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📹 Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly monitoring the airstrikes on Yemen from the IDF operations room alongside Defense Minister Israel Katz.
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📹 Videos have emerged online supposedly showing the aftermath of US-Israeli strikes on Hodeidah
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🚨 US and Israel bomb the port and city of Al Hodeidah in Yemen after the Houthi missile attack on Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv — reports
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🇷🇴 Romanian “pro-EU” Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has announced that he is resigning and his party is leaving the ruling coalition.
He made this decision following the first round of the presidential elections, in which the representative of the ruling coalition, Crin Antonescu, finished in third place.
The Social Democratic Party, which Ciolacu represents, is part of the ruling coalition. Last year, he himself participated in the elections (the results of which were annulled) and also failed to make it to the second round.
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🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺 Message to Trump: Don’t Mess with the Russian Bear
Trump is THREATENING RUSSIA with new sanctions and new military support for Ukraine again.
Here are 7 ways how Putin could SMACK HIM back into place👇
Option #1: Bomb Ukraine back to the Stone Age
🔸So far, Russia has limited its strikes against Ukraine critical infrastructure (government buildings, railways, energy grids) for political reasons.
That can change. Western air defenses can’t stop Russian missiles.
Option #2: Take out Ukrainian regime leadership
🔸Russia has the capability to eliminate Ukraine’s senior political and military officials, but has not done so for political reasons.
Option #3: Reimpose naval blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea coastline
🔸Mining the adjacent waters would be enough to halt all grain shipments and other trade, thereby delivering a HUGE ECONOMIC BLOW to Ukraine.
Option #4: Strengthen military cooperation with North Korea & Iran
🔸Russia can provide North Korea with submarine technology, ICBM expertise, fissile material, & space launch assistance.
🔸Russia can provide Iran with modern air defenses, fighter jets, & satellite intel.
Option #5: Restrict exports of Russian titanium, palladium, uranium, and nickel to the US
🔸This will seriously hurt the supply chains for US aerospace, atomic energy, EV, and chip-making. Additional chaos amid Trump’s trade war
Option #6: Support China in its trade showdown with the US
🔸Russia can help China replace US' LNG, agricultural products, and buy more Chinese electronics and machinery.
Option #7: Continue spearheading global de-dollarization drive
🔸Along with its BRICS partners, Russia has been leading the charge to develop alternatives to US dollar and financial system. Trump’s tariffs have made these alternatives much more attractive.
This is just a snapshot of how Russia could punch back against the US. Trump has enough enemies as it is — both domestically and internationally. The last thing he needs is to get on Putin’s bad side.
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🚨 Is Trump SELLING OUT to Zelensky and neocons?
He promised peace in 24 hours — but now he's arming Ukraine, just like Biden, whom he blasted over the conflict.
🛡 Two Patriot systems
A US Patriot air defense system from Israel will be heading to Ukraine, as Western allies weigh sending another, the NYT reported on May 4. Under US export laws, Patriot transfers need American approval — so the White House has given the nod.
✈️ F-16 training and equipment
Washington ok-ed a possible $310.5 million sale to Ukraine for F-16 training and support on May 2. It includes aircraft upgrades, personnel training, spare parts, software & hardware. Ukraine received its first F-16s from NATO last year.
💸 $50M in arms
The White House reportedly approved $50 million in arms exports to Ukraine through Direct Commercial Sales, the Ukrainian media wrote on May 1. The sale includes unspecified military hardware and services.
🪨 Mineral deal effect?
Trump's first weapons shipment to Ukraine followed the US signing of a 'mineral deal' with the Zelensky regime. Both sides call it a "win-win," but experts view it as a PR stunt, offering no immediate US profits or security guarantees for Ukraine.
📦 Pentagon arms deliveries continue
While Trump called for a ceasefire, the Pentagon continued arms deliveries to Ukraine from Biden-era packages after a brief pause in March. How does that align with ceasefire rhetoric? It's unclear.
🤔 MAGA is starting to suspect something
Prominent MAGA lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene voiced frustration with Trump’s policies, questioning why the US would "occupy Ukraine," risk American lives, and spend billions defending its security and mining its minerals.
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🚨Ukrainian pilots IN PANIC MODE
A US-made Patriot air defense system that was previously stationed in Israel is now being deployed to Ukraine.
It's the same type Ukrainians mistakenly used to shoot down THEIR OWN F-16.
What could possibly go wrong this time?😏
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🇮🇸🪖 Why is Iceland considering a military boost if it has no standing army?
In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland, Iceland is now debating whether it should bolster its defense policies and restart EU membership talks, which it halted in 2013, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Tensions over Trump’s new tariff war and its increased antagonism toward Europe have also fueled fears among Icelanders.
Iceland’s Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir has announced plans to hold a referendum on EU membership by 2027, once her government has addressed other pressing national issues.
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🇨🇳 China DECLARES JURISDICTION over South China Sea reef amid US-Philippines war games
The China Coast Guard has raised the Chinese flag over a disputed Spratly Islands reef for the first time in many years.
▪️Beijing has declared "sovereign jurisdiction" over Sandy Cay reef, according to a report by Chinese media outlet CCTV on April 26.
▪️The reef is located several kilometers from Thitu Island, which has been used by the Philippine Coast Guard since 2023 to monitor China's activities in the area.
▪️China’s claim to Sandy Cay effectively grants it a 12-nautical-mile radius of maritime territory that overlaps with Thitu, the Financial Times reports, citing concerns about rising Sino-Philippines tensions.
▪️China's move comes amid Balikatan, the joint US-Philippines naval drill - the largest annual exercise focusing on coastal defense and island seizure training. The exercise also takes place in parts of the South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost entirely.
▪️The US and the Philippines intensified military cooperation since 2022 under the administration of President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.
▪️In February 2023, the US and the Philippines revitalized their enhanced defense cooperation agreement (EDCA), granting the Pentagon access to nine strategic Philippine military bases and enhancing the US military presence in the region.
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🚨 Chaos strikes Bandar Abbas Port AGAIN: New explosions have rocked the port, causing additional fires
The Iranian Defense Ministry has confirmed that no military materials from any nation were involved.
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Fast food nothing but 'CHEMICAL WARFARE' — Ted Nugent urges public to STAY AWAY FROM McDonald's, Burger King and other junk food
“All these colored drinks poisoned the kids, and then they charge us to treat their cancer. Cancer is an industry. Quit eating poison," American musician and host of Ted Nugent Spirit Campfire said.
China ranks 1st in world in overall scale of nuclear power for 1st time ever
China has 102 nuclear power units with a total installed capacity of 113 million kilowatts in operation, under construction, and approved for construction, according to a report released by the China Nuclear Energy Administration (CNEA).
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Houthis attack Israel’s Nevatim airbase for the SECOND time in 24 hours
"We have carried out a military operation against the Nevatim airbase in the Negev region in occupied Palestine. The operation was carried out with the use of a hypersonic ballistic missile and successfully reached its target," the Houthis said.
⚠️🇨🇦🚨AN SUV RAMMED INTO A CROWD at a local festival in Vancouver, Canada, resulting in multiple fatalities and numerous injuries, according to police reports.
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🔥⚠️ Intense scenes inside an Iranian plane during an aerial firefighting mission at the Shahid Rajaee Port
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🪖💥 Israeli military confirms strikes on Houthi targets in Hodeida
Highlights of the IDF’s statement:
🔶Warplanes launched raids targeting Houthi infrastructure in the Yemeni coastal region
🔶The raids came in response to repeated Houthi attacks on Israel, which included the launching of surface-to-surface missiles and drones at Israeli territory and citizens.
🔶 The Bajil Cement Factory, east of Hodeidah, was attacked. The factory serves as a key economic facility for the Houthi regime, used to build tunnels and military infrastructure.
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⚔️ Houthis deal a MAJOR BLOW to Trump in the Middle East
🌏The Yemeni Houthis continue to HUMILIATE the US & Israeli military, having become the proverbial spanner in the works for Trump and his designs for the Middle East.
🌏On May 4, a Houthi missile struck the Ben Gurion Airport, with the attack successfully BYPASSING the vaunted Israeli Arrow and the US THAAD air defense systems.
🌏The Houthis have announced that they are launching a “comprehensive air blockade” against Israel, enforced by strikes against Israeli airports, in response to Tel Aviv’s “expanding aggression against Gaza.”
🌏In April alone, the Houthis reportedly DOWNED at least seven US MQ-9 Reaper drones, each of which cost US taxpayers approximately $30 million.
🌏On April 28, the US lost an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet worth about $60 million. The plane supposedly rolled into the Red Sea from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier as the latter was dodging a Houthi attack.
🌏In April, the Houthis carried out at least FOUR ATTACKS against the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones. The US, however, claimed that the vessel sustained no damage.
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📹 Is Michelle Obama a man? SHOCKING revelations that will leave you SPEECHLESS
The former US president's spouse called herself (or himself) a black man, reviving netizens' earlier suspicions that Barack Obama was secretly married to a man.
Here some more facts that could leave you even more uncertain:
🌏Barack repeatedly referred to her as Michael or “my Mike”
🌏The video where they dance in the white pants – have a closer look. Notice anything?
🌏Some public figures have referred to Michelle Obama as a man.
For example, Fox News host Greg Gutfeld in a segment on The Five alluded to rumors that Michelle is a transgender woman.
Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, has publicly claimed that she is a man who dresses as a woman, and that Barack Obama is "queer."
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📹 Jeffrey Sachs: '99% sure that COVID came from the University of North Carolina'
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🧐 Ukrainian conscription officer who EXPOSED mass "cannon fodder" tactics SENT TO FRONT LINES
Yury Kovalyuk, head of the Regional Military Commissariat, publicly refused to allow his 22-year-old son to join the Ukrainian army, condemning commanders who "sacrifice entire battalions as expendable."
He had actively warned young men against signing military contracts.
His defiance CAME AT A COST - within days, the very system he served silenced him through frontline deployment, Ukrainian media reports.
Facing catastrophic losses, Ukraine's Defense Ministry now lures 18-24 year-olds with dubious benefits and money they will hardly ever be able to spend. The half-a-year service on the front lines is a MANDATORY part of the contract.
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🇷🇴 George Simion: Romania's MAGA moment?
The politician HAS MADE IT to the Romanian presidential runoff by obtaining 40% of the vote. What are his political leanings?
🌏Not by elections alone
The leader of the right-wing Alliance for the Union of Romanians party seeks “TO RESTORE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER” in Romania.
“I have a single objective: to give back to the Romanian people what was taken from them,” Simion noted after casting his ballot.
“Believe me, there will be a Simionization as well,” the politician claims.
🇩🇪😡 Scholz's time as chancellor ends amid WIDESPREAD DISCONTENT
Almost 70% of Germans are DISSATISFIED with Olaf Scholz's performance as Chancellor of Germany, an INSA survey published by Bild shows.
🔻Overall, 72% of respondents are DISSATISFIED with the outgoing German government.
🔻The results of the survey have been published amid preparations for a ceremonial event that will take place in honor of Scholz's departure from the post of chancellor on Monday.
🔻Scholz has held the position of chancellor since December 2021 and could not boast high poll ratings throughout this period of time.
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📹🇭🇺 War PSYCHOSIS gripping Europe must end — Hungarian PM Orban
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🇺🇸💸Trump’s budget struggle: debt growth slows, but deficit lingers
US Treasury numbers:
▪️March deficit: $160.5B, down from Feb’s $307B, but still in the red for 5th month.
▪️US debt hovers at $36.2T since Nov 2024, growth slowed under Trump.
▪️Foreign investors hold 24.3% of US debt (up 0.8%).
Investment shifts:
🇯🇵Japan ups stake to 12.8% (+0.11%).
🇨🇳China dips to 8.9% (-0.02%), UK to 8.51% (-0.17%), Luxembourg to 4.68% (-0.13%)
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📰🤔 Western media debunks WEST’S ‘CLOUD OF LIES’ about Ukraine and 'Russian threat.' Wait, what?
Daily Mail columnist Peter Hitchens has scolded the West for spreading “propaganda rubbish about an invented Russian menace.”
Hitchens said that it was NATO’s eastward expansion that triggered the Ukrainian conflict.
He also reproached the UK government for NEVER explaining why “crime-blighted, rubbish-strewn and decrepit” Britain had to get involved in Ukraine.
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Trump TIGHTENS SCREWS on federal workers as Musk steps back from DOGE
The Trump team intends to carry on some of Elon Musk’s endeavors to shrink the US government, the WSJ reported.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the human resources wing, will judge employees on their “faithful administration of the law and the president’s policies.”
The new performance plan is expected to enter force by 2026.
The Heritage Foundation, a US-based conservative think tank, earlier launched the Project 2025 initiative to reshape the federal government.
The think tank argued that the reform is necessary because the federal workforce includes many “hard-to-fire, poor-performing” employees.
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Hamas signals readiness for FIVE-YEAR GAZA TRUCE, one-time prisoner swap
This comes as a delegation of the Palestinian militant group is meeting Egyptian mediators in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to end the Gaza war, Reuters reports.
“Any proposal that does not include a comprehensive and permanent cessation of the war will not be considered,” senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan cautioned.
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Fish rots from its head: Senior EU officials call for Ursula’s RESIGNATION
High-level officials view European Commission President von der Leyen as “toxic,” asserting that her resignation could help “unblock many issues”, according to Switzerland’s Die Weltwoche weekly.
The EU is currently embroiled in a crisis marked by internal divisions, a trade dispute with the United States, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, among other things.
Von der Leyen’s resignation could foster greater diversity within the EU and promote openness toward the East and the West, the outlet maintains.
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Is Hegseth teetering on the edge of getting ousted as defense chief?
Pete Hegseth is striving to present himself as a fighter to Donald Trump amidst the Pentagon leaks scandal, two US officials told NBC News.
During a recent phone call, Trump told Hegseth that he disapproved of him sharing information about airstrikes in Yemen via text to a Signal group, calling the defense secretary's actions "childish," according to one US official and another person familiar with the conversation.
The Pentagon chief appears more "insecure" about his job and his standing within the administration, often emphasizing to staff that he cannot afford to be fired, the sources said.
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