2 Mar, 2023 14:55

Stopping weapons supplies to Ukraine won’t bring peace – Scholz

The German chancellor has attacked critics of Western efforts to arm Kiev

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has insisted that ceasing the flow of Western weapons into Ukraine will not bring about peace. The politician criticized those protesting against the continued influx of arms during a speech in the Bundestag on Thursday.

Scholz praised the solidarity among the European Union, G7, and NATO in their military support of Kiev, boasting that Germany is training the largest number of Ukrainian soldiers among its allies and pledging ongoing support for Kiev.

“One also does not achieve peace when one shouts ‘never again war’ here in Berlin, and at the same time demands that all weapons deliveries must be stopped,” the chancellor stated.

The comments appeared to be a reference to an anti-war protest organized by Die Linke (Left Party) politician Sahra Wagenknecht and author Alice Schwarzer last week. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Berlin, gathering at the Brandenburg Gate to demand the government stop sending weapons to Kiev.

In the same speech, Scholz urged China not to provide arms to Russia and instead use its influence “to push for the withdrawal of Russian troops” from Ukraine. That echoed recent warnings by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who has claimed that Beijing is considering supplying Moscow with “lethal aid.”

China has repeatedly denied the accusations. Beijing’s deputy UN ambassador, Dai Bing, told the UN General Assembly in February that “sending weapons will not bring peace.” Last week, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning accused the US of hypocrisy, saying Washington is already fueling the fire in Ukraine by “pouring weapons into one side of the conflict,thus prolonging the fight and making peace elusive.”

https://www.rt.com/news/572332-scholz-weapons-supplies-peace/

Scholz is freaked out if there is a peace negotiation Russia will find out who pushed this crazy shit (him). So he wants an endless war, thinking they can defeat Russia, they can’t and if they harm Russians, things will be 10x worse. He should just give up and apologize for agreeing with Bidan to blow up Nord Stream pipeline. (Bongino said Scholz was with Bidan the day, they would get rid of Nord Stream, to the press. If UK cannot protect itself, neither can Germany, their tanks numbers are way down also, and they said they couldn't give any to Ukraine, so they are ok with US funding the whole freakin deal. Nazis gotta Nazi, war, death and destruction!

2 Mar, 2023 14:54

Deadly incident at Russian military aircraft plant

A transport plane hull test in the city of Ulyanovsk resulted in several casualties, the manufacturer has said

A test on a new military transport aircraft went awry in Russia on Thursday, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), the country’s major state aircraft manufacturer, said. One employee died and several others were injured as a result of the mishap.

The incident took place at the Aviastar plant in the city of Ulyanovsk located in Russia’s Volga region. The plant specializes in the production and maintenance of military and civilian transport aircraft.

At least one staff member at the plant died in the incident, the UAC said in a statement on Telegram, adding that several others were injured, although the exact number was not revealed. At least five people were affected by the accident, Russia’s RIA news agency reported, citing the emergency services.

The reasons for the incident are still “being investigated,” the UAC said. According to RIA, the mishap took placewhen the hull of an aircraft was being tested for structural integrity. Such tests entail the hull being subjected to excessive pressure, the news agency explained.

Russian media reported that the aircraft in question was an Il-76MD-90A, an overhauled model of a Russian heavy military transport aircraft. The aircraft is capable of transporting loads of up to 60 tons a distance of up to 4,200km.

The Il-76MD-90A is said to have a more powerful engine and more sophisticated onboard equipment and is capable of hauling heavier loads and flying longer distances. The aircraft is designed to be able to transport any heavy equipment used by the Russian Airborne Forces.

The IL-76 aircraft are also regularly used by the Russian Emergencies Ministry. Four such planes were deployed to Türkiye and Syria in the wake of a massive earthquake earlier this year. The aircraft had more than 100 rescue workers on board, as well as an airmobile hospital.

https://www.rt.com/russia/572336-deadly-incident-military-aircraft-plant/

PN>>18434378 Ukrainian saboteurs hit by ‘massive strike’ – Moscow

Knowing Russia this is not the last "massive Strike". The reason they hit all the government buildings, power grids, etc. before, was the sabotage of the Crimea Bridge, their territory and killing the driver and victims. They don't take too kindly to Military killing innocent citizens and attacking their land. It's a violation of war, but also Russia is over with the bullshit and all the drones sent in yesterday and the days before. Ukraine should get their head out of their asses, it's much more brutal when Russia responds to citizen attacks, much more.

2 Mar, 2023 09:08

Russian regions come under mortar fire from Ukraine

Kiev’s forces have carried out artillery and mortar strikes against civilian buildings in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk regions, officials report

Villages in the Russian regions of Kursk and Bryansk came under heavy artillery fire from Kiev’s forces, the governors of the two regions neighboring Ukraine reported on Thursday morning. The attacks have damaged several residential buildings and civilian structures. Several people have reportedly been killed or injured.

Kursk governor Roman Starovoit wrote in a Telegram post that Kiev’s troops hadshelled the village of Tetkino, which is on the Russian-Ukrainan border. At 11:17am local time he reported that the attack was still ongoing and that Russian forces were returning fire.

He also noted that there had been casualties from the attack and that emergency services had been dispatched to the area. Kursk officials have since confirmed that one person was killed and another was injured in the attack on Tetkino.

At the same time, Bryansk governor Aleksandr Bogomazreported that the villages of Sushany and Lomakovka were also attacked using mortars and drones, which damaged several residential buildings. No casualties have so far been reported there, according to the governor.

While the shelling was taking place, a group of Ukrainians launched a raid in Bryansk region, attacking a vehicle and reportedly killing at least one person and injuring a ten-year-old child, according to Bogomaz. He added that Russian forces were taking all required measures to eliminate the saboteur group.

An explosion was also reported in a forest area in the Tula regionat around 8am on Thursday. Locals said they heard a loud bang that was strong enough to shake the walls. There was no damage or casualties as a result of the incident, local officials said. Authorities have yet to confirm the cause of the blast, but one of the versions being investigated is a drone strike.

Tula governor Aleksey Dyumin has ordered increased security measures in the region in light of the recent attacks on Russian territories close to the Ukrainian border. His press service has insisted, however, that there is currently no threat to the residents of the Tula region.

Russian regions bordering Ukraine have repeatedly come under attack from Kiev’s artillery and drones since Moscow launched its military operation in the country one year ago. The strikes have targeted energy infrastructure and residential areas, destroying civilian buildings and leading to a number of civilian casualties.

https://www.rt.com/russia/572310-russian-regions-artillery-fire/

That's a lot of villages, they are attacking, not just one.

2 Mar, 2023 00:22

NBC journalist added to Ukrainian ‘kill list’

The notorious ‘Mirotvorets’ database labeled Keir Simmons a pro-Russian “propagandist” for reporting from Crimea

NBC News correspondent Keir Simmons has been placed on the Ukrainian state-linked ‘Mirotvorets’ (Peacemaker) blacklist for “crimes” against the country. The government in Kiev has also announced it isinvestigating the British journalist after he filed a report from Crimea on Tuesday.

“Visiting the temporarily occupied Crimea from the territory of the Russian Federation is a violation of the legislation of Ukraine,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said on Wednesday. Violators are subject to legal liability, such as being “banned from entering Ukraine for such actions,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Mirotvorets website has published a photo of Simmons and his personal details, accusing the reporter of “violating Ukraine’s sovereignty,” participating in Russian propaganda, and “attempted legalization of the occupation.”

Simmons traveled to the Crimean peninsula by train from Moscow, across the Kerch Bridge, which he described as having been “blown up in a strategic and symbolic blow” to Russia last October, but is “now fully restored.”

He then tuned in to an NBC newscast live from Sevastopol, claiming it was “the closest any US news crew has got to the Russian Black Sea Fleet in many, many years.” Speaking with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, Simmons expressed doubt about US officials’ hopes that Crimea would be “demilitarized” or taken by Ukrainian troops.

Simmons also insinuated that Russia has somehow intimidated local residents, even though they explicitly told him otherwise.

NBC News journalist Keir Simmons recently went to Crimea and reported that most Crimeans are pro-Russia. Now, Ukraine has put him on its hit list website for reporting this fact. What does the U.S. government think about Ukraine adding an NBC journalist to its hit lists?

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— kanekoa.substack.com (@KanekoaTheGreat) March 1, 2023

The US government has not yet commented on Ukraine targeting a journalist from a major corporate outlet. Neither has the UK, even though Simmons is a British national.

Mirotvorets, which claims to be based in “Warsaw, Poland and Langley, Virginia” – the headquarters of the CIA – is a notorious website that posts private information of individuals labeled enemies of Ukraine without any process or trial. It was established in August 2014, as Kiev launched its “anti-terrorist operation” against civilians in Donbass, and allegedly maintains ties with Ukrainian and Western security services.

“This kill list is maintained by theUkrainian Ministry of Interior, which lists an address in Langley, Virginia, has an IP in Brussels,” said American political activist Jackson Hinkle, who was also added to the database on Wednesday. Hinkle noted that Mirotvorets celebrated last year’s assassination of Russian journalist Darya Dugina, which US intelligence has reportedly blamed on sections of the Ukrainian government.

Several prominent people were killed after the site declared them public enemies, including writer and historian Oles Buzina and politician Oleg Kalashnikov. Western media outlets mostly ignored its existence until 2016, when Mirotvorets targeted dozens of journalists and human right activists for daring to operate in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. The move drew condemnation from the OSCE, which declared it “simply unacceptable for journalists to be threatened for what they say or write.”

More recently, Mirotvorets has targeted Croatian President Zoran Milanovic, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, retired US diplomat Henry Kissinger, and rock musician Roger Waters,for deviating from the official narratives about the conflict. The US and its allies have continued to send weapons and money to Ukraine, claiming Kiev is fighting for “democracy” and “freedom.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/572294-ukraine-kill-list-journalist/

2 Mar, 2023 17:12

Blinken and Lavrov meet at G20

In their first face-to-face encounter in more than a year, the US’ top diplomat asked his Russian counterpart to return to a nuclear treaty

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi on Thursday. Blinken said he urged Russia to return to the New START arms control treaty, but Moscow has already insisted that Washington’s “hybrid war” on Russia makes serious discussions impossible.

The two diplomats met for around ten minutes. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters that Blinken “asked for contact” with Lavrov. However, the brief encounter was conducted on the fly and could not be considered “negotiations,” she added.

In his own press conference after the meeting, Blinken said that he reaffirmed the US’ support for Ukraine,raised the possibility of a prisoner exchange for jailed American Paul Whelan, and “urged Russia to reverse its irresponsible decision and return to implementing the New START treaty.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law this week to suspend the treaty, which was the last remaining nuclear arms agreement between the US and Russia. The treaty placed limits on the number of deployed missiles, bombers, launchers, and warheads each side could possess, and allowed both countries to inspect each others’ nuclear sites.

Earlier this week, Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, said that “Washington must reconsider its hostile anti-Russian policy” before Moscow would contemplate a return to the agreement. Given that the US has “launched and dragged its European allies into a large-scale hybrid war against Russia,” and insists on inspecting the same Russian bases that its Ukrainian proxies are attacking “with the help of the Pentagon,” the deal would remain suspended.

Antonov also accused the US of violating the treaty long before Russia’s withdrawal, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a day later that Washington’s actions prior to the outbreak of conflict in Ukraine – which included rejecting all of Russia’s security requests – showed that “they were not ready to talk about anything with us.”

The US has also accused Russia of breaching the treaty by preventing American inspectors from traveling to its bases.

Blinken and Lavrov last met in Geneva last January, and spoke by phone in July. Throughout the intervening time, Blinken has maintained that the US will keep up its military support for Ukraine “for as long as it takes,” and Lavrov said in January that a subsequent message he received from Blinken offered no “serious proposals” for resolving the conflict.

The US has for a long time been “in favor of the escalation of conflicts,” Zakharova said on Thursday. “Diplomacy, unfortunately, has been relegated to the background.”

https://www.rt.com/news/572348-blinken-lavrov-meeting-g20/

(These people are freakin evil, they traded Griner for Notorious Arms Dealer and held Whelan back for negotiations they would need later. They never thought Putin would suspend the New Start Treaty, and they are freaked out, but really are they going to compromise their nuclear strike capability for Whelan, pretty pathetic offer. Evil creatures, Whelan could have been home.)

Trump can be sued for Jan. 6 riot, Justice Department says

(Oh you mean the corrupt DOJ said that, well see you in court assholes!)

Trump has argued he has absolute immunity that protects him from being sued.

By Madeleine Hubbard

Updated: March 2, 2023 - 1:24pm

The Justice Department said Thursday that former President Donald Trump can be sued for the actions of the rioters in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

"Speaking to the public on matters of public concern is a traditional function of the Presidency," Attorneys for the Justice Department’s Civil Division wrote, according to The Washington Post. "But that traditional function is one of public communication. It does not include incitement of imminent private violence."

Two U.S. Capitol Police officers and11 Democratic House members joined in a lawsuit to hold the former president liable for their physiological and physical effectsfrom the riot. (Give me a break, they planned this with Pelosi)

An appeals court remained undecided in December after considering whether Trump was acting within his official duties when he held the "Stop the Steal" rally that preceded the riot. The court asked the Justice Department to give an opinion on the case, which it offered Thursday.

Trump has argued he has absolute immunity that protects him from being sued.

(All Presidents have absolute immunity, they know it, but they want lefties to files hundreds of lawsuits so it messes with 2024 election)

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-can-be-sued-jan-6-riot-justice-department-says

>>18434824

Great picture anons for memes

>>18434805

Since the beginning of his first days in office, President Trump has set up fail-proof strategies regarding the politics of bringing American hostages home from foreign lands. To their credit, the administration has successfully released andrescued over fifty hostages from twenty-two different countries. Some of the hostages were held in captivity for over a decade; the Trump administration focused on a singular goal⏤’leave no man behind.’

https://www.americaoutloud.com/trump-administration-responsible-for-the-largest-rescue-of-american-hostages-in-history/

Trump's Truth Social asks Congress to probe SEC delays, conflicts of interest during merger review

Trump Media and Technology Group calls out Securities and Exchange Commission, suggesting it has engaged in censorship and politicization.

By Charlotte Hazard and John Solomon

Updated: February 27, 2023 - 11:37pm

The parent company for former President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform is asking Congress to investigate the Securities and Exchange Commission, allegingregulators there have engaged in "egregious conduct and blatant politicization" to delay the social media platform's potential merger with an acquisition firm.

The SEC has been reviewing the so-called S4 plan submitted in fall 2021 by Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) to merge with Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns the Truth Social platform that now boasts millions of users and has become a potent alternative for conservatives to traditional social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook.

DWAC is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that raised millions of dollars from investorswho have been in limbo for 18 months as the SEC review has dragged on, a delay the Trump firm's top lawyer says is unwarranted.

"America's cherished free speech tradition is under unprecedented attack by Big Tech companies working hand-in-glove with censorious government agencies, powerful media outlets and well-connected political operatives," Scott Glabe, the general counsel at Trump Media & Technology, wrote in a letter to the powerful Republican chairmen of the House Judiciary, Oversight and Financial Service Committees.

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23.02.27 TMTG to Congress FINAL w Attachments.pdf

Glabe asked Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, James Comer, R-Ky., and Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., not only to investigate the delays in approval but also what healleged were "multiple severe conflicts of interest" among the key regulators. "I write to request your urgent assistance in investigating egregious conduct and blatant politicization of the Securities and Exchange Commission," he wrote

Glabe noted, for instance, that SEC Chairman Gary Gensler previously worked for Trump's 2016 Democratic election opponent as the chief financial officer for Hillary Clinton's campaign.

He also noted that theSEC's acting enforcement chief when the DWAC review began was Melissa Hodgman, who is married to fired FBI agent Peter Strzok, who oversaw the widely discredited probe into alleged but non-existent collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.

"The facts set forth above cannot be squared with the requirement that SEC proceedings be so completely devoid of bias — or the appearance of bias — that every step of the process is vested with 'the very appearance of complete fairness,'" Glabe wrote the lawmakers in a letter obtained by Just the News. "It is therefore deeply alarming that SEC has refused to reveal whether Chairman Gensler and Associate Director Hodgman have recused themselves from matters related to TMTG." The SEC did not immediately respond to a request for comment on behalf of Gensler and Hodgman.

Glabe wrote that Trump's firm has cooperated with the SEC and repeatedly asked for an explanation for the months-long delay in the S4 merger review, which is now about to become the longest-delayed of the 100 SPAC reviews over the last year.

"On June 21, 2022, SEC staff member Joshua Shainess informed DWAC's counsel that the Division of Corporation Finance had 'indefinitely suspended' its review of the S-4, without citing any valid legal basis for such suspension," he wrote. "SEC thus failed to provide comments on the S-4 within the customary 30 days. As of today, SEC has still failed to provide substantive feedback on DWAC's S-4 — which was filed more than nine months ago."The S-4 will soon havelingered for longer than the time betweenSEC filing and SEC effectiveness for any of the 100+ SPAC transactions that closed in 2022."

The SEC's delayed merger review has harmed both efforts to grow a free-speech alternative in the Big Tech marketplace and investors' opportunity to grow shareholder value, Glabe wrote the committee chairman.

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/hold-trump-media-and-technology-group-calls-out-sec-unfair-censorship

>>18435000

Here's the document DWAC sent to congress

RNC Chair McDaniel predicts Trump will sign pledge to support 2024 GOP nominee if he loses primary

Trump previously said that if he is not the 2024 Republican candidate, his presidential pick "would have to depend on who the nominee was."

By Madeleine Hubbard

Updated: February 27, 2023 - 10:18am

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel says she expects former President Donald Trump to sign a candidates pledge, as a requirement to participate in the party's 2024 GOP presidential candidates, to support the eventual nominee.

"He signed it in 2016," McDaniel said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."

Trump previously said that if he is not the 2024 Republican nominee, his presidential pick "would have to depend on who the nominee was."

McDaniel also said Sunday that in 2016, all GOP candidates signed the pledge to support the ultimate winner of the nomination.

As to the 2024 presidential candidates, she said, "I think they're all going to sign it. I really do." (Since when did nominees have to sign something to support the nominee in writing, this was a shit show set up for Trump only, they should all go fuck themselves?)

She urged Republicans to unite to defeat President Joe Biden.

"We have to come together as a party," McDaniel said. "We saw big races lost this cycle because of Republicans refusing to support other Republicans. And unless we fix this in our party, unless we start coming together, we will not win in 2024."

(Seriously does she know Trump? This would be utter bullshit to sign anything. I despise her, she once again stole the RNC and will do the same shit and make people lose. Her arrogance is sickening.)

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/ronna-mcdaniel-predicts-trump-will-sign-pledge-support-2024-gop