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  • Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say

    02/15/2025 8:28:11 AM PST · by Timber Rattler · 111 replies
    CNN.com ^ | February 14, 2025 | Rene Marsh and Ella Nilsen
    Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile — as part of broader Energy Department layoffs, according to four people with knowledge of the matter. Sources told CNN the officials did not seem to know this agency oversees America’s nuclear weapons. An Energy Department spokesperson disputed the number of personnel affected, telling CNN that “less than 50 people” were “dismissed” from NNSA, and that the dismissed staffers “held primarily administrative and clerical roles.” The agency began rescinding the terminations Friday morning. Some...
  • Russia is on pace to run out of financial reserves by this fall, which would cripple war efforts, economist says

    01/14/2025 5:23:38 PM PST · by Apparatchik · 64 replies
    Business Insider via MSN ^ | 14 January 2025 | Jennifer Sor
    Russia is facing a critical challenge to its war effort in 2025: The nation is quickly running out of cash, with financial reserves potentially running out before the end of the year, according to estimates from one European economist. Anders Åslund, a Swedish economist and a former fellow at the Atlantic Council, thinks liquid reserves in Russia's National Wealth Fund could potentially be depleted by the fall of this year. That spells trouble for the nation's military efforts in 2025, he said, given how heavily Russia has relied on its wealth fund over the last several years. Liquid reserves in...
  • Trump used ‘forceful hand’ to oust DEA pick after hearing ‘concerns’ about his arrest of pastor

    12/04/2024 11:20:36 AM PST · by thegagline · 55 replies
    The New York Post ^ | 12/04/2024 | Diana Glebova
    President-elect Donald Trump used a “forceful hand” to get his Drug Enforcement Agency pick to drop out on Tuesday after hearing “concerns” about the Floridian’s record, sources familiar told The Post — leading outgoing Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) to make a bid for the position. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister issued a lengthy statement indicating he was withdrawing his name for the DEA slot — but did not reveal the specific reason he was dropping out of the confirmation process after just three days. “Everyone knows President Trump calls the shots,” a well-placed source spilled. “The president heard the concerns...
  • With nuclear option unlikely, Putin struggles to defend his red lines

    09/25/2024 2:50:51 PM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 55 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | September 22, 2024 | Catherine Belton and Robyn Dixon
    When Russian President Vladimir Putin warned earlier this month that Western approval for Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia would mean Moscow was at war with NATO, Russian propagandists rushed to rattle the nuclear saber. Alexander Mikhailov, director of the Bureau of Military Political Analysis, called for bombing plywood mock-ups of London and Washington — complete with reproductions of Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and the White House — to simulate nuclear strikes, so that they would “burn so beautifully that it will horrify the world.” The speaker of the lower house, Vyacheslav Volodin, warned that strikes on Russia would lead...
  • Key statements by Vladimir Putin at the meeting of the standing conference of the Russian Security Council on nuclear deterrence:

    09/25/2024 11:55:01 AM PDT · by hardspunned · 16 replies
    Sputnik ^ | 9/25/24 | Putin
    ◾️It is necessary to adapt the principles of state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence to current realities ◾️A deep and comprehensive analysis of Russia's approaches to the possible use of nuclear forces and their possible adjustments was conducted ◾️Russia has always approached the issues of using nuclear forces with the utmost responsibility, this is an extreme measure to protect the country's sovereignty ◾️It was proposed to introduce a number of clarifications in terms of defining the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons by Russia ◾️The modern military-political situation is changing dynamically, the Russian Federation is obliged to...
  • Russian State TV Discusses Options For Seizing Alaska

    09/21/2024 3:50:57 PM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 124 replies
    Newsweek ^ | September 20, 2024 | Sophie Clark and John Feng
    Russian State TV recently broadcasted a segment of a talk show during which the hosts discussed the potential of Alaska joining Russia. In the show, the host makes a joke saying: "Do you know what they call Alaska? Ice Crimea." He then adds that Alaska will "one day return to its native shores." The hosts are referencing the fact that Alaska once "belonged" to Russia, before being sold to the United States in 1866. This echoes rhetoric used in the war in Ukraine, that Ukraine "belonged" to Russia, and therefore should rejoin its so-called native land.
  • Ukrainian President Zelenskyy will visit a Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank workers

    09/21/2024 10:46:56 AM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 141 replies
    The Associated press, via the Toronto Star ^ | September 21, 2024 | Tara Copp
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday will visit the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that is producing one of the most critically needed munitions for his country’s fight to fend off Russian ground forces. He is expected to go to the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant to kick off a busy week in the United States shoring up support for Ukraine in the war, according to two U.S. officials and a third familiar with Zelenskyy’s schedule who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide details that were not yet public. He also will address the U.N. General Assembly annual gathering in New...
  • Forbes Business Aerospace & Defense Russia May Have Stockpiled Its Best Missiles At An Arsenal In The Town Of Toropets. Which Is Why Ukraine Just Blew It Up With 100 Drones

    09/21/2024 3:36:57 AM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 31 replies
    Forbes ^ | September 18, 2024 | David Axe
    In the pre-dawn hours on Tuesday, a large flock of Ukrainian drones winged north from Ukraine all the way to Toropets, a town in western Russian that hosts the 107th Arsenal, a sprawling ammunition dump feeding the Russian force fighting in Ukraine, 300 miles to the south. The arsenal exploded with enough force to register as a small earthquake, draw the attention of NASA fire-spotting satellites and compel local authorities to order an evacuation of nearby residents. A lot of Russian munitions went up in flames. (snip) That so many of Russia’s best munitions were reportedly concentrated in a single...
  • President Hillary is totally unacceptable!

    04/23/2016 1:02:08 PM PDT · by Jim Robinson · 896 replies
    Free Republic stands for God, family, country! America! "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United State of America." Securing the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity is our mission on FR. We cannot secure the blessings of liberty with Hillary in the White House. When Trump wins the lion's share of the primary votes, states and...