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Kaja Kallas – A Neocon to Watch
[AE] Kaja Kallas, as the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, is demanding NATO finally admit Ukraine. The former Estonian prime minister who has aspirations of one day becoming NATO Secretary General has a deep hatred for Russia and all Russians. One must carefully question her motives as she advances through the ranks of neocons, causing the world to teeter on the brink of world war.

Slim Kallas, Kaja’s father, was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1973-1990. He was appointed as the President of the Bank of Estonia in 1991, after Estonia restored its independence. Later becoming a liberal founder of the Estonian Reform Party, Kallas served in various governmental positions always with a keen focus on distancing Estonia from all Russian influence.

Kaja Kallas has been openly anti-Russia since she entered politics. As prime minister, she demanded that all Russian and Soviet-era monuments be removed, landing her on the Russian Federation’s wanted list. The EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy applauded her notoriety and open hatred of Russia. "Moscow has put a prize on her head. Kaja Kallas is now wanted in Brussels," EuroNews accurately published.

Now, Estonians disliked Kallas whose policies aided in plunging their economy. "Gas might be expensive, but freedom is priceless," she callously told the people. She consistently pushed for Estonia to provide more defense funding to Ukraine and NATO and stated that Russians were no longer welcome to visit Estonia.

Kallas cannot separate Russian politicians from the Russian people. "They [Russians] define themselves in the categories of empire, imperial thinking, they like dictators," the fiery Estonian broadcast. — Our history textbooks were rewritten after independence, but in Russia this did not happen, they still learn from Soviet textbooks. Russia’s imperial ambitions — I’m not just talking about Putin. I’m talking about the country as a whole, what they are celebrating. We have to put an end to this vicious cycle," she stated.

Alex Soros, son of geopolitical meddler globalist George Soros, called her "one of Europe’s real heroes" in a social media post. "Inspiring meeting with Estonian Prime Minister, @kajakallas, one of Europe’s real hero’s! Prime Minister Kallas has been doing so much for European and transatlantic unity as well as coordination as we face the ongoing crisis with Russia," the younger Soros posted back in February 2022.

Kaja Kallas is a neocon to watch as she aims to advance in the ranks at NATO with the full backing of the establishment. "The strongest security guarantee — and, actually, also the cheapest one — is NATO membership... We have agreed that Ukraine’s path to NATO is... irreversible. We agreed on this. So, in the end, Ukraine must also be part of NATO," she recently stated. Apparently World War III is a cheaper option than peace. These are the people behind the scenes controlling the world. Although she has somewhat limited abilities in her current role, Kallas is yet another anti-Russian neocon who cannot sleep as long as the world knows peace.

Posted by: DooDahMan || 02/25/2025 02:31 || Comments || Link || [11125 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A kurva of the highest order.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 02/25/2025 2:34 Comments || Top||

#2  On the other hand, once Russia finish with Ukraine - the Chuhones are up for a lesson in manners.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/25/2025 2:38 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
RUMINT? Generals snared in their offices, shredding docs, by Kash's team at 3:00 am; whistleblower sez doc shredding at FBI, too
[X] RUMINT or real?

Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 02/25/2025 11:18 || Comments || Link || [11127 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Quick look at other posts over time. quick assessment = D5
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/25/2025 12:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Articles like this that engage my confirmation bias I totally do not trust. Will consider rumor until I see perps walk.
Posted by: mossomo || 02/25/2025 12:56 Comments || Top||

#3  I so hope it's true.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/25/2025 13:05 Comments || Top||

#4  Posted for tomorrow:
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Finds Employees Who Leaked to the Press About Illegal Immigration Raids
Posted by: Frank G || 02/25/2025 13:11 Comments || Top||

#5  Sickum !
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/25/2025 13:22 Comments || Top||

#6  Noem: 'I Have Found Some Leakers — They Will Be Fired'

What about this embedded generational leftist stress response tantrum was unexpected?
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/25/2025 14:50 Comments || Top||

#7  ^How clumsy they'll be about it?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/25/2025 14:53 Comments || Top||

#8  Flush and map, flush and map.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/25/2025 16:06 Comments || Top||

#9  Noem: 'I Have Found Some Leakers — They Will Be Fired'

OK, but how about prosecuting them as well? Put their asses in jail.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/25/2025 16:21 Comments || Top||

#10  If you had incriminating docs in your office and you waited until over 90 days after the election until a new FBI director had been confirmed to destroy the docs, then you are almost impossibly stupid.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 02/25/2025 16:35 Comments || Top||

#11  ^#10, 9, & 7
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/25/2025 17:45 Comments || Top||

#12  Next: Federal judges to rule that the shredding must continue.
Posted by: KBK || 02/25/2025 19:30 Comments || Top||

#13  Article 94 if true
Posted by: Gloluns Turkeyneck4904 || 02/25/2025 21:07 Comments || Top||


TREACHERY: CIA Agents Opposed to Trump Pondering Taking State Secrets to Foreign Powers
[RedState] There are leakers, and then there are leakers. Some leaking can be justified; whistleblowers to legitimately bad or evil practices by people in positions of authority is technically leaking of information, possibly even classified information, for instance.

On the other hand, on Monday, we learned that there may be some Trump-hating personnel at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who are threatening to take classified intelligence information to foreign governments if their positions are threatened by the efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency — the DOGE.

In an effort to comply with an executive order to downsize the federal workforce, the CIA earlier this month sent the White House an extraordinarily unusual email listing all new hires that have been with the agency for two years or less — a list that included CIA officers who were preparing to operate under cover — over an unclassified email server.

Wait, didn't we have a certain former Secretary of State who kept classified material on an unclassified and unsecured email server? What was her name again?

The agency is now considering whether some of the employees listed in the email to the White House who were previously slated for covert deployments in sensitive locations overseas should now be held back or reassigned, sources familiar with the matter said, because the risk that their identity may have been exposed to foreign government hackers is too high.

That, to be fair, is a legitimate concern. There is a chance that leaked information could result in the death of an operator; I have an old friend who was a CIA Foreign Intelligence Officer (FIA) for 30 years, and I remember him saying that one of these people's great fears was being "burned." That was something that could easily end in a prolonged and painful death.

Here's the alarming part:

With the CIA and other intelligence agencies, "you take whatever number of employees who are gonna get cut loose and they have knowledge of sensitive programs — that by definition is an insider risk," this person said. "You’re just rolling the dice that these folks are gonna honor their secrecy agreement and not volunteer to a hostile intelligence service."

This shouldn't be a question. These people took oaths. They have — or had — security clearances, with the extensive background checks that go with those. I know — I've undergone a background check for a top-secret clearance myself. And, depending on which foreign government these disgruntled ex-employees might choose to go to, this act would be, arguably, treason.

Treason, I should note, is specifically called out in the Constitution. Article III, Section 3, Clause 1:

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

Under 18 USC Ch. 115: Treason, Sedition, and Subversive Activities, one can be sentenced to death for treason. It's that serious.

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 02/25/2025 08:16 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under:


Ethics watchdog flags senator helping wife rake in millions for nonprofit
[FoxNews] Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., is being accused of violating ethics rules after backing laws that financially benefited his wife's environmental organization.

The Democratic senator and climate hawk voted for key laws that provided funding for grants to the environmental non-profit group that works with his wife, Sandra Whitehouse, and pays her through a consulting firm.

The ethics watchdog, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), is asking the Senate Select Committee on Ethics Chairman James Lankford, R-Okla., and Vice Chairman Chris Coons, D-Del., to investigate Whitehouse "to determine whether he violated the Senate ethics rules on conflicts of interest." The group works primarily to draw attention to potential Democratic lawmaker ethics violations.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/25/2025 00:10 || Comments || Link || [11124 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Politix
Let's Go Brandon - Chicago Mayor Approval
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Recent poll from @m3strat
shows Mayor Brandon Johnson with an approval rating of less than 7%.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 02/25/2025 09:23 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under:


Breitbart News Asks Newsom Why He's Spending $50 Million to Fight Trump While Asking for $40 Billion
[Breitbart] California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) defended spending $50 million to fight President Donald Trump’s policies while also asking the federal government for $40 billion in fire relief, saying it was necessary to defend state programs.

Newsom spoke to reporters after launching a website devoted to “Accountability” in the state’s homeless spending — though, as Breitbart News pointed out in a question, the website does not actually include the amount being spent.

Breitbart News also asked Newsom whether it was appropriate “to sign $50 million in spending to fight the Trump administration while also asking the Federal government for $40 billion in fire relief aid.”

Newsom said he would not have phrased the question that way, and said that California wished to spend an additional $25 million on lawsuits to “protect and preserve” its policies, based on its experience with the first Trump administration, when California filed one lawsuit after another against the White House.

California expected that experience to be “replicated.” He cited the example of high-speed rail, where Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy had announced an audit of the state’s spending on the project (which includes billions of dollars in federal funds). “We were prescient in that respect,” Newsom said, “in terms of putting those funds up in anticipation of efforts happening in the second Trump administration that happened in the first Trump administration.”

As for the $25 million for legal defenses for illegal aliens, Newsom said, “that is not specific to Trump” but was rather about “protecting people’s rights” .and paying non-profit organizations and other groups that help undocumented Californians “to address their anxieties and fears.”
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/25/2025 07:22 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under:




#4  Don't feel bad, Gavin. The next time a terrorist blows up a building in NYC, you'll likely note the rest of the country being unenthused about trying to make it right.
Posted by: ed in texas || 02/25/2025 15:33 Comments || Top||


Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll
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Posted by: Fred || 02/25/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11129 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The entire 55-page poll .pdf

Anybody at all can find something there to quote to make their point. Anybody.

A lot of good news for Trump, but his Ukraine (page 51) and Gaza (page 48) positions are not nearly as popular as immigration and girls sports.
Posted by: Bobby || 02/25/2025 11:20 Comments || Top||



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