2 May, 2025 16:36

Ukraine confirms key precondition absent from US minerals deal

The agreement does not provide Kiev with security guarantees, according to Prime Minister Denis Shmigal

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal has confirmed that Kiev’s key demand of US-provided security guarantees is not part of the recently signed mineral resources agreement between the two countries.

The deal was signed on Wednesday after months of negotiations and later published by the Ukrainian government. The agreement establishes a joint investment fund and gives Washington preferential access to Ukraine’s mineral resources. Half of future revenues from the nation’s mineral, gas and oil extraction ventures will go into the fund, tax-free, while the US will match the payments, with any future military aid counted as part of Washington’s contributions.

“There are no formal defense guarantees in this agreement,but each new military aid package provided by the US to Ukraine is considered a capital contribution,” Shmigal said in the Ukrainian parliament on Friday.

This encourages the US administration to continue and not stop supplying us with weapons.

The official added that “the supply of intelligence data” to Kiev continues as in the past.

The agreement awaits ratification by the Ukrainian parliament.

According to reports by multiple US outlets, Ukraine had dropped its stipulation that security guarantees be part of the deal after Washington rejected the idea.

In the months ahead of the signing, Trump had touted the agreement as a way for the US to recoup the money it has spent backing Ukraine in the current conflict, which, according to the president, totals some $350 billion.However, there is no repayment clause in the final agreement, meaning the deal only pertains to future military aid.

Trump has since said that Washington could “in theory” get “much more” than his $350 billion estimate from the deal.

The deputy head of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, has pointed out that the US president essentially “forced the Kiev regime to pay for American aid,” with “the national wealth of a vanishing country.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/616669-ukraine-no-us-security-guarantees/

I hope to God this is not true, and Ukraine is lying again

2 May, 2025 14:56

US-Ukraine minerals deal ‘hides secret agreements’ – Ukrainian MP

Separate provisions outline Kiev’s “indefinite obligations” and bypass parliamentary ratification, Irina Gerashchenko has claimed

The US-Ukraine minerals agreement announced this week“hides” details of Kiev’s “indefinite obligations” to Washington, a Ukrainian lawmaker has claimed.

In a Facebook post on Friday, Irina Gerashchenko, a member of European Solidarity party said the dealincludes two “secret,” supplementary documents that will not be subject to parliamentary ratification.

The minerals deal reportedly grants the US preferential access to Ukrainian mining projects in exchange for assistance with an investment fund to support the country’s reconstruction. Initially portrayed by Washington as repayment forbears of military support – estimated at $350 billion by President Donald Trump – the final text, published on Thursday by the Ukrainian government,states that only future aid will count toward US contributions to the fund.

Gerashchenko claimedhowever that instead of one agreement, the US and Ukraine signed three.

“The Zelensky government has not provided deputies and society with all the agreements signed in the US, which, as it turned out, are three, not one,” she wrote. “Meanwhile, they want to ratify only one framework document in the Verkhovna Rada.Others are labeled ‘implementation documents,’ despite thefact that it is in these two secret agreements that all the technical details of indefinite Ukrainian obligations are hidden.”

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal “avoided” commenting on the two documents and the lack of security guarantees in the published agreement – reportedly a key point of contention during negotiations – Gerashchenko told the country’s parliament on Friday.

The claim has raised questions among Ukrainian lawmakersand the public on the actual scope of the agreement. MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak claimed on Telegram that, when pressed, Shmigal acknowledged the two additional documents but downplayed them as “technical” and exempt from ratification.The texts “must be signed after the ratification” of the main agreement, Shmigal claimed, noting that lawmakers would see them when the Ukrainian negotiating team returns from the US next week.

Western media reports have also noted the existence of additional documents and claimedthat a last-minute dispute arose when Washington demanded Kiev sign all three. Ukrainian officials reportedly argued they could not sign the annexes until the main agreement was ratified in Parliament. Later reportssuggested all three documents were ultimately signed.

Further details about the contents of the supplementary documents have not been publicly released, and the Ukrainian government has not issued an official statement addressing their existence or content.

https://www.rt.com/news/616662-ukraine-us-deal-secret-agreements/

I’m not sure this is a good thing or a bad thing. If the lawmakers are not informed, then whatever it is, in the two other documents they will not be happy.

REPORT: Stephen Miller a Top Contender for National Security Advisor Role

May 2, 2025

The report is coming from Axios, so take it with a grain of salt. It could also be the White House testing the waters for DC reaction to the possibility. The outlet is saying White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller is a top candidate for consideration to fill the National Security Advisor role to President Trump [SEE HERE].

Stephen Miller already runs the White House Homeland Security group, inside the executive office. He has been an excellent organizer and spokesperson for DHS deportation operations, and the Homeland Security Council runs very smooth under his direction.

That said, from my perspective,the key qualification for Stephen Miller is that he DOES NOT carry the infection of time spent inside the Intelligence Community silos. Miller’s autonomic outlook is not contextualized to believe everything the IC says. This is critical.

An effective National Security Advisor in the modern era (post Patriot Act)needs to look at all intelligence with cynicism, accepting that weaponized political perspective permeates the entire silo that might be providing the information.The NSA cannot trust anyone in the IC, yet the NSA must be trustworthy to President Trump.

Remember, the Director of National Intelligence (Tulsi Gabbard) is an assembler of pre-existing intelligence, the DNI does not create intelligence. The Director of the National Security Agency is under the DNI and operates as the librarian for data, from which other silos gather intelligence. The Director of the NSA does not create intelligence.

It is thePentagon, the State Dept., the FBI, the DOJ-NSD and the CIA who create most of the intelligencethat flows to the President. The National Security Advisor needs to be the filter between manipulated DoD, DoS, FBI and CIA information.

The Nat Sec Advisor needs to be able to question the assembled briefing material, review the raw data if needed, hop on a plane and go to the source of the intelligence to discover if it is real or false. The Nat Sec Advisor then engages with his/her peers (foreign directors of intelligence), evaluates against the information from U.S. officials, and then informs the President of the best determined facts available. The Nat Sec Advisor is incredibly important.

The policy of the President is framed, in part, by the information he receives from the National Security Advisor. Unfortunately, in the game of political silos,this is also why the IC manipulate the information given to the Nat Sec Advisor in order to shape the policy of the President. This is why the discernment skill is so important for the position.

Stephen Miller has that discernment skill and likely the right about of skepticismto be a very useful National Security Advisor; plus, Miller has the added benefit of also being trustworthy as he is currently trusted by President Trump.

If the report is accurate, Stephen Miller would be a great move.

President Trump has NEVER had a genuine, authentic and trustworthy National Security Advisor.

Miller would likely be the first, and the only NSA who would carry a MAGA perspective. However, that said, this is also the reason why the Intelligence Community would be structurally aligned against Miller assuming the role (including both HPSCI and SSCI adversaries).Stephen Miller would be the first NSA to exist outside their traditional control mechanisms.

The people deep inside the CIA, FBI, Pentagon and State Dept. silos would likely not appreciate Stephen Miller; however, President Trump would likely benefit greatly.

I think Stephen Miller is a great choice.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/05/02/report-stephen-miller-a-top-contender-for-national-security-advisor-role/

>>22983941

Thank God!

>>22983894

Anon Russia has already offered the U.S. to come to the 4 provinces to take the minerals. The mineral rights doc with Ukraine is a show, everyone knows, to get a fake win. Once the war is done the U.S. and Russia have many economic and moneymaking plans together.

Trumps goal was to team up with Russia because we are natural allies, and prevent China from taking over.

Listen to this

Rickards: Either The U.S. And Russia Stand Up To China Or We’re The Sucker

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>>22983848

Notablenow investigate all the radicals in Congress including the RINOS that back them and who won’t expose the sheer corruption there

>>22983826

I’m trying to figure out what pissed off Medeved lately he was praising Trump last week

Musk, DOGE team find gov't contract with former Taliban member

Fox News' Rich Edson reports the latest on DOGE's accomplishments in the first 100 days. Fox News contributor Mary Katharine Ham also reflects on the effort to curb government waste and Democrats' support of Abrego Garcia despite new allegations.

12:51

https://youtu.be/25Clxkmqacw

McEnany: This has BLOWN my mind

Outnumbered' panelists discuss revelations from Jesse Watters' sit-down interview with Elon Musk and the DOGE team

7:00

https://youtu.be/s02altgirnc

Rogue Democrat infuriates colleagues with impeachment push

Former GOP Sen. Cory Gardner and former Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor join 'The Faulkner Focus' to discuss the disarray within the Democratic Party despite Sen. Chuck Schumer's 'unity' claim

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https://youtu.be/vPx4tCFB5rA

2 May, 2025 19:53

Ukraine can’t reclaim lost territory – Rubio

Kiev is not able to force the Russian army to retreat to the 2014 borders, according to the US secretary of state

Ukraine will not be able to reclaim its 2014 borders from Russia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said.

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has publicly stated he will never recognize the lost territories, including Crimea, as Russian. The peninsula voted overwhelmingly to join Russia in 2014, shortly after the US-backed armed coup in Kiev. Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk and Lugansk regions held their own referendums in 2022 to become part of Russia.

Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg told Fox News that Kiev has expressed a willingness to cede land de facto, if not de jure, as part of a peace deal.

“Ukraine can’t push the Russians all the way back to where they were in 2014,” Rubio said in an interview with Fox News on Thursday.

After months of US-brokered peace efforts, Washington has a pretty clear idea of what both sides want, the top US diplomat noted.

“We kind of can see what it would take for Ukraine to stop. We can see what it would take for the Russians to stop,” he said, adding that Moscow’s and Kiev’s settlement demands are still “far apart.”

“It’s going to take a real breakthrough here very soon to make this possible, or I think the President is going to have to make a decision about how much more time we’re going to dedicate to this,” Rubio said.

Both Trump and Rubio have previously warned that the US could walk away from being a peace broker in the Ukraine conflict, if there is no progress soon.

“Not that a war in Ukraine is not important, but I would say what’s happening with China is more important,”Rubio said, adding that Iran is another US concern.

Moscow has repeatedly stated that its peace terms include Ukraine’s neutrality, demilitarization and denazification, as well as for Kiev to give up its ambitions to join NATO. Also, ceding the new Russian regions of Kherson, Zaporozhye and the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics is not up for discussion, Russian President Vladimir Putin said last year.Should Kiev abandon plans to join the US-led military bloc and withdraw its troops from the four new territories, Moscow is ready to institute an immediate ceasefire, he added.

https://www.rt.com/news/616674-us-rubio-russia-ukraine/

2 May, 2025 17:41

Macron attempts to interfere with papal conclave – media

The French president has met with cardinal electors to boost support for his favored candidate, Italian media claims

French President Emmanuel Macron isattempting to influence the upcoming papal conclave in favor of a French candidate to become the next Pope, several conservative Italian media outlets have claimed.

The reports emerged following meetings between the French leader and several cardinal electors, as well as a leader of an influential Catholic movement ahead of the conclave set to determine Francis’ successor.

Macron had lunch with four of the five cardinal electors of French descent, including Jean-Marc Aveline, the archbishop of Marseille, last Saturday on the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral. The pontiff passed away on April 21.

Last Friday, theFrench president also had dinner at a restaurant in Rome with Andrea Riccardi, the head of the Community of Sant’Egidio, a powerful Catholic associationwith more than 70,000 lay members in 74 countries, and which reportedly has clout over some members of the upcoming conclave.

According to the Italian daily Il Tempo, the French leader asked the cardinals about ways to build a consensus around Aveline. The outlet called the cardinal – who is considered a contender to become the next Pope –an “ultra-European, anti-sovereignist” and “one of the most liberal” members of the conclave.

The daily also described the meetings as an example of “interventionism worthy of a new Sun King,” in an apparent reference to France’s 17th century King Louis XIV, who sought to influence the election of a Pope through French cardinals. Another Italian paper, La Verita, directly accused Macron of seeking to choose the next Pope.

The Elysee Palace did not officially comment on the agenda of the two meetings. The Community of Sant’Egidio denied the allegations, telling Le Monde on Thursday that Macron “seeks to understand the process, not influence it.”

Conservative Italian media linked the president’s actions to his desire to regain international influence and mend ties with the Holy See, which reportedly soured under Pope Francis. These claims caught the attention of French news outlets, including Le Monde, which said their Italian colleagues were spreading “rumors,”reflecting the mutual distrust between Paris and Rome.

A conclave involving 135 cardinals is set to convene at the Vatican on May 7 to elect the next Pope.

https://www.rt.com/news/616672-macron-interfere-papal-conclave-media/

only Macron would think of doing this

ACTION: Get Ed Martin Confirmed As U.S. Attorney For The District Of Columbia

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Mike Davis On FTC Lawsuit Seeking To Break Up Big Tech

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>>22984213

Jim Jordan on trying to gut the FTC to save Facebook being broken up, thats what a phony Jim Jordan is. He gets lobbyist money.

I hope Trump stops all lobbyists money in Congress once and for all. Congress are all owned by big companies, so they don’t work for the people

Bannon Predicts Convergence Of Judge Rulings At SCOTUS On 10th Anniversary Of Trump’s Announcement

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>>22984230

Federal Judge Rules President Trump May NOT Use Alien Enemies Act To Deport Illegal Gang Members

(It’s a good thing these judges are exposing themselves by not obeying the Constitutional rights of the President and CiC, their names are going on a list and will be expelled for “bad behavior”! That’s all it takes.)

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