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Saturday, February 22, 2025

Articles and opinions covering Feb 10 - 22, 2025

https://ronpaulinstitute.org/fire-the-washington-war-party/

Fire the Washington War Party

by | Feb 22, 2025

President Donald Trump gets a lot of things wrong. Chief among them is his crazy plan to ethnically cleanse two million Palestinians from the smoking ruins of Gaza.

But he also gets some very important things very right.

Trump managed to end the longest war in US history, Afghanistan, by cutting off the money that fueled this absurd conflict. Without Trump’s forceful intervention, this conflict could have dragged on for another decade and cost yet another $2 trillion. None of the generals or politicians involved had the guts or sense to end this pointless war.

Now, it appears that Trump may be doing it again in the other pointless war, Ukraine. The US has lavished at least $175 billion fueling the Ukraine War. Given that some of the US aid is hidden or obscured, the true figure may be over $200 billion – this by the US which is deep in hock with a monster debt of $36 trillion which it can’t pay back.................................

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https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/02/a-left-behind-europe-and-ukraine-will-fall-into-chaos.html#more

A Left Behind Europe (And Ukraine) Will Fall Into Chaos

Tuesday's talks (not yet 'negotiations') between the Foreign Ministers of the United States and the Russian Federation went well. More will follow. The readouts and interviews from the U.S. and Russia were all positive.

Embassies and Consulates of both sides, shut down for absurd reasons during the Obama and Biden administration, will be reopened and restaffed. Normal diplomatic relations will resume. That in itself is a huge step forward.

There were no negotiations yet about the war in Ukraine. Envoys and delegations will be named to crack that nut. It will be a challenge. The process will take some time.

Meanwhile discussions on other issues will resume and expand. Russia put out some bait. It offered cooperation in economic fields of bilateral interest. U.s. companies may get (re-)invited to explore Russian oil and gas fields,  especially in the Arctic..................

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https://candaceowens.com/video/becoming-brigitte-candace-owens-x-xavier-poussard-ep-6/

 Becoming Brigitte: Candace Owens x Xavier Poussard | Ep 6

February 17, 2025

My in-person interview with Xavier Poussard, the journalist who exposed the secrets of the mysterious individual who has become "Brigitte

 

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https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/22/weve-seen-this-horror-show-before/

We’ve Seen This Horror Show Before

Joe Biden quietly sought to ethnically cleanse Gaza; Bill Clinton and George W. Bush deported millions; Clinton tried to shrink the state and Steve Bannon warned in 2019 what Donald Trump would do

 There are periods in history… epochs, distinctive periods in time marked by notable events, that in many instances signal change.

Columbus stumbling upon the Americas where Indigenous peoples had been living for thousands of years. The French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the invention of the semiconductor, WWII, the Civil Rights era, etc.

In many instances, one may not realize that they’re living in the historic moment. It’s only upon reflection that you realize the significance of the time.

There are other periods, I call them Oppenheimer moments, where you know that you are in the moment. The first atomic bomb was tested on July 16, 1945. The bomb, nicknamed “Gadget,” released 18.6 kilotons of power...............

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https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/02/20/anyone-who-wants-the-ukraine-war-to-continue-is-a-monster/

 Anyone Who Wants The Ukraine War To Continue Is A Monster

If you want Ukrainians to keep dying in this war against the will of the Ukrainians themselves while you sit safe at home eating snacks and posting on the internet, you’re a monster.


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https://scheerpost.com/2025/02/19/forced-displacement-of-palestinians-from-occupied-west-bank-largest-since-1967/

 

Forced Displacement of Palestinians From Occupied West Bank ‘Largest Since 1967’

February 19, 2025 

By The Cradle

The mass displacement carried out by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank is the largest since 1967, according to experts cited by the New York Times (NYT) on 17 February. 

“What makes this moment unprecedented is not only the scale of the displacement but also the accompanying discourse, which increasingly normalizes the idea of permanent forced displacement,” said Maha Nassar, a Palestinian historian at the University of Arizona.

“This represents a significant escalation in the longstanding conflict, one that threatens to fundamentally alter the political and demographic landscape of the region,” she went on to say. 

At least 55 Palestinians have been killed since the Israeli army began its operations in the occupied West Bank last month – which were kicked off by a massive assault on Jenin and its refugee camp that remains ongoing. 

The operation quickly expanded to include other cities and towns, including Tulkarem, Tubas, and Nablus. 

In Jenin and Tulkarem alone, at least 26,000 Palestinians have been uprooted from their homes. Israeli forces have been destroying houses and wiping out infrastructure. Homes that have not been destroyed are being emptied out, taken over by occupation forces, and transformed into military posts. .............

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https://scheerpost.com/2025/02/18/chris-hedges-the-purge-of-the-deep-state-and-the-road-to-dictatorship/

Chris Hedges: The Purge of the Deep State and the Road to Dictatorship

February 18, 2025 

The Trump administration’s war with the deep state is not a purgative. It is not about freeing us from the tyranny of intelligence agencies, militarized police, the largest prison system in the world, predatory corporations or the end of mass surveillance. It will not restore the rule of law to hold the powerful and the wealthy accountable. It will not slash the bloated and unaccountable spending — some $1 trillion dollars — by the Pentagon.

All revolutionary movements, on the left or the right, dismantle the old bureaucratic structures. The fascists in Germany and the Bolsheviks in the Soviet Union, once they seized power, aggressively purged the civil service. They see in these structures, correctly, an enemy that would stymie their absolute grip on power. It is a coup d’état by inches. Now we get our own.

Rearguard battles — as in the early years of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany — are taking place in the courts and media outlets openly hostile to Trump. There will be, at first, pyrrhic victories — the Bolsheviks and the Nazis were stalled by their own judiciaries and hostile press — but gradually the purges, aided by a bankrupt liberalism that no longer stands or fights for anything, ensures the triumph of the new masters......

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https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/israel-false-flag-bibas-doge-lying/

 

Israeli False Flag, Israel Uses Bibas Family To Sabotage Ceasefire & DOGE/Elon Caught Lying Again

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https://dissidentvoice.org/2025/02/are-you-denying-that-russia-invaded-ukraine/#more-156069

 “Are You Denying that Russia Invaded Ukraine?”

As I noted the other day, most Americans remain unaware that President Barack Obama initiated the war in Ukraine in February, 2014 with the Euromaiden Coup in Kiev. Those with an ounce of integrity who followed subsequent events, understand that every Russian entreaty for peace was ignored and that Russia’s red line was crossed when the US opened the door for Ukraine to join NATO. Politically, Putin has no choice but to intervene.

This is the critical missing context every time the official mantra “Russia invaded Ukraine” is incessantly repeated in the mainstream media. And the Deep State and its minions will go on resisting peace and undermining improved US-Russia relations...........................

 

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https://dissidentvoice.org/2025/02/yves-engler-arrested-for-criticizing-israel/#more-156138

Yves Engler Arrested for Criticizing Israel

Speaks to Media before Detention

On Thursday morning, as scheduled, author and activist Yves Engler was arrested by the Montreal police for his social media posts criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza. Before turning himself in to Montreal Police at 980 Guy Street, Engler addressed the media, denouncing the politically motivated charges against him and the broader crackdown on those speaking out against Israeli violence.............

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https://corbettreport.com/nwnw582/

Interview 1932 – Meet the Zizians (NWNW #582)

by | Feb 21, 2025

 

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https://original.antiwar.com/paul/2025/02/17/can-we-really-cut-half-of-the-military-budget-you-bet/

Can We Really Cut Half of the Military Budget? You Bet!

The wailing sound you heard last Thursday was the chorus of the Beltway warmongers shrieking in despair at President Trump’s suggestion that there was no reason for the United States to be spending one trillion dollars on “defense.”

“…[O]ne of the first meetings I want to have is with President Xi of China and President Putin of Russia, and I want to say let’s cut our military budget in half. And we can do that, and I think we’ll be able to do that,” the President told reporters.

With this statement, President Trump blew up one of the biggest myths of our time, particularly among Republicans, that spending more on the military is essential to keeping us safe. There is a vast and well-funded network of political and industrial interests that depend on maintaining that myth, from the weapons manufacturers to the mainstream media to the think tanks and beyond. Why? Because most of what is called “defense spending” has little to do with defending this country and a lot to do with enriching the politically well-connected..............

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https://unlimitedhangout.com/2025/02/investigative-reports/trumped-2025-school-choice-corporatization-social-impact-finance-and-the-dismantling-of-the-department-of-education/

TrumpED 2025: School Choice Corporatization, Social Impact Finance, and the Dismantling of the Department of Education

In alignment with Project 2025, Trump pledges to eliminate the Dpt. of Ed and replace it with “school choice.” Rather than end federal control of education, Project 2025 education policy threatens to expand both government and corporate control of schooling in order to streamline ed-technocracy for the 4IR.

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