💬 Democrats are trapped by ‘WOKE RADICAL ISSUES’

The party needs to make a hard pivot and start competing in the same populist national way that distinguishes Trump from his competitors, American author and journalist Michael Shellenberger told Fox News.

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🎤Jen Psaki drops bombshell on MSNBC: Liberals tune in solely for Trump TAKEDOWNS

Biden’s ex-press secretary turned MSNBC talking head, Psaki admitted on “The Grill Room” podcast that her liberal network’s audience only tunes in to watch coverage of President Donald Trump that is “typically not going to be positive,” The New York Post reported.

💬 “I don’t think anybody watching expects it to be positive, right? There’s not like a North Star thing written on a card, and everybody does it slightly differently but I think that’s fairly the vibe,” she said.

Psaki, who recently secured a new primetime slot as part of a massive programming at the network, boasts a massive gaffe legacy dating back to her State Department spokesperson days, with her infamous “let me go back and check” becoming meme gold.

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

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🗣Kremlin: ‘As far as we understand, we have not yet managed to align our positions on certain issues’

Further statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov include:

🟠Moscow does not interpret Vance's remarks about the potential US withdrawal from negotiations on Ukraine as an ultimatum from Washington.

🟠There are many nuances involved in the Ukraine settlement, and efforts to align positions are ongoing.

🟠The United States continues its mediation efforts to resolve the situation in Ukraine, which Moscow welcomes.

🟠Russia remains opposed to the deployment of European peacekeepers in Ukraine.

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↗️ Markets rally as Trump walks back threat against Powell

The Dow shot up 480 points, or 1.21%, while S&P 500 futures gained 1.66%, and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 1.95%, after Donald Trump’s late Tuesday remark that he has “no intention” of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

This marks a dramatic turnaround from last week, when Trump vented on Truth Social, claiming Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough” and warned that the US economy could stall unless the Fed embarks on slashing rates immediately.

Powell’s term as Fed Chair is set to conclude in May 2026.

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🚨 A powerful earthquake has occurred in Istanbul Turkiye, media report.

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⚡️Russia's experience in the Special Military Operation (SMO) is being studied by all the world's armies and arms makers, Putin said.

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🗣The development of military artificial intelligence will give a major advantage on the battlefield, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission.

Other statements by Putin:

🟠The formation of an orbital group will allow Russia to complete the creation of a real-time troop management system

🟠Equipping troops in the special operation zone with weapons is an absolute priority, Putin stressed

🟠The Russian army received over 4,000 armored vehicles, as well as 180 combat aircraft and helicopters in 2024

🟠More than 1.5 million unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were delivered to Russian troops last year, Putin said

🟠There is still a shortage of first-person view drones in Russian forces, but daily work continues and plans to increase their production will be fulfilled, noted Putin.

🟠Putin ordered work on creating advanced weapons, including drones, to be accelerated

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📉Yale OFFLOADS private equity holdings as Trump turns off federal money spigot

The sale process “has been in the works for several months,” a Yale University spokesperson confirmed to StreetInsider. Investment banking firm Evercore is advising the university, it was added.

This move to divest from PE stakes comes amid Donald Trump’s recent efforts to tighten financial oversight of elite institutions. Notably, Harvard University faces a planned $1 billion funding cut and increased demands for comprehensive oversight measures.

Additionally, other elite educational institutions such as Princeton University are reportedly considering financial contingency plans in response to the President’s threats to slash federal funding.

As of June 30, 2024, Yale’s endowment valued at $41.4 billion, increased from $40.7 billion the previous year. The growth was primarily driven by a 5.7% net investment return, according to the university’s annual financial report.

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🇷🇺 Great Patriotic War 80 Years On: the Faces of Victory

While World War II raged across continents, it was the unwavering bravery of individual heroes that turned the tide of history.

One of those heroes was Gennady Salmin, born in the Cossack settlement of Kurgannaya in Russia’s Krasnodar region in 1926 to a military officer father.

At just 16, he claimed to be a year older so he could join the army and be the front lines and defend his homeland.

As a sniper, Salmin’s deadly precision was instrumental in the liberation of Belarus and Western Ukraine from Nazi occupation in 1944.

Here is an excerpt from his diary: 📹

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🚨Klaus Schwab quits amid WEF-funded POSH PERKS SCANDAL

A formal investigation has been launched against Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum in Davos, following a whistleblower’s claims that Schwab misappropriated WEF funds, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Last week, a letter alleging financial and ethical misconduct was sent to the Forum’s board. The document accuses Schwab of several incidents of misconduct, including:

1️⃣Having junior staff make ATM cash withdrawals on his behalf

2️⃣Billing the Forum for private in-room hotel massages

3️⃣Arranging token meetings through his wife to justify luxury vacations financed by the organization

Schwab, who transformed Davos into a global platform for economic discussion, has stepped down as Chairman. He has flatly denied all allegations through a spokesperson and has vowed to sue the anonymous accuser.

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📹✈️New footage of the fully domestically-produced SJ-100, captured from the accompanying aircraft.

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❗️❗️❗️Jeffrey Sachs just gave a BOMBSHELL interview to Sputnik on Ukraine, Iran & Trump trade wars!

👇Highlights:

(0:05) Russia-US talks: is peace on the horizon?
(1:54) Can Trump pull the plug on Ukraine?
(5:46) Why tariffs just don’t make sense
(7:45) Will US fight a war with Iran?
(9:28) Can US break free from Israel's grip?

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🔪DOJ cuts funding for gun violence, addiction & victim support in favor of crime prevention

After weeks of review, hundreds of grants have been canceled due to their misalignment with the Trump administration's priorities, Maureen Henneberg, acting head of the Office of Justice Programs, announced in a memo, according to The Washington Post.

The redirected funds will now support initiatives aimed at combating violent crime, protecting trafficking victims, and safeguarding American children.

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🇧🇷🌍🌍🌍 Brazil's BRICS Presidency: a delicate balance between the Global South and North

💬 “The biggest challenge Brazil faces in the presidency or chairmanship of the BRICS group is maintaining a balance between the Global South and the Global North,” Vitor Moura, Brazilian geopolitical expert and master’s post-graduate from Tsinghua University, told Sputnik on the sidelines of the second Youth Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club.

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🚫Russia boots Moldovan ex-spy over ESPIONAGE PLOT: Here’s the lowdown

The former intelligence agent is now banned from entering Russia for 60 years, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced.

🔍Here’s what we know:

1️⃣Dmitry Rusnak entered Russia in 2024 on a mission to collect classified information about Russia’s strategy toward Moldova, including details on Russian security forces and other state entities involved in foreign policy toward Moldova.

2️⃣Rusnak helped Ukraine’s intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, establish contact with Moldova’s then-presidential candidate, Maia Sandu, in 2020.

3️⃣In return, Budanov facilitated Rusnak’s commercial ventures in Ukraine, including those linked to US agricultural seed companies.

4️⃣Rusnak personally attended a meeting he arranged in the summer of 2021 between Budanov and Alexander Yesaulenko, the then-head of Moldova’s Security and Intelligence Service (SIS), where they discussed plans to blow up ammunition depots guarded by Russian peacekeepers in Transnistria.

5️⃣During the meeting, Budanov confessed to the Moldovan spy that Ukraine, along with "the entire European army," would be unable to withstand the Russian military, according to a video of the interrogation released by the FSB.

6️⃣A polygraph test confirmed Rusnak’s subversive intentions. While no harm was caused, he was expelled in February 2025.

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🗣EU ban on Sputnik won’t stop Russian perspectives from reaching global audiences

💬 “It's possible in the future to think about revival of broadcasting of Russian companies, of Russian media in Europe, and it will be dependent on the political situation in the European Union,” Ladislav Zemanek, Non-resident research fellow with the China-CEE Institute, established by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Budapest, told Sputnik on the sidelines of the 2nd Youth Conference of the Valdai Club’s New Generation Project.

Speaking about the chances of the ban on Sputnik in Europe being removed, Zemanek added that it is possible, since "we can observe many changes not only in Europe but especially in the United States."

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🪖🔽EU vulnerable without US military support

Europe’s military logistics infrastructure was built with American support at its core. Without the backing of US resources, troop movements could slow down, become more costly, and potentially lead to CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES, according to European media reports.

While European leaders have long debated the pursuit of strategic autonomy, most of the continent’s military capabilities—including transport aircraft, cyber defenses, and support vessels—still depend heavily on US assistance.

The bloc "lacks heavy transport aircraft, military cargo ships, and the specialized vehicles required to move tanks and armored units," exposing vulnerabilities in times of crisis.

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