MK—The Ocasio-Cortez trajectory has remained the same, giving cover to the establishment with her fake credentials. Most recently and infamously, during the 2024 Democratic National Convention, she said of Kamala Harris, “She is working tirelessly to secure a cease-fire in Gaza and bringing the hostages home.” The claim was laughable at the time she made it, and now we know that, as a condition of receiving Biden’s endorsement, he demanded “no daylight” between the two of them. Intelligent observers knew right away that there was no “tireless” effort on Harris’ part, and AOC played the same role she always had.

ML—FIRE’s Creeley said he believes that intimidating Minnesotans was part of a broader Trump administration strategy to send a clear message to the rest of the U.S. public — standing up to ICE and Trump has consequences for the public regardless of what the Constitution says about the right to assemble freely and criticize public officials.

“I think when you have a drumbeat of news stories about the executive branch infiltrating peaceful protest groups, demanding information from nonprofits and unions, and even sneaking into churches.

BL—The existence of racism and the reality of the existence of races are two different things. As I said in the article, while the ideology and practice of racism is true historically from the 1840s in the United States, I am not claiming this is a good thing in the past or in the future. What I am claiming is that races of humans that were formed in the last 100,000 years have genetic predispositions which are still operating and which show up in health and disease studies. This “racial realism” is recognized among European and US scientists involved in the biological sciences such as population studies and behavioral genetics. I make no claim that races have differences in intelligence or that IQ tests are a good measure of intelligence.

DH—Since the end of 2024, Volkswagen had already agreed to reduce its work force by about 50,000 by the end of the decade. Agreements have been reached with 37,000 employees so far, the company said. The plan on Thursday would bring the total cuts to about 100,000.

Volkswagen, one of the world’s largest carmakers, is an icon of European industry and German manufacturing. It is now also an emblem of their challenges as China has risen as the world’s leading maker of autos and electric vehicles. The company’s business in China powered it for decades, but its Chinese sales have plummeted. All the while, a flood of cheap Chinese cars has hollowed out German factories.

The fate of four factories in Germany that have been targeted for possible closure remains unclear. But the company said it had far more manufacturing capacity than it needed. It added that “alternative uses for these plants are being assessed.”

JM—Probably 95% of Western academia and the media characterize Vladimir Putin as a monster, a murderer, a souless creature. While that other Vladimir, the psychopathic cokehead Vladimir Zelensky is Jesus Christ reborn. Hollywood still adores him, which makes sense because their world is make-believe. All they have is scripts and sets.

How sad that the Western world is based on fiction and emotional manipulation . Behind the scenes are producers and directors. Us? We are extras.

In this world heroes are actually villains. We cannot distinguish the two.

A particularly distressing trend is towards the rehabilitation of Ukrainian war criminals as part of an attempt to create a Neo Nazi Pantheon of “heroes” in a bowdlerized version of history.

OBB—The Collective West will very likely lose this war. They instigated a war for the fragmentation of the Russian Federation over Ukraine and with the support of Ukrainian oligarchs and neo-Nazis, in the belief that this would weaken Russia. Yet in all important respects, including war experience, weapons production and production capacity in general, Russia has been strengthened. Further, an effective and very strong bond between Russia and China has been forged in self-defense against Western aggression and provocation.