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Trump declares Biden's pardons 'void, vacant' over use of autopen signature and moves to investigate Fauci, Cheney | 17 March 2025 | Donald Trump declared his predecessor's last-minute pardons "void, vacant and of no further force or effect" as he warned that members of the House committee investigating the January 6 riots can now face prosecution. Trump claimed early Monday morning that because former President [sic] Joe Biden used an autopen the pardons cannot be enforced. "The Pardons that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs and many others are hereby declared VOID, VACANT AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT because of the fact that they were done by Autopen," he posted on his Truth Social page. "In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them!" Trump claimed. "[Biden] knew nothing about them and the people that did may have committed a crime. Therefore, those on the Unselect Committee, who destroyed and deleted ALL evidence obtained during their two year Witch Hunt of me and many other innocent people, should fully understand that they are subject to investigation at the highest level," Trump wrote.

NATO 'peacekeepers' in Ukraine mean war - Medvedev | 16 March 2025 | The deployment of "peacekeepers" from NATO member states to Ukraine would trigger an all-out war between the military bloc and Moscow, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned. In recent weeks, the leaders of the UK and France have ramped up discussions about such a mission. In a post on X on Sunday, Medvedev, who currently serves as the deputy chair of Russia's Security Council, stated that French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer "are playing dumb." [No, they actually are dumb.] "Time and again they are told that peacekeepers must be from non-NATO states. No, we will send tens of thousands -- just lay it out -- you want to give military aid to the neo-Nazis in Kiev," Medvedev charged. "That means war with NATO. Consult with Trump, scumbags," he concluded. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov previously similarly argued that the deployment of NATO military personnel to Ukraine, even under the guise of peacekeepers, would be tantamount to the "direct, official, undisguised involvement of NATO countries in the war against Russia."

Heads up! Zelensky is trolling for a nuclear false flag: Zelensky issues warning about Europe's largest nuclear plant --The Zaporozhye facility has been under Russian control since March 2022 | 16 March 2025 | Russia's Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) cannot exist unless it is controlled by Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky has claimed. The facility, the largest of its kind in Europe, has been under Moscow's control since March 2022. Zaporozhye Region, where the plant is located, voted to join Russia in a referendum, following years of targeting ethnic Russians in Ukraine... The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) deployed a monitoring mission to the ZNPP in September 2022, which has been present on the ground ever since. According to Zelensky, the station poses a problem to both Russia and Ukraine, but in his view, only Kiev can restore its operations. "Without Ukraine, its existence is impossible in principle," the Ukrainian leader claimed.

'Fake news' lied about Putin meeting - Trump --The U.S. president has dismissed reports that Steve Witkoff faced extended delays before meeting with the Russian leader in Moscow | 15 March 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump has sharply denounced media reports claiming that his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, faced extended delays before meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week in Moscow, dismissing such claims as "fake." "The Fake News, as usual, is at it again!" he wrote on Truth Social on Saturday. Trump emphasized that there was "no wait whatsoever" for Witkoff's meeting with Putin. The statement follows a Sky News report on Friday claiming that Witkoff was "left twiddling his thumbs for at least eight hours before being called into the Kremlin."

Houthis vow retaliation after deadly U.S. strikes kill at least 31: 'War crime' | 16 March 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping, killing at least 31 people at the start of a campaign expected to last many days. Trump also warned Iran, [allegedly] the Houthis' main backer, that it needed to immediately halt support for the group. He said if Iran threatened the United States, "America will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it!" The top Commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards reacted on Sunday by saying the Houthis are independent and take their own strategic and operational decisions. “We warn our enemies that Iran will respond decisively and destructively if they take their threats into action,” Hossein Salami told state media. At least 31 were killed and 101 others injured in the U.S. strikes, mostly women and children, Anees al-Asbahi, spokesperson for the Houthi-run health ministry said in an updated toll on Sunday. The Houthis' political bureau described the attacks as a "war crime."

Trump reveals he has ordered 'decisive and powerful' military action against Houthi terrorists in Yemen - as air strikes hit the capital Sanaa | 15 March 2025 | President Donald Trump has ordered "decisive and powerful" military action against Houthi terrorists in Yemen -- as an air strike has hit the capital of Sanaa. The U.S. President confirmed in a post on Truth Social that he had ordered the military to launch a series of air strikes, promising to use "overwhelming lethal force" until Iranian-backed Houthi rebels cease their attacks on shipping along a vital maritime corridor. "Our brave Warfighters are right now carrying out aerial attacks on the terrorists' bases, leaders, and missile defenses to protect American shipping, air, and naval assets, and to restore Navigational Freedom," he wrote. He also warned Iran [!?] to stop supporting the rebel group, promising to hold the country "fully accountable" for the actions of its [alleged] proxy.

NYC health officials missed early COVID spread by following CDC bureaucrats: 'Possibility we could have saved lives' | 16 March 2025 | The city Health Department missed early detection of COVID-19 because it listened to CDC bureaucrats -- losing the chance to potentially spare untold numbers from death, a former agency director claims. The department's leadership decided to strictly adhere to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's rigid COVID-19 testing guidelines in early 2020, which delayed confirming the presence and transmission of the virus in the Big Apple by more than a month, writes Don Weiss in his new book, Disease Detectives: True Stories of NYC Outbreaks. Weiss, a former "surveillance director" for the Big Apple's Department of Health, was monitoring the situation from the trenches at the time. He said he was frustrated by CDC guidelines that limited testing to suspected infected patients who returned to the U.S. from Wuhan, China, and elsewhere overseas, exhibited severe lower respiratory illness or were exposed to a known case. Nearly 240 suspected COVID-19 cases were reported to the city's Health Department before the first COVID case was confirmed March 1, 2020. [The delay was carried out on purpose to allow for the scamdemic to take rook and destroy Trump's first term.]

Court attempts to halt Trump deportations, El Salvador president says 'too late' | 16 March 2025 | A class action lawsuit was filed on Saturday against the Trump administration after President Donald Trump signed an executive order invoking the Enemy Aliens Act to target, arrest and remove violent Venezuelan prison gang members, Tren de Aragua (TdA), from the U.S. On Saturday, nearly 300 violent illegal foreign nationals were removed from the U.S. and arrived in El Salvador with the cooperation of El Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele after reaching an agreement with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In an emergency hearing held on Saturday, a federal judge ruled that deportations of violent Venezuelans be temporarily halted and those who were illegally in the country and already removed be returned. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said the order blocked the administration "from deporting anyone under the Alien Enemies Act while the case proceeds. Flights carrying Venezuelan immigrants the DHS attempted to deport have been ordered to turn around and return to the U.S." A U.S. federal judge has no jurisdiction over foreign governments. In response, Bukele posted on X, "Oopsie...Too late," with a laughing emoji.

Rubio announces more than 250 gang members deported to El Salvador from U.S. | 16 March 2025 | Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Sunday that 23 illegal immigrants with gang ties were sent to El Salvador from the U.S. "We have sent 2 dangerous top MS-13 leaders plus 21 of its most wanted back to face justice in El Salvador. Also, as promised by @POTUS, we sent over 250 alien enemy members of Tren de Aragua which El Salvador has agreed to hold in their very good jails at a fair price that will also save our taxpayer dollars," Rubio wrote on X. "President @nayibbukele is not only the strongest security leader in our region, he’s also a great friend of the U.S. Thank you!" he added.

Obama-appointed judge orders deportation flights carrying alleged Venezuelan gangbangers to return to U.S., blocks Trump from invoking Alien Enemies Act | 15 March 2025 | A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump on Saturday from invoking the eighteenth-century Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without a hearing -- ordering any flights carrying the supposed criminals to turn around. U.S. District judge James Boasberg [appointed by Barack Obama] quickly ordered the Trump administration to halt all removals after the commander in chief signed off on a presidential action invoking the 1798 law -- aimed at targeting Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua, The Washington Post reported. The chief judge in the District of Columbia said he heard that "flights are actively departing" and directed U.S. officials to have planes in the air carrying migrants returned to the United States, the outlet reported.

DHS agents search two Columbia University residences - days after anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil arrested by ICE at off-campus apartment | 14 March 2025 | Department of Homeland Security agents executed search warrants on two Columbia University residences on Thursday night -- just days after anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by ICE at an off-campus apartment, the Ivy League school announced. Interim President Katrina Armstrong revealed the raids in a letter to the Columbia community and noted that nobody was arrested or detained when the feds searched the rooms of two students. "Federal agents from the DHS served Columbia University with two judicial search warrants signed by a federal magistrate judge authorizing DHS to enter non-public areas of the University and conduct searches of two student rooms," Armstrong said.

Nearly 100 anti-Israel protesters arrested after invading NYC's Trump Tower to demand Mahmoud Khalil's release | 13 March 2025 | A massive mob of anti-Israel protesters flooded Trump Tower Thursday to protest the arrest of Columbia rally ringleader Mahmoud Khalil -- and were quickly arrested themselves. The furious crowd of about 150 demonstrators -- who were from the Palestinian support group "Jewish Voice for Peace" -- wore red shirts emblazoned with the message "Jews Say Stop Arming Israel" as they gathered at about noon in a public, downstairs atrium filled with dining tables outside the Trump Grill restaurant. NYPD officers descended on the throng around 12:30 p.m. and made 98 arrests of rally-goers, who they zip-tied, hauled away and loaded onto buses for a trip to jail.

Shakespeare's birthplace to be 'de-colonised' over fears his success 'benefits the ideology of white European supremacy' | 16 March 2025 | William Shakespeare's birthplace will be de-colonised over fears that portraying his success as the "greatest" playwright "benefits the ideology of white European supremacy." Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust owns buildings in the playwright's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. It wants to create a "create a more inclusive museum experience," and announced it will move away from Western perspectives after concerns were raised that Shakespeare's ideas were used to advance "white supremacy" ideas. This is because European culture is portrayed as the standard for high art and the playwright as a symbol of British "superiority," according to The Telegraph. The project said this narrative has caused harm, and advised that the trust stop saying Shakespeare was the "greatest" but part of a community of "equal and different" writers globally. Also in 2021, it was reported that a growing number of "woke" academics are refusing to teach Shakespeare in U.S. schools, arguing that the Bard promotes racism, white supremacy and intolerance, and instead are pushing for the teaching of "modern" alternatives.

Trump ties for highest approval he's ever had - as more Americans say U.S. is on right track than any time in 20 years - poll | 16 March 2025 | Three months into his second term, President Trump hit the highest approval rating he's ever had as commander-in-chief -- while more Americans say the country is on the right track than at any point since 2004, a new poll found. That's the good news, according to an NBC News Poll released Sunday. The bad news is that Trump still has not won over a majority of Americans, and 54% said they disapprove of his handling of the economy -- the first time he's lost a majority on that issue in NBC's poll. Even so, the survey found that voters generally feel Trump is bringing "the right kind of change" on the key issues -- even tariffs.

Trans Tesla vandal - who allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at cars - lives with mom and calls herself 'baby' - sources | 14 March 2025 | A 42-year-old transgender woman who allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at vehicles and spray-painted "Nazi cars" at a Colorado Tesla dealership lives with her mother due to "emotional problems" and calls herself "baby" online. Lucy Grace Nelson, also known as Justin Thomas Nelson, is accused of hurling incendiary devices at a Tesla dealership in Loveland, Northern Colorado, and vandalizing the business and vehicles on multiple occasions with graffiti "offensive and hateful in nature," police said... Nelson was arrested on February 24 upon returning to the Tesla dealership, allegedly in possession of additional incendiary devices and "materials attributed to vandalism," police said at the time.

Heartwarming moment between Trump and Elon Musk's son 'Lil X' goes viral | 15 March 2025 | Heartwarming photographs of President Donald Trump walking to Marine Force One with Elon Musk's son are going viral, with internet users doting over the joyful moment. The image, which was posted to X by the White House, shows Trump giving his signature thumbs up while Musk's son, X Æ A-12, also known as "Lil X," happily smiling at the cameras as they headed to the famous chopper on Friday. Video and other pictures of Trump, 78, and Lil X, 4, show the two exiting a White House door with the tech billionaire's son dressed in a black coat with a USA pin and holding what appears to be a bag of candy. Jumping and skipping with excitement, Lil X leads Trump out as they walk down a small ramp on the White House South Lawn toward Marine Force One.