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""Keir Starmer is gagging to bring in Blair's civil contingencies act 2004"."
Video : Former MP Andrew Bridgen on the Total Corruption of Westminster
* Secret courts
Video : Former MP Andrew Bridgen on the Total Corruption of Westminster
* Secret courts
Andrew Bridgen: ' child trafficking between the Ukraine and the UK for the elite paedophile rings.. since the exposé .. they've moved the control of that operation out of the UK, it's now being conducted out of Belgium '
"In 2011, while ostensibly representing the good people of Stratford-on-Avon in Westminster, Zahawi visited Kurdistan at least four times, attending meetings with Barzani, Barham Salih, who later became president of Iraq, and other senior figures... 
On one visit he led 70 business people to Arbil in what was said to be “part of a wider government effort to spur trade with Britain”. A few weeks later he was back in a personal capacity, attending a Kurdish-Iraqi oil and gas conference seeking to attract foreign investors."
According to The Times, he used his relationships to foster closer relations between Britain and Kurdistan, leading trade delegations and meeting Kurdish officials in London.
His connections made him attractive to oil companies, ..
His connections made him attractive to oil companies, ..
""Provocation" is a niche but important concept that has emerged in advanced prediction market analysis, particularly on platforms like Polymarket, Manifold, Kalshi, and PredictIt. "..
It refers to the deliberate creation or promotion of controversial, emotionally charged, or morally provocative markets primarily to:
- Drive volume and liquidity
- Generate media attention and virality
- Exploit psychological biases
- Drive volume and liquidity
- Generate media attention and virality
- Exploit psychological biases
Classic Examples of Provocative Markets
“Will Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce break up by X date?”
“Will Trump pardon Ross Ulbricht in his first 100 days?”
Assassination markets (e.g., “Will [world leader] be assassinated in 2024?”)
“Will Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce break up by X date?”
“Will Trump pardon Ross Ulbricht in his first 100 days?”
Assassination markets (e.g., “Will [world leader] be assassinated in 2024?”)
If Google wants you to pay for Gmail storage, do this first.
I went from 14.9/15GB to 6GB in one afternoon.
I hope this helps you as it has helped me:
I went from 14.9/15GB to 6GB in one afternoon.
I hope this helps you as it has helped me:
1. Find the real storage hogs inside Gmail
Go to your Gmail storage breakdown first:
- Visit drive.google.com/settings/stora…
- Check what's using space across Gmail, Drive, and Photos
- Click on "Gmail" to see your biggest culprits
Then in Gmail search bar, type:
- `has:attachment larger:10M` (finds emails over 10MB)
- Sort by size, select multiple, and delete what you don't need
- Try `larger:5M` or `larger:3M` for a more aggressive cleanup
Just clearing big attachments can free gigabytes instantly.
(FOLLOW ME FOR MORE LIKE THIS)
Go to your Gmail storage breakdown first:
- Visit drive.google.com/settings/stora…
- Check what's using space across Gmail, Drive, and Photos
- Click on "Gmail" to see your biggest culprits
Then in Gmail search bar, type:
- `has:attachment larger:10M` (finds emails over 10MB)
- Sort by size, select multiple, and delete what you don't need
- Try `larger:5M` or `larger:3M` for a more aggressive cleanup
Just clearing big attachments can free gigabytes instantly.
(FOLLOW ME FOR MORE LIKE THIS)
2. Nuke entire categories in bulk
Gmail sorts emails automatically use this to delete fast:
- Search: `category:promotions` (all promo emails)
- Search: `category:social` (Facebook, LinkedIn notifications)
- Search: `category:updates` (receipts, confirmations)
- Click the checkbox → "Select all conversations that match this search"
- Delete in one shot
These categories pile up over years most are safe to delete.
Gmail sorts emails automatically use this to delete fast:
- Search: `category:promotions` (all promo emails)
- Search: `category:social` (Facebook, LinkedIn notifications)
- Search: `category:updates` (receipts, confirmations)
- Click the checkbox → "Select all conversations that match this search"
- Delete in one shot
These categories pile up over years most are safe to delete.
If your iPhone battery is draining faster than ever, you don’t need a new phone first. You need new settings.
Here’s how to FIX bad battery life in 7 steps:
Here’s how to FIX bad battery life in 7 steps:
1. See what’s actually killing your battery:
- Go to Settings → Battery → Battery Health & Charging → Battery Usage.
Check:
- Which apps use the most battery in the last 24 hours / 10 days.
- “Background Activity” under app names.
If Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or Maps show high “Background Activity,” they’re draining your battery even when you’re not using them. Turn off background refresh for these apps (next step).
- Go to Settings → Battery → Battery Health & Charging → Battery Usage.
Check:
- Which apps use the most battery in the last 24 hours / 10 days.
- “Background Activity” under app names.
If Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or Maps show high “Background Activity,” they’re draining your battery even when you’re not using them. Turn off background refresh for these apps (next step).
2. Kill useless background app refresh:
- Go to Settings → General → Background App Refresh → Background App Refresh → Off
(or choose Wi‑Fi instead of Wi‑Fi & Mobile Data)
- Then turn OFF refresh for:
- Social apps (IG, TikTok, FB, X)
- Shopping apps
- Random apps you rarely open
They don’t need to run 24/7. Your battery will instantly last longer.
- Go to Settings → General → Background App Refresh → Background App Refresh → Off
(or choose Wi‑Fi instead of Wi‑Fi & Mobile Data)
- Then turn OFF refresh for:
- Social apps (IG, TikTok, FB, X)
- Shopping apps
- Random apps you rarely open
They don’t need to run 24/7. Your battery will instantly last longer.
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Ukraine should study Baltic integration policies — what works and what backfires. Because after the war we will need to encourage a shift to Ukrainian without pushing Russian-speaking citizens into alienation.
The Economist uses Latvia as a warning case and calls it a “gift to the Kremlin.” 1/
The Economist uses Latvia as a warning case and calls it a “gift to the Kremlin.” 1/
Latvia shut down Latvian Radio 4 (LR4) on Jan. 1, ending public Russian-language broadcasting after nearly 25 years.
LR4 had a stable audience and an anti-Kremlin, pro-Latvian editorial line. It went silent because it broadcast in Russian. 2/
LR4 had a stable audience and an anti-Kremlin, pro-Latvian editorial line. It went silent because it broadcast in Russian. 2/
The legal basis is Latvia’s 2023 National Security Concept: public media content must be in Latvian or “languages belonging to the European cultural space.” Russian does not qualify.
Russian-language media can exist only with private funding. 3/
Russian-language media can exist only with private funding. 3/
THIS is why Airlines hate GROK⚠️
My flight was $1,260, I paid $118.
No points. No shady third-party apps.
Copy these 7 prompts and see the magic:
My flight was $1,260, I paid $118.
No points. No shady third-party apps.
Copy these 7 prompts and see the magic:
1/ Hidden Fare Window Finder
Prompt:
"I want to fly from [insert origin city/airport] to [insert destination] around [insert date range]. Act like a flight pricing analyst and tell me the cheapest time frame (days & hours) to book this route based on airline pricing patterns and historical trends."
Prompt:
"I want to fly from [insert origin city/airport] to [insert destination] around [insert date range]. Act like a flight pricing analyst and tell me the cheapest time frame (days & hours) to book this route based on airline pricing patterns and historical trends."
2/ Flexible Dates Price Hack
Prompt:
"I want to fly from [insert city] to [insert destination] within [insert month]. Act like a travel hacker. Compare prices for all days in that month and tell me which exact dates are cheapest to depart and return, and why."
Prompt:
"I want to fly from [insert city] to [insert destination] within [insert month]. Act like a travel hacker. Compare prices for all days in that month and tell me which exact dates are cheapest to depart and return, and why."
𝟕𝟎 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
Mandatory Bookmark
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The US Can’t Kick China Out of Latin America Anymore
Why Trump’s New Monroe Doctrine Is Already Too Late
When Trump talks about “taking back” Latin America, about restoring the Monroe Doctrine, around dragging Venezuela, Panama, Brazil, and the rest of the continent back under Washington’s exclusive jurisdiction, many people still interpret this as strength.
It isn’t.
It is exposure.
Only someone who has run out of cards flips the table.
Only a gambler close to bankruptcy reaches for robbery.
If U.S. sanctions still worked, if dollar hegemony were still intact, if political pressure, financial warfare, and diplomatic isolation still delivered results, Washington would not need to personally step into the mud — threatening kidnappings, floating regime-change fantasies, or openly talking about seizing resources as collateral.
This is not muscle-flexing.
This is imperial afterglow.
And the key misunderstanding in Washington is this: the outcome of this struggle does not hinge on whether Maduro survives, or whether a government falls. It hinges on something much more banal, much more material.
When the U.S. looks down at what it still calls its “backyard,” it no longer sees American soil.
It sees Chinese soybeans growing in the fields.
Chinese cranes loading containers in the ports.
Chinese power grids, telecom systems, roads, and railways quietly humming underneath daily life.
This is more powerful than ideology.
That is infrastructure, the backbone of economy.
And infrastructure does not disappear on command. Removing China from Latin America is removing the infrastructure and collapsing the fragile economies.
The Real Endgame: Resources, Collateral, and a Dollar Under Pressure
Trump’s Venezuela obsession is not about democracy, human rights, or even oil in the traditional sense. It is about collateral.
The United States is cornered by its own balance sheet.
In the coming year alone, Washington needs to roll over and issue roughly five trillion dollars in new Treasury debt just to service maturing obligations. But fewer and fewer countries are willing to absorb U.S. debt at scale. Commodity trade is slowly de-dollarizing. If the U.S. is forced to monetize its own debt by printing money to buy Treasuries, inflation becomes uncontrollable.
That path cannot be allowed.
So the theory emerging in Washington is simple: secure massive pools of real assets — oil, gas, rare earths, minerals — re-peg them to the dollar, and restore confidence through material backing.
Venezuela.
Greenland.
Latin America.
On paper, Venezuelan oil reserves are worth tens of trillions. In reality, Venezuelan oil can't be monetized so easily.
Venezuela’s Oil Trap: Why China Cannot Be Replaced
Venezuelan crude is among the most difficult on Earth to monetize. It is extra-heavy, buried deep, and requires extremely sophisticated extraction, upgrading, and transport infrastructure.
Only two countries on Earth have the technical and industrial depth to build and operate such systems at scale: China and the United States.
China already did it.
China buys roughly 70% of Venezuela’s oil. China financed, built, and operates much of the infrastructure that makes that oil usable and exportable.
If China is pushed out, who replaces it?
American oil majors — Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips (COP) — have no incentive to sink one hundred billion dollars over five years into facilities that could be expropriated the moment political winds shift again. The risk profile is suicidal.
And even if U.S. companies did step in, who would they sell to?
China is the only buyer large enough, patient enough, and technically compatible with this type of crude. If China is expropriated and sanctioned out of Venezuela, retaliation is inevitable. Supply chains will be disrupted. Markets will close. Sanctions will travel both ways.
Washington’s Venezuela fantasy collapses under its own economic logic.
Why Trump’s New Monroe Doctrine Is Already Too Late
When Trump talks about “taking back” Latin America, about restoring the Monroe Doctrine, around dragging Venezuela, Panama, Brazil, and the rest of the continent back under Washington’s exclusive jurisdiction, many people still interpret this as strength.
It isn’t.
It is exposure.
Only someone who has run out of cards flips the table.
Only a gambler close to bankruptcy reaches for robbery.
If U.S. sanctions still worked, if dollar hegemony were still intact, if political pressure, financial warfare, and diplomatic isolation still delivered results, Washington would not need to personally step into the mud — threatening kidnappings, floating regime-change fantasies, or openly talking about seizing resources as collateral.
This is not muscle-flexing.
This is imperial afterglow.
And the key misunderstanding in Washington is this: the outcome of this struggle does not hinge on whether Maduro survives, or whether a government falls. It hinges on something much more banal, much more material.
When the U.S. looks down at what it still calls its “backyard,” it no longer sees American soil.
It sees Chinese soybeans growing in the fields.
Chinese cranes loading containers in the ports.
Chinese power grids, telecom systems, roads, and railways quietly humming underneath daily life.
This is more powerful than ideology.
That is infrastructure, the backbone of economy.
And infrastructure does not disappear on command. Removing China from Latin America is removing the infrastructure and collapsing the fragile economies.
The Real Endgame: Resources, Collateral, and a Dollar Under Pressure
Trump’s Venezuela obsession is not about democracy, human rights, or even oil in the traditional sense. It is about collateral.
The United States is cornered by its own balance sheet.
In the coming year alone, Washington needs to roll over and issue roughly five trillion dollars in new Treasury debt just to service maturing obligations. But fewer and fewer countries are willing to absorb U.S. debt at scale. Commodity trade is slowly de-dollarizing. If the U.S. is forced to monetize its own debt by printing money to buy Treasuries, inflation becomes uncontrollable.
That path cannot be allowed.
So the theory emerging in Washington is simple: secure massive pools of real assets — oil, gas, rare earths, minerals — re-peg them to the dollar, and restore confidence through material backing.
Venezuela.
Greenland.
Latin America.
On paper, Venezuelan oil reserves are worth tens of trillions. In reality, Venezuelan oil can't be monetized so easily.
Venezuela’s Oil Trap: Why China Cannot Be Replaced
Venezuelan crude is among the most difficult on Earth to monetize. It is extra-heavy, buried deep, and requires extremely sophisticated extraction, upgrading, and transport infrastructure.
Only two countries on Earth have the technical and industrial depth to build and operate such systems at scale: China and the United States.
China already did it.
China buys roughly 70% of Venezuela’s oil. China financed, built, and operates much of the infrastructure that makes that oil usable and exportable.
If China is pushed out, who replaces it?
American oil majors — Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips (COP) — have no incentive to sink one hundred billion dollars over five years into facilities that could be expropriated the moment political winds shift again. The risk profile is suicidal.
And even if U.S. companies did step in, who would they sell to?
China is the only buyer large enough, patient enough, and technically compatible with this type of crude. If China is expropriated and sanctioned out of Venezuela, retaliation is inevitable. Supply chains will be disrupted. Markets will close. Sanctions will travel both ways.
Washington’s Venezuela fantasy collapses under its own economic logic.
II/
Ports, Infrastructure, and the Chancay Pivot
Zoom out, and the problem becomes systemic.
China has not merely traded with Latin America.
It has rewired it.
Ports, roads, railways, power grids, telecom networks — many of these systems are smart, automated, and remotely managed.
The Chancay Port in Peru is the clearest illustration of this shift. Once operational, it shortened South America–Asia shipping routes by weeks and bypassed U.S.-controlled chokepoints. Copper, lithium, agricultural products, and minerals can now flow east faster, cheaper, and with far greater autonomy.
These are not docks that can simply be seized and reassigned.
They are deeply integrated Chinese-built ecosystems. Remove China, and the system does not change owners — it stops functioning.
This is the core problem Washington refuses to confront.
It is not trying to block trade.
It is trying to uninstall an operating system.
Doing so would paralyze Latin American economies. Ports would fall silent, power grids would falter, telecommunications would degrade, and without functioning infrastructure, Latin American resources would cease to be monetizable.
Twenty Years Too Late
Twenty years ago, China’s presence in Latin America was close to zero.
Walk into a supermarket in Santiago or São Paulo in the early 2000s and you saw American brands stacked wall to wall. Back then, if Washington sneezed, Latin America caught a cold.
Today, the data tells a different story.
China is now the largest trading partner of Brazil, Chile, Peru, and several other countries. Bilateral trade has surged into the hundreds of billions.
This shift did not happen overnight.
It happened container by container.
Railway by railway.
Port by port.
Chile’s cherries, Brazil’s soybeans, Ecuador’s shrimp are staples on Chinese dinner tables.
This is demand gravity.
Lithium, Energy, and Strategic Chokepoints
If agriculture is flesh, energy and minerals are bone and blood.
The Lithium Triangle — Chile, Bolivia, Argentina — controls more than half of the world’s known lithium reserves. But reserves alone are meaningless.
What matters is refining.
China dominates lithium processing.
The United States talks about electric vehicles, green transitions, and technological leadership, yet the refining capacity and supply chains that make these ambitions possible remain firmly in Chinese hands.
This is the structural asymmetry Washington cannot escape.
If China ever tightens refining exports, Western EV and battery supply chains face immediate disruption. This is not just a trade dispute. It is leverage over future industrial standards.
A Buyer’s World
We now live in a buyer’s market.
Whoever controls the largest consumer base controls pricing power.
Latin American farmers, miners, and exporters understand this perfectly. Anger Washington, and life may become uncomfortable. Anger China, and the market itself disappears.
That is survival.
China’s presence in Latin America looks like commerce. In reality, it functions as armor. When interests are bound tightly enough, any attempt to tear them apart becomes self-destructive.
The Monroe Doctrine was written for a world of gunboats.
This is a world of supply chains.
And in that world, China is already embedded — too deeply to remove without tearing the system apart.
Ports, Infrastructure, and the Chancay Pivot
Zoom out, and the problem becomes systemic.
China has not merely traded with Latin America.
It has rewired it.
Ports, roads, railways, power grids, telecom networks — many of these systems are smart, automated, and remotely managed.
The Chancay Port in Peru is the clearest illustration of this shift. Once operational, it shortened South America–Asia shipping routes by weeks and bypassed U.S.-controlled chokepoints. Copper, lithium, agricultural products, and minerals can now flow east faster, cheaper, and with far greater autonomy.
These are not docks that can simply be seized and reassigned.
They are deeply integrated Chinese-built ecosystems. Remove China, and the system does not change owners — it stops functioning.
This is the core problem Washington refuses to confront.
It is not trying to block trade.
It is trying to uninstall an operating system.
Doing so would paralyze Latin American economies. Ports would fall silent, power grids would falter, telecommunications would degrade, and without functioning infrastructure, Latin American resources would cease to be monetizable.
Twenty Years Too Late
Twenty years ago, China’s presence in Latin America was close to zero.
Walk into a supermarket in Santiago or São Paulo in the early 2000s and you saw American brands stacked wall to wall. Back then, if Washington sneezed, Latin America caught a cold.
Today, the data tells a different story.
China is now the largest trading partner of Brazil, Chile, Peru, and several other countries. Bilateral trade has surged into the hundreds of billions.
This shift did not happen overnight.
It happened container by container.
Railway by railway.
Port by port.
Chile’s cherries, Brazil’s soybeans, Ecuador’s shrimp are staples on Chinese dinner tables.
This is demand gravity.
Lithium, Energy, and Strategic Chokepoints
If agriculture is flesh, energy and minerals are bone and blood.
The Lithium Triangle — Chile, Bolivia, Argentina — controls more than half of the world’s known lithium reserves. But reserves alone are meaningless.
What matters is refining.
China dominates lithium processing.
The United States talks about electric vehicles, green transitions, and technological leadership, yet the refining capacity and supply chains that make these ambitions possible remain firmly in Chinese hands.
This is the structural asymmetry Washington cannot escape.
If China ever tightens refining exports, Western EV and battery supply chains face immediate disruption. This is not just a trade dispute. It is leverage over future industrial standards.
A Buyer’s World
We now live in a buyer’s market.
Whoever controls the largest consumer base controls pricing power.
Latin American farmers, miners, and exporters understand this perfectly. Anger Washington, and life may become uncomfortable. Anger China, and the market itself disappears.
That is survival.
China’s presence in Latin America looks like commerce. In reality, it functions as armor. When interests are bound tightly enough, any attempt to tear them apart becomes self-destructive.
The Monroe Doctrine was written for a world of gunboats.
This is a world of supply chains.
And in that world, China is already embedded — too deeply to remove without tearing the system apart.
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WORDS MATTER!
This is a two part thread.
1/2:
You want to know why there is so much divisiveness across our nation today?
One word:
Democrats!
( As per the WH)
“As ICE valiantly defends our sovereignty and communities, here are 57 times Democrats have recklessly, deliberately stoked hatred and division against them:
1. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz smeared ICE officers as a “threat” to the public, called ICE “reckless,” suggested the state is at “war” with federal officers and “under attack” by ICE, and smeared ICE as the “modern-day Gestapo.”
2. California Gov. Gavin Newsom likened ICE to “secret police,” calling them “authoritarian” and calling for people to “push back.”
3. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker claimed ICE is turning the country into “Nazi Germany.”
4. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul accused ICE of “terrorizing people.”
5. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro claimed ICE officers “make our neighborhoods less safe.”
6. Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said ICE officers cause “chaos and terror.”
7. Sen. Chuck Schumer declared that ICE “does not belong in our neighborhoods.”
8. Sen. Tina Smith called ICE “a clear and present threat.”
9. Sen. John Hickenlooper smeared ICE as “a reign of terror.”
10. Sen. Jeff Merkley likened ICE operations to “fascism” and claimed officers are “doing nothing” but “terrorizing our communities.”
11. Sen. Bernie Sanders asked people to “stop ICE from what they are doing as soon as possible.”
12. Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed ICE is “intentionally stok[ing] fear” and “tear[ing] communities apart.”
13. Sen. Ruben Gallego said ICE exists to “scare the American public.”
14. Sen. Mark Warner equated ICE officers to a brutal dictator.
15. Sen. Dick Blumenthal accused ICE of spreading “lawlessness and recklessness.”
16. Sen. Alex Padilla accused ICE of “indiscriminate violence.”
17. Sen. Dick Durbin accused ICE officers of committing “atrocities.”
18. Rep. Ilhan Omar said ICE is “state violence,” called officers “vile and beyond cruel,” and stated “[a]bolishing ICE is not enough.”
19. Rep. Pramila Jayapal called ICE officers “deranged,” accused them of “kidnapping,” said “resistance” to ICE is “inspiring,” and claimed ICE officers will “shoot at you and kill you.”
20. Rep. Eric Swalwell smeared ICE officers “masked thugs,” called them “terrorizing bandits,” said it was his “priority” to ensure officers “are no longer faceless,” compared them to the KGB, and demanded they “stay the fuck out of California.”
21. Rep. Jasmine Crockett compared ICE to “slave patrols” and called them “thugs.”
22. Rep. Delia Ramirez said ICE is the “single biggest threat to public safety right now” and attacked ICE as “a terror force.”
23. Rep. Summer Lee said ICE is “out of control” and a “police state.”
24. Rep. Ayanna Pressley called ICE “a rogue, violent agency that “has no business in our communities” and “must be abolished,” and accused ICE of “terrorizing our communities.”
25. Rep. Mark Pocan demanded ICE “get the f*ck out of our cities.”
26. Rep. April McClain Delaney called ICE “lawless.”
27. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called ICE an “anti-civilian force” and said ICE “should not exist.”
28. Rep. Rashida Tlaib said ICE is “terrorizing our communities” and “turning our country into a fascist police state,” called it a “rogue agency,” and called for it to be abolished.
This is a two part thread.
1/2:
You want to know why there is so much divisiveness across our nation today?
One word:
Democrats!
( As per the WH)
“As ICE valiantly defends our sovereignty and communities, here are 57 times Democrats have recklessly, deliberately stoked hatred and division against them:
1. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz smeared ICE officers as a “threat” to the public, called ICE “reckless,” suggested the state is at “war” with federal officers and “under attack” by ICE, and smeared ICE as the “modern-day Gestapo.”
2. California Gov. Gavin Newsom likened ICE to “secret police,” calling them “authoritarian” and calling for people to “push back.”
3. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker claimed ICE is turning the country into “Nazi Germany.”
4. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul accused ICE of “terrorizing people.”
5. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro claimed ICE officers “make our neighborhoods less safe.”
6. Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said ICE officers cause “chaos and terror.”
7. Sen. Chuck Schumer declared that ICE “does not belong in our neighborhoods.”
8. Sen. Tina Smith called ICE “a clear and present threat.”
9. Sen. John Hickenlooper smeared ICE as “a reign of terror.”
10. Sen. Jeff Merkley likened ICE operations to “fascism” and claimed officers are “doing nothing” but “terrorizing our communities.”
11. Sen. Bernie Sanders asked people to “stop ICE from what they are doing as soon as possible.”
12. Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed ICE is “intentionally stok[ing] fear” and “tear[ing] communities apart.”
13. Sen. Ruben Gallego said ICE exists to “scare the American public.”
14. Sen. Mark Warner equated ICE officers to a brutal dictator.
15. Sen. Dick Blumenthal accused ICE of spreading “lawlessness and recklessness.”
16. Sen. Alex Padilla accused ICE of “indiscriminate violence.”
17. Sen. Dick Durbin accused ICE officers of committing “atrocities.”
18. Rep. Ilhan Omar said ICE is “state violence,” called officers “vile and beyond cruel,” and stated “[a]bolishing ICE is not enough.”
19. Rep. Pramila Jayapal called ICE officers “deranged,” accused them of “kidnapping,” said “resistance” to ICE is “inspiring,” and claimed ICE officers will “shoot at you and kill you.”
20. Rep. Eric Swalwell smeared ICE officers “masked thugs,” called them “terrorizing bandits,” said it was his “priority” to ensure officers “are no longer faceless,” compared them to the KGB, and demanded they “stay the fuck out of California.”
21. Rep. Jasmine Crockett compared ICE to “slave patrols” and called them “thugs.”
22. Rep. Delia Ramirez said ICE is the “single biggest threat to public safety right now” and attacked ICE as “a terror force.”
23. Rep. Summer Lee said ICE is “out of control” and a “police state.”
24. Rep. Ayanna Pressley called ICE “a rogue, violent agency that “has no business in our communities” and “must be abolished,” and accused ICE of “terrorizing our communities.”
25. Rep. Mark Pocan demanded ICE “get the f*ck out of our cities.”
26. Rep. April McClain Delaney called ICE “lawless.”
27. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called ICE an “anti-civilian force” and said ICE “should not exist.”
28. Rep. Rashida Tlaib said ICE is “terrorizing our communities” and “turning our country into a fascist police state,” called it a “rogue agency,” and called for it to be abolished.
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29. Rep. Julie Johnson excused violence against ICE as people “channeling that frustration.”
30. Rep. Laura Friedman said ICE officers are “terrorizing our friends and neighbors” and “bringing chaos and violence to our streets.”
31. Rep. Shri Thanedar called to end legal protections for ICE officers.
32. Rep. Janelle Bynum said ICE is “state-sponsored terrorism.”
33. Rep. Sylvia Garcia referred to ICE officers as “thugs.”
34. Rep. Jan Schakowsky urged people to “fight back” against ICE’s “abuse.”
35. Rep. Robin Kelly smeared ICE as the “Gestapo” and a “betrayal.”
36. Rep. LaMonica McIver incited people to “shut down the city” because “we are at war.”
37. Rep. Max Frost compared ICE operations to “the worst horrors and crimes against humanity.”
38. Rep. John Larson said ICE is “the SS” and “the Gestapo.”
39. Rep. Stephen Lynch smeared ICE officers as “the Gestapo” and “nondescript thugs.”
40. Rep. Dan Goldman compared federal officers to “secret police” who must be unmasked.
41. Rep. Becca Balint called ICE “vigilantes.”
42. Rep. Chuy Garcia said ICE brings “nothing but terror and violence” and warned ICE officers they “will be held accountable” for “terrorizing my community.”
43. Rep. Nikki Budzinski called ICE officers “dangerous and reckless.”
44. Rep. Gil Cisneros claimed ICE has “terrorized” people through “racial profiling.”
45. Rep. Lauren Underwood accused ICE of a “horrifying campaign to spread fear… and violently snatch people from our streets.”
46. Rep. Steve Cohen accused “out-of-control” ICE officers of “misusing their authority.”
47. Rep. Joaquin Castro called ICE “a rogue organization” that “should be disbanded.”
48. Rep. Maxine Waters said ICE was causing “mayhem and death.”
49. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey demanded ICE “get the f@ck out” of the city and accused officers of “terrorizing our communities.”
50. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said ICE enforcement “is an attack on us all.”
51. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson accused ICE of being “secret police” who are “terrorizing our communities” and said ICE was a “lawless, racist force.”
52. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared ICE officers to a neo-Nazi group.
53. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass excused violent anti-ICE protests as just like a “Lakers championship.”
54. New Jersey State Sen. Britnee Timberlake threatened that ICE officers “will find themselves in the same position as those who carried out the illegal acts in Nazi Germany.”
55. Minneapolis City Council Member Robin Wonsley claimed ICE is carrying out “terrorist attacks.”
56. Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn called ICE “dangerous.”
57. Cudahy (California) Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez implored the violent 18th Street and Florencia 13 gangs to “help out and organize” against ICE. “
Words Matter!
The truth is, (and very tragically) Renee Good was gaslighted into these actions by anti-ICE rhetoric from politicians, media influencers, and the people around her.
She was maliciously persuaded to value immigrants over her own children, convinced that her choices represented the ultimate moral high ground—one that tragically superseded the sacred duties of motherhood.
This doesn’t happen naturally. This is the result of malevolent persuasion from the Brainwashing Industrial Complex—an insidious network of ideologues, activists, and echo chambers that preys on vulnerable minds, twisting empathy into self-destructive fanaticism and eroding the foundational bonds of family and society.
We must expose and dismantle this machinery before it claims more victims, reclaiming reason and humanity from the grip of manufactured outrage.
Shame on everyone who lead to this tragic event.
29. Rep. Julie Johnson excused violence against ICE as people “channeling that frustration.”
30. Rep. Laura Friedman said ICE officers are “terrorizing our friends and neighbors” and “bringing chaos and violence to our streets.”
31. Rep. Shri Thanedar called to end legal protections for ICE officers.
32. Rep. Janelle Bynum said ICE is “state-sponsored terrorism.”
33. Rep. Sylvia Garcia referred to ICE officers as “thugs.”
34. Rep. Jan Schakowsky urged people to “fight back” against ICE’s “abuse.”
35. Rep. Robin Kelly smeared ICE as the “Gestapo” and a “betrayal.”
36. Rep. LaMonica McIver incited people to “shut down the city” because “we are at war.”
37. Rep. Max Frost compared ICE operations to “the worst horrors and crimes against humanity.”
38. Rep. John Larson said ICE is “the SS” and “the Gestapo.”
39. Rep. Stephen Lynch smeared ICE officers as “the Gestapo” and “nondescript thugs.”
40. Rep. Dan Goldman compared federal officers to “secret police” who must be unmasked.
41. Rep. Becca Balint called ICE “vigilantes.”
42. Rep. Chuy Garcia said ICE brings “nothing but terror and violence” and warned ICE officers they “will be held accountable” for “terrorizing my community.”
43. Rep. Nikki Budzinski called ICE officers “dangerous and reckless.”
44. Rep. Gil Cisneros claimed ICE has “terrorized” people through “racial profiling.”
45. Rep. Lauren Underwood accused ICE of a “horrifying campaign to spread fear… and violently snatch people from our streets.”
46. Rep. Steve Cohen accused “out-of-control” ICE officers of “misusing their authority.”
47. Rep. Joaquin Castro called ICE “a rogue organization” that “should be disbanded.”
48. Rep. Maxine Waters said ICE was causing “mayhem and death.”
49. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey demanded ICE “get the f@ck out” of the city and accused officers of “terrorizing our communities.”
50. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said ICE enforcement “is an attack on us all.”
51. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson accused ICE of being “secret police” who are “terrorizing our communities” and said ICE was a “lawless, racist force.”
52. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared ICE officers to a neo-Nazi group.
53. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass excused violent anti-ICE protests as just like a “Lakers championship.”
54. New Jersey State Sen. Britnee Timberlake threatened that ICE officers “will find themselves in the same position as those who carried out the illegal acts in Nazi Germany.”
55. Minneapolis City Council Member Robin Wonsley claimed ICE is carrying out “terrorist attacks.”
56. Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn called ICE “dangerous.”
57. Cudahy (California) Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez implored the violent 18th Street and Florencia 13 gangs to “help out and organize” against ICE. “
Words Matter!
The truth is, (and very tragically) Renee Good was gaslighted into these actions by anti-ICE rhetoric from politicians, media influencers, and the people around her.
She was maliciously persuaded to value immigrants over her own children, convinced that her choices represented the ultimate moral high ground—one that tragically superseded the sacred duties of motherhood.
This doesn’t happen naturally. This is the result of malevolent persuasion from the Brainwashing Industrial Complex—an insidious network of ideologues, activists, and echo chambers that preys on vulnerable minds, twisting empathy into self-destructive fanaticism and eroding the foundational bonds of family and society.
We must expose and dismantle this machinery before it claims more victims, reclaiming reason and humanity from the grip of manufactured outrage.
Shame on everyone who lead to this tragic event.
I've identified the paid protester lady nicknamed "Babooshka" 👇
Her name is Deana Sherif
Background: She's a Canadian-based pro-Palestine and anti-Israel activist in her late 40s (born around 1977, so about 48-49 in 2026), but appears older in some photos due to her style and the intensity of events. She's known for attending high-profile protests across North America, bringing her daughter along (using her as a "human shield" in some reports), and getting arrested multiple times for actions like assault, harassment, noise violations, and disorderly conduct. She's affiliated with leftist/antifa-style groups and has been involved in pro-Palestine causes, including counter-protests and disruptions.
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Her name is Deana Sherif
Background: She's a Canadian-based pro-Palestine and anti-Israel activist in her late 40s (born around 1977, so about 48-49 in 2026), but appears older in some photos due to her style and the intensity of events. She's known for attending high-profile protests across North America, bringing her daughter along (using her as a "human shield" in some reports), and getting arrested multiple times for actions like assault, harassment, noise violations, and disorderly conduct. She's affiliated with leftist/antifa-style groups and has been involved in pro-Palestine causes, including counter-protests and disruptions.
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@bennyjohnson Small correction, I got the name wrong. Crazy Babooshka's name is Jawahir Kamal a paid Palestinian protester based in Atlanta 👇
IRAN IN THE AUTUMN OF US IMPERIALISM, a historical & analytical 🧵 to dispel the myths. Research articles included.
Since 1979, Iran has been the greatest nation-state threat to US imperialism's domination of West Asia. The US armed Iraq & launched the Iran-Iraq War to destroy the Revolution and the threat it posed to imperialism. It failed. 2/n
The US maintains one of the strongest sanctions regimes in world history against Iran, blocking it from its own bank accounts around the world, medicine, critical machinery, etc. These sanctions have also failed, even as they harm the masses. 3/n
Russian pro-Kremlin blogger Alexei Chadayev concedes that Ukrainian tactics are starting to prevail over Russian infantry assaults.
“The enemy is increasingly mastering the ‘playing second fiddle’ strategy - a situation where Russian forces are constantly advancing …
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“The enemy is increasingly mastering the ‘playing second fiddle’ strategy - a situation where Russian forces are constantly advancing …
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“…almost everywhere, and their task is to make our offensive as difficult, bloody, and resource-intensive as possible. And this is not just about the ‘drone line’ anymore.
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“For example, we are now seeing tactical techniques like this: their artillery is positioned deep in their battle lines, beyond the reach of our main drones, and they keep their own forward positions and key objects on it well-fortified with well-positioned fire.
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Greenland-Arctic thoughts:
Danish notion there isn't a China problem...what does their own data tell us in (select) Nordic intelligence threat assessments re Arctic (in)security viz China?
(PIC cover of Norway's 2024 intel assessment ft. Bear 🇷🇺 & Dragon 🇨🇳)
nb: did not include Russia bc over 50% of Arctic Ocean coastline is legitimate Russian territory so in "external actor" terms lets just look at China.
Danish notion there isn't a China problem...what does their own data tell us in (select) Nordic intelligence threat assessments re Arctic (in)security viz China?
(PIC cover of Norway's 2024 intel assessment ft. Bear 🇷🇺 & Dragon 🇨🇳)
nb: did not include Russia bc over 50% of Arctic Ocean coastline is legitimate Russian territory so in "external actor" terms lets just look at China.
1. 🇳🇴2025 Norwegian Threat Assessment (PST)
"Chinese actors have shown interest in developing the Port of Kirkenes, and in establishing the port as a transportation hub in the Arctic"
2025 Norwegian Intelligence Service (FOCUS)
"China has ambitions to strengthen its presence, capabilities and influence in the Arctic in the coming years. China currently has five polar icebreakers and is working on developing heavier icebreakers and icebreakers with nuclear propulsion. This enables more Chinese sailings in the Arctic, thereby increasing the ability to map the region for both civilian and military purposes."
"Chinese actors have shown interest in developing the Port of Kirkenes, and in establishing the port as a transportation hub in the Arctic"
2025 Norwegian Intelligence Service (FOCUS)
"China has ambitions to strengthen its presence, capabilities and influence in the Arctic in the coming years. China currently has five polar icebreakers and is working on developing heavier icebreakers and icebreakers with nuclear propulsion. This enables more Chinese sailings in the Arctic, thereby increasing the ability to map the region for both civilian and military purposes."
2024 Norwegian Intelligence Service (FOCUS)
"China...has an interest in establishing a political, economic and, in time, military foothold in the Arctic. Recent investments in polar capabilities, including icebreakers, have given China the opportunity to operate more independently in the region."
"China...has an interest in establishing a political, economic and, in time, military foothold in the Arctic. Recent investments in polar capabilities, including icebreakers, have given China the opportunity to operate more independently in the region."
