Orwellian Dystopia

Newly-Surfaced Video from Inside the Trump Rally Portrays How Chaotic It Really Was "He's got a gun!" "He [shooter] is on top of the roof." "Stay down." "He's on the roof, buddy." "He's dead, mother f*cker." "They've blown his head off." “Holy sh*t.”

Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue of Indians fighting in the Russian army against Ukraine during his visit to Russia, a man from Punjab said on Friday his hopes to return home had been dashed as he has been asked to return to the frontline. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/pm-modi-back-frontline-punjab-manrussian-army-9449039/

The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, sources told The Post. Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pa., squeezed off shots — one of which grazed Trump in the ear — at an outdoor rally in Butler, just outside Pittsburgh. Sources said Crooks was planted on a roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage at Butler Farm Show grounds. https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/thomas-matthew-crooks-idd-as-gunman-who-shot-trump-during-pa-rally/

North Korea said on Saturday it "most strongly denounces" a NATO declaration accusing Pyongyang of helping Russia's war against Ukraine and U.S. efforts to expand its alliances with the bloc and Asian countries. NATO leaders on Wednesday accused North Korea and Iran of fuelling Russia's war by providing direct military support to Moscow. The summit also stressed a membership pledge for Kyiv and took a stronger stance on China's support for Moscow. "The 'Washington Summit Declaration,' cooked up and made public on July 10, goes to prove that the U.S. and NATO, reduced to a tool for its confrontation, pose the most serious threat to the global peace and security," North Korea's state media KCNA quoted a foreign ministry spokesperson as saying. It said the U.S. moves to expand military blocs with NATO countries and Asian partners, including South Korea and Japan were "the vicious root cause of seriously threatening the regional peace, extremely exacerbating the international security environment and sparking off worldwide arms race." https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/6/218368/North-Korea-denounces-NATO,-US-as-'most-serious-threat'-to-global-peace

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his U.S counterpart Joe Biden accidentally referring to him as Russian President Vladimir Putin was a mistake that could be forgotten about given all the support the U.S. has provided to Ukraine. Biden mistakenly referred to Zelenskiy as Putin at a NATO summit in Washington on Thursday before correcting himself two seconds later. "It's a mistake. I think United States gave a lot of support for Ukrainians. We can forget some mistakes, I think so," Zelenskiy told reporters on Saturday at Ireland's Shannon airport where he was meeting Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/its-mistake-zelenskiy-says-bidens-putin-mix-up-2024-07-13/

Poland’s Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has pledged that the country will increase its defense spending to 5% of GDP next year. Speaking to Bloomberg, Sikorski noted that Poland is now spending more than any other NATO nation on defense in relation to its GDP. "Poland spends four percent (of GDP) and we will spend five next year. We are number 1 in NATO, including the United States… because we are no longer in the era of eternal post-Cold War peace.” https://tvpworld.com/79282786/poland-to-increase-defense-spending-to-5-of-gdp-promises-fm