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Monday, December 15, 2025

"I don't think [US President] Donald Trump is really motivated by US national security interests, or NATO, or Ukrainian interests. I think he wants the Nobel Peace Prize -- I think it's been on his mind since the first term," argues former US national security adviser John Bolton in an interview with FRANCE 24's Gavin Lee. "Putin thinks time is on his side. This is not the time for the US or Europe to give up and say 'let's get the best deal we can'," he adds.


In Dec 2024, Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas passenger Michael Virgil (35) was served with 33 alcoholic drinks before flying into a drunken rampage, threatening passengers and physically assaulting crew members, then dying shortly after security personnel finally restrained him, according to a new lawsuit filed by the runamok's family.


The diabolical Trumpf junta plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions at the VA this month, mostly unfilled jobs including doctors, nurses, and support staff. The cuts come after a massive reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 employees this year.


American strategic bombers trained alongside Japanese aircraft in what Washington and Tokyo described as a demonstration of their resolve following recent military tensions between Japan and China this week.


Sunday, December 14, 2025

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-KY) issued the following statement regarding the depositions scheduled for 17 Dec 2025, for former President William J. Clinton and December 18, 2025, for former Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton:

  • "It has been more than four months since Bill and Hillary Clinton were subpoenaed to sit for depositions related to our investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's horrific crimes. Throughout that time, the former President and former Secretary of State have delayed, obstructed, and largely ignored the Committee staff's efforts to schedule their testimony. If the Clintons fail to appear for their depositions next week or schedule a date for early January, the Oversight Committee will begin contempt of Congress proceedings to hold them accountable."


    During a Christmas reception at the White House, Dummkopf Trumpf brayed nonsense for 40 minutes as First Lady Melanoma Trumpf stood cringing by his side.


    A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing his path.


    by Charlie Sykes


    In the wake of President Dummkopf Trumpf's nightmarish 2024 re-election, the number of aggrieved Americans seeking a new life abroad is rising and the Netherlands offers one way out.


    Are there any lefties here angry/demented enough to spend any amount of time on any right-leaning blog in an effort to troll its bitter participants? Seriously: what motivates clowns like stinkerbell and his gaggle of goons to come here - all day, everyday - just to troll??? Inquiring minds want to know.


    Matt, A new geography game is driving people crazy. It challenges users to "pack" countries into each other. Harder than it looks.


    Saturday, December 13, 2025

    His library foundation has told the I.R.S. that by the end of 2027 it expects to bring in just $11.3 million " not nearly enough for a traditional presidential library. Read more


    UNICEF: "UNICEF knows that 82 children have been killed in Gaza since 10 October which is a staggering pattern, and it needs to stop." These child fatalities are part of a broader toll of at least 386 people killed and 980 wounded or maimed by the IDF since the so-called ceasefire' began.


    A Cincinnati-based Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) supervisor is being held in Hamilton County Jail on $400,000 bond after allegedly strangling his partner. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations official Samuel Saxon, 47, was arrested on Dec. 5 after police say he attacked a woman he lives with in their Corryville apartment. In court Monday, an officer testified that police have been called to the apartment roughly two dozen times in the last year and a half. Prosecutors also detailed a long relationship between Saxon and the victim that began when she was 18 years old and he was in his 40s. Court records state Saxon's arrest followed observations of bruising on the woman's neck and accounts from witnesses who said he put her in a chokehold in the apartment's hallway. Prosecutors noted the woman has reported serious injuries in past incidents linked to Saxon, including a broken nose in 2018 and a broken pelvis in April.


    The State Department is retroactively promoting hundreds of additional Foreign Service employees, after unilaterally changing the criteria and the panels of individuals who oversee this process.


    The UConn men's basketball team finished its non-conference slate with a 71-63 win over Texas on Friday night at PeoplesBank Arena. Freshman Braylon Mullins sizzled in his first collegiate start, the Huskies shot 68 percent from the floor in the first half and survived a foul-plagued second half to improve to 10-1.


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