🇷🇺🇺🇦 RUSSIA BLACKS OUT NORTHERN UKRAINE WHILE DRONES STALK REPAIR CREWS Chernihiv just went dark. A massive Russian strike slammed Ukraine’s power grid, cutting electricity to hundreds of thousands and paralyzing an entire region overnight. Emergency crews can’t even start repairs - Russian drones are circling the wreckage, waiting for movement, turning technicians into targets. It’s not war; it’s energy terrorism with a flight path. The city of 280,000 is back in blackout mode - no heat, no light, and winter on the doorstep. Moscow’s playbook is clear: starve Ukraine’s grid, freeze its civilians, and grind morale into the frost. Putin doesn’t need new territory. He just wants the lights off. Source: Reuters

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🇪🇺🇺🇦 EUROPE BACKS TRUMP ON UKRAINE PEACE PUSH, AND WANTS TO RAID RUSSIA’S WALLET

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🇺🇸🇮🇱 VP VANCE LANDS IN ISRAEL TO ADVANCE GAZA DEAL VP J.D. Vance touched down in Israel to help move Phase II negotiations forward on the Israel-Hamas deal. He's working alongside U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to get talks moving on additional IDF withdrawal from Gaza and what comes next in the Strip. It's Vance's first visit to Israel as vice president. Source: @חדשות 13

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🚨🇮🇱🇺🇸 VP VANCE HEADS TO ISRAEL TO LOCK DOWN GAZA CEASEFIRE

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🇪🇬🇮🇱 EGYPTIAN HEAD OF INTELLIGENCE IN TEL AVIV - A GAME OF CEASE-FIRE CHECKERS Hassan Mahmoud Rashad, head of Egypt’s General Intelligence Service, is in Israel today, sitting down with Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials. His mission: lock in a cease-fire deal for the Gaza Strip before the whole thing unravels. Cairo’s been doing the shuttle-diplomacy dance for months - but this visit signals a shift: from mediator to guarantor. Egypt wants to cement the momentum, make sure Hamas, Israel, and regional players don’t walk away. If the cables snap now, expect this trip to be remembered as the deal-or-die moment. Source: @npub1dpem...vglc, Egyptian state media (Extra News)

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🇺🇸🇮🇱 VP VANCE LANDS IN ISRAEL TO ADVANCE GAZA DEAL

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🚨🇺🇸 CNN SHOCKS ITSELF AS TRUMP’S APPROVAL CLIMBS DURING SHUTDOWN Twenty days in, Trump’s approval isn’t sinking, it’s rising. CNN’s own data showed his net support up a point while blame against him dropped thirteen. In 2018, 61% pinned the shutdown on Trump. Today, it’s under half. The network called it “a different world,” stunned that the same crisis now fuels his momentum instead of killing it. Trump’s political gravity hasn’t weakened, it’s flipped. The shutdown hurts Washington, not him. Source: CNN

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🇺🇸 SPEAKER JOHNSON: DEMOCRATS KNOW KEEPING THE GOVT SHUTDOWN IS WRONG

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🇪🇺 META’S POLITICAL AD BAN LEAVES EUROPEAN ELECTIONS AT THE MERCY OF ALGORITHMS Meta’s decision to suspend all political advertising across the European Union has upended election strategies, silencing smaller parties that once relied on Facebook’s precise targeting to reach voters. The move has stripped away what many viewed as a level playing field, leaving campaigns struggling to connect with audiences. Without paid visibility, algorithms now hold unprecedented influence over Europe’s democratic process. Source: Bloomberg

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META FEEDS EATING DISORDER CONTENT TO ITS MOST VULNERABLE TEENS

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🇺🇸 🇭🇺 INTERVIEW – ALEX CHRISTOFOROU: "THE BUDAPEST SUMMIT IS TRUMP'S LAST CHANCE FOR DIPLOMACY" Christoforou believes the impending summit in Budapest represents the last real opportunity for securing peace between Russia and Ukraine in the foreseeable future. The good news, in his view, is that European leaders won’t be there to compromise negotiations with anti-Russian rhetoric. @Alex Christoforou: "Budapest is the last chance. This is Trump's last chance to either get a deal in Ukraine, or the conflict continues. In Alaska, Trump made a huge mistake in that he called the Europeans to D.C. Then the Europeans came and started to say 'Putin bad, Russia bad, we need more weapons, more sanctions.' This time around, he has Orban there; Orban can be a voice of reason."

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🇪🇺🇺🇦 EUROPE BACKS TRUMP ON UKRAINE PEACE PUSH, AND WANTS TO RAID RUSSIA’S WALLET Britain, France, Germany, Ukraine, and the EU just threw their weight behind Trump’s call to freeze the war where it is and drag Putin to the table. The plan? Lock the front lines, start negotiating, and crank the economic screws until Moscow begs for peace. Oh - and they’re coming for Russia’s frozen billions to bankroll Ukraine’s survival. Source: Reuters

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 EXCLUSIVE - UKRAINE AMBASSADOR: TRUMP AND ZELENSKYY HAVE A PLAN TO END THE WAR

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🚨🇮🇱🇺🇸 VP VANCE HEADS TO ISRAEL TO LOCK DOWN GAZA CEASEFIRE Vance is wheels up to Israel to reinforce ceasefire. The vice president will meet Netanyahu and senior officials as Washington pushes to solidify the truce. Trump warned Hamas it will be eradicated if it breaks the deal while saying he will give the group a chance to comply. The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed the return of hostage Tal Haimi’s body to Israel, underscoring the stakes. Source: Times of Israel, Fox

🇺🇸 SPEAKER JOHNSON: DEMOCRATS KNOW KEEPING THE GOVT SHUTDOWN IS WRONG “This is the first time in history that any party has shut the government down over a clean, nonpartisan CR. They do not care. They’re afraid of that base, and that’s why all this is happening right now.” Source: Speaker Mike Johnson

🇺🇸🇺🇦 EXCLUSIVE - UKRAINE AMBASSADOR: TRUMP AND ZELENSKYY HAVE A PLAN TO END THE WAR Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S, Olga Stefanishyna: “President Zelenskyy and President Trump had one of the most meaningful and detailed discussions on potential ways to stop the war, last Friday. This candid dialogue between the two leaders lays a solid foundation for future efforts to end the war and achieve a lasting and just peace in Ukraine. It is impossible to remain indifferent when we speak of lives lost, homes destroyed, and crimes committed. The leadership of the United States, combined with other international efforts, will help bring this war to an end.” Source: @Olga Stefanishyna, @UKRintheUSA

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🚨🇺🇦 INTERVIEW - UKRAINE’S AMBASSADOR ON RUSSIAN DRONES PRODDING NATO 

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