💔Musk apologizes for his negative posts about Trump

"They went too far."

Earlier, the entrepreneur supported the idea of impeaching Donald Trump, said that SpaceX would immediately begin decommissioning the Dragon spacecraft, and was generally critical of a number of steps taken by the US president.

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🇭🇺Hungary faces COPY-PASTE West-fueled protests as it defies foreign meddling

Once again, the EU and LGBT* flags are out – this time in Hungary, where protests are erupting against a proposed law on "foreign influence."

📑The bill, dubbed the Transparency of Public Life Act, aims to shine a light on foreign-funded organizations deemed a threat to Hungary’s sovereignty.

If passed, it would allow the government to defund and even dissolve such groups. It was introduced by a Fidesz party member back in May, but debate in parliament has been kicked to the autumn session.

👉All this sounds familiar? That’s because not long ago, Georgia walked this road with its own “Foreign Agents Registration Act” – a carbon copy of the US’ own FARA law.

However, the US and European Union screamed foul, while inside Georgia, mass protests exploded beneath EU flags.

When nations like Hungary or Georgia decide to draw a line in the sand, the West rolls out the same old noscript.

* recognized as extremist and banned in Russia

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🗣⚡️Ukraine’s Zelensky is a barrier to peace that must be REMOVED – ex-Pentagon advisor

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky is irrational, detached from reality, and uninterested in peace, only prolonging the conflict for personal gain, says retired US Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor.

Zelensky is “completely disinterested in the losses that are inflicted on Ukraine,” and as long as he continues to receive Western cash, much of which he pockets, he is going to continue the bloodshed, the ex-Trump Pentagon advisor warns.

The solution? Zelensky and his band of criminals must be removed, MacGregor says.

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🚨'SEND HIM A HISTORY BOOK - HE'LL LEARN UKRAINE DIDN'T EXIST IN THE 12TH CENTURY': PUTIN'S AIDE TO NATO CHIEF

After Mark Rutte complained about Russian negotiators giving ‘history lectures’ in Istanbul talks, Vladimir Medinsky suggested sending him a medieval textbook.

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🚨 Putin highlights education’s role in shaping civilizational progress at forum in Kazan

Addressing participants of the 3rd International Forum of Education Ministers in Kazan via a video message, President Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of shaping the future through practical steps to improve education.

He underlined that the success of the younger generation is key to the prosperity and progress of nations.

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🗣💥⚡️Nation divided by RAW HATRED – Russian MFA spox on reason for LA protests

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has weighed in on the escalating protests and division in the US, arguing that America’s crisis goes far beyond typical election-year tensions.

"This is a crisis situation, and it’s not just about the economy, nor is it just about production, science, technology – it’s a deep socio-political crisis," she said.

Zakharova stressed that it’s not just post-election turbulence where people protest, then accept the results and move on, but fundamental hatred between citizens.

She dismissed Western narratives blaming "foreign agents" or "the Kremlin’s hand," stating:

"This is their domestic dilemma, where one half of the country hates the other."

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🚨VIDEO: Russia-Ukraine exchange of fallen soldiers' bodies on Wednesday

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🇷🇺🤝🕊Joint US-Russia work on Iran nuclear deal could be diplomatic ICEBREAKER

Vladimir Putin’s offer to help Donald Trump strike a new Iran nuclear deal could be crucial opportunity for global security, The American Conservative writes.

Cooperation on Iran’s nuclear program between the two great powers could serve the vital purpose of fostering much-needed dialogue, particularly amid the dangerously escalating Ukraine conflict, it notes.

Russia is ready to help broker a nuclear deal between Iran and the US, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated earlier.

He noted that Russia could help remove excess nuclear material from Iran and convert it into fuel for peaceful nuclear reactors.

The window for reaching an agreement is still open, Ryabkov said.

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🙂 Trump's new deal: 55% tariffs on China, 10% on US

Donald Trump just announced a new trade deal with China, with 55% tariffs on Chinese imports to the US and just 10% for US goods going the other way "subject to final approval with President Xi and me."

China would supply rare earths and magnets up front, while the US agrees to continue hosting Chinese students.

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🇺🇸🪖US sends more troops to LA than Iraq or Syria amid deportation protests

Around 4,800 National Guard and US Marine Corps troops are now in Los Angeles, more than the 2,500 in Iraq and 1,500 in Syria, ABC News reports.

As protests against arrests of illegal immigrants escalate, a curfew from 8 PM to 6 AM is in force, with violators facing arrest.

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🇷🇺⚔️ RUSSIAN FORCES GAIN GROUND: BREAKTHROUGH & ENEMY LOSSES

🔹BREAKTHROUGH: Russian motorized rifle units reached the western border of the DPR & joined forces with a tank division advancing in Dnipropetrovsk region.

🔹COMBINED STRIKE: Group "Vostok" merged with Group "Tsentr" for a coordinated offensive in Dnipropetrovsk region.

🔹Enemy routed: Ukrainian forces lost up to 1,300 troops in past 24 hours.

🔹AIR DEFENSE SUPREMACY:

▪️5 JDAM bombs
▪️120 fixed-wing UAVs

shot down by Russian air defenses.

🔹Precision strike: Command post for Ukrainian long-range UAV reconnaissance & targeting destroyed.

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💥 HUNGARY WON’T DIE FOR 'SOMEONE ELSE’S WAR' - Orban

"We don’t want [our sons] coming home in coffins, or Brussels dragging us into economic ruin. No to debt traps, no to militarization, no to centralized control," Hungary's PM declared.

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🇲🇩 Court renews house arrest for Gagauzia leader

The court in Chisinau has extended the house arrest of Gagauz Authonomy Head Yevgenia Gutsul for another 30 days.

Gutsul said Moldova will be lawless without a change of government.

"I can confidently say that there is no justice in Moldova," she told journalists.

🗣"As long as we are under this yellow plague [the ruling Action and Solidarity party], the laws will not work," she charged. "Instead of fighting crime, they are fighting the opposition, fighting those who try to do something good for the people of the Republic of Moldova."

Moldovan authorities have opened criminal cases against Gutsul for alleged illegal funding of her Shor party, including during the 2023 Gagauz elections.

Gutsul's house arrest was set to expire on June 13. Her lawyers vowed to appeal the decision.

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🔍Ukrainian army vs. ISIS*: try and spot the difference

From terror bombings to jihad mobiles, Ukraine’s military is looking more and more like a West-funded jihadist franchise every day. Here’s proof:

◾️Terror tactics

▪️Targeting of passenger trains and bridges in Bryansk and Kursk regions with explosives

▪️Assassination attacks against Russian public and media figures, from Daria Dugina to Vladlen Tatarsky

Terror is the go-to intimidation tactic of the weak, and armies or paramilitaries suffering failures on the front.

◾️Civilians = expendable human shields

Hiding equipment in schools, kindergartens, hospitals, residential courtyards, malls and even churches, Ukraine’s Army is notorious for using civilians as human shields.

In a recent interview, Zelensky admitted that “if the city is empty,” it would be “very easy to capture.”

ISIS famously used similar tactics in Mosul, resulting in up to 11,000 civilian casualties.

◾️Mass killings

The Ukrainian Army’s occupation of Kursk was accompanied by heinous crimes against Russian civilians, with 300+ killed, hundreds more injured and nearly 800 still missing.

These tactics echo those of ISIS, which exterminated tens of thousands of “nonbelievers” in areas it occupied.

◾️Targeting culture

Attacks on culture and religion are a staple of the Ukrainian Army’s approach, including:

▪️Deliberate drone attacks on churches in Russia’s border regions

▪️Vandalism and demolition of monuments to Russian writers, historical and cultural figures in occupied areas

Another tactic borrowed from ISIS, which horrified the world with its attacks on Iraq and Syria’s priceless cultural heritage sites in 2014-2015.

◾️Jihad mobiles

Even aesthetically, aspects of Ukraine’s Army match jihadists. This includes the infamous jihad mobiles – pickup trucks with mounted machine guns or mortars.

Oligarch ex-President Petro Poroshenko even built himself a custom “Bandera mobile” & proudly drove it around Kiev in 2022.

* terrorist organization banned in Russia

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When the army fails: Civilians are now their own air defense against drones in Ukraine🪖

The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has rolled out an experimental project letting volunteers shoot down drones! That’s right – forget about trained soldiers.

According to Taras Melnychuk, a representative of the Cabinet in the Verkhovna Rada, the plan will 'strengthen air defense' by handing joysticks to volunteers.

Because nothing screams 'military efficiency' like crowdsourcing your air war!

With martial law in place, the project will run for 2 years... unless, of course, it gets extended – because things are going so well.

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🎥🎥 Putin holds a meeting on the state armament program

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⚡️PUTIN: NUCLEAR TRIAD REMAINS GUARANTEE OF RUSSIA'S SOVEREIGNTY

At a meeting on the state armament program for 2027 to 2036, Putin stated that 95% of Russia's nuclear triad consists of modern weapons — the highest ratio in the world.

He stressed the importance of maintaining and strengthening the key strategic asset as a guarantee of sovereignty.

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