No NATO membership, no return to pre-2014 borders, no more relying on U.S. military funding – Trump to Ukraine

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Breaking: Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence | 12 Feb 2024 | The Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as the nation’s next Director of National Intelligence on Wednesday. The final vote was 52-48. The vote was mostly along party lines, though a lone Republican broke ranks to oppose her. The former Hawaii Democratic House member left the party after her 2020 presidential run and ultimately joined the Republicans on the 2024 campaign. She has emerged as a stalwart privacy advocate and supporter of reining in the intelligence community. Her nomination was contentious, largely due to her foreign policy views on Russia and Syria, which clashed with Washington consensus.

No NATO membership, no return to pre-2014 borders, and no more relying on U.S. for military funding – Trump delivers hammer blow to Ukraine as America comes first | 12 Feb 2025 | America will no longer front the lion’s share of aid to Ukraine, the Trump administration said today in a devastating blow to Kiev that will pile pressure on Europe to fill the void. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Washington will “no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship” with its allies, adding, “Europe must provide the overwhelming share of future lethal and non-lethal aid to Ukraine.” In a boon for Vladimir Putin, he added that the United States would not deploy troops to Ukraine to uphold any peace deal with Russia — one of the key security guarantees requested by Ukrainian President [dictator] Volodymyr Zelensky.

Pentagon rules out Ukraine joining NATO –Kiev’s membership in the U.S.-led bloc is not a “realistic outcome” of a peace deal, according to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth | 12 Feb 2024 | A peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is unlikely to include NATO membership for Kiev, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters on Wednesday, adding that American troops will also not be involved in maintaining the settlement.

Kiev plotting series of false flags to drag NATO into war – Moscow –The alleged plan involves staging a foreign vessel explosion in the Baltic Sea, according to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service | 11 Feb 2025 | Ukrainian special services, with Western support, are preparing a series of high-profile provocations to implicate Moscow and draw NATO into a direct military confrontation, according to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). In a statement on Tuesday, the SVR claimed that Kiev plans to use Russian-made naval mines to orchestrate an explosion involving a foreign vessel in the Baltic Sea. The alleged goal is to blame Moscow and prompt NATO to restrict Russia’s access to the Baltic on the pretext of ensuring maritime security. NATO has been increasing its military activities along Eastern Europe’s borders in recent years, citing security concerns over Russia. Last month, it announced plans to expand its presence in the Baltic Sea.

Trump issues hard deadline and ultimatum for Hamas to return the hostages: ‘All of them’ | 10 Feb 2025 | President Donald Trump said if Hamas does not return all hostages by noon on Saturday, he will call for the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to be canceled and “let all h-ll break out.” Trump made the comments after signing executive orders in the Oval Office Monday evening. When asked if he felt the ceasefire deal should be canceled, the president said that is “Israel’s decision.” “If all the Gaza hostages aren’t returned by Saturday at 12 p.m., I would say cancel the ceasefire,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “Let all h-ll break out; Israel can override it.”

MAGA head of JFK files task force claims there were TWO shooters and pledges to uncover more secrets | 11 Feb 2025 | Rep Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) has made a jaw-dropping claim that there were “two shooters” in the JFK assassination. Luna made clear her belief in a second shooter as she launched a new task force that will expose some of the government’s most scintillating secrets. She and her team will declassify highly sought after documents about JFK’s murder, and also files related to disgraced financier CIA-Mossad agent Jeffrey Epstein. In doing so the congresswoman dropped a bombshell about her own thoughts regarding JFK’s shooting by assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963. “I believe that there were two shooters, and we should be finding more information as we are able to,” she said. Secret documents about the origins of COVID-19 and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack [inside job] could all soon be revealed, Luna shared. [Stay safe, Rep. Luna! BTW, Jeffrey Epstein was not a “financier.” He financed nothing. Epstein blackmailed politicians at the behest of global spy agencies.]

Homeland Security puts staff involved in ‘disinformation’ board on administrative leave, review coming –DHS reviews its controversial ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ | 11 Feb 2025 | The Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday that some Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) employees who worked on “mis-, dis-, and malinformation” were put on administrative leave. In a statement to Scripps News, DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote CISA needs to “refocus on its mission,” starting with election security. “The agency is undertaking an evaluation of how it has executed its election security mission with a particular focus on any work related to mis-, dis-, and malinformation,” according to the statement.

Judge orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore deleted webpages with ‘health’ information | 11 Feb 2025 | A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration to restore webpages and data that had been scrubbed in compliance with President Trump’s executive order on gender ideology while litigation moves forward. U.S. District Judge John Bates agreed to grant a temporary restraining order sought by the group Doctors for America, which argued that its members used the websites when treating patients and conducting research. Bates found that the challengers were likely to succeed in their claims that the Department Health and Human Services, CDC, and FDA acted unlawfully when they stripped medical information from public-facing websites.

Russia treated U.S. ‘very nicely’ – Trump | 11 Feb 2025 | President Donald Trump has said that Moscow agreed to release Marc Fogel, a former U.S. embassy employee sentenced to 14 years in prison on drug trafficking charges, without asking “much” in return. Moscow has not yet commented on the development, but U.S. officials have praised the move as a “show of good faith” after U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff’s private jet departed Russia with Fogel on board on Tuesday. “We were treated very nicely by Russia, actually. I hope that’s the beginning of a relationship where we can end that war and millions of people can stop being killed,” Trump told journalists at the White House later in the day. Asked whether Washington had given Moscow “anything in return,” Trump paused briefly before responding: “Not much. No, they were very nice.”

Russia frees jailed U.S. national – White House | 11 Feb 2025 | Russia has released U.S. national Marc Fogel following negotiations with President Donald Trump’s advisors, the White House announced on Tuesday. Fogel, a former schoolteacher and U.S. diplomat, was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2022 on drug trafficking charges. On Tuesday morning, multiple sites reported that a private jet belonging to US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff had entered Russian airspace and landed in Moscow. The U.S. ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracey was later seen by RIA Novosti at the Russian ministry of foreign affairs.

DOGE purges FEMA top brass for putting illegal migrants in five-star hotels for $60million after agency refused to help citizens in hurricane-battered North Carolina –FEMA has already been the subject of much anger over its alleged refusal to provide aid to pro-Trump Floridians and North Carolinians hit by the hurricanes last year. | 11 Feb 2025 | The ULS. Department of Homeland Security just fired the officials and agents in charge of finances at FEMA. FEMA’s Chief Financial Officer Mary Comans lost her job after it was revealed the agency paid 59 million to top hotels in New York City to house illegal immigrants. Three others involved in the disbursement of the funds also lost their jobs, a DHS official disclosed to DailyMail dot com… Assistant Secretary McLaughlin said that her boss, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, would continue to take action to make sure Trump’s orders are being followed by her department and the agencies that fall beneath it.

DOGE: Contract for $168,000 Anthony Fauci Museum Exhibit Terminated | 10 Feb 2025 | A contract for a pricey museum exhibit for Dr. Anthony Fauci [the world’s most prolific serial killer] has been canceled as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) exposes rampant waste. DOGE, which is led by Elon Musk, made the announcement in a social media post on Friday, explaining that officials with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made swift work of canceling millions of dollars’ worth of contracts, Fox News reported Sunday. “In the past 48 hours, HHS canceled 62 contract worth 182 million. These contracts were entirely for administrative expenses — none touched any healthcare programs. This included terminating a 168,000 contract for an Anthony Fauci exhibit at the NIH Museum,” the post read.

New bird flu strain detected in Nevada dairy worker, CDC says –First cow-to-human case of D1.1 avian flu strain is confirmed | 11 Feb 2025 | A new type of bird flu has been detected in a human dairy worker in Nevada. This strain is different from the version that’s been spreading in herds since last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The case was apparently mild, as the Churchill County dairy worker was not hospitalized and has recovered, The Associated Press reported, citing health officials. While the new bird flu strain, D1.1, has been reported in more than a dozen humans exposed to infected poultry, this is the first cow-to-human case.

Egg purchase restrictions take effect at more major U.S. grocery stores –Some restaurants are adding egg surcharges to menus as shortages persist and prices rise | 11 Feb 2025 | Costco, Kroger, and Whole Foods are among the growing list of grocers that are putting a purchasing limit on eggs as supply shortages persist. Companies started imposing limits on the product as the shortage caused by outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or bird flu, persists, causing a frenzy among shoppers… Not only are consumers feeling the effects of high egg prices at the grocery store, but they’re facing surcharges at restaurants. Notably, Waffle House, a Southern breakfast food chain, added a temporary 50 cent per egg surcharge to all of its menus last week.

Trump’s DOJ to toss NYC Mayor Eric Adams’s historic bribery case, agrees with Dem that charges were politically motivated by Biden admin | 10 Feb 2025 | The Justice Department ordered Manhattan prosecutors Monday to dismiss the historic bribery case against Mayor Eric Adams — siding with Hizzoner that the charges under the Biden regime were politically motivated and hampered his ability to combat the migrant crisis in New York City, The Post has confirmed. The new DOJ under President Donald Trump instructed the Southern District of New York to dismiss the case without prejudice, meaning charges could be re-filed in the future, sources said. “You are directed, as authorized by the Attorney General, to dismiss the pending charges” against Adams, Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove wrote in a letter obtained by The Post.