These are scary times! Denmark is wise to see what’s in front of them: a nation morphing into an unhinged reflection of Trump’s demented impulses, vengeful heart and dead soul. He’s a useful tool for any corrupt billionaire-trillionaire and a threat to all things true, sane and decent.
So it seems the worst humans on the planet are ruthlessly competing and selectively collaborating to plunder its natural resources and leave the masses and future generations to pay the deadly price.
Too many people still seem frozen in disbelief or living in willful ignorance and denial, as the manipulative masters of distraction intend. Our lodestars must be the truth tellers; Mary’s newsletter is the best of the bunch. Share it widely!
Thank you, Mary, for your clear eyed reporting about the ongoing catastrophe that is the United States. While the news you report is depressing, I thoroughly enjoy your pithy commentary. Take care of your knee!
Oh dear, I hope your recovery is swift. Horrifying what we're living through. The elites will let the climate destroy us peasants while they retreat to their bunkers.
The $1500 one time gesture as a healthcare policy is not only insulting and condescending but reflects utter insensitivity to the plight of people in today’s America. Every Senator that came up with this slap in the face needs to get off their rear ends and visit an ER or health clinic and talk and listen and see the people. How do you make healthcare healthy and robust? You fund it. You fund it by taxes. You collect money from the tax cheats and you remove tax breaks and loopholes holes from the super rich. You take money from exorbitant military spending. You stop worshipping the almighty dollar, shut down K Street and regulate industries so that air and water and food we take into our bodies is cleaner. Finally you grow a spine and stand up for what is moral and just when you prepare budgets and enact legislation.
Nick, great points! I would like to add that if the Senators (or actually all of Congress) who suggested the $1,500 Benefit, should have their Cadillac healthcare benefits taken away and be forced to use then same benefits available to the rest of the population. Maybe that would be a wake-up call.......but, alas, THAT is never going to happen ......
Healing vibes to the knee. Ouch! My 8th grade Civics teacher is still rolling in his grave, along with my mom who would not recognize the Republican Party of today. Have a great weekend and don’t overdo. Always appreciate your views.
Oh my. At least dachshunds going after squirrels only break your eardrums.
Have you seen the report that the US plans to withdraw ALL its troops from Europe, close its bases, and presumably says "you can't kick us out of NATO even if we don't contribute a dime?" (I checked; there is no mechanism to eject a member, though I doubt if Venezuela attacks us, or N Korea missiles reach Hawaii, there will be a whole lot of enthusiasm for honoring the treaty.) Not sure how this connects with vassal states, but if rather feels like it ought to.
While Abrego Garcia is at liberty, somebody reliable (a notary? a member of Congress? a priest?) should take a close-up picture of his knuckles. Remember when Trump published a video purporting to show that he had M13 gang symbols on his hands, to show how dangerous he was and how urgently he needed to be deported? It's not news that Trump lies whenever convenient (and often even when it's not), but why not nail down this particular lie whlle the evidence is available?
Thank you and hope for a quick knee recovery, those rascally squirrels do like windows as well as darting out along the paths just for some playtime.
Good one “… news cycle has decided to ignite itself like a malfunctioning vape pen left on a space heater” may use this phrase with your permission in the future since daily the onslaught is never ending..
Read this morning that Russian officials warn the EU plan would be an act of theft and Russia's central bank announced on Friday it was suing Euroclear in a Moscow court even before a final decision is made.
Belgium is worried it will be saddled with an enormous bill if it all goes wrong and Euroclear chief executive Valérie Urbain says using it could "destabilise the international financial system".
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the assets will "enable Ukraine to protect itself effectively against future Russian attacks".
The EU is working to the wire ahead of next Thursday's summit to come up with a solution that Belgium can accept. Until now the EU has held off touching these assets themselves directly but since last year has paid the "windfall profits" from them to Ukraine. In 2024 that was €3.7bn. Legally using the interest is seen as safe as Russia is under sanction and the proceeds are not Russian sovereign property.
But international military aid for Ukraine has slipped dramatically in 2025, and Europe has struggled to make up the shortfall left by the US decision to all but stop funding Ukraine under our current Felon in that spew of gold-leaf foil pretty much in every room at the White House.
EU ambassadors are expected to agree on Friday to immobilise Russia's central bank assets held in Europe indefinitely.
Until now they have had to vote unanimously every six months to renew the freeze, which could have meant a repeated risk to Belgium.
It seems an EU source said the added advantage of Friday's expected vote to immobilise Russia's assets indefinitely made it harder for anyone to take the money away.
Since that 28-point plan that Witkoff and Kushner got handed from Russia their plan to pass off as the Felon’s or even their’s as the US peace plan laid out that a $100bn of Russia's frozen assets was to be used by the US for reconstruction, with the US taking 50% of the profits and Europe adding another $100bn. The remaining assets would then be used in some kind of US-Russia joint investment project. You know mineral rights and all. This would be implied that the US would then have to win over a majority of EU member states to vote for a plan that would cost the Felon and this regime a financially cost and an enormous sum.
Found the NYT article “How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed” extremely disturbing about the Trump admin helping a pedophile. Was already aware of the influence on the Tate brothers release from Romania but not this granular.
The Trump administration pressured a foreign government to release an accused child rapist so he could come party in Florida. That’s the story, as detailed in a damning new investigation by the New York Times. Andrew Tate, the manosphere influencer who built his fortune by coercing women into pornography and teaching other men how to do the same, texted a friend on January 14th that he’d received word from Trump’s people. They were “on top of things,” he wrote. He’d been told he’d “be free soon but Trump needs to see me in Miami.”
One month later, an extraordinary order came down from the highest levels of the Romanian government. Prosecutors who had argued for years that Tate was a flight risk and a public danger were told to find a “compromise.” Romania’s prime minister believed this would appease the Trump administration. On February 27th, the brothers boarded a private jet to Florida.
Here’s what Tate was fleeing. The Romanian indictment, a sealed 360-page document obtained by the Times, describes how he and his brother Tristan tricked women into believing they were in romantic relationships, then coerced them into producing pornography. They put these women under surveillance. They restricted their movements. They docked their pay if they cried on camera.
Andrew Tate choked one woman so hard the blood vessels in her eye burst.
Another woman told investigators he raped her twice, on one occasion forcing her into group sex. A 15-year-old girl said he had sex with her, beat her with a belt, and choked her until she passed out. He then allegedly tried to bribe her to stay quiet.
The full scope of the alleged operation expanded well beyond the original charges. Since 2014, prosecutors presented evidence that the brothers coerced more than 30 women, including a 17-year-old, into their pornography business. Over eight years, they extracted at least 21 million pounds from this enterprise.
So who decided this man deserved the intervention of American diplomacy?
Richard Grenell, Trump’s special envoy, discussed Tate’s case with Romanian officials at least twice. Once at Mar-a-Lago with an adviser to Romania’s prime minister. Once at a security conference in Munich with Romania’s foreign minister. Within days of that second conversation, the prosecutors received their orders to release the travel restrictions.
The Trump family’s involvement runs deeper than official channels. Donald Trump Jr. has been exchanging messages with Andrew Tate since at least 2017. In a live-streamed conversation last June, Don Jr. told him, “You’ve got people attacking you as far as I’m concerned. They just want to silence you.”
Barron Trump, now 19, spoke with Tate over Zoom last year. A mutual friend who was on the call said they discussed their “shared belief” that the Romanian criminal case was an effort to silence him.
The president’s teenage son was discussing alleged trafficking charges with an accused rapist like they were just two guys being persecuted by the system.
Tucker Carlson flew to Romania to interview Tate from his luxury home and told his audience the charges involved no sex crimes or violence. When the Times confronted him with the actual allegations, he said if he “got the facts wrong, I sincerely apologize.” He then added it didn’t change his view that Tate “had a message worth hearing.”
That message, in Tate’s own words from a YouTube interview: “It’s not just about picking up girls. It’s about converting them into really loving you enough to moving in with you and working for you and giving you all the money.”
Candace Owens interviewed him sympathetically and told her audience this was just “how guys have fun.” Charlie Kirk said he was “hitting on something that you’re not allowed to say.”
The White House claims it has “no knowledge of and is not involved in anything related to the Tates’ legal matters.” The official who issued that denial did not respond to questions about Barron. But Paul Ingrassia, who was named White House liaison to the Justice Department, had previously been part of Tate’s legal team. Alina Habba, counselor to the president, told Tate on a podcast in January that “I got your back over here.” Yep the same Alina Habba who illegally attained that AG position for New Jersey, from the U.S. AG Pam Bondi, and didn’t go too far with the James Comey case. Habba announced her resignation from the role on December 8, 2025, following a federal appeals court ruling that found her appointment unlawful. While she stepped down, she was appointed a senior advisor to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and will continue working within the Justice Department, with hopes to overturn the court decision.
THEN THEY THREW HIM A PARTY. REALLY
After Tate arrived in the United States, a girlfriend reported that he beat and strangled her. Prosecutors declined to charge him, citing insufficient evidence. She has filed a civil lawsuit and obtained a restraining order. Florida’s attorney general announced a criminal investigation. The Department of Homeland Security’s anti-trafficking agents have apparently been investigating the Tates for years.
Even some conservatives balked. Ron DeSantis said the brothers weren’t welcome in Florida. Josh Hawley said he didn’t think “we should be using any influence in our government to try to get him out.” Megyn Kelly called it “toxic masculinity.”
But the intervention happened anyway. The prosecutors who had spent years building a case were overruled by their own government at the apparent urging of American officials. Tate flew out on a private jet, posted a video grinning about “the Tate Escape,” and resumed his lifestyle of Bugattis and poolside parties in Dubai.
This is what American power now looks like. Not defending dissidents or freeing political prisoners. Pulling strings to release an accused child rapist because he has a big social media following and says the right things about masculinity and the left.
If you want to know what this administration actually values, forget the rhetoric about protecting children and traditional family values. Watch what they do when they think nobody’s paying attention.
And at that soirée at the Congressional Ball the nonpresent wife of the Felon unveiled a new legislative initiative for the upcoming year, to which her hubby responded by saying it was the first he hearing of it. It seems she reflected on the success of her push to pass the Take It Down Act outlawing the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery — including AI-generated porn with real people’s faces. All the while her son Barron is speaking with the Tate bros. on Zoom and share “outlooks” …
Of course the Felon who has no idea she’s doing anything did pipe up and say “she’s got a wonderful boy, and she’s very proud of her boy.”
Good grief just can’t come up with any of all of this currently happening …
Thanks for the update (I think...). I look forward to the day when good is called good and evil is called evil. And... if I may be so bold as to say that people again, reap what they sow.
Thanks for a great, but disturbing news round up Mary. Get well soon. Maybe Marz's Christmas gift could be a squirrel toy that he can destroy in 10 seconds.
Statement by President von der Leyen of the EU Parliament following the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing 8/12/25
This afternoon, we had a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing*. I updated President Zelenskyy and leaders present on two key priorities - support for Ukraine and increasing European defence preparedness.
We all know what is at stake and we know we do not have any more time to lose. Securing financial support will help ensure the survival of Ukraine, and it is a crucial act of European defence.
In this new era, geoeconomics goes hand in hand with geopolitics. We know the biting impact our sanctions have on Russia's war economy. Along with our allies, Europe has the means and the will to increase pressure on Russia to come to the negotiation table.
Our Reparations Loan proposal is complex but at its core, it increases the cost of war for Russia. The proposal works on the cash balances produced by the immobilised Russian assets. These balances would be used for reparations. So the longer Putin wages his war, spills blood, takes lives, and destroys Ukrainian infrastructure - the higher the costs for Russia will be.
We know that Europe's defence is our responsibility. We continue to forge ahead with urgency – on implementing our readiness roadmap, on military mobility and our pan-European flagships. While we are still examining the SAFE plans received from Member States, Ukraine is included in 15 of the 19 submitted. This is not just about money - Ukraine is learning hard won lessons on the battlefield and we are learning with them. In integrating our defence industrial bases, we are building a strong deterrence - for today and tomorrow.
As Ukraine engages in genuine diplomatic efforts for peace, Russia repeatedly deceives and stalls for time. Mocking diplomacy and increasing strikes while pretending to seek peace. Today, that façade remains firmly in place. But we will not fall for it, we know who is the aggressor and who is the victim in this war.
Russia's brutal war sought to divide us but it has achieved the opposite. Our ties are stronger than ever. We are not only bound by defence interests but by our common values. And this is how we will proceed. United, in supporting Ukraine and in defending Europe.
• The Coalition of the Willing are lead by United Kindom and France.
The coalition of the willing is a coalition of 35 countries, which have pledged strengthened support for Ukraine against Russian aggression, going further than the support delivered by the Ukraine Defense Contact Group by pledging readiness to also be part of a peacekeeping force deployed on Ukrainian territory, either by providing troops or contributing in other ways. The peacekeeping force is envisaged only to be deployed the moment Ukraine and Russia sign a "comprehensive ceasefire agreement" or "peace deal" to settle the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.The initiative, led by the United Kingdom and France, was announced by British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on 2 March 2025, following the 2025 London Summit on Ukraine under the motto "securing our future".
The stated aim of the initiative is to facilitate the peace negotiation attempts launched and mediated by the United States between Ukraine and Russia in February 2025, by helping to build up strong enough security guarantees for Ukraine to ensure that a potential reached ceasefire or peace deal would be lasting. Besides serving the role as building up a potential peacekeeping force, the coalition have also expressed readiness to increase military support for Ukraine and strengthen economic sanctions against Russia, in the event that the ongoing negotiations for a "comprehensive ceasefire" or "peace deal" would fail. As of 20 March 2025, the exact shape and function of the coalition was described as still being subject to ongoing planning, but moved into an "operational phase".
You will notice at no point is the US named and they are not party to this formula originally agreed nearly 9 months ago. The plan is proceeding as the US fails the once free world.
Ahh, we DO love our dogs! Best wishes from a fellow victim of the undocumented squirrel invasion. I was out jogging with our new rescue dog, an Airedale Terror (NOT a typo!), when she dashed in front of me to protect me from the vermin. I went down over her back and broke some ribs. THAT was a gift that kept on giving for weeks. Your protector is called Marz. Mine is called Xena--Warrior Princess. I feel your pain.
Smile through your pain--they do love us! Get well soon.
Oh the pain!!! All over the place, for sure, but your knee! I'm clenching my teeth and squinting my eyes just 'feeling' it. Take care, neighbor to the near north...
These are scary times! Denmark is wise to see what’s in front of them: a nation morphing into an unhinged reflection of Trump’s demented impulses, vengeful heart and dead soul. He’s a useful tool for any corrupt billionaire-trillionaire and a threat to all things true, sane and decent.
So it seems the worst humans on the planet are ruthlessly competing and selectively collaborating to plunder its natural resources and leave the masses and future generations to pay the deadly price.
Too many people still seem frozen in disbelief or living in willful ignorance and denial, as the manipulative masters of distraction intend. Our lodestars must be the truth tellers; Mary’s newsletter is the best of the bunch. Share it widely!
Sorry to hear about your knee.
In other news… I briefly wondered yesterday how long it would be before the Jolly Roger was flying over the White House.
Thank you, Mary, for your clear eyed reporting about the ongoing catastrophe that is the United States. While the news you report is depressing, I thoroughly enjoy your pithy commentary. Take care of your knee!
Oh dear, I hope your recovery is swift. Horrifying what we're living through. The elites will let the climate destroy us peasants while they retreat to their bunkers.
That's their plan! It's a perverse eugenics, reducing the world population to the oligarchs and those who serve them.
The $1500 one time gesture as a healthcare policy is not only insulting and condescending but reflects utter insensitivity to the plight of people in today’s America. Every Senator that came up with this slap in the face needs to get off their rear ends and visit an ER or health clinic and talk and listen and see the people. How do you make healthcare healthy and robust? You fund it. You fund it by taxes. You collect money from the tax cheats and you remove tax breaks and loopholes holes from the super rich. You take money from exorbitant military spending. You stop worshipping the almighty dollar, shut down K Street and regulate industries so that air and water and food we take into our bodies is cleaner. Finally you grow a spine and stand up for what is moral and just when you prepare budgets and enact legislation.
Nick, great points! I would like to add that if the Senators (or actually all of Congress) who suggested the $1,500 Benefit, should have their Cadillac healthcare benefits taken away and be forced to use then same benefits available to the rest of the population. Maybe that would be a wake-up call.......but, alas, THAT is never going to happen ......
Healing vibes to the knee. Ouch! My 8th grade Civics teacher is still rolling in his grave, along with my mom who would not recognize the Republican Party of today. Have a great weekend and don’t overdo. Always appreciate your views.
Oh my. At least dachshunds going after squirrels only break your eardrums.
Have you seen the report that the US plans to withdraw ALL its troops from Europe, close its bases, and presumably says "you can't kick us out of NATO even if we don't contribute a dime?" (I checked; there is no mechanism to eject a member, though I doubt if Venezuela attacks us, or N Korea missiles reach Hawaii, there will be a whole lot of enthusiasm for honoring the treaty.) Not sure how this connects with vassal states, but if rather feels like it ought to.
https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-is-pulling-the-us
Really enjoying your posts and have sprinkled excerpts liberally around the social media-verse - duly attributed.
While Abrego Garcia is at liberty, somebody reliable (a notary? a member of Congress? a priest?) should take a close-up picture of his knuckles. Remember when Trump published a video purporting to show that he had M13 gang symbols on his hands, to show how dangerous he was and how urgently he needed to be deported? It's not news that Trump lies whenever convenient (and often even when it's not), but why not nail down this particular lie whlle the evidence is available?
Thank you and hope for a quick knee recovery, those rascally squirrels do like windows as well as darting out along the paths just for some playtime.
Good one “… news cycle has decided to ignite itself like a malfunctioning vape pen left on a space heater” may use this phrase with your permission in the future since daily the onslaught is never ending..
Read this morning that Russian officials warn the EU plan would be an act of theft and Russia's central bank announced on Friday it was suing Euroclear in a Moscow court even before a final decision is made.
Belgium is worried it will be saddled with an enormous bill if it all goes wrong and Euroclear chief executive Valérie Urbain says using it could "destabilise the international financial system".
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the assets will "enable Ukraine to protect itself effectively against future Russian attacks".
The EU is working to the wire ahead of next Thursday's summit to come up with a solution that Belgium can accept. Until now the EU has held off touching these assets themselves directly but since last year has paid the "windfall profits" from them to Ukraine. In 2024 that was €3.7bn. Legally using the interest is seen as safe as Russia is under sanction and the proceeds are not Russian sovereign property.
But international military aid for Ukraine has slipped dramatically in 2025, and Europe has struggled to make up the shortfall left by the US decision to all but stop funding Ukraine under our current Felon in that spew of gold-leaf foil pretty much in every room at the White House.
EU ambassadors are expected to agree on Friday to immobilise Russia's central bank assets held in Europe indefinitely.
Until now they have had to vote unanimously every six months to renew the freeze, which could have meant a repeated risk to Belgium.
It seems an EU source said the added advantage of Friday's expected vote to immobilise Russia's assets indefinitely made it harder for anyone to take the money away.
Since that 28-point plan that Witkoff and Kushner got handed from Russia their plan to pass off as the Felon’s or even their’s as the US peace plan laid out that a $100bn of Russia's frozen assets was to be used by the US for reconstruction, with the US taking 50% of the profits and Europe adding another $100bn. The remaining assets would then be used in some kind of US-Russia joint investment project. You know mineral rights and all. This would be implied that the US would then have to win over a majority of EU member states to vote for a plan that would cost the Felon and this regime a financially cost and an enormous sum.
Found the NYT article “How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed” extremely disturbing about the Trump admin helping a pedophile. Was already aware of the influence on the Tate brothers release from Romania but not this granular.
The Trump administration pressured a foreign government to release an accused child rapist so he could come party in Florida. That’s the story, as detailed in a damning new investigation by the New York Times. Andrew Tate, the manosphere influencer who built his fortune by coercing women into pornography and teaching other men how to do the same, texted a friend on January 14th that he’d received word from Trump’s people. They were “on top of things,” he wrote. He’d been told he’d “be free soon but Trump needs to see me in Miami.”
One month later, an extraordinary order came down from the highest levels of the Romanian government. Prosecutors who had argued for years that Tate was a flight risk and a public danger were told to find a “compromise.” Romania’s prime minister believed this would appease the Trump administration. On February 27th, the brothers boarded a private jet to Florida.
Here’s what Tate was fleeing. The Romanian indictment, a sealed 360-page document obtained by the Times, describes how he and his brother Tristan tricked women into believing they were in romantic relationships, then coerced them into producing pornography. They put these women under surveillance. They restricted their movements. They docked their pay if they cried on camera.
Andrew Tate choked one woman so hard the blood vessels in her eye burst.
Another woman told investigators he raped her twice, on one occasion forcing her into group sex. A 15-year-old girl said he had sex with her, beat her with a belt, and choked her until she passed out. He then allegedly tried to bribe her to stay quiet.
The full scope of the alleged operation expanded well beyond the original charges. Since 2014, prosecutors presented evidence that the brothers coerced more than 30 women, including a 17-year-old, into their pornography business. Over eight years, they extracted at least 21 million pounds from this enterprise.
So who decided this man deserved the intervention of American diplomacy?
Richard Grenell, Trump’s special envoy, discussed Tate’s case with Romanian officials at least twice. Once at Mar-a-Lago with an adviser to Romania’s prime minister. Once at a security conference in Munich with Romania’s foreign minister. Within days of that second conversation, the prosecutors received their orders to release the travel restrictions.
The Trump family’s involvement runs deeper than official channels. Donald Trump Jr. has been exchanging messages with Andrew Tate since at least 2017. In a live-streamed conversation last June, Don Jr. told him, “You’ve got people attacking you as far as I’m concerned. They just want to silence you.”
Barron Trump, now 19, spoke with Tate over Zoom last year. A mutual friend who was on the call said they discussed their “shared belief” that the Romanian criminal case was an effort to silence him.
The president’s teenage son was discussing alleged trafficking charges with an accused rapist like they were just two guys being persecuted by the system.
Tucker Carlson flew to Romania to interview Tate from his luxury home and told his audience the charges involved no sex crimes or violence. When the Times confronted him with the actual allegations, he said if he “got the facts wrong, I sincerely apologize.” He then added it didn’t change his view that Tate “had a message worth hearing.”
That message, in Tate’s own words from a YouTube interview: “It’s not just about picking up girls. It’s about converting them into really loving you enough to moving in with you and working for you and giving you all the money.”
Candace Owens interviewed him sympathetically and told her audience this was just “how guys have fun.” Charlie Kirk said he was “hitting on something that you’re not allowed to say.”
The White House claims it has “no knowledge of and is not involved in anything related to the Tates’ legal matters.” The official who issued that denial did not respond to questions about Barron. But Paul Ingrassia, who was named White House liaison to the Justice Department, had previously been part of Tate’s legal team. Alina Habba, counselor to the president, told Tate on a podcast in January that “I got your back over here.” Yep the same Alina Habba who illegally attained that AG position for New Jersey, from the U.S. AG Pam Bondi, and didn’t go too far with the James Comey case. Habba announced her resignation from the role on December 8, 2025, following a federal appeals court ruling that found her appointment unlawful. While she stepped down, she was appointed a senior advisor to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and will continue working within the Justice Department, with hopes to overturn the court decision.
THEN THEY THREW HIM A PARTY. REALLY
After Tate arrived in the United States, a girlfriend reported that he beat and strangled her. Prosecutors declined to charge him, citing insufficient evidence. She has filed a civil lawsuit and obtained a restraining order. Florida’s attorney general announced a criminal investigation. The Department of Homeland Security’s anti-trafficking agents have apparently been investigating the Tates for years.
Even some conservatives balked. Ron DeSantis said the brothers weren’t welcome in Florida. Josh Hawley said he didn’t think “we should be using any influence in our government to try to get him out.” Megyn Kelly called it “toxic masculinity.”
But the intervention happened anyway. The prosecutors who had spent years building a case were overruled by their own government at the apparent urging of American officials. Tate flew out on a private jet, posted a video grinning about “the Tate Escape,” and resumed his lifestyle of Bugattis and poolside parties in Dubai.
This is what American power now looks like. Not defending dissidents or freeing political prisoners. Pulling strings to release an accused child rapist because he has a big social media following and says the right things about masculinity and the left.
If you want to know what this administration actually values, forget the rhetoric about protecting children and traditional family values. Watch what they do when they think nobody’s paying attention.
And at that soirée at the Congressional Ball the nonpresent wife of the Felon unveiled a new legislative initiative for the upcoming year, to which her hubby responded by saying it was the first he hearing of it. It seems she reflected on the success of her push to pass the Take It Down Act outlawing the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery — including AI-generated porn with real people’s faces. All the while her son Barron is speaking with the Tate bros. on Zoom and share “outlooks” …
Of course the Felon who has no idea she’s doing anything did pipe up and say “she’s got a wonderful boy, and she’s very proud of her boy.”
Good grief just can’t come up with any of all of this currently happening …
Again wishes being sent for a quick healing..
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/andrew-tate-barron-trump-romania.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Thanks for the update (I think...). I look forward to the day when good is called good and evil is called evil. And... if I may be so bold as to say that people again, reap what they sow.
Another excellent piece, Mary!
Here's wishing you a speedy recovery. 🤗
I just wish that after reading the news, I didn't bark out "WTF?!" Every. God-damned. Day.
Thanks for a great, but disturbing news round up Mary. Get well soon. Maybe Marz's Christmas gift could be a squirrel toy that he can destroy in 10 seconds.
Statement by President von der Leyen of the EU Parliament following the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing 8/12/25
This afternoon, we had a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing*. I updated President Zelenskyy and leaders present on two key priorities - support for Ukraine and increasing European defence preparedness.
We all know what is at stake and we know we do not have any more time to lose. Securing financial support will help ensure the survival of Ukraine, and it is a crucial act of European defence.
In this new era, geoeconomics goes hand in hand with geopolitics. We know the biting impact our sanctions have on Russia's war economy. Along with our allies, Europe has the means and the will to increase pressure on Russia to come to the negotiation table.
Our Reparations Loan proposal is complex but at its core, it increases the cost of war for Russia. The proposal works on the cash balances produced by the immobilised Russian assets. These balances would be used for reparations. So the longer Putin wages his war, spills blood, takes lives, and destroys Ukrainian infrastructure - the higher the costs for Russia will be.
We know that Europe's defence is our responsibility. We continue to forge ahead with urgency – on implementing our readiness roadmap, on military mobility and our pan-European flagships. While we are still examining the SAFE plans received from Member States, Ukraine is included in 15 of the 19 submitted. This is not just about money - Ukraine is learning hard won lessons on the battlefield and we are learning with them. In integrating our defence industrial bases, we are building a strong deterrence - for today and tomorrow.
As Ukraine engages in genuine diplomatic efforts for peace, Russia repeatedly deceives and stalls for time. Mocking diplomacy and increasing strikes while pretending to seek peace. Today, that façade remains firmly in place. But we will not fall for it, we know who is the aggressor and who is the victim in this war.
Russia's brutal war sought to divide us but it has achieved the opposite. Our ties are stronger than ever. We are not only bound by defence interests but by our common values. And this is how we will proceed. United, in supporting Ukraine and in defending Europe.
• The Coalition of the Willing are lead by United Kindom and France.
The coalition of the willing is a coalition of 35 countries, which have pledged strengthened support for Ukraine against Russian aggression, going further than the support delivered by the Ukraine Defense Contact Group by pledging readiness to also be part of a peacekeeping force deployed on Ukrainian territory, either by providing troops or contributing in other ways. The peacekeeping force is envisaged only to be deployed the moment Ukraine and Russia sign a "comprehensive ceasefire agreement" or "peace deal" to settle the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.The initiative, led by the United Kingdom and France, was announced by British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on 2 March 2025, following the 2025 London Summit on Ukraine under the motto "securing our future".
The stated aim of the initiative is to facilitate the peace negotiation attempts launched and mediated by the United States between Ukraine and Russia in February 2025, by helping to build up strong enough security guarantees for Ukraine to ensure that a potential reached ceasefire or peace deal would be lasting. Besides serving the role as building up a potential peacekeeping force, the coalition have also expressed readiness to increase military support for Ukraine and strengthen economic sanctions against Russia, in the event that the ongoing negotiations for a "comprehensive ceasefire" or "peace deal" would fail. As of 20 March 2025, the exact shape and function of the coalition was described as still being subject to ongoing planning, but moved into an "operational phase".
You will notice at no point is the US named and they are not party to this formula originally agreed nearly 9 months ago. The plan is proceeding as the US fails the once free world.
Ahh, we DO love our dogs! Best wishes from a fellow victim of the undocumented squirrel invasion. I was out jogging with our new rescue dog, an Airedale Terror (NOT a typo!), when she dashed in front of me to protect me from the vermin. I went down over her back and broke some ribs. THAT was a gift that kept on giving for weeks. Your protector is called Marz. Mine is called Xena--Warrior Princess. I feel your pain.
Smile through your pain--they do love us! Get well soon.
Oh the pain!!! All over the place, for sure, but your knee! I'm clenching my teeth and squinting my eyes just 'feeling' it. Take care, neighbor to the near north...