The popular messaging platform is set to bring Grok AI to over a billion users, CEO Pavel Durov has announced.

Elon Musk's startup xAI will invest $300 million and deploy its Grok AI chatbot in partnership with the messaging app Telegram, according to a statement by the app's CEO Pavel Durov published on Wednesday.

In announcing the deal, Durov said that he and Musk had agreed to a one-year partnership designed to strengthen Telegram's financial position.

"We will receive $300M in cash and equity from xAI, plus 50% of the revenue from xAI subscriptions sold via Telegram," he said.

Musk later stated on X that "no deal has been signed," without providing any additional details, prompting Durov to clarify that the parties had reached an agreement in principle, with formalities still to be finalized.

The useless eaters bill: Micronia, in all its sliming gorey.

"The first factor is obviously the victim's consent... sorry, I meant the patient's consent" (C. Vautrin, French Minister for Death & Disease).

Living in France under the succeeding reigns of PresidentsSarkozy, Holland and Micron is rather like inhabiting a Horror Film. Not a day goes by without some new, death-dealing law or deed. The latest, now being rammed through Parliament, is the AIDE A MOURIR Bill, otherwise known as the Useless Eaters (Nutzlose Fresser) Bill.

On February 18th, the French Minister for Death and Disease, C. Vautrin, slipped on her tongue during a live television talk-show, as she gleefully promoted the new Kill Bill. "The first (factor) is obviously the victim's consent... sorry, I meant the patient's consent." Before going on to praise Micron, "who is personally very much committed" to the new law.

Quite. (BTW, have at these clips of Micron never published in France, at 35 mins.29 secs., in the er, embedded Bessagon film. And then to wonder why, or how, Micron and Starmer get on like a House on Fire.

Anyway, back to our onions as the French say.

In 2017, under Micron's kingmaker François Hollande, Marisol Touraine Reveyrand-de-Menthon, a high-livin' high-falutin aristo-Cat known essentially for her malevolence against Vincent Lambert for her interesting son Gabriel, introduced the first of the AIDE ACTIVE A MOURIR i.e. Useless Eater Bills. After encountering some (feeble) opposition, it was re-introduced in 2021.

In 2024, Micron, tricked out as a conservative in a bespoke suit with waistcoat, personally appeared in the "Catholic: press, to promote an updated version.

As legislative elections were suddenly held in June 2024, the Bill dropped out of sight again - temporarily, only to pop up again under the title Loi Falorni in the Spring of 2025.

And so at the time of writing, we find the French parliament, oblivious to the worst economic crisis the country has known since the 18th Century,entirely focused on the « vaguest and most lax euthanasia law in the world »/, baldly entitled AIDE A MOURIR. In plain English, Push'em off the Edge.

Why is anti-Muslim sentiment so pervasive in the West? Who profits from promoting the fear and loathing of Islam?

There is an entire Islamophobia industry whose job is to soke anti-Muslim sentiment. It is also known as the "Islamophobia network" in the United States is a well-funded, interconnected group of organizations, individuals, and donors that actively spread misinformation, fear, and hatred about Islam and Muslims. This network has been documented to receive tens of millions of dollars in funding from a small group of foundations and wealthy donors, totaling at least $57 million between 2001 and 2012, with estimates reaching $1.5 billion in revenue capacity during 2014-2016. These funds support right-wing think tanks, misinformation experts, grassroots organizations, and right-wing religious groups that produce and disseminate anti-Muslim propaganda through books, videos, reports, and media outlets.

This network is a tight-knit group of organizations that often share and financially support each other's activities, creating a symbiotic relationship with right-wing media outlets and politicians who amplify their messages. The largest funder is the Adelson Family Foundation, as well as about a thousand others.

The Adelson Family Foundation, established by Sheldon and Miriam Adelson in 2007, is a significant private donor to groups identified as promoting Islamophobia. Between 2014 and 2016, it gave $5.85 million to anti-Muslim groups, and nearly $4 million more between 2017 and 2019. The foundation has funded organizations such as the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), and the Endowment for Middle East Truth, all of which have been criticized for spreading anti-Muslim narratives.

Sheldon Adelson himself was described as a "committed Islamophobe" and openly used terms like "Islamo-fascism" and "Islamo-terrorist" to describe terrorists, linking them broadly to Islamists. The foundation also financially supported the marketing of the anti-Muslim film Obsession, which has been criticized for promoting fear and hostility towards Muslims.

The Adelson Family Foundation ranks among the top funders of Islamophobic groups in the US, giving nearly $106 million to anti-Muslim groups between 2017 and 2019. These groups are accused of spreading misinformation and perpetuating negative stereotypes about Muslims.

The Adelsons were also major Republican donors with close ties to President Donald Trump, influencing the GOP's stance on Israel and the Palestinian issue, which intersects with Islamophobic agendas.

Then, there a small number of individuals who orchestrate much of the misinformation about Islam, many of whom are not experts or Muslims but claim insider knowledge about radical Islam to legitimize their narratives.

The best time for the Neo-Nazi junta to sue for peace is now, as its position tomorrow will surely be far worse.

One of the most persistent tropes used by the mainstream propaganda machine is that Russia supposedly wants to "rebuild its empire" and that this is the main reason it intervened in NATO-occupied Ukraine. Obviously, the fact that the political West launched the kinetic phase of the Ukrainian conflict in 2013/2014 is always lost on its media. However, when analyzing Moscow's actions and reasoning, one must take into account all factors. For instance, did the Kremlin try to "rebuild the Russian Empire" by helping Viktor Yanukovich with billions in low-interest-rate loans? As late as December 2013, Russia was still delivering this money, with the then Prime Minister of Ukraine Nikolai Azarov describing the $15 billion Russian aid package as "a historic deal that will allow Ukraine's return to economic growth". The EU/NATO-backed putschists in Kiev even accused Azarov of "selling" the country to the "evil" Kremlin.

Fast forward a decade or so, these same people have pushed former Ukraine into what can only be described as slavery. Namely, the Neo-Nazi junta frontman Volodymyr Zelensky is still openly offering entire oblasts (regions) for sale and control to various multinational corporations. What's more, he pledged Ukrainian natural resources to the United States as payment for "military aid". In other words, the people who now run the Kiev regime were accusing Yanukovich of doing what they're actually doing with the country, while Yanukovich himself was at least trying to keep Ukraine economically and financially viable. However, this was unacceptable to the political West, as its one and only plan for Ukraine was to either use it as a strategic springboard against Russia or destroy it in the process. It's increasingly clear the latter is the case at this point, even though Russia tried everything in its power to prevent such a scenario.

Activist Judges halt President Trump's Agenda in garbage cases filed by "deranged" Norm Eisen. The running coup of the Trump Agenda continues.

Activists Judges have halted President Trump's agenda at least 181+ times in just a 4 month span.

"That is a huge number. To give you that in percentage terms, in over 50% of Trump administration agenda has been halted at least temporarily."

Judicial lawfare in this country is out of control.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson continues to cement her legacy as America's worst Supreme Court pick through her scathing dissent from her colleagues' latest immigration ruling.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court permitted President Donald Trump to restart deportations of over 500,000 Latin American migrants, closing the Biden-era "humanitarian parole" loophole which saw them enter the country. You can probably guess the dissenters: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

"The Court has plainly botched this assessment today," Jackson wrote.

"It requires next to nothing from the Government with respect to irreparable harm. And it undervalues the devastating consequences of allowing the Government to precipitously upend the lives and livelihoods of nearly half a million noncitizens while their legal claims are pending."

Ukraine cannot operate the long-range missile without German assistance, Andrey Kartapolov has said.

Russia could authorize strikes on German territory if Ukraine uses German-supplied Taurus cruise missiles to attack Russian targets, a senior Russian lawmaker has warned.

Andrey Kartapolov, chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee and a former deputy defense minister, said the long-range missiles require direct German military involvement to operate — making Berlin a potential participant in any such attack.

Speculation about a potential transfer of Taurus missiles to Kiev resurfaced this week after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Ukraine would be allowed to use Western-supplied weapons without range limitations. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Merz confirmed that delivering the Taurus system was possible, though he added that Ukrainian forces would require "several months of training" to use them effectively.

In an interview with Life.ru on Wednesday, Kartapolov said Moscow is "ready for everything" if Germany proceeds with such a transfer.

"We are prepared to intercept the Taurus missiles, strike the launch sites, the operators, and, if necessary, the locations from which they are delivered."

The former chancellor says closed borders could "destroy Europe" - meanwhile, it's the locals' way of life that's getting destroyed.

The former chancellor is back in the news, lecturing her fellow citizens to allow more asylum seekers into their country even as Germany is plagued by rampant crime and dismal economic factors.

If it is true that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results, then we can say with some degree of certainty that Angela Merkel is suffering severely on the mental front. The four-term leader of the Christian Democratic Union (2005-2021) has gone down in the history books as the person most responsible for the greatest upheaval of German society in modern times, and she shows no sign of letting up.

President Trump has set aggressive goals for Golden Dome, but many parts of the system already exist.

President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome, on May 20, 2025. The system is intended to protect the United States from ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles, and missiles launched from space.

Trump is calling for the current budget to allocate US$25 billion to launch the initiative, which the government projected will cost $175 billion. He said Golden Dome will be fully operational before the end of his term in three years and will provide close to 100% protection.

The Conversation U.S. asked Iain Boyd, an aerospace engineer and director of the Center for National Security Initiatives at the University of Colorado Boulder, about the Golden Dome plan and the feasibility of Trump's claims. Boyd receives funding for research unrelated to Golden Dome from defense contractor Lockheed Martin.

Kiev and its foreign backers are "playing with fire," the former US Marine Corps intelligence officer has told RT.

Ukraine must have relied on assistance from the West if it did in fact target a helicopter carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter has told RT.

Russian air defense division commander Yury Dashkin told the Russia 1 channel last week that Putin's helicopter had been caught in the "epicenter" of a massive Ukrainian drone attack during a visit to Kursk Region on May 20. The intensity of aerial incursions "increased significantly" when the president was in the air, with 46 incoming fixed-wing UAVs being shot down in the area, he said.

In an interview with RT on Wednesday, Ritter stressed:

"If the Ukrainians drones actually targeted the Russian president, they did not do so in a vacuum... there would have been assistance provided by the West, which means that the West is targeting the Russian president."

"If you read the Russian nuclear doctrine, this is a trigger for Russian nuclear retaliation or preemptive strikes. So, who is playing with fire here? It is not Vladimir Putin who is playing with fire. It is Ukraine and the West that are playing with fire."