🇺🇸🤝🇨🇺❌🛠 — The United States ambassador to Cuba says they already have “a Delcy Rodriguez” within the Cuban Regime to topple the Communist Regime and start Cuban Transition towards Democracy

🇨🇭⚡️ — Switzerland will hold a vote in mid-June on a proposal to limit its population to 10 million by 2050.

➡️ The initiative would introduce restrictions on immigration, asylum, and family reunification if the population surpasses 9.5 million.

📝Switzerland currently has about 9.1 million residents.

🇮🇷💸📉 — Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian, about the economic crisis under his rule:

After the currency’s devaluation, my monthly salary as president is about $1,000.

🇺🇸🇺🇸📞🇨🇳🇨🇳 — Following the controversy over People's Liberation Army General Zhang Youxia, less than 1 hour ago, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of United States of America released another promotional advertising on Twitter/X aiming for recruitment targetting on Chinese Internet, this time, specifically, officers of the People's Liberation Army

On the caption, it says in Mandarin:

The reason for stepping forward: To save the future

🔗 CIA (@CIA)

🇺🇸🇺🇸🤝👑 — The Wall Street Journal reports that the CIA under Trump Administration covertly sent about 6,000 Starlink satellite internet terminals into Iran after Tehran’s deadly January mass killing against Iranian protesters and sweeping internet shutdown, U.S. officials say, aiming to keep dissidents online.

🇷🇺🤝💵🇺🇸Russia is considering moving back to the US Dollar as part of a wide-ranging economic partnership with President Trump, per Bloomberg.

The partnership would include:

1. US and Russia working together on fossil fuels
2. Joint investments in natural gas
3. Offshore oil and critical raw material partnerships
4. Windfalls for US companies
5. Russia’s return to the USD settlement system

If finalized, this deal would change the global economy.

https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2021956993351553492

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🇺🇸‼️❌ GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS ALMOST CONFIRMED ON POLYMARKET, WITH ODDS SURGING TO 95%

ONE WHALE INSIDER PLACED $50,000 ON “YES” AT 95%

EXPECT HIGH VOLATILITY AGAIN

https://x.com/DeFiMidas/status/2021986984366153989

https://polymarket.com/event/another-us-government-shutdown-by-february-14

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🎈 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 Natasha Bertrand on X:

Here’s what happened in El Paso per multiple people briefed

The Pentagon planned to use a high-energy, counter-drone laser without having properly coordinated with the FAA first about potential risks to civilian flights

The Pentagon has been testing this tech for a while now in more remote areas and FAA and Pentagon officials had been scheduled to meet February 20 to review potential impacts and mitigation measures for a test of the laser system

But for unclear reasons (perhaps there was a drone incursion, which happen multiple x per day) the Pentagon sought to deploy the system sooner around El Paso, prompting the FAA to impose the temporary flight restriction until proper coordination could occur. The 10-day restriction would have expired on February 21, one day after DoD and the FAA were set to meet.

The FAA did not tell the WH it was closing the airspace

A source familiar with the timeline of events said that the US military did use the laser technology around El Paso this week— to shoot down four mylar balloons. That contributed to the decision by the FAA to shut down local airspace until the aforementioned proper coordination could occur.

And yet another update: the Pentagon allowed CBP to use this technology after loaning it to them in recent weeks, people familiar with the matter said. Defense personnel were present at the time CBP used it to shoot down balloons this week, per one of the sources.

📎 Natasha Bertrand