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'''[[America]]'s chief [[warmonger]] says the [[US]] is 'Checkmated' '''by [[Iran]]. [https://arnaudbertrand.substack.com/p/americas-chief-warmonger-says-the] The [[neocon]]s come-to-[[Jesus]] moment. [https://arnaudbertrand.substack.com/p/the-neocons-come-to-jesus-moment][https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/kagan-strikes-again-calls-us-paper][https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/kagans-game-setting-up-nuclear-war] The future of [[Great Power]] [[politics]]. [https://youtu.be/yI6wSTZ7cZc]
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'''[[Zelensky]]'s press secretary reveals all:''' [[Cocaine]], [[cover-up]]s, and the only obstacle preventing [[peace]]. [https://youtu.be/Pkz2-cWHPbg]
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'''Rising [[healthcare]] costs -- partly due to federally mandated drugs for [[immoral]] lifestyle choices''' -- give [[Dem]]s lead in [[Alaska]] to flip a [[GOP]] [[U.S. Senate]] seat as they blame subsidy cuts. [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5870588-alaska-healthcare-sullivan-reelection/]
'''Competing [[narrative]]s''' on [[Hormuz]] Destroyer battle. [https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/05/war-on-iran-destroyer-battle-iran-can-sustain-losers-hold-cards.html] [[Robert Pape]]: [[Iran War]]’s second phase — Why [[US]] [[strategy]] is failing and what winning actually looks like. [https://escalationtrap.substack.com/p/sunday-live-briefing-the-iran-wars]
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'''[[Mercouris]]: [[UK]] [[Labour]] party''' eclipsed by anti-[[globalist]]s. [https://youtu.be/T3T0aa0v2u8][https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/05/england-is-splitting-apart-as-labour-collapses.html] Calls for [[Starmer|Stormer]]'s resignation while he vows to finish the job of destroying [[Britain]].[https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/05/the-last-days-of-keir-rodney-starmer-surely.html]
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'''[[Zakharova]] warns all foreign [[diplomat]]s''' to leave [[Kyiv]]. [https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2103953/][https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/moscow-threatens-mass-strikes-on] Over 1000 violations of [[ceasefire]] by [[NATO]]/[[Ukraine]]. [https://youtu.be/Ljght4-2IHU] ''[[Politico]]'': [[Europe]] tires of Zelensky’s lectures. [https://www.politico.com/newsletters/forecast/2026/05/08/europe-tires-of-zelenskyys-lectures-00912345] '''Update:''' [[Trump]] brokers alleged 3-day [[ceasefire]] until May 11. [https://tass.com/politics/2128675]