US Panics As Ukraine Fronts Crumble, Sanctions Loom; Rubio: Russia Won't Bend; Witkoff To Moscow.
Topic 1626

Russia August 8 deadline. India, NO to F35. Durham Annex, Hillary distraction. Zelensky weapons wish
Topic 1771

Trump's BRICS anger and ephemeral deals
The Duran: Episode 2296

The Duran: Episode 961
France's Marine Le Pen Acquitted in Case Over Violating Hate Speech Laws
https://sputniknews.com/europe/202105041082797685-frances-marine-le-pen-acquitted-in-case-over-violating-hate-speech-laws/

Yep.

"I was attacked for a post about the reality in Romania, and the attack continued through comments targeting my origins. So, I want to clarify a few things – once and very clearly.

I am the daughter of a Kurd.
Kurdistan no longer exists on maps. It was erased as a state. The territory where this country once stood is now divided among Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq.
My father was a political refugee – like all those who lost their homeland.

He arrived in Germany in the ’70s. There, he graduated from medical school.
After nearly a decade, he chose Romania.
Because Romania was, at that time, recognized for its excellence in medical education.

He began a second medical degree here, with a different specialization.
His status remained that of a political refugee for a long time. He obtained Romanian citizenship late, after years of exams and checks by the Romanian state.

He worked. He paid taxes. He opened dental practices and businesses here.
He was not a wealthy man – financially. He was rich in humanity....

Dmitri Orlov is completely contemptuous of Trump and the Trump administration. He paints a picture of a dying empire with a senile president who has been involved with Zionist oligarchs all his life and is not going to change now. He says that Trump's father and all his siblings got Alzheimer's disease at around Trump's age. He has gotten to the point where he does not remember what he said yesterday.

Orlov's cynicism about the Trump administration may be true, but I don't agree with him that public opinion in the United States does not matter. It requires all the propaganda and lies and manipulation that the ruling class can muster to keep the American people ignorant in the face of economic conditions that are getting worse for all but the upper ten percent of the population. I think we are now seeing the propaganda beginning to fail, and as a result, public opinion is now shifting against the the US policy of supporting Israel. This was...