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VP FAMILY AMBUSHED, AID CUT OFF AFTER ZELENSKY-TRUMP DONNYBROOK – The oval office kerfuffle that led to Ukrainian PM Volodymyr Zelensky being kicked out of the White House continues to have multiple major consequences. One of those consequences was a ski trip ambush of the Vice President’s family by radical Ukraine supporters. This led to the family having to be moved to an undisclosed location.
Another potential fallout is news of potential collusion before the meeting between Zelensky and Democrat leaders that may have led to the conflict in the first place. All aid to Ukraine has been suspended, which includes any aid in the pipeline due to be delivered.
Since the meeting, Zelensky has been walking back some of his comments, claiming he is “read to work under Trump’s strong leadership.” The failure by the Europeans to deliver U.S. level guarantees under the Biden administration has led Zelensky to reconsider whether he should, in fact sign the rare earth mineral rights deal.
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AFTER FAILED UNVEILING, BONDI PREPARES SECOND EPSTEIN FILE RELEASE – After Attorney General Pam Bondi’s first round of Epstein file releases turned out to be years-old publicly available files, attention turned to the NY FBI office, where the head was forced to resign. Allegedly, he was preventing the files from being released. Bondi now claims she has a truckload of files to go through and release.
TARIFF WARS ESCALATE AS U.S. BATTLES CHINA, CANADA, MEXICO – President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on Canada and Mexico have hit after the administration determines they did nothing of significance to ward off the tariffs. Canada has responded with its own 25% tariff, which has triggered another counter-tariff from Trump.
China has announced its own counter-tariffs, which includes 15% tariffs on U.S. farm products like chicken and pork. The CEO of Target is warning Americans the tariff escalation will cause prices to rise “within days.”
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TRUMP’S GAZA PLAN HAS AN ARAB COMPETITOR – Arab leaders have been meeting in Cairo behind closed doors in an effort to develop a Gaza plan that won’t involve the U.S. taking the commanding lead in the project. So far, it appears President Trump’s dramatic “Riviera of the Middle East” declaration is working as it might have been intended, spurring decades-delayed action.
U.S. CONTRACTOR LOOKS TO SQUEEZE CHINA OUT OF PANAMA – Black Rock Inc looks to take over operating duties of Panama Canal ports after a Hong-Kong-owned company is being forced to sell its interests in the venture.
DEMS KILL BILL BANNING TRANS-IDENTIFYING MALES FROM PLAYING FEMALE SPORTS – A bill that would have prevented trans-identifying males from playing female sports failed to reach a 60-vote minimum after all 45 Democrats voted No on the measure.
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TRANS SURGERIES MAY BE HARMING MORE THAN HELPING? – A new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine claims “gender-affirming surgery” produces more incidents of depression and suicide among transgender-identifying people than among those that did not get that surgery.
LA TIMES TO USE AI TO OFFER COUNTERPOINTS – The LA Times announced plans to use AI to generate counterpoints to any opinion or editorial pieces the publisher shares. The owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, said all “Voices” articles, articles that contain any opinions in them, even straight news, will get the AI counterpoint treatment.
IS THE EU READY TO DANCE WITHOUT AMERICA? – The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has called on Europe to find a new representative for the “Leader of the Free World” because Trump’s America isn’t it. Her response came after the President threw Ukrainian PM Volodymyr Zelensky out of the oval office and cut off all aid to his country.
SOCIAL MEDIA FACE RISK ASSESSMENT DEADLINE IN UK – UK regulators have informed social media companies they have until the end of March to produce a report detailing how they hope to deal with “online risks” as defined by the Labour-controlled government.
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FBI’S EPSTEIN FILE PROTECTOR FORCED TO RESIGN – The head of the NY FBI Office has resigned after seeing thousands of Jeffrey Epstein files allegedly reach Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office. He declared, “Late Friday, I was informed that I needed to put my retirement papers in today, which I just did. I was not given a reason for this decision.”
CANADA’S LEADING LIBERAL PARTY VOICE CALLS FOR NUKES AGAINST AMERICA – Chrystia Freeland, Liberal Party Leader candidate – “The U.S. is turning predator and so what Canada needs to do is work closely with our democratic allies, our military allies. I would start with our Nordic Partners specifically Denmark, which is also being threatened and our European NATO allies. I would be sure that France and Britain were there, who possess nuclear weapons.”
ZELENSKY LOSES PR WAR TO TRUMP – Two recent polls show Donald Trump won the American audience in his battle with Ukrainian PM Volodymyr Zelensky in the oval office, which ended with Zelensky being kicked out.
LOOKS TO DEVELOP INHOUSE CHIP INDUSTRY ON TAIWAN’S DIME – Taiwan’s top chip maker, TSMC, looks to invest $100 billion in the U.S. over the next four years in what promises to be, for the U.S., technological development, and, for Taiwan, an invested partner capable of defending them from Mainland China.
IS TRUMP MOVING TO SAVE TINA PETERS? – The Department of Justice is looking into the sentencing and prosecution of Tina Peters, who, as a Colorado County Clerk, claimed she exposed a major hack vulnerability in the election system. She was sentenced to 9 years.
EU GAVE MORE MONEY TO RUSSIA THAN UKRAINE DURING WAR – The EU, apparently has given Russia more money for its energy than it gave to Ukraine to support them during the war.