Rep. Anna Paulina Luna says that she was assaulted by a protester who questioned her support of sanctions on Cuba. Watch the assault for yourself and pray for her speedy recovery.
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MARKETS
Gold
$4,451.27
-0.88%
Silver
$73.17
-2.75%
Bitcoin
$64,331.88
-2.93%
Dow
50,687.07
-1.21%
S&P
7,553.68
-0.74%
Nasdaq
26,853.98
-0.89%
*Stock data as of market close, cryptocurrency data as of 5:00 a.m. ET.
Lead:Â Ukraine Hits St. Petersburg. Russia Threatens Nukes.
That warning came after Ukrainian drones struck targets in St. Petersburg during Russia’s flagship international economic forum, an event hosting roughly 20,000 attendees from more than 130 countries. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said attacks on Russia’s territorial integrity could, under Russia’s military doctrine, justify the use of nuclear weapons in a worst-case scenario.
The strikes are significant not only because of where they occurred, but because they hit deep inside Russia on civilian targets while Moscow is hosting one of its most important economic and diplomatic gatherings. Reports also circulated of civilian casualties from a separate drone attack on a passenger bus, adding to domestic pressure on the Kremlin to respond.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continues to publicly support peace negotiations while simultaneously renewing his push for NATO membership. During meetings with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Zelensky released another of the now-familiar wartime videos that have become a staple of his public image: solemn tributes to the soldiers he sent to their deaths and once again portraying himself as the tragic hero of a war he refuses to end.
Whether Russia’s nuclear warning is a genuine threat or another attempt at deterrence, one thing is clear: the war is expanding beyond the battlefield. As attacks reach deeper into Russian territory and rhetoric grows more extreme, the risk of a wider confrontation continues to rise.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he wants U.S. support of Israel to move from “aid” to “cooperation.”
In a recent letter, he calls this a “new framework” by which Israel will reduce U.S. financial military assistance and reframe it as “joint defense cooperation, codevelopment, coproduction and mutual investment in areas including advanced missile defense, artificial intelligence, unmanned systems, cybersecurity, and next generation military platforms.”
In other words: don’t end the relationship—deepen it. Don’t call it foreign aid—call it a partnership. Your money becomes our money.
This comes as there is growing outrage over Section 224 of the House version of the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act. It would require military cooperation between the U.S. and Israel in a way the U.S. has never agreed to with any other country.
There are at least two members of Congress who have publicly said they are trying to remove Section 224 from the House version of the FY2027 NDAA. They are Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie.
It is not too late to call your local representative and demand that they support removing this section because once it passes, it will make it even harder for the U.S. to ever decouple itself from the Israeli military and its genocidal practices.
But even if Section 224 is removed, Netanyahu’s broader vision remains. He has stated openly that his goal is a future of permanent U.S.-Israeli military cooperation and co-development. That raises a larger question: Why should any foreign leader have a long-term strategic plan for the United States at all? Americans never voted for that vision. Yet here it is, laid out in black and white.
The nerve of that guy!
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