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Throughout Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, repeated and escalating warnings of the potential for a wider war have only raised fears in the Baltic states that they could be next in the crosshairs of the Kremlin. Talk about a potential Russian invasion is "very common at parties, gatherings, lunch breaks, water cooler talk," Gabija Stasiukyne, a 32-year-old living in Vilnius, told the Kyiv Independent. "It’s everywhere. The conversation inevitably turns in the direction of — what are you going to do?" Lithuania's government is also taking the threat seriously — the country reinstated conscription in 2015, and Vilnius in January...

Canada has ordered 88 F-35A fighters for $14.5 billion, and now they are really discussing whether the Pentagon can press a special button and turn all those aircraft into scrap metal if necessary The fear of being left unarmed and defenseless against armed aggression is exactly what the Trumpists have sown among their allies with their latest actions. Canadians, who have repeatedly heard threats from Donald Trump about the "51st U.S. state" and face the tariff war unleashed by Washington, have become anxious about their security. So, Canadian expert circles have expressed concerns about the ongoing acquisition of American F-35...

Fox News host Pete Hegseth on Friday blasted the left's immediate criticism of the airstrike ordered by President Trump that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq. “Shame on them. It’s disgusting the amount of hatred they have for this president. Their inability to step back for one moment and realize the world is a better place when a terrorist like Soleimani is dead," said Hegseth, a veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, on “Fox & Friends.” Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., called on members of Congress late Thursday to join her in putting a stop to President Trump from...

Bordering on Nuts My one big wish for the coming New Year of 2019: That the mainstream and social media, Hollywood stars and members of the no-talent Entertainment Industry and publicity hound Democrats would lose their Glenn Beck free ride Cheetos Moment and get on with their lives without gaining ratings from their wall-to-wall mocking of President Donald J. Trump. It was on April 29, 2016 that Beck, who got his start in public life as a stand-up comedian, smothered his face in Cheetos dust “to look like Donald Trump” (The Verge, April 29, 2016)

For my sins, I was looking online at the Opinion page of the New York Times this morning. Here’s a sampling of column headlines going back to February, reflecting the paper’s obsessive Trump-hatred: The Conspiracy Theory That Says Trump Is a Genius The True Damage of Trump’s ‘Fake News’ The Art of the Flail Will We Stop Trump Before It’s Too Late? Trump’s Approach to Syria Is No Way to Run a War Trump, Driven by Fear Trump’s Irrational Border Plan How to Serve a Deranged Tyrant, Stoically Will Trump Crash the Farm Economy? The Trump Administration Sabotages the Census...

Trump hatred drives ratings. But journalists, having stooped so low as to be indistinguishable from third-rate, hostile, buffoonish comedians like Maher and Colbert The anti-Trump venom from the mainstream media has become so virulent that broadcasters and reporters alike risk becoming little more than extensions of the late-night “comedic” lineup, bashing the President without regard for truth or factual accuracy. And above all, most of these journalists realize, and sometimes admit, that they want to help the Democrats win the next election. The comparison between late night show hosts and the news media becomes stark when one compares Joy Reid’s...