🇺🇸 "Thanks to mass immigration, whites will be a minority in America" - Bill Clinton, 1998

📝 Keith Woods: When conservatives say they want to go back to the 90s when no one cared about race

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump: As soon as Iran starts again, we will be back. I think they understand that.

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🛢📉 Global oil production is on track for a massive shortfall

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🇱🇧🇺🇸 Lebanese cabinet approves ‘objectives’ of US plan to disarm Hezbollah

Lebanon’s cabinet has again met to discuss the disarmament of Hezbollah despite the latter’s earlier rejection of the demands, which have largely been driven by the United States.

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said after the meeting on Thursday that ministers approved the “objectives” of a US proposal for “ensuring that the possession of weapons is restricted solely to the state”.

Hezbollah Political Council Deputy Chief Mahmoud Komati called the Lebanese government’s decision a “march in humiliation” and surrender to Israel and the US.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/7/lebanese-cabinet-holds-more-talks-on-disarming-hezbollah-under-us-pressure

🇺🇸 Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is mobilizing the Tennessee National Guard to help with mass deportations.

"ICE has already conducted multiple raids across the state... they've detained almost 2,700 people since June 10th."

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🇮🇳🇧🇷 Modi Speaks With Lula, Plans Xi Meeting as Ties With US Sour

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked trade with his Brazilian counterpart and is expected to head to China for the first time in seven years in August, against the backdrop of worsening ties with the US.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Modi discussed the imposition of unilateral tariffs against their nations and reiterated plans to strengthen trade ties in a Thursday call that lasted nearly an hour, the Brazilian government said in a statement.

Although it didn’t mention Donald Trump by name, Lula’s government noted that “Brazil and India are, to date, the two countries most affected” by the wave of levies the US leader has unleashed.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/modi-to-speak-with-lula-plans-xi-meeting-as-ties-with-us-sour

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🇮🇳🇷🇺 Russia and India talk up 'strategic partnership' after Trump tariff hike

Russia and India stressed their commitment to a "strategic partnership" in bilateral security talks in Moscow on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on imports from India because of its purchases of Russian oil.

Interfax news agency quoted Indian national security adviser Ajit Doval as saying that New Delhi was looking forward to a visit from President Vladimir Putin by the end of the year.

"We are committed to further active cooperation in order to form a new, more just and sustainable world order, ensure the supremacy of international law, and jointly combat modern challenges and threats," Shoigu told Doval in televised comments.

Interfax quoted Doval as saying: "We have now established very good relations, which we value very much, a strategic partnership between our countries".

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/russia-india-talk-up-strategic-partnership-after-trump-tariff-hike-2025-08-07/

🇺🇦🇪🇺 Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy rallies Europe allies before Trump-Putin meeting

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Europe must participate in the peace process between his country and Russia after a call with the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, on Thursday.

The Ukrainian president embarked on a lightning round of calls with European leaders ahead of a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin expected soon.

As the Kremlin refused a three-way meeting with Zelenskyy and Trump, Zelenskyy said: “Ukraine is not afraid of meetings and expects the same brave approach from the Russian side.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/08/ukraine-war-briefing-zelenskyy-rallies-europe-allies-before-trump-putin-meeting

🇺🇸🇻🇪 Trump doubles Nicolas Maduro bounty, offers $50 million reward for arrest of Venezuela's president

The Trump administration is doubling to $50 million a reward for the arrest of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of being one of the world's largest narco-traffickers and working with cartels to flood the U.S. with fentanyl-laced cocaine.

"Under President Trump's leadership, Maduro will not escape justice and he will be held accountable for his despicable crimes," Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday in a video announcing the reward.

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/trump-doubles-reward-to-50-million-for-arrest-of-venezuelas-president-to-face-us-drug-charges/

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇷🇹🇷 How 'Trump Bridge' May Soon Reshape Warzone Bordering Russia, Iran, Turkey

As he pushes forward to placate feuds simmering across several regions around the globe, President Donald Trump is set to soon oversee a new peace deal between two bitter rivals in the South Caucasus.

While the details of the anticipated U.S.-backed agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan have yet to be released as the leaders of both nations meet their U.S. counterpart for a two-day summit starting Thursday, a key aspect of the deal is being referred to as the "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity" (TRIPP), or simply, the "Trump Bridge."

The prospective project would link Azerbaijan's mainland to its exclave province of Nakhchivan through Armenia via a hotly contested route known in Azerbaijan as the "Zangezur corridor" and in Armenia as "Syunik road."

The deal also comes on the heels of rapid shifts in the South Caucasus, where in 2023 Azerbaijan launched a swift offensive to seize control of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, dismantling 30 years of Armenia-backed separatist rule. The defeat, which followed staggering losses from Armenia in an earlier war with Azerbaijan in 2020, has left Armenia reconsidering its regional position, including its alliance with Russia and deep-rooted rivalry with Turkey.

https://www.newsweek.com/azerbaijan-armenia-russia-trump-bridge-caucuses-2110489

🇺🇸🗳 Maximalist gerrymandering war looks something like this:

- TX draws out 5 dems
- CA draws out 5 Repubs
- MO draws out a Dem
- MD draws out a Repub
- FL draws out 5 Dems
- IL, OR, NY combined draw out 5 Repubs
- Ohio draws out 2-3 Dems
- IN and NE draw out 2 Dems

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🇮🇱 — The Temple Institute has not succeeded in producing a red heifer that meets the religious requirements for sacrifice, despite over twenty years of intensive breeding efforts in both Israel and the United States.

➡️In a recent Facebook post, the Israeli organization admitted that “all our efforts so far have been frustrated by the appearance of more than one non-red hair on all our potential candidates.” This issue has led to the disqualification of all the red heifers, including those brought from Texas, as they do not meet the strict halachic (Jewish legal) criteria.

➡️Jewish law dictates that the red heifer must be sacrificed on the Mount of Olives, directly facing the Temple Mount. This specific location allows the priest conducting the ritual to see into the area of the Holy of Holies, as it is directly east of the Temple site. The ashes from the sacrificed red heifer are essential for ritual purification, a prerequisite for rebuilding the Temple and restarting sacrificial worship. Orthodox Jews affiliated with the Temple Institute believe that the arrival of the Moshiach, or messiah, will follow the construction of the Third Temple in Jerusalem and the reinstatement of these ancient rites.

🇱🇧🤝🇮🇱🇺🇸❌🇱🇧 — The Lebanese government agreed to the US proposal to disarm Hezbollah.

➡️According to the proposal, if Israel violates Lebanon after disarming Hezbollah, the US will condemn it in the security council.

➡️While if Lebanon violated it, they'll cut aid and impose sanctions.

📝 In short, Lebanon is disarming Hezbollah with 0 guarantees that Israel will abide by the ceasefire after that.

🇺🇸 U.S. President Donald J. Trump has ordered federal law enforcement to begin patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C. for the next seven days, beginning Friday at 12:00am EDT.

Patrols will be led by the U.S. Park Police and will include officers and agents from the FBI, DEA, ATF, and ICE, as well as several other agencies under the “Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force.”

The Office of the Attorney General has notified local hospitals of a possible surge tonight in patients, due to law enforcement clearing homeless camps throughout the District of Columbia.

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🇺🇸✡️ U.S. Attorney for DC Pirro: "We have a problem with antisemitism in this country... FBI, the MPD, we're going to look for these cases, we're going to prosecute these cases... I will go forward with every case with vengeance."

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🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 — Satellite imagery shows Israeli forces massing troops and equipment near the Gaza border, in a buildup that three U.S. officials and a former official say indicates preparations for a major new ground invasion, according to NBC News.

➡️ The formations and movements match patterns seen ahead of large-scale operations.

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🇩🇪 One in three German firms still reporting too few orders

More than a third of companies in Germany say they are struggling with a lack of orders, according to new data published by the ifo Institute. The July survey shows that 36.7 percent of businesses across the country are facing insufficient demand, a figure only slightly lower than in April and still far above historical norms.

“Despite slight progress, the bottom has not been reached,” said Klaus Wohlrabe, Head of Surveys at the ifo Institute. “The persistent lack of orders remains a key obstacle to a substantial economic recovery.”

The situation has deteriorated further in industry, where 38.3 percent of companies now report too few orders. In the automotive sector, that figure jumped sharply from 35.4 percent in April to 42.6 percent in July. Mechanical engineering firms are reporting a 46.1 percent shortfall, while 40.6 percent of electrical equipment manufacturers and nearly half of all metal industry businesses are also affected.

Trade is still facing broad challenges. In wholesale, 66.2 percent of firms now say they are short on orders — up from 61.7 percent in the previous quarter. In retail, the figure has risen slightly from 50.6 percent to 51.0 percent, meaning half of all retailers are struggling to maintain demand.

🔗 https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/business/27628-one-in-three-german-firms-still-reporting-too-few-orders-says-ifo.html

🇷🇺🇺🇦 The Pokrovsk-Myrnograd front mapped from July 15th to August 5th 2025.

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