June 26, 2025

Report: Netanyahu agreed to end Gaza war within two weeks after US strike on IranBy Lazar Berman

After the US strike on Iran earlier this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump agreed on a rapid end to the war in Gaza andexpansion of the Abraham Accords, Israel Hayom reports, citing “a source familiar with the conversation.”

According to the outlet, Trump and Netanyahu agreed in a phone call that the war in Gaza would end within two weeks. Four Arab states, including the UAE and Egypt, would jointly govern the Gaza Strip in place of Hamas. The terror group’s leadership would be exiled, and all hostages would be released.

However,Arab allies have repeatedly asserted that they will not take part in the postwar rehabilitation of Gaza absent Israeli acquiescence to the Palestinian Authoritygaining a foothold in Gaza as part of a pathway to a future two-state solution,but Netanyahu has flatly rejectedany PA role in the Strip.

Moreover, Hamas’s leaders have also long rejected demands to go into exile.(WTF? I thought we and they had been eliminating them?)

Trump and Netanyahu were joined on the “euphoric” call late Monday night by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, says Israel Hayom.

Gazans who wish to emigrate would be absorbed by several unnamed countries, says the report.

Saudi Arabia and Syria would establish diplomatic ties with Israel, and other Arab and Muslim countries would follow suit.

Israel, for its part, would express its support for a future two-state solution, conditioned on reforms made by the Palestinian Authority. Meanwhile, the leaders agreed that Washington will recognize Israeli sovereignty in some parts of the West Bank.

The heady plan could explain Trump’s fury over Israel’s planned retaliation to Iran’s violation of the nascent ceasefire on Tuesday, and his Truth Social post calling for an end to Netanyahu’s corruption trial.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-netanyahu-agreed-to-end-gaza-war-within-two-weeks-after-us-strike-on-iran/

Bibi seems to be making up stories with the Jerusalem Times, they are covering up. And they have no intention of doing anything for the Gaza Strip, nor Palestine.If these discussions took place, Trump would have already announced them, especially the Abraham Accords.Plus they always promise things and they never get around to them.

>>23241378

Most All of that is true, Russia has been proving it for years.

Now the FF, I wouldn't doubt that, and it would seem to be the response of Zelensky not getting attention at NATO, and no more money from the US.

They have to make a pretext to go to WWIII….

Zelensky cannot lose power or he's dead.

>>23241378

anon where is the video embedded in that X post.

26 Jun, 2025 17:16

NATO summit is ‘grim sign’ for Kiev – NYT

The US-led bloc is no longer prioritizing Ukraine, the American outlet has reported

The recent NATO summit signaled a bleak outlook for Kiev’s hopesof sustained Western support as the US-led bloc turned its attention toward US President Donald Trump, The New York Times has reported, in a feature-style review of the gathering.

NATO chief Mark Rutte, a former Dutch prime minister, hosting the event at The Hague, pledged continued support for what he described as Ukraine’s “irreversible path to membership.”

However Kiev’s aspirations were notably absent from the final summit communiqué, which offered only a brief mention of the bloc’s “enduring sovereign commitments to provide support to Ukraine,” according to the newspaper.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who was invited to the two-day summit, was “not feted as in years past,” the newspaper noted.Nor was he “the center of attention” anymore, it added. A meeting between Trump and Zelensky on the sidelines of the event also failed to produce any “specific promises,” the outlet wrote.

After the meeting, which lasted roughly 50 minutes, Trump denied that the two had discussed a potential ceasefire between Kiev and Moscow, contradicting an earlier statement by Zelensky.

”Ukraine? What’s Ukraine?” Michael John Williams, a former NATO adviser, exclaimed to the NYT. “The Europeans were saying how committed they are to Ukraine… But there was also really an attempt to keep controversial issues off the table. Ukraine wasn’t the front and center discussion it has been.”

The summit was “choreographed” to address “the security interests of NATO allies – and then comes Ukraine,” Liana Fix, a Europe expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, told NYT on Wednesday, published in a separate piece.

”There was no meaningful deliverable for Ukraine,”added Torrey Taussig, a former Biden-era Europe director at the National Security Council.

This year’s meeting marked a sharp departure from last year’s summit, where Ukraine’s NATO membership was on the agenda. This time, NATO members committed only to increasing defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, in response to what they called a “long-term threat posed by Russia to Euro-Atlantic security.”

On Wednesday, Rutte told reporters simply that“our aim is to keep Ukraine in the fight today.”

(Damn and he even wore a suit this time!)

https://www.rt.com/news/620593-nato-summit-grim-sign-kiev/

26 Jun, 2025 16:42

Von der Leyen faces possible no confidence vote – FT

The European Commission president has been under scrutiny over a multi-billion-dollar Covid-19 vaccine deal

A group of lawmakers in the European Parliament (MEPs) claim they have secured enough support to initiate a no-confidence vote against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over her failure to cooperate with a probe into a multi-billion dollar deal she struck with pharma giant Pfizer for COVID vaccines, the Financial Times has reported.

In May, the EU’s Court of Justice ruled that the European Commission wrongly denied the New York Times access to text messages von der Leyen exchanged with Pfizer CEO, Albert Bourla.

The court rejected the commission’s claim that it did not have the messages in its possession, instructing it to provide “credible explanations” why the texts, which von der Leyen herself boasted of in public, were not retained by officials.

The EC promised to come up with more detailed reasoning for its denial, but has not committed to releasing the texts.

Romanian MEP Gheorghe Piperea told the FT that he will file a motion to stage a no confidence vote on Thursday after his group secured the required 72 signatures.

Von der Leyen’s “legally unsound” refusal to share the text messages demonstrated “a continued pattern of institutional overreach, democratic disregard, and erosion of public trust in the Union’s governance,” he argued.

The MEP has called on “the European Commission to resign due to repeated failures to ensure transparency, persistent disregard for democratic oversight and the rule of law within the Union.”

In order for the vote of no confidence to succeed, more than two-thirds of MEPs need to be in attendance at the European Parliament in Brussels. Last year, 407 out of 720 lawmakers backed von der Leyen for her second five-year term as president.

Piperea acknowledged that the chances of voting out von der Leyen are slim, despite support for the initiative from some members of her own European People’s Party.

The no confidence vote offers a “crucial opportunity for constructive and substantiated criticism towards President von der Leyen,” he said. “It obliges the commission to address concerns and provide justifications.”

(Yeah, they don’t get arrested and go to Jail in the EU,they just get a NO CONFIDENCE VOTE. Heaven Forbid they be charged with an International Crime.Question: Can anyone really delete texts, since they are back up in the Cloud?)

https://www.rt.com/news/620578-eu-leyen-pfizergate-vote/

Updated 2 hours ago -Politics & Policy Barak Ravid

Netanyahu wants to meet Trump at White House after Iran war success

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to meet with President Trump at the White House in the coming weeks to celebrate the joint U.S-Israeli bombing of Iran's nuclear program, three Israeli officials said.

Why it matters:Despite past tensions in their relationship, the two leaders are closer than ever and see the 12-day war against Iran as a monumental achievement — both for their countries and their personal legacies.

• Two Israeli officials said initial discussions have already taken place between Netanyahu's advisers and White House officials regarding a potential visit, though no date has been set yet.

• Such a meeting would provide an opportunity for both leaders to cement their narrative on the success of the Iran operation and discuss joint next steps in the region.

The latest:"We fought bravely against Iran — and achieved a great victory. This victory opens up an opportunity for a dramatic expansion of the peace agreements," Netanyahu said in a statement Thursday.

• "Alongside the release of our hostages and the defeat of Hamas, there is a window of opportunity here that must not be missed. Not even a single day should be wasted," he added.

Behind the scenes:"There is a mutual interest from both side of doing a victory party after the war with Iran," one Israeli official said.

•Another Israeli official said the visit could take place the second week of July.

• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed in a briefing that Netanyahu expressed interest in coming to the White House in the coming weeks. She said Trump is open to the visit, but that no final date has been set.

Driving the news:On Thursday, Netanyahu's lawyers ask Israeli judges to postpone the prime minister's hearings in his corruption trial — which has been ongoing since 2020 — by two weeks.

• "After the war with Iran, and due to regional and international developments, the prime minister needs to devote most of his time to foreign policy and national security issues, including the war in Gaza and efforts to secure the release of hostages," the lawyers wrote.

The intrigue:Netanyahu's request to the court came several hours after Trump posted on Truth Social calling for the cancellation of Netanyahu's trial — or for him to be granted a pardon.

• It was a highly unusual intervention by a U.S. president in the legal proceedings of a democratic ally, and comes after Trump faced his own legal troubles — including a criminal conviction — while out of office.

• "Such a WITCH HUNT, for a man who has given so much, is unthinkable to me. He deserves much better than this, and so does the State of Israel," Trump wrote, calling Netanyahu one of the great "warriors" in Israel's history.

• Netanyahu, along with ministers and lawmakers from his coalition, praised Trump's call, amplifying it through press statements and social media posts.

What to watch:Following the ceasefire with Iran,Trump now has his eyes set on ending Israel's war in Gaza and promoting peace agreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors, sources tell Axios.

• "Trump wants a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza as soon as possible", one source with direct knowledge of the matter said.

• White House envoy Steve Witkoff said in an interview on CNBC Wednesday that the administration is working to expand the Abraham Accords, a key diplomatic achievement from Trump's first term.

• "We think we're going to have some pretty big announcements on countries that are now coming into the Abraham peace accords, and we're hoping for normalization across an array of countries that maybe people would have never contemplated would come in," Witkoff said.

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/26/netanyahu-trump-white-house-meeting-israel-iran

The ratio that explains trade war economics

Neil Irwin

America buys a lot of cotton T-shirts from China — $277 million worth in 2023. We also buy a lot of fireworks — $465 million. But buyers of cotton T-shirts will have a lot more options to avoid the burden of tariffs than buyers of fireworks.

The big picture:That's the implication of revelatory new data from consulting firm McKinsey, which calculated a "rearrangement ratio" for hundreds of different goods the U.S. imports from China.

• The ratio captures in a single number how hard (or easy) it will be for importers to find alternate, lower-tariff suppliers.

•That, in turn, helps answer the question of whether 55% tariffs on Chinese imports are likely, for any given product, to result in higher prices or cause importers to switch up and import from elsewhere.

Zoom in: The ratio captures the value of U.S. imports of a good from China, relative to the total export volume for the product, excluding the U.S. and China.

• So a very low number, like 0.04 ratio for cotton T-shirts, indicates that there are plenty of supplies available on the global market, which allows importers lots of flexibility to shift to producers with lower tariffs.

• A number above 1, like the 1.25 ratio for fireworks, indicates that U.S. imports from China exceed exports for the rest of the world — meaning simply rerouting supply chains is impossible, and importers face high tariffs that they will need to pass on to customers and/or suffer lower profit margins.

A number in between, like the 0.59 ratio for gas grills, suggests a product where importers might be able to find alternate supplies, but could struggle to do so, at least in the short run.

• After all, if U.S. imports from China account for more than half of total available market from the rest of the world, "that's an awful lot of available market to go and capture and try to rearrange," said McKinsey's Olivia White, particularly if those suppliers are locked into existing long-term contracts.

Zoom out:The ratio helps capture the reality that not all products are created equal, and a one-size-fits-all analysis of trade economics doesn't capture what's happening on the ground.

• Goods with low rearrangement ratios are likely to be less affected by the trade war, as importers simply reroute supply chains.

• Consumer goods with high rearrangement ratios tend to be discretionary purchases that account for a low share of total spending (plastic ornaments, for example, with a ratio of 1.11). Importers are likely to pass on high tariffs, and consumers are likely to buy less.

• Business inputs, like industrial pumps and precursor chemicals for pharmaceuticals, are a trickier question, as they tend to be essential for U.S. companies producing higher-value products.

What they're saying:"Imported consumer goods are going to be more discretionary and have higher price elasticity," White, director of the McKinsey Global Institute, tells Axios. "So to the degree that rearrangement is tricky, people might prefer to buy a little bit less."

• To understand the economics of tariffs, she said, "what stood out to me was the degree to which you need to look granularly."

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/26/trump-tariffs-trade-war-imports

"Bizarre" DOJ lawsuit fuels Trump's war against judicial branch

Avery Lotz

The Trump administration's unprecedented decision to sue all 15 federal judges in Maryland for slowing his deportation agenda broaches a dangerous new phase in his push to stifle the judiciary, legal experts warn.

Why it matters:Judges have been one of the few obstacles to President Trump's push to reorient the entire federal government to his agenda, and legal experts said the unorthodox lawsuit is an attempt to further challenge judges' power to check the executive branch.

• "This is … in many ways a bizarre lawsuit that seems designed to pick a fight with the judicial branch," said Alicia Bannon, the director of the Brennan Center for Justice's judiciary program.

• "It's clearly another example of the administration trying to send a message to the judiciary that it thinks that it's crossing lines," she added.

Driving the news:The Trump administration sued Chief Judge George L. Russell III and 14 other judges on Tuesday over an order that bars the government from immediately deporting people contesting their detention.

• Their deportation is blocked until 4 p.m. on the second business day after a habeas corpus petition is filed.

• The order, filed last month, aims to maintain existing conditions and court jurisdiction, as well to ensure people facing removal get their day in court — and that the government "has a fulsome opportunity to brief and present arguments in its defense."

• In their complaint, the Justice Department attorneys bemoaned the influx of injunctions that have held up major parts of Trump's agenda and described the order as "a particularly egregious example of judicial overreach."

Zoom in:In its suit, the administration notes that each judge "has been or will be assigned cases" to which the order applies.

• Among the judges being sued is Paula Xinis, who has overseen one of the most controversial cases in the Trump 2.0 era: that of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a man erroneously deported to El Salvador despite an order barring officials from sending him there.

What they're saying:The orders, the DOJ alleges, "purport to issue a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order automatically" without meeting the requirements and hinder immigration enforcement.

• "President Trump's executive authority has been undermined since the first hours of his presidency by an endless barrage of injunctions designed to halt his agenda," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement on the case.

Yes, but:Bannon says the standing order at the center of the suit is designed to ensure due process and is a "very straightforward use of the court's power to maintain its jurisdiction in habeas cases."

Zoom out:Craig Green, a professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law who worked under the Bush DOJ, said the proper procedure would be an appeal — not for the government to sue judges.

• And in the administration's complaint, Green added, he saw "almost no effort" to justify the extraordinary action.

• "This is the kind of brief that if I were a government lawyer, I would not be happy to sign," he said. "Because I think that it really pushes the boundaries and the edge of what I think any government attorney should argue."

Friction point:The administration also requested the judges to recuse themselves from the case and for a judge from a different district to step in, according to a court filing.

• This is another example of how "unusual or outrageous" the government's procedural posture is, Green said, noting the reason for courts of appeals is to offer distance and new set of eyes on the case — again emphasizing an appeal would be the proper avenue.

The bottom line:Green says this is the improper vehicle for such a challenge — but "this Department of Justice is fundamentally challenging the rules of the road."

• "Maybe the district court went too far would be one argument … if I worked for the government, I would probably make those arguments," he said. "But for heaven's sake, I would never make those arguments that, therefore, we shouldn't appeal the order; we should sue the judges."

(This judge is an asshole, the whole point is Trump is flooded with injunction, sure you appeal one suit but not 260+ judges orders, who don’t even have the power to do so.)

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/26/trump-doj-sues-all-maryland-federal-judges

7 hours ago -Politics & Policy

Senate parliamentarian blocks Medicaid changes in "big, beautiful bill"

Hans Nichols, Stef W. Kight

The Senate parliamentarian ruled out the Medicaid provider tax provision in the "one big, beautiful bill," according to Senate Democrats.

Why it matters: This complicates the GOP's math on the spending cuts it needs to pass the package, as well as threatens the careful negotiations between the party's factions on reaching a final deal.

• For Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), it removes a thorny political problem for Republicans, with a handful of GOP members deeply opposed to the provisions.

• But it will also force the Senate to find additional spending cuts to pay for the tax cuts that are the centerpiece of Trump's "one big, beautiful bill."

Zoom in:The parliamentarian also struck down provisions meant to block the use of Medicaid funds for gender-affirming care and to prevent unauthorized immigrants from receiving Medicaid or CHIP coverage (WTF?)

Driving the news:Democrats seized on the ruling as evidence that their fight against Trump's agenda was having some success.

• "Democrats are continuing to make the case against every provision in this Big, Beautiful Betrayal of a bill that violates Senate rules and hurts families and workers," said Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee.

• "Democrats are fighting back against Republicans' plans to gut Medicaid, dismantle the Affordable Care Act, and kick kids, veterans, seniors and folks with disabilities off of their health insurance." (The lie caught on, they are not doing any of those)

What to watch:Republicans are working to adjust the language on provider taxes to meet the parliamentarian's standards.

• "We'll continue our work and find a solution to achieve the desired results," said one source familiar.

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/26/senate-medicaid-provider-tax-trump-thune

26 Jun, 2025 16:15

Russian woman arrested for leaking military secrets to Ukraine – FSB

The suspect faces treason charges for allegedly providing the locations of Black Sea Fleet vessels and air defense sites

A Russian woman suspected of treason has been detained in Novorossiysk, a major port city on the Black Sea in southern Russia, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Thursday. The agency said the suspect had gathered and sent information on Russian military assets to Ukrainian intelligence.

The suspect reportedly worked on a civilian vessel in the ports of Novorossiysk and Sochi. During this time, she allegedly initiated contact with a pro-Ukrainian terrorist group, which the FSB said is controlled by Ukrainian intelligence services. The woman is accused of collecting details regarding the locations of Russian Navy vessels and air defense sites and sharing them with her Ukrainian handlers.

”No damage was allowed to be inflicted on military equipment or personnel of the Russian Armed Forces due to timely measures taken,” the statement reads.

The FSB has opened a criminal case of high treason, the maximum sentence for which is 20 years in prison. The woman has been placed in pretrial detention.

The agency has also shared a video it claims is ofthe woman’s arrest and confession, in which she says she “didn’t see anything terrible” in passing information about military facilities to a foreign governmentand claims she was contacted by a representative of Ukrainian intelligence.

“He offered me monetary compensation for cooperation. I agreed. Later, he gave me tasks to collect information about the locations of military facilities in Novorossiysk, Sochi, and Sevastopol,” she said. The suspect stated that she sent the information to a person named ‘Maxim’ via Telegram and acknowledged her guilt.

In a separate message, the FSB warned thatUkrainian intelligence services are increasingly using Telegram and WhatsApp to recruit Russian citizens for reconnaissance and sabotage activities.

Earlier on Thursday, the Russian security services reported the arrest of another woman in St. Petersburg who has also been charged with collecting data on Russian military personnel on behalf of Ukrainian intelligence and aiding in the organization of an act of terrorism.

The woman allegedly helped establish the residences of Russian servicemen, as well as their vehicles and those of family members “for the purpose of preparing and carrying out terrorist attacks against them,” the FSB said. The suspect faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

(If I lived in Russia, knowing their sentencing methods, I would certainly not spy for the enemy, why aren’t they afraid of their government?)

https://www.rt.com/russia/620584-fsb-woman-arrested-novorossiysk/

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.@RepBrandonGill just BURIED a black supremacist that didn’t want to admit his own beliefs. Mic Drops throughout this entire segment.

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CAPT. JAMES FANELL: “Top Military Voices Agree, The Nuclear Facility Was Destroyed.“(The DS has everyone spinning on the lies for days, and it will be discussions for months. Hateful shits)

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>>23241899

Interesting Fannel did the Ditra work for many years, he explained that info even further. The same thing that Gen. Kaine was talking about the guys that did the work for 15 years.

He's got some interesting info.

BTW,, if you don't want to watch anything just scroll by and stop being an asshole

No one needs your opinion on what we should read, listen to, write or watch. We are adults here.

>>23241920

Why are anons fixated on Trump's height?

Everyone loses height in their spine as they age, have you ever noticed he leans over a lot, that might be from the pain in his lumbar.

Regardless he gets less than 5 hours of sleep a night, that has an effect.

>>23241972

sure it's observation and I was also observing how many anons have commented on this height for a few days, thanks philosopher.

“Fox News Couldn’t Close The Deal.” Jack Posobiec On Trump Rejecting Iran Regime ChangeYes, FOX was pushing the Shah for IRAN very hard, without asking the Iranians

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>>23242086

This is funny Hegseth calls out Griffin of FOX being the most inaccurate and reporting lies, in front of everyone!! Good for him.

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