Guess they don't teach 'stop, drop, and roll' in russia.

Estonia has barred entry to hundreds of Russian soldiers and militants linked to the war against Ukraine, calling them a direct security threat due to their hostility toward Europe, combat experience, and criminal past. Interior Minister Taro urged EU states to create a unified blacklist.

Britain is preparing to start detaining tankers from Russia’s shadow fleet after the government identified a legal basis for the move, the BBC reports.

⚡️ Russian forces struck an ambulance in Ukraine's Chernihiv region, injuring two medical workers, local authorities report.

Trump saying that NATO is nothing without America. Italian response: Meloni "so should we shut down your bases, cut trade, or just storm McDonald’s?"

BREAKING: New York City is flooded with peaceful anti-ICE protests and it’s driving the right insane. They needed riots. They needed excuses. Instead they got Americans calmly rejecting authoritarian bullshit in the streets.

I will treasure this clip for a long time. Well done, Trent. Well done. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

They’re escalating. Not sure what it’s going to take for folks to understand we are mirroring the past, the difference is it’s us—the US, and the targets are everyone that isn’t a white man. Trump’s Gestapo has now blocked of an entire neighborhood and is going door to door in St. Paul, MN. F ICE

BREAKING Fed Chair Jerome Powell says he’s under federal investigation. The Fed chair says subpoenas and the threat of criminal charges are retaliation for refusing to set interest rates according to the president’s wishes. Story: bit.ly/4aOOWAV

My god! ICE is bashing down doors in Minnesota with guns aimed. This is literally a home invasion by Trump's masked terrorists.

From grief to movement—Portland is transforming sorrow into strength. Every chant and every step says: no more ICE raids, no more stolen lives. #ICEOutForGood #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Petoskey, MI in the snow and bitter cold--still standing, still chanting, still refusing silence. Small town. Big courage. When communities like this rise, it proves the movement is everywhere. Cold hands. Unshakable resolve.❄️🔥 #ICEOutForGood #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Just a typical day for the Department of Homeland Security DHS Secretary Kristi Noem tells us that we can’t trust the government.. ..on the same day as her thug Tom Homan tells Americans “don’t make us mad or we’re going to murder more people”.. ..and ICE continues to attack peaceful protestors

NOEM: “We can’t trust the government anymore.” BASH: “You are the government.” NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔 The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today

This is what the regime’s IRGC and Basij thugs are doing to unarmed protesters. These aren’t isolated clashes, this is a sustained crackdown using violence against civilians demanding change. What you’re seeing is one center, in Tehran, but similar brutality has been reported across the country.

Kyiv locals threw a barbecue in their apartment block courtyard after Russian strikes cut power and heating, social media shows.

This is the way.

Confirmed. The East Tehran Tax Administration building has been destroyed.

Following Reza Pahlavi’s call for not just protest but control of public spaces, Tehran residents have responded. By 19:34 local time, demonstrators reportedly took full control of the streets around Farahzadi Square. Security forces pulled back.

Georgia 2008 was not an exception. It was a rehearsal. Weak Western responses taught Moscow that calibrated aggression works. Ukraine confirmed it. The Baltics know the next test comes if Russia is not stopped decisively now. Deterrence must be credible or it fails. politicsgeo.com/europes-unfi...

Allegedly, for the first time during the war, air defense shot down a ballistic missile flying towards Kharkiv.

Huge crowds are out on the streets again in Iran. In Tehran’s Tehranser, Punak, and Saadat Abad districts, footage shows large gatherings chanting slogans like “We’re waiting for Pahlavi, we’re not going anywhere!”

Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles. Absolutely vile.

A new region has joined the uprising: For the first time, residents of Lamerd in southern Fars province have taken to the streets. Reports say the entire town has poured onto the main road in protest. The movement continues to spread across Iran and it is getting bigger and bigger.

A new piece of writing from me: irregularmedic.substack.com/p/news-for-a...

When I tell you I have no distance from this Minneapolis story. I can't muster composure. I did human rights observing in N. Ireland for 10 yrs. In the U.S., I video'd cop violence. 2008, St. Paul cops kicked in the door pointing guns at me and my crew. Days later a battering ram was at my office.

Rescue workers have recovered the body of a 3-year-old boy from under the rubble of a destroyed building. Emergency and search-and-rescue operations are still ongoing at the site of the strike. According to preliminary reports, 31 people were injured. In total, 12 people have been rescued.

🔴 Russia hit Kharkiv’s Ecopark. A guided bomb strike injured lions, killed birds, and destroyed winter shelters; a woman was wounded in the blast, officials say.

Drone sanctions have been applied to the Tuapse Oil Refinery. This video shows a small fire harmlessly burning after a successful interception. With every sanctioned piece of Russian oil infrastructure, their full economic collapse gets a little bit closer.🔥📉💥

Back in September of this year the Russians launched a missile into Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers building and attempted to assassinate Ukraine's Prime Minister in her office. Why wasn't Trump "very angry" about this?

The post office changed their postmark rules, potentially disqualifying votes in upcoming elections. Postmarks indicate when the USPS processed mail now, not when you dropped it off. To ensure a same-day postmark, you must visit a post office and ask for a manual stamp.

1/10 China is indirectly at war with Europe. By massively supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Beijing has made itself an enemy of Europe. China is the biggest enabler of the genocide Russia is committing in Ukraine, and it does not get nearly enough hate for it

🤬 A former Wagner soldier tells how his unit killed 7 Ukrainian children during an assault on a school in the village of Bakhmutske in the Donetsk region. The occupiers took the bodies and buried them in the Wagner cemetery.

🇵🇱 Poland plans to complete a series of new anti-drone fortifications along its eastern border within two years. The project will cost over €2 billion and include machine guns, — the country's deputy minister of national defense, told the Guardian.

Brazilian volunteer captures Russian who is emerging from underground

During last night’s attack on Kyiv, russia deliberately struck a nursing home, targeting elderly people. Unable to defeat Ukraine on the battlefield, russia takes their frustration out on the most vulnerable behind the frontline. Evil must be stopped: u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...

🇷🇸🤔 Vučić: Americans are openly arming Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija. Türkiye is also involved, delivering heavy weapons. There is one single goal: directly threatening Serbia and its territorial integrity, and attacking the civilian population and the military-police structures of Serbia.

New piece of writing from me: irregularmedic.substack.com/p/that-was-c...

According to RBC‑Ukraine citing the GUR, two Russian personnel responsible for torturing Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed overnight. A local resident reportedly threw an explosive device into their vehicle, killing two and seriously wounding two others.

The losers couldn't even keep it pumped out to maintain an even keel. Pierside.

Fun fact: with the currently reported Russian casualty rates, this would last about 12 hours.

Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment. They are openly saying this. Who would want to live in a country that works like that?

According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs. Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵

⚡️US House approves defense bill granting Ukraine $400 million a year in military aid through 2027. The bill upholds many of U.S. President Donald Trump's national security policies but places limits on his ability to reduce American troops in Europe and withhold support to Kyiv.

🇺🇦👀 Budanov: Ukraine will either become part of the new world or create a new one. The second option is not suitable for anyone.

This Ukrainian woman’s pet helps her make dinner during a power outage.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said he "does not remember" the peace agreement with Cambodia that was reached with Trump’s mediation. en.apa.az/asia/thai-pr...

After a drone strike hit a high-rise in Grozny, Kadyrov called on Ukraine’s forces to name a place for a “face-to-face” meeting. Fighters of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, fighting for Ukraine under Abdul-Khakim, replied: “You wanted a location? Here we are. Come and look us in the eyes.”