Ukraine's ongoing drone campaign targeting Russian refineries has destroyed 13-17% of Russia's fuel production capacity, per the WSJ and Reuters. Gasoline rationing has hit Crimea and parts of Siberia, while fuel prices have spiked nearly 50% across Russia.

81 years ago today, General George S. Patton Jr. watches the 3rd Armored Division cross the Seine River. 🪖

These are very large commitments from Germany and Norway! 🇩🇪 Germany will provide Ukraine with €9 billion annually. This was announced during a visit to Kyiv by German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil. According to him, the support will continue for the

For the first time, ever, China welcomes Ukraine independence. Bloomberg: Zelenskyy shared that Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory note on Ukraine's 34th Independence Day. China has never done it before. At least publicly. 1/

Wow. On NPR, Geoff Brumfiel reports a Social Security official “copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud.” The source is a whistleblower, who is named: Charles Borges, SSN chief data officer.

NEW: The United States is reportedly willing to supply supporting assets to a European-led force grouping as part of postwar security guarantees for Ukraine. The Kremlin has repeatedly rejected the presence of troops from NATO countries as part of any security guarantee for

2/ Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 26, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar082625

BREAKING: In a shocking upset minutes ago, Democrat Catelin Drey just FLIPPED an Iowa State Senate seat from red to blue and broke the Iowa GOP's supermajority in the state senate.

What the fuck happened to all those guardrails in place to prevent some fucking lunatic from hijacking the entire federal government and judicial system?

WSJ: G7 LEADERS UNDER 24/7 PROTECTION AMID IRANIAN THREATS

Remember the last time you saw a whale fly through the sky? Exactly. Windmills don’t kill whales. “There are ‘no links whatsoever between the offshore wind development activity and especially the humpback whale mortalities. None. Zero.’” scientificamerican.com/article/whales…

WOW! After Governor Gavin C. Newsom called for CRACKER BARREL to keep its old “beautiful logo," TODAY the company did exactly that! Thank you, Governor — America is grateful for YOU!

PATRIOTS > MAGA

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Guangzhou, China, has about 18.8 million inhabitants with 2,500 people/km². This is a Guangzhou shopping mall on a regular Saturday. [📹 mychinatrip]

Denmark to end 400 years of letter delivery service podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mar…

A man charged with setting fire to a Melbourne synagogue appeared in court over an attack Australia says was orchestrated by Iran and has led to the expulsion of Tehran's ambassador reut.rs/3JRo8o0

“The Russian government proposed that Russian President Vladimir Putin withdraw from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.” I didn’t even know these war criminals are still party to that Convention since they

Catelin Drey FLIPPED the Iowa State Senate. 30,000 volunteers just quietly got on with it, and where determined to ignore the distracting noise to get Catelin elected. Organize!

Japan’s Financial Services Agency has proposed broadening investor access to the government’s tax-free stock investment program to allow people younger than 18 to build long-term asset portfolios bloomberg.com/news/articles/…