There are several obvious reasons this is happening. But the one rarely mentioned mainstream is everyone knows 10/7 was a MIHOP attack, which 1000000% undermines any moral authority Israel has to do mass murder in Gaza. Kelly is no dummy and surely knows this. ABN
June 2001. A “restricted meeting” between President George W. Bush and President Vladimir Putin. Not a podium performance, not a television soundbite, not a speech crafted for domestic applause. A private conversation, the place where empires are supposed to speak plainly, where leaders test ideas that could reroute decades.
And what does the memo show?
Putin raises the idea that Russia could eventually join NATO. He says Russia feels “left out” by NATO enlargement. He points to an older fact most Western publics were never meant to internalize: the Soviet Union applied to join NATO in 1954. He argues the reasons for rejection no longer apply. He suggests, almost clinically, that perhaps Russia could be an ally — “European and multi-ethnic,” comparable in character to the United States.
Probably the worst blunder in world geopolitical history, particularly Western geopolitical history. Not allying with Russia and then pushing NATO encroachments on Russia, followed by the Maidan color-revolution (done by USA), followed by insisting Ukraine join NATO puts the entire blame for this major failure on USA, no matter what bs the Europeans were also slinging.
I believe and hope Trump is trying to undo this enormous error and I hope he succeeds. ABN
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not name those he said fell foul of a new visa policy announced in May to restrict the entry of foreigners deemed responsible for censorship of protected speech in the United States. He identified them only as “radical” activists and “weaponized” nongovernmental organizations.
“For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose,” Rubio posted on X. “The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship.”
The United States Armed Forces conducted an armed takeover of a large tanker in international waters, the Centuries, which was carrying up to two million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil to China. Coast Guard and Navy forces operating with MH-60T helicopters, and reportedly including a Maritime Security Response Team, spearheaded the takeover.
The oil was owned by the China-based firm VSatau Tijana Oil Trading. The Centuries is the third civilian ship that American forces have launched operations against in international waters this month, in what legal experts have widely regarded as gross violations of international law.
U.S. Coast Guard Prepare For Armed Takeover of the Centuries Tanker
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the operation as a serious violation of international maritime law and an illegal interference in legitimate global trade. The Venezuelan government also denounced the seizure, again accusing the United States of conducting piracy at sea.
China has perceived a considerable threat from the United States and other Western Bloc countries using their large presences in maritime commons to halt civilian trade, potentially cutting China off not only from vital energy imports, and from maritime trade more broadly.
The Trump administration’s directive now leaves the United States without leadership in critical countries including in Rwanda, Egypt and Armenia – all countries where Washington is trying to sustain peace efforts that the president has championed.
The majority of the ambassadors removed from their position worked in 13 countries in Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia and Uganda.
Ambassadorial changes are also coming to six countries in Asia: Fiji, Laos, the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Four countries in Europe (Armenia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovakia) are affected; as are two each in the Middle East (Algeria and Egypt); South and Central Asia (Nepal and Sri Lanka); and the Western Hemisphere (Guatemala and Suriname).
As the ambassadors for these posts now return home, the Trump administration is also working to nominate permanent ambassadors to key allies like Australia, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Ukraine.
Eric Rubin, a retired career diplomat and the former president of the American Foreign Service Association, which represents US diplomats, told CNN called it a ‘serious insult to the countries affected and a huge gift to China.’
To say that I am happy with President Trump’s approach toward the use of White House emissaries to conduct official business around the capture mechanisms of the administrative state would be an understatement. I’m positively thrilled to watch this untraditional approach in action.
Are there approaches, strategies and general things I would prefer to see differently; sure, there are. However, I’m just an audience member without any need to keep gravity maintained while figuring out ways to satisfy billionaire donors, key interests and strategic partners. On this balancing act, President Trump is doing awesome work.
President Trump is ducking and weaving through some of the deepest Machiavellian constructs, while maintaining forward progress.
To put context to it, these creeps have had four years to strategize how to control Trump and manipulate policy with their retention of all sorts of government agencies in alignment with the status quo. Yet, remarkably President Trump is dancing through their deep state minefield while keeping dozens of plates spinning on sticks. The use of non-traditional emissaries is really making them angry.
Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin has long said publicly he does not consider America or the American people to be adversaries of Russia. Instead, Vladimir Putin views the CIA as his adversary; he is always clear to draw the distinction.
The Deep State does not like President Trump’s use of emissaries to conduct foreign policy. In fact, they oppose it strongly; they hate it.
That is exactly why this approach is needed, and it is very good to see it being done.
The “emissary” is the person who carries the word of President Trump to any person identified by President Trump. The emissary is very much like a tape recording of President Trump in human form. The emissary travels to a location, meets a particular person or group, and then recites the opinion of the President. The words spoken by the emissary, are the words of President Trump.
The IC cannot inject themselves into this dynamic; that is why it is so valuable.
The emissary then hears the response from the intended person or group, repeats it back to them to ensure he/she will return with clarity of intent as expressed, and then returns to the office of the presidency and repeats the reply for the President. The emissary recites back exactly what he was /is told.
This process is critical when you understand how thoroughly compromised the full Executive Branch is. More importantly, this process becomes even more critical when you accept the Intelligence Community will lie to the office of the President to retain their power and position.
It is important to keep this in mind. You never get everything you want in politics, but Trump is doing more than any other president in recent history, while the odds and forces against him are powerful and many. ABN
Note: This is a satirical xiangsheng (相聲/crosstalk) routine by Taiwanese comedian Huang Yihao (黃逸豪), performed recently and widely shared online. The humor relies on exaggeration, wordplay, and direct political mockery, highlighting contrasts in freedom of expression between Taiwan and mainland China. The poem at the end is a classic crosstalk punchline structure.
Chinese crosstalk comedy can be difficult to understand if you are not a native speaker, but some of the skits are understandable, and their humor readily accessible. I am posting this skit because it has become very popular, mainly for its political content, and also to introduce this Chinese comedic artform to readers who may be interested. ABN
Original Chinese Text (Transcription from the Performance)（逗哏：黃逸豪）現在的事，看今朝，在西方，有一東方大國。（捧哏：地理位置太亂了！）這國家亂的不只是地理位置！此人身高約莫一米七八，大背頭、小眼睛、短脖子、肉鼻頭、身形肥膩、貌似維尼。（觀眾大笑）上台之後，廢除任期，修憲連任，港版國安，香港不安，一國兩制，變成一國一制，動態清零，封城三年，經濟崩壞，民不聊生，房地產爆雷，地方債務高築，青年失業率高達20%，白紙革命，民怨沸騰，戰狼外交，四處樹敵，舉國之力堵悠悠之口，愚民排外成就千古一帝。這正是：治國猶如翻大餅， 麾下戰狼粉紅兵。 倒車油門總加速， 第一傻X習近平！（全場熱烈鼓掌，觀眾齊喊：第一傻X習近平！）
English Translation:
Things nowadays, look at the present: In the West, there is an Eastern power.(Straight man: The geography is too messed up!) This country’s chaos isn’t just in its geography! This person is about 1.78 meters tall, with a big slicked-back hairstyle, small eyes, short neck, fleshy nose, plump figure, resembling Winnie the Pooh. (Audience laughs) After coming to power, he abolished term limits, amended the constitution for lifelong rule; the Hong Kong National Security Law made Hong Kong insecure; “one country, two systems” became “one country, one system”; dynamic zero-COVID led to three years of lockdowns; the economy collapsed, people struggled to survive; real estate bubble burst, local debts skyrocketed; youth unemployment reached 20%; the White Paper Revolution with boiling public resentment; wolf warrior diplomacy creating enemies everywhere; using the power of the whole nation to silence public opinion, fooling the people and fostering xenophobia to achieve the status of an emperor for eternity. This is exactly: Governing the country is like flipping a big pancake, With wolf warriors and little pinks as soldiers under command. Always accelerating in reverse, The number one idiot Xi Jinping! (Audience applauds enthusiastically and shouts in unison: The number one idiot Xi Jinping!)
Taiwanese comedian Huang Yihao’s xiangsheng routine mocks Xi Jinping’s policies like COVID lockdowns, Hong Kong’s security law, and term-limit abolition, delivered in traditional crosstalk style with exaggerated gestures and props for comedic effect.
The skit, shared widely on X since December 21, 2025, highlights Taiwan’s press freedoms, contrasting mainland China’s 2023 crackdown on similar satire that fined a comedian’s firm $3.1 million for a military slogan joke.
Online reactions split along political lines: pro-independence users hail its boldness and superior humor to censored Chinese acts, while some critics decry the Taiwanese accent as disqualifying it from true xiangsheng tradition.
Chinese Crosstalk Tradition
Xiangsheng, commonly known as crosstalk, is a traditional Chinese comedic performing art that originated in the late Qing Dynasty, with roots potentially extending back to the Ming Dynasty. It is typically performed as a dialogue between two performers, though it can also be a monologue or a group act. The art form is characterized by rapid, bantering exchanges rich in puns, wordplay, and allusions, often delivered in the Tianjin dialect or with a strong northern Chinese accent. The term “xiangsheng” literally means “face and voice,” reflecting the interplay between the performers’ expressions and vocal delivery.
The performance relies on four core skills: speaking (shuō), which involves storytelling and joke-telling; imitating (xué), including accents, dialects, and sounds from traditional Chinese opera; teasing (dòu), considered the soul of the act; and singing (chàng), limited to specific lyrical forms like Taiping lyrics The lead performer is called the dougen (逗哏), while the supporting performer is the penggen (捧哏) Historically, xiangsheng began as street performance in teahouses and public spaces, particularly in regions like Beijing’s Tianqiao, Tianjin’s Quanyechang, and Nanjing’s Confucius Temple
Purgatory on earth —— prince group and the dark experiment of “immortality”
The most chilling accusations in this incident focus on Cambodia’s famous Prince Group and its behind-the-scenes boss Chen Zhi Within the area under control. According to the leaked intelligence and related accusations, an agency called the “Life Science Park” operates here, and its business content challenges the bottom line of human civilization.
The accusations show that the core business of the science park is not ordinary medical research and development, but is dedicated to developing so-called “elixir” or “rejuvenation” drugs for the wealthy class. Its core raw material, it is claimed to be Bone marrow and stem cells of infants and young children .
In order to obtain these “raw materials”, the park was accused of establishing an industrial “production line”:
Kidnapping and captivity: A large number of women (mostly Chinese, it is reported) were lured or kidnapped to this point.
Forced breeding: Using in vitro fertilization (IVF) technology, the victim is forced to become pregnant.
Cruel Extraction: When the fetus or baby reaches a specific stage of development, the required biological substances are extracted by extremely cruel means.
[You need to scroll down a bit on the linked page to arrive at the section above. Right click and select translation to switch between Chinese and English. This is the darkest side of the Thai-Cambodia conflict. ABN]
【view the truth within the wall 】 Recently, a phenomenon has emerged on Chinese social media platforms that has attracted widespread attention and discussion. On the well-known audio and video platform Bilibili, an account has uploaded nearly 300 missing person search videos since August this year, claiming that the whereabouts of young people across the country are unknown. The videos quickly spread on the Internet, causing public panic and spawning various speculations, with some netizens speculating that they had become “parts (organ harvesting)”.
According to the account’s release, the so-called disappearances cover most provinces in China, including Guizhou, Shaanxi, Hubei, Yunnan, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Jilin, Anhui, Chongqing, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hainan and other places. This cross-provincial and cross-regional distribution model does visually create the impression of ” national problem ”.
From these collaborative search videos, it can be observed that the persons reported missing are mainly concentrated in the group of teenagers in their 10s and young adults in their 20s and 30s. In contrast, there are relatively few cases of children and the elderly. The age distribution characteristics of this year are indeed different from traditional lost or trafficked cases, which has attracted special attention and speculation from netizens.
Thailand is not the aggressor. We’ve always chosen diplomacy. Until Cambodian soldiers planted landmines, causing Thai troops to lose limbs. Then fired BM-21 rockets directly at civil areas, killing many Thai civilians, including children. Thank you for your love and support for Thailand. This time we need it more than ever.
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This video was provided by the Thai military. The back story appears to be China encouraged Thailand to destroy Cambodia’s Scam Compounds, or Scam Parks as they are sometimes called. More info can be found at the link beneath the video above. ABN
“Don’t come to the Diet anymore!” What’s going on? Because Katsuya Okada went to meet with the International Department of the CCP. What is the International Department? Kazuhiro Haraguchi laid it bare directly: “Do you even know what the International Department is? It’s above the CCP’s Foreign Ministry—it’s the CCP’s party affairs organ!” “It’s an organization specifically for foreign work and infiltration!” “Why would you meet with an organization like that?” What’s even more outrageous? Katsuya Okada also questioned Sanae Takaichi in the Diet, demanding she provide specific evidence for “a Taiwan contingency.” Haraguchi exploded right there: “That’s enough from you! Which side are you even on?” “For diplomacy and national security, even with political rivals, we must speak with one voice externally!” “You’re actually asking for specifics on a ‘Taiwan contingency’? And asking which ‘closely related country’ we’re operating in which ‘region’ with?” “That country is obviously the United States! What are you playing dumb for!” “Japan’s national security absolutely cannot take a single step back—any further, and Japan is done for!” “At a time like this, meeting with the CCP’s united front organization—what the hell are you trying to do?” Haraguchi finally laid down the harsh words: “I’m really pissed off—parliamentarians like you, just stay away!” “The Japanese political world has already been infiltrated like a sieve!”
Do you know how the CCP takes down foreign politicians? It’s not through money, not through power. But through a kind of… ancient culture. A former Japanese high-ranking official, who once served as the secretary-general of the “Japan-China Friendship Delegation.” He personally recounted his own experience. It was during a visit to Beijing, with the welcome ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People. A long table, with the Japanese delegation seated on one side and CCP officials on the other. But strangely, Next to each Japanese representative stood a beautiful woman. Before departure, he had been warned: “These women are specially tailored for each of you, Selected entirely according to your preferences, You absolutely, absolutely must not touch them!” He was half-believing, half-doubting, but when he arrived at the scene and took a look, “Bingo!” The woman standing next to him was completely his type. And this was just the beginning. In the evening, the delegation checked into the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. He was warned again: “Listen up, cadres, they will definitely come knocking at night, You absolutely cannot let them in! The rooms are full of cameras; once they enter, you’re done for!” Sure enough, they came. They knocked on the door and asked: “Are you thirsty? Would you like a drink?” He refused. Think it was over? Not at all. A little while later, another knock: “Do you need a massage service?” In short, they tried every possible means, just to get into your room. In Japan, many members of parliament started out as secretaries. Today’s foreign minister is the secretary of one of his former colleagues. What does it mean if these people get caught with leverage? This isn’t an isolated case; it’s the CCP’s systematic infiltration over decades. The Japanese political arena has long been their hunting ground.
The latest report from Amnesty International, “I Was Someone Else’s Property,” reveals a harrowing reality: at least 53 scam compounds across Cambodia have become hubs of modern slavery, human trafficking, torture, and forced labor. These compounds, often disguised as legitimate tech parks or business centers, are operated by transnational criminal networks with apparent impunity. Victims – lured by fake job ads – are imprisoned, abused, and coerced into defrauding people worldwide through online scams. The report documents how these operations are enabled by systemic corruption, weak law enforcement, and a lack of political will to dismantle the criminal infrastructure.
Drone footage of a scamming compound in Cambodia with high perimeter walls, security cameras and security guards
While Taiwanese citizens are not the largest group affected, they face unique and severe risks due to their international status. In recent raids, dozens of Taiwanese nationals were arrested, and many were wrongly identified as perpetrators rather than victims of trafficking. Without proper screening procedures, these individuals are often treated as criminals and, in some cases, forcibly extradited to China, where they face prosecution and detention under Beijing’s jurisdiction. Taiwan’s lack of formal diplomatic ties with Cambodia further complicates rescue efforts, leaving victims vulnerable and without recourse.
The situation is further exacerbated by the demographics of the victims. Many are extremely young, including minors, who are deceived by fraudulent job advertisements on social media platforms. These ads promise glamorous lifestyles and high-paying, easy work in Southeast Asia. Upon arrival, however, these individuals are stripped of their documents, confined under armed guard, and subjected to physical and psychological abuse. Surveillance systems, armed guards, and barbed wire fences make escape nearly impossible. The betrayal of their aspirations and the trauma of captivity leave lasting scars that are often overlooked in public discourse.
Amnesty International’s findings underscore the Cambodian government’s failure – and in some cases, complicity – in addressing these crimes. The lack of enforcement and accountability has emboldened criminal syndicates, allowing a billion-dollar shadow economy to flourish. Victims are often denied access to justice, and the absence of transparent investigations perpetuates a cycle of impunity.
Cambodian scam parks are a significant factor in the Thai-Cambodia conflict, serving as both a source of economic tension and a strategic target in the ongoing military clashes. The conflict, which reignited in December 2025 after a brief ceasefire brokered by the Trump administration, has seen Thailand conduct air strikes on at least five Cambodian casinos and resorts, which are widely believed to house scam operations These strikes are viewed by Thai officials and the public as a response to the perception that these facilities are hubs for cross-border online scams, which have generated billions of dollars annually and involved widespread human trafficking, forced labor, and torture of victims from Asia, Africa, and Latin America The Thai military’s targeting of these sites is seen as both a security measure and a political signal to the Thai public, demonstrating action against a major perceived threat
The economic stakes are high, as these scam centers are believed to be linked to powerful Cambodian political elites, including the Hun family, and are a major source of illicit revenue Thailand’s proposed legalization of casinos near the border threatens to undermine this lucrative system by reducing the need for money laundering through Cambodian casinos and cutting into their earnings This economic competition, combined with the political fallout from a leaked phone call between Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodia’s former Prime Minister Hun Sen, has further inflamed tensions The conflict has also been exacerbated by nationalist sentiments on both sides, with the Thai government using the issue to rally public support and Cambodia’s leadership potentially leveraging the conflict to distract from domestic socio-economic challenges
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