π§΅: For those within the Empire's inner core, the full, seismic implications of Trump's "aid" suspension may not be fully obvious. But here in the Balkans, where USAID/NED has penetrated every sphere of public, political and even daily life, the impact is absolutely monumental.
In Bosnia, all basic functions of the state were post-war forcibly outsourced to USAID, NED, Soros, etc. On top of enfeebling the local population, it created enormous opportunities for grift and corruption, which anyone who could took full advantage of.
Not every country in the region is quite so dependent, although there are entire sectors of local economies where the only employment opportunities are with USAID/NED/etc-funded orgs. And this isn't restricted to the Balkans - similar story elsewhere in the former Soviet sphere.
As mighty @sopjap and @rochowanski have recorded, in Georgia foreign civil society penetration produces significant chilling effect on the local population. People know if they say the 'wrong' things, there can be personal and professional consequences.
@sopjap @rochowanski This is, of course, all by design. Citizens forced to rely on foreign-funded and controlled entities for almost everything in the process do, learn to do, and can do almost nothing themselves. Itβs imposed dependency of historic colonial systems, updated for the 21st century.
Details of US aid cuts in Balkans quite unbelievable if you comprehend how penetrated region is by USAID etc. Potentially millions of people out of work with no guarantee if the pause is genuinely "temporary" or not. And Trump admin doesn't give a fuck.
π§΅: Fars reporting US bases are now in Iran's firing line. Vulnerability of America's military installations in West Asia was, I suspescted, a major deterrent to Israel striking Iran. Well, it wasn't, and now they may have fucked up big time.
In September 2024, the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, a powerful and shadowy Zionist lobby organisation, published an illuminating report on how most US bases in West Asia were within easy, rapid firing distance of Iranian missiles, and basically defenceless.
JINSA estimated it would take "five minutes or less for missiles launched from Iran" to hit America's West Asian bases. Any jets parked there are toast. And Iran's ability to "overwhelm" missile defence systems was "very real". We may be about to see this happen. Popcorn ready!
π§΅: So @SabriSun_Miller, a Zionist operative at The Daily Mail, is emailing bands due to perform at Glastonbury, inviting them to denounce @kneecapceol's Palestine solidarity, or boycott the festival outright due to the group performing. Let's dig into her sordid history...
.@SabriSun_Miller was a core component of a Zionist lobby effort to get @Tracking_Power fired from Bristol University on bogus allegations of antisemitism. They succeeded, despite multiple internal reviews clearing him of any wrongdoing whatsoever.
@SabriSun_Miller @Tracking_Power On top of publishing numerous libelous, false articles in the mainstream and student media about how Jewish students at Bristol felt unsafe due to @Tracking_Power teaching classes on Zionist propaganda, Sabrina also wrote an article advocating for legalising bestiality.
π§΅: There was no Russian invasion in 2014 and Ukraine's "NATO path" was agreed under Yushchenko (installed via NED coup in 2004), but a common Ultra talking point is there was no risk of Kiev joining because the public didn't support it. Let's dig into why this is irrelevant:
Montenegro joined NATO in 2017 despite overwhelming public and political opposition, following a CIA/MI6 false flag coup. In 2020, under a third of voters backed membership. Yet the Montenegrin government won't dare even discuss withdrawing.
Macedonia was forced into NATO in 2019 in the most corrupt manner imaginable, following an MI6/Soros/USAID coup, which required changing the country's name to "North Macedonia", opposed by over 80% of the population.
π§΅: FT has broken cover and reported police are investigating *possible* Russian involvement in arson attacks targeting Keir Starmer. However, the article is full of weird caveats and acknowledgements indicating there is zero evidence for this and the case is deeply mysterious...
Police say the Ukrainian trio "conspired" with "others unknown". It's not clarified how they've concluded this. Meanwhile, a prosecutor has said the "alleged" (!) conspiracy is currently "unexplained".
None of the suspects exhibited "any ideological affinity with Russia", with one even posting "celebratory images of Ukrainian soldiers". Where? Might they have posted anything else relevant to determining why they did this and who they were "conspiring" with? It's not clear...
π§΅: Having reflected a lot on Kosovo lately due to the anniversary of NATO's criminal bombing, I'm struck by what an anachronism the wannabe country is today. It is the most pro-US place on Earth and constantly building yet more statues of its imperial masters. In 2025.
Many European citizens, and their leaders, despite knowing they're ultimately beholden to and captured by the US, are increasingly sceptical about US global leadership and *thinking* about pulling away, even if they're so entangled it's basically impossible. But not Kosovo.
Visit Pristina today. You'll see US and British flags everywhere, countless streets and squares namessafter officials involved in the bombing, statues of Blair and Clinton, signs thanking NATO...there's a *bit* of this elsewhere in C/E Europe but nothing remotely near this scale.
π§΅: It says...a lot of things that at the end of April, an Israeli official boastfully admitted the Biden administration *never* once discussed a ceasefire with Tel Aviv at any point during the Gaza genocide, and this seismic revelation has already been forgotten.
The Biden administration eagerly aided and abetted a 21st century Holocaust, while lying they were working for peace, and left-leaning Americans and Democrats disgusted by Gaza were *explicitly* told to vote for Harris on the basis she was working "tirelessly" for a ceasefire.
Also forgotten is how Kamala Harris (remember her?) entire campaign was a massive financial fraud, and also somehow racist. Untold sums of money raised often to just raise more money, some spent on pointless stunts, while volunteers weren't given water.