Putin Says 'Ready For War' Against Europe If Attacks On Russian Tankers, Energy Continue

With Witkoff & Kushner in Moscow, Putin calls for Western "fantasies" of imposing "strategic defeat" on Russia to end…

US envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law and unofficial diplomat Jared Kushner have been at the Kremlin on Tuesday for high-level talks with President Vladimir Putin. The Americans are presenting Trump's Ukraine peace plan in its current form after the high stakes Miami meeting with the Ukrainian delegation, which focused on ceding territory and what future boundaries might look like in the Donbass.

President Putin's public words in the context of the meeting wherein the US side is formally pitching the plan have presented an opportunity for him to lash out at Europe. If Europe starts a war with Russia, soon there will be "no one left to negotiate with" - he warned after several EU and NATO officials have lately issued hawkish words and threats.

Russia is not planning to fight European countries, but if Europe starts a war, Russia is "ready right now" - the Russian leader said. The Kremlin had last month issued a generally positive outlook on what it framed as genuine efforts of the Trump administration to reach peace settlement in Ukraine. Putin has previously said the now 19-point plan could be a workable basis on which to find a solution. By day's end Tuesday, the world might get a better glimpse of how this is proceeding.

But on the question of Europe, which has been largely sidelined when it comes to the US peace plan version, Putin is angry. He denounced a recent series of drone strikes on oil and gas tankers carrying Russian energy exports acts of "piracy".

He also on Tuesday made clear that European demands related to Moscow are not at all acceptable, suggesting that they are by intention an effort to prod and anger Russia. He said that "Europe only proposes unacceptable demands," according to Interfax. "They are on the side of war," he said of the Europeans.

“Russia has no intention of going to war with European countries. But if Europe wants war Russia is ready” – Putin has told journalists before meeting Witkoff and Kushner.

"Europe has withdrawn itself from the Ukrainian settlement. It has no peace agenda, and now they are hindering US efforts to achieve a settlement," Putin said additionally. "Europe is putting forward proposals for a peace plan for Ukraine that are unacceptable to Russia."

Putin calls for Western "fantasies" of imposing "strategic defeat" on Russia to end…

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-threatens-ready-war-against-europe-if-attacks-russian-tankers-energy-continue

Former EU Foreign Policy Chief Arrested In Fraud Investigation, Homes & Offices Raided

Former European Commission vice-president and ex-head of the EU's foreign service, Federica Mogherini, has been detained as Belgian authorities investigate alleged misuse of European Union funds, Belgian and French media reports have revealed Tuesday.

Homes and offices are reportedly being raided in connection, though no formal charges were immediately made public for Mogherini. The action includes Belgian police searches at the Brussels headquarters of the European External Action Service (EEAS), which Mogherini led for a half-decade, from 2014 to 2019.

Police were also seen searching offices at the College of Europe in Bruges, where she has served as rector since 2020. The probe is reportedly related to her long stint overseeing the financing of the what serves as an academy for young diplomats.

Another College of Europe employee who serves in an executive office was also detained, as well as top European Commission official Stefano Sannino, who was previously the EEAS secretary-general under Mogherini.

Police have recovered documents said to be related to the three detained officials' potentially criminal activities, based on suspicion of procurement fraud, corruption, and conflicts of interest.

Belgian police confirmed an investigation was ongoing "to assess whether any criminal offences have occurred”, adding: “All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty by the competent Belgian courts of law."

The case may center on the college's purchase of a building and involves several millions of euros. According to details in The Guardian:

The case is an unprecedented investigation by the European public prosecutor’s office (EPPO), the only EU body that handles criminal cases, which was launched in 2021 to combat cross-border fraud involving EU funds. The EPPO can bring criminal cases in courts in any of the 24 EU member states that have joined it, including Belgium.

The case centres on whether the College of Europe and or its representatives were informed in advance about the tender for a training programme for young diplomats before the official launch of the bidding process.

The EPPO said it had “strong suspicions” that the rules on fair competition had been breached and that confidential information had been shared with one of the candidates taking part in the tender. The College of Europe in Bruges was awarded a contract to run the European Union Diplomatic Academy in 2021-22 after a decision from the EU foreign service. The EPPO said immunity of the three suspects had been lifted at its request.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/former-eu-foreign-policy-chief-arrested-fraud-investigation-homes-offices-raided

House Republicans Officially Confirm "Operation Choke Point 2.0" Targeted Bitcoin And Crypto Firms

A new 50-page House Financial Services Committee report formally documents how regulators pressured banks to avoid crypto while publicly denying any discouragement…

Government coercion, biased enforcement, and private pressure — all while denying

According to the document, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) employed a range of tactics to influence bank behavior.

These included “non-objection” letters, “pause” letters, and other forms of informal guidance designed to make banks hesitant to engage with crypto companies.

Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allegedly adopted a policy of “enforce first, make rules never,” using selective enforcement rather than clear regulatory frameworks to restrict digital-asset activity.

The report highlights SAB 121, an SEC guidance that effectively blocked banks from offering custody services for crypto assets.

The report paints a picture of regulators publicly denying any bias against digital assets, while privately pressuring banks to sever ties with crypto firms. The report reads that while regulators consistently denied discouraging digital-asset activity, the evidence collected by the Committee shows a pattern of private pressure and informal coercion.

Committee Republicans argue these actions represent a revival of Operation Choke Point, a controversial program from the early 2010s that used regulatory and reputational pressure to discourage banks from serving certain high-risk industries.

The report asserts that the tactics used against crypto firms echo the same methods: informal guidance, opaque supervisory expectations, and reputational risk warnings.

“The lack of clear rules combined with aggressive enforcement has created a chilling effect on the digital-asset sector,” said a Committee spokesperson. “Legitimate American businesses were forced to move abroad or shut down, not because of wrongdoing, but because of regulatory overreach.”

https://financialservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2025-11-30_–_fsc_debanking_report_final_1.pdf

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The Epstein-Israel link nobody wants you to take seriously

While trafficking young girls, he was also part of an effort to export military-grade systems to governments around the world

When I first moved to New York, I walked into my new dentist’s office and genuinely wondered whether I’d accidentally wandered into a Victoria’s Secret audition.

The waiting room was full of stunning young women. Eventually I learned the dentist shared space with a modeling agency. You couldn’t tell who was getting veneers and who was getting a contract until you were halfway down the hallway.

Jeffrey Epstein’s life operated on the same architectural principle: two businesses shoved into one building, one involving underaged girls, the other involving powerful political figures, including some tied to the Israeli government. Not exactly whitening trays and catwalks, but equally disorienting.

Epstein’s whole operation was like a perverted crossover episode of “Law & Order” meets “House of Cards.” The salacious half got all the airtime, but the geopolitical part seems to have largely ended up on the cutting room floor.

Jeremy Scahill’s Dropsite News recently published inbox receipts showing that in 2006 Epstein teamed up with lawyer Alan Dershowitz to smack down “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy,” by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt. Dershowitz wrote the rebuttal, “Debunking the Newest – and Oldest – Jewish Conspiracy,” and Epstein blasted it out to his rich and powerful pals. Perhaps a little light reading en route to Epstein island or while being rubbed down by a member of Epstein’s harem.

The moment anyone points out that a certain foreign government might be exercising influence, there’s always someone who starts shouting about bigotry. Because apparently some nations think that criticism of their foreign policy is like a trap door in one of those Indiana Jones movies, capable of sparking a chain reaction that can bring the whole thing crashing down.

Epstein’s connections to Israel have been whispered about for years. His right-hand woman Ghislaine Maxwell, currently a guest at Uncle Sam’s big house, is the daughter of Robert Maxwell, a Brit whose résumé included business tycoon, media mogul, and all-around establishment leechlord with enough Israeli intelligence ties to qualify for a final permanent nap there. His mysterious death at sea came with a Jerusalem memorial service and a burial on the Mount of Olives. Was London fully booked that weekend?

Then there was Epstein’s friendship with former Israeli prime minister and defense minister Ehud Barak. The two worked together to export Israeli cyberwarfare tools disguised as tech and security startups, including to Washington – which is either in on the notion of having Israeli tech spy on Americans for them, or too stupid to realize the difference between being sold an aromatherapy diffuser or a flamethrower.

Recently released emails show that Epstein also arranged meetings between Israel and Russian officials during the war in Syria. But officially, there’s absolutely nothing suspicious in any of this. Unless it’s Russian interference that you’re criticizing in that case, then you’re probably just a bigot.

But Epstein-style offensive and defensive influence efforts, investments in which have recently been promoted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are hardly exclusive to America.

The Eurovision Song Contest is the latest institution to enter an Israeli-sponsored Twilight Zone episode. Euronews recently asked: “What are Eurovision’s new voting rules following allegations of Israeli government ‘interference’?” Because apparently even Europe’s annual tune and tranny extravaganza now needs election observers.

https://www.rt.com/news/628787-jeffrey-epstein-israel-link/

Elise Stefanik Accuses Mike Johnson Of Protecting Deep State In Fight Over Intel Provision

New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik railed against House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday, accusing the lead Republican of siding with House Democrats to “protect the deep state” in a social media post.

Stefanik, a member of Johnson’s leadership team, has voiced outrage that a provision she is advocating for to bar illegal weaponization by the intelligence community could be stripped out of a year-end defense policy bill due to Democrats’ objections. The New York Republican said she would work to defeat the legislation if Johnson did not reverse course and stop “getting rolled” by Democrats

“[T]he Speaker is blocking my provision to root out the illegal weaponization that led to Crossfire Hurricane, Arctic Frost, and more,” Stefanik wrote on X on Tuesday morning. “He is siding with [Democratic Maryland Rep.] Jamie Raskin against Trump Republicans to block this provision to protect the deep state.”

Stefanik, who is a senior member of both the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees, pledged to vote against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) absent her measure’s inclusion in the bill.

“This is an easy one. This bill is DOA [dead on arrival] unless this provision gets added in as it was passed out of committee,” Stefanik said.

Johnson can afford to spare to lose just two Republicans on party-line legislation given the razor-thin House majority. Republican Rep Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna announced Tuesday she would also vote “no” on the NDAA if Stefanik’s provision is not included.

Stefanik’s amendment was drafted in part due to repeated occurrences of weaponization seen in the FBI’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, Russiagate and the Arctic Frost scandal. The provision would require the FBI to notify Congress if law enforcement opens investigations into candidates running for president and other federal offices.

Johnson immediately pushed back on Stefanik’s claims when asked by the Daily Caller News Foundation on Tuesday.

“All of that is false,” Johnson said. “I don’t exactly know why Elise won’t just call me. I texted her yesterday. She’s upset that one of her provisions is not being made…I think into the NDAA.”

Johnson, who said he supports the provision, said Stefanik’s amendment was struck from the legislation after passing out of committee due to disagreement between committee chairs. The speaker noted that the decision is not final and signaled the provision could become law as a standalone bill or different legislative vehicle.

NDAA text could be released as soon as Thursday, Politico first reported.

“I don’t know why she’s frustrated with me,” Johnson continued. “I literally had nothing to do with it, but I’m happy to roll my sleeves and help. I want everybody to be successful and we’re going to try to make the bill the best it can be.”

Stefanik took aim at Johnson’s comments following the press conference, writing “Just more lies from the Speaker” in a post on X.

“You torpedoed this siding with Jamie Raskin,” Stefanik wrote. “You said you would fix it, so fix it.”

Stefanik is leaving Congress at the end of her current term to seek statewide office. She launched a campaign in November to challenge Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul during next year’s midterm elections.

https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/02/elise-stefanik-mike-johnson-jamie-raskin-deep-state/

U.S. Tech Giants Palantir and Dataminr Embed AI Surveillance in Gaza’s Post-War Control Grid

American surveillance firms Palantir and Dataminr have inserted themselves into the U.S. military’s operations center overseeing Gaza’s reconstruction, raising alarms about a dystopian AI-driven occupation regime under the guise of Trump’s peace plan.

Since mid-October, around 200 U.S. military personnel have operated from the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) in southern Israel, roughly 20 kilometers from Gaza’s northern border. Established to implement President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan—aimed at disarming Hamas, rebuilding the Strip, and paving the way for Palestinian self-determination—the center has drawn UN Security Council endorsement.

Yet no Palestinian representatives have joined these discussions on their future. Instead, seating charts and internal presentations reveal the presence of Palantir’s “Maven Field Service Representative” and Dataminr’s branding, signaling how private U.S. tech companies are positioning to profit from the region’s devastation.

Palantir’s Maven platform, described by the U.S. military as its “AI-powered battlefield platform,” aggregates data from satellites, drones, spy planes, intercepted communications, and online sources to accelerate targeting for airstrikes and operations. Defense reports highlight how it “packages” this intelligence into searchable apps for commanders, effectively shortening the “kill chain” from identification to lethal action.

Palantir’s CTO recently touted this capability as “optimizing the kill chain.” The firm secured a $10 billion Army contract over the summer to refine Maven, which has already guided U.S. strikes in Yemen, Syria, and Iraq.

Palantir’s ties to Israel’s military run deep, formalized in a January 2024 strategic partnership for “war-related missions.” The company’s Tel Aviv office, opened in 2015, has expanded rapidly amid Israel’s Gaza operations. CEO Alex Karp has defended the commitment, declaring Palantir the first company to be “completely anti-woke” despite genocide accusations.

Dataminr complements this ecosystem by scraping social media for real-time “event, threat, and risk intelligence.” Starting in the mid-2010s, it provided the FBI with full Twitter access to flag “criminal and terrorist activities,” enabling surveillance of users’ past digital footprints and social connections.

Backed early by the CIA’s In-Q-Tel fund and a Twitter stake, Dataminr has since aided U.S. law enforcement in monitoring Black Lives Matter protests, abortion rights activists, and Gaza ceasefire demonstrators. The Los Angeles Police Department used it this March to flag pro-Palestinian online speech.

These firms’ roles at the CMCC point to an AI-fueled security architecture entrenching Israel’s dominance over Gaza, despite the plan’s vague nod to Palestinian statehood. Maven echoes Israel’s AI targeting systems like Lavender, which has flagged public sector workers as Hamas affiliates for assassination based on opaque criteria. Dataminr’s tools mirror Israeli platforms monitoring Palestinian internet activity. U.S.-Israeli intelligence sharing—exposed by Edward Snowden in 2013 and intensified since October 7—ensures data flows freely, including drone footage and AI analysis on Hamas.

https://nationalfile.com/u-s-tech-giants-palantir-and-dataminr-embed-ai-surveillance-in-gazas-post-war-control-grid/

NATO Must Deeply Analyse Potential For ‘Pre-Emptive Strike’ as a ‘Defensive Action’ Against Russia Says Committee Chairman

The most senior military officer in NATO has spoken of the utility of “pre-emptive strike” as a “defensive action” because of the pressure he predicts there will be on the alliance being able to show credible deterrence in the future.

Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, who replaced Admiral Rob Bauer as the chair of of the NATO military committee earlier this year has spoken of the effectiveness demonstrated by enhanced, active deterrence against Russia by the alliance this year and implicitly called for consideration to be given to going further.

In remarks reported to have been made to London’s globalist-orientated financial broadsheet The Financial Times, former Harrier pilot and warship commander Admiral Dragone specifically cited the infrastructure sabotage operations of Russia’s ‘dark fleet’ of oil tankers against European states in 2023 and 2024, which evaporated after NATO’s Operation Baltic Sentry was launched. As reported in 2024, commercial vessels associated with Russia and China frequently severed underwater power and data cables by dragging their anchors on the sea floor, an act that could be explained away as an innocent mistake on an individual basis and yet which happened with astonishing regularity for over a year.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/12/01/nato-must-considser-pre-emptive-strike-as-defensive-action-chairman/

Report: Trump pressed Netanyahu on Gaza, Syria during call, as PM sought more help on pardon request

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked US President Donald Trump to continue assisting him in securing a pardon from President Isaac Herzog during a phone call between the two leaders yesterday, Channel 12 reports, citing two senior American officials.

According to the officials, Trump told Netanyahu he believes the pardon issue would “work out,” but stopped short of committing to further action. Another US official says Netanyahu was hoping for additional intervention, but that Trump feels he has already done what he can.

An Israeli official tells the network that it was Trump who first raised the issue of the pardon during the conversation. Both leaders agreed to revisit the matter in future calls or meetings.

Channel 12 reports that the call quickly shifted to sensitive policy disputes. On Gaza, Trump urged Netanyahu to be “a better partner” in advancing the next stages of the agreement. Netanyahu responded that he was “doing his best.”

Trump also pressed the prime minister on the standoff with Hamas operatives trapped in Rafah’s tunnels, questioning “why they were being killed rather than allowed to surrender,” according to the American officials. Netanyahu reportedly replied that the militants were “armed and dangerous,” and therefore being eliminated.

On Syria, the officials say Trump voiced clear opposition to continued Israeli operations there, telling Netanyahu to “take it easy” and avoid actions that could provoke the country’s new leadership.

Following the call, Netanyahu appeared to soften his public tone on Syria, hinting that an agreement could be achievable in the near future, and suggesting he may travel to the White House soon to discuss the issues directly with Trump.

The Prime Minister’s Office declined to comment on the report.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-trump-pressed-netanyahu-on-gaza-syria-during-call-as-pm-sought-more-help-on-pardon-request/

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Whoopi Goldberg Says Pete Hegseth Set Soldiers Up To Face War Crimes Charges

Whoopi Goldberg claimed on Monday that if any American service members were charged with “war crimes” in relation to drug boat strikes, it would be because War Secretary Pete Hegseth had “set them up” to take the fall.

Goldberg and her cohosts on ABC’s “The View” insisted that the strikes were illegal and argued that in ordering them, Secretary Hegseth was putting the service members who executed those orders at risk of prosecution.

“I can’t speak to the law of it, I’m not a geopolitical expert, but in terms of the law of it, you’re right, Sara, that is why those Army vets explained do not follow — you do not have to follow illegal orders,” Sunny Hostin said.

“You know why? Because if this is deemed to have been war crimes, which by all accounts right now there are seven sources that said Pete Hegseth did say ‘kill them all,’ even after there were two survivors,” Hostin continued. “What you are supposed to do under international law, you are supposed to take those fighters as war criminals, prisoners of war, and you are supposed to give them refuge and you’re supposed to take care of them and then you are supposed to put them into a court of law. Instead, they killed them.”

Hostin went on to say that there could be legal consequences for those who gave the orders and for those who carried them out.

“That means the person who gave the order can be held accountable and put in prison, and that means the person that conducted — the people who conducted the orders, that pulled the trigger are also responsible and can be held accountable,” she said. “So, now you have people that are serving their countries, that are serving this country as patriots, perhaps following an illegal order and then themselves can be court-martialed. Imagine that.”

“Well, what he has done is he’s set them up,” Goldberg declared. “He has set them up.”

Hostin echoed comments made on Sunday by Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), who told “Meet the Press” anchor Kristen Welker that he worried some service members would only learn that they had carried out illegal orders after the fact, when it was too late for them to do anything about it.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1995538962341929323

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US evangelical leader calls Tucker Carlson’s anti-Israel line ‘worse than Nazi Party platform’

Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion (FOZ) Heritage Center and Museum, said that a “very serious” anti-Israel current has emerged inside parts of the American Right.

A prominent US evangelical leader has warned that parts of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement are turning against Israel with rhetoric he says is “worse” than the Nazi Party platform of 1920, as he brings more than 1,000 pastors and Christian influencers to Israel to push back.

Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion (FOZ) Heritage Center and Museum in Jerusalem, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that a “very serious” anti-Israel current has emerged inside parts of the American Right, led by influential media figures close to senior US officials.

“Right now we are having a movement within the MAGA movement that is anti-Israel,” Evans said. “It is very serious because it is led by Tucker Carlson, who is very close to the vice president. He is coming out and saying worse things presently than the Nazi Party said at their platform in 1920.”

Evans claimed that Gulf states hostile to Israel, especially Qatar, have invested heavily in American universities and media and are now using artificial intelligence to shape the views of young Americans, including young evangelicals.

“Qatar has put hundreds of billions into the United States and into the university campuses, and now they are using the big ‘Antichrist monster’ of them all, AI, to poison the minds of the young people,” he said.

1000 US Christian pastors and influencers arrive in Israel

Against that backdrop, more than 1,000 US Christian pastors and influencers are arriving in Israel this week for what FOZ describes as the largest ever American evangelical delegation to the country, aimed at launching a coordinated ideological and media campaign in defense of Israel.

The weeklong program, organized by FOZ with support from the Foreign Ministry, will begin in Jerusalem and include visits across the country. Participants are expected to be commissioned as “Friends of Zion Ambassadors,” a cohort that FOZ says collectively reaches tens of millions of Americans.

Evans argued that while Israel has been forced to fight military, diplomatic, and legal battles since October 7, it has never built a sustained strategy to fight the “ideological war” that its enemies are waging.

“Israel’s enemies are fighting only an ideological war,” he said. “They are fighting an ideological war in Gaza; you cannot win with bullets, because you cannot kill a demon with a bullet. When you have millions of people who do not believe in a state of Israel at all but an Islamic state, it is an ideological war.”

The delegation includes megachurch pastors, Christian television and radio station owners, university presidents, and leading evangelical media figures.

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-878987

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Admiral who ordered second strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat to brief key lawmakers

The lawmakers are investigating the Sept. 2 military attack that included a second strike, which killed any survivors

Special Operations Command Comdr. Adm. Frank Bradley, who ordered a second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boat, will brief lawmakers who oversee the military on Thursday.

The lawmakers are investigating the Sept. 2 military attack that included a second strike, which killed any survivors, The Associated Press reported.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized Bradley, who acted within his authority, to conduct the strike, which was protected under the Law of Armed Conflict.

Bipartisan lawmakers have raised concerns that the strike could constitute a war crime. The House and Senate Armed Services Committees have opened probes into recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/admiral-who-ordered-second-strike-alleged-drug-smuggling-boat-brief-key

GOP senators to join Democrats in investigating Pete Hegseth ‘kill everybody’ allegations

Senators from both sides of the political aisle will join forces to investigate allegations that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered there to be no survivors in U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug-running boats.

GOP Senator Roger Wicker, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Democratic Senator Jack Reed announced the decision in a joint statement Saturday.

“The Committee is aware of recent news reports and the Department of Defense’s initial response — regarding alleged follow-on strikes on suspected narcotics vessels in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” the statement read.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-drug-boat-investigation-b2875013.html

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