Foreign Actors Turned a Tragedy Into an Information Weapon

A lot of internet posts and comments about the ICE shooting are bots or foreign trolls trying to weaken America by riling up its people. Social media companies make money when these bots, trolls, and foreign adversaries are successful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_crFFBfnJo

French and German adults lean toward dialing back Ukraine support, new POLITICO poll shows

The French and Germans have turned into little bitches.

“In France and Germany, the EU’s two biggest democracies, new polling shows that more respondents want their governments to scale back financial aid to Kyiv than to increase it or keep it the same. In the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, meanwhile, respondents tilt the other way and favor maintaining material support

The most frequently cited argument against additional assistance was concerns about the cost and the pressure on the national economy.

Support for Ukraine was driven primarily by those who backed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in the 2024 election in the U.S.

“In Germany and France, opposition to assistance was especially pronounced among supporters of far-right parties — such as the Alternative for Germany and France’s National Rally — while centrists were less skeptical.

The softer support for Ukraine in France and Germany does not appear to reflect warmer feelings toward Moscow, however. Voters in all five countries backed sanctions against Russia, suggesting that even where publics want to pare back aid they remain broadly aligned around punishing the aggressor and limiting Russia’s ability to finance the war.”

https://www.politico.eu/article/french-and-germans-lean-toward-dialing-back-ukraine-support-new-international-politico-poll-shows/

Frontline states want EU cash as Russian threat intensifies

“In recent months Russia has flown fighter jets into Estonian airspace and sent dozens of drones deep into Polish and Romanian territory. Its ally Belarus has repeatedly brought Lithuanian air traffic to a standstill by allowing giant balloons to cross its borders. And last week, Moscow’s top envoy Sergey Lavrov issued a veiled threat to Finland to exit NATO.”

https://www.politico.eu/article/frontline-states-eu-cash-russia-threat-defense/

How Kazakhstan is Hedging Against a Russian Invasion

Russia has threatened to invade Kazakhstan. Russia is producing more weapons than it has in a long time. If it didn’t need them in Ukraine, it could use them to invade Kazakhstan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANW_qQFXAyk

Putin Wanted Moldova… Now He’s Losing Transnistria Instead

Russia likes to heavily support breakaway regions to have influence in a country and to weaken and divide those who may oppose Russia’s power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgxVmB0rvCE

How Russia keeps raising an army to replace its dead

“For Russian men, war now advertises itself like any other job.

Offers for front-line contracts appear on the messaging app Telegram alongside group chats and news alerts, promising signing bonuses of up to $50,000 — life-changing money in a country where average monthly wages remain below $1,000. The incentives go beyond cash, with pledges of debt relief and free childcare for soldiers’ families and guaranteed university places for their children. Criminal records, illness and even HIV are no longer automatic disqualifiers. For many men with little to lose, the front has become an employer of last resort.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/05/russia-planned-war-of-attrition-00672960

What the US wants from Ukraine: Leave Donbas, one way or another

““On the territory issue, Americans are simple: Russia demands Ukraine to give up territories, and Americans keep thinking how to make it happen,” a senior European official familiar with the negotiation process told POLITICO on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.

“The Americans insist that Ukraine must leave the Donbas … one way or another,” the official added.

Ukraine has insisted that any peace deal must involve the war being frozen on current lines. At present, some 30 percent of Donbas is still in Ukrainian hands.”

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-wants-from-ukraine-leave-donbas-one-way-or-another/

Why China and Russia can track the F-35

Although stealth delays radar detection, its more important role is making stealth planes hard to target with weapons. The wide bands of radars that can detect the planes are not able to locate them accurately enough to target them with weapons. No stealth is invincible, so mission planning is also key.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CvdMbWGHTA

Europe Needs to Get its Shit Together. NOW.

Europe is divided. Countries close to the Russian threat take that threat a lot more seriously than countries further away. If the former militaristic European countries ever wake up and return to their martial ways, they could be a danger to Russia and the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qc2ZRV5znQ