US President Donald Trump has someone in mind to be the next leader of Cuba – his secretary of state, Marco Rubio.

On Sunday, Trump reposted an image of an X post that jokingly claimed that the top US diplomat would be made the president of the Caribbean island.

“Sounds good to me!” Trump responded on Truth Social.

In a follow-up message, he accused Cuba of subsisting on oil money from Venezuela.

The latter country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, was kidnapped by US special forces last week following months of pressure from Washington, after which Trump demanded “total access” to the South American nation’s oil. A number of Cubans in Maduro’s personal security team were killed in the raid.

Lt Col Daniel Davis argues that President Trump’s failure to end the Russia–Ukraine war stems largely from flawed advice and misperceptions within his own team — especially from Keith Kellogg. Despite Trump’s repeated promises to end the war quickly after taking office in January 2025, there has been no progress toward a negotiated settlement nearly a year later.

Last week it was geopolitical tensions, the start of this week is an attack on Fed independence...

It's no wonder why precious metals continue to stay so bullish. Trump is making the headlines again to start the new week and in case you missed it:

The staggering cowardliness by four ex-Presidents vis-à-vis Tyrant Trump’s wrecking of America cannot escape history’s verdict. However, there is still an opportunity for vigorous redemption by George W. Bush – whose life-saving AIDS Medicine Program in Africa was shut down by Trump – Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, if they have any self-respect for their patriotic duty.

Ralph Nader: Ex-Presidents and Democratic Leaders Silent on the Impeachment of Donald Trump

By Ralph Nader / Nader.org

On Friday morning, around 150 parents, students, and educators gathered for a press conference at Lake Hiawatha Park in South Minneapolis to demand ICE leave Minneapolis. The event took place two days after federal agents detained an on-duty school staffer and member of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators (MFE) at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Teachers, Parents Denounce Federal Agents’ Assault at Roosevelt High, Demand ICE Leave

Members of Minneapolis Federation of Educators and community allies gathered in South Minneapolis to condemn the detention of school staff at dismissal.

BY ISABELA ESCALONA

Philosophers are generally expected to display wisdom and calm in the face of existential questions. I am just not one of those philosophers. I spent 30 years racing away from these thoughts by running and swimming obsessively, pretending that I had no physical limits.

A New Understanding of Human Beings’ Most Basic Desire
The philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s latest book looks beyond happiness as the goal of a well-lived life.
By John Kaag

[GUSNOTE: THERE IS NOTHING NEW ABOUT REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN'S VIEWS... UNLESS ONE FORGETS ABOUT THE MANY PHILOSOPHERS WHO CAME BEFORE HER...]

The Ukrainian military is plagued with abuse and corruption, with some units dominated by neo-Nazis or foreign drug cartel members, a former Dutch mercenary who fought for Kiev has said.

The retired air force serviceman, who goes by the alias Hendrik, admitted he got disillusioned with Kiev’s cause after travelling to Ukraine on three occasions to fight Russia. “It’s a corrupt gang there,” he told De Telegraaf newspaper in an interview published on Saturday.

At some point, Hendrik ended up with the Third Separate Assault Brigade – a successor to the infamous neo-Nazi Azov Regiment. An officer within the brigade assured the Dutchman that the unit had severed its links to neo-Nazis – it turned out to be a lie, according to Hendrik.

YouTube Deleted Neutrality Studies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwXKbTpKiTA

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Americans largely approve of the American raid to abduct Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBrqm42eoYc

SEE ALSO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oUbqmrFWOU

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While Germans were asking how it was possible that about 100,000 people in Berlin were left without electricity and heating for several days after an attack on the power supply, Chancellor Friedrich Merz had his hands full with international crises.

Nearly three years ago I withdrew from the “Rage Against the War Machine” rally scheduled to take place on the footsteps of the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, DC. I had written a speech that I called “the best speech I never delivered”, in which addressed the myriad of issues which confronted we, the American people, as we struggled to form a more perfect union.

The End of a Dream?

The dream of disarmament is over. It is time to wake up to reality, so that we don’t end up living in a nightmare. Now we need to dream of peace.

BY SCOTT RITTER

Let me share the final passages of that speech as an introduction to what I will be writing about in this essay:

In this section, we download and preprocess a composite ice core atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) data set provided by the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA){target="_blank"} that extends back 800,000 years. The data may be directly accessed here{target="_blank"} or if the data set is not available you may download a copy here{target="_blank"} (downloaded on 2022-06-14).

In his annual address to French ambassadors at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron outlined France's foreign policy priorities, sharply criticizing the US for "gradually turning away" from some of its allies and "breaking free from international rules," while leveling criticisms and claims against China and Russia, according to a press release issued by the Élysée Palace. 

Macron strongly criticizes US, mentions China and Russia; speech reflects Europe's frustration over eroding influence: expert

By Liu Xin

I was wrong. I believed that controlling Venezuelan oil was the primary objective behind Donald Trump’s decision to order the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro. After reviewing the actual numbers it is clear that the belief that Venezuelan oil would provide a buffer if the Persian Gulf is closed as a consequence of an Israeli/US attack on Iran is sheer nonsense. My apologies for entertaining that hypothesis before looking at the actual numbers.

When it Comes to Venezuelan Oil, Trump is Drilling a Dry Hole

 by Larry C. Johnson

The graphic [ABOVE] illustrates the reality....