A White House official said Trump is focused on reaching a peace deal to end the more than three-year war sparked by Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine, and wants Zelensky ‘committed’ to that goal.
The official added that the U.S. was ‘pausing and reviewing’ its aid to ‘ensure that it is contributing to a solution.’ The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the assistance.
A new study from the University of Gothenburg has revealed that Sweden’s Viking Age population suffered from severe oral and maxillofacial diseases, sinus and ear infections, osteoarthritis, and other ailments. Researchers used modern X-ray techniques to examine Viking skulls, uncovering a range of health issues that would have significantly impacted daily life.
This study builds on previous research that examined a large number of teeth from the Viking Age population of Varnhem, a site in Sweden’s Västergötland province known for its extensive burial grounds and well-preserved skeletons. Now, odontologists at the University of Gothenburg have expanded the research by analyzing entire skulls using computed tomography (CT) scans.
Signs of Chronic Illness and Infections
The findings, published in British Dental Journal Open, suggest that the fifteen individuals whose skulls were examined had suffered from a wide range of diseases. The CT scans revealed pathological bone growths in the cranium and jawbone, indicating infections and other conditions. Some individuals showed evidence of chronic sinus or ear infections, which left visible traces in the surrounding bone structures. Osteoarthritis and various dental diseases were also common. All of the skulls examined belonged to adults who died between the ages of 20 and 60.
Not sure how important this actually is. Is the British deal exclusive? UK has zero ability to protect Ukraine. In my view, the very obvious best outcome is peace and a good deal with Russia which also benefits Europe, USA, and all of the global north. Who is making this very difficult to accomplish? Who has been making this very difficult to accomplish since 1991 and before? Judged by the players and their own statements, the answer appears to be the European ‘elite’ which may be controlled by Jewish Supremists, infiltrated by them, or at the least is closely aligned with them. The flashpoint is Ukraine and hatred of Russia. The risk, even the goal, is WW3. Those who do not hate and fear Russia are on the other side. Trump is on the other side. I am on the other side. ABN
Donald Trump has signaled both publicly and privately that he no longer considers Russia a major cyber threat to US national security and critical infrastructure.
Critics warn the policy reversal appears to be driven by the administration’s warming relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Trump moves to realign U.S. foreign policy in a way that increasingly takes into consideration Moscow’s interests.
Former officials acknowledge that it is common for civilian leaders to pause military operations during sensitive diplomatic negotiations to avoid derailing delicate discussions.
The big prize is end the Ukraine War, form amicable alliance with Russia, bring Europe and others into a major northern, or Top of The World, alliance which includes Russia as a major partner. This will overthrow Zbigniew Brzezinski’s failed Grand Chessboard strategy aimed at destroying Russia. This is realpolitik and the smartest thing Trump can do geopolitically. If successful many decades of peace and prosperity will follow. ABN
Not unexpectedly, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson has ruled that unelected bureaucrat, Hampton Dellinger, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel head has more unilateral power within the executive branch of government than President Donald Trump. [RULING pdf HERE]
This ruling stems from the same mindset as former AG Bill Barr, former FBI Director James Comey, former Deputy AG Sally Yates, former IC Inspector General Michael Atkinson, and the entire organization of professional Lawfare activists that includes Mary McCord, Andrew Weissmann and Norm Eisen. The collective belief is that in the modern “continuity of government” framework, the bureaucracy of government controls things, not the elected and plenary President.
Basic constitutional civics has been destroyed in the modern era by progressive advocacy saying the executive branch is an omnipotent organism that is not controlled by the duly elected President of the United States. Current Lawfare activists and activist judges seek to retain this bastardized view of constitutional government.
Let us hope the Supreme Court finally puts an end to decades of this ridiculous nonsense. The earlier ruling in the Presidential Immunity decision indicates SCOTUS is positioned to do exactly that.
The only person who needs to learn something is you, Julia. Here is the crucial – and basic – reason behind the war. Russia moors its Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea, and has done so for 300 years. The engineering of NATO membership for Ukraine began at the NATO Bucharest Summit of 2008. If successful, this meant US warships moored in Sevastopol, something Russia could never accept, just as America would never accept Chinese warships moored in Pearl Harbour.
In addition, Sevastopol is Russia’s only warm-water port. All the rest freeze in the winter, rendering the Russian Navy ice-bound and vulnerable/useless. Clearly, CLEARLY, Russia could not accept losing Sevastopol. And thus – post Bucharest 2008 – began the events leading to Maidan 2014, Russia seizing Crimea and the war in 2022.
Another crucial point, Julia, is your apparent ignorance as to how the war is going. It was actually over within weeks of it starting, see maps below. By June 2022 Russia had seized control of eastern Ukraine, which is all it wanted because it provided a land bridge to Sevastopol and Crimea. The Russians dug-in behind five defensive lines and have remained there ever since even as brave Ukrainian soldiers were killed in their hundreds-of-thousands trying to breach the lines whilst wicked journalists in the West lied about Ukrainian successes and Russian defeats. You are part of this wicked, criminal lie, Julia. Look at the two maps below, June 2022 and Feb 2025. The maps don’t lie, Julia, unlike you.
This piece is a response to a foolish person but reads well and summarizes the situation very well. It is maddening to see so many Europeans, and others, acting as if something else had happened or were happening. Russia’s position is simple KOBK game theory — they have no choice; they cannot lose their base on the Black Sea. Ukraine only has its post 1991 borders because Khrushchev redrew them to include large parts of Russia in the 1960s, if memory serves. The entire war is NATO aggression and should never have happened. It’s beastly, stupid, disgusting. So many dead for no reason. I see Trump as trying to form an alliance with Russia based on the truth about Ukraine and the truth about Russia’s need to no longer be constantly attacked based on Zbigniew Brzezinski’s wrong-headed Grand Chessboard theory. ABN
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