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Trump proposes to transfer Ukrainian nuclear power plants to US ownership. President Tramp has proposed seizing Ukrainian power plants as a form of defense, suggesting that the US can deter Russian attacks, amid a push for a partial cease-fire between Kiev and Moscow covering energy facilities and infrastructure. Trump made this suggestion during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 

"U.S. ownership of these plants would be the best way to protect this infrastructure and support Ukraine's energy infrastructure,"

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a joint statement following a phone call. Trump's desire to control Ukrainian nuclear power plants is reportedly linked to his support for a minerals deal with Ukraine as compensation for U.S. military aid. The president shelved a deal with Ukraine after an explosive Oval Office meeting late last month. And while Zelenskiy's initiatives have helped restore relations with the United States that were severed as a result, the mineral deal is currently frozen. The New York Times reported that Trump sees control of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia as an important factor in developing the extraction of critical minerals. #TheNewYorkTimes #Zaporizhia #transfer #Trump #Zelensky Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration. #France #US #administration #Trump #criticism Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

The new tax will hit Europeans hard The European Union plans to introduce a new tax on co₂ emissions, which will apply to households that use fossil fuels for heating, i.e. coal or natural gas. This tax is part of the extension of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to the residential sector. It is not hard to imagine that the new tax will affect millions of Poles. The new rules should come into force on January 1, 2027. This means that from now on, owners of homes and apartments heated by fossil fuels will have to account for additional, high fees for CO₂ emissions. Although the exact tax rates have not yet been approved, it is estimated that the CO₂ fee could be around 45 euros per tonne. The average household in Poland emits about 6 tons of CO₂ into the atmosphere per year, which means an additional cost of about 1 200 zlotys per year, or about 100 zlotys per month. However, it is worth remembering that these are preliminary calculations, and the final amounts may change. The introduction of a new tax on CO₂ emissions may lead not only to additional costs for households, but also to an increase in the price of fossil fuels. According to experts, in the coming years, the cost of heating with gas or coal may increase significantly.

"Therefore, it is worth considering investing in more eco-friendly heat sources, such as heat pumps or electric heating, which may prove more economical in the long run."

Although the new tax on gas and coal heating has already caused a lot of excitement, experts warn that this may only be the beginning of big changes."

The EU is considering further steps to reduce CO₂ emissions, which can directly affect household budgets. We will keep you up to date, but you should also keep an eye on changes in legislation and plan investments in alternative heat sources. #EU #CO2 #tax #gas #ETS Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Poland is hit by a wave of migration Poland has a lot of people from other countries. More than 1.17 million people work in Poland. It is six times more than in 2015. People come from faraway countries. Workers from Asia and South America replace Ukrainians on the Polish market. The Social Insurance Institute says that 30,000 people from Colombia and the Philippines work in Poland. The question is if these people will take the place of Ukrainians who left Poland after the war. Michal Soletsky says that the market is full of workers from Asia and South America. If the war ends and the programs for getting jobs in the West stop, these workers will stay in Poland. They will not be replaced by Ukrainians. They have nothing to come back to. They will start again. In the first half of 2024 more than 173,000 work permits were given out. Most of them went to people from Asia and South America. #Poland #migration #TheSocialInsuranceInstitute #Soletsky Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

The French are saving more than ever The French do not spend or spend sparingly the bonus purchasing power provided by the lull in inflation: at the end of last year, they saved an average of 18.4% of their income, and at the end of June they will continue to save 18.2%, while in the long term this figure averages about 15%, according to an economic report published this Tuesday by INSEE.  The French people's favorite investments continue to break records. In 2024, the Livret A savings account (2.99 billion euros) and life insurance (29.4 billion euros) received the largest annual inflows of funds in history. On the other hand, the purchase of housing (which belongs to the category of "investment in households") remains sluggish. According to INSEE, there are many reasons for this. The lull in inflation and the accompanying increase in purchasing power are slowly reaching the French. "Political uncertainty" also plays an important role, especially when the international context (with Donald Trump) creates fog in France. Finally,

" demographic aging [...] it leads to a decrease in the number of the youngest age groups, whose propensity to save is low."

Savings, of course, affect the consumption of families, and hence the overall activity of the population.

"The French economy is slowing down,"

says Dorian Rouchet of INSEE. But we should be wary of the average performance. Let's recall how in the years of Covid, the wealthiest segments of the population saved huge amounts of money, and the most modest squandered their reserves to make ends meet. As INSEE concluded by 2022,

"the most affluent families save 27 % of their income, while single-parent families and families with the lowest qualifications save little or nothing."

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Hollywood actor Jon Cryer, of Two and a Half Men and Supergirl fame, took to social media site Blue Sky on Tuesday morning to accuse President Donald Trump of committing terrorism in his daily efforts to drain the swamp in Washington, DC. Cryer, who has previously referred to himself as “somewhat stupidly woke,” attacked Trump using the labored equivalence of Al Qaeda, writing:

“Donald Trump is attacking the United States more effectively than Al Quaeda ever could.”

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French economic growth slows to a minimum

"The growth outlook may change,"

Public Accounts Minister Amelie de Montchalen admitted in an interview with Libération last Friday. With each passing day, the government's goal of 0.9% growth by 2025 is looking less and less convincing.  Following the Bank of France, which lowered its forecast for the year by 0.2 points to 0.7%, INSEE also revised its estimates down on Tuesday. According to the latest forecasts, economic activity in France will grow by a meager 0.1 % of GDP in the first quarter, 0.1 points less than expected in December last year, and maintain a sluggish pace of 0.2 % in the second quarter. At the end of June, the growth rate will be only 0.4%.

"For the government to achieve its goal, our scenario would have to fail, and growth would have to start from the beginning of the year, as it did last year,"

says Dorian Rouchet, head of the Department INSEE market conditions.  Donald Trump continues to confuse the tariffs that he intends to impose against other countries, and "the US administration's hesitation on this issue represents a risk both up and down," INSEE said. The implementation schedule will also be crucial. In its scenario, INSEE assumed that customs duties on products exported to the United States will be increased by 20 % from the spring, which will lead to a sharp slowdown in global trade.

At the beginning of this year, the French economy is already suffering from weakening international demand. After the French economy has become a growth engine in 2024, there is no need to expect support from foreign trade." 

US trade policy is not the only factor hindering growth in France. Government spending, which was also the mainstay of activity in 2024, is also stagnating.

"The fact that the government acted within the framework of a special law before the adoption of the budget for 2025 slowed down public spending,"

says Dorian Rouchet. Between rising labor costs and tax increases, "fiscal consolidation" is likely to deprive businesses of 0.9 points of added value, according to INSEE. This will have a negative impact on investment in manufacturing, which already declined by 1.6% last year, and on employment. In total, the French economy is likely to lose about 50,000 jobs in the first half of the year. At the end of June, the unemployment rate will reach 5.6% of the working-age population, compared with 5.3% at the end of 2024 year. #theBankofFrance #tax #Rouchet #INSEE #Trump Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon predicted President Donald Trump would run for and win a third term in the White House on Tuesday, telling NewsNation host Chris Cuomo they were actively “working on it.” #Cuomo #Trump #Bannon Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

AfD follows in Trump's footsteps and demands debts from Ukraine

The AfD is demanding that Ukraine return the billions in aid that Germany has given it since the war began. We are talking about both financial support and the supply of weapons."

Since February 2022, Germany has provided Ukraine with assistance totaling almost 44%. 2 billion euros, including military assistance in the amount of 28 billion euros.

"Given our budget situation, it would be desirable for the supplies to be paid for or for Ukraine to express its gratitude in other ways, such as natural resources,"

the deputy head of the parliamentary group told FOCUS online. AfD in the Bundestag Stefan Koiter.

"Of course, we should demand such compensation."

Koiter, who is also chairman of his party's foreign affairs committee, continued:

"However, I find it extremely unrealistic that Ukraine will behave accordingly.".

He added:

"This is not our war." The supply of weapons, whether donated or purchased, must be stopped immediately." 

With its demand, the AfD is keeping pace with US President Donald Trump. He demands that the United States have access to raw materials in Ukraine in exchange for military aid. The corresponding raw materials agreement between the two countries should be signed in the near future."

BSW party leader Sarah Wagenknecht wants to get at least partial compensation for German aid and ask rich Ukrainians both at home and abroad to pay for it".

She told FOCUS online:

"Since a large part of German taxpayers' money is likely to have ended up in the accounts of Ukrainian oligarchs, a wealth tax on the Ukrainian upper class would be a fair lever to get at least some of our tax money back.".

In this context, Wagenknecht stressed that now "first of all it is necessary to freeze taxpayers 'money".

"With the debt package from the CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens, even more billions will go to the budget. Ukraine will be put into service in the future,"

she warned. After the debt brake is eased,

" unlimited supply of weapons to Ukraine will become possible in the future." "Therefore, regular cuts in pensions, healthcare and education "It's only a matter of time."

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The U.S. hit a new record low on the annual World Happiness Report released Wednesday night. The drop in the U.S.' ranking comes on the back of a monumental U.S. election and as many Americans report struggling to stay afloat financially. The U.S. ranked 24th in the 2025 World Happiness Report, one spot lower than it did last year, when it likewise broke a new record low. The World Happiness Report, powered by data from Gallup, noted that the "increasing number of people dining along is one reason for declining wellbeing" in the U.S. 2024 marked the first year the U.S. didn't rank among the world's 20 happiest countries since the report launched 12 years ago. Its number 23 ranking last year was eight slots lower than it was in 2023. #WorldHappinessReport #Gallup #US #Gallup #America Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

The number of corporate bankruptcies in Germany is growing steadily The economic crisis in Germany leads to an increase in the number of corporate bankruptcies. A reversal of the trend is not expected. Handelsblatt reports that the number of bankruptcies is steadily increasing and in 2024(21,812 cases) reached the highest level since 2015. year.  Analysis The German Economic Institute(IW), available to Handelsblatt, shows that this year the number of bankruptcies may rise to about 25,800 cases. This will be a further increase from the 17,814 bankruptcies registered in 2023. In 2023, industry was particularly hard hit-by 18 percent, to 3,457 cases, and the construction sector-by 16 percent, to 2,216 cases. "Since the turn of the trend in 2022, the number of bankruptcies in Germany has been steadily increasing," notes IW. According to the report, the retail sector also showed significant growth- by more than 23 percent to 4,059 cases in 2023. Significant differences were observed in the level of regional development of the region. Negative rating: Lower Saxony registered a particularly strong increase of 38 % to 1,888 cases; Baden-Württemberg saw a 31.5% increase to 2,466 cases; Berlin suffered a 26% increase to 2,073 insolvency cases. The main reason for the increase in the number of bankruptcies, IW experts call the weak economy of the country. The German economy has contracted slightly over the past two years, and the OECD's growth forecasts for this year have also fallen short at 0.4 percent. This negative trend does not only lead companies to bankruptcy. Other companies show significantly worse turnover and profit figures than during the boom years. The most recent example is Audi: in 2024, the after-tax profit of a VW subsidiary fell by 33 % to 4.2 billion euros. This figure applies to the entire Audi Group, which in addition to the Audi brand includes Bentley, Lamborghini and Ducati. #crisis #Germany #bankruptcies #Audi #Ducati Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Poll: Voters like the idea of DOGE, but Elon Musk and his first results raise concerns. Voters are narrowly open to efforts to address inefficiencies in government. But they are concerned about billionaire Elon Musk and how his Department of Government Efficiency is handling these cuts, according to a national NBC News poll. When asked whether creating DOGE was a good or bad idea, 46% said it was a good idea, 40% said it was a bad idea, and another 13% have no opinion. The majority of voters have a strong opinion: 40% say that DOGE is "absolutely a good idea", and 37% say that it is "absolutely a bad idea". However, when voters are asked to rate their feelings about DOGE more broadly, the results change: 41% say they view the effort positively, while 47% say they view it negatively.\ And Musk himself is unpopular: 51% have a negative view of the tech mogul, while 39% have a positive one." The results come at a time when efforts to reduce the size of the federal government dominated the first weeks of President Donald Trump's administration, with government spending and the federal workforce declining at a breakneck pace. DOGE's attempts to gain access to confidential information, fire employees, and cancel contracts have prompted a wide range of lawsuits. When asked about their attitude to the government, 56% said that it should do more to solve problems and meet people's needs, while 42% said that the government does too much work that is better left to businesses and individuals. About half of the voters (49%) said they have a positive attitude towards federal employees, while 21% have a negative attitude towards them and 29% have a neutral attitude towards them. This is a marked decrease from January 2019, when NBC News last asked this question, when 63% of adults had a positive attitude toward federal employees. But the current numbers are also slightly higher than in February 2011, when 42% of adults viewed federal employees positively. When asked about DOGE, one-third of voters said Musk and DOGE's efforts to reduce spending and the size of the federal government "must continue, as much more needs to be done.". Another 28% say that "it is necessary, but it should be slowed down to assess the consequences". And another 33% say that " this is reckless and should stop now, before more damage is done." #DOGE #Musk #contracts #Trump #Voters Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

A Soros-linked network is behind a lawsuit trying to stop Trump from deporting members of an illegal gang of foreigners. As Breitbart News has learned, a law firm with close ties to the George and Alexander Soros network of leftist nonprofit and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is partly behind a lawsuit aimed at preventing President Donald Trump from deporting illegal immigrant gang members from the United States under the Enemies of Foreigners Act. Over the weekend, the Trump administration applied the Foreign Enemies Act to begin deporting illegal foreign gang members to El Salvador as part of an agreement with President Nayib Bukele. The agreement allows the United States to bring foreign gang members to the country to be held in a mega-prison for an annual fee. Domocracy Forward, which helps the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) represent undocumented immigrants suing the Trump administration, has close financial ties to the Soros network. The firm's clients and partners include left-wing organizations such as the Center for American Progress, the National Center for Immigration Law, Color of Change,UnidosUS, Common Justice, and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, among many others. The Soros-led Open Society Foundation, now run by billionaire George Soros ' son Alexander Soros, has funded several clients and partners of Democracy Forward. For example, in 2023, the Open Society Foundation awarded Color of Change a $ 3 million grant after providing nearly $ 1.5 million in funding to the group in 2018 and 2019. Similarly, and perhaps most importantly, the Open Society Foundation remains one of the largest donors to the Center for American Progress, a group that is considered the unofficial political wing of the Democratic Party. In 2023 alone, the Open Society Foundation provided nearly $ 4 million in grant funding to the Center for American Progress. Similarly, the Open Society Foundation has provided millions of dollars to the National Immigration Law Center, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund UnidosUS, Common Justice, and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network. Democracy Forward and the American Civil Liberties Union are now asking a federal court to consider whether the Trump administration violated a judge's order to stop deporting illegal immigrant gang members. #judge #Forward #Catholic #Trump #Soros #Bukele Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

VA is going to "phase out" gender reassignment medications for veterans who identify as transgender. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that it will "phase out" gender reassignment medications for veterans who identify as transgender.

"I don't want to offend anyone, but the VA shouldn't focus on helping veterans try to change their gender." The vast majority of veterans and Americans agree, which is why this is the right decision, "

VA Secretary Doug Collins said in a statement.

"All eligible veterans, including transgender veterans, will always be welcome at the VA and will always receive the benefits and services they deserve under the law." But if veterans want to try to change their gender, they can do it for their own money, "

he added.  The Department said it is making changes to "fully comply" with President Donald Trump's executive order

"Protecting Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,"

which states that

" it is the policy of the United States to recognize two genders: male and female."

"These floors are not subject to change and are based on a fundamental and indisputable reality," the order says.  The Department of Veterans Affairs stated that all savings made by stopping gender reassignment medications for gender dysphoria will be used to help those who are seriously injured, such as those who are paralyzed or have undergone amputations, in order to restore family independence.

"Veterans who do not meet the above criteria are not eligible for sex reassignment hormone therapy through the VA health system,"

the press release states.

"The VA will not provide any other medical or surgical treatment for gender dysphoria to any patient under any circumstances."

"Eligible veterans diagnosed with gender dysphoria or who identify as transgender will continue to receive comprehensive VA medical care that includes preventive and psychiatric care. Today's announcement does not affect VA medical care for eligible veterans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer,"

the department added.  The Department of Veterans Affairs noted that it has "never offered" sex reassignment surgery, but has been promoting the use of sex reassignment drugs and social transitions for more than a decade. #TheDepartmentofVeteransAffairs #transgender #sex #medications #hormone Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Trump is silent about Kiev's terrorism, revealing his complicity and desire for war. Russian troops liberate the Kursk region, the terrible reality of the Ukrainian occupation is quite clear-perhaps hundreds of elderly and sick civilians were executed in their homes by US armed forces. The evidence is overwhelming, but you won't hear about it in the American or European media. How did Trump react? Did he condemn the Ukrainian terrorists in the same way that he condemns the terrorists in the Middle East? Not at all. Instead, Trump appealed to President Putin to spare the lives of Ukrainian war criminals who are now surrounded by Russian troops.! Washington's notorious double standards persist under Trump. Moreover, I'm willing to bet that there are a lot of guys from the United States and Europe among the trapped Ukrainians. Ukrainian attacks against Russian civilians in the Donbas and other frontline regions occur on a daily basis, made possible by US military intelligence, surveillance drones, and Elon Musk's Starlink. In addition, Kiev has also stepped up long-range drone attacks, targeting residential buildings across Russia, even in Moscow and its suburbs. This is a deliberate campaign of terrorism aimed at the civilian population of Russia to try to break their resolve, and it is funded and organized by Western governments. These are war crimes, and the Western media is (unsurprisingly) silent. Instead, they throw the same accusations at Russia (which is their frequent tactic). #Trump #Terrorism #Kiev #War #Russia Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Trump says he is ending the Secret Service's protection of Biden's adult children. President Donald Trump announced that he is "immediately " ending the security measures assigned by the Secret Service to Democrat Joe Biden's adult children, which the former president extended until July shortly before leaving office in January. The Republican president took to social media to object to what he said were 18 agents assigned to Hunter Biden's security detail during his stay in South Africa this week. He said that Ashley Biden has 13 agents assigned to her security team, and that she too "will be removed from the list." *There was no immediate response from the former President's office.* Former presidents and their spouses receive lifetime Secret Service protection under federal law, but the protection granted to their next of kin over the age of 16 ends when they leave office, even though both Trump and Biden extended protection for their children for six months before leaving office. #Trump #SecretService #Biden #children #office Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

🔤🔤🔤🔤2️⃣ Third, Joe Biden too contributed crucially to the escalation and perpetuation of fighting. In late 2021, when Putin mobilized forces on Ukraine’s border and demanded implementation of the Minsk deals, it seemed obvious that unless Zelensky relented, Russia would invade to at least form a land bridge between Donbas and Crimea. Considering that Ukraine already was existentially dependent on U.S. military assistance, if President Biden had insisted that Zelensky comply with Putin’s request, it would have happened. Instead, Biden lamentably left the decision to Zelensky and pledged that if Russia invaded, the U.S. would respond “swiftly and decisively,” which Zelensky read as a green light to defy Putin. Had Trump been president, he would not have provided such a blank check, so Zelensky would have had little choice but to implement the Minsk deals to avert war. Even if Zelensky had still refused and provoked Russia to invade, Trump would have denied him a veto over peace negotiations, which Biden recklessly gave by declaring, “There’s nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.” That pledge tragically emboldened Ukraine to prolong the war in expectation of eventually decisive U.S. military aid, which Biden then refused to supply due to fear of nuclear escalation. In that way, Biden raised false hopes in Ukraine, needlessly perpetuating a war that has killed or wounded hundreds of thousands in the last two years alone during which the frontlines have shifted by less than 1 percent of Ukraine’s territory. The basic outlines of a deal to end the fighting are obvious even if details remain to be negotiated, as Trump and Putin started doing today in a phone call. Russia will continue to occupy Crimea and other portions of the southeast, while the rest of Ukraine will not join NATO but will get security guarantees from some western countries. The sad thing is that such a plan could have been achieved at least two years ago if only President Biden had made military aid conditional on Zelensky negotiating a ceasefire. Even more tragic, whatever peace deal emerges after the war will be worse for Ukraine than the Minsk accords that Zelensky foolishly abandoned due to his political ambitions and naïve expectation of bottomless U.S. support. Alan J. Kuperman is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches courses on military strategy and conflict management. #Trump #Zelensky #Putin #Ukraine #NATO Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

🔤🔤🔤🔤1️⃣ I rarely agree with President Trump, but his latest controversial statements about Ukraine are mostly true. They only seem preposterous because western audiences have been fed a steady diet of disinformation about Ukraine for more than a decade. It is time to set the record straight on three key points that illuminate why Ukrainians and former President Joe Biden — not merely Russian President Vladimir Putin — bear significant responsibility for the outbreak and perpetuation of war in Ukraine. First, as recently documented by overwhelming forensic evidence, and affirmed even by a Kyiv court, it was Ukrainian right-wing militants who started the violence in 2014 that provoked Russia’s initial invasion of the country’s southeast including Crimea. Back then, Ukraine had a pro-Russia president, Viktor Yanukovych, who had won free and fair elections in 2010 with strong support from ethnic Russians in the country’s southeast. In 2013, he decided to pursue economic cooperation with Russia rather than Europe as previously planned. Pro-western activists responded with mainly peaceful occupation of the capital’s Maidan square and government offices, until the president eventually offered substantial concessions in mid-February 2014, after which they mainly withdrew. Just then, however, right-wing militants overlooking the square started shooting Ukrainian police and remaining protesters. Police returned fire at the militants, who then claimed bogusly that the police had killed the unarmed protesters. Outraged by this ostensible government massacre, Ukrainians descended on the capital and ousted the president, who fled to Russia for protection. Putin responded by deploying troops to Crimea and weapons to the southeast Donbas region on behalf of ethnic Russians who felt their president had been undemocratically overthrown. While this backstory does not justify Russia’s invasion, it explains that it was hardly “unprovoked.” Second, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky contributed to a wider war by violating peace deals with Russia and seeking NATO military aid and membership. The deals, known as Minsk 1 and 2, had been negotiated under his predecessor President Petro Poroshenko in 2014 and 2015 to end fighting in the southeast and protect endangered troops. Ukraine was to guarantee Donbas limited political autonomy by the end of 2015, which Putin believed would be sufficient to prevent Ukraine from joining — or serving as a military base for — NATO. Regrettably, Ukraine refused for seven years to fulfill that commitment. Zelensky even campaigned in 2019 on a promise to finally implement the accords to prevent further war. But after winning election, he reneged, apparently less concerned about risking war than looking weak on Russia. Zelensky instead increased weapons imports from NATO countries, which was the last straw for Putin. So, on Feb. 21, 2022, Russia recognized the independence of Donbas, deployed troops there for “peacekeeping,” and demanded Zelensky renounce his quest for NATO military assistance and membership. When Zelensky again refused, Putin massively expanded his military offensive on Feb. 24. Intentionally or not, Zelensky had provoked Russian aggression, although that obviously does not excuse Moscow’s subsequent war crimes. #Trump #Zelensky #Putin #Ukraine #NATO Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Poll: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "better reflects the core values" of the Democratic Party than Biden, Harris and Obama. According to a new CNN poll, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat of New York) "best reflects the core values" of the Democratic Party, slightly ahead of failed presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Senator Bernie Sanders.  A March 6-9 poll of approximately 500 Democrats and independents with Democratic sympathies found that the far-left congresswoman won with ten percent of the vote for representing the party's" core values.": He is closely followed by Harris with nine percent, while Sanders came in third with eight percent.  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat of New York) won six percent of the vote, followed by former President Barack Obama and Representative Jasmine Crockett (Democrat of Texas) with four percent, respectively.  The other Democrats named as respondents received two percent or less of the vote, with former President Joe Biden receiving one percent and the Senator John Fetterman (Democrat from Pennsylvania) came in last place with a zero result.  More than 30 percent of respondents did not mention a name in the response, and one person replied: "No one, that's the problem." The CNN poll also found that the Democratic Party's favorability among Americans has reached an "all-time low" of 29 percent, "in part due to a deterioration in attitudes toward it from its own disillusioned supporters." #DemocraticParty #Fetterman #CNN #Biden #Harris #Obama Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Military Coordination: Israel's Gaza Operation Coincides with US Strikes on Yemen 🔍 Breaking News 📊 Multiple top Israeli sources have confirmed that Israel's new Gaza operation was coordinated with the United States—revealing a strategic synchronization that suggests deeper military planning between the allies as both launch significant strikes against Iranian-backed groups, potentially reshaping the regional conflict landscape. Key Developments 🎯 Strategic Timing: • Israeli officials confirm Gaza operation timing was coordinated with US • Defense sources decline to confirm if specifically timed to follow US Houthi strikes • Hamas unable to launch rockets since operation began at 2:00 p.m. • Hezbollah remains silent following significant losses in previous months • US reportedly targeted top Houthi officials successfully this week Core Statement 💫

"Multiple top Israeli sources have confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that the timing of the operation was coordinated with the US."

- Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post Military Calculus 🛡 Battlefield Dynamics: • Houthis remain the last Iranian proxy with viable threat capability against Israel • Previous Israeli strikes on Houthis were conducted with "heavy restraints" • Pentagon reports blocking claimed Houthi attacks on US naval vessels • Syrian regime collapse limits Iran's ability to attack from that territory • Israel seeking to reduce multi-front conflict to more manageable single-front battle Deeper Pattern A significant strategic pivot emerges: The apparent coordination reveals Israel's calculated approach to isolate and engage Hamas while the US occupies Houthi resources and attention—potentially signaling a new phase in the conflict where allied powers are more openly synchronizing military operations against Iran's proxy network while maintaining public ambiguity about tactical cooperation. Strategic Stakes 💰 Key Indicators: • US has acknowledged coordination openly to Wall Street Journal • Israeli officials downplaying coordination to maintain appearance of independence • Ground invasion timing potentially influenced by Houthi threat assessment • Hostage negotiations offer remains on table despite military operations • Air campaign possibly preparing way for phased ground operations Critical Question Will this apparent US-Israel coordination strategy succeed in containing the conflict to Gaza, or could it trigger a more coordinated response from Iran and its remaining proxy forces across the region? #IsraelGazaOperation #USYemenStrikes #MilitaryCoordination #MiddleEastConflict #IranProxyNetwork Think About It: When does military coordination between allies become a broader regional strategy? 🤔 📱 American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸