>>22771903 NATO ‘peacekeepers’ in Ukraine mean war

>>22772009 Generals from 27 European NATO nations hold emergency war council to 'wargame' deployment to Ukraine'PN

Trump is head of NATO, without his approval there is no war or NATO countries going into Ukraine of attacking Russia. Further Macron and Starmer require US troops to do their stupid invasion.

IMO the first NATO troops that try this will be attacked by Russia with full justification. Russia has more arms and soldiers than any European country put together. They can yell and scream all they want, but there’s no way all these “Generals” do anything without Trump and the head of NATO Rutte. Rutte agrees with Trump’s plan to stop this whole “fake war”. PS every country of NATO has to be on board. They are not. So if NATO countries try this, they will never have back up.

The war mongers who received billions from Ukraine, are probably being threatened by Kiev, are trying to hide the money laundering records.

It’s possible that many of those leaders are trying to get rid of Zelensky and others.

17 Mar, 2025 08:14

US to exit EU-led investigation on Russia – NYT

Washington is set to withdraw from a European campaign aimed atprosecuting alleged aggression, the newspaper has reported

The administration of US President Donald Trump isretreating from initiatives aimed at investigating and prosecuting alleged Russian crimes linked to the Ukraine conflict, the New York Times reported on Monday.

According to sources cited by the newspaper, the US Department of Justice (DOJ)will withdraw from the EU-backed International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine(ICPA), established to investigate Russia, Belarus, North Korea, and Iran for the “alleged crime” of international aggression.

The US became the only non-European ICPA member when it joined in 2023. Sources told the NYT thatWashington had informed European partners about its imminent exitahead of a formal announcement.

Administration officials reportedlyjustified the withdrawal by citing a broader reduction in government expenditures. The DOJ had pledged $1 million to support European investigators when US participation was initially announced.

Additionally, Washington iscurtailing operations of a DOJ team known as WarCAT, formed in 2022 to train Ukrainian prosecutorson charging andtrying Russians for alleged war crimes, according to NYT sources. (Everything Kiev accuses of Russia and others, they do themselves.)

Last week, reports emerged that theUS had cut funding for a Yale-based research groupsearching for Ukrainian children “abducted” by Russia. Moscow has dismissed Kiev’s allegations of state-orchestrated kidnappings of thousands of minors as politically motivated mischaracterizations of its evacuation efforts in war-affected areas.

Trump is aiming to normalize bilateral relations with Russia, viewing a resolution of the Ukraine conflict as a crucial step. He and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to have a direct phone conversation this week.

https://www.rt.com/news/614333-us-withdrawal-investigations-russia/

17 Mar, 2025 04:29

Trump unveils date for next call with Putin

The Kremlin has yet to confirm plans for the next conversation between the two leaders

US President Donald Trump has announced thathe expects to hold a phone conversationwith his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin,on Tuesday to discuss the prospects of a peaceagreement in the Ukraine conflict.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said he plans to speak with Putin on March 18, according to the AP.

“We will see if we have something to announce maybe by Tuesday. I will be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday. A lot of work’s been done over the weekend. We want to see if we can bring that war to an end.We will be talking about land. We will be talking about power plants,” Trump was quoted as saying. (Currently Russia had taken control over the only power plant in Ukraine, Kiev have attempted to bomb it, get it back, but the plant is in Russian territory of areas that joined Russia)

US special envoy Steve Witkoff previously stated that Trump and Putin were expected to hold a telephone conversation this week to discuss efforts toward establishing a ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict. Witkoff, who recently met with Putin in Moscow, described the discussions as “positive” and indicated that both Russian and Ukrainian parties are now “a lot closer” in negotiations.

“I expect that there’ll be a call with both presidents this week, and we’re also continuing to engage and have conversations with the Ukrainians,” Witkoff said.

On Saturday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a separate phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, during which the two top diplomats discussed further steps to reestablish direct communication between their countries.

The first formal telephone conversation between the Russian and US leaders in years took place on February 12, 2025. It was followed by high-level talks in Saudi Arabia on February 18, where Washington and Moscow agreed to assign teams to work on resolving the Ukraine conflict, restore embassy operations, and address other points of contention in bilateral relations. Since then, additional discussions have been held in Istanbul, focusing on diplomatic funding and a proposal from Moscow to reinstate direct flights.

Following negotiations in Jeddah last week, Ukraine agreed to a 30-day ceasefire. Shortly after, Witkoff traveled to Moscow on Thursday to present Putin with the details of the proposal.

The Russian president welcomed the ceasefire in principle but insisted on addressing several key issues first, including the fate of Ukrainian troops encircled in Russia’s Kursk Region. While the details of Witkoff’s meeting with Putin have not been made public, Trump hinted at progress, stating that the White House had received “some pretty good news” regarding the ceasefire efforts and that US-Russia meetings over the past several days had been “very productive.”

https://www.rt.com/news/614330-trump-putin-next-call/

17 Mar, 2025 08:38

UK mulls open-ended troop deployment in Ukraine – Times

Up to 30,000 Western troops could reportedly be stationed in the country as part of a long-term peacekeeping force

The UK plans to station thousands of troops in Ukraine “for years” as part of a Western peacekeeping force to oversee a future ceasefire between Moscow and Kiev, The Times reported on Sunday, citing sources. The proposal was reportedly outlined by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a virtual meeting of the so-called ‘coalition of the willing’ on Saturday.

Starmer first announced plans for the coalition alongside France earlier this month, aiming to rally nations willing to continue military support for Ukraine amid concerns over potential US aid cuts. At a press briefing following Saturday’s meeting, Starmer said “dozens” of partner nations back the idea of deploying a peacekeeping force, with UK Defense Secretary John Healey set to meet with military chiefs in London this week to discuss details, including troop numbers and deployment timelines.

According to The Times, the force could comprise up to 30,000 troops, with the UK and France supplying the majority. An unnamed senior official said the British deployment in particular would be open-ended.

“It would be a long-term commitment, we are talking about years. As long as it takes to preserve a peace deal and deter Russia,” the official added.

Starmer noted,however, that the troops would be sent only after Moscow and Kiev agree on a peace deal with the aim of monitoring and upholding it. Asked whether the peacekeeping force would have theauthority to engage Russian forces, Starmer declined to answer, saying this and other matters would be discussed in the coming days.

Russia has categorically rejected any Western military presence in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last month that the idea is “completely unacceptable to Russia”due to security risks. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the current deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council, warned on Sunday that thedeployment of NATO forces, even under a peacekeeping mandate,would trigger direct war between Moscow and the military bloc.

Starmer’s coalition talks come amid US-Russian efforts to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine. US President Donald Trump has said he expects to discuss the prospects of a peace agreement in the Ukraine conflict with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday.

(The UK does not have 30,000, they have 10-15,000 at most, the rest are ancillary military. UK has specifically said they will need US back up, which will never happen. All these war calls are propagandists trying to scare the world and Russia. The French soldiers told the US they are not trained for war, and they basically think Macron is nuts. They said two years ago French troops are not capable to be in a war setting. PS the UK would have no protection at home if they stay for how long it takes, same with France. Logistically none of this is possible. Russia has already stated clearly they will be treated as enemy combatants.)

https://www.rt.com/news/614332-uk-troop-deployment-ukraine/

17 Mar, 2025 00:34

Houthis threaten attacks on US warships

The de facto Yemeni authorities have vowed retaliation for the ongoing deadly bombing campaign

The US has reportedly launched new airstrikes targeting the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah after the leader of the Houthi movement, Sayyed Abdul Malik al-Houthi, delivered a fiery speech condemning the attacks and threatening direct military action against American naval forces.

US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagonto carry out a “decisive and powerful” operationon Saturday, aiming to dismantle the Houthi leadership and their ability to disrupt vital shipping lanes in the region. The first round of US strikes overnight killed at least 53 people, including women and children, and left nearly 100 injured, according to Yemen’s Houthi-run Health Ministry.

In his speech on Sunday, al-Houthi urged the Yemeni people to mobilize to confront the American “escalation with escalation,” insisting that Yemen will not be pressured into submission.

“The American aircraft carrier and warships will be our target, and the decision to ban navigation will include the US as long as it continues its aggression,” he declared.

The Houthis claimed to have targeted the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group in the northern Red Sea with a volley of 18 ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones, earlier on Sunday.

A senior US defense official told Fox News thatapproximately a dozen attack drones were intercepted and neutralized before posing a serious threatto the carrier group, leaving the Truman and its accompanying vessels unaffected.

The Ansar Allah movement, commonly known as the Houthis, has controlled a large part of war-torn Yemen since the mid-2010s. The group launched dozens of strikes on international shipping assets in late 2023 as part of a campaign staged in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza. Initially blocking only Israeli-linked maritime traffic, theHouthis later expanded their targets to include American and British commercial and military shipsafter a series of joint US-UK strikes on Yemen.

The group put its campaign on hold in January after Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas reached a fragile US-mediated ceasefire. However, last week, they pledged to resume attacks on Israeli ships, accusing West Jerusalem of ignoring the terms of the deal and “starving” people in Gaza.

The latest warning adds US military vessels – but not commercial ships– to the list of potential targets by the group, which was recently redesignated by the Trump administration as a terrorist organization.

On Sunday night, the US reportedly launched another series of strikes targeting Hodeidah,which houses an international airport and three vital ports, according to the Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV and other local media.

Without listing the targets of the latest sorties, the US Central Command confirmed that its forces “continue operations against Iran-backed Houthi terrorists.” Washington has indicated it has no intention of stopping its campaign until the Houthi threat is eliminated.

The minute the Houthis say we’ll stop shooting at your ships, we’ll stop shooting at your drones, this campaign will end. But until then, it will be unrelenting,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures.

https://www.rt.com/news/614328-houthi-targets-us-waships/

16 Mar, 2025 03:22

Dozens injured in Belgrade protests (VIDEOS)

More than 20 people have been arrested for assaulting police officers and causing property damage in the Serbian capital

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has praised police for handling a crowd of over 80,000 protesters “responsibly,” ensuring order and public safety during an anti-government rally in the Serbian capital that turned violent, resulting in 56 people being injured and 22 arrested.

The authorities estimated that 88,000 to 107,000 people took part in Saturday’s rally, described as one of the largest in Serbia’s recent history. Vucic accused instigators within the largely peaceful crowd of attempting to stage a color revolution, alleging foreign influence aimed at destabilizing the country.

Violence erupted when “several dozen people in an intoxicated state” attempted to attack policeofficers and others outside the presidential building in Pionirski Park, Vucic said. Security forces arrested 22 individuals for assaulting officers and damaging property.

The Serbian leader said he is proud that most of the protesters remained peaceful and that those responsible for the violence had been arrested.

“I realized that these young people did not want to participate in the violence after the first incidents. They left the gathering when they realized that they no longer had control,” Vucic said.

During a televised address from the Palace of Serbia, Vucic confirmed that 56 people were being treated at local hospitals following the clashes. He noted that despite “enormous and negative energy, and anger and rage expressed towards the authorities,”there were no fatalities or serious injuries.

The president commended the police for their restraint. “I am especially proud of our police and security services. They ensured safety for all participants,” he wrote on social media, adding that despite the unrest,law enforcement exercised restraint and did not use force.

We did not even raise a baton,” Vucic stated. He also dismissed allegations that sonic crowd control weapons were used against protesters, explaining that the device in question was a common anti-drone rifle.

The protest follows months of student-led demonstrations against alleged corruption and government negligence in Serbia, sparked by a deadly canopy collapse at the Novi Sad railway station in November 2024, which killed 15 people.

Vucic has insisted that the protests are politically motivated, claiming they are intended to undermine Serbia’s stability.

“We managed to preserve peace and stability, and I congratulate our security forces for their serious and responsible approach,” he said.

(Wow but Vucic is accurate, police didn’t raise their batons because they didn’t need to, with the sonic weapon they deny they used.)

https://www.rt.com/news/614299-serbia-protest-injured-vucic/

She’s About to Find Out – Canadian Ambassador Kirsten Hillman Discusses U.S-Canada Relations

March 16, 2025 | Sundance |

The issue of Canada becoming the 51st state arose from a conversation in Mar-a-Lago between Prime Minister Trudeau and U.S President Donald Trump.

As Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined, Trudeau said if President Trump was to make the Canadian government pay reciprocal tariffs, open the USMCA trade agreements to force reciprocity, and/or balance economic relations on non-tariff issues, then Canada would collapse and cease to exist.

In essence,Canada cannot surviveas a free and independent north American nation,without receiving all the one-way benefits from the U.S. economy. To wit, President Trump then said, if Canada cannot survive in a balanced rules environment, including putting together their own military and defenses (which it cannot), then Canada should become the 51st U.S state.

This is the first point of contention for the gender-correct qualifications of Canadian Ambassador to the U.S, Kirsten Hillman. Ambassador Hillman appears on Fox News Sunday’ to comment on U.S.-Canada relations, trade negotiations and how a federal election could impact the relationship between the two nations.

Ms. Hillman says Canadians will never give up their sovereignty.Let me repeat the non-pretending reality. If Canada loses all of the one-way benefits it receives from its relationship with the United States, the Canadian system of government and economics collapses.

Closed and non-competitive banking and finance sectors; a small military budget that does not even reach NATO expectations; an assembly or ‘pass through’ economy that doesn’t have heavy industry but instead assembles goods from foreign nations for transport into the United States; one-way excessive tariffs on American products. If these are ended, the lifestyle of the Canadian people immediately changes. Hence Trudeau saying, Canada cannot exist.

At the current rate of economic conflict,the Canadian dollar will lose 50% of its value by mid-summer 2025. This is the unavoidable reality Ms Hillman and the Canadian left-wing government will not openly discuss.

The only way for Canada to be a sovereign nationunattached to the United States, is if they drop all of their climate-change initiatives, drop their liberal economic rules and regulations, begin a system of heavy industry production again and get back to using cheap energy production as the fuel to drive it.

Canada would then need todiscontinue most social welfare programsand instead divert that money to their military budget. (The system has been broken for 15-20, hence euthanasia introduced)

The leftist economic policies are why the Canadian banking system has to be closed, and all competition removed from the internal banking and finance equation.If reciprocity is demanded and enforced, Canada collapses; it’s that simple.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/16/shes-about-to-find-out-canadian-ambassador-kirsten-hillman-discusses-u-s-canada-relations/

WATCH:

https://youtu.be/5aZ5Me-pZxQ

Sunday Talks: Nat Sec Advisor Mike Waltz Discusses Ukraine-Russia Conflict and Current Status

March 16, 2025 | Sundance |

Together with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special Envoy/Ambassador Steve Witkoff, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is one of the three key delegation members negotiating with Ukraine and Russian officials.

Steve Witkoff has spent more time in direct face-to-face meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putinthan any other official or diplomatin many years. Marco Rubio is the diplomat in charge as point of contact for all foreign stakeholders, and Mike Waltz talks directly to his peers in the security services of both Russia and Ukraine.

Mike Waltz appears on Fox News to discuss current foreign policy matters including the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israeli-Hamas war and the current U.S. targeting of Houthi terrorists in Yemen.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/16/sunday-talks-nat-sec-advisor-mike-waltz-discusses-ukraine-russia-conflict-and-current-status/

Walz says all options on the table:

https://youtu.be/C0J4JzWXFOA

Sunday Talks: Envoy Steve Witkoff Discusses His Optimism for a ‘ceasefire’ Following a Four-Hour Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin

March 16, 2025 | Sundance |

President Trump is likely to have another phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week according to Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff.

Witkoff was in Moscow Thursday for talks with President Putin and he shares how many specific details and issues were discussed. The conflict zone in Ukraine is 2,000 kilometers long, with Russian and Ukraine fire on multiple points. Despite a ceasefire on such a complicated scale, Steve Witkoff is optimistic it is possible. Video and Transcript Below:

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/16/sunday-talks-envoy-steve-witkoff-discusses-his-optimism-for-a-ceasefire-following-a-four-hour-meeting-with-russian-president-vladimir-putin/

https://youtu.be/LEgxP1sgZt4

Sunday Talks: Secretary of State Marco Rubio Outlines Trump Attacks Against Houthi Rebels in Yemen and Other Geopolitical Activity– Video and Transcript

March 16, 2025 | Sundance |

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears on CBS’s Face the Nation to discuss current geopolitical events. The first question and response surrounds President Trump’s decision to strike Houthi Rebels in Yemen.

Secretary Rubio, totally eviscerates the attempted narrative engineering. Video and Transcript Below:

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/16/sunday-talks-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-outlines-trump-attacks-against-houthi-rebels-in-yemen-and-other-geopolitical-activity-video-and-transcript/

Margaret I don’t careKEK

https://youtu.be/VJ0u48JMYI8

>>22773461

This was excellent at the end, Rubio exposes the hypocrisy of Brennan when she said “are you just targeting Palestinians”; that’s when she got the fiery slap back Rubio!

>>22773477

I know, to these leftists only America is wrong to protect our territory. Trying to trick or challenge Rubio was not a good idea. Everyone else can protect their countries , but we are America and any terrorist can come in and cause outrage and discontent. And WTF cares what the opinion of the WSJ has, the handmaiden of the NWO

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador Reacts to U.S. Judicial Activism, “Oopsie, too late” – Salvadorian Gang Members Offloaded and Detained

March 16, 2025 | Sundance |

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador sends a reactionary message to federal Judge James Boasberg who had demanded all of the criminal gang members deported by President Trump be returned to the United States.

Using his X Account, Bukele says, “Oopsie, too late.” El Salvador has taken custody of the criminals and put them in maximum security prison, a Terrorism Confinement Center. The President also shared a video of the repatriation.

(The amazing thing, is those terrorists looked extremely frightened and panickedwhen they were greeted by the “kind and sweet” police and military. Kek)

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/16/president-nayib-bukele-of-el-salvador-reacts-to-u-s-judicial-activism-oopsie-too-late-salvadorian-gang-members-offloaded-and-detained/

https://youtu.be/3o-PI8S9BbA

>>22773553

Boasberg took it too far, now the whole DS courts and judges are open targets. It’s only just the beginning of tearing down and rebuilding the America Court system

Nayib Bukele

@nayibbukele

Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable).

The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us.

Over time, these actions, combined withthe production already being generated by more than 40,000 inmates engaged in various workshops and labor under the Zero Idleness program, will help make our prison system self-sustainable. As of today, it costs $200 million per year.

On this occasion, the U.S. has also sent us23 MS-13 members wanted by Salvadoran justice, including two ringleaders. One of them is a member of the criminal organization’s highest structure.

This will help us finalize intelligence gathering and go after the last remnants of MS-13,including its former and new members, money, weapons, drugs, hideouts, collaborators, and sponsors.

As always, we continue advancing in the fight against organized crime. But this time, we are also helping our allies, making our prison system self-sustainable, and obtaining vital intelligence to make our country an even safer place.All in a single action.

May God bless El Salvador, and may God bless the United States.

March 16, 2025

https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/1901245427216978290

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Chief Nerd

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NEW — Andrew Cuomo Is Asked Why He Didn't Send Elderly COVID Patients to the Treatment Facilities Trump Provided

“You had an empty ship, you had an empty Javits Center. Why couldn't you put some of the sick seniors in those places??”

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Listen to this shit, Cuomo takes no responsibility and blames everyone else. He still won’t admit what he did

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@C__Herridge

BREAKING: 1/2

An internal FBI inclusivity “Guide,” obtained by our team, counseled agents on “Ways to Manage Your Unconscious Bias,” “Micro-Inequities” and “How to Improve Your Inclusive Intelligence.”

“The New IQ: Your Guide to Sustaining Inclusive Habits in the Workplace” was shared in mid-2020 and includes nine “tips” to counter unconscious bias.

Separately, as part of our investigation, recently retired FBI agents said they saw, firsthand, how law enforcement capabilities were compromised because merit took a backseat to DEI priorities.

They dubbed the legendary FBI Quantico Training Academy the “Participation Academy” because of headquarters’ pressure to “push through” poorly performing candidates to meet DEI objectives.

The retired agents said FBI Director Patel inherits a workforce where standards dropped impacting physical fitness of agents, their firearms skills as well as professional qualifications, putting the FBI mission and safety at risk.

DEEP DIVE

More than a half dozen recently retired FBI agents agreed to speak with me on a confidential basis.

They said they feared retaliation for describing their experiences with the FBI’s DEI initiatives. While fiercely loyal to the bureau, they said they felt compelled to come forward, citing a dangerous reduction in standards.

The group of retired agents was diverse. It included male, female, Asian, Black and White agents from field offices in different parts of the country.

Their work experience covered multiple facets of the recruitment and training process. Everyone we spoke with offered a first hand account of DEI’s impact.

The retired agents told me they valued diversity because it could strengthen the FBI mission but inrecent years FBI leadership took the attitude the bureau was “too White.”

https://x.com/C__Herridge/status/1901464251144843761

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2/2

We were told that the physical fitness performance of candidates declined. The requirements include timed sit-ups (1 minute), timed 300-m sprint, untimed push-up maximum and timed 1.5-mile run.

The retired agents described recruits who had an ‘attitude problem.’ The recruits would quit the long distance run or claim injuries if they thought they would not pass a requirement. The number of successfully completed push ups was routinely low because many recruits didn’t have the skill or strength to follow the required protocol (i.e bad form, not low enough.)

What we learned about firearms training was also concerning.We were told some recruits lacked the “mental toughness” to competently handle weapons. Other candidateshad documented mental health issues. While their performance was poor, there was a “push them through Quantico attitude.”

The backbone of FBI investigations is a witness interview summary known as a “302.”In some cases, new agents lacked basic writing skills to complete a 302, in part, because work experience requirements had been relaxed. Once poor performing recruits were “pushed through Quantico,” the hope was that FBI Field Offices would fix them.

Theseretired FBI agents are solution oriented and respectfully asked if Director Patel would be willing to meet with them because they understand where the change needs to happen internally.

Describing how “woke broke the FBI,” one of the agents shared the wrenching personal decision to discourage their child from following in their professional footsteps.

In response to our questions, FBI spokesman Ben Williamson said, “Director Patel’s new FBI will be an entirely mission focused institution— working every day to get criminals off our streets, keep the American people safe, and let good agents be good agents. We are aggressively working to abide by any Presidential directive to root out politically motivated, social engineering projects — they have zero home here and never will as long as Director Patel is at the helm.” (That’s not good are they even telling Patel the retired agents want to talk?)

FULL FBI DEI guide available to our subscribers

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https://x.com/C__Herridge/status/1901464251144843761

17 Mar, 2025 11:01

Russian Superjet makes milestone test flight (VIDEO)

The import-substituted aircraft demonstrated stable operations, according to state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec

A prototype of Russia’s newSJ-100 superjet, equipped with domestically produced engines, has successfully completed its first test flight, the state-owned Rostec corporation announced on Monday.

Russia’s aviation industryhas faced increasing pressure to replace Western-made components due to sanctions imposedafter the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. In response, the SJ-100 program was developed to eliminate foreign reliance,replacing around 40 imported systems with Russian alternatives, including avionics, landing gear, auxiliary power units, and control systems. The PD-8 engine, domestically developed by the United Engine Corporation, is a crucial element of this effort.

According to Rostec, the SuperJet remained airborne for approximately 40 minutes during the test flight, reaching a speed of 500kph and an altitude of 3,000 meters. Engineers assessed the gas-dynamic stability of the PD-8 engines under various conditions. The engines performed steadily and the flight objectives were met in full, according to Rostec.

The company’s CEO, Sergey Chemezov, emphasized the significance of the milestone for Russian aviation, noting that “today’s flight confirms the accuracy of our engineering calculations and the high readiness of the aircraft.”

“This project has been implemented within an extremely tight timeframe by global aviation standards.After 2022, we essentially had to reassemble the Superjet from scratch. The engine is one of the key components of this import substitution program – it is the ‘heart’ of the aircraft,” Chemezov added.

The head of the Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsiya, Dmitry Yadrov, also underlined the importance of the SJ-100 with PD-8 engines for certification purposes, noting that domestically produced aircraft are vital for ensuring Russian airlines’ independence from foreign equipment and parts. According to Yadrov, the nation’s air traffic is projected to increase by 1.5 times by 2030, making the SJ-100 a key element in expanding domestic air travel.

The Superjet SJ-100 is a Russian regional passenger aircraft that was initially developed with several foreign components. Following the 2022 sanctions, Sukhoi announced the development of a fully domestically built version of the aircraft, marking a major step toward achieving technological self-sufficiency in Russia’s aviation industry.

https://www.rt.com/russia/614343-russian-superjet-test-flight/

17 Mar, 2025 10:52

Moscow confirms Putin-Trump phone call date

The US president earlier announced that he expects the conversation to take place on Tuesday

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump are scheduled to have a phone conversation on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has announced.

Peskov confirmed an earlier announcement made by Trump, who told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday that he plans to speak with Putin on Tuesday to discuss the prospects of a peace agreement in the Ukraine conflict.

Commenting on the details of the upcoming phone call,Trump suggested that it will focus on the territorial realities in Ukraine and Kiev’s claims to now-Russian territories, as well as power plants endangered by the conflict.

Peskov neither confirmed nor denied Trump’s words.

“We never do that; we never jump the gun. Preparations for the conversation are ongoing, but as we see it, discussions between two heads of state should not be preemptively disclosed,” the spokesman said.

Commenting on the upcoming phone call, US special envoy Steve Witkoff earlier stated that Trump and Putin were expected to discuss US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine. Witkoff met with Putin in Moscow last week to present him with the details of the potential 30-day truce, which Kiev agreed to at the talks in Saudi Arabia early last week. While the details of the envoy’s meeting with Putin have not been disclosed, Witkoff described it as “positive.”

The Russian president said last week that he welcomed the ceasefire in principle, but insisted that certain issues need to be addressed before he could agree to it.

https://www.rt.com/russia/614344-kremlin-confirm-trump-putin-call/

17 Mar, 2025 11:24

Macron urges EU to ditch US arms makers

The French president has said the bloc should prioritize European-made weapons

The EU must cut its reliance on US-made weapons and prioritize European alternatives, French President Emmanuel Macron has said. In an interview with French media published on Saturday,Macron argued that the bloc’s rearmament efforts would be more effective if member states stopped “buying American” and instead turned to European defense manufacturers.

His comments followed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s recent proposal to mobilize up to €800 billion ($875 billion) to strengthen the bloc’s collective defense. The ReArm Europe initiative includes financial incentives for member states to expand military budgets and proposes €150 billion in loans for joint defense projects. ReArm Europe is aimed at countering the alleged “threat” from Russia, which Moscow has dismissed as baseless.

In the interview, Macron revealed that he recently met with French defense industry leaders to encourage them to position themselves as alternatives to US suppliers.

“I suggested to manufacturers that they could, on systems where we have the best products, approach European states that have gotten used to buying American,” Macron said.

“Those who buy Patriots, we must offer them the new generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy the F-35s, we must offer them the Rafale,” he added, referring to US missile defense systems and fighter jets and their European analogues.

To make European alternatives more appealing, Macron acknowledged that defense companies need to lower costs, simplify processes, and optimize production. He also linked the issue to growing economic tensions with Washington, citing US President Donald Trump’s recent threats to impose tariffs on EU goods.

“Faced with unpredictable powers, we simply need to be less dependent on them. This means accelerating our sovereignty policy, notably by developing our own production and strategic culture, to be more independent in matters of defense and technology,” he stated.

Macron said he plans to discuss his proposals with incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the coming days.

A report last week by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) found that Europe’s arms imports have more than doubled in the past five years compared to the previous five-year period. Two-thirds have come from the US, up from just over half in the previous period. SIPRI researcher Pieter Wezeman noted that while Europe has taken steps to boost its defense industry, reliance on American arms remains deeply rooted.

(Sounds like Macron is mad at Trump for not getting sucked into his bullshit. And he was left out of the negotiations on Ukraine. Petty little man.)

https://www.rt.com/news/614337-macron-europe-defense-equipment/

17 MAR, 04:10

Hungary opposes EU proposals on military aid to Ukraine — Szijjarto

Peter Szijjarto believes that Brussels is now in international isolation "because liberal European politicians who advocate conflict are constantly trying to prevent the success of peace talks" between Russia and the United States on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict

BUDAPEST, March 17. /TASS/.Hungary will speak against the extension of military support to Ukraine at the expense of European taxpayersat an EU foreign ministers’ meeting, said Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Minister Peter Szijjarto, heading to the Belgian capital for the meeting.

"There will be several proposals on the agenda in Brussels todayto provide Ukraine with billions more euros or military suppliesfrom the European taxpayers' money. We are going to Brussels to reject the proposals aimed at supporting military action and contributing to the success of peace talks," Szijjarto wrote on his Facebook page (banned in Russia, owned by Meta Corporation, recognized as extremist in Russia).

The ministerbelieves that Brussels is now in international isolation "because liberal European politicians who advocate conflict are constantly trying to prevent the success of peace talks" between Russia and the United States on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict. The Hungarian government has repeatedly said that it supports such negotiations and considers them the only way to peace in Ukraine.

https://tass.com/world/1929081

17 MAR, 05:51Updated at: 17 Mar, 06:21

EU approves payment of 3.5 bln euros to Kiev as part of macrofinancial assistance program

"With this third disbursement, Ukraine will have received close to 20 billion euros under the Ukraine Facility since its entry into force a year ago," the statement reads

The decision was made at a meeting taking place in Brussels.

"With this third disbursement, Ukraine will have received close to 20 billion euros under the Ukraine Facilitysince its entry into force a year ago," the statement reads.

According to the Council of the EU, "the Ukraine Facility, which entered into force on March 1, 2024, provides up to 50 billion euros of stable financing, in grants and loans, to support Ukraine's recovery, reconstruction, and modernization for the period 2024 to 2027."

https://tass.com/world/1929143

Trump admin denies defying judge's order on migrant flight to El Salvador

Constitutional law attorney Katie Cherkasky discussed why she believes the Supreme Court will ultimately have to weigh in on the Alien Enemies Act and the president's suggestion that Biden's pardons were null because he used an autopen.

6:45

https://youtu.be/FmAtsZyIjlA

'They think they have infinite power': GOP Rep. Burchett rips federal judge for halting deportations

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn. joins 'Fox News Live' to discuss President Donald Trump targeting gang migrants in a deportation push, federal judges halting the deportation flights and the CR bill passing.

4:54

https://youtu.be/FHwNyv_BQ8o

Rep. Jim Jordan: This is kind of ridiculous

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, discusses the deportation flights carrying suspected Venezuelan gang members and the legal challenges the Trump administration faces on ‘Sunday Morning Futures.’

8:44

https://youtu.be/YACCSZq16Z0

Citizen Free Press

@CitizenFreePres

DON LEMON INSULTS MILLIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS.

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why is anyone interviewing him

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1901468561027018808

>>22773938

He’s racist against black maga republicans

Don, should take a vacation forever

Collin Rugg

@CollinRugg

Man gets confronted after keying a Tesla by a man who saw the original video go viral on social media.

Let's make this clown famous again.

The keying incident happened in South San Jose, as reported by @teslaownersSV

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The genius who keyed the car was nice enough to be wearing the same jacket he was wearing in the original video.

He also got into the same car that was filmed pulling up to the Tesla before it got keyed.

2:06

https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1901387822596321455

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STRANDED NASA ASTRONAUTS THANK ELON AND TRUMP.

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Trump gets a cold shoulder from elite DC media

Adam Wren Sun, March 16, 2025

For the first time in the 140-year history of the Gridiron Club Dinner, those gathered did not offer the traditional toast to the sitting U.S. president. Instead, leading members of the Washington press corps paid tribute to the First Amendment.

The broken ritual, which came after President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance declined to attend, capped off a night of ominous signs about the state of the Washington media's fraught relationship with the Trump administration.

At the annual white-tie, off-camera and bipartisan dinner, where the guidance for jokes is to “singe, not burn,” a coldness marked the moment instead.

Gridiron members drew applause for stating their support for the Associated Press, currently barred from covering official White House events, and the Voice of America, which the White House Saturday said would be stripped back by executive order to "ensure taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda." Meanwhile, the White House recently kicked HuffPost out of the press pool for an event last month, the newswires Reuters and Bloomberg have been forced to share a spot, and the White House Correspondents Association is reeling after the White House took control of the pool from it.

Planning for the event in the days before led to an evening unlike anyone in the room could recall, according to two people closely involved.

By Friday before the dinner, Judy Woodruff, the PBS journalist, announced to club members that the Trump administration would not have a speaker at the dinner, and the toast would be to the First Amendment instead.

The two people involved in the planning said Trump and Vance both declined invitations last month.

Nobody went because either we were busy working or we just don’t care to be recognized by that crowd,” one White House official said Sunday morning. A spokesperson for the vice president did not return a request for comment Sunday.

The snubs were, in many ways, mutual. In addition to inviting Trump and Vance, the Gridiron Club also invited Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Communications Director Steven Cheung, and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, among others.

The administration didn’t send a representative to speak for the first time in recent memory. It's usually the president or the vice president: During Trump’s first term, the duty fell to former Vice President Mike Pence in 2017, Trump himself in 2018, senior adviser Ivanka Trump in 2019, and would’ve included former National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien in 2020 before the dinner was canceled due to the pandemic.

Trump’s own remarks in 2018 are a time capsule of just how much the rift between him and the press has grown. Back then, he thanked the press “for all you do to support and sustain our democracy. I mean that. I mean that. Some incredible people in the press. Really, I don't get to say it often. But you have some incredible, brilliant, powerful, smart, and fair people in the press. And I want to thank you.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-gets-cold-shoulder-elite-171630988.html

=Democrats’ Comeback Plan: Hold Townhalls in GOP Districts==

by Assistant Editor Mar. 17, 2025 7:30 am

As Democrats face the worst polling in a generation, and as their leading voices say insane things like James Carville saying Trump has syphillis, their own strategies say they are ‘screwed’, they are now planning to hold “People’s Town Halls” in competitive Republican districts across the country.

President Trump delivered a resounding victory in November, in a campaign where Trump’s allies pledged to defeat systemic far-left voter fraud by making the margins “too big to rig”, and the defeat has largely left national Democrats confused, floundering, and adrift.

Democrats in 2024 outspent Republicans in the race for the Presidency by over a billion dollars. Harris spent $1.5 billion in 15 weeks, and Biden and Harris combined had spent $2.9 billion, while Trump spent roughly $1.8 billion.

The issues that Democrats think they can win in the upcoming 2026 election cycle on, are, in their words:

“Threats” to Social Security and Medicare

“Cut jobs” for veterans

Health care and food assistance “on the chopping block”

The Trump-Musk agenda as it “wrecks” the economy and “threatens families”

Internal polling by Democrats suggests that these may not be winning issues for them, however, due to trust and credibility issues with their national candidates.

Democrats claim they are “filling a void” with these Town Halls. Far-left Democrat groups like the DailyKos complain that Republicans are “hiding” from constituents and Democrat agitators.

Left-wing activists have long engaged in high-pressure psychological tactics to berate and belittle elected Republicans. The head of the Republican Campaign Committee, Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) advised his colleagues to avoid these kind of public meetings in the near-term because of the risk of agitators.

Democrats nationally say they feel they are going on the ‘offensive’ after losing the election and being blindsided by the flurry of Trump actions the past two months. They are encouraging far-left Senator Bernie Sanders to hold rallies as a way to inspire their base in the same way that Trump was able to do the same for his supporters.

Democrats are also featuring far-left Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in many of these events, who was the Vice Presidential candidate for Kamala Harris in her historic defeat for the Presidency, after being chosen by party insiders to run replacing Joe Biden after Biden’s years of senility were finally revealed in a disastrous Presidential debate. Walz, age 60, is seen by some as the youthful representative of elected Democrats.

Walz is being sent to two of the Pennsylvania events.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/democrats-comeback-plan-hold-townhalls-gop-districts/

>>22774087

They really are. They are so lost the Democrats that vote for them don’t like them. Do they really think republicans are going to. Maybe there are some republicans hecklers that can be sent. See how they like it

>>22774101

Probably, it still won’t get them votes. The three old crotchety dems is who the send out. Kamala blamed Walz for her loss. Schumer is being threatened by Dems to kick him out. And only old radicals like Bernie. Or young and stupid radicals.

This plan makes no sense!

>>22774116

You are right they are all creepy, only Dems can like the Three Old Men

Pentagon Enforces Transgender Ban as Biden Judge Warns DOJ of Legal Fallout, Possible Court Ruling This Week

by Assistant Editor Mar. 16, 2025 8:20 pm

The U.S. military is undergoing major policy changes regarding transgender service members following a Presidential Trump directive to ban transgenders from service in the U.S. military.

The ongoing federal litigation challenging this policy.A ruling is expected on Tuesday or Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, a Biden-appointed judge, has expressed skepticism and indicated her likely hostility towards Trump’s transgender ban.

The judge was quoted by the Associated Press as saying of transgender troops:“They have to essentially be in hiding while in service.”

The judge was quoted in this ABC story as saying she believed transgenders only had a higher risk of suicide because of discrimination. The judge said the DOJ ‘cherry picked’ evidence and examples to support its claims that transgenders were unfit for military service.

The ongoing litigation contends that Trump’s order violates transgender people’s rights to equal protection under the Fifth Amendment.

On February 26, 2025, the DoD implemented President Trump’s Executive Order 14183, titled “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness.”

The policy prohibits transgender individuals from serving openly in the U.S. military and bars those diagnosed with gender dysphoria or related conditions from enlistment, appointment, or retention.

Gender dysphoria is the mental illness where one’s biological sex does not match the gender the individual believes they ought to have.

This move effectively reinstates the Trump-first-term-era policy that was ended by President Biden in 2021.

The DoD argues that the new policy banning transgenders is necessary to maintain combat effectiveness, unit cohesion, and medical readiness.

Transgender therapies, not including surgery, typically costs employers between $25,000-$75,000 per year.

The estimates of how many transgenders are serving in the military ranges from low thousands to a high estimate of 15,000, out of a servicemember population of 1.3 million, representing less than 1% of active duty members.

​In his first term, President Donald Trump announced a similar policy banning transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military on July 26, 2017.

This announcement was made via a series of tweets stating that the military would not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve “in any capacity.”

​This policy was subject to various injunctions and modifications over the subsequent years.

White House insiders claim that the then-Vice President’s office, Mike Pence, and his Chief of Staff Marc Short were instrumental in delaying and obstructing Trump’s efforts to remove transgenders in the first term.

Notably, in January 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration’s policy to go into effect while legal battles continued in lower courts. ​

Navy Details Separation Process for Transgender Troops

Following the new recent directive, the U.S. Navy issued an administrative order on March 14 outlining how transgender personnel will be removed from service.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/pentagon-enforces-transgender-ban-as-biden-judge-warns/