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#1 Trump’s meeting with Zelensky in Florida - NBC News, BrooklynDad_Defiant!/Dr Sircus, Selvam, Meduza in English, MAGAPatriot, and WorldNewsAndSports on X
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy indicated after a face-to-face meeting Sunday that they are close to a potential peace deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine, but did not announce any major breakthroughs. During a news conference following their sit-down at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, Trump and Zelenskyy struck an optimistic tone while acknowledging that challenges remain. “You can say 95%, but I don’t like to say percentages. I just think we’re doing very well,” Trump said. “There are one or two very thorny issues, very tough issues, but I think we’re doing very well. We made a lot of progress today.”
#2 US Offers Ukraine 15-Year Security Guarantee as Part of Peace Plan, Zelenskyy Says - Illia Novikov for AP, Rand Paul, World War 3, New York Post, Robert A. Pape, and SITREP on X
The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for a period of 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, though he said he would prefer an American commitment of up to 50 years to deter Russia from further attempts to seize its neighbor’s land by force. U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Zelenskyy at his Florida resort on Sunday and insisted that Ukraine and Russia are “closer than ever before” to a peace settlement. Negotiators are still searching for a breakthrough on key issues, however, including whose forces withdraw from where in Ukraine and the fate of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, one of the 10 biggest in the world. Trump noted that the months-long U.S.-led negotiations could still collapse. “Without security guarantees, realistically, this war will not end,” Zelenskyy told reporters in voice messages responding to questions sent via a WhatsApp chat...
#3 The Silent Emergency: How Digital Life is Harming Our Children - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, UncoverDC, Hayden/Luay Rahil, Doc Anarchy | Renegade Health Mag, SERENEASE, and Scott Adams/Owen Gregorian/James Revere on X
It is essential to recognize the profound impact of our technological landscape on today’s children. As concerned stewards of the AI-driven future rapidly emerging before us and as fierce advocates for the well-being of today’s youth, we must sound an alarming wake-up call, because the health of our children is being silently dismantled. This breakdown is not being caused by disease or by war (although these are both concerns), but by the very technologies we’ve handed to them. The digital environment into which today’s youth have been thrust is neither neutral nor benign. Instead, it is a field of distortion and fragmentation that pulls their developing psyche away from its inherent memory, rhythm, and genuine connection to the essence of who they are...#4 Tim Walz Pushes Back on Minnesota Fraud Allegations Following Viral Daycare Video - Sophia Compton for Fox News, P Louis P MAGA/Nick shirley, There is no Eric Kizer/DogeDesigner, TUPACABRA, Dennis Michael Lynch, Dustin Grage, and Nick Sortor (community note) on X
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s office is pushing back against fraud allegations after a viral video showed visits to multiple childcare centers in the state, including one that allegedly received millions of dollars in state funding despite appearing largely inactive. Responding to questions about the allegations and the video posted by independent journalist Nick Shirley, a spokesperson for the governor told Fox News that Walz has spent years working to "crack down on fraud" and has taken steps to strengthen oversight of state programs, including initiating investigations into several facilities. "The governor has worked for years to crack down on fraud and ask the state legislature for more authority to take aggressive action," the spokesperson said. "He has strengthened oversight — including launching investigations into these specific facilities, one of which was already closed."
#5 Ilhan Omar’s Somaliland Stance Slammed as Minnesota Fraud Scandal Deepens - Emma Bussey for Fox News, MIKE LEACH, KAYD Hiil-san, Chess/MFA Somaliland, and Abdirahmaani on X
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s defense of Somalia’s territorial claims and her opposition to the recognition of an independent Somaliland have been criticized as authorities ramp up investigations into alleged mass fraud in her home state. One analyst argued the corruption scandal allegedly involving Somali communities in Minnesota is relevant when contrasting failures in Somalia and the stability of Somaliland, an autonomous region that Omar has opposed recognizing. Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, claimed highlighting the difference between the two regions "mattered."
#6 Iran in ‘Full-Scale’ War With Us, Israel and Europe, President Says - David Brennan and Somayeh Malekian for ABC News, Raymond38978374, 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 ♛ ✡︎/Robin, Horizon Dwellers, Office Scribbles, andn UNAI on X
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Tehran is in a "full-scale" war with the U.S., Israel, and Europe, describing the country's diplomatic situation as "complicated and difficult." "In my opinion, we are in a full-scale war with America, Israel, and Europe; they do not want our country to stand on its feet," Pezeshkian said in a lengthy interview posted to the official website of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday. "This war is worse than the war in Iraq with us; if one understands well, this war is much more complicated and difficult," Pezeshkian added, referring to the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. Pezeshkian said that despite sanctions and foreign pressure, Iran remains steadfast and capable of defending its national interests...
#7 U.S. Slashes Pledge for U.N. Humanitarian Aid Funding, Tells U.N. Agencies to “Adapt, Shrink or Die” - CBS News, Cloud/Dr. O+ML, James Woods/Hen Mazzig, Trumpismyprez2028!, StephenMark17, and Jeff Schaengold on X
The United States on Monday announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as President Trump's administration continues to slash U.S. foreign assistance and warns United Nations agencies to "adapt, shrink or die" in a time of new financial realities. The money is a small fraction of what the U.S. has contributed in the past, but reflects what the administration believes is a generous amount that will maintain the United States' status as the world's largest humanitarian donor. The pledge creates an umbrella fund from which money will be doled out to individual agencies and priorities, a key part of U.S. demands for drastic changes across the world body that have alarmed many humanitarian workers and led to severe reductions in programs and services...
#8 Silver Falls From Record Peak as Investors Book Profits, Gold Rises to Seven-Week High - Reuters, Shanaka Anslem Perera/The Kobeissi Letter, Concerned Citizen, Polymarket, Wall Street Mav, and Jon AG on X
Silver prices fell nearly 3% on Friday after hitting an all-time high earlier in the session, as profit-taking set in, while gold rose to a seven-week peak. Spot silver fell about 3% to $61.7 per ounce, after hitting a record high of $64.64 earlier. Spot gold rose 0.3% to $4,293.43 per ounce, after scaling its highest level since October 21 earlier. U.S. gold futures settled 0.4% higher at $4,328.3. The U.S. dollar held steady after falling in recent sessions. A firmer dollar makes greenback-priced metals less affordable for foreign buyers. There’s some blowing up of steam, an slight uptick in the U.S. dollar and an element of profit-taking putting pressure on prices, said Bart Melek, global head of commodity strategy at TD Securities...
#9 USPS to Keep Accepting Non-Domiciled CDLs for Mail Truck Drivers Past 2025 - PostalWhistleBlower, American Truckers, Review the News, Spaceballs The X Account, Libs of TikTok/Joe Pags Pagliarulo, and maybe danielle on X
Well, any rumors of @USPS doing the right thing and banning illegal non-domiciled CDL drivers are out the window. Sent out an internal update that they WILL be allowed next year @SecDuffy please help! @AmberMcReynolds The Virginia man arrested and charged with placing pipe bombs outside of the Republican and Democratic National Committees the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol told investigators in a lengthy confession that he wasn't targeting the joint session of Congress that was convening to certify former President Joe Biden's election win, according to a new court filing. In a multiple-hour interview with authorities following his Dec. 4 arrest, Brian Cole allegedly admitted his actions in placing the pipe bombs after initially denying any involvement, prosecutors said. Cole denied in the interview being an openly political person, but said in the wake of the 2020 election, he began following news on YouTube and Reddit and felt like "something was wrong" and that people who felt "that their votes are like just being thrown away" were being ignored, according to prosecutors...
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#10 Alleged Jan. 6 Pipe Bomber Said He Wasn’t Targeting Congress’s Certification of Biden’s Victory: DOJ - Alexander Mallin for ABC News, Mona Burns/Kyle Cheney, Ed Krassenstein/rlwilsonassoc Send resume to rlw@rlwjobs.com, Kyle Seraphin, Jerry Dunleavy IV, and IredcapI
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