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The top EU diplomat apparently thinks she can succeed against Russia where the Nazi leader failed, the Hungarian prime minister has said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has mocked EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, suggesting that she believes she can do better against Russia than Napoleon and Adolf Hitler did.Speaking at a conference in the southern Hungarian city of Szeged, Orban argued that many European countries view the Ukraine conflict as a chance to weaken Russia, driven by “the belief that sooner or later, Russia will threaten them.” Moscow has dismissed speculation that it plans to attack the EU…

On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) argued for extending Obamacare subsidies for one year because that would be the easiest way to get Republicans on board with a compromise deal as the subsidies are due to expire and stated that people should remember “this was our bill, Obamacare. Not a single Republican voted for that, not one” and that the subsidies were “designed to expire at the end of this year. That wasn’t like a Republican thing.” After touting a one-year extension of the subsidies, Fetterman stated, “I’d like to remind, it’s like, this was our…

A majority of Americans believe Democrats should take a “wait and see attitude” on President Donald Trump’s actions rather than blindly oppose them, a December Harvard-Harris survey revealed. The survey asked respondents, “Do you think Democrats should oppose everything that Trump is doing or should they take more of a wait and see attitude towards his actions?” Across the board, 60 percent said they should take more of a “wait and see attitude,” compared to 40 percent who said they should “oppose everything Trump is doing.” Opinions greatly vary on party lines, as most Democrats, 62 percent, believe Democrats should…

Three police officers were shot and wounded Friday night after responding to a domestic call around 10:15 p.m. in Rochester, New York, and the man who allegedly opened fire on them is dead. WXXI reported that officers “responded to a domestic incident in which a man said his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend was trying to break into the house.” ABC News noted that the caller pointed out that he was armed and told law enforcement the ex-boyfriend was possibly armed. When police arrived the ex-boyfriend allegedly shot two officers and then exchanged gunfire with the man who had called police. The caller was…

Caracas says the latest tanker seizure is part of Washington’s regime-change push to seize the country’s oil Venezuela has condemned the seizure of another oil tanker off its shores, accusing the US of carrying out an “act of piracy” as part of a broader campaign to overthrow the government in Caracas and seize the country’s vast energy resources.In an official statement released on Saturday, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry denounced what it described as the “theft and hijacking” of a private vessel transporting Venezuelan oil in international waters, and accused US military personnel of the “forced disappearance” of its crew.Caracas said…

Kerry Kennedy, daughter of former senator and attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, vowed Friday she will “grab a pickax” and remove President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts the day he leaves office. “Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters of that building,” she posted on X and on her Instagram account.” She added, “But I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Apply for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!.” Trump’s name was added to the historic…

The US is trying to establish a ‘multinational stabilization force’ to decide who will handle the Middle East’s hottest potato In Doha on December 16, behind closed doors and without the usual diplomatic fanfare, the US – via CENTCOM – convened representatives of around 45 Arab, Muslim, and Western states to discuss what official language renders blandly as an International Stabilization Force (ISF) for Gaza, but what in practice is an attempt to work out who will assume responsibility for the combustible ‘day after tomorrow’ in the Middle East – and how. Israel was neither invited nor involved in the…

During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stated that “Russia and Iran want the United States to stop producing energy so they can use it to fund wars and fund terrorism.” And that’s why Russia has funded some climate groups to oppose domestic energy production. Host Maria Bartiromo asked, [relevant exchange begins around 4:15] “Washington is pushing to expand U.S. energy supply, green-lighting the ConocoPhillips exploratory oil drilling project in Alaska. That strategy is also, however, facing legal pushback, you’ve environmental groups suing the Interior Department over…

The bloc’s efforts to tap frozen Russian Central Bank funds collapsed on Friday, after months of debate The EU’s failure to grab frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine will reinforce Washington’s view of the bloc as an irrelevant and “impotent force,” British outlet The Economist reported on Friday.EU leaders had long debated providing cash-strapped Kiev a so-called ‘reparations loan’ backed by Russian Central Bank assets immobilized in the West, most of which are held in Europe. However, bloc members failed to reach agreement for the plan on Friday, instead opting to raise common debt to fund Ukraine to the tune…

On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) criticized the Trump administration for viewing promoting drilling “as a national emergency” for the country and stated that this is an example of how the administration is “anti-science.” Bennet said, “I do think Donald Trump is anti-science. I think his administration has been anti-science from the start.” He continued, “They have an ideology that is promoting nothing more complicated than Sarah Palin’s energy policy — which, even she, I’m not sure, took seriously — drill, baby drill, but they have embraced, as a national emergency, they call…