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As the Ukrainian “counter-offensive” loses about 700 casualties a day, President Volodymyr Selenski wants to round up draft dodgers in Western countries for his “Meat Grinder”, German Bild newspaper reports. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko rejected calls for a negotiated settlement.163,287 military-age males have fled to German since the beginning of the Russian invasion Feb 24, 2022, according to the German Interior Ministry. The Ukrainian Army, which is currently thought to be about 250,000 strong, has lost approx. 400,000 men, over 61,000 since the beginning of the Ukrainian “counter-offensive” June 4, 2023 alone, according to the Russian Defence Ministry.Last...

More of the same this week: Ukraine has intensified its drone campaign to carry out some headline-grabbing strike or terror stunt to manage media perceptions and keep Ukraine looking viable relevant.A new strike on Russia’s Kresti airfield near Pskov last night was the latest in these efforts, not to mention continual attacks on Bryansk, Donetsk, attempted landings on Crimea, and many other such stunts which have no military value whatsoever.But let’s talk about the Pskov strike briefly, as it has generated a lot of the usual gnashing of teeth and ‘patriot’ outrage. The airfield houses Russia’s Il-76 transport planes. The...

Following Ron DeSantis’ use of phony Democrat talking points to attack President Trump over January 6th, Laura Loomer reshared a video of Geri Perna saying that DeSantis has abandoned J6 defendants from his own state of Florida. Geri’s nephew Matthew Perna tragically committed suicide after Biden’s DOJ harassment of him. Perna was charged with nonviolent J6 trespassing offenses.In the video shared on Twitter by Laura Loomer, Geri Perna described DeSantis’ abandonment of those arrested on January 6th, saying, “Ron DeSantis has nothing to do with any of the people from Florida, and there were more people from Florida than any...

During a series of desperate attempts to obfuscate and defend fellow lawyer Harmeet Dhillon, unfortunately Mike Davis joins the ranks of former Bannon Warroom members Matthew Tyrmand and Steve Cortes. It will be interesting to watch how Mr. Bannon responds to the latest sunlight upon his network of allies.The issue started with Laura Loomer doing an excellent job exposing a scheme within the California GOP to change the delegate apportionments to proportional as a result of the state change in primary dates. California representative to the RNC, and former RNC Chairwoman candidate, Harmeet Dhillon then lied about the construct of...

Most beer drinkers support brands working with transgender spokespeople, according to a new poll taken amid conservative criticism over a partnership between Bud Light and transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. A Morning Consult poll released Thursday found that 53 percent of monthly beer drinkers said they would feel favorable toward a brand working with a transgender spokesperson, while only 28 percent said they would feel unfavorable toward the brand. About 20 percent said they do not know or have no opinion. Flourish logoA Flourish chart Those who drink beer at least once a month leaned more Democratic and younger than those...

John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council at the White House, has stated that depleted uranium rounds are a common type of munition, and that Russia's claims that they are a step toward escalation are groundless. Source: Kirby, during a briefing on 22 March, reported by European Pravda The White House representative said that the United States is not providing Ukraine with depleted uranium munitions. "There have been health studies done on depleted uranium munitions, it is not a radioactive threat, it is not anywhere close to going into the nuclear realm. This is a commonplace...

For years, artificial intelligence has proven it can best humans at analytical tasks, but is less capable at skills like intuition and inference. Scientists from Stanford University investigated if neural networks like GPT-3.5 can master Theory of Mind (ToM) tests designed to analyze cognitive ability to predict the actions of others. Results show that GPT’s ToM ability arrived spontaneously in the last couple of years and the latest iteration delivered results comparable to a 9-year-old human.

Word first broke on the Twitter last night about a board coup inside the Project Veritas organization led by Matt Tyrmand, a rabid advocate for Ron DeSantis and part of the 2024 influence operation. did not respond to follow-up calls and text messages. (source) Considering the recent explosive undercover work against Pfizer, it is not out of the question, heck, it might be likely – that the Big Republican Club is at work against O’Keefe. Remember, big corporate donors like the Koch Donor Trust are attached to Project Veritas and simultaneously attached to Ron DeSantis. This could be where DeSantis...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis likes to posture as if his state is on the cutting edge within the Republican Party of setting policy to implement conservatism and beat back liberalism.However, on the issue of election integrity, DeSantis’ record is questionable, particularly considering his administration’s embrace of the far-left Soros-funded Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). The American Policy Center (APC) has revealed that the DeSantis’ administration is laughing off concerns from election integrity activists about the ERIC system, which has been shown to inflate and misrepresent voter rolls in order to bolster Democrat political machines. According to the APC report, Florida...

WASHINGTON – A top military commander said Monday the US had not detected previous incursions by Chinese spy balloons as they took place during the Trump administration – raising troubling questions about the security of US airspace. “Every day as NORAD commander, it’s my responsibility to detect threats to North America,” Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck of the North American Aerospace Defense Command told reporters. “I will tell you that we did not detect those [previous] threats. And that’s a domain awareness gap that we have to figure out.” VanHerck spoke after a massive Chinese surveillance craft was allowed...

Moscow isolated at United Nations assembly, with no major country siding with it China and India have called for a negotiated end to the Ukraine war, stopping short of robust support for traditional ally Russia. After a week of pressure at the United Nations general assembly, Russia’s foreign minister took the general assembly rostrum to deliver a fiery rebuke to western nations for what he termed a “grotesque” campaign against Russians. But no major nation has rallied behind Russia, including China, which just days before the February invasion of Ukraine had vowed an “unbreakable” bond with President Vladimir Putin. China’s...

A hail of shrapnel from kamikaze drones ripped through the tent where off-duty Ukrainian border guards were sleeping near a crossing with Belarus, three hours north of Ukraine’s capital. Viktor Derevyanko woke to scalding pain, his body burning. Blood spilled from his hand as he tried to wipe his face. A piece of metal had traveled through his arm and stomach and into the muscle around his heart. “I couldn’t get my bearings,” said Derevyanko, the deputy head of the unit. “Only on the third explosion did I manage to fall out of bed and try to find at least...

Ilya Ponomarev, a former member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (the Russian parliament), said that the so-called National Republican Army (NRA) has claimed responsibility for the murder of Darya Dugina, the daughter of "Putin’s ideologue" Aleksandr Dugin. Source: Ponomarev on air on Utro Fevralya (February Morning), his opposition TV channel, and in a commentary for Ukrainska Pravda Details: Ponomarev said that Darya Dugina had called for the murder of Ukrainians and was one of the voices inciting violence and calling for murders in the occupied territories [of Ukraine]. Among other things, she had offered a justification for...

At the start of the year, Russia dispatched more than 2,000 troops to its longtime ally Kazakhstan to help put down violent antigovernment unrest. Six weeks later, when Russian troops stormed into Ukraine, Kazakhstan had an opportunity to repay the favor by supporting the invasion. It didn’t.

On July 26, the Russian occupiers shelled their own positions with friendly fire, and then destroyed their own Ka-52 helicopter. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Censor.NET reports. "Gesture of goodwill" from the occupiers. Yesterday, three Russian Ka-52s in the Kherson region intended to attack our units, but... struck their own. Returning, the occupiers' helicopters came under the "friendly" fire of the frightened air defense calculations of the Russian troops. Russian air defense has never been distinguished by accuracy, so the invaders shot down only one of their Ka-52 strike out of three....

Russian-Latvian outlet Meduza said Kremlin sources shared details of discontent 'There are almost no (Russian elites) who are satisfied with Putin', sources said The discontent with the president is shared by pro-war and pro-peace elites alike Businessmen and government officials are said to be devastated by sanctions While members of the intelligence community believe Putin has botched the war It comes as Ukraine's spy chief claimed Putin had escaped an assassination attempt and is isolating himself further due to concerns of a coup Top-ranking Russian officials are said to be plotting a government without Vladimir Putin after Kremlin sources claimed...