Robert Pitts

BREAKING: Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says

Chancellor Merz: We are not at the mercy of this world. We can shape it.

◾️As Peter Sloterdijk wrote a few weeks ago, Europe has ended its long vacation from world history. Together, we have crossed the threshold into an era that once again is marked by power and, above all, by great power politics.

Ukrainian Athlete Disqualified From Olympics Over Helmet “This is the price of our dignity,” Heraskevych said, in response to the International Olympic Committee's decision.

Ukrainian Athlete Disqualified From Olympics Over Helmet Depicting War Dead: ‘The Price of Our Dignity’
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The war ends when Russia is exhausted economically or ideally militarily Chancellor Merz said in Munich. Germany is ready to talk but Russia has yet to show any serious interest he added.

🇩🇪👀 Merz on talks with Putin:

Somebody from the EU, PM, traveled to Moscow on his own. Two years ago. He had no mandate. He went there. He achieved nothing.

In the week after, we saw the heaviest attacks on civil infrastructure, on private homes, on hospitals that we had ever seen until that time.

The Olympic Committee refused to honor the memory of the 650 🇺🇦Ukrainian athletes killed by russia.

Did the world’s leading sports organization really find it necessary to ignore sporting solidarity?

#RemembranceIsNotViolation

🫡 Ukrainian lugers supported Heraskevych after performance in the mixed relay at the Olympics.

Ukraine will not accept a bad peace deal, Zelensky says In an interview with The Atlantic, President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would rather accept no deal than pressure Ukrainians into a bad one, insisting that any settlement to end the war must ensure a ...

⚡️Ukraine will not accept a bad peace deal, Zelensky says.

In an interview with The Atlantic, President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would rather accept no deal than pressure Ukrainians into a bad one, insisting that any settlement to end the war must ensure a dignified, lasting peace.

Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.

BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.

‼️ Russia: Igor Girkin Update

“"It will end like Milosevic." Strelkov predicted Putin will face trial in The Hague.”

Note: The Hague already convicted Igor Girkin/Strelkov for his part in shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

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🤔 According to documents declassified by the US Department of Justice, the girls for Epstein's parties were supplied by the Krasnodar-based (Russia) Shtorm modeling agency, which was involved in organizing the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics.

Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.

🚨 42 POINT DROP. Trump’s approval rating with Gen Z just fell off a cliff. See the shocking new numbers here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/the-trump-...

FYI:

In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.

🇮🇷 In Iran, protesters have taken control of an entire city — Abdanan: local police have laid down their weapons and sided with the people

Protesters are destroying streets and burning cars. Fierce clashes are ongoing between protesters and police in other cities.

The January 6th Insurrection Didn't Fail, it Just Took Five Years Boy, do I feel like an idiot.

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Zelensky calls out India, UAE over their support of Putin's 'assassination attempt' claim "Where is their condemnation of the fact that our children are being bombed and people are being killed all this time? I don't hear India, frankly, nor the United Arab Emirates," President Volodymyr Z...

"Where is their condemnation of the fact that our children are being bombed and people are being killed all this time? I don't hear India, frankly, nor the United Arab Emirates," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Dec. 30.

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Pelosi: “The President incited an insurrection. We begged him to send the National Guard, they never sent them. This President is trying to re-write history… it was an assault on the constitution of 🇺🇸.”

Thank you to all the performers who are canceling their events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

‘Not for the people’: Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward democracy

"any criticism of the election can lead to a minimum sentence of three years in prison, and even the death penalty"

Another reminder that elections are not the same thing as democracy
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A Russian serviceman, who apparently knows the real situation in Kupiansk, is beginning to suspect that Russia’s top military leadership may not be telling Putin everything.

No words to describe this.

This is Kristina Solovyova. Russian terrorists killed her in Zhytomyr striking residential buildings with drones on December 23. She was only 4🕯

🎄 Meanwhile, in Kyiv, Christmas carollers are taking to the streets.

Christmas Procession in Kyiv.

View from the bell tower of St. Michael's Monastery.

I want the world to see this.

Despite electricity shortages after yesterday’s Russian attack, Kharkiv still managed to summon some Christmas spirit — with at least one small spot lit up. People are only just beginning to arrive.

The rest of the city is decorated but dark.

KIMMEL, to the UK:

“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”

@jimmykimmel.com