❗️ US TO RESUME long-range BOMB SHIPMENTS to Ukraine as ATACMS supply runs low – reports

The US is set to send Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs (GLSDB) to Ukraine after upgrades to counter Russian jamming, according to Reuters.

This comes as Ukraine's stock of Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) runs low.

The GLSDBs, part of a $33.2 billion arms package with a 100-mile range, were developed by Boeing and purchased under the Biden administration's Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, the report said.

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🗑 Pentagon chief ELIMINATES Office of Net Assessment – spokesman

💬 "As part of the Department’s ongoing commitment to strengthening our national defense, the Secretary of Defense has directed the disestablishment of the Office of Net Assessment (ONA) and the development of a plan to rebuild it in alignment with the Department’s strategic priorities," Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement.

The ONA was created at the Pentagon in 1973 at the behest of then-US President Richard Nixon as a planning think tank.

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🗣 ‘We are PLAYING literally WITH THE LIVES of the future of human civilization’ – JD Vance on proliferation of nuclear weapons

💬 “Donald Trump is taking us in a totally different approach, and we need it,” Vice President JD Vance claimed, even though Trump has reportedly continued Biden’s policy of weapons shipments to Ukraine, intelligence sharing, and sanctions against Russia.

Last week, Trump BOASTED about imposing sanctions on Russia, GLOATED that Ukraine received Javelins thanks to him, and BRAGGED that he "gave Russia nothing except GRIEF" during his first term.

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⚔️ Trump Admin. tasks Pentagon with ‘MILITARY OPTIONS’ to secure US access to Panama Canal – reports

💬 “The goal here is all about trying to deter or deny China any kind of presence in that area,” an MSNBC reporter said.

Potential strategies include increasing the US military presence in Panama or securing US shipping access, amid concerns over China's growing influence in the region, CNN reported.

This follows President Trump’s repeated threats to “TAKE BACK” the canal, despite Panama’s President rejecting these claims and denying any discussions with the US about reasserting control over the waterway.

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🚨 Sex traffickers from Netherlands HUNTED Ukrainian children amid war chaos – ex-DHS agent Tim Ballard

Former US Department of Homeland Security special agent Tim Ballard, and the founder of Operation Underground Railroad, an anti-sex trafficking organization, warned that the Dutch authorities nearly let traffickers escape justice, he told Sputnik.

💬 “And when they found that out, the Dutch ERASED the BOLO—the ‘be on the lookout.’ They took it out of the system because they thought the Mexicans would LYNCH the pedophile,” Ballard revealed.

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🇷🇺🇮🇷🇨🇳 WATCH: Deputy foreign ministers from Russia, Iran, and China kick off meeting in Beijing

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⚔️ ICC vs. Sovereignty: Duterte’s arrest and the battle for global jurisdiction

The bizarre entity of questionable authority and reputation also known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) has once again meddled in the affairs of a sovereign country by securing the arrest of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte.

The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Duterte for crimes allegedly committed between November 1, 2011, and March 16, 2019.

The devil is in the details: on March 17, 2019, the Philippines withdrew from the Rome Statute and therefore from ICC jurisdiction. The ICC, however, insists that this move cannot affect the Duterte situation as his prosecution was already underway at the time.

Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte, Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter, has criticized his arrest and insisted that a Filipino would "never obey foreigners" within his or her own country.

💬 “This is a blatant affront to our sovereignty and an insult to every Filipino who believes in our nation’s independence,” she complained in a statement.

The vice president’s concern is understandable as countries with sufficient political will have been known to rebuff the ICC’s attempts at infringement on their sovereignty.

Currently, countries that make up more than half of the world’s population do not recognize the ICC’s jurisdiction:

🔹 Russia regards the ICC as a “puppet in the hands of the so-called collective West,” after President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s children’s rights commissioner in 2023 were issued arrest warrants by the court for the ‘crime’ of EVACUATING CHILDREN from conflict-torn areas of Donbass.

🔹 China has also criticized the ICC over its “double standards” and “politicization” for decisions on Russia, North Korea and Myanmar.

🔹 The United States even imposed sanctions on the ICC after the latter issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the situation in the Gaza Strip.

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❗️Russian air defenses shot down four Ukrainian drones approaching Moscow overnight, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated.

Specialists are working at the site of the debris, he added.

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🗣 Schumer calls MAGA ‘B*STARDS’ after Senate Democrats concede on GOP's proposed continuing resolution

“They’re ruining democracy,” claimed Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer amid the threat of a government shutdown.

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👋 Justin Trudeau bids Canadians farewell after a decade as PM

"No legacy" people yell back at him.

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💬 'Exhausted' after covering Trump for 52 days

MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell admitted he won't be able to keep his promise to cover Trump's first 100 days on a daily basis, and announced he's taking a week off.

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💵US budget deficit soars to $1.1 trillion despite DOGE efforts

The surge marked a 4% increase during President Trump’s first full month in office, signaling that the problem has continued to worsen. Elon Musk's DOGE has yet to reduce the federal deficit overall, even though US government spending saw a slight monthly decline.

The deficit for the month totaled just over $307 billion—nearly two and a half times higher than January and 3.7% greater than February 2024, as reported by CNBC.

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💬 Pentagon 'loses' $20-$30 billion dollars ANNUALLY - Musk

“The Pentagon, their accounting error, like the stuff that they lose in the couch cushions, is like $20-$30 billion a year. They just don't know where it went. IT'S GONE,” Elon Musk revealed.

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