Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse laid out documented Epstein-Russia connections on the Senate floor: Russian girls, Russian money, Russian intelligence contacts, and a DOJ actively burying files allegedly detailing Trump's assault of a teenage girl.

Sen. Chris Murphy: "I just think ultimately Donald Trump has decided he does not want to help Ukraine, and there doesn't seem to be enough courage in the Republican caucus to fight back"

Someone's decided to activate the Medvedev random threat generator again.

🇭🇺🇺🇦 Magyar will meet with Zelenskyy only if Kyiv complies with Budapest's demands to expand the rights of the Hungarian national minority in Ukraine, - Hungarian government spokesman.

🇭🇺❗️🇺🇦 Hungary will not send weapons and military equipment to Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

BREAKING: A Russian attack drone has struck a residential building in Galați, Romania, according to reports from the scene. Romania is a NATO member state. Initial reports indicate multiple people were injured.

Russia’s war of aggression has crossed yet another line. A Russian drone incursion struck a densely populated area in Romania, injuring civilians. On EU territory. We stand in full solidarity with Romania and its people.

RSF world press freedom index 2026: 1. Norway 3. Estonia 14. Germany 28. Taiwan 55. Ukraine 64. USA 104. Serbia 122. Mexico 140. Hong Kong 153. Pakistan 156. Palestine 157. India 159. Venezuela 160. Cuba 161. Sudan 163. Turkey 165. Belarus 168. Nicaragua 169. Egypt 172. Russia 177. Iran 178. China

Germany, Forschungsgruppe Wahlen poll: AfD-ESN: 26% (-1) CDU/CSU-EPP: 24% (-1) GRÜNE-G/EFA: 15% (+2) SPD-S&D: 12% LINKE-LEFT: 12% (+1) FDP-RE: 3% +/- vs. 05-07 May 2026 Fieldwork: 19-21 May 2026 Sample size: 1340 ➤ europeelects.eu/germany

After 88 days, a basic right has been restored in Iran: access to the open, global internet. Although restrictions remain, people can more easily access news and communicate with loved ones. We stand with the people of Iran. They must stay online. www.iranintl.com/en/202605266...

Ukraine’s Defense Forces are methodically destroying Russian logistics at depths of 100-150 km, shredding rear supply routes across occupied territory. Fuel problems are already being recorded in occupied Crimea and occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia. #Ukraine

Ukrainian drones are increasingly bringing the road from Russia through occupied territories, Mariupol and onward to Crimea under fire control. The route is becoming more exposed as Ukraine expands strikes on Russian logistics across the southern rear. #Ukraine

Strikes on the land supply corridor to Crimea continue. After civilian transit was banned at the Dzhankoi checkpoint, filtering out legitimate military targets for Ukrainian strikes got a whole lot easier.

Apple removed 1,213 apps from the App Store in 2025 at the request of the Russian government. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

🇧🇾🇺🇦 Belarussische oppositieleider Svetlana Tichanovskaja in Kyiv: "Vandaag heb ik met eigen ogen de gevolgen gezien van de Russische aanval op Kyiv van gisteren. Rusland probeert mensen opzettelijk te breken door angst, duisternis en constante nachtelijke aanvallen." 🧵1/5

Usch, jag får ont i magen av tvååringen som är försvunnen i Nyåker. Måste vara en mardröm för föräldrarna. Det har gått så många timmar nu. Hoppas det slutar lyckligt ändå. ❤️

❗️❗️ "Shahed" flew into an apartment in a high-rise building in Kyiv - the wall was completely destroyed, there was a fire inside the apartment.

Rasmus argues, just as a number of Danish analysts do, that Trump already has an enormous influence operation underway to prepare for the US invasion and occupation of the island, and this will now likely be run out of their consulate in Nuuk. He's right about all of this.

Far too naive to believe the Greenland issue was off the table. Especially when Trump needs a distraction from Iran, Epstein..

Hundreds gather to protest the opening of a larger U.S. consulate in Greenland.

Attacks on russias major refineries. At least 24 out of 33 russian oil refineries with a processing capacity exceeding 1 million tons of oil per year have been targeted. While not all attacks are total success, several of the refineries have limited or 0 production vot-tak.tv/93377611/ata...

Notable

NEW: Russian and Ukrainian forces continued limited offensive operations throughout the theater on the final day of the May 9 to 11 ceasefire. Read the Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 11, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar051126 More Key Takeaways: (1/3)

Germany, Forschungsgruppe Wahlen poll: AfD-ESN: 27% (+1) CDU/CSU-EPP: 25% GRÜNE-G/EFA: 13% (-1) SPD-S&D: 12% LINKE-LEFT: 11% FDP-RE: 3% +/- vs. 14-16 April 2026 Fieldwork: 05-07 May 2026 Sample size: 1240 ➤ europeelects.eu/germany

Germany, YouGov poll: AfD-ESN: 28% (+1) CDU/CSU-EPP: 22% (-1) SPD-S&D: 13% GRÜNE-G/EFA: 13% (-1) LINKE-LEFT: 11% (+1) FDP-RE: 4% BSW-NI: 4% +/- vs. 10-13 April 2026 Fieldwork: 08-11 May 2026 Sample size: 1,783 ➤ europeelects.eu/germany

Cyprus, RAI Consultants poll: DISY-EPP: 25% (+4) AKEL-LEFT: 21% (-1) ELAM-ECR: 15% (+1) DIKO-S&D: 10% (+2) ALMA-RE: 8% (-1) ÁDK-NI: 6% (-4) Volt-G/EFA: 4% (-1) KEKK-*: 4% (+1) EDEK-S&D: 3% ... +/- vs. 07-21 April 2026 Fieldwork: 01-11 May 2026 Sample size: 1136 ➤ europeelects.eu/cyprus

Cyprus, Prime poll: DISY-EPP: 23% AKEL-LEFT: 23% ELAM-ECR: 13% (-1) ALMA-RE: 10% (-2) DIKO-S&D: 10% (+1) ÁDK-NI: 8% (-1) Volt-G/EFA: 5% (+1) EDEK-S&D: 3% KOSP-G/EFA: 2% (+1) DIPA-RE: 2% (+1) ... +/- vs. 14-17 April 2026 Fieldwork: 02-09 May 2026 Sample size: 1332 ➤ europeelects.eu/cyprus

And so it begins. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

First he abandoned Ukraine and now he is abandoning Taiwan. Sucks to be a democratic friend of the USA these days.

We have seen this before

share.google/Li7rDJGUSRjo... trump said out loud what we already knew he would not defend Taiwan if China invaded his summit with Xi Jinping was a disaster for trump he kowtowed to Xi and got nothing he looked old and tired when they were walking up steps at the Great Hall of the People

Boeing confirms China commitment to buy 200 aircraft - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/boeing-china-buy-200-aircraft-6125451

Trump on China's bellicose rhetoric about Taiwan: "It's not a take over, they just don't want to see this place -- we'll call it a place, because nobody knows how to define it -- but they don't want to see it go independent."

If Yulia Mendel’s interview with Tucker Carlson lands on your feed, be very careful. Mendel repeats Russian narratives, including the tired “Slavic people are killing Slavic people” and “there is no winner in this war” lines, despite once being Zelenskyy’s spokesperson. #Ukraine

"You cannot celebrate European civilization while simultaneously attacking the legal and political order invented here, or while openly seeking to undermine the institutions that protect pluralism and dissent" An answer to Vance and Rubio: www.erstestiftung.org/en/a-speech-...

Farage faces standards probe into £5m gift from Thailand-based crypto billionaire. Rules require MPs to disclose "registrable benefits (other than earnings) received in the 12 months before their election". Farage has history - previously failed to register £384,000 in interests on time.

Hegseth again stuns Pentagon with #Poland troop withdrawal 🖊️ Paul McLeary and Jack Detsch It wasn't clear why the Defense secretary issued the order not to send troops on a routine mission to a country the administration refers to as a "model ally." www.politico.eu/article/hegs...

Norway confirms decision to revoke missile licences for Malaysia, cites stricter export controls - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/norway-malaysia-naval-strike-missile-system-revoked-defence-anwar-ibrahim-6123286

#BBCNews - Zack Polanski did not vote in local elections, Green Party says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Where is the prisoner exchange you promised, Trump? Are you a liar, perhaps? #Ukraine #Russia #TurncoatTrump

26% of Democratic voters said they would back Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s presidential bid. Marco Rubio leads the Republican field with 45.4% of primary voters. bit.ly/3PF1jav 📸: Kevin Dietsch, Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Wow - Ukraine 🇺🇦 - awesome Secretary of the Army Driscoll: "Ukraine's Delta common operating system, their modular open system architecture, C2 system is absolutely incredible It fully integrates every single drone, sensor, & shooting platform into just one single network Ours does not This is🧵

🌏 Beijing to press #Trump on #Taiwan, with potentially global consequences 🔍 As Trump and Xi meet today, all indications suggest #China will raise what it views as a core issue: reunification with Taiwan. 🗞️ By @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/8QeqZco #EconSky

Malaysia slams Norway missile export halt, says defense plans put at risk reut.rs/4doO0mm

New: First on CNN: New report details ‘systematic’ rape and sexual violence during Hamas’ Oct 7 attack on Israel www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/m...

Quoted here on Hasan Piker's views of China--this kind of western leftist projection onto non-western contexts is a phenomenon worth examining more closely, with many variations out there, it's often a refusal to apply the same logic to a non-western context one would at home

BREAKING: “Andy Burnham should never have been blocked. It was a mistake that the leadership of our party should put right” says Angela Rayner

Starmer has been told by Shabana Mahmood and other senior Cabinet ministers to consider setting out a timeline for his depature from Number 10, The Times reports.

The 11 Labour-affiliated unions – which include Unite, Unison and the GMB – are expected to issue a joint statement on Wednesday saying “at some stage” the party will have to put a plan in place to elect a new leader. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Svært bra at dette gjøres kjent for offentligheten. Vil gjøre det lettere for de som utsettes, å kontakte norske myndigheter.