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Aug 19 2025 
The Russian SMO
From the US we are getting reports that Ukrainian war refugees are being sent back to Ukraine. Regular reports from European countries inform that the stipends and living expenses of Ukrainian war refugees are being cut, in an attempt to get them to return. With Russia liberating anything from one to three villages and towns… Continue reading
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Aug 19 2025 
The CIA Built Hundreds of Covert Websites
Feature Image: Illustration by MintPress News
From our friends at the Greanville Post
The CIA didn’t just infiltrate governments; it infiltrated the internet itself. For over a decade, Langley operated a sprawling network of covert websites that served as global spy terminals disguised as harmless blogs, news hubs, and fan pages.
Beginning in 2004, the CIA established… Continue reading -
Aug 19 2025 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with VGTRK
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with VGTRK, Moscow, August 19, 2025
Question: What a pity you are not wearing the sweatshirt with a USSR logo on it.
Sergey Lavrov: I think that this whole story has been blown out of proportion to make it look like a sensation of some sort. But there was nothing extraordinary about… Continue reading
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Aug 19 2025 
Agreement is possible, but sustainable peace is not
By Rostislav Ishchenko at https://cont.ws/@ishchenko/3104456 and machine translated.
The negotiations at the White House ended in failure (both the bilateral, Trump-Zelensky, and the multilateral, with a crowd of Europeans). Zelensky, referring to the Ukrainian constitution, effectively disavowed the American plan for an “exchange of territories” and demanded “compensation” (essentially reparations) from Russia, as well as announced… Continue reading
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Aug 19 2025 
Blooming of understanding among the serious as to what just transpired
From the preparation of the Summit in Alaska, to the end of the Summit in the White House.
Yes, I am excited. Had a tough day yesterday and was out most of the day, with good results from my labors. But administrative red tape takes its toll, and this morning I feel like the Beer I… Continue reading
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Aug 19 2025 
Michael Hudson: Passive Income Poodles
In Short Form: America will continue to export financial colonialism abroad — and deepen economic feudalism at home.
Economist Michael Hudson warns that the U.S. has morphed into a “free lunch economy,” where wealth flows not from production but from unearned rents and financial gains. Wall Street landlords like Blackstone buy up homes, driving rents… Continue reading
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Aug 19 2025 
Daily Chronicles
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Evolving Strategy of Empire.
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Featured Image: A mural with the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and an Amur tiger has been opened in the Russian city of Vladivostok, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Creation of the mural… Continue reading
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Aug 19 2025 
The War & Genocide Thread
Keep talking about Gaza!
Permanent X link to Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur – the Occupied Territories.
Francesca has her blue checkmark back.A previous thread contains Netanyahu’s ‘spiritual needs’.
Aug 28
Over 150 Islamic scholars from more than 50 countries will issue a major declaration from Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque this Friday. The announcement follows an eight-day conference… Continue reading -
Aug 18 2025 
What really happened in Alaska
The Putin–Trump meeting dropped some important veils. It revealed that Washington views Russia as a peer power, and that Europe is little more than a useful American tool.
By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.
Alaska was not only about Ukraine. Alaska was mostly about the world’s top two nuclear powers attempting to rebuild trust and apply the… Continue reading
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Aug 18 2025 
Luxury Terrorism
By indi.ca
I call America a luxury terrorism force because that’s what they are. The last time the USA was able to conscript a citizen army was over 50 years ago (Vietnam). The last time they were able to field a debt slave army was over 20 years ago (Iraq). Their last times are upon them,… Continue reading
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Aug 18 2025 
Slices of Life 4
Like the US itself, Trump is nothing but his image, so when he looks weak, confused, ridiculous or petty, the world can see exactly how his eviscerated nation is doing
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Image War — Aug 16, 2025.
Since American presidents are now at risk of stumbling headfirst going up or down Air… Continue reading
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Aug 17 2025
‼️ Michael Hudson: Note 4 – Post Alaska Meeting: Trump getting ready for Zelensky and EU
Trump’s upcoming meeting with Zelensky to turn the tables on NATO
On Monday, August 18, Zelensky is coming to the White House. He has been prepped by his main anti-Russia sponsors, Merz, Starmer and Macron (along with von der Leyen and Finland’s president) in hope of using his popularity with Congressional Cold Warriors to deter Trump… Continue reading
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Aug 17 2025 
Pepe Escobar with ‘b😄mbshell’ Danny
NO Trump DEAL, Ukraine DONE | Mark Sleboda JOINS
(No, Sleboda does not join, but follows, and I have not listened to that. It is good to hear Pepe out). At the end he describes the pressures on Trump, but also his ‘escape route’ that we see beginning to play out.
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Aug 17 2025 
The Delicate Exit
“Now let them seek a delicate exit from the mess they’ve gotten themselves into — but we will achieve our objectives.” — VVP
By William Schryver at imetatronink.
My coalescing sense of the underwhelming Alaska Chats is that Russia has not materially varied from its longstanding terms.
Trump rolled into town with his “stealth” flyover, imagining he was… Continue reading
