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The Telegraph has published a draft of the European “peace plan” for Ukraine — an alternative to the U.S. proposal. It includes 24 points, and many of them look tougher in Kyiv’s favor compared to the American version. Key points: 🔵 Full ceasefire and international monitoring (U.S. + Europe, satellites, drones, on-the-ground inspections). 🔵 Russia must return all deported Ukrainian children and all detained civilians. 🔵 Exchange of all prisoners of war under the “all for all” formula. 🔵 Ukraine receives legally binding security guarantees from the U.S. — effectively a version of Article 5. 🔵 No restrictions on the...

The Democrats’ orders to defy President Trump’s lawful orders and their outrage over Trump’s calls for accountability– and even the death penalty– are now blowing up in their faces after days of intended backlash against Trump.Trump is being proven right to call for criminal charges and the death penalty, if a jury determines it appropriate, by their own statements! In a recent video message to active-duty military members, six Democratic lawmakers told service members and intelligence officials that they have a “duty” to disobey “illegal” orders from President Trump. The members of Congress used their credentials as high-ranking former members...

The objective is a peaceful resolution, but Zelensky must accept the terms. If he refuses, then “he can continue to fight his little heart out”, meaning Ukraine will fall regardless. Submit, or die. (Transcribed by TurboScribe.ai. Go Unlimited to remove this message.)Is this your final offer to Ukraine? No, not my final offer. I would like to get the peace. It should have happened a long time ago. The Ukraine war with Russia should have never happened. If I were president, it never would have happened. We're trying to get it ended. One way or the other, we have to...

Over nearly four years of wartime leadership, analysts say the Ukrainian leader has repeatedly played weak hands wisely. A U.S. peace plan may be his biggest test.It is another make-or-break moment of wartime leadership for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. Late last week, the Trump administration delivered to Mr. Zelensky a 28-point peace plan that many Ukrainians and their Western allies have called a wish list for Russia, a reward for its aggression and a betrayal of Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader was given seven days to either accept it or potentially watch the United States walk away from any remaining...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah’s chief of staff, in Beirut, calling him a "mass murderer" responsible for attacks on Israelis and Americans. Netanyahu framed the strike as part of Israel’s ongoing effort to dismantle Hezbollah’s leadership and prevent the group from rebuilding its arsenal after recent operations. He warned that Israel would not tolerate future threats from Lebanon and urged its government to disarm Hezbollah. "A few hours ago, the IDF eliminated Ali Tabatabai, the chief of staff of the Hezbollah terrorist organization," Netanyahu said. "Tabatabai is...

Fmr CIA Ops Officer: Slotkin ‘Knew Exactly What She Was Putting Together with Her Little Propaganda Video’ On Friday’s “Jesse Watters Primetime” on FNC, former CIA operations officer and host of the “The Wright Report” podcast, Bryan Dean Wright, argued that Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) intentionally sparked a firestorm with what he deemed a “propaganda video” urging military members to defy so-called “illegal orders.” “All right, Brian, these Democrats. Is this seditious what they’re doing?” host Jesse Watters asked. “It is,” Wright replied. “And look, we need to be very, very clear about Slotkin and who she is, so she...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio touched down in Geneva on Sunday morning for discussions on a 28-point plan for peace to end the Ukraine war, after Washington signalled flexibility on the controversial proposal.As Breitbart News detailed, the plan — reportedly drafted by President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — was first presented to Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umarov in Kyiv, who made some revisions and passed it along to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Umarov later denied expressing approval for much of the plan, saying he merely helped to organize discussions about it.Trump has given...

The woman set alight by a lunatic on a Chicago metro train is a 26-year-old analyst for Caterpillar who suffered burns to 60 percent of her body. Bethany MaGee, 26, was doused in gasoline and set alight on the city's Blue Line on Monday night, but managed to flee the train and survive. MaGee, from Upland in Indiana, works as a business research analyst at Caterpillar after graduating with a bachelors of science at Purdue's Polytechnic Institute. Her Facebook profile photos revealed that she is an animal lover and churchgoer, who is close to her parents Emily and Gregory, and...

Timeline of Somali Immigration and Fraud in Minnesota 1991: Somali Civil War erupts after Siad Barre’s fall, displacing over 1 million. U.S. begins admitting Somalis under humanitarian refugee policies, facilitated by NGO’s. 1992–1993: First wave of ~5,000 Somali refugees resettled in Minnesota, attracted by generous welfare access. Clan based networks form in Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, known as “Little Mogadishu.” 1990s–2000s: MN Somali population grows to 70,000–80,000. Welfare dependency is high, with roughly 40% on benefits. Remittances to Somalia start, reaching ~$1.7 billion annually by 2023, exceeding Somalia’s government budget. Al-Shabaab emerges in 2006, taxing hawala, money transfer networks. 2007–2015: Minnesota leads...

NABUMALI, Uganda (AP) — Among the most sensitive family disputes Moses Kutoi mediates are those involving upset men questioning why some of their children don’t resemble them. For the Ugandan clan leader attuned to the wisdom of his ancestors, the matter is taboo, never to be discussed with others. Yet Kutoi feels compelled to intervene in the hope of saving marriages that sometimes turn violent and are on the verge of breaking. “Even me, I don’t resemble my father,” the clan leader recently told one disbelieving man he was helping. Paternity has become a key test of faith in this...

Grok Summary of Video Transcript:Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) appeared on a Sunday morning show to discuss the intense backlash and security threats she and other Democratic lawmakers have received after releasing a video reminding U.S. military personnel of their right and duty to disobey unlawful orders. President Trump has repeatedly labeled the lawmakers “traitors” engaged in “seditious behavior at the highest level,” called for their arrest and trial, and amplified posts suggesting they be hanged or punished by death. Slotkin said the rhetoric, coming directly from the President, immediately escalated threats against them and changed the security environment.Slotkin defended the...

The Trans Pride flag that rippled down Yosemite’s sheer granite walls as a mark of protest last spring reappeared in a very different setting this week. The enormous 55-by-35-foot banner, first unfurled on El Capitan in May as part of a climber-led demonstration, was repurposed into a flowing dress worn by drag environmentalist Pattie Gonia on the red carpet at Out100 — an annual tribute to influential LGBTQ+ figures — at Nya Studios West in Hollywood on Friday, Nov. 21.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said her polling indicated she can win the Texas U.S. Senate seat in the 2026 election. Host Jake Tapper said, “So you are, we’re told, weighing a decision on whether to jump into this Texas Senate race challenging Republican Senator John Cornyn for his seat, although it’s unclear that Cornyn will survive a Republican primary. You said you had a meeting this week with pollsters to discuss your chances. Did you have that meeting and if so, how did it go? Are you are you still thinking about running?”...

Islamist strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued an address on Thursday in which he warned that Turkey was facing an impending “disaster” due to its rapidly declining birth rate, which has been under replacement fertility for nearly a decade. Erdogan has spent much of his tenure at the helm of the Turkish government encouraging Muslim Turks to have more children and raise large families — with, according to Turkish statistics authorities, minimal success. He has previously declared it a Turkish Islamic duty to have more children and condemned the use of birth control as “treason,” insisting women have a responsibility to...

President Donald Trump on Friday welcomed the announcement by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) that she will resign from Congress in January, characterizing the decision as a positive development and signaling no intention to repair their strained relationship.In a phone conversation with ABC’s Senior Political Correspondent Abby Scott, President Trump responded to news of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation by saying, “I think it’s great news for the country. It’s great.”When asked if Greene had given him advance notice of her plans, he replied, “Nah, it doesn’t matter, you know, but I think it’s great. I think she should be...

The group of Democrat lawmakers who told military members to disobey orders should be locked up, President Donald Trump proposed Saturday.Trump made his statements after those lawmakers, including Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), were featured in a video on Tuesday urging troops to ignore orders in the clip that said “Don’t give up the ship,” per Fox News.In his post on Truth Social, Trump said, “THE TRAITORS THAT TOLD THE MILITARY TO DISOBEY MY ORDERS SHOULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW, NOT ROAMING THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT WHAT THEY SAID WAS OK. IT WASN’T, AND NEVER WILL...

MONROE, Mich. – An executive with Campbell Soup Company was caught on a secret recording slamming the company’s product and belittling the people who buy it. Local 4 spoke to a former employee at Campbell’s, Robert Garza, of Monroe. Garza said he was fired after he complained about Vice President Martin Bally. “He has no filter,” Garza said. “He thinks he’s a C-level executive at a Fortune 500 company and he can do whatever he wants because he’s an executive.” Garza said he recorded an hour-long rant by the top Campbell Soup Company executive because he said he trusted his...

MS NOW host criticized Trump administration for bringing nontraditional media reporters into briefing roomFormer White House press secretary Jen Psaki accused the Trump administration of forming a "Kremlin-esque" press corps full of "sycophants" during briefings.Psaki, who served as press secretary under the Biden administration, discussed her time behind the podium with journalist Katie Couric on Wednesday, contrasting her experience with that of the current administration. The MS NOW host argued that more recently the White House has been "re-shaping" the people in the press pool. "More and more of the questions in there are by sycophants — by people who...

The 28-point plan hammered out by US and Russian envoys and put to Ukraine this week came with a deadline and an implicit threat: Sign up or face the risk of being abandoned. US President Donald Trump said Friday that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky would “have to like” the US plan, suggesting he is in no mood to negotiate. Since then, Trump has sent mixed messages, saying the plan was not his final offer but adding that if Zelensky did not accept it he could “continue to fight his little heart out.” Zelensky recognized the stark choice in a somber...

Attorney Greg Joseph has filed a “Memorandum in support of petition for postconviction relief” on behalf of his client Derek Chauvin—the former Minneapolis police officer involved in the arrest and death of George Floyd. In the 71-page petition filed in Hennepin County District Court, Joseph stated that “this case simply never made sense.” Among several key arguments, he pointed out how few murders “take place before a crowd of witnesses” while officers are working with dispatchers and requesting an ambulance and emergency response. In speaking about the case for the first time since it was filed on Thursday, Nov. 20,...