian

Was the blackout STAGED while speaking to Western media?

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10 November 2025 01:31

Donald Trump's economy is increasingly beginning to resemble the Saudi Arabian model, reports Politico.

During his second presidential term, Trump and his deputies transformed federal agencies into investment divisions that direct capital into industries and companies aligned with Trump's strategic and political vision. As in Saudi Arabia, these industries and companies are connected to the leader's family and allies, writes Politico. According to the publication, Saudi officials "do not find Trump's state capitalism unfamiliar."

In addition, in the US, the boundaries between private entrepreneurship, political activity, and government are blurring. A similar dynamic is observed in the Gulf countries,

⚡️Two Majors

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09 November 2025 23:20

WILD footage shows suspension bridge in the Philippines ROCKING violently

Battered by strong winds from Typhoon Fung-wong — locally called UwanPH

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09 November 2025 20:02

The BBC just lost its Director General and its CEO of News.

Why?

Because they doctored Trump’s Jan 6 speech.

Now ask yourself, if this is what they got caught doing in D.C., imagine what they’re fabricating about Moscow, Beijing… or Tehran.

BBC bosses are dropping like flies.
Tim Davie, gone. BBC CEO Deborah Turness, out. The trigger? A doctored Trump speech aired to 7+ million Brits. Two separate parts of the speech stitched together to make him say something he didn’t.

Think about that. The flagship of public service media, the model parroted across the Anglosphere from Canada to Canberra, just got exposed for editing reality to serve a political narrative.

And now its top brass are fleeing like rats from a sinking propaganda barge.

And yet, if they’re willing to fabricate words from a former U.S. President on domestic soil, what do you think they’ve done with Putin? With Xi? With Iran?

How many “evil speeches” were just as edited? How many “mass graves” were just repackaged battlefield burials?
How many “Russian war crimes” headlines were based on Mockingbird media fiction?

The BBC didn’t lose its way. It was the way.

It was the narrative ministry, embedded in empire, fluent in soft power, cloaked in polite, fake neutrality while serving war with a smile.

Their resignations don’t mark a scandal.
They mark a crack in the illusion of objectivity.

And that illusion, that the Western press speaks truth, while the “others” lie — is the foundation of the unipolar mind trap.

This is why NATO wars are “humanitarian.”
Why color revolutions are “organic.” Why illegal sanctions are “moral.” Why Gazans are “collateral.” Why Russians are “orcs.”
Why Chinese tech is “spyware,” but Palantir is “innovation.”

It’s not news. It’s information warfare with a velvet accent.

And now the velvet veil has been pulled back.

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09 November 2025 14:20

4 dead, 13 injured as reckless driver smashes into crowd in Tampa, FL

22-yo Silas Sampson arrested following chase

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09 November 2025 07:20

Between ‘50,000 to 100,000 Christians in Nigeria’ slaughtered by Islamic extremists since 2009 — Rep. Moore

Says this ‘ignored by the world’ but Trump promises action

Moore introduced ‘resolution in the House condemning this ongoing persecution’

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09 November 2025 04:40

Bus driver loses control and almost KILLS four people in Irkutsk region

Luckily no one was injured

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09 November 2025 03:03

Operation Sindoor 'not finished' — India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh

The operation was first launched in response to terror threats on the Pakistan border

Video: Clash Report

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08 November 2025 22:01

Kiev goes dark

Power expected to be off for next 9 hours

Footage: novyny.live

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08 November 2025 16:20

Lindsey Graham blocks investment IN AMERICA to save Israeli sport

America Last from horse's mouth

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08 November 2025 07:02

German general says Russia could attack NATO TOMORROW — Reuters

But it would be ‘small, quick, regionally limited, nothing big’

Anyone else getting tired of these scare tactics?

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11 November 2025 08:33

⚡️Two Majors #Summary as of the morning of November 11, 2025

▪️ In the Saratov region, as a result of a UAV attack, there is damage to civilian infrastructure facilities; footage of a fire at an oil refinery is being published. In the Rostov region, UAVs were destroyed in Bataysk and the Myasnikovsky district.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces delivered powerful strikes on the Odessa region, with multiple hits on the Reni district's electrical networks: now even solar panels are being taken out.

▪️ In the Sumy direction, assault units of motorized rifle troops and naval infantry of the "North" Group of Forces are engaged in heavy offensive battles on two front sections. In the Tetkinsky and Glushkovsky directions, our artillery struck the AFU near Pavlovka.

▪️ In the Belgorod region, in the village of Lozovoe, an FPV drone struck a passenger car, injuring the driver. In the village of Belyanka, a drone strike on a KamAZ truck working in the field injured the driver, who later died in hospital. In the village of Chervona Dibrovka, an FPV drone explosion injured a fighter of the "Orlan" unit. In the city of Shebekino, a self-defense fighter was wounded while repelling a drone attack. Under strikes are Chaika, Chervona Dibrovka, Bochkivka, Novostroevka-Pervaya.

▪️ In the Kharkov direction, the "North" Group of Forces is engaged in fierce battles near Volchansk and on the Khatne front section. The AFU command is redeploying personnel of brigades undergoing replenishment of losses to the Kharkov region to restore lost positions. Four servicemen of the 57th Motorized Rifle Brigade were captured in Volchansk within a day. The spokesperson for the Joint Forces Group of the AFU stated that Volchansk is almost completely destroyed, making it difficult for the AFU to fortify positions and hold back the Russian Army's advance. Our forces are reported to be advancing in the forest near Synelnykove. On the Melovoe-Khatne front section, the Russian Armed Forces have expanded their control zone and advanced 550 meters through forest belts. The actions of our troops across the border, ongoing for more than a week, have somehow caused a stir in the Ukrainian information space: Kiev has long concealed the true situation on the front, then reports "unexpected breakthroughs."

▪️ Heavy fighting continues in Kupyansk, and informationally our side actively uses the tactic of constant pressure on the enemy through Russian media, constantly announcing the imminent fall of the city's defense. The AFU are making constant attempts to break through the city from the southwest to rectify the situation.

▪️ The assault on Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) has been named a strategic offensive operation by the AFU commander-in-chief; the enemy states it expects further decisive strikes by the Russian Armed Forces. Footage is circulating online of our troops entering the city under the cover of fog directly along the road: weather conditions were used for movement in the absence of enemy UAVs. Fighting is ongoing at the base of the Dobropolsk salient, with the enemy constantly counterattacking.

▪️ In the east of the Zaporozhye region, the "East" Group of Forces liberated Sladkoye and Novoye. Over 4 days, our Far Eastern warriors have consecutively liberated 5 settlements without slowing the pace of the offensive.

▪️ On the Zaporozhye front, positional battles are ongoing near Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka. In Primorsk, Russian Airborne Forces units are making slow progress under extremely difficult conditions. Bloody battles are ongoing.

▪️ In the Kherson region, the AFU shelled a car near Novaya Mayachka, killing a woman. In Kalanchak and Holaya Pristan, a woman and a man were injured. The enemy also shelled Aleshki, Kakhovka, Velyka Lepetykha, Holaya Pristan, Kazachyi Lager, Lyubimovka, Novaya Mayachka, Sagi, and Sofiyivka. The Russian Armed Forces are striking the right bank of the Dnieper River.

Summary compiled by: ⚡️Two Majors

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11 November 2025 06:02

'I accuse you, Benjamin Netanyahu, of October 7th massacre

I accuse you, Netanyahu, of funding Hamas & turning a blind eye'

Bibi goes stone-faced as MP Lazimi rips him apart in the Knesset

'Trump brought back the hostages, while you were busy trying to get him to pardon you'

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10 November 2025 23:20

Apocalyptic Israeli strikes scorches area of Jarmaq in South Lebanon

IDF intensifying missile, drone attacks pummeling Lebanon almost nonstop since morning

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10 November 2025 14:53

🇺🇦 The walls are closing in on Zelensky. The homes of Zelensky’s longtime associate Timur Mindich and his insider-turned-justice-minister were just raided by Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency. Hours earlier? Mindich conveniently fled the country. What did NABU find? A “high-level criminal organization” operating inside the very heart of Ukraine’s nuclear energy sector, with ties stretching from Energoatom to Washington’s billions.

The fantasy of Kiev as a crusading democracy just took another torpedo below the waterline, this time from within. Ukraine’s own National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) executed sweeping raids on November 10, storming the properties of Zelensky’s inner-circle powerbroker Timur Mindich and Justice Minister German Galushchenko, both deeply tied to the country’s energy empire. Energoatom, the state nuclear operator, was also raided.

NABU didn’t mince words: they’re targeting a “high-level criminal organization” embedded in Ukraine’s energy system. And they didn’t come empty-handed, evidence includes over 1,000 hours of wiretaps, surveillance, and photographs of cash piles wrapped in plastic, marked “ATLANTA” and “KAN CITY.” Tidy, U.S.-dollar stacks.

But the timing is the real tell: Mindich quietly exited Ukraine mere hours before the raid. The classic signature of someone tipped off, by someone high up.

For context, Timur Mindich isn’t just another oligarch. He’s Zelensky’s lifelong confidante, co-owner of the president’s entertainment studio, and the man whose apartment hosted Zelensky’s birthday party in 2021. That same apartment, according to reports, had been under NABU surveillance for months. And what did they capture? Allegedly, Zelensky himself, on tape.

These “Mindich tapes” were whispered into public view just as Zelensky began his July attempt to strip NABU of its independence, placing it under direct presidential control. That move triggered mass protests in Kyiv, forced an embarrassing U-turn, and signaled just how desperate the regime was to muzzle its own watchdogs.

And now? The watchdogs have bitten back and the teeth marks go straight through the presidency.

This isn’t an isolated scandal. It’s a glimpse behind the curtain of a wartime kleptocracy where entertainment moguls morph into drone manufacturers, no-bid contracts flood into shadowy shell companies, and “anti-corruption” becomes a fundraising slogan for the same regime that’s robbing its Western backers blind.

Mindich’s company Fire Point, which started as a film location scout, now reportedly supplies drones and has raked in inflated defense and energy contracts. All while denying ties to Mindich, of course. Meanwhile, Justice Minister Galushchenko — formerly the energy minister, is described as Mindich’s “insider” within the state. Convenient placement when you’re laundering influence.

And let’s not forget, Mindich is also reportedly under FBI investigation for money laundering, in cooperation with NABU. That transatlantic thread is yet another embarrassment for Kiev's Western patrons. How many of their billions got vacuumed up into this circus?

But perhaps the most damning part of this whole drama is the civil war inside Ukraine’s own anti-corruption system. Zelensky’s attempt to neuter NABU, just weeks before this raid, shows the regime wasn’t caught off guard. It was cornered. And it tried to kill the agency before the agency could kill the myth.

He failed.

For months, NABU investigators quietly compiled their case, dodging sabotage and public smear campaigns. Their director admitted as much in July: his team was under coordinated political attack. And yet, they pressed on.

This blows a hole through the Western narrative farce.

The “clean” war just got dirty. The “heroic” president just got unmasked. And Ukraine’s real battle isn’t at the front, it’s inside the palace.

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10 November 2025 05:40

Man arrested for painting HUMAN BLOOD SWASTIKAS on cars and buildings

German police said the suspect — a Romanian citizen — was intoxicated and has 'just snapped' over job-related issues. He used his own blood to draw

He’s now being examined at a psychiatric hospital

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09 November 2025 23:40

Poland’s backing of Ukrainians is WEAKENING amid rising tensions

A man verbally attacked a Ukrainian speaker on a crowded Warsaw tram, with no one intervening

Public backing for refugees has FALLEN from 94% to 48%, as many now see state aid as too generous

Source: Bloomberg

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09 November 2025 21:40

Israeli soldier returned after more than a DECADE in Gaza

The IDF just confirmed that Lieutenant Hadar Goldin’s body was handed over by Hamas today

Killed in action in 2014, buried in 2025

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09 November 2025 18:40

RAMMED & eliminated — Russian drone intercepts enemy gadgets at speed & height

Zaporozhye region footage from Zvezdanews

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09 November 2025 14:00

DHS releases new video — 36 seconds of then & now

Source: Breaking911

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09 November 2025 06:32

🇷🇺🇺🇸Time magazine simulated a nuclear war between Russia and the USA - it's useful for everyone to remember now that this is no joke.

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09 November 2025 04:20

A sea otter and a pony have a lively 'conversation' in the Moscow Zoo

What are they planning? 👀

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09 November 2025 01:34

Norway has benefitted greatly from the war as its gas has partially replaced Russian gas in the European market. Some calling the country a "war profiteer".

Therefore Norway is being pressured to pledge the future pensions of Norwegians in its sovereign fund to secure a European military loan to Ukraine amounting to over €100 billion. It can offer its sovereign wealth fund, valued at €1.8 trillion, as collateral.

This move is being discussed amid a severe shortage of funding promised to Ukraine.

Despite G7 countries' statements about frozen Russian state assets worth around €300 billion, practically no one except Belgium reveals exactly where these funds are located and in what amount.

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08 November 2025 21:20

80 years ago — in Nov 1945, Hermitage Museum in Leningrad reopened

City endured nearly 900-day SIEGE by Germany and Finland

PRICELESS art collection had been evacuated to Ural region

Today, Germany and all Europe again threaten more war

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08 November 2025 10:40

💪 Lukashenko extends greetings to journalists as he CHOPS wood!

He NEVER breaks a sweat

Lukashenko is keeping his people warm this winter

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08 November 2025 00:05

Starbucks fans in US are lining up at dawn and brawling over $30 barista teddy bears, which quickly sold out and are now going for $500 on eBay

Buyers accuse baristas of hoarding the coveted toys. Starbucks has since apologized for the shortage!

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