lemmings in the van

"piles and piles and piles and piles and piles and piles and piles and piles and piles and piles and piles and piles and piles and piles and piles and piles an

[lemmings in the van @savagecracker]

"the policy is also targeting migrants who had ‌been granted legal protection from being sent back to their home countries"
so they are being sent elsewhere, apparently https://t.co/VlHTx4lzp0

[Alessia Passafiume @alespassafiume]

The Assembly of First Nations tells me it has identified "many red flags" in the pipeline's national interest designation and says the federal government appears to be predetermining outcomes and approving projects in advance of meaningful consultations.
https://t.co/NiTHCZfCdR

[Tara Bella @Tarasworld21]

TIME Magazine has released the full, unedited transcript of its interview with Trump alongside its cover story I put in the comments. I had to take several breaks to get through it, it's bad, really bad, because it's our President. If you've ever visited a loved one in a Memory Care facility you'd know the residents can give hours long dissertations without saying anything of substance, long strings of filterless free association that could lead anywhere. While Trump has always been a narcissist and a con man, he was also an effective communicator, you can't pull a successful con without that skill. What we see in this interview seems to be truly disturbing and we need to face it together as a nation and do something about it. Please take the time to read.
https://t.co/bQqjnpk9nB

[James F. Love IV @JamesFLoveIV]

🧵
The Trump Organization and the corporations, LLC’s, Private Equity and Hedge Finds connected to it.
This graph is interactive. Click on any person or link and it shows the people/companies connected with them.
This is Transnational Organized Crime.
https://t.co/hhTnsHR1ez

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

A 13-year-old Honduran boy named Angel did not have representation when he appeared before a judge. A judge asked if there was a reason he could not return to Honduras. Angel told the judge, ‘My mom and almost my entire family are here. It’s too dangerous to go back.’ The judge ruled that Angel did not qualify for asylum and asked, 'Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?’
‘I don’t know,’ Angel replied before bursting into tears. He stared ahead stoically before continuing to cry and said, ‘I have no one. I have nothing.’
This is not a choice a child should be given, but it's the unfortunate experience of many migrant children.
Texas, migrant children as young as 2 years old are appearing in U.S. immigration courts, where they face deportation proceedings without guaranteed legal representation.
Witnesses inside the courtrooms describe a 6-year-old pretending to fly an airplane.
Mateo, a 3-year-old in a blue jacket, is playing with the microphone. The judge spoke to Mateo’s attorney, who appeared remotely.
A teen girl tried to make eye contact with a friend, only for the judge to reprimand her: ‘I see you’re smiling and think these proceedings are funny, but I need you to pay attention.’
In July, the Trump admin let a years-long contract with the Acacia Center for Justice lapse, ending federal funding for 100 legal services providers for more than 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children: Children who are usually in the United States are trying to escape trafficking, abandonment, violence, gangs, or other ab*se.
In August, the Office of Refugee Resettlement gave $20 million to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, a nonprofit organization that provides legal services. However, many advocates say USCRI lawyers either weren’t present or didn’t speak up when children were in court.
In some cases, USCRI attorneys even posed as ‘friend of the court’ for some of the children, including Angel, according to Lauren Fisher Flores, legal director at ProBar.
And now, the Trump administration will allow lawyers to start requesting virtual interviews for kids seeking asylum.
Children have to make their cases to receive asylum, and since procedures are also constantly changing, this can put extra stress on children. The interviews can take hours and dive into potentially traumatic events. And without a lawyer, kids may have to face this trauma alone.
Under Trump, they’re being pushed through faster hearings and asylum interviews without adequate legal counsel, which makes it harder for them to seek asylum and other protections under the law.
The goal is to deport more children faster.
Attorneys representing migrant children initially try to establish a rapport with their clients and help them understand what to expect in asylum interviews. But children are struggling to understand, as many of them aren’t able to speak English, let alone understand complex legal terms. So kids are being asked to make choices about their cases when they may not fully understand what those choices mean.
In an interview with a 3-year-old, who was too small to fit in the chair and ended up sitting on the floor. The child put bandages on the furniture and played with dinosaurs while the asylum officer tried to ask the child questions about their case.
A judge asked a group of 15 minors without attorneys: ‘Is this your first time in immigration court?’ They all answered, ‘Yes.’ ‘Do any of you want voluntary departure?’ the judge asked. No one raised their hand. Another child stretched her hands playfully toward the sky.
The initiative comes under the direction of White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, so that the Trump admin can deport as many migrant children as possible as quickly as possible.
Nearly 200,000 migrant children have been ordered removed from the U.S. since Trump returned to office, according to The Guardian. About 70% were younger than 13.
This is the supposed pro-life party, making kids face legal challenges alone and sending them back to danger in the country they were trying to escape.

[UAINE @mahtowin1]

Canada plans to destroy thousands of residential school testimonies in 2027.
These testimonies are the largest body of residential school records in Canada — an irreplaceable body of evidence.
https://t.co/pJfvr91s9E

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

This keeps happening.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

She managed to take the most trusted show in television news and run it straight into the ground.

[Seth Harp @sethharpesq]

One of the many small but substantial measures Mexico’s wildly popular democratic socialist government is taking to materially improve the lives of citizens is to develop these tough little electric cars and trucks that people can buy directly from the state for about $50/month.

[GO GREEN @ECOWARRIORSS]

US burns through 20 million barrels of oil per day, which is 20% of global consumption
Now Trump is increasing emissions equal to the equivalent of running 165 million gas-powered passenger vehicles for a year
Trump wants to fry the planet
https://t.co/xfxUrZ1mWH

[The National Center @ncaied]

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[Russ Diabo @RussDiabo]

Saskatchewan Approves Mineral Rights Transfers Supporting Three First Nations' Treaty Land Entitlement Agreements
https://t.co/QJrZdhg2x3

[Russ Diabo @RussDiabo]

Manitoba’s handling of moose hunting an ‘infringement’ on Treaty rights: court documents
https://t.co/gy9hqdph7V

[Carolyn Hauberg @BlueBell11111]

https://t.co/2gDqOvtdXW

[Carolyn Hauberg @BlueBell11111]

Trump sends 3rd aircraft carrier to Middle East with 10K more troops — as he weighs post-midterm Iran assault https://t.co/SheV55XLBy

[Lorraine E-Van-Off @LorraineEvanoff]

"At least four American military deaths have been left off the Pentagon’s public casualty list since the Iran war began, six U.S. officials told The Washington Post in an account published Friday.

The Pentagon’s public database showed 18 service members killed as of Friday; five officials say the true figure is at least 22, and a sixth says 23 have died since the war began February 28 — plus three American contractors the public has never been told about.

Not every hidden death was directly tied to combat, one official said, but each involved personnel serving in the Middle East during the hostilities — and the identities of the dead, and how they died, remain unknown to the public.

The Pentagon declined to answer questions. The bookkeeping tells its own story: earlier this year, four troops’ names briefly vanished from the official tally, right around the time the administration quietly reclassified the war’s casualties from “Operation Epic Fury” to generic “Overseas Operations.”

These aren’t paperwork abstractions — line-of-duty determinations shape the survivor benefits owed to grieving families. More than 820 service members have been wounded, many with traumatic brain injuries.

The response arrived within hours: Rep. Jason Crow and eleven other House Democrats — every one a military veteran — announced legislation barring the Pentagon from manipulating casualty data, while conservative Bill Kristol needed one word: disgraceful.

Speaker Johnson, who fled to recess rather than allow a Hegseth impeachment vote, insisted the secretary has done an “extraordinary job at the Department of War.”

Why it matters: These service members died serving their country in a war their government chose — and that government hid them to protect a news cycle.

There is no partisan frame for this. Their families deserve the truth, their names deserve honor, and the men who buried them in a database deserve everything November can deliver.

By the numbers: At least 4 — American deaths missing from the public record of Trump’s war, per six U.S. officials."

BREAKING: Trump’s effort to silence press blows up in his face https://t.co/10vLKGbkNL

[Marco | Independent Analyst @Marcorio61O]

🚨🇷🇺🇪🇺 "WE WILL BE AT WAR WITH EUROPE" — RUSSIA'S MESSAGE FROM MOSCOW

Larry Johnson just returned from Moscow.
He met Lavrov, Ryabkov, and General Alaudinov.
What he heard should terrify Brussels.

This is not a threat. It is an assessment. 🧵👇

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1/ Lavrov's message was blunt: Russia is open to negotiations — but only within the framework Putin outlined in June 2024. Four new oblasts. Crimea. Denazification. No NATO. Demilitarization.

Not negotiable. Not a starting position. The position.

2/ General Apti Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat forces, said it plainly: "We will be at war with Europe."

Johnson emphasizes: this is not bluster. Alaudinov is known for facts, not rhetoric. Russia is preparing for this scenario.

3/ Why? Because Europe is crossing red line after red line:
— Aegis Ashore systems in Poland and Romania (nuclear-capable)
— Merz openly discussing long-range strikes on Russia
— Sikorski bragging about destroying Russian refineries
— Denmark intercepting Russian ships in the Baltic

4/ Ryabkov told Johnson: "We have people to talk to in Washington now — but communications are not going through normal diplomatic channels."

Translation: the backchannel exists. It's just not working.

5/ On the 2022 negotiations: Lavrov confirmed there WAS a deal on the table in April 2022. Russia was ready to sign. Donbas would have stayed with Ukraine. Only guarantees for Russian speakers.

Boris Johnson, Biden, and Austin sabotaged it.

6/ Trump "damaged himself enormously at Anchorage," Lavrov said. He made commitments he didn't keep. Russia no longer treats American promises as binding.

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7/ THE DIESEL CRISIS — THE BOMB NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT

On February 28, 2026, the US and Israel attacked Iran. The Strait of Hormuz closed. 20% of the world's high-sulfur crude — the kind that produces diesel and jet fuel — went offline.

8/ For 45 days, tankers already loaded kept the flow going. Then the SPR releases kicked in. By mid-August, the SPR ran dry. Now the shortage is global — and structural.

The East-West pipeline was knocked out. It won't restart for months. Maybe ever.

9/ The US imports 8-10% of its crude from the Persian Gulf. 70% of US refineries are built for high-sulfur crude — not the sweet WTI they produce domestically.

They cannot replace the lost supply. Not from Russia. Not from anywhere.

10/ Political consequence: diesel is up 80% in six months in some US regions. Republicans will be crushed in the midterms. Trump is blaming Zelensky. It won't work.

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11/ YEMEN — THE OTHER FRONT

One week ago, Ansar Allah took Dubab. They now control Bab-el-Mandeb — coast and islands. They are advancing toward Aden. Marib is threatened.

They just shot down an F-15 with a heat-seeking missile.

12/ The "Makkah Defense Pact" with Turkey and Pakistan? Johnson calls them "an American health insurance company" — when you call, they say you forgot to read the fine print.

Turkey refused to even host the Gulf+Israel+US meeting. It was held in Germany instead.

13/ Saudi Arabia is out of options:
— Military: 150,000 troops vs. 800,000 Ansar Allah can mobilize
— Economic: Yambu pipeline flow stopped, no oil revenue
— Financial: must start selling US Treasuries
— Allies: US rejected their request for help

14/ The US has no good military option left. The Inspector General just confirmed: PAC-3, THAAD, Tomahawk, JASSM stocks are running out. Supply chains are controlled by China. Production capacity is limited.

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15/ THE $30 BILLION LESSON

Iran destroyed an entire Amazon AI infrastructure project in the Middle East — a $30 billion investment — using about $1 million in weapons.

If the US wants to rebuild it, it will cost $90-120 billion.

This is the new math of war.

16/ The Gulf states are doing the cost-benefit analysis. The deal was: "You protect us from Iran, we keep our money in your system."

That deal is now broken. The Iranians hit them. The Americans couldn't stop it. And now they're looking at China as a more viable economic partner.

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VERDICT

Europe is not losing a war.
Europe is becoming a war project.
And Russia is preparing accordingly.

The real crisis is not in Ukraine.
It is in the diesel pumps of America, the Treasuries of Riyadh, and the illusions of Brussels.

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💬 How long before Europe admits it is a co-belligerent — not a mediator?

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📚 Related Dossiers:
📂 #56 — Ukraine
📂 #61 — The Collapse of Europe
📂 #69 — Nuclear Risk 2026
📂 #93 — The European Energy Crisis
📂 #102 — The Odessa Blockade

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#Russia #Europe #NATO #Ukraine #DieselCrisis #Yemen #Houthis #SaudiArabia #Geopolitics #IndependentAnalysis #WakeUpEurope

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*Independent analysis. No ideology. Just facts.*

**Marco | Independent Analyst ⚖️✓**

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

This is the briefing.

Why the Strait of Hormuz remains severely disrupted. Why US Treasury yields are at levels not seen in more than two decades. How tariffs are feeding into American prices. Why Europe is building its own defence industry, Canada is moving closer to Europe, and US allies are steadily reducing their dependence on Washington.

A fairly important list of things for an American president to understand.

Trump, meanwhile, appears to be asleep.

No, that is not actually what the man is telling him in this video.

But perhaps that is what makes the clip so perfect.

You watch it and suddenly understand how Trump can be surrounded by experts, briefings, intelligence and economic data, yet so often appear completely untouched by any of it.

The information reaches the room.

Getting it into Trump appears to be the difficult part.

[Lee in Iowa @Lee_in_Iowa]

@Microinteracti1 I think Donald did not realize that the Russians embed every hotel room with video and audio recording. He was caught doing something more than embarrassing.

Trump has been a Russian agent ever since.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

In July 1987, Donald Trump went to Moscow.

He had been invited after contact with Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubinin and the Soviet state tourism agency Intourist. Trump spent the trip looking at potential sites for a luxury hotel in partnership with the Soviet government. (The Washington Post)

Then, less than two months later, something remarkable happened.

Trump spent $94,801 putting full-page advertisements in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe attacking the cost of America defending its allies.

Western Europe should pay more. Japan should pay more. America was being ripped off.

That was September 1987. (The Washington Post)

Nearly forty years later, the argument is still there.

Trump has repeatedly questioned whether America should defend NATO members that he believes do not spend enough on defence. In March 2025, as president, he said the United States would not defend allies he considered insufficiently paying members. (Reuters)

At Helsinki in 2018, standing beside Vladimir Putin, Trump publicly questioned the conclusions of his own intelligence agencies about Russian election interference. (Reuters)

After returning to office in 2025, his administration opened negotiations with Moscow while Ukraine and European allies were initially excluded, paused American military assistance to Ukraine, and adopted positions European governments feared would strengthen Russia’s negotiating hand. (Reuters)

The more interesting fact is that the Russia story did not begin with Putin, the 2016 election, the Steele dossier or Russiagate.

It was already there in 1987.

Again and again, Trump has argued for things that weaken the architecture built to contain Russian power: less American commitment to European defence, more pressure on NATO allies, greater scepticism toward collective defence, and a willingness to deal directly with Moscow even when European allies object.

You do not need a secret conspiracy to explain the pattern.

You only need to look at the pattern.

Once you do, a remarkable amount of Donald Trump’s foreign policy stops looking like a collection of strange, disconnected episodes.

It starts looking like the same argument, repeated for forty years.

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