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In an uncertain international context, the French government is preparing to distribute a survival booklet to all households... The French government is preparing to send some literature to every household this summer. A new tome for the annual “A book for the holidays” campaign? How delightful. Well, not so wholesome or cheery as it turns out, as the literature in question is a twenty-page survival manual which details the steps to take in the event of an armed conflict or any crisis. Modelled on a similar Norwegian booklet and the Swedish model, “Om krisen eller kriget kommer” (“In case of...

Senate Democrats have a fast-approaching dilemma: Vote for a spending bill unilaterally drafted by House Republicans or engage in the kind of shutdown brinkmanship they’ve long opposed. It isn’t a decision they’ll be able to put off for much longer. House GOP leaders are poised early next week to send a bill to the floor that would largely hold current spending levels in place through the end of September. Democrats don’t like this approach, arguing it would only further empower President Donald Trump and Elon Musk to continue to act beyond their authority in clawing back congressionally approved dollars. In...

Former national security adviser John Bolton called President Trump’s positioning on ending the war in Ukraine “pretty close to surrender” in an interview released Thursday. “I think Trump’s remarks and that of [Secretary of Defense] Pete Hegseth and others come pretty close to surrender,” he told Politico. “It’s a position that’s similar to what [Vice President] JD Vance announced during the campaign about Ukraine: There’d be a ceasefire in place, a militarized zone would be created, negotiations would begin, Ukraine would agree not to join NATO.” Trump and Hegseth made waves last week with comments that broke starkly with U.S....

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On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s declaration that it’s not realistic for Ukraine to return to its pre-2014 borders “is just surrender” but “the problem is that I don’t know how it doesn’t end this way.” Maher stated, “So, here’s what Pete Hegseth, our new Secretary of Defense said…he said, returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective, which, to me, is just surrender. Then again, we can argue about whether that’s true or not. The United States does not believe, also, that NATO membership for Ukraine is...

President Trump announced he is pausing U.S. tariffs targeting imports from Mexico for a month after the country's president agreed to send 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to combat the flow of fentanyl.Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday that he and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum "agreed to immediately pause the anticipated tariffs for a one month period." The pause, he said, will allow "negotiations headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and high-level Representatives of Mexico."The president wrote that he had a "very friendly conversation" with...

White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby stated that shooting down one of the mysterious drones over the ocean can’t be done because “we have to develop the policy options based on what we know we’re dealing with here and we just don’t know enough” to do something like that. Host Martha MacCallum asked, “Why not just take one down and figure out what’s going on?” Kirby responded, “Well, okay, the idea of taking something down, again, you’ve got — you want to worry about public safety. First of all, we don’t have enough conclusions to take that kind...

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) stated that while he wants to see the city’s sanctuary city laws reformed, “for those who commit serious crimes in our city and those who are repeated offenders in our city, particularly violent crimes” “We’re not talking about those who steal an apple.” And also stated that “when you have toothpaste locked up,” it’s a “symbol of urban surrender.” Adams stated, “I am looking forward to sitting down and speaking with the border czar next week. I believe we have a meeting on the 12th, and...

Dozens of Syrian government troops have been filmed surrendering to rebels after they were abandoned by their comrades at a town south of Aleppo. The men are filmed being led at gunpoint by rebel fighters who shout at the prisoners and chant, “Allahu Akbar”. The prisoners, who are not wearing military uniforms, run across sand dunes towards a group of buildings with their hands behind their heads. They were captured after being left behind by retreating Assad forces near the town of Khanaser, some 50 miles southeast of Aleppo, which was seized by rebels on Saturday. Since the shock rebel...

The former US Army General tapped to be Donald Trump's special envoy to Ukraine and Russia warned last week 'we're on the precipice of World War III' as he outlined a plan to end the war by forcing both sides to the negotiating table. Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, 80, told Fox News of the precarious geopolitical circumstances after Vladimir Putin launched a never-before-seen hypersonic missile on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. - snip- 'When you look at what's happening... with an alliance that President Trump kept apart. You know, he had North Korea over here, he had China over here,...

A senior Hamas official said that the terrorist organization will agree to a ceasefire in Gaza, following the ceasefire agreement on the northern front, as reported on Wednesday morning by the French news agency AFP. According to the senior official, this is the first time that Hamas has shown any consent to a ceasefire and to give up the condition of a complete cessation of the war, which Hamas has insisted on in recent months. At the same time, it is not clear if and how many hostages will be released as part of the agreement. A security source said...

Meanwhile, the House Ethics Committee’s years-long investigation into Matt Gaetz over allegations of sexual misconduct ended after the lawmaker resigned from Congress. The Gateway Pundit reported on the Ethics Committee’s revival of the junk allegations against Gaetz, even after the Biden DOJ exonerated Gaetz of criminal wrongdoing and dropped the charges in February 2023. The investigation was reopened in 2023 as Gaetz ramped up challenges to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was later ousted by Gaetz’s Motion to Vacate the chair. Later, when Gaetz threatened to bring a Motion to Vacate against McCarthy in October 2023, McCarthy’s RINO allies...

In a stunning turn of events, Yemen’s Houthi forces have reportedly surrendered within hours of Donald Trump’s historic election victory. The swift surrender has sparked worldwide speculation about the potential for peace in long-standing conflicts, with some now wondering if this could also signal a shift in the Ukraine war. Arab Defense on X (formerly Twitter) posted a statement from the Houthis: “Our operations in international waters were purely defensive, and we announce their final cessation.”

A Hezbollah commander and his operatives were caught in nothing but their underwear when Israeli troops barged into their underground command center in southern Lebanon earlier this month, officials said. New footage from the October raid shows Hassan Aqil Jawad, the leader of Hezbollah’s forces in Ayta ash Shab, being confronted by armed Israel Defense Force soldiers inside the dark tunnel, the Times of Israel reported. The surprised terrorist leader, who was only wearing underwear at the time of the raid, can be seen slowly walking down a dark corridor before raising his hands and surrendering to the Jewish soldiers....

A Hezbollah commander and his operatives were caught in nothing but their underwear when Israeli troops barged into their underground command center in southern Lebanon earlier this month, officials said. New footage from the October raid shows Hassan Aqil Jawad, the leader of Hezbollah’s forces in Ayta ash Shab, being confronted by armed Israel Defense Force soldiers inside the dark tunnel, the Times of Israel reported. The surprised terrorist leader, who was only wearing underwear at the time of the raid, can be seen slowly walking down a dark corridor before raising his hands and surrendering to the Jewish soldiers....

6:49 / 11:39 AMAZING! UPDATE FROM ISRAEL (OCT 20). HAMAS IS DONE!

The Estonian Defence Forces Intelligence Centre agrees that Ukrainian forces may be forced to withdraw from Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, by the end of the year. Source: Lieutenant Colonel Janek Kesselmann, Deputy Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces Intelligence Centre, in a comment to ERR, as reported by European Pravda Details: According to Kesselmann, the Russian forces continue to hold the initiative on the Ukrainian front, and the Armed Forces may be forced to withdraw from Pokrovsk by the end of the year.

White House National Security Council communications adviser John Kirby said that addressing veterans’ concerns about the botched Afghanistan withdrawal was of “no use” in a reply-all faux pas. The blunder occurred on Wednesday, the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, when Fox News sought comments from the White House regarding criticism related to Afghanistan. Instead of responding solely to the White House aides who had forwarded him the email, Kirby mistakenly included everyone on the email chain, including the Fox News reporter. “Obviously no use in responding. A ‘handful’ of vets indeed and all of one stripe,” Kirby...

Sinwar's deputy: "Without an Israeli withdrawal from the Philadelphi Axis, the Netzarim Corridor, and the Rafah crossing - there is no agreement." THIS IS THE PRICE OF A DEAL - FULL SURRENDER Channel 12 has published a document found in a Gaza tunnel where Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar had been located. The document contains guidelines for Hamas officials and operatives: - Increase the production of photos and video clips showing the hostages in order to create psychological pressure (on Israel) - Do everything to increase the psychological pressure on (Israeli Defense Minister Yoav) Gallant - Push the line of thinking...

The Taliban celebrated the three-year anniversary of returning to power in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The regime paraded US and Soviet-era military weaponry, vehicles and equipment through a former US airbase, Bagram. The Bagram Air Base served a vital role in American operations against the Taliban for 20 years. Videos of the celebration were posted to X, with social media users slamming the Biden Administration’s failures. “This is humiliating,” wrote one user. The botched evacuation by US President Joe Biden’s administration led to the deaths of 13 United States service members.