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BREAKING — RFK Jr. Launches Long-Awaited Offensive Against Potentially Deadly COVID-19 mRNA Shots
RFK Jr. breaks silence on mRNA injections — cites "profound" risks of myocarditis, stroke, and death on national TV. @SecKennedy @McCulloughFund @NicHulscher @pfizer https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-rfk-jr-launches-long-awaited?r=14jb45&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Tests of the "friend-foe" identification system for UAVs have begun in Russia.
Rosel Holding (part of Rostec State Corporation) has started testing a friend-foe identification system for drones, Rostec said.
"The equipment operates on the "friend-foe" principle and automatically marks friendly drones at an altitude of up to 5 km and a distance of up to 100 km from the radio receiver. It is planned to start production of the installation batch of equipment in 2025," the organization said.
A key element of the new system is the radar detector installed in the drone. "At the first stage, the equipment will work with stations using the Russian state identification system. Such devices are used, for example, in aviation to distinguish their own equipment from that of the enemy," the state corporation said.
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Talking about production in China > the assembly cost in China is only around 50$, components are around 400$ are components mostly non-Chinese, for a retail price of 1000$.
And Apple makes most of its money on its ecosystem and services around apple phone
youtu.be/0SOX5wkdPJ0
Russia Ain’t a Chinese Sidecar https://sonar21.com/russia-aint-a-chinese-sidecar/
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BILD: Trump rejected a $50 billion deal with Ukraine and refused to supply weapons even for money
According to the publication, Trump is more interested in negotiations with Putin than in making money from the supply of weapons.
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Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada dutifully votes to block elections, extending Zelensky’s martial law another 90 days
Just one lawmaker opposed the bill
#Ukraine
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Deputy Chairman of the Gagauz Autonomy’s Executive Committee Ilya Uzun accused the Moldovan government of deliberately exacerbating relations with the region with the aim of throwing it into disarray.
“For the sake of hanging on to power, they violate laws, seize government institutions, shut down the media, appoint and dismiss judges and prosecutors, and ban opposition parties. They go for provocations, pushing the Gagauz to start committing acts of disobedience to use it as an opportunity to completely abolish our autonomy and get a bloodstained pass to the next parliament,” he said in a video posted to the Telegram channel of the opposition bloc Victory.
Budapest will not support new EU sanctions against Russia in the field of energy supplies - Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto
He also said that the European Commission has proposed fully economically integrating Ukraine into the EU without waiting for the country to join the union.
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The fact that so many are talking about the strike on a military event in Sumy, held in a civilian district, which tragically killed several innocent civilians, tells us several things.
Firstly, the deaths of Ukrainian civilians in Russian military actions are still essentially unusual and, therefore, highly "newsworthy" to the Western propaganda media and their client political cabal.
Secondly, if Russia was "targeting" Ukrainain civillians, tens of thousands of Ukrainain civillians would be dying every week.
Russia doesn't need to use expensive balistic missiles to strike civillians. It has one of the largest artillery / missile/ MLRS armies on earth, much of which in operatiomal range of large Ukrainain population centres. Russia could easily and rapidly vaporise entire settlements, towns, and even cities, with their occupants in situ, if it was indeed "Targetting Civillians"
Those suggesting that Russia is engaged in strikes willfully targetting innocent covilliams should take a look at Gaza city.
That is what Kiev, Kharkov, Kherson, and many other large cities in Ukraine would look like today if Russia was, as alleged "targetting civillians"
These cities stand in perfect order, and daily life continues to a great degree. The tragic loss of lives in Sumy occurred because the Ukrainian military leadership decided to gather hundreds of top military officials for an "awards" ceremony in a civilian location. The Russians struck this event. An event senior Ukrainain officials had widely publicised on social media, the men being "awarded" had taken part in operations inside Russia, where hundreds of Russian civillians have been brutally tortured and murdered in their own homes.
The number of military dead is, as usual, being kept from public view by Kiev. Another convenient manipulation of the tragic reality of this war. Vehicles bearing the strategic triangle sign use in Ukrainain invasion operations in Kursk were seen burning at the scene. Military obituaries are now slowly being published, including a senior artillery officer killed in the strike.
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HUGE Ukraine infighting after alleged Russian strike in Sumy
Sumy’s Konotop mayor calls region chief 'ASSHOLE', demands apology by 6pm or he’ll 'tell you what happened' in attack.
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❗As consequence of a large scale breakthrough Russian Army units were spotted in the AFU— controlled part of the DPR near the villages of Pleshcheyevka (population about 600 people) and Ivanopolye (population over 1,400 people) - 6 kilometers from the 65,000 city of Konstantinovka. North-West of Dzerzhinsk.
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Three months into the Trump presidency we can confidently say that it's definitely a disappointment, a lot of words and threats but very few tangible changes.
The Trump administration made some positive changes in internal policy but in foreign policy it's basically business as usual. Some facts:
_ The 90-days tariffs pause was a major defeat for Trump, he was forced to unilaterally declare this sort of financial ceasefire because ultimately the countries which were ready to strike a deal with him were less than those who did not bow, particularly China showed it's ready to advance its national interests from a position of strength rather than submit to US diktats.
_ The lack of a real offer to Russia that takes into account Russian national security to reach a compromise on Ukraine also shows that just like during his first mandate Trump is still very much aligned with neocons like Kellogg's and Waltz rather than with pragmatists.
_ the lack of a real US response in the aftermath of crackdown on conservatives (Le Pen and Georgescu) carried out by unelected EU bureaucrats and globalists who are demolishing democracy in order to stay in power is also a predicament of Trump's weaknesses vis-a-vis globalists, maybe even a fact his anti-globalist stance is just a PR show
4_ the inhumane agenda re Gaza and escalating tensions with Iran are both part of a long term globalist/zionist agenda which Trump is pushing forward as a real, unmitigated puppet.
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🇪🇪 The Estonian Parliament has formally approved a new law that will require the Estonian Orthodox Church to sever its affiliation with the Moscow Patriarchate.
The new law pushed through by the Estonian Government demands that the Church sever its canonical affiliation with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill within two months, else the Estonian Orthodox Church faces a full state ban on its activities.
In a response, the Church described the threat and possibility of its closure as an "unprecedented threat to religious freedom and the rights of our believers".
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The Trump administration understands that Russia will never, under any circumstances, give Zelensky its new regions and its people' – Lavrov.
'In the US, unlike Europe and Great Britain, there is a desire to delve into the essence of the problem and the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine. Americans understand that Zelensky's demand to return the 1991 borders is impossible. At least because these territories are inhabited by people whom Zelensky calls 'creatures' and advised them to get lost in Russia. And now in one interview he said that he is driven by hatred of Russians. Can anyone hypothetically think about handing these people over to such a person? No way and never. This understanding is also shared by the Trump administration, which said that Zelensky would have to come to terms with the territorial issue'
🇷🇺💬🇺🇸 Vladimir Putin will meet with Steve Witkoff, Dmitry Peskov said.
He advised against expecting breakthroughs from Donald Trump's special envoy.
Putin and Wittkoff will discuss the Ukrainian settlement, this is a good opportunity to convey Russia's position to Trump, Peskov said.
The meeting with Whitkoff will last as long as necessary, Peskov noted.
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The US Navy is curtailing its hypersonic missile development programs.
The US navy has stopped developing the hypersonic HALO missile, facing financial difficulties and "insufficient efficiency against the background of China's increased capabilities."
The journalists of Naval News reported on the termination of work on the HALO program. The program was part of a project to create means to combat large surface targets. According to Rear Admiral Stephen Tedford, the decision to cancel was made in the fall of 2024 after further funding became impossible.
There may be several reasons for the incident. Taking into account the high degree of corruption of the family of former US President Joe Biden and his entourage, the money could simply be "sawed off." The chips for military production were made from Chinese rare earths in Taiwan. After the "tariff war" unleashed by Trump, this channel was naturally closed from the Chinese side.
The supply of the necessary military-industrial complex elements could have been blocked by the PRC even earlier, when it became clear that efforts to alienate Taiwan from China from the West would not change with the advent of Trump, since this policy was determined not by the head of the United States, but by a shadow state.
In any case, stopping attempts to create "hypersound" in the United States is a reasonable, rational decision. They can't do anything better than Zircon anyway. The 3M22 Zircon is a Russian hypersonic anti—ship missile capable of reaching speeds of about Mach 9 over a range of more than 1,000 km. And we also have "Dagger", "Sarmat", "Avangard", "Topol-M" and "Oreshnik".
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https://asiatimes.com/2025/04/hollow-halo-us-admits-defeat-in-hypersonic-missile-program/
"Raiffeisen suspended the sale of the Russian division amid the thaw in the USA": Raiffeisen Bank sensed the changes and changed its mind about leaving Russia.
Raiffeisen Bank International, the largest Western bank still doing business in Russia, has stopped trying to sell its branch in the country amid the rapprochement between Washington and Moscow, the sources said.
The company's executives made this decision in February, when Moscow and Washington began to resume cooperation. "This is done in order to assess the situation and whether the US position may change," the FT's interlocutors assure.
Another source indicated that sales attempts have stopped so far, but the situation may change again."
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Just another day in Russia: a bear strolls up to a Kamchatka diner and knocks on the window
Staff and customers barely blinked — but drew the line at letting him in
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Zelensky Extends Martial Law, Rejects Elections; Putin Demands Non-Negotiable; Energy Truce Expires
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Katy Perry: Blasts off into space.
Katy Perry: CLIMATE CHANGE! WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!
https://youtu.be/lZG8xJcxhOE?si=Sn8pVbPiWydLlyl2
🗣 Key takeaways from Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin’s statements to reporters, April 15:
▪️Russia fully complies with its obligations under the moratorium on strikes on energy facilities, while Ukraine attacks Russian energy infrastructure practically every day
▪️The Kiev regime wants to continue the military conflict with Russia because this is the only way for the Ukrainian authorities not to answer for their criminal decisions in front of their people
▪️A peace solution for Ukraine implies its nuclear-free neutral status, abolition of discriminatory laws and recognition of the sovereignty of Russia’s current borders
▪️The very fact of communication between Moscow and Washington is a positive change from former US President Joe Biden’s administration
▪️The US administration clearly seeks to understand the causes of the Ukrainian crisis and sort them out
▪️Russia and Belarus see increasing military activity of NATO countries along their borders
▪️Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service and Belarus' State Security Committee are ready to act to pre-empt threats
▪️Instigators, such as Poland and Baltic countries should realize that they will be the first targets of retaliatory strikes in case of NATO aggression against the Union State of Russia and Belarus
EU delays road map for ditching Russian gas amid Russia-US talks on possible Nord Stream revival — FT
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EU issues burner phones to their staff who travel to the US over spying fears — FT
Because nothing says 'security' like swapping one US-made phone for... another US-made phone
Totally bulletproof
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Verkhovna Rada deputy Bezuglaya stated that the strike in Sumy was carried out on a gathering of military personnel who were holding an award ceremony.
"I appeal to Syrsky and separately to the commander of the Territorial Defense Forces: do not gather military personnel for an award ceremony, and especially in civilian places - again the Russians had information about the gathering. And they still do formations at the training grounds," Bezuglaya stated.
🇪🇺🇺🇦 Kaka Kallas stated that Russia would not be able to maintain its current level of military operations without support from China.
🐻 The chihuahua forgot who supplies drone components to both. It's not Estonia.
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🇩🇪🤡 "This isn’t fair! Russia isn’t using the ‘meat assault’ tactics we brainwash our audience with — they’re fighting smart! That’s cheating!"
— Jihad “Julian” al-Julani
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Trump’s Trade War 2.0: A U.S. Empire’s Speculative, Yet Probable, Misstep Against China’s Trade Supremacy
Introduction
The Trump administration’s latest tariff proposals signal a frantic escalation in its economic clash with China, a nation that anchors global commerce as the primary trading partner for much of the world. Unlike the scattered trade policies of Trump’s first term, these measures outline a seemingly calculated bid to erode China’s dominance in supply chains while propping up a fading U.S. influence. The plan rests on two main efforts: secondary tariffs to pressure nations into severing ties with China, and maritime control to enforce economic constraints. Yet, with a tariff moratorium on all countries except China aimed at rallying an anti-China coalition, this strategy smacks of desperation from a declining empire. Given China’s deep trade networks, the U.S.’s ambitious moves seem more likely to falter than triumph.
Secondary Tariffs: A Weak Attempt to Fracture China’s Trade Empire
Drawing on the U.S.’s tactic of secondary sanctions, which penalize nations for trading with countries like Iran or Russia by threatening exclusion from American markets, Trump’s proposed tariffs seek to unravel China’s vast trade web. Countries deeply integrated with China’s economy—Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand—could face steep duties ranging from 30 to 50 percent, while those less tied to Beijing, such as parts of South America, might see rates as low as 10 to 25 percent. The aim is to force nations to choose between U.S. market access and their trade with China, the leading partner for over 130 countries.
A tariff moratorium sparing all nations except China betrays the U.S.’s broader goal: to forge an anti-China coalition by offering economic relief as an incentive. The idea is that tariff exemptions will entice countries to dial back trade with Beijing, isolating it economically. But this misjudges China’s grip on global trade. Nations like Vietnam and Thailand rely on Chinese inputs not out of preference but necessity, given Beijing’s unmatched manufacturing scale. Pressuring them to pick sides risks driving them closer to China, whose markets are often their economic lifeline.
The tariffs also target China’s knack for dodging trade barriers. Chinese firms have shifted production to Southeast Asia, with countries like Vietnam and Malaysia serving as hubs that keep China’s supply chains humming. The U.S. aims to hit these nodes hard—Cambodia might face a 50 percent rate, Vietnam 45 percent, Thailand 34 percent—while eyeing Mexico and Venezuela at 25 percent each for allegedly rerouting Chinese goods like steel and electronics. Yet China’s agility and its role as the world’s manufacturing powerhouse make this crackdown feel more like a gesture than a genuine threat. Most nations can’t simply abandon China, their biggest supplier and buyer, without derailing their own economies.
The tariff structure serves as a bargaining tool, with the U.S. offering to lower rates—say, from 34 percent to 10 percent—if countries cut trade with China. The moratorium enhances this pitch, hinting that aligning with Washington’s anti-China agenda could unlock trade benefits. This recalls Trump’s 2018-2019 negotiations with the EU, where tariff threats won minor concessions. But China’s economic clout dwarfs the EU’s, and nations from ASEAN to Latin America know their prosperity depends on Beijing. The U.S.’s vision of a global alliance against China seems doomed to fizzle in a world tied to Chinese commerce.
Full article >
https://open.substack.com/pub/angelogiuliano/p/trumps-trade-war-20-a-us-empires?r=4v2k3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
'First and foremost, we must contain Russia' - Finnish Foreign Minister Valtonen urges Trump not to rush into Ukraine peace talks
'I think President Trump is absolutely right that he wants to bring peace to Ukraine. But I think, first and foremost, our goal should be to deter Russia. Because if we can deter Russia… [What does that mean?] That means we can really take care of our own defense and deterrence within the alliance, and help Ukraine, because Russia only understands force.'
Holger Strohm, immer wieder empfehlenswert. All seine Beiträge solltet ihr euch mal anhören.
Warum gibt es Kriege?
Hier kurz und knapp gut erklärt!
"Krieg ist organisierter Betrug! Er wird zum Nutzen weniger geführt, auf Kosten der übergroßen Mehrheit!"
Damit ist doch sehr viel gesagt !!!
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🇷🇸(🇽🇰)🇸🇾 So-called President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani and President of Syria Ahmed al-Shaara held a talk in Antalya, Turkey.
The Presidential Office of Syria referred to Kosovo as "the Republic of Kosovo".
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