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JUST NOW: The Telegraph reports that Trump is set to abandon efforts to prosecute Russia for war crimes over its invasion of Ukraine. "European officials fear Mr. Trump's flattery of Putin could lead to the Russian despot being let off the hook."

JUST NOW: US allies are looking at ways to safeguard intel from what they expect to be a very leaky Trump administration. "Anxious foreign partners may be hoping they can deal more with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and less with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard."

But don't ask them how their last "elections" went.

This man, who has ruled Russia for 25 years, wants you to believe that it's of utmost importance that Ukraine holds an election while he ethnically cleanses them.

Gutting America's soft power while praising the "leadership" of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The sabrerattling of Colombia while sending an envoy to make nice with Venezuela was just the beginning. Now, we make concessions to Russia over the heads of Ukraine and the rest of our allies in Europe. Not even one month in.

Double whammy win for Moscow today.

Russian state media headlines on USAID just from the past 48 hours. Cheering in Moscow.

Great day to be a Russian agent in America. Bad day to be an American buying eggs.

Find someone who loves you as much as Russian state media loves Tulsi Gabbard.

At the height of repression in Venezuela, right after Maduro has just stolen another election. We send an envoy to shake his hand, we renew the oil license that flows American cash into his pockets, and we strip his victims of protection.

JUST NOW: A Senate aide has told The Washington Post that Tulsi "definitely doesn’t have the votes right now” to advance out of the intelligence committee. Senate Republicans are discussing alternative methods to push through her nomination.

TODAY: Tulsi Gabbard's congressional campaign hired a PR firm to cover up the connection between the Science of Identity cult she belongs to and a Hong Kong-based pyramid scheme that is facing fraud and racketeering charges in at least seven countries.

JUST NOW: Shortly after Tulsi's 2017 Assad tryst, the US intercepted a call between two Hezbollah members discussing her visit to Syria. The Hezbollah members say Tulsi met "the big guy," which some US intel officials assume is a senior Hezbollah official. THERE'S MORE —

TODAY: Susan Collins expressed concern to The Hill about Tulsi's views on Assad and said that she doesn't necessarily believe Tulsi's supposed change of heart on FISA 702. Tulsi can’t afford to lose Sen. Collins' vote on the Intelligence Committee, which has a 9-8 party split.

TODAY: A Republican senator has told Axios that Tulsi may not "even survive the committee process" amid concerns over her stance on Assad, Ukraine, and now her support for Edward Snowden. Sen. Collins has also directly expressed concern over Tulsi's support for Snowden.

TODAY: Four former Tulsi Gabbard staffers shared files with the Washington Post that indicate a frenzy in her congressional office to attempt to account for her time in Syria and long meetings with Assad. "What do you talk about for three hours in a supposed unplanned meeting?"

The CEO of TikTok, conveniently seated next to Tulsi Gabbard.

JUST NOW: Syria's new Central Bank chief, the first woman to hold the role in history, has vowed to boost the bank's independence, a sharp turn away from Assad control. Maysaa Sabrine says draft amendments are being prepared to give the bank more freedom on monetary policy.

Incredibly bizarre: Tulsi told Sen. Capito that her infamous 2017 trip to visit Assad in Damascus was actually scheduled for Lebanon, but she ended up in Syria by accident. Sen. Kelly calls BS here and then politely eviscerates Tulsi for obviously lying.

JUST NOW: Assad regime soldiers are fleeing the wealthy Mezzeh area of Damascus, the site of the Syrian Presidential Palace.

JUST NOW: Several former Tulsi Gabbard aides have spoken out with concerns about her regularly reading and sharing articles from RT (Russia Today), even after being advised it was unreliable.

JUST NOW: Bashar al-Assad has lost control of Hama, Syria's fourth-largest population center, less than 24 hours after rebels entered the city.

Incredible — anti-Russia protester in Georgia kicks her way through riot police. "You’re trash, what do you want? Are you scared of me?"

Francesca Albanese being an Assadist is the least surprising development of the past week.

JUST NOW: Completely apocalyptic scenes in Idlib city after a torrent of indiscriminate Assad regime bombings. Several civilians killed, countless buried under rubble. Children screaming in horror — very difficult to watch.

JUST NOW: Just-released footage from Aleppo's Christian-majority Sulaymaniyah neighborhood. Business as usual — shops open, Muslim and Christian men and women in the streets, Christmas trees up.

JUST NOW: The Syrian opposition has reached Kafranbel, the Syrian town in Idlib famous for their protest banners.

Sources are telling me that the spirit of aloha is NOT with Bashar al-Assad.

I've just woken up to the news that the Syrian opposition has reached my grandparents' home in Aleppo City — the same home Bashar al-Assad blew up with a tank over a decade ago. I'm in shock. Don't even know how to process this.

Poster of Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad torn down in western Aleppo province. The opposition is still advancing despite Syrian regime and Russian airstrikes.

JUST NOW: Investigators now believe that a Chinese ship deliberately severed two critical data cables last week by dragging its anchor across the Baltic seabed for over 100 miles. Their probe now centers on whether or not the captain was induced by Russian intelligence.

JUST NOW: After launching a shock offensive this morning, the Syrian opposition is just 5 miles away from entering Aleppo City. They've barrelled through regime and Russian positions — taking over a dozen villages in Aleppo province. Stand with Syrians against Putin and Assad!

JUST NOW: The ICC has requested an arrest warrant for the Russia and China-backed leader of Burma's military junta, Min Aung Hlaing, for crimes against humanity committed against Rohingya Muslims.

NEW: A Houthi-linked company in Yemen is trafficking hundreds of Yemenis to Russia, who are then forcibly inducted into the Russian army and sent to the front lines of Ukraine. Further evidence of Houthi-Kremlin cooperation.

JUST NOW: CNN confirms that Tulsi Gabbard was placed on the TSA Quiet Skies watch list, triggered by her overseas travel patterns and foreign connections.

Not hyperbole — this is language copy and pasted from the Russian Foreign Ministry.

For once, I truly have no words.

The only thing you're missing on the other app are incredible Community Notes like this.

JUST NOW: The Biden Administration has approved the provision of antipersonnel mines for Ukraine, undoing his own policy. Comes just 48 hours after moving to allow Ukraine to use ATACMS to strike inside Russia.

David Sacks has warned of an imminent WWIII nearly every single month for the past two years.

Do you remember when WWIII broke out when we sent tanks to Ukraine? Do you remember when WWIII broke out when we passed the Ukraine aid supplemental? Do you remember when WWIII broke out when we glassed Wagner mercenaries in Syria? I can't remember either.

NEW: World-renowned ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov has died in St. Petersburg after allegedly falling out of a window. He had previously criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Russia deploying thousands of troops from North Korea: not WW3 Ukraine defending itself: WW3

Ukraine — strike back against our oppressors. Free Syrians are with you!

The Headquarters of Assad's Syrian Ba'ath Party in Beirut was destroyed this morning.

Russia's core propaganda outlets have been nakedly lobbying in favor of Tulsi Gabbard for the past 48 hours.

From Putin to Maduro to Assad, there's few enemies of the United States that Tulsi Gabbard doesn't have a bizarre affinity for. Amid a sea of controversial cabinet picks, she is by far the most dangerous to our national security. My words in The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/whit...

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