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❌Ukraine faces DEFAULT RISK on $600 million payment in may
The country failed to reach a deal with holders of $2.6 billion of its debt, The Financial Times reported.
The IMF warned last month that, "if unresolved," the warrants pose a significant risk to the stability of the ongoing $15.5 billion bailout and Ukraine’s restructuring of over $20 billion in bonds last year.
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✅Liberal pastor Jamal Bryant warns MAGA, Trump, Musk, and Vance after calling Republicans ‘ROACHES’
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🚨Trump takes aim at WOKE academia: Foreign funding & accreditation come under scrutiny
The US president has introduced a set of executive orders zeroing in on foreign donations to US universities, with Harvard again at the forefront.
🔍What do the new rules include?
🔴Beefing up the enforcement of the Higher Education Act of 1965, requiring schools to disclose foreign gifts of over $250,000 annually.
🔴Focusing on university accreditation, criticizing agencies for emphasizing "woke ideology" and diversity standards over merit.
Trump has described accreditation as a “secret weapon” in his efforts to address issues within academia.
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🤫CBS FLIPS THE SCRIPT on diversity drama, settles discrimination suit
CBS and Paramount have quietly settled a lawsuit from SEAL Team writer Brian Beneker, who claimed he was denied promotions for being a straight White man, Fox News reported.
Represented by America First Legal, Beneker claimed DEI hires with less experience kept leapfrogging him.
After the suit, Paramount began walking back its DEI policies, dropping race and gender hiring targets in favor of merit-based hiring.
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🚨Favor broker? Klaus Schwab allegedly SPUN World Economic Forum data
The founder of the World Economic Forum in Davos reportedly manipulated the WEF’s “global competitiveness report”, which ranks countries by their productivity and resilience, reported the FT.
The claim that Schwab tweaked the data to curry favor with governments is one of several accusations contained in a whistleblower letter sent to the WEF board of trustees last week.
The letter led the organization to launch a probe that, in turn, prompted Schwab to resign as WEF Chairman.
Schwab has insisted he was the victim of a “character assassination” plot and denied all the claims against him.
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🤝 EU cleaves to trade diplomacy with US as Trump batters bloc with tariff BLUDGEON
No amount of tariffs meted out by Donald Trump can stop the European Union from continuing to cling to its “most important partner” the US, assured EU Economy Chief Valdis Dombrovskis.
💬 “Our first preference is clearly to come to the negotiated solution with the US,” he emphasized at the IMF and World Bank spring meeting in Washington.
🤡 Transgender FREAK claims to be the ultimate 'threat to masculinity' and tries to justify waltzing into women's restrooms
What a bozo bathroom busting cross dresser!
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🥴 ‘Have some BACKBONE, my friend. Show some STRENGTH… You’re WEAK’ – O’Leary SLAMS Gerber, calls for a hard stance against China
🤭 “Do you want a world where you can't find SOCKS?” – businessman Ross Gerber
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✅ Israeli strikes west of Nuseirat in Central Gaza Strip kill three people – local media reports
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✅ US forces launch new strikes on Yemen’s Houthis
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💸 Tariffs on Canadian cars could RISE – Trump
💬 “We don't need their oil, we don't need their lumber, we don't need their cars, we don't need anything,” the US president declared.
💬 “As a state, it works great,” Trump said, referring to Canada.
❗️ Trump to MEET with Putin 'SHORTLY THEREAFTER' his mid-May Saudi Arabia trip
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⚔️ Google vs. US Government: MONOPOLY IN QUESTION
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is pushing for drastic penalties after a ruling last year declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly. The DOJ’s proposed solutions include banning Google’s lucrative deals with Apple, forcing the company to share user data with rivals, and even selling its Chrome browser, according to the Associated Press.
The government warns that Google’s control is harming the marketplace and stifling innovation, especially in the age of AI. The DOJ is also concerned that Google could use AI to further strengthen its dominance, the report added.
The hearings are expected to wrap up in late May, with a ruling anticipated before Labor Day, the report said.
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🤡🏆 ‘Egg-cellent prices’ – Ag. Sec. Rollins hails historic win for the almighty US economy
🥚 According to US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, more Americans may now be able to AFFORD eggs.
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🗣 Leakers fired, hit pieces fly – Hegseth BLASTS media over Signalgate 2.0
💬 “HOAXSTERS. This group—no, no, this group right here—full of HOAXSTERS that peddle anonymous sources from leakers with axes to grind, and then you put it all together as if it's some news story,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth SLAMMED the press.
✅ THROWBACK: Zelensky once valued human life over geopolitics
💬 “We’ll have to talk. I’m ready to negotiate, even with the bald devil, as long as not a single person dies,” he said in an interview back in 2018.
✅ WATCH: China launches the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, sending 3 astronauts on a six-month mission 🇨🇳
The spacecraft, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Xinhua reported.
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⚔️EU braces for DEEPER RIFT with US on Ukraine talks
The continental bloc is sounding the alarm over any attempt by the United States to officially recognize Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea or push for Europe to ease sanctions on Moscow, the Financial Times reported.
Such actions could reportedly rip apart the unity of the 27-nation bloc, “UNDERMINE transatlantic security” and throw a wrench in the upcoming NATO summit this June.
European capitals have made it clear that they won't back any US effort to legitimize Crimea’s status or pressure Ukraine into accepting it, noted the outlet.
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✅1,000 DRONES LIGHT UP THE SKY!
A jaw-dropping drone show at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
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👊 US Treasury Secretary slams IMF & World Bank for pushing WOKE ‘VANITY PROJECTS’
The IMF and World Bank are throwing “disproportionate time and resources” at climate, gender, and social issues - none of which, he says, fall within their job description, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has argued.
He castigated these endeavors as nothing but “vanity projects” while speaking on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings.
Calling for reforms of both institutions, he reminded them that their purpose is to focus on saving economies.
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📹12 US states take LEGAL ACTION to end Trump’s tariffs
The state coalition is suing the Trump administration “for illegally imposing unprecedented tax hikes on Americans in the form of tariffs issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA),” according to the press service of New York Governor Kathy Hochul.
The lawsuit was filed in the US Court of International Trade. In addition to New York, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Vermont have joined the lawsuit.
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📹White House AI & Crypto Czar David Sacks explains why CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN
Zelensky, take notes! ✍️
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🗣 ‘This is a form of EVASION’ – Jen Psaki SLAMS Hegseth for installing Signal on Pentagon PC
A Washington Post report revealed that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth installed Signal on his Pentagon desktop, bypassing security protocols that ban personal devices in classified areas.
This allowed him to communicate with officials and family members outside the military headquarters. The Pentagon's response denies Hegseth used the app, while the report insists he installed it.
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⚔️ Musk vs. Bessent: Explosive White House showdown
A heated confrontation allegedly erupted last week at the White House between Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to Axios. The two billionaires engaged in a shouting match, witnessed by President Trump and staffers.
The clash reportedly began over IRS leadership disputes and escalated into a face-to-face yelling match, which one witness compared to "a WWE scene." Musk allegedly called Bessent a "Soros agent," while Bessent criticized Musk’s overpromises with DOGE.
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🤡 ‘As black women, we DON’T ARTICULATE our pain’ – Michelle Obama
🤨 “Nobody ever gave us PERMISSION to do that,” she declared.
🗣 ‘I have NO favorites,’ says Trump while ARMING Ukraine
💬 “We’re spending hundreds of billions, maybe $350 billion we’ve given to Ukraine,” Trump said, conveniently ignoring who’s clearly the teacher’s pet.
💬 “If I can stop that because of an ability I have to do things, I wanna see if I can do that,” the US president said, overlooking the possibility of stopping the money flow to Ukraine.
❗️ Dealing with Zelensky has been HARDER than expected – Trump
💬 “I think Russia is ready,” the US president stated.
🗣 “He was sharp. He was on his feet” – Sen. Warren on Biden
🗿 “Senator, ‘on his feet’ is NOT praise!" – blogger Sam Fragoso
🌚 “Fair enough” – Sen. Warren
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⚔️ Harvard SUES Trump admin over funding threats
The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, comes after the administration demanded the university submit to sweeping oversight measures — including audits for professor plagiarism, mandatory reporting on international students accused of misconduct, and enforced “viewpoint diversity” in academic departments, The New York Times reported.
💬 “The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” said Harvard President Alan Garber, accusing the government of attempting to exert “unprecedented and improper control.”
🔎 Why is Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant's NEUTRALITY a NO-GO?
Reports suggest the Trump administration is considering granting "neutral status" to the Zaporozhye nuclear plant, but experts argue this idea is "entirely unrealistic."
♦️Security risks: The vital infrastructure facility also represents a significant security vulnerability for Russia, with the potential for both the US and Ukraine to exploit it strategically on the left bank of the Dnepr.
♦️US-Ukraine foothold: There are concerns that the US might use the plant as more than just an energy source, turning it into a military foothold for troop accumulation.
♦️It’s Russia’s: The plant is in the Zaporozhye region, which became part of Russia in 2022 after a referendum. From both a legal and strategic standpoint, any neutrality status is "unacceptable."
♦️No room for debate: Russia has made it clear in discussions that the plant’s territorial status or any transfer to Ukraine is off the table.
♦️Trump’s tactics?: The idea of US control over the plant is highly unlikely, given Russia’s current control. These moves appear to be tactical maneuvers, not serious proposals.
♦️The US and EU dilemma: With the US looking to disengage, Ukraine, backed by the EU, continues its push for NATO membership despite US opposition. In the end, both the EU and Ukraine are heading for a defeat, according to analysts.
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