President Vladimir Putin’s warning that Russia plans to update its national nuclear doctrine is “irresponsible,”according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

On Wednesday, Putin suggested that under a revised version of Russia’s nuclear doctrine, any aggression against the country by a non-nuclear state with the participation or support of a nuclear state could be considered a “joint attack” and cross the nuclear threshold. The proposed change implies that the new rules could apply to a Ukrainian strike deep inside Russia with advanced weapons supplied by the US, Britain or France.

After Thuringia and Saxony voted, Germany has just had another important regional election, this time in the land of Brandenburg. As in the two preceding cases, the Brandenburg election is far more than a local event. Its results reflect and affect German politics as a whole. But Brandenburg is also special, because it was the last of the three. We can now assess their results as a whole.

Germany’s ruling coalition has stopped at the edge of the abyss – for now

Yet another regional election, this time in Brandenburg, has not been able to break the country’s political deadlock

BY Tarik Cyril Amar

Former US President Donald Trump has hammered Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky for refusing to negotiate with Russia, arguing that the country is now “obliterated” while Kiev is reduced to sending “young children and old men” to the front lines amid its conflict with Moscow.

Zelensky is currently visiting the US to attend the UN General Assembly in New York and pitch his so-called ‘victory plan’ to key figures in President Joe Biden’s administration. Republican lawmakers, however, have condemned Zelensky for publicly criticizing Trump and his running mate, J.D. Vance.

He incited further ire among Republicans when he appeared at an event at a munitions plant organized by Pennsylvania Governor Joshua Shapiro, a key ally of Trump’s Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.

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LET'S NOT FORGET: memoirs, in collusion...

YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his debut appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colberton Monday to make his case for another term despite facing existential challenges to his leadership and mounting "frustration" from Canadians struggling with the cost of living.

Sitting for the late night talk show interview the day before a non-confidence motion against his government, Trudeau was asked why his political opponents might be trying to get him out of office after nearly a decade in power. In response, Trudeau said he believed the cost of living is to blame.

In a dramatic turn of events, NATO's once-solid support for Ukraine is showing cracks as key member states like Hungary, Poland, and Germany reconsider their military aid.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto's meeting with Russia’s Sergey Lavrov at the UNGA highlights the growing divide within NATO, while Poland and Germany signal a reduction in assistance to Ukraine.

As winter approaches and battlefield conditions worsen, President Zelensky faces a mounting challenge, with Putin's strategy appearing to drive a wedge through the Western alliance. Is this the beginning of the end for NATO’s support of Ukraine?

Last weekend, after Donald Trump posted “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” on Truth Social, my first thought was: “Who is Taylor Swift?”

Of course, I jest—but only a little. Yes, I am aware of a person named Taylor Swift who writes and sings pop songs, performs in outrageously over-the-top stage shows, sells an inconceivable number of albums, periodically attends NFL games featuring her football-star beau, and inspires widespread devotion among the hoi polloi—at least those not voting Republican in November.

Taylor Swift, Harbinger of Senescence
Where are the superstars of yesteryear?

BY Peter Tonguette

On the eve on the UN International Day of Peace, I searched ministerial websites for media statements that might reflect the Australian Government’s commitment to this year’s theme “Building a Culture of Peace” but I found no indication that the Albanese Government has a vision of its role as a middle power working to support international law and prevent the ravages of militarism.

After attending the UN General Assembly high-level week, U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky will head to Washington where they will discuss Zelensky’s request for permission to use Western long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russian territory. The Biden administration has asked Zelensky for an accounting of how such strikes would advance a Ukrainian military victory.

   The outline that has emerged in the press is a repetition of old demands.

BY Ted Snider

The Anglo-Saxon Empire has morphed from its English/Germanic origins to an American/European/Anglo world domination FASCIST machine. It’s a history of deception and slavery to control other nations.

One has only to look on the behaviour of the West (aka the American Empire) to see that despite its claim to spread “democratic values”, it is fully dedicated to world domination using any ways possible, including “regime change", coups and wars.

Presently, the United Kingdom, that of Charlie the Third, seems to be benign, tucked away in various do-gooding activities, including GREENISH spinach cultivation, but it swims in a modernisation of “ideologies” THAT has been made to MAINTAIN the central premise of ANGLO/SAXON WORLD DOMINATION at any cost to any one else… 

Israel stepped up its censorship of Al Jazeera on Sunday as soldiers raided the Qatar-based news network’s Ramallah offices in the occupied West Bank and ordered a 45-day closure of the bureau. This comes after the Netanyahu government banned the network inside of Israel in May under a new media law giving authorities broad power to censor foreign outlets deemed to be security threats.

We talked about the need to develop criteria for evaluating countries different from existing Western ones (according to which most states today do not want to be evaluated) and raised the issue of expanding the professional army in our country, as well as trying to figure out what should be the basis for the Declaration of Civil Society, which will be presented in Kazan.

Read about this and much else in our exclusive interview. 

Those espousing our embrace of America’s war against China start with the assertion that it is China’s aggression and aim for regional hegemony which must be resisted. No doubt China sees that in reverse – America as an overbearing, deeply hostile power perched on the edge of Asia pursuing hegemony at each end of the Eurasian continent. Blustering and freely admitting that it alone is not sufficiently powerful, pressuring “allies” for its ends – ruthlessly demanding more defence expenditure and economic and trade sacrifices. Australia is not alone – ask Japan and the Philippines. 

Zelensky ‘greatest salesman in history’ – Trump
Every time the Ukrainian leader comes to the US he walks away with $60 billion, according to the former president

ladimir Zelensky wants Kamala Harris to win the election “so badly,” former US President Donald Trump told a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.

The comment comes after the Ukrainian leader cast doubt on the Republican candidate’s claims that he could promptly end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Trump has insisted that he would tell Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky to “make a deal” to end the hostilities.

“I think Zelensky is the greatest salesman in history. Every time he comes into the country, he walks away with $60 billion,” Trump told his supporters.

The Israeli military carried out a series of airstrikes on Lebanon on Monday, reportedly killing over 500 people, including 50 children and 94 women. The strikes, which have been described as the deadliest since the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war, come amid the Jewish State’s expanding campaign against the Lebanese militant group.

Lebanese authorities have reported that over 1,800 people have been injured. The country’s Health Minister Firass Abiad has claimed that the strikes have hit hospitals, medical centers and ambulances.

The government has ordered schools and universities across the country to begin preparing shelters as thousands of people flee from the southern regions of Lebanon.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military has claimed to have struck over 1,500 targets, describing them as Hezbollah weapons sites.