U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had ordered his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cut off all trade with Spain, calling Madrid a "terrible partner" in NATO. Trump was speaking alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of an alliance summit in Ankara.
Russia has suffered as many as 450,000 deaths and 1.4 million total casualties since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the highest battlefield death toll suffered by any major power since World War II, according to a new analysis. Overall, there have been more than 2 million casualties on both sides since Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, or CSIS, said in a report released Wednesday. "The number of Russian casualties and fatalities are astonishing," the report said. "Since World War II, no major power has suffered anywhere near these numbers of casualties or fatalities in any war, leaving Russia with a grim and unparalleled recent historical record."
In Michigan, two dinosaurs are trying to defeat one progressive in the campaign to replace retiring US Senator Gary Peters (D). In the Democratic primary on 4 Aug, dinosaur Haley Stevens (D) will face Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (D), an epidemiologist and former director of the Detroit Health Department. The winner of that contest will then face dinosaur Mike Rogers (R) on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026, barring Republican Party mischief or sabotage.
AIPAC Democrats
A MAGA Congressman has received a sharp backlash for cutting his Indian-American wife out of a fundraising ad for his re-election campaign. "You can call me by any name you want. I just want my children to grow up in a country that they recognize," Texas rep Brandon Gill wrote in an X ad as he tried to defend himself against accusations of racism. "Every parent & grandparent needs to read this." However, the image that the MAGA rep shared to speak on family values failed to include his Indian-American wife.
Fuel costs for U.S. airlines jumped 85% in May to nearly $6.7 billion as the Middle East conflict drove up prices, the U.S. Transportation Department said Monday. Airlines spent $3.62 billion on fuel in May 2025 compared with $6.66 billion in the same month this year. The cost per gallon of fuel in May was $4.09, up $1.88 over May 2025, USDOT added.
While hanging out with his twin brother and friends at an "In Out Burger" in Pleasanton, CA, college-bound Nader Hanna (18) lost his right hand when an explosive the size of a tennis ball immediately exploded the second he lit the fuse.
This explosive is about the size of a tennis ball
In Houston, ICE thugs shot and killed Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a "targeted enforcement operation." Trumpf junta apparatchiks claimed the unarmed Araujo did not have legal status in the US and attempted to evade arrest.
Start issuing these Brownshirts non-lethal ammunition
CHICAGO (AP) -- George E. Johnson Sr., a pioneer in Black hair care whose multimillion-dollar business was the first Black-owned company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange, has died at age 99, according to his family. Johnson died Monday at his home in downtown Chicago. A cause of death was not released. Johnson and his late wife, Joan, started Johnson Products in 1954 on Chicago's South Side after securing a $250 loan. It grew into a hair care empire catering almost exclusively to Black people, with brands like Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen. His company was a national sponsor of the hit 1970s music and dance television show "Soul Train." Read more
Lasser's biggest role was starring in Norman Lears 1970s satirical soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman where she portrayed a struggling Ohio housewife, poking fun of the daily life of the American housewife and the effects of consumerism.
"USCENTCOM forces have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway. The U.S. strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire."
US Blocks Iranian Oil Sales Again
The longer the Ukraine war continues, the more Putin loses touch with reality. With the fuel crisis in Russia and the Crimea siege, Russians are unhappy with Putin more than ever before.
Recently Putin was interviewed by Russian TV about the fuel shortage, and it's one of the most embarrassing interviews he's ever done.
Let's react to Putin's cope and see why Russians are making fun of this interview.
At a US Border Patrol checkpoint in southern Texas, federal authorities arrested Luke David Brader (80) and Susan Brader (74) after discovering more than 345 pounds of cocaine inside a trailer they were towing.
Life imitates art
That's what is being reported online.
ICC-indicted war criminal Vladimir Putin gave Dummkopf Trumpf his instructions by telephone ahead of the 7-8 July NATO Summit in Ankara Turkiye under the pretext of congratulating him for America's 250th Independence Day celebrations.
"Got it, Vlad, no sweat. Just keep the kompromat close hold." "Of course, Donald, as always. "
16 "almost feral" children ranging in age from 18 months to 18 years were rescued from a feces-filled house of horrors in Ohio and authorities only stumbled on them last week while serving Gary Siders a warrant for indecent exposure. The victims-- allegedly kept isolated in a 12-foot by 12-foot room " can barely speak.
Hamden, Vinton County Ohio (Population: 700)
The American taxpayer-funded Israeli Death Forces (IDF) slaughtered six Palestinians in Gaza over the past 48 hours. Since the one-sided "ceasefire" in Gaza was established on 11 Oct 2025, the US-armed sequence killers of the Middle East have liquidated 1,066 Muslims, wounding or maiming another 3,445. One conservative estimate of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza is now 73,098 human beings; other analysts contend the number has exceeded 75,000. In Feb 2026, IDF SSG Ofri Yafe (21) fell victim to fratricide, murdered by his own trigger-happy comrades.
AIPAC funds genocide. These individuals are not good human beings.
