I’ve already printed out my copy. Watch the show he co-hosted this week with China Writers’ Group member Billy Bob (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003511545399),

Blowback: Exposing Imperial Decline

https://www.youtube.com/@BlowbackExposingImperial-hh8ig

Outline

EURASIA

JUST FUNNY SHIT

– EUK: King Charles accepted honorary degree from Ukro–Nazi in 1983 – Waffen SS Galicia Peter Savaryn ( Declassified UK )

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– USC: Donald Trump becomes first US president convicted of a crime – hush money trial, business document forgery ( Reuters )

– USC: Wall Street billionaires are rushing to back Trump, verdict be damned – fundraisers, tax cuts promised ( Bloomberg )

– USC: House Democrats plan $100m push on abortion rights – advertising, voter mobilization in swing states ( WSJ )

– USC: Biden–Harris campaign accuses Trump of ‘anti-Black agenda‘ ahead of Philly rally ( Guardian UK )

– USC: Even as Trump found guilty, his attacks take toll on judicial system ( WaPo )

404 BATTLEFRONTS

– 404: Ukraine urgently needs soldiers, men desperate not to fight – could seal Ukraine‘s fate even with Western support ( NBC )

– 404: Putin‘s plot to destroy NATO is reaching its devastating climax – Aliona Hlivco, Ukrainian in London ( Telegraph UK 💬 )

– 404: The ‘Sukhoi apocalypse’ might be a myth – Ukraine‘s claims about Russian fighter jets don’t match evidence ( Forbes )

– 404: As Ukraine stumbles in war, Kiev & Western powers struggle to coordinate – firing officials close to US ( WaPo )  

– 404: Kiev‘s ‘Hotel Ukraine’ is for sale – a €23.5m property that could help fund the war effort ( LeMonde FR )

– 404: Around half of ‘desperately needed’ military aid is arriving too late to Ukraine – DM Umerov ( Euractiv )

– 404: Without Western armaments, Ukraine may only have months left ( Telegraph UK 💬 )

        ┝ Previously : ‘Ukraine knows that it has just months left to survive’

        ┕ Before that : ‘Ukraine knows it is finished’

404 SWISS PEACE CONFERENCE

– 404: Elensky‘s office issued memo instructing officials to criticize Biden and Xi Jinping for not attending summit – FT ( FT UK )

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– USC: US to attend Peace Summit in Switzerland – did not specify who or if Biden is going – Karine Jean-Pierre ( VOA / CIA )

– USC: White House admits being involved in drawing up Kiev’s ‘peace formula‘ – Sullivan, Blinken says Kirby ( Tass RU )

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– RUC: Swiss peace conference on Ukraine falls short of China‘s requests – China won’t attend – FM Mao Ning ( GT CN )

404 GOBLIN IN STOCKHOLM

– 404: Ukraine no nearer to joining NATO this year, Elensky to be told at summit don’t ask the ‘impossible’ ( Telegraph UK )

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– EUK: Elensky went to Sweden to sign another bilateral security deal with PM Ulf Kristersson ( Kyiv ‘Independent’ )

– EUK: Sweden to give €1b military aid to Ukraine – largest ever – including all PBV30 tracked APCs ( Politico EU )

– EUK: Sweden to donate all ( both ) Airborne Surveillance and Control aircraft – Awacs Lite ( Government SE )

NATO : LET’S HIT RUSSIA!

– 404: Russia currently has the advantage, we need permission to hit Russian bases – Elensky aid Podolyak ( Bloomberg )

┕ Podolyak said Kiev needs at least 60 Western fighter jets on front line 100-120 would be ‘optimal‘

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– EUK: Czechia said Ukraine ‘has the right to use all possibilities for its defense‘ it’s ‘absolutely logical’ – PM Petr Fiala ( Reuters )

– EUK: Poland backs Ukraine‘s right to strike targets in Russia with Polish weaponry – Dep. DM Cezary Tomczyk ( Kyiv Post )

– EUK: Denmark allows Ukraine to strike outside of Ukraine – ‘within international law‘ – PM Mette Frederiksen ( Reuters )

– EUK: Ukraine can use our F-16s to strike Russian territory – Danish FM Lars Lokke Rasmussen ( Kyiv ‘Independent’ )

– EUK: Belgian F-16s to be delivered ‘this year’ will have ‘strings attached’ – can only hit targets in Ukraine ( Politico EU )

– EUK: Ukraine can strike on territory of Russia with weapons provided by Finland – FM Elina Valtonen ( Censor UA )

– EUK: Dutch DM said donated weapons should be used in line with international law – no other restrictions ( Reuters )

– EUK: France’s Macron urges a green light for Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia with Western weapons ( AP )

– EUK: Ukraine is allowed to fire German weapons at targets in Russia – in defense of Kharkov – Scholz ( Bild DE )

– EUK: NATO Foreign Ministers gather in Prague as Ukraine seeks easing of weapons restrictions ( NATO )

– EUK: All three Baltic midgets agree – Lit FM Landsbergis, Lat Prez Rinkevics, Est DM Pevkur ( Reuters )

– EUK: Ukraine has already used Western weapons deep inside Russia on multiple occasions ( AFP FR )

– EUK: Berlin ‘tiptoes’ toward allowing Ukraine to hit Russia with German weapons – ( Politico EU )

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– USC: From allies and advisers, pressure grows on Biden to allow attacks on Russian territory – He won’t announce ( NYT )

– USC: Under pressure, Biden allows Ukraine to use US weapons to strike inside Russia – to protect Kharkov ( NYT )

– USC: Joe Biden described as ‘isolated‘ after allies agree to let Ukraine fire weapons into Russia ( Telegraph UK )

– USC: Biden secretly allows ‘limited’ use of US arms to strike Russia – ‘for Kharkov‘ – US officials ( Politico US )

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– RUC: Western ‘experts’ are now realizing NATO expansion was a mistake – Warsaw dissolved, NATO didn’t – Lavrov ( RT RU )

– RUC: Dmitry Medvedev warns NATO of nuclear ‘miscalculation’ – developing according to worst-case scenario ( RT RU )

– RUC: Long-range strikes require space recon. assets that Kiev doesn’t have – targeting done by West – Putin ( RT RU )

– RUC: Elensky is now ‘an outlaw‘ – treaties signed with him will have no legal force – Duma Speaker Volodin ( RT RU )

OTHER WESTERN WEAPONS

– EUK: Dutch DM to get one Patriot system to Ukraine – parts and components from allies – DM Kajsa Ollongen ( Defense Post )

– EUK: Germany’s tank debacle in Ukraine is shows the true, awful cost of the ‘peace dividend’ – David Axe ( Telegraph UK 💬 )

– EUK: Money to buy ammo for Ukraine flowing too slowly – 4 of 18 nations sent funds – Czech DM Jana Černochová ( RT RU )

– EUK: Russia sources ammunition faster than west – Prague – half the shells need fixing – price going up ( FT UK )

– EUK: NATO has just 5% of air defenses needed to protect eastern flank – recent NATO report ( FT UK )

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– USC: US Space Force is planning to use commercial satellites for military during wartime – prompted by Musk ( Defense One )

– USC: F-35B test plane crashes into New Mexico hillside during takeoff – pilot survives, seriously injured ( Business Insider )

– USC: Soldiers in Ukraine say US-supplied tanks have made them targets for Russian strikes ( CNN )

┝ $10m M1 Abrams tank has inadequate armor even against drones – ‘Crew does not survive‘ 

┝ It has bad / wring ammunition – ‘We had a case when we fired 17 rounds into a house and it was still standing‘ 

┕ They also complain of how ‘in rain or fog, condensation can fry the electronics inside the vehicle’

ORDERED TO COMMIT SUICIDE

– USC: More sanctions are needed to counter Russian war economy – third parties, seize assets – Daleep Singh ( Guardian UK )

– USC: Yellen urged German bank execs to comply with Russia sanctions ‘to avoid penalties‘, keep dollar access ( Reuters )

– USC: US accuses China of ‘every support behind scenes’ to Russia’s war, threatens more sanctions ( Kyiv ‘Independent’ )

– USC: US Bonds’ decades-long lead over gold vanishes amid debt worries – ‘safe haven of choice’ status lost ( Bloomberg )

– USC: US warned Europe to get serious about China‘s aid to Russia – Support ‘to the hilt’ – Kurt Campbell ( Politico EU )

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– EUK: EU considers proposal to sanction Russian oil tanker insurer Ingosstrakh – by ‘one of the’ members ( Bloomberg ☆ )

– EUK: EU Parliament ‘ready’ for requests to lift MEPs’ immunity in Russian influence probe – Roberta Metsola ( Euronews )

– EUK: Police search EU parliament office over ‘Russian interference‘ – MEPs investigated for ‘propaganda’ ( Guardian UK )

– EUK: Germany and Czechia wants EU to abandon last 20% of Russian oil, gas and nuclear fuel imports ( Bloomberg )

– EUK: Too small to police, too big to ignore – Telegram is dividing Europe with Russian disinformation ( Bloomberg )

– EUK: EU explores whether Telegram falls under strict new Content Law – more ‘enforcement’ power ( Bloomberg )

– EUK: High prices, high rates will be new normal – French BNP Paribas economists warn ( Euronews )

– EUK: The EU Commission seeks to ‘shield’ chips, AI, quantum and biotech from China ( Politico EU )

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– RUC: Chinese firms tagged as ‘military entities’ by US using new names, making deals to keep business in US ( WSJ ☆ )

– RUC: China takes aim at EU’s planes and agriculture as trade war brews – Commerce Ministry sent a letter ( Politico EU )

– RUC: China has more countermeasures if US endangers its interests, tries to strangle development – CGTN ( Reuters )

– RUC: Western businesses backtrack on their Russia exit plans – 2,100 stayed , 1,200 ‘curtailed’, 400 left ( FT UK )

– RUC: Sanctions on Russia are ineffective – Dubai main trading hub ( DMCC ) chair said in an interview ( FT UK )

– RUC: Europe is fading away and becoming a ‘lost continent‘ – Andrey Sushentsov, Valdai director ( RT RU )

– RUC: Kremlin shrugs off D-Day snub, Foreign Ministry says West wants to ‘erase’ Red Army role ( Reuters )

EUROPEAN PERIPHERIES

– WEA: Today, Ukraine is in ruins – the results of the Maidan, this will not happen in Georgia – PM Kobakhidze ( Censor UA )

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– EUK: Georgia‘s EU dream in tatters – ‘foreign agent’ bill becomes law – US sanctions, Brussels upends EU path ( Politico EU )

– EUK: EU countries hope to agree on Ukraine, Moldova membership frameworks next week – no Georgia ( Euractiv )

– EUK: Fico‘s assassination attempt has a significant impact, his Smer party gains considerable ground ( Euractiv )

– EUK: Slovak Prime Minister Fico released to home care – hospital says ( Reuters )

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– USC: Moldovan parliament denounced Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine as ‘genocide‘ – opposition boycotted ( Euractiv )

– USC: US condemns Georgian Dream party for passing ‘anti-democratic’ foreign influence bill – Matt Miller ( Reuters )

– USC: US pledges $135 million in aid to Western-leaning Moldova to counter Russian influence ( AP )

– USC: US reaffirms unwavering support for Moldova‘s EU accession – Blinken in Chisinau ( official X )

ASIAN PERIPHERIES

– ASO: DPRK sent a fleet of over 200 ‘garbage’ balloons to South – in response to propaganda leaflets – suspended in 2018 ( AP )

– ASO: US SecDef Austin will ‘reassure allies’ and ‘cool China tensions‘ in Singapore‘s Shangri-La dialogue this week ( Reuters )

┕ He will visit Cambodia to ‘reverse some of the gains Beijing has made‘ there 

– ASO: US wants to deploy previously banned missiles in Asia–Pacific – INF banned 500-1500 km range – Lavrov ( RT RU )

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WEST ASIA

THE SPONSORS

– USC: Lindsey Graham calls ICC a ‘joke’ its president a ‘raving anti-Semite‘ in meeting with Netanyahu / Gallant ( TO Israel )

– USC: US-built pier will be removed from Gaza coast and repaired after damage from rough seas – Pentagon spox ( AP )

– USC: Israel‘s offensive in Rafah has not crossed ‘red lines‘ but ‘needs to be investigated’ – John Kirby ( Times UK )

– USC: Israel avoided US red lines because US gave a narrow definition of ‘major ground operation‘ ( WaPo )

– USC: Nikki Haley writes ‘Finish them!‘ – ‘America ♡ Israel always’ on IDF shells during Israel visit ( photos )

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– EUK: Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognized a Palestinian state on Wednesday widening ‘EU rift’ with Israel ( AP )

– EUK: Slovenian government also recognizes Palestinian state, needs parliamentary approval ( Euronews )

– EUK: Spain will not recognise changes to 1967 Israeli–Palestinian border lines – Sánchez ( Euractiv )

THE BRAZEN COLONY

– ISR: Israel used US-made GBU-39 small-diameter bomb in Rafah camp massacre – Rahul Udoshi ( Telegraph UK )

– ISR: IDF says hidden store of terror munitions may have caused deadly Rafah blaze – Hagari ( Times of Israel )

– ISR: Gaza war will last at least another seven months – NatSec Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi ( Reuters )

– ISR: Israel defends attack that killed 45 as tanks enter central Rafah for first time ( Times UK )

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– PAL: Aid groups say Israel’s Rafah assault upends food and relief operations – basic services not delivered ( WaPo )

THE REGION

– WEA: China–Arab community with a shared future provides a vivid annotation for peace, devt. ( Global Times CN Editorial )

– WEA: Saudi Arabia condemns and denounces in strongest terms the continuous genocidal massacre ( FM document )

– WEA: Erdogan called Israel ‘not just a threat to Gaza but to all of humanity’, and on Islamic world to react ( Speech )

– WEA: Yemen‘s Houthis target six ships across three seas – Red, Arabian, Mediterranean – Yahya Saree ( Speech )

– WEA: Yemen’s Houthis claim missile strike on US aircraft carrier – Eisenhower /  Ike – Yahya Saree ( Speech > RT )

– WEA: Bahrain is counting on the Russian Federation in the Middle East settlement ( Izvestia RU )

– WEA: Another US MQ-9 Reaper drone goes down in Yemen – this is the sixth one ( AP )

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX : Videoclips

– Ursula Pre-Bunking : https://x.com/Kanthan2030/status/1796388147141730644

– Hillary feels vindicated : https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1796449256192254056

– Elensky Putin is sick : https://x.com/warintel4u/status/1796513805599670398

– Stoltenberg wants war to end : https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1796539349028196557

APPENDIX : Legend

💬 = Opinion piece

 ☆  = Exclusive piece

USC = United States + Canada

RUC = Russia + China

EUK = Europe + United Kingdom | 404 = Ukraine

WEA = West Asia, formerly Middle East | ISR = Israel | PAL = Palestine

ASO = Australia + Oceania

AFR = Africa

LAT = Latin America