Two US Soldiers & A Civilian Killed, Several More Wounded, In Central Syria Ambush

Two US Soldiers & A Civilian Killed, Several More Wounded, In Central Syria Ambush Image source: AFP Claiming ISIS was behind the attack on U.S. troops in Palmyra is not factual. The spokesperson for Syria’s Ministry of Interior says in interview that the perpetrator was affiliated with the Internal Security forces. While the attacker may have had a history with ISIS, at the… —
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Europe Continues To Interfere In Ukraine's Last Chance For Peace

Europe Continues To Interfere In Ukraine's Last Chance For Peace 🚨🇬🇧 “The Defence Minister said - the UK is rapidly developing plans to prepare the whole country for war” “The sense that war isn’t that far away from us - what does that do to people here?” EU & UK Politicians along with NATO have seriously been ramping up the wartime… pic.twitter.com/N4DUWlptbS —
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AI Is A "Supersonic Tsunami"; Musk Bullish On Global Trajectory

AI Is A "Supersonic Tsunami"; Musk Bullish On Global Trajectory This 7-minute exchange between Elon Musk and Joe Rogan is quietly one of the most important conversations of the decade. Elon lays it out plainly: AI is a “supersonic tsunami” already erasing every purely digital job—coding, emails, spreadsheets, customer support—faster than any… pic.twitter.com/FA9U7z199z — Camus (@newstart_2024) December 11, 2025 Tyler Durden Fri, 12/12/2025 -
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OCC Says 9 Big Banks Took Part In 'Inappropriate' Debanking Practices

OCC Says 9 Big Banks Took Part In 'Inappropriate' Debanking Practices BREAKING: The U.S. Comptroller of the Currency has found conclusive proof that 9 large financial institutions actively engaged in debanking. The financial institutions named are: - @JPMorgan - @BankofAmerica - @Citi - @WellsFargo - @USBank - @CapitalOne - @PNCBank - @TDBank_US… — Consumers' Research (@ConsumersFirst) December 10, 2025 Earlier *this week* when pressed on his clear pattern and practice of
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Alastair Crooke: NATO declared to be ‘not forever’ – A critical reading of the new U.S. National Security Strategy

Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Fundraiser 2026 BRAVE NEW EUROPE has become the leading Resistance Media within the EU. We have attracted authors on the cutting edge of radical thinking who provide our readers with tools to understand the rapid changes we are witnessing in the world and ideas to fight for
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Robin McAlpine – In 2025, nothing is as it was

Robin McAlpine is Head of Strategic Development at the Common Weal think-tank in Scotland. Nex Fundraiser 2026 BRAVE NEW EUROPE has become the leading Resistance Media within the EU. We have attracted authors on the cutting edge of radical thinking who provide our readers with tools to understand the rapid changes we are witnessing in the world and ideas to fight for a
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Wolfgang Knorr – No Captain on Deck

Wolfgang Knorr is a climate scientist, consultant for the European Space Agency and guest researcher at the Department of Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University Fundraiser 2026 BRAVE NEW EUROPE has become the leading Resistance Media within the EU. We have attracted authors on the cutting edge of radical thinking who provide our readers with tools to understand the rapid changes we
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Americans Could See Up To $2,000 Tax Refunds Next Year: Bessent

Americans Could See Up To $2,000 Tax Refunds Next Year: Bessent The top of a form 1040 individual income tax return for 2005 atop a stack on the same at the Des Plaines Public Library in Des Plaines, Illinois, on March 23, 2006. Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images Tyler Durden Fri, 12/12/2025 - 12:45
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From Sheep Heads to Seal Flippers: The Most Disliked Foods on Earth in 2025

The updated global anti-culinary ranking from TasteAtlas has once again reshaped the map of the world's most disliked dishes, surprising readers with its blend of notorious classics and unexpected newcomers. Russia Barely Appears in the Anti-Ranking Although TasteAtlas collects thousands of user ratings annually, only one Russian dish managed to enter the infamous top hundred this year — the northern salad
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Delivery Theft And Scams Are Reshaping Holiday Shopping Decisions In 2025

Delivery Theft And Scams Are Reshaping Holiday Shopping Decisions In 2025 62% of Americans are concerned about porch pirates this year. 59.5% would pay more for secure delivery options. 40.5% of Americans say that safety concerns influenced their decision to shop online or in-store this year. That share rises to 61% among Gen Z. 31% of Americans lack confidence that retailers provide adequate
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Criminalizing Bible Verses? Canadian Lawmakers Target Religious Expression With Proposed 'Hate Speech' Amendment

Criminalizing Bible Verses? Canadian Lawmakers Target Religious Expression With Proposed 'Hate Speech' Amendment Clergy stand outside of the Martyrs' Shrine in Ontario, Canada Liberal-Bloc amendments to C-9 will criminalize sections of the Bible, Quran, Torah, and other sacred texts. Conservatives will oppose this latest Liberal assault on freedom of expression and religion. Sign here. Defend religious freedom. Keep Liberal thought police out of
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Blue State Governors Are Refusing To Implement Trump's 'No Tax On Tips'

Blue State Governors Are Refusing To Implement Trump's 'No Tax On Tips' Thanks to @POTUS, ‘tis the season to be jolly – unless you’re a taxpayer in New York, Colorado, Illinois, or the District of Columbia. For millions of hardworking Americans, @GovKathyHochul, @GovofCO @jaredpolis, and @GovPritzker are The Grinches Who Stole Christmas. Courtesy… pic.twitter.com/eVtKYcHc4w — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) December 10, 2025
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Zelensky Floats Holding Referendum On Giving Up Land For Peace

Zelensky Floats Holding Referendum On Giving Up Land For Peace Via Reuters White House on Russia-Ukraine: Trump is extremely frustrated with both sides of this war. He is sick of meetings just for the sake of meeting. He does not want anymore talk, he wants action. pic.twitter.com/6tOmFkrM1W — Clash Report (@clashreport) December 11, 2025 Tyler Durden Thu, 12/11/2025 - 15:00
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In Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan, a Young Woman Works in Disguise to Feed Her Family

A secret held by only a few A constant cloud of fear A small dream that feels out of reach A society of silenced women The shop is a shelter of hope The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons
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Putin Doubles Down On Backing Maduro As US Prepares To Seize More Oil Tankers

Putin Doubles Down On Backing Maduro As US Prepares To Seize More Oil Tankers Initial reports on Wednesday cited U.S. officials saying the Coast Guard carried out the tanker seizure under international maritime law, targeting vessels tied to alleged illicit PDVSA-linked crude shipments. U.S President Donald Trump later confirmed the seizure, hinting that “other things are happening,” but offered no further
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Zelensky Says Ukrainians Must Decide Donbas Future Through Elections or Referendum

On December 11, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a televised appearance that the people of the country must resolve the territorial question themselves — either through elections or a referendum. Zelensky explained that the United States is proposing the creation of a "free economic zone” in Donbas, essentially a demilitarized zone requiring the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and
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Aurelien – Making Sense of The Après-Ukraine

First, public and punditary enthusiasm and excitement is likely to run well ahead of any real possibility of drawing useful conclusions, never mind making useful changes. Drone panics have already started, and will continue, not least because the average person has no idea what a military drone looks like, let alone how they differ from each other. It’s likely that
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Mahmoud Khalil, Michael Workman, Chris Hedges – The Encampments

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Mandira Bagwandeen, Jelena Vidojević – The AU-EU Relationship at a Crossroads: Nudging Africa Closer to the East?

Mandira Bagwandeen – Stellenbosch University; New South Institute Jelena Vidojević – New South Institute " /> Fundraiser 2026 BRAVE NEW EUROPE has become the leading Resistance Media within the EU. We have attracted authors on the cutting edge of radical thinking who provide our readers with tools to understand the rapid changes we are witnessing in the world and ideas to fight for a
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TIME Person Of The Year Are The Architects Of AI

TIME Person Of The Year Are The Architects Of AI 2025 was the year when artificial intelligence’s full potential roared into view, and when it became clear that there will be no turning back. For delivering the age of thinking machines, for wowing and worrying humanity, for transforming the present and transcending the… pic.twitter.com/mEIKRiZfLo — TIME (@TIME) December 11, 2025 McDonald's has unveiled
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Disney Invests $1 Billion In OpenAI, Strikes Landmark Deal To Bring Beloved Characters To Sora

Disney Invests $1 Billion In OpenAI, Strikes Landmark Deal To Bring Beloved Characters To Sora So the OpenAI / $dis deal is a licensing deal where $dis invests $1bn? I imagine they are going to collect more than $1bn in licensing fees The game continues pic.twitter.com/a2zbKX6pu4 — Sterling Capital (@jay_21_) December 11, 2025 Tyler Durden Thu, 12/11/2025 - 09:50
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Hemispheric Authoritarianism: the Monroe Doctrine Recast as the “Trump Corollary”

By reimagining the Monroe Doctrine through a national-populist lens, Donald Trump aims to reassert American hegemony at a time of strategic rivalry with China. The “Trump Corollary” is more than a symbolic gesture: it signals a deliberate embrace of power politics across the Americas. “Reinvigorated by my Trump Corollary, the Monroe Doctrine is alive and […]
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Rep Massie Introduces Bill For US To Dump 'Cold War Relic' NATO

Rep Massie Introduces Bill For US To Dump 'Cold War Relic' NATO Getty Images Requires the President to formally notify NATO of U.S. withdrawal under Article 13 of the North Atlantic Treaty. Concludes that NATO’s original Cold War purpose no longer aligns with current U.S. national security interests. Finds that European NATO members have adequate economic and military capacity to provide for their
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US-Backed Opposition Leader Secretly Whisked Out Of Venezuela, Appears In Oslo To Urge Regime Change

US-Backed Opposition Leader Secretly Whisked Out Of Venezuela, Appears In Oslo To Urge Regime Change María Corina Machado arrived at Oslo Airport, in Gardermoen, Norway, on Wednesday, via Associated Press. The 2025 peace laureate Maria Corina Machado arrived safely in Oslo, Norway in the early morning of 11 December. It was the first time in two years that she was able to
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Jet Engines For Data Centers

Jet Engines For Data Centers — zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 14, 2025 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 9, 2025 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 2, 2025 42MW per unit. 1.21GW launch order. 420MW min order size. Also 90 days from concept to $1.3B backlog = $69M/day. The numerology is strong with this one💪 pic.twitter.com/4SnEYwNUMJ — Blake Scholl 🛫 (@bscholl) December 9, 2025 Tyler Durden Thu, 12/11/2025 - 08:45
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Inside the Spy Scandal: The Rise and Disappearance of Oleg Smolenkov

Russian officials and intelligence veterans claim that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov played a key role in provoking the CIA to extract its top Kremlin informant, exposing a years-long espionage operation and reigniting debate over the mysterious fate of alleged American agent Oleg Smolenkov. Veteran Officer Says Lavrov Triggered CIA Panic According to retired FSB lieutenant colonel Andrey Popov, a member of
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"Democrats Know Their Constituents Can't Read Charts. That's Why..."

"Democrats Know Their Constituents Can't Read Charts. That's Why..." Let’s be honest for a second. Republicans don’t care about the price of beef because they don’t answer to working Americans. pic.twitter.com/i5ed769k6O — Senate Majority PAC (@MajorityPAC) December 9, 2025 The better question is: Is there a single democrat that is capable of telling the truth? They're not idiots, they're partisans. They'll lie, cheat and
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Money For Nothing

Money For Nothing Call it new technology And they use it to burn And they show no concern Work for their prosperity While the big wheels turn Now it’s too late to learn Don’t upset the teacher Though we know he lied to you Don’t upset the preacher He’s gonna close his eyes for you And it’s a shame That you’re so afraid Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain Putting back
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Republicans Taking Note After Miami Mayor's Office Flips Blue For First Time In Decades

Republicans Taking Note After Miami Mayor's Office Flips Blue For First Time In Decades Miami mayor-elect Eileen Higgins celebrates at a watch party after winning the Miami mayoral runoff election, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, in Miami. | Lynne Sladky/AP — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 10, 2025 — Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) December 10, 2025 Tyler Durden Wed, 12/10/2025 - 20:15
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Could A Debasement Trade Drown Those Without Gold?

Could A Debasement Trade Drown Those Without Gold? Gaining Perspective Patterns Repeating Themselves Insider Selling: The Rats Leaving a Sinking Ship Massive Selling History Rhyming The Emergency Plan Hiding in Plain Sight? Is Something Hiding Within the Strategic Reserve BTC Order? We’ve Seen This Movie Before Concerns… The Hidden Piggy Bank What’s Good for Government is Bad for the Governed Insiders Building Their Arcs Before the Rain Real Gold Matters More
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'Most Divided' Fed In 37 Years Cuts Rates; Restarts Balance Sheet Growth

'Most Divided' Fed In 37 Years Cuts Rates; Restarts Balance Sheet Growth — zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 21, 2025 FOMC *FED CUTS BENCHMARK RATE TARGET RANGE TO 3.5%-3.75% IN 9-3 VOTE Fed Governor Stephen Miran voted against the decision in favor of lowering rates by a half-point, while Kansas City Fed President Jeff Schmid and Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee dissented in favor of
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Tamara Gausi, Marta Checa, Mathilde Dorcadie – As Equal Times closes, the work continues

“Go slow and dig deep” “More than just a publication” Fundraiser 2026 BRAVE NEW EUROPE has become the leading Resistance Media within the EU. We have attracted authors on the cutting edge of radical thinking who provide our readers with tools to understand the rapid changes we are witnessing in the world and ideas to fight for a better world. Support Resistance Media –
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Patrick E. Shea – Donald Trump’s peace agreements are also business deals

Patrick E. Shea is a senior Lecturer in International Relations and Global Governance at the University of Glasgow. Transactional approach Attention span Fundraiser 2026 BRAVE NEW EUROPE has become the leading Resistance Media within the EU. We have attracted authors on the cutting edge of radical thinking who provide our readers with tools to understand the rapid changes we are witnessing in the world
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Gunboat Diplomacy Returns: US Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuela

Gunboat Diplomacy Returns: US Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuela — BNO News (@BNONews) December 10, 2025 🚨 Q: What happens to the oil on the tanker you seized near Venezuela? PRESIDENT TRUMP: We keep the oil, I guess! 🤣 Q: Where does it go? TRUMP: You're a good news man. Just get a helicopter and go follow the tanker! He is the best 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/Dp9duwUxT7 —
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Why Silver Is Racing Higher: Supply Shortages, ETF Demand and Fed Hopes

Silver climbed to an unprecedented peak after markets digested dwindling inventories, strong inflows into silver-backed funds and growing expectations the Federal Reserve will loosen policy, creating a potent cocktail that has driven prices sharply higher. Supply Shortages and Falling Inventories Tighten the Physical Market Traders and analysts point to an acute shortfall of physical silver as the primary immediate driver behind
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No Wonder The World Seems Deranged...

No Wonder The World Seems Deranged... Why We Fail My new book Investing In Revolution is available at a 10% discount ($18 for the paperback, $24 for the hardcover and $8.95 for the ebook edition). Introduction (free). Become a $3/month patron of my work via patreon.com. Subscribe to my Substack for free Tyler Durden Wed, 12/10/2025 - 08:05
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SpaceX Reportedly Targeting 2026 IPO That Could Rival Saudi Aramco's Historic Listing

SpaceX Reportedly Targeting 2026 IPO That Could Rival Saudi Aramco's Historic Listing Wild to look at SpaceX’s valuation history. If this chart were linear, the first 10 years would basically be invisible, even when it became a unicorn in 2010. Years of grinding… then rocket reusability + Starlink, and the whole thing went vertical. SpaceX is the clearest… pic.twitter.com/5O74VZHXia — Justin Mateen (@justinmateen) December
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Aussie Data Centers Could Swallow 40 Million Litres Of Water Per Day, That's About 80,000 Households

Aussie Data Centers Could Swallow 40 Million Litres Of Water Per Day, That's About 80,000 Households A photo of the Global Switch data centre in Ultimo of Sydney, Australia taken on May 9, 2025. Courtesy of Kevin Lee Greens MP Airs Concerns About Data Centre Water Needs Tyler Durden Tue, 12/09/2025 - 19:15
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Hossam el-Hamalawy – Hyper-Zionism: How Israel became Germany’s ‘reason’ for being

Hossam el-Hamalawy is a journalist and scholar-activist who researches the Egyptian military and security services. Picture by Hladnik A sacred phrase and its heavy cost A myth reconsidered The shift from universal to particular The catechism and its machinery Outsourcing of guilt and legal entrenchment Fundraiser 2026 BRAVE NEW EUROPE has become the leading Resistance Media within the EU. We have attracted authors on the cutting edge of
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Tetyana Malyarenko, Stefan Wolff – New US national security strategy adds to Ukraine’s woes and exacerbates Europe’s dilemmas

Stefan Wolff is Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham. Tetyana Malyarenk is Jean Monnet Professor of European Security at the National University Odesa Law Academy. Whose side is the US on anyway? The state of the conflict in Ukraine, December 7 2025. Institute for the Study of War Can Europe and Ukraine go it alone? Fundraiser 2026 BRAVE NEW EUROPE has become the
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Michael Roberts – Stagflation and the K-shaped economy

Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Picture by BuxeHD Fundraiser 2026 BRAVE NEW EUROPE has become the leading Resistance Media within the EU. We have attracted authors on the cutting edge of radical thinking who provide our readers with tools to understand the rapid changes we are witnessing in the world and ideas to fight for
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As Russia Makes More Gains In East, Trump Concedes "At Some Point, Size Will Win"

As Russia Makes More Gains In East, Trump Concedes "At Some Point, Size Will Win" via Reuters The number of Russians favouring peace talks is close to an all-time high at 65% (it was 66% in Aug) against 26% who prefer continued hostilities. The peace camp was steadily expanding since the start of the all-out war. The only time when the pro-war camp
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Goldman Tracks "Lovely Polar Vortex Spinning Into Third Week"

Goldman Tracks "Lovely Polar Vortex Spinning Into Third Week" NOAA flagship model GFS keeps forecasting devastating cold into Christmas. Keep stretching/pulling on polar vortex, eventually it wrecks, and cold blasts out. Surface pressure patterns here (Day 16) would be unprecedented in 21st Century. pic.twitter.com/w2Vvcp6OjX — Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) December 8, 2025 Timeline For "Largest-Ever LNG Supply Wave" To Hit Global Markets Tyler Durden Tue, 12/09/2025
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Thousands Gather in Nairobi as Science Meets Diplomacy for Planet Protection

“There will never be a better time than now to invest in a stable climate, thriving ecosystems, and resilient lands, or in sustainable development that delivers for all,” said Amina J. Mohammed, the deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, during the opening plenary of the seventh meeting of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) taking place […]
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Bad News Democrats: Tesla Takedown Operation Fails As Purchase Sentiment Recovers

Bad News Democrats: Tesla Takedown Operation Fails As Purchase Sentiment Recovers DEVELOPING: Video provided to the Review-Journal shows several @Tesla vehicles engulfed in flames after Las Vegas police say they were set on fire by an individual early Tuesday morning. UPDATES→ https://t.co/sZQr9j1E5A pic.twitter.com/uXeLsdpTVl — Las Vegas Review-Journal (@reviewjournal) March 18, 2025 🚨 NEW: The ATF is investigating after multiple Tesla Cybertrucks caught fire
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Trump Envoy Says 'Benevolent Monarchies' Work Best In Mideast While Hailing Syria's Sharaa

Trump Envoy Says 'Benevolent Monarchies' Work Best In Mideast While Hailing Syria's Sharaa via Tom Barrack/X In 2019, at his most vulnerable, Sharaa recalled a childhood dream, that one day he would become the Emir of Damascus. Five years later, he rules all of Syria. Read our Big Story with @leventkemaI to understand how he changed to win https://t.co/MaX2bXkBqM — Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) December
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Alastair Crooke – Bait and switch stage two – Shooting the breeze in Moscow

Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Fundraiser 2026 BRAVE NEW EUROPE has become the leading Resistance Media within the EU. We have attracted authors on the cutting edge of radical thinking who provide our readers with tools to understand the rapid changes we are witnessing in the world and ideas to fight for
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Ralph Nader, Bruce Fein – Open Letter to Zohran Mamdani – Political Moderate

Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer and author of Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! Bruce Fein is a lawyer with 50 years of experience in constitutional, international, civil rights, and government regulatory law Fundraiser 2026 BRAVE NEW EUROPE has become the leading Resistance Media within the EU. We have attracted authors on the cutting edge of radical thinking who provide our readers with
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