Western ultraliberal model has hit a ‘civilizational dead end’ – Moscow

Europe is facing a deepening ideological crisis after years of promoting its so called values abroad, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said

Published 4 Jun, 2026 19:38 |

The West’s ultraliberal model has reached a “civilizational dead end”and is increasingly restricting the rights of its own citizens, journalists, and political movements, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

Speaking at a panel on Europe’s future on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Zakharova arguedthat a system which once promoted “freedom, democracy, and human rights” is now facing an ideological crisisas it struggles to uphold those principles at home.

”We are witnessing the civilizational dead end of an ultraliberal modelthat only yesterday claimed to literally teach and reprogram the entire world,”. she said. “Today, this model cannot even guarantee the declared rights of its own citizens.”

According to Zakharova, political parties, journalists, andpublic organizations. in Western Europe increasingly.face pressure if they challenge the dominant narrative. “Either you keep quiet, or you go to jail,” she said.

She argued that the rise of the internet ended the West’s monopoly over information, prompting authorities.to rely on major technology companies to suppress dissenting views.

Artificial intelligence, she warned, could. become the next stage in what she described as a growing “digital dictatorship.”

Most Western nations imposed sweeping restrictions on RT and other Russian media outlets following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. RT content was subsequently removed or limited on major digital platforms, including YouTube, where the network had amassed around 30 million subscribers before the restrictions were introduced.

Concerns over censorship and restrictions on public debate have helped fuel support for conservative movements across much of the West. Parties such as Germany’s AfD, France’s National Rally, Italy’s Brothers of Italy, and the Netherlands’ Party for Freedomhave gained ground by criticizing political elites, mainstream media, and policieson issues including immigration and national sovereignty.

(I’ve noticed this even with trying to find products, documents on most search engines today. It’s happening!)

https://www.rt.com/russia/641012-west-ultraliberal-model-dead-zakharova/

Chip Roy

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Bill coming. I thought one already exists. Recall I introduced the bill to take away CAIR’s tax status.

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If you're watching this SPLC hearing one thing is clear:

WE NEED TO END THEIR TAX EXEMPT STATUS!!!

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PS: they all need to go to jail, the whole place needs to be shut down forever. And everyone damaged by them deserve millions and millions of dollar!

They don’t deserve to exist at all

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Dr. Alveda King tearing into the Southern Poverty Law Center during a hearing accusing the organization of fueling racial division in the United States while claiming to fight it.

The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pointing to allegations referenced in a federal superseding indictment that she says raise serious questions about the group's conduct.

“My family legacy reflects the very truth that America is strongest when we recognize our common humanity… That is why I am troubled by the conduct and messaging of organizations that claim to fight hatred, while profiteering from division.”

https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2064364323061809544?s=20

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SPLC President CONDEMNS Graham Platner, saying Nazi tattoo is DISQUALIFYING

In an exchange with Texas Rep. Brandon Gill (@RepBrandonGill), SPLC president Bryan Fair admits that he wouldn't vote for any candidate with a Nazi tattoo.

BRANDON GILL [showing a photo of a shirtless Graham Platner with his Totenkopf tattoo visible]:This is the tattoo on Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner's chest; that is the Nazi SS death head tattoo. Do you have any opinions on that?

BRYAN FAIR: If it is what you say, if it is a Nazi symbol, we oppose Nazis.

GILL: I agree, we do oppose Nazis. Do you think that if somebody has a Nazi tattoo on their chest, it is indicative that they might be a Nazi?

FAIR: You would have to ask Mr. Platner why he has that symbol. If it is a symbol of Nazi-ism, we oppose Nazi-ism.

GILL: I don't know anybody who has a Nazi tattoo on their chest who is not a Nazi. Do you? Do you think somebody who has a Nazi tattoo on their chest should serve in the United States Senate?

FAIR: I wouldn‘t vote for that person.

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RNC Research

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James Talarico: “We have to protect good paying oil and gas jobs.”

Talarico introduced a bill in the Texas Legislature to try and eliminate the oil and gas industry in Texas.

Talarico is a fraud.

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These creatures just lie all the time.

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Former CNN star Jim Acosta marries PBS reporter Liz Landers six months after they got engaged in Hawaii

updated 06:19 EDT 09 Jun 2026 By ALEX HAMMER, US MEDIA

Former CNN star Jim Acosta has tied the knot with PBS NewsHour's Liz Landers.

The two wed at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia, Sunday night, Acosta, 55, told The Washingtonian.

The couple have managed to keep their relationship relatively under wraps, after meeting at CNN several years ago.

Acosta, at the time, was CNN's chief White House correspondent.

Landers started at the network as a freelance news assistant in 2013 but moved to Washington to become the network's White Houseproducer in 2017. She became a Capitol Hill reporter the following year.

Acosta told the Washingtonian that his first impression of Landers, 35, was that she was a 'tenacious reporter.'

The pair also revealed they got engaged during a trip to Hawaii six months ago.

At the time, Acosta was sipping a tropical themed beverage as he called into former colleague Don Lemon's New Year's Eve web show.

He claimed he was vacationing there to get 'as far away' from Donald Trump as possible while still being able to ring in the New Year in the US.(he’s probably blocked by a judge to be near Trump)

He left CNN last year after refusing to take part in a reshuffle that would have seen his morning show moved to midnight. Trump was sworn into office just days earlier. Acosta said he would refuse 'to bow down to a tyrant' on-air.

Acosta told the Washingtonian that he and Landers are set to honeymoon in Capri.

The couple were spotted together at a kickoff event for White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend in April of last year.

They were also seen at the YouTube/Meridian International Center/C-SPAN reception this year, in April as well.

Acosta has two children with his first wife, Sharon Mobley Stow, from whom he split in July 2017

Landers, 35, left CNN for Vice in April 2019. She was hired as a White House correspondent at PBS NewsHour in September 2025.

She said her first impression of Acosta was 'less serious and funnier in person than he was on TV.'

Acosta posted photos from the ceremony on Instagram.

Multiple showed the couple sharing their first dance. Around 150 people were present for the ceremony.

(https://www.dailymail.com/media/article-15883471/jim-acosta-marries-wedding-liz-sanders-cnn-pbs.html

(Every creep deserves a creepy wife!)

MAZE

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2023. Immediately after her interview with Trump was broadcast, Kristen Welker "fact checked" Trump about his Jan 6th claim that the Mayor of DC had called for the National Guard and that they were turned away.

Welker apparently forgot about her reporting from January 5th, 2021.

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Newsom targets undocumented Californians with new healthcare cost increase

It's getting harder for undocumented people in California to get insurance

By Lester Black,

News editor

June 8, 2026

Newsom framed it as a matter of principle when under his administration, California became the first state in the nation to pay for undocumented immigrants to use Medicaid.

“In California, we believe everyone deserves access to quality, affordable health care coverage – regardless of income or immigration status,” Newsom said in a statement to ABC News at the time.

People flocked to the system,with about 1.5 million undocumented Californians using the state’s Medi-Cal healthcare by November 2025. But now Newsom and fellow Democrats in Sacramento are walking back on their promise to provide healthcare access to all.

Lawmakers have slashed the program in a series of cuts over the last year with more expected to come. In January, the state froze any new undocumented adults from applying for the program. Dental benefits for undocumented people are set to expire in July. And Newsom’s latest budget proposal, released in May, calls for increasing premiums from a planned $30 to $50 for undocumented people starting in July next year.

Charging immigrants on Medi-Cal will “absolutely” push people off healthcare, according to Rachel Linn Gish,the interim deputy director of Health Access California. She said the governor’s cuts have returned California to a “two-tiered health care system” where undocumented immigrants will lose access to care.

“Governor Newsom [led] the way to provide access to all Californians regardless of immigration status. It was a key point of his governorship up until last year,” Linn Gish said in an email. “We have since then been disappointed in the rollbacks to the program he once championed.”

The cuts are being driven by multiple factors. The program is far more expensive for California taxpayers than it was originally expected to be, and at the same time Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump have cut $1 trillion in federal healthcare spending over 10 years. That’s left Newsom’s administration scrambling to find ways to balance the budget, with undocumented immigrants shouldering some of the pain.

H.D. Palmer, the deputy director of external affairs for Newsom’s Department of Finance, disputed that the administration’s moves constitute “backtracking” on the commitment to provide healthcare to undocumented people because current enrollees can stay on the system. Palmer said the cuts were directly related to Trump’s H.R. 1 bill. The law, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, cut roughly $4 trillion in taxes over 10 years while also cutting healthcare spending.

“In light of the substantial fiscal pressures that Washington has put on California and other states because of the provisions of HR 1, these measures reflect a way to address these new federally imposed costs while continuing to provide health care benefits to those who now receive them,” Palmer said in an email.

Linn Gish said that even undocumented people currently on the program are at risk of losing coverage permanently. Undocumented people have a 90-day grace period to reenroll after missing a premium, but if they miss that window they would permanently be blocked from full coverage, according to the Department of Health Care Services.

In that way, California’s healthcare cuts could in effect become part of Trump’s campaign to make life more uncomfortable for undocumented people in order to encourage “self-deportation.”

Nadereh Pourat, a healthcare policy researcher at UCLA, said undocumented people without healthcare can still use some county medical facilities.But that could overload the facilities and extend wait times for entire communities.

She said the cuts are almost certainly because of Trump’s H.R. 1 bill.KEK these people can’t calculate anything!

“The important issue here is that these changes are because of the HR1 implementation. If it was not for this law, I don’t [think] California would be trying to cut some people off,” Pourat said.

Newsom’s cuts to health benefits for undocumented people could save the state $5 billion over the next three years, according to the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office.

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/newsom-healthcare-undocumented-22292838.php

Caroline McCaughey

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At a Graham Platner rally in Portland.

“Would an Israeli flag tattoo be a deal breaker?”

“Honestly yeah, because I don’t support genocide.”

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At this point the only thing that could hurt Platner with progressives is if it came out that he has a Star of David tattoo

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Iran hints downed US chopper violated its airspace as Trump vows retaliation

Summary

• Iran's foreign minister said on Tuesday the Islamic Republic's Armed Forces "are on constant alert for any violation of Iran’s airspace, land or waters,” after Iran shot down a US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz.

• US President Donald Trump said Iran shot down a US Apache helicopter while it was patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the United States would respond to the attack.

• A US Army Apache helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and its two crew members were safely rescued, The New York Times reported, citing two people briefed on the incident.

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US Army helicopter may have been deliberately targeted by Iran- Al Arabiya

There are indications that Iran deliberately targeted the US Army Apache helicopter that went down near the coast of Oman, Al Arabiya reported, citing a US official.

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Iran denies sending new proposal to US, agreeing to uranium transfer - IRGC outlet

Iran has not sent a new proposal to the United States, IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency reported, citing an informed source close to Iran's negotiating team.

The source dismissed reports that Tehran had submitted a new peace proposal to Washington and had agreed to transfer enriched uranium to a third country.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202606062776

Araghchi tells foreign forces to leave region after Iran downs US chopper

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchiwarned foreign forces near Iran’s territory to leave the region, after President Donald Trump said Tehran had downed a US Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz.

He said the Strait of Hormuz was “NOT international waters” but was shared between Iran and Oman, adding that maritime boundaries were “crystal clear.”

“Our powerful Armed Forces are on constant alert for any violation of Iran’s airspace, land or waters,” he said.

“Foreign forces in proximity to our territory are at constant risk on account of their own human errors, plain accidents, or potentially being caught in crossfire,” Araghchi said in a post on X.

“To reduce risk, best solution is for them to leave,” he added.“We prefer language of diplomacy but speak other languages too."

Foreign forces in proximity to our territory are at constant risk on account of their own human errors, plain accidents, or potentially being caught in crossfire.

To reduce risk, best solution is for them to leave.

We prefer language of diplomacy but speak other languages too. pic.twitter.com/5DDgHAscBj

— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) June 9, 2026

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202606062776

(I wonder if Israel or someone else was involved, or Trump doesn’t want to escalate this, to get the peace deal? So he’s forgiving this now.)

Iran did not carry out any offensive aerial operation in Hormuz - IRGC outlet

No offensive aerial military operation has taken place in the Strait of Hormuz over the past 24 hours, the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News reported citing an informed military source, after US President Donald Trump said Iran had downed a US Apachi helicopter.

=Trump says Iran's downing of US chopper ‘not a big deal’ - WSJ

US President Donald Trump downplayed the Iranian shootdown of a US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, telling The Wall Street Journal that it "wasn't a big deal" and that "the pilot is fine".

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202606062776

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Faith in diplomacy further dented by Iran-Israel exchange

Behrouz Turani 17 hours

June 7, 2026.

The brief exchange of strikes between Iran and Israelrevealed a realitythat weeks of ceasefire and diplomacy betweenTehran and Washington had obscured: neitherside appears willing to absorb a blow without responding, even if doing so risks a return to wider war.

In Tehran, theepisode triggered a noticeable shift in toneacross much of the media landscape.

Hardline outlets portrayed Iran's missile strike as proof that its warnings carried weight,while moderates questioned whether diplomacy can survive repeated cycles of escalation.

The shift comes asUS President Donald Trump continues to project confidence in negotiations.

After the exchange,Trump publicly urged restraint and sought to keep diplomatic channels alive, while reports emerged that he hadwarned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against stepsthat could further complicate negotiations.

Yet the events of recent dayshighlighted how narrow the path to a broader agreement remains.

Theimmediate trigger was Israel's decisionto proceed with strikes in Beirut's southern suburbsdespite repeated Iranian warningsthat attacks on Dahiyeh would be viewed as a violation of thebroader post-war understanding that emerged after the US-Iran ceasefire.

Tehran repeatedly linked stability in Lebanon to the durability of any future understanding with Washington andsignalled that attacks on Hezbollah strongholds would not go unanswered.

When Iran responded with a missile strike on Israel, state-affiliated outletsportrayed the move less as an escalation than as the enforcement of a red line. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who has emerged as one of the central figures in Tehran's diplomacy and wartime decision-making,argued that the episode had created a "new reality" and warned that similar responses could follow future violations.

Israel's retaliation the following day reinforced a different lesson: that it was prepared to respond militarilyregardless of diplomatic considerations. The result was a brief but significant exchange that left both sides claiming deterrence while simultaneously exposing the fragility of the ceasefire framework.

The media reactioninside Iran reflected these competing interpretations.

Hardline outlets such as Kayhan, Tasnim and state broadcaster IRIB framed the exchange as evidence thatIran's deterrence strategyremained intact despite military pressure and economic sanctions.

Their coverage emphasised resolve, resistance and the need to resist what they described as attempts to impose new realities on Iran and its allies.

Even more moderate publications supported theresponse to Israel's actions in Lebanon, although their commentary often focused on the risks of miscalculation and the possibilitythat another cycle of escalation could rapidly overwhelm diplomatic efforts.

This more anxious mood had already been building in recent weeks. Even before the exchange, moderate outlets increasingly reflected concerns about economic exhaustion, public frustration and the ==country's ability to absorb further instability.

The latest confrontationappeared to reinforce those fears rather than dispel them.

What was striking was the degree to which most voices in Tehran appeared to share a concern: thatthe current diplomatic opening is far more fragile than many had assumed.

The exchange lasted less than a day. Yet it altered perceptions in Tehran.

For hardliners, it demonstrated that threats still carry weight and that Iran remains willing to defend what it sees as its core regional interests. For more pragmatic voices, it underscored how quickly months of diplomacy can be placed at risk by events on the ground.

The result is a political atmosphere that is simultaneously more defiant and more anxious than it was a week ago—one in which support for negotiations persists, but confidence in their staying power has visibly weakened.

(Bibi basically destroyed or slowed down, all the hard war Trump and negotiators were accomplishing. And he always is deliberate what he does. So the problem for the U.S. to have peace with Iran, but what Bibi will do to sabotage the progress.)

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202606091847

Inside the Iranian missile base hit by Israel near Najafabad

Jun 8, 2026, 20:30 GMT+1

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Videos showing explosions, smoke and possible missile impacts in areas near Najafabad in central Iran appear to point to Israeli attacks on the Ahmad Kazemi complex, one of the Revolutionary Guard's most important missile bases.

Citizens who sent the videos to Iran International described the locations as the mountains near Najafabad or areas around Vilashahr, Khomeini-Shahr and Homayoun-Shahr.

The Ahmad Kazemi facility is located in that same area, five kilometers west of Khomeini-Shahr, 1.5 kilometers north of Vilashahr and seven kilometers northeast of Najafabad.

Officially named after Ahmad Kazemi, a late commander of the IRGC Air Force, the roughly two-square-kilometer complex is used for the production, assembly and storage of the IRGC’s strategic missiles.

Iranian state media usually describe such sites as “missile cities.”A cluster of 12 tunnel entrances can be seen at the complex in aerial images.

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The site’s storage capacity has reportedly been estimated at up to 2,000 missiles, though that refers to its overall capacity. After two wars, it is unclear how many missiles actually remain there.

Prepared berms for deploying launchers and missile transport frames are visible across the complex.

A comparison of images from before the 12-day war in July 2024 and after it in December 2025 shows that large parts of the base were destroyed during that conflict.

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During the clashes on Sunday night and Monday morning, June 8, there were reports both of missile launches from the area and of explosions at the sitefollowing Israeli attacks.

The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) has described the complex as Iran’s largest missile assembly and production facility.

The Ahmad Kazemi complex was built in the late 1980s with assistance from North Korea and China. Solid and liquid fuels, missile components, Shahab missiles and Chinese-made Silkworm and M-class missiles are assembled and produced there.

During both the 12-day war in 2025 and the 2026 war, known as the 40-day war, powerful explosions were repeatedly reported in the area.

Aerial imagery partly revealed the extent of the damage after the 12-day war. (To compare the images below, move the slider from right to left or vice versa.)

During the 2026 war, multiple reports were published about attacks on the base, including on March 13, 2026, and March 27, 2026.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202606085310

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BREAKING: US forces launching strikes against Iran following helicopter downing, CENTCOM says

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Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports that explosions have been reported in an Iranian port city as CENTCOM says the response is a ‘proportional response’ to Iran’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter

(This is weird Trump said it was no big deal 4 hours ago)

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Trump says US ‘MUST RESPOND’ to Iranian attack

Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss the investigation into whether Iran deliberately shot down an U.S. Army Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.

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