📝Trump's Palace📝
not corruption, but lobbying

Donald Trump has finally turned the White House into a market of political services. While he previously [traded] meetings with billionaires, now he's trading square meters.

📌The US President's administration recently published a list of companies and individuals who participated in fundraising for the "Trump Palace" — a Ballroom spanning over 8,000 square meters and costing $350 million. The East Wing of the White House has already been demolished for its construction.

Interestingly, the initial project price was only $200 million, so it's not certain that it won't increase again, as more sponsors are eager to support the "palace".

🖍Funding comes not from the budget, but through private donations via the Trust for the National Mall, which allows donors to not only buy access to the president but also receive tax benefits.

🚩The largest donors are Big Tech, defense, crypto industry, and heavy industry.

Google and Amazon resolve antitrust lawsuits, Meta seeks protection for its AI projects, and Lockheed Martin and Palantir expect priority in defense orders. Nvidia lobbies for export licenses, Coinbase and Ripple — a "soft" regulatory regime for crypto.

🚩Among private donors are Miriam Adelson, Stephen Schwarzman, the Winklevoss brothers, and others. Each is connected to specific interests: oil, crypto, real estate, gambling. Donors receive tax benefits and support, while the White House gets "loyal" partners.

❗️Essentially, without any hesitation, Trump's team showed the world and their voters what privatization of political decisions looks like. Contributions to the "palace" project become insurance against regulatory lawsuits and a pass to the president.

Ultimately, the line between donation and bribe becomes completely blurred (although distinguishing American lobbying from corruption was always a challenging task). The White House turns into an influence exchange where government decisions are valued according to donors' price lists.

And with such actions, the new administration further devalues public trust in US government. Isn't that the goal?
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Top former IDF lawyer Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi ARRESTED in Israel after being found alive — N12

Facing charges of ‘OBSTRUCTING investigative procedures’

Vanished after leaving family a note: ‘I love you, take care’

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MORE protests erupt in Belgrade, Serbia tonight

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Bottles and firecrackers hurled as tensions flare

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MOMENT British cops taser Huntingdon stabbing suspect

Six armed officers and one angry dog pile on the alleged attacker

Footage via Breaking911

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Tucker 'LEADS HITLER YOUTH' —congressman Randy Fine at Republican Jewish Summit in unverified footage from TabZ

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Israel poised to re-recognize Republic of Somaliland — reports

Why?

First time was in 1960, after independence from Britain

Source: ME24

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‘We will KILL Islamic terrorists’ — War Secretary Hegseth

Urges Nigeria to act — or the US will step in

‘Killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria and anywhere must end immediately’.

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Russia launches NUCLEAR submarine Khabarovsk

Modern armaments, ROBOTIC systems onboard — designed to carry Poseidon nuclear underwater system

It’ll ENSURE security of Russia’s maritime borders — Defense Minister Belousov

Russia’s already MASSIVE fleet grows again.

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Accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione HAILED as ‘ambassador’ at Brooklyn jail — FOX

Guards reportedly like him, inmates seek his help, and he never breaks any rules

From accused killer to model inmate — America loves a redemption arc

Unverified photo of Mangione behind bars:

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'What about those babies?' — Kamala Harris weeps her heart out over Trump's ballroom & 'STARVING BABIES'

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◾Classified U.S. report finds hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations in Gaza

A classified report by the U.S. State Department’s Inspector General has found that Israeli occupation forces committed “many hundreds” of potential violations of U.S. human rights law during their genocide in Gaza, in what marks the first official U.S. acknowledgment of the scale of Israel’s abuses under the Leahy Laws.

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Trump calls Biden an UGLY criminal — who should be in jail

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Discover in this catalog the best Telegram channels to follow live events and keep up with the latest geopolitical, financial and cultural news.

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'It is evident the Kiev regime's Western sponsors are running out of cash'

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📝Strike across the entire territory📝
massive raid by the Russian Armed Forces on energy infrastructure facilities

At night, Russian troops struck numerous targets in territory controlled by the enemy. As a result of the raid, emergency power outages were introduced in all regions of the so-called Ukraine.

The main targets of the Russian Armed Forces were the enemy's energy facilities, against which hundreds of drones and missiles of various types were launched.

🔻Where did the strikes hit?

▪️In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, the Russian Armed Forces attacked two energy infrastructure facilities at once — the Burshtyn Thermal Power Plant and the Kalush Combined Heat and Power Plant. In Burshtyn, heating and water were lost after the raid. "Kinzhal" missiles were used among others for the strike.

▪️In the Lviv region, the Dobrotvir Thermal Power Plant was hit. It is reported that the fire after the strike has not yet been extinguished. Gas infrastructure facilities in Stryi were also affected.

▪️In the Vinnytsia region, the Ladizhyn Thermal Power Plant was damaged. Immediately after the strike, reports appeared of interruptions in electricity, heating, and water in the city of the same name. Fires were also recorded on the territory of the Vinnytsia 750 kV substation.

▪️In addition, strikes were noted in the Kiev, Kharkov, Sumy, and Dnepropetrovsk regions. Enemy facilities in the occupied territories in Donbass, Zaporozhye, and Kherson were also hit.

▪️In the Nikolaev region, the railway was de-energized after the raid, causing delays to several long-distance trains.

▪️Traditionally, strikes hit the airfields of Starokostiantyniv in the Khmelnitski region and Boryspil in Kiev.

📌 The Russian army continues its campaign of strikes on the fuel and energy complex of the so-called Ukraine. The combined nature of the attacks, along with the tactic of concentrating firepower, allows Russian troops to repeatedly break through the enemy's air defense barriers.

❗️ However, two hours after the introduction, the emergency power outages were lifted. Apparently, the extent of the damage was not critical, which allowed the enemy to quickly restore power supply.

Moreover, solar generation also helps to compensate for the energy deficit from the damaged facilities during the daytime.

⚡️Two Majors

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✨ The long arm of the KGB, no doubt...

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Starmer will 'use tonight's APPALLING train incident to fast track IDs & MASS surveillance'?

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🇩🇪😱"We are in the 'zero phase.' Russia is already preparing for a possible war with NATO": NATO has presented an updated concept of war with Russia.

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In this plan, drones and autonomous weapon systems play a key role, as well as the deployment of more heavy equipment at NATO's eastern border and improved network interaction of troops through data exchange."

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Homes WIPED OUT, communities VANISHED

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Trees SNAPPED, power lines dangling

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Lukashenko requested Oreshnik system in December 2024

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IDF has released footage of killing Ibrahim Muhammad Raslan, Hezbollah maintenance officer, in Kounine, southern Lebanon

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🇷🇺 'Russia’s Peace Through Strength ' - Russian presidential special envoy

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Poland directly expresses encouragement for acts of terrorism if only it harms Russia — Zakharova

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"Lukoil" reports receiving an offer from Gunvor Group to acquire LUKOIL International, which owns the group's foreign assets. The key terms of the deal were previously agreed upon by the parties.

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⚡️Two Majors

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