Vladimir Putin Issues His Conditions for Ending the War in Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has put out a list of demands for ending the war in Ukraine — and they’re almost entirely unchanged from even before he launched his brutal invasion more than three years ago.

The authoritarian wants a written letter by Western leaders that they would not allow Ukraine to join NATO — a red line for the security alliance whose charter holds that any country can join if they are approved unanimously by its member states, three Russian sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

Putin further wants NATO to disavow more expansion to the east, also barring Georgia and Moldova from joining the alliance.

He also wants the West to lift sanctions on his country, whose economy has taken a harsh hit since the world protested his invasion of its sovereign neighbor.

Two other conditions — the unfreezing of Russian assets and “protection” for Ukraine’s Russian speakers — are also key desires, according to Reuters. (Read more from “Vladimir Putin Issues His Conditions for Ending the War in Ukraine” HERE)

Trump Confirms He Stopped a Major Military Strike —Here’s What We Know

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that he talked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu out of launching a military strike against Iran amid concerns over the regime’s nuclear program.

During a press conference, a reporter asked, “Did you warn Prime Minister Netanyahu against taking some actions that could disrupt the talks there in a phone call last week?”

“Well, I’d like to be honest, yes I did,” Trump replied.

The reporter asked what Trump said to Netanyahu during the phone call. “I just said ‘I don’t think it’s appropriate.’ We’re having very good discussions with him,” the president said.

Trump suggested that it would be better to “settle it with a very strong document … with inspections and no trust.”

(Read more from “Trump Confirms He Stopped a Major Military Strike —Here’s What We Know” HERE)

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Infamous Democrat Named on National TV as Controlling Biden’s Autopen

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Who exactly is the person who controlled use of Joe Biden’s presidential autopen?

According to David Sacks, President Donald Trump’s crypto and artificial intelligence czar, it was actually Democrat U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts who ran the electronic signature device.

“SHHH DON’T TELL JOE!” said Jesse Watters of Fox News after Sacks spilled the beans on his “Primetime” show Tuesday night.

“David Sacks just said POCAHONTAS had the AUTOPEN and wasn’t afraid to use it!”

Sacks claimed Warren ran the autopen due to her “pathological hatred of the crypto community.” (Read more from “Infamous Democrat Named on National TV as Controlling Biden’s Autopen” HERE)

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White House Stunned as Hegseth Inquiry Brings up Illegal Wiretap Claims

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The White House has lost confidence in a Pentagon leak investigation that Pete Hegseth used to justify firing three top aides last month, after advisers were told that the aides had supposedly been outed by an illegal warrantless National Security Agency (NSA) wiretap.

The extraordinary explanation alarmed the advisers, who also raised it with people close to JD Vance, because such a wiretap would almost certainly be unconstitutional and an even bigger scandal than a number of leaks.

But the advisers found the claim to be untrue and complained that they were being fed dubious information by Hegseth’s personal lawyer, Tim Parlatore, who had been tasked with overseeing the investigation.

The episode, as recounted by four people familiar with the matter, marked the most extraordinary twist in the investigation examining the leak of an allegedly top secret document that outlined options for the US military to reclaim the Panama canal to a reporter.

The advisers were stunned again when Parlatore denied having told anyone about an illegal NSA wiretap himself and maintained that any information he had was passed on to him by others at the Pentagon. (Read more from “White House Stunned as Hegseth Inquiry Brings up Illegal Wiretap Claims” HERE)

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Landing Gear Collapse on Alaska Airlines 737 Caused by ‘Excessive Grinding’ During Maintenance

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“Excessive grinding” during maintenance led to a metal pin cracking and eventually breaking causing the left landing gear to collapse on an Alaska Airlines flight in 2023, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a final report Tuesday.

On August 20, 2023, the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 was landing at John Wayne-Orange County Airport in California when the gear failed, sending sparks flying as the engine scraped the runway.

There were 112 passengers and crew on board, who had to evacuate from stairs onto a taxiway, but no injuries were reported.

When the plane touched down, the captain reported feeling a “firm jolt” and the plane was “pulling reasonably hard” to the left. (Read more from “Landing Gear Collapse on Alaska Airlines 737 Caused by ‘Excessive Grinding’ During Maintenance” HERE)

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WATCH: French President Shoved by Wife in Shocking Scuffle Caught on Camera

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By TMZ. President Emmanuel Macron waved off the face shove his wife gave him earlier with a statement to reporters saying, “We are bickering and joking with my wife and a video becomes a sort of geoplanetary catastrophe,” Macron says.

He continued … “In the world we live in, we don’t have a lot of time to lose … This is all a bit of nonsense.”

Those French have a temper … even at the highest level, because the country Prez got smacked right in the noggin by his wife, and it’s become something of a scandal.

Macron and his wife Brigitte were about to deplane Sunday after landing in Vietnam, and you see as plain as day, Macron taking a hard one to the face.

Brigitte isn’t fully seen by the AP photog as her arms appear and she puts her hands on her hubby.

Macron appears rattled but quickly regains his composure and pivots with a wave to folks outside the aircraft. (Read more from “French President Macron Now That’s a Slap in the Face!!! HERE)

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French President Macron Shoved by Wife Brigitte in Shocking Scuffle Caught on Camera

By Page Six. Brigitte Macron, the first lady of France, was seen shoving her husband, President Emmanuel Macron, in a shocking video that has since gone viral.

The moment was captured on camera Sunday evening when the couple was landing in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, for a state visit. . .

A source close to Macron also downplayed the matter to the Agence France-Presse, a French international news agency headquartered in Paris.

“It was a moment when the president and his wife were decompressing one last time before the start of the trip by joking around,” the insider told the outlet.

“It’s a moment of togetherness. No more was needed to feed the mills of the conspiracy theorists.”

The Macrons have been married since 2007. However, their relationship has been heavily scrutinized due to Brigitte meeting the president when he was only 15 while she was his drama teacher. (Read more from “French President Macron Shoved by Wife Brigitte in Shocking Scuffle Caught on Camera” HERE)

‘How Does This Happen?’: Power Outages Hit Blue City On Holiday Weekend After Months Of Warnings

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New Orleans was plunged into darkness on Sunday afternoon when the region’s grid operator cut off power to reduce usage, a “last resort” measure to prevent a large-scale blackout, according to Nola.com, a local news outlet.

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), a major electrical grid operator, directed the energy company Entergy to reduce power with only three minutes’ notice to prevent a blackout, affecting nearly 100,000 customers, according to Nola.com. Power was fully restored after several hours, though concerns about the power grid’s reliability remain as President Donald Trump’s administration, energy policy experts and multiple North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reports have signaled that MISO is at an elevated risk for blackouts due in part to phasing out coal-fired power plants.

“The forced outages were directed by MISO as a last resort, and done in order to prevent a more extensive, prolonged power outage that could severely affect the reliability of the power grid,” Entergy said in a Sunday statement.

“How does this happen?” New Orleans City Council member Joe Giarrusso told Nola.com. “There are lots of questions that need answering.”

Giarrusso and fellow New Orleans City Council member Helena Moreno said MISO warned Entergy of the outage just three minutes before turning off the power, though the reason for the short notice was unclear, according to Nola.com. The blackouts affected approximately 100,000 customers in and around New Orleans, according to 4WWL, a local CBS affiliate. (Read more from “‘How Does This Happen?’: Power Outages Hit Blue City On Holiday Weekend After Months Of Warnings” HERE)

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Turns Out There’s A Catch To California’s Rosy Population Stats

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California’s population is growing again, but not because Americans are moving in, according to The Wall Street Journal.

In 2024, nearly 240,000 Californians packed up and left the state, WSJ reported. The state’s population still rose by 0.6% overall because more than 361,000 immigrants arrived to take their place.

The exodus from the state is not a new phenomenon, as around 344,000 Californians left in 2023, while 292,000 international migrants arrived, the outlet reported.

About 56% of Californians have considered leaving the state due to the exorbitant cost of living, a 2024 Emerson College poll found. California’s median home price topped $900,000 in 2024 — well over double the national average — while utility and gas prices remain among the country’s highest.

The state’s population decreased for the first time in history in 2020, when over 477,000 Californians left, leading to the state losing a congressional seat. The population continued to decline until 2023, buoyed by an influx of international immigrants. (Read more from “Turns Out There’s A Catch To California’s Rosy Population Stats” HERE)

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Church Plans Homeless Shelter, so Government Responds With Plan to Confiscate the Property

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A church in Toms River, New Jersey, with plenty of space as it owns 10 acres of land, proposed building a 17-bed overnight shelter as a way to reach out to the needy and help the community.

So officials in the town retaliated with their own plan to confiscate the land and turn it into pickleball courts.

“It is clear that this is being done in retaliation for the church making an application for a homeless shelter,” Harvey York, the church’s lawyer, told Fox News.

Citing the constitutional standards regarding protections for freedom religion as well as the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, he said, “I don’t know that you’ll find a lawyer who will say, ‘Oh, yeah, they have every right to do this; they’re going to win.'”

It is the Christ Episcopal Church that has found itself in the middle of the city’s bull’s-eye.

And York said while some residents are happy with the idea, “the majority” is shocked and dismayed.

(Read more from “Church Plans Homeless Shelter, so Government Responds With Plan to Confiscate the Property” HERE)

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Commentator: I’d Rather Have a Braindead Biden in Charge Than Trump

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Well, at least he’s consistent, but that’s not saying much about Sam Harris. The noted commentator admitted that his Trump derangement syndrome is so deep that he’d rather have a braindead Biden in office than Donald J. Trump. Okay, let’s be clearer: He’d rather have a committee running the country while Biden is in a coma. That’s not democracy; that’s a coup. When the executive function is lost, we know the line of succession here—it goes to the vice president, Kamala, which means Trump still wins. But let’s not get into that silliness. We won the election. Nothing else needs to be said. He also said he fell for the Biden White House’s spin and that Biden was mentally sharp.

(Read more from “Commentator: I’d Rather Have a Braindead Biden in Charge Than Trump” HERE)

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