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White House orders termination of 'all media contracts' - Axios

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© Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump
The apparent decision comes after Elon Musk's agency uncovered millions of taxpayer dollars spent on a Politico subscription.

US President Donald Trump's White House has ordered the General Services Administration (GSA), a key agency that assists other government departments, to cancel "every single media contract" according to an email obtained by Axios.

The instructions were reportedly delivered after Elon Musk, who oversees the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his team uncovered millions of federal dollars being spent on Politico Pro subscriptions. Politico Pro is a premium legislative and regulatory tracking service used by multiple government agencies, with subscription costs reportedly being up to $10,000 per year.

Comment: Biased media is not information, it is 'programming'.


Bizarro Earth

Korybko to Sputnik Brasil: USAID is a premier weapon of US hybrid warfare in the hemisphere

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Here's the full interview that I gave to Sputnik Brasil about USAID, excerpts of which were published in their report titled "'Arma principal da guerra híbrida': o que muda na política externa dos EUA com o fim da USAID?"

1. How has USAID been used by the government of United States through the years to meddle in other countries, mainly Brazil and other countries from Latin America?
USAID is infamous for funding political programs under the cover of human rights and democracy to meddle in the recipient country's domestic affairs. This popularly takes the form of funding movements, including media projects, for exposing alleged corruption in Latin American states. The purpose is to artificially generate a groundswell of grassroots opposition to incumbent governments that manifests itself through street protests and/or surprise election showings in order to bring about political change.

Some of the locals who collaborate with these foreign-funded political projects sometimes go on to become advisors or even figures in the more pro-American governments that replace the targeted ones. Therefore, USAID doesn't just work to remove Latin American governments, it also sometimes provides trained advisors and personnel for the next governments. This makes it a premier weapon of US Hybrid Warfare in the hemisphere.

Attention

ICC reacts to Trump's sanctions

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The statement comes after the US president imposed punitive measures on the court for going after Israel's PM and ex-defense chief.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has said it will continue to operate despite being sanctioned by US President Donald Trump.

The Hague-based ICC was established through the 2002 Rome Statute, to which 125 countries are parties. The US, Israel, Russia, China, India and others do not recognize the court's jurisdiction.

In a statement on Friday:
"The ICC condemns the issuance by the US of an Executive Order seeking to impose sanctions on its officials. The ICC stands firmly by its personnel and pledges to continue providing justice and hope to millions of innocent victims of atrocities across the world."
That same day, 79 nations - including Brazil, France, Germany, South Africa and Spain - issued a joint statement, expressing "regret" at "attempts to undermine the court's independence, integrity and impartiality." The signatories reaffirmed their "continued and unwavering support" for the ICC.

Arrow Up

Orban floats major deal with US

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© Pier Marco Tacca/Getty ImagesHungarian PM Viktor Orban
Budapest and Washington are preparing an agreement to boost US investment, according to Hungary's leader.

Hungary is preparing a significant economic agreement with the United States, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has announced. The EU country has been pursuing closer ties with Washington just as President Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on goods from the bloc.

In an interview with state-owned Kossuth Radio on Friday, Orban noted that during the administration of former US President Joe Biden, Chinese investments in Hungary surpassed those from the United States. He said that situation needed to be addressed.

China was the largest foreign investor in Hungary in 2024, contributing nearly half of the year's total investment value, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in January. Figures for US investment were not readily available. According to official statistics, China was also Hungary's largest trading partner outside the European Union in 2023, with bilateral trade reaching $14.5 billion. Trade turnover between the US and Hungary was approximately $13.9 billion in the same year.

As quoted by local media, Orban said:
"We are preparing to make an economic deal of significant size and seriousness with America. I agreed with President Trump even before he was elected that there would be such a deal."

Comment: Orban proves to be a straight shooter, not swayed by majority rule nor outside pressure. He is a strong and knowledgeable addition to Trump's plus column and a diplomatic link to Russia.


Bad Guys

How USAID and its $50 billion budget became a target for reform

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© John Moore/Getty ImagesWorkers unload medical supplies to fight the Ebola epidemic from a USAID cargo flight in Harbel, Liberia, on Aug. 24, 2014.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was a little-noticed federal agency until it suddenly became the object of a fierce political battle over the limits of presidential power and the accountability of government bureaucracies.

When the Trump administration closed the agency's offices on Feb. 3 and later placed most employees on administrative leave, USAID took center stage in a drama unfolding at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.

On one side is the Trump administration's ongoing effort to make all parts of the executive branch comply with the president's agenda. On the other side are congressional Democrats, who are warning that the action is a dangerous abuse of executive power and are vowing to fight it.

Meanwhile, many observers fear that USAID's true purpose — to advance U.S. interests through the use of soft power — may be overlooked.

Comment: Also see:


MAGA

'You're fired!': Trump strips security clearances of Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Letitia James and Alvin Bragg

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President Donald Trump decided Saturday to remove security clearances for several Democrats, including former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and New York Attorney General Letitia James, both of whom are vocal Trump critics, Fox News has learned.

"Bad guy. Take away his passes," Trump told the New York Post of Blinken, Biden's Secretary of State.

James and Bragg were involved in prosecuting Trump in New York last year and James' office filed a lawsuit on Friday on behalf of 18 other Democratic state attorneys general over the Department of Government Efficiency's access to the Treasury Department's payment system.

Former national security advisor Jake Sullivan, Biden's Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, and attorneys Andrew Weissmann, Mark Zaid and Norm Eisen, also had their clearances revoked.

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The EU's worst enemies are its own Russophobic leaders

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The former pm of Estonia, Kaja Kallas, now the top EU diplomat.
The bloc's top diplomat Kaja Kallas cheers on the Baltic states' newfound dependence on the US.

It's a big day for the EU, says the bloc's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas. All because three former Soviet states - Latvia, Lithuania, and her home country, Estonia, where she previously served as prime minister - have just swapped out their historically reliable Russian electricity entirely for a system regulated by the folks in Brussels, whose recent energy security strategies have included imploring citizens to dress in sweaters, like turtles, and to consider group showers.

"Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will permanently disconnect from Russia's power grid tomorrow," Kallas wrote on social media on February 7th. "Russia can no longer use energy as a tool of blackmail. This is a victory for freedom and European unity."

Yeah, Western Europeans are united, alright. On the fact that the EU has triggered an energy crisis that's heavily contributed to voters across the bloc turning against establishment parties in recent national elections. The skyrocketing cost of living, largely attributed to a lack of affordable energy, was even cited by the EU's own Eurobarometer report last year as a motivating factor for 42% of Europeans in last summer's EU parliamentary elections. Those elections saw the arrival in Brussels of "more MEPs on the far-right benches than before," Le Monde wrote, characterizing the rise of anti-establishment populism, notably on the right.


Comment: Yes, it is true that Russia can no longer use energy as a tool for blackmail, but it is a moot point since Russia never did use energy for blackmail. Now the Baltic states can enjoy buying European electricity at much higher prices with the full knowledge that European energy relies heavily on Russian gas and oil.


Comment: Kallas is one of those Russophobic politicians who shoots herself and the collective Europe in the foot and keeps reloading to repeat the self-afflicted pain scenario.

The elitist tyranny of 'Western democracy' is exposed and crumbling
Another absurd elitist puppet is Kaja Kallas, the former Estonian Premier, who is now the European Union's foreign minister, taking over from that other Atlanticist tool, Josep Borrell. On her first day in office this week, Kallas visited Kiev to pledge more financial and military aid for the corrupt NeoNazi regime. That's right. She goes to a NeoNazi regime whose expired president canceled elections, imprisons opposition politicians, censors critical, independent media, and forces military conscription on citizens who want the conflict with Russia to end. Don't you think Kallas would have been better visiting the EU's biggest trade partner, China, to repair relations?

While in Kiev, Kallas coordinated with Germany's Baerbock in Beijing by repeating baseless condemnation of China for its strategic partnership with Russia.

Kallas accused China of prolonging the war in Ukraine simply by maintaining trade relations with Russia, buying Russian gas, and so on.

This politician from a tiny Baltic state of less than 1.5 million people is now running the foreign policy of the EU whose total population is 450 million.

Kallas, who is obsessed with the Russophobia typical of the Atlanticist elites, has threatened to impose higher trade tariffs on China over tenuous allegations of supporting Russia.
Probably in the not so distant future, these Russophobic leaders in the EU will be hit by the wave of discontent which has happened in the US and be replaced by more common sense leaders.


Arrow Up

Why Trump's assault on USAID could change US foreign policy forever

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The president's offensive against America's 'state within a state' marks the end of an era.

Over the decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has evolved into a "state within a state" within American foreign policy. As significant in its influence as the Department of Defense or the State Department, USAID has long served as a powerful instrument for advancing Washington's global agenda. However, the recent actions of the new administration in Washington, led by Donald Trump, mark a significant shift, targeting this elite bribery agency with sweeping reforms. For Russia, these developments carry both challenges and opportunities.

USAID's role in American foreign policy

USAID was created during the early years of the Cold War when the United States realized it could not defeat the Soviet Union in a direct armed conflict. Instead, it opted for a strategy of peaceful competition. Unlike the USSR, which sought to improve the lives of ordinary people in developing nations, the US focused on manipulating elites and influential actors. This philosophical divide between the two superpowers defined their approaches to foreign policy.

Armed with substantial financial resources — approximately $40 billion last year — USAID has been the principal instrument of US interference in the internal affairs of other states. Its core mission has been the systematic bribery of elites to secure their loyalty to American interests. This strategy has been employed across Latin America, Asia, the Arab world, and, more recently, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

Top Secret

How it worked

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"They never prepared for algorithms that could map everything. For personnel pre-positioned everywhere. For a president who counts every week like it's his last."
— VP JD Vance
If you wondered since 2016 how come the blob and the Democratic Party were aligned so exquisitely in their operations to destroy populism (personified by Mr. Trump) and to permanently entrench single party power in America for all time to come, it's because an endless font of taxpayer money was streamed into countless non-governmental orgs creating a shadow civil service of Democratic Party activists that melded seamlessly with the big policy-making agencies.

The money was laundered through manifold layers of these orgs and their sub-orgs to pay for an ongoing "color revolution" in the USA — lawfare, election fraud, propaganda, censorship, career cancellation, medical fuckery, open borders, and other totalitarian ploys — while enriching political players at all those manifold layers from multi-millionaire congressmen and senators to thousands of NGO officials making six-figure salaries to street hustlers like Patrisse Cullors of Black Lives Matter and "anti-racism" racist Ibram X. Kendi and his $50-million Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University (recently axed) — and, of course, ultimately the former Potemkin president "Joe Biden" and his family.

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Imran Khan jailed for 14 years in corruption case

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© Getty ImagesImran Khan has faced more than 100 charges, all of which he decries as politically motivated.
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison over a corruption case, in the latest of a series of charges laid against him. It is the longest valid jail sentence the cricket star-turned-politician, who has been detained since August 2023, has received.

He has faced charges in over 100 cases, ranging from leaking state secrets to selling state gifts - all of which he has decried as politically motivated. The latest case has been described by Pakistani authorities as the largest the country has seen, though the country has seen huge financial scandals in the past, some of which involved former leaders.

Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were accused of receiving a parcel of land as a bribe from a real estate tycoon through the Al-Qadir Trust, which the couple had set up while he was in office. In exchange, investigators said, Khan used £190m ($232m) repatriated by the UK's National Crime Agency to pay the tycoon's court fines.

Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party argued that the land was donated to the trust for a spiritual education centre and was not used for Khan's personal gain.

Comment: Pakistan's opposition parties dispute elections:
Pakistani opposition parties, including the Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, staged demonstrations on February 8 to mark the first anniversary of the country's general elections, which triggered widespread allegations of vote-rigging.

The opposition parties are demanding that new elections be held in the country, which the current coalition government made up of Khan's rivals -- the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) -- have rejected.

Khan's PTI and other opposition parties allege that the Pakistani military rigged the February 8, 2024, elections in favor of the ruling PML-N. The allegations have been denied by the PML-N, the military, and the Pakistani Election Commission.

Pakistan's Supreme Court has also rejected the request to void the election, which prompted the United States, Britain, and the European Union to voice concerns about the way the vote was conducted and to urge an investigation.

Caravans of demonstrators from across the province traveled to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swabi district, where thousands gathered to call for Khan's release. Scores of PTI members and leaders over the past two years have been targeted for protesting the jailing of Khan and the military's alleged meddling in politics.