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Bit late, but did ya hear that the modern Ukrainian nazi government was mad at Poland for publically remembering how their people were genocided by ww2 Ukrainian nazis? They decided to say no Ukrainians did a genocide against their silly Polish neighbors and the Ukrainian national heroes that are celebrated by the Ukrainian government has had their honor tarnished by the Perfidious Polish Sejm, and that the Poles need to remember the true enemy - who didn't genocide them with impunity for their nazi German masters - the Russians

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine considers the decision of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland to establish 11 July as a Day of Remembrance for the victims of the so-called “genocide committed by the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in the eastern territories of the Second Polish Republic” to fly in the face of the spirit of good neighbourly relations between Ukraine and Poland.

Such unilateral steps do not contribute to achieving mutual understanding and reconciliation, which our countries have been working on for a long time, particularly in the format of the Joint Ukrainian-Polish Working Group on Historical Issues, which operates with the participation of the ministries of culture and national memory institutions from both countries.

Ukraine consistently advocates for a scientific and unbiased study of the complex pages of our shared history. We are convinced that the path to true reconciliation lies through dialogue, mutual respect and joint work by historians, rather than through unilateral political assessments.

We urge the Polish side to refrain from steps that could lead to increased tension in bilateral relations and undermine the achievements gained through constructive dialogue and cooperation between Ukraine and Poland.

Despite the bias and political context of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland's decision, we continue to conduct search and exhumation work in Ukraine and Poland, respectively. We have already achieved practical results in this area, which should be developed further in the future.

Once again, we remind you that Poles should not look for enemies among Ukrainians, and Ukrainians should not look for enemies among Poles. We have a common enemy – Russia.

For the sake of the common strength, freedom and security of our two friendly countries, we must resolve problematic issues together, rather than exacerbating them.

I mentioned last week how CEOs are starting to complain about rare earth and magnet shortages. Stocks are not critical yet, but people are getting worried. WSJ reporting today;

Several US automakers are considering moving some auto parts manufacturing to China to get around China’s export controls on rare earth magnets

Cw: csa

The Madleen Gaza flotilla has reported being followed by several drones 68 km off the coast of Greece. Everyone aboard is safe, but they're obviously concerned.

Link

You can follow their Telegram channel @FFC_official_channel for live updates on their situation.

US greenlights Syrian plan to integrate foreign extremists into new army – the cradle

After 2011, tens of thousands of foreign extremists flooded into Syria with the backing of western intelligence agencies to help topple the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad

Tesla stock down. 284.70 USD −47.35 (14.26%)today. Just at this company's over valued stock

Democrats will post think and think it makes trump look bad

'Time to drop the bomb': Elon Musk claims Trump named in Epstein Files - Business Standard

Just because they’re getting international legitimacy doesn’t mean they’ve stopped doing the atrocities. New massacre of 6 Alawites in Hama

Cw blood gore corpses

https://t.me/syriajusticearchive/6094

Apologies, I forgot it was new thread time. I've been asked to repost this, so I will:

Confirmed Russian losses due to Ukraine's "Spiderweb" attack on Russian tactical and strategic bombers.

Part 1, Olenya Airbase:

• 4x Tu-95 burning, severely damaged or destroyed:
• 1x An-12 transport plane burning, severely damaged or destroyed:
• In this photo, you can see that the 1st and 4th Tu-95s got consumed by flames, along with the suspected An-12 on the left

Belaya Airbase:

• 3x Tu-95s and 4x Tu-22M3s severely damaged or destroyed, 1x Tu-95 with some minor damage.
• UNCONFIRMED: Fire near or at the parking sites of Tu-160 strategic bombers:

Total so far:

• 7x Tu-95 severely damaged or destroyed.
• 4x Tu-22M3 severely damaged or destroyed.
• 1x An-12 severely damaged or destroyed.
• 1x Tu-95 with minor damage.

For a total of 13 aircraft confirmed damaged or destroyed, with 12 of them showing signs of severe damage. Ukraine initially claimed 40, but a success rate of 32.5%, or around 1/3, is nothing to scoff at for an attack like this. There is still potential for more damage to be discovered as more satellite imagery gets released.

I'll discuss the impact on the Tu-95 strategic bomber fleet below in a reply.

Harvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism

I still remember when I worked for a company that took on contracts with the USAF and the CEO defended it to upset employees by telling them to read “Better Angels of Our Nature”

Scenes on the ground of continuing resistence to ICE raids in Paramount, California can be found here: https://bsky.app/profile/acatwithnews.bsky.social/post/3lqzzoky4cc24

Larges amounts of less-lethal munitions being used, some of which causing brush fires. Residential areas are being flooded with tear gas. CW for police violence on any clips, I haven't seen anything excessively graphic though but it is all generally upsetting.

Jonathan Joss, 'King of the Hill' voice actor, killed in San Antonio shooting - NBC NEWS

The 59-year-old actor, best known as the voice of John Redcorn in the hit animated series, died Sunday, police said. Jonathan Joss, the voice actor best known as John Redcorn from "King of the Hill," was killed in a San Antonio shooting on Sunday, police said.

A suspect, 56-year-old Sigfredo Alvarez Ceja, was taken into custody and booked on a murder charge, the San Antonio Police Department said.

Officers were dispatched to Dorsey Drive around 7 p.m. Sunday for a shooting and arrived to find the actor, whose legal name is Jonathan Joss Gonzales, near the roadway after he was shot, police said. Authorities attempted life-saving measures until EMS arrived and pronounced Joss, 59, dead.

Joss was the voice of John Redcorn in the Fox animated series from seasons 2 through 13. John Redcorn was a “New Age healer” and masseur, who was always addressed by his full name or "Mr. Redcorn."

A new season of "King of the Hill" revival is set to debut on Hulu in August. In a credit sequence shared Friday, John Redcorn is seen driving by in his classic tan Jeep.

Joss also played Ken Hotate in "Parks and Recreation" and had roles in "Tulsa King" and the 2016 remake of "The Magnificent Seven." His most recent acting credit was in 2023 for voicing a character in the "Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty" video game.

Joss' family home in San Antonio was destroyed in a fire in January. An online fundraiser stated three of his dogs had been killed in the fire and raised more than $10,000. Joss told local reporters then that he did not have a job. Representatives and family of Joss could not immediately be reached for comment

New Musk tweet:

Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?

Would he himself do it and if so would it actually break the 2 party system this time like Reform (but less successful)? Obviously you can't expect Mr "big things coming" to follow through on anything though.

Competitive 3 way races where democrats get 3rd place are probably easier for a socialist party to surpass them though.

https://freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/

We will see if The Madleen actually makes the final approach into Gaza in the coming days.

Russia is in the process of launching potentially the biggest Geran/Shahed one way attack drone attack of the entire war so far. There are currently around 100 Geran/Shahed drones in Ukrainian airspace, according to posts over the last 45 minutes. Long night of attacks incoming, anyone in the area and vicinity of Ukraine should be prepared to seek shelter. 600 Shahed/Geran drones are expected to be launched over the entire night and early morning.

Ukraine air raids altert telegram channel

AMK mapping telegram channel, provides English translation of Russian and Ukrainian sources

Russian strategic bombers are now airborne, 5 Tu-95MS and 4 Tu-22M3. Each Tu-95 can carry a maximum of 8 Kh-101 subsonic low observable low altitude cruise missiles, and each Tu-22M3 can carry 3 supersonic Kh-32/22 supersonic high altitude cruise missiles. 3 Russian guided missile frigates are also present in the Black Sea, each can carry 8 3M14T Kalibr subsonic low altitude cruise missiles. This means that a maximum volley of 76 cruise missiles (40 Kh-101, 12 Kh-32/22, 24 3M14T Kalibr) is possible, although this is highly unlikely. More Geran/Shahed launches hsve also taken place.

Russia just lobbed 4 Kh-32/22 supersonic cruise missiles at Snake island. The Tu-22M3s are now going back to their bases, Kh-32/22 attacks over for the night, it was one missile per plane. As expected, aircraft are not carrying maximum loads. Don't know exactly why Snake island was hit by these missiles again, Russia did the exact same thing about a year ago. This was followed up by 2 Kh-31P anti radiation missiles targeting Teplodar, Odesa. So by best guess is that this was a preliminary strike to take out air defence systems and radars stationed at Snake Island and Teplodar before an attack on Odesa, which may come in the next few hours. Another guess is that the Kh-32/22s hit the oil facilities/platforms near Snake Island.

All 5 Tu-95MS bombers just conducted launch maneuvers for launching Kh-101 cruise missiles. Unknown if real or simulated launches at this time.

Second launch maneuver by the Tu-95s, and around 20 ballistic missiles were just launched at Ukraine over the last half hour, including Kinzhal air launched ballistic missiles from MiG-31K aircraft, and Iskander-M ground launched ballistic missiles. The first Kh-101 missiles are currently flying over Belarus to avoid Ukrainian airspace.

ALL EYES ON THE MADLEEN. ALL EYES ON THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA. FREE PALESTINE

Video summary of unrest from yesterday in the Los Angeles area

The Guardian: National guard troops sent by Trump arrive in LA following protests against immigration raids

National Guard has been seen moving in vehicles through LA, demonstrations are planned later in the day, and I would guess we will see increased numbers of protesters coming out against the presence of federalized troops.

Greatest economic system on earth and its valuation swings by trillions of dollars whenever two billionaires say mean things to each other on Twitter. Okay.

About what you’d expect from a country that can’t even feed, house, clothe, or provide basic medical care for itself.

Ansarallah hit the entity's airport with two Yaffa drones

Yemen’s Armed Forces have again targeted the Israeli regime’s busiest airport in continuation of Sana’a’s aerial blockade against the regime, this time striking the facility with two armed drones.

The servicemen announced the development through a statement on Wednesday, identifying the target in question as the Ben Gurion airport, and the unmanned aerial vehicles used to strike it as “Yaffa” drones.

The operation, the statement added, “successfully achieved its objective.”

Israel raises record $5bn in bond sales to US investors as Gaza genocide strains economy

Israel has raised a record $5 billion through Israel Bonds, a US-based broker-dealer, to help finance its ongoing war on Palestinians in Gaza, marking a surge in foreign support for the country’s economy despite mounting concerns over domestic fiscal sustainability.

Since the start of the war, Israel has spent some $67 billion to destroy Gaza and slaughter some 110,000 Palestinians, an estimated 80 percent civilians. US taxpayers provided Israel with nearly $18 billion in military aid during the first year of the war alone, according to the Costs of War Project at Brown University.

Israel’s war-related spending has ballooned, leading to a record government borrowing of nearly $76 billion last year. While most of Israel’s debt is raised in the local bond market, international placements and Israel Bonds play a vital supplementary role. US states such as New York, Texas, Ohio, and Florida, particularly Palm Beach County, its largest single investor at $700 million, are among the most prominent backers.

But even as capital flows in, experts have warned about the war’s long-term economic toll. Karnit Flug, a former Governor of the Bank of Israel and a senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, stated this week that increased war spending threatens to collapse essential public services, including hospitals, schools, and public transportation. Speaking ahead of the Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy and Society, Flug cautioned that the current path is unsustainable. “Without changes in the government’s course of budget policy and without internalizing the potential snowball effect of sanctions and restrictions, Israel will find itself on a very risky path,” she said.

As taxes rise and public services deteriorate, she warned that the burden is falling disproportionately on high-productivity, tax-paying Israelis—many of whom are the most mobile and capable of leaving the country. Flug urged the government to reassess its budget priorities and reduce dependence on wartime borrowing, citing Israel’s heavy reliance on human capital and infrastructure for future growth.

Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox partners move ahead with Knesset dissolution plan

Ultra-Orthodox (Haredim) Israeli parties in Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition said on 6 June that they are moving forward with an effort to dissolve the Knesset over the government’s failure to pass a law exempting members of the Haredi community from military service.

On Thursday, Israel’s Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara announced that the army will issue over 50,000 conscription orders to ultra-Orthodox students next month, further fueling outrage across the Haredi community. The attorney general said the matter of drafting ultra-Orthodox into the army “is not progressing sufficiently, as the army urgently needs new recruits, which requires imposing personal sanctions on draft evaders,” according to Israel’s Broadcasting Corporation (KAN).

Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews of military age have been able to avoid compulsory enlistment into the army for decades by enrolling in yeshivas (religious schools) and obtaining repeated one-year service deferrals until they reach the age of military exemption. Since the war in Gaza began, a manpower crisis plaguing the army has compelled the government to move forward with drafting the ultra-Orthodox into military service – to the chagrin of the far-right, religious parties in the prime minister’s ruling coalition.

It’s in Europe’s interest to put sanctions on Israel - Financial times

i found this very interesting article from yesterday from the FT, which in my opinion is a good news site for posible and future policy push by the capitalist states since unlike other media is not too overly dramatic and tries to follow a realist IR outlook which most media doesnt

in this one the talk about the posivility of sanctions by the UE if they wish to act

In the past few weeks, EU foreign ministers have triggered a review of Israel’s association agreement with the bloc, Britain has halted trade talks, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund blacklisted an Israeli company for facilitating energy deliveries to West Bank settlements, and the leaders of France, the UK and Canada threatened to put sanctions on the country. Even Germany, Israel’s most stalwart backer in Europe, is criticising the country’s conduct.

The Bank of Israel invests about a quarter of its relatively large stock of reserves in Europe, which a freeze would make unavailable for their financial stabilisation function and could in time be put towards any compensation due to Palestinians.

The hardest-hitting sanctions would probably be on trade and travel. Israel sources nearly half of its goods imports from Europe and sends more than a third of its exports to the continent, according to its statistics bureau. A significant share of the imports consists of fuels, a trade Europe has outsize influence over due to its dominance of shipping-related services. At least a quarter of Israel’s large services trade is also with European markets. Restrictions on business services and tourism would be highly disruptive.

Preparations are also needed to counter any US sabotage, which is already under way with Washington’s debilitating moves against the International Criminal Court.

By showing it is ready to act against Israel if it so chooses, the EU would show it is ready to act against grave breaches of international law by anyone. Legal consistency would make threats of sanctions more credible; incentives to respect European red lines would strengthen them and signal consequences for crossing them.

I think the issue with Israel may be used by a few of the EU capitalist class (mostly expecting macron, spain and the germans now) to try to justify a push into a more pragmatic foreign policy using the justification upholding international law.

this would let them better their image with the global south who while being mostly powerless in the issue of Gaza are an important current and future market for resourses, labour and consumers for the EU, also as we have seen last month the UE has slowly gain better relation with China with the agreement to suspent sanctions between both (in relation to the claims of Uyghurs genocide) and this could lead to a great integration into the belt and road between the EU and China.

This may anger the USA and Trump could push for retaliatory tariffs but i think some europeans see that its posible to let the relations with the US decay a bit since they expect that Trump's worst impulses (tariffs, santions, etc) would probably be stopped or minimized by the interests of the USA capitalist class who depend in the european market, so they could use this moment of negative relations to get a better standing with China and then when Trump term's is up a more moderate president could likely be elected (they probably expect like a dem) and then they could better their relations with the USA.

I there are some weaknesses and and unlikely situations in this EU plan to move to pragmatism that could hurt or stop this policy, like being able to fully-mostly fix the labour issue, what if they arent able to effectively compete in the B&R market against the chinese or maybe they chiken out and go back to fully support the US. But to me this is the Policy this article seems to push for

Also i think the UK will chicken out for sure, also if you like this silly geopolitics analisis by me maybe you would enjoy the power fantasy by kieron gillen, its really good

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/02/blue-labour-group-urges-ministers-root-out-dei-win-over-reform-voters

They are fucking with us.

The Economist now considers Xi the most powerful man on earth.

https://archive.is/0W3ut

How an agonising relationship with his dad shaped Xi Jinping

The most powerful man on Earth had a grim childhood

I'm particularly fond of that last line

The worldview he learned from his father will affect not only 1.4bn Chinese people, but the whole of humanity.

Poland designates July 11 as the National Day of Remembrance of Polish Victims of Genocide Committed by the OUN and UPA. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, this contradicts the good neighborly relations between Kyiv and Warsaw

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/poland-marks-july-11-to-honor-volhynia-victims-1749123485.html

West Bank settler attacks reach 20-year high, over 220 Palestinians injured in 2025– the cradle

Jewish Israeli settlers recently kidnapped and tortured two US-Palestinian brothers, leaving them hospitalized after their release

A 63-Year-Old Medical Worker Spent Three Months as a Human Shield for Israeli [sic] Brigades in Gaza | Drop Site News

"The foreign ministry and the embassy in tel aviv are in touch with local governments and following the situation closely. Should a need for consular aid arise, the embassy and foreign ministry will judge how to best help Greta Thunberg resolve her situation. " - Press release from the Swedish foreign ministry.

Swedish state-controlled news current headline says "Greta Thunberg's ship has been boarded - Greta Thunberg claims to be kidnapped, Israel says she is fine."

NBC is doing some consent manufacturing

Afraid he’s cooked. Prosecution got a gift

Am I the only one who has realized the terrorist potential of ukraine style drone attacks? Now that the standard has been set, it's not too long before we see our first major drone backed terrorist attack. I'm going to guess that NATO countries don't have AA domes around their cities.

Two drones hovering over the Madleen

The crew on board the Madleen is now taking cover as two drones are hovering overhead, says UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese.

“Two drones over the Madleen. They say they are quadcopters, the dangerous ones. TEAM IS TAKING COVER,” Albanese wrote on X.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/4/madleen-gaza-flotilla-live-greta-thunberg-activists-to-arrive-on-june-7

Today's MoA certified as containing anti-trans brainworms, hexbears beware