📹THROWBACK: US debt is like maxing out a credit card – Musk

“The Defense Department budget is a very big budget, okay? It's a trillion dollars a year — DoD, Intel, a TRILLION DOLLARS. And interest payments on the national debt have just exceeded the Defense Department budget. They're over a trillion dollars a year, just in interest, and rising,” Musk said earlier.

These staggering figures highlight the critical need for DOGE’s plans to rein in government spending.

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👽ANYBODY OUT THERE? SpaceX to launch NASA mission to hunt alien atmospheres

The Pandora mission will study 20+ exoplanets and their stars. Equipped with a 45 cm telescope, it will complement James Webb data and support the search for habitable worlds.

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👋Another one bites the dust! PBS SHUTS DOWN its DEI office

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) President and CEO Paula Kerger sent out a memo to colleagues that the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) office was being closed down in compliance with US President Donald Trump’s executive orders, Fox News reported.

Despite this, the broadcaster pledged to continue to “reflect all of America” in its ranks.

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🗣The EU will take retaliatory measures in response to the US decision to impose a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports, the European Commission announced.

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⚡️Russian forces carried out a coordinated strike overnight targeting gas and energy infrastructure supporting Ukraine's defense industry, military airfield facilities, drone storage and launch sites.

The targets were successfully hit, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

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🤡LA Mayor hired a FRAUD-implicated firm to handle wildfire relief

In a deal made behind closed doors, LA Mayor Karen Bass selected Hagerty Consulting to lead the city’s wildfire recovery efforts, Breitbart reported.

Two former disaster recovery experts at the firm, Walter Melnick and Mark O’Mara, pleaded guilty to STEALING OVER $600,000 from Hurricane Sandy relief funds.

There were apparently two other bidders. The amount of the Hagerty contract with LA has not yet been disclosed.

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❗️'Any phenomenon happens with 50/50 probability' - Kremlin on Trump's words that Ukraine could become part of Russia

"The fact that a significant part of Ukraine wants to become part of Russia—and some areas already have—is a reality that has occurred," the Kremlin stated.

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⚡️The Kremlin has no information about the alleged arrival in Moscow of US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, who is described as an informal adviser to Trump.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin notes contacts between Moscow and Washington have intensified through certain channels.

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❗️Russian troops liberated the settlement of Yasenovoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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💬DOGE is ‘what people have been asking for years’

🔊"Politicians have talked about doing this [audits and budget cuts] for a very long time. The only difference is they never do it," Republican commentator Scott Jennings said on CNN Live.

"Lo and behold, Donald Trump shows up and throws out the sledgehammer, the instrument of destruction, Elon Musk, to actually do it and do it at lightning speed," he added.

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💰US Federal Reserve is a ‘hedge fund’ that lost $1 TRILLION – ex-World Bank chief

The Fed is borrowing money from banks at 5.4% interest and funneling it into government bonds, creating the illusion of a stronger financial position than reality, David Malpass said.

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🔍USAID aid found with Hezbollah weapons?

A former IDF soldier claims he discovered sniper rifles, anti-tank missiles, and explosives next to USAID-labeled packages in a Hezbollah stronghold, the New York Post reports.

Meanwhile, DOGE, led by Elon Musk, is pushing for major federal spending cuts, including a 97% reduction in USAID staff under Trump's plan.

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💥Deadly Russian 'Hail' hammers Ukrainian militants

Russian marines used the Grad (Hail) MLRS to unleash a hurricane of fire, destroying enemy combat equipment and killing militants in the Kursk region of Russia.

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✅US Department of Education cuts $881 MILLION in contracts

DOGE announced the termination of 89 contracts, including $101 million in DEI grants. One contractor was paid $1.5 million just to observe mail operations, the department revealed.

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