Happy 4th to President Trump, who can effectively pursue his new anti-Communist campaign by not sending any more love letters to Kim Jong Un, the “top of the line” Communist dictator of North Korea with whom he has “great chemistry”; not lavishing praise on President Xi, the “top of the line, brilliant” Communist dictator of China; and not serving dictator Vladimir Putin, former head of the KGB, by calling him “very smart” and his bloody imperialist moves against Ukraine “genius,” and by bolstering Putin’s campaign against our democratic allies in NATO. Anticommunism is easy, Mr. President, when you start defending human rights and stop fawning over Communist tyrants! https://t.co/3TtF9bFrZc
Vasyl Zvarych, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Czech Republic:
"Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
To those who claim that Ukraine should not be given weapons or military aid because it will supposedly bring the end closer, I invite you to look at reality.
Last night, Russia attacked Kyiv with missiles and drones, killing at least 18 people [the death toll is now 31 people after the search and rescue operation ended] and injuring more than 100 others. It struck residential buildings, not military targets.
This is state terrorism. And if Ukraine had had sufficient air defense systems, many innocent lives could have been saved. Russia can stop its attacks at any moment, but it does not want to.
That is why military aid to Ukraine saves human lives. The path to peace leads only through pressure on Putin and limiting his ability to continue the war. And please do not justify Russian atrocities by claiming that Moscow is merely responding to Ukrainian strikes on military targets on Russian territory.
Russia is the aggressor, and Ukraine is defending itself. It is defending itself in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter. There can be no sign of equality between the aggressor and the victim.
Help Ukraine protect innocent people, especially children, whose right to life and a future is being taken away by Russia. Stand with Ukraine. We greatly value this." - @Vasyl_Zvarych
This morning Russia murdered more children in Ukraine's north eastern region of Sumy.
Remember these things when Ukraine is finally forced to level Moscow apartment blocks to stop the war.
Imagine the global public outcry if Ukraine mass slaughtered Russian civilians in Moscow, even once, let alone regularly as Russians do in Ukraine throughout this 12 years.
Sadly, Ukraine may be forced to do this one day to stop the war.
Like their Nazi predecessors, Russians may not stop until their cities are leveled.
Trump's DOJ quietly closed its criminal investigation into an Abbott formula plant tied to contaminated baby formula and two infant deaths.
Abbott Laboratories gave Trump's inauguration $500,000.
The Gordie Howe Bridge remains closed weeks after the ribbon cutting was abruptly canceled and Trump railed against its opening.
The Maroun family who owns the competing bridge gave a Trump Super PAC $1 million.
There’s a pattern here. Donors above all else.
https://t.co/0CnYSUEuzU
russia's latest attack on Kyiv has now killed 30 people and injured more than 90.
Entire families were wiped out. Nikita Savchuk survived cancer as a child after receiving life-saving treatment in Germany. He graduated from medical college and was due to get married later this month. russia murdered him, his fiancée, his parents, and his 15yo sister.
I am so tired of urging Ukraine's partners to be more resolute in helping us to defend our people from the russian genocidal war. The truth is that the free world won't act before russia escalates its direct attacks until it will be impossible to keep pretending that all is ok! And this is inevitable since unpunished evil always grows. Always.
But I keep writing and talking since I feel obliged to make their stories heard. We owe them truth and justice.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda.
Thank you Jack Smith for speaking up and showing other lawyers what it looks like to have courage, and showing the world what it looks like to have integrity. ⚖️
RFK Jr. looked me dead in the eye and lied. He said, "there are no cuts to Medicaid."
Now we have receipts: 3.8 million people lost Medicaid or CHIP.
All to pay for tax cuts for billionaire donors.
63 dead harbor porpoises have been found along Ukraine’s Odesa coast since late May, researchers at Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park say, warning of growing risks to marine life in the Black Sea linked to Russia’s war.
Scientists say the deaths are likely connected to war-related impacts, including underwater explosions, naval activity, and pollution from fuel and munitions, which can disrupt navigation, hearing, and feeding patterns in marine mammals.
The latest five carcasses were found in recent days, adding to a steadily rising toll. Researchers warn the real number of dead animals is likely much higher, as many bodies are never recovered before being carried back to sea or lost along the coastline.
📷Ivan Rusev
YESTERDAY: The Trump administration bragged that the PJM power grid was relying on fossil fuels instead of renewables. "Keeping our air conditioners blasting."
TODAY: The Trump administration alerts PJM to cut electricity use as outages, overloaded transmission lines, and extreme heat push the system toward blackouts. PJM escalates emergency actions as a result.
russians hit downtown of my beloved city of Sumy with three gliding bombs last night. Five people killed, many wounded. A picture of a young woman laying on asphalt with her both legs torn off, being stabilised with tourniquets and still in full consciousness, I can't unseen it.
Phang: Blanche maintains that FOIA was my only and remains my only option. And then he has the balls to say the following. He says that my lawsuit "threatens the interdependence and the reciprocity between Congress and the executive branch." You know, folks, last I checked, I don't see a lot of interdependence or reciprocity between Congress and the executive branch.
What I have seen, I've seen people like Todd Blanche, Pammy Jo with the bad hair, Kash Patel, Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and others, assembling repeatedly in the Situation Room at the White House with Todd Blanche quarterbacking strategy on how to avoid turning over the Epstein files to the American people.
Does that sound like interdependence or reciprocity?
For many years now, my people have been showing the whole world what is happening in Ukraine, and what the russians are doing to our country, our people, and our cities. You often see lines like: "When will the world finally hear us?", "World, don’t close your eyes," or "Please, don’t stay silent." Last night, the russians struck Zaporizhzhia and Sumy again-as always, brutally and mercilessly, as if we Ukrainians are not human beings, but just a testing ground, a place where they can do whatever they want with impunity, because it’s "war," after all.
This morning, I see my people showing the world the horrific footage of another terrible night; as always, only the names of the cities change. And yes, the world sees everything, the world hears, the world is not silent. But what is the point of it all? What can an ordinary person from any European country really do on a global scale? We have already heard every kind of condolence, and every prayer in the world has been addressed to Ukrainians and Ukraine.
Half of 2026 is already behind us. Perhaps the world has just grown accustomed to someone else’s pain. Or maybe this war has dragged on so long that everyone is starting to feel hopeless and powerless... Honestly, I don't know anymore. But I do know one thing: silence is not an option. Yet, appealing to the world no longer makes sense-everyone already knows, sees, and hears everything. And the russians act as if this is their world, or as if they’ve simply taken the wheel and are dictating the rules of impunity... I don’t even know how to end this text.
ANOTHER DELAY: Justice Dept asks for an additional month before responding to lawsuit that demands travel records from Kash Patel's trek to the 2026 Winter Olympics
(The trip in which he was guzzling beer in the locker room)
Here's what plaintiffs are demanding ====>
⚠️ The SBU has warned of a significant increase in Russian intelligence services attempting to recruit Ukrainians by impersonating Ukrainian law enforcement officers.
According to the Security Service of Ukraine, operatives are contacting people via phone calls and messaging apps, posing as SBU or National Police officers. Victims are falsely accused of crimes, blackmailed into paying money to “close” non-existent criminal cases, or pressured into carrying out acts of sabotage, including attacks on military vehicles and government buildings.
The SBU urges anyone targeted not to comply and to report the approach immediately through its official reporting channels.
Russia’s campaign is increasingly relying on deception and coercion to recruit unwitting civilians inside Ukraine.
https://t.co/PecNaHPnMH
The MAGA regime are planning to cut down a historic grove of Cherry Trees in DC along with a very popular bike path and picnic area to make way for the orange felon’s new trashy golf course and it’ll be paid for with tax dollars.
Soulless fucking monsters.