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Sen. Dick Durbin criticized the Trump administration for sending a delegation to a Russian economic forum, arguing the visit comes as Moscow continues its war against Ukraine. #Ukraine #USPolitics @volteuropa.org @democrats.senate.gov Source: Kyiv Post

Rep. Mike Levin says taxpayers are paying nearly $1 billion to kill offshore wind projects that could have powered over 1 million homes. He argues the move favors fossil fuels and could mean higher energy bills for Americans. #EnergyPolicy #USPolitics @democrats.senate.gov

David Bier, of the Cato Institute said decades of research show immigrants work more, pay more taxes, commit less crime, and have reduced U.S. debt by $14 trillion over 30 years. #Immigration #FactsMatter

Historian Timothy Snyder summed up Trump's foreign policy in one image: a baby in a bulldozer. Allies try to manage it, adversaries encourage it, and rivals wait for it to crash. #ForeignPolicy #Geopolitics @volteuropa.org @democrats.senate.gov

José Andrés wore a Ukrainian national team jersey on Jimmy Kimmel Live, calling Ukraine's fight a "match for freedom and democracy" and urging continued support for a nation still defending its sovereignty. #Ukraine #Democracy #Freedom #WorldCup @volteuropa.org @ec.europa.eu Sounce Jimmy Kimmel

Investigative journalist Shane Harris asked Claude how it felt about being used for U.S. military targeting. The answer was chilling: when humans simply approve AI recommendations, judgment can become automation bias with a signature. #AIWarfare #HumanRights @volteuropa.org @democrats.senate.gov

CNN's look inside a Ukrainian command center shows AI and Palantir helping direct deep-strike drone missions inside Russia. Real-time tracking, target analysis, and battlefield data are now as important as missiles and drones. #Ukraine #AI @volteuropa.org @ec.europa.eu Source: United24Media

Ukraine says it struck an Iskander missile system and destroyed two Tu-142 aircraft at a Russian airfield in Taganrog, marking another deep strike against Moscow's military assets. #Ukrainem #War #Russia @volteuropa.org @ec.europa.eu Source: United24 Media

China doesn't need to beat America's AI companies. Prof. Scott Galloway argues it could simply flood the market with cheap AI models, undercut valuations, slow AI spending, and expose what he sees as an increasingly fragile AI bubble. #AI #Tech #Economy #Ivesting @volteuropa.org @ec.europa.eu

Air defense systems are now appearing on Moscow rooftops as Russia tightens security amid growing fears Ukrainian drones can increasingly penetrate deep into Russian territory. #Russia #Ukraine @volteuropa.org @ec.europa.eu Source: Kyiv Post

AOC warned that America risks normalizing indifference as immigrants, voting rights, reproductive rights and the free press come under mounting pressure — asking not only what it costs economically, but “what does it cost our soul?” #AOC #Democracy @volteuropa.org

Planet Labs CEO Will Marshall warns that superintelligence may become the most consequential birth in human history — but says humanity still lacks a serious plan for controlling it once AI gains “eyes” into the physical world. #Tech #AI #SuperIntelligence @volteuropa.org @ec.europa.eu

Pope Leo warned that societies built only on power and wealth cannot call themselves just while ignoring the poor and vulnerable. #PopeLeo #HumanRights #Greed #PowerLust #USA #Russia #China #NorthKorea #Isreal #Global

Two EA-18 Growlers reportedly collided mid-air during an airshow at Mountain Home AFB in Idaho. Early reports indicate all crew members safely ejected. #USNavy #MilitaryAviation idahonews.com/news/local/t...

Happening in Moscow, Ukraine strikes back, Putin can't keep his war from coming home. @volteuropa.org @ec.europa.eu #Moscow #Putin #Ukraine #EU

Drones struck Russia’s Ryazan refinery overnight, targeting one of the country’s largest oil facilities and a major pillar of Moscow’s energy and military infrastructure. #Russia #Ukraine #EU @volteuropa.org @ec.europa.eu

CNN’s report from China showed anti-Trump mockery spreading freely across Chinese social media — something that only happens if Beijing allows it. Beijing appears increasingly confident that U.S. instability and Trump-era confrontations are accelerating China’s global position. #China #Trump

Trump is facing a lawsuit after awarding a no-bid contract to renovate Washington’s historic Reflecting Pool blue. Critics say the project bypassed preservation laws and ballooned from Trump’s claimed $2 million estimate to more than $13 million. #Trump #WashingtonDC

Rush Doshi warned Trump pushed China and Iran toward their strongest leverage tools — rare earths and the Strait of Hormuz. Escalate, back down, and adversaries start seeing the U.S. as a paper tiger. #China #Iran #Trump @democrats.senate.gov @volteuropa.org

Fareed Zakaria says Beijing no longer sees U.S. instability as an advantage, but as a threat. China reportedly views Trump-era unpredictability as dangerous to the global order it depends on. An erratic America is now seen as a global risk. #China #Trump #Geopolitics @volteuropa.org

PM Mark Carney says democracies cannot defeat destructive politics by imitating it or clinging to a vanished world order. He argues the answer is rebuilding stronger economies, institutions, and resilience for everyone. #Canada #Democracy #Europe #UK @volteuropa.org @democrats.senate.gov

Opinion: Donald Trump has a mafia mentality, and has extreme delusions of grandeur, He neither exhibits or feels any sense of empathy or sympathy, only a lust for power and control, where loyalty to him is all that matters, and a one way street, He is the definition of depravity. #Trump #Corruption

Trump and Netanyahu’s ill-advised war have guaranteed the Strait of Hormuz becomes Iran’s long-term bargaining chip and deterrent against future U.S. administrations, and a geopolitical weapon. @volteuropa.org @ec.europa.eu @democrats.senate.gov #Iran #Hormuz #MiddleEast

Opinion: Once again Trump is seen as making decisions that directly benefit Putin, and put our Allies and the USA at a strategic disadvantage. #Trump #Putin #Europe @volteuropa.org

Opinion: The USA no longer functions using objective truth, but on beliefs fueled by deliberate propaganda.

To all our European friends, Happy Europe Day. #EuropeDay2026 @volteuropa.org

British MP Liam Byrne says Europe no longer believes the transatlantic relationship will return to what it once was, warning U.S. unpredictability is reshaping European security, diplomacy, and trust in Washington. #Europe #NATO #EU #UK @volteuropa.org @europarl.europa.eu

“Never Again” was meant as a warning to future generations. Yet as authoritarianism, propaganda, nationalism, and attacks on democratic institutions rise again, many around the world are increasingly viewing the U.S. under Trump with caution — fearing history’s lessons are being ignored. #Democracy

MEP Alexandra Geese warns that Putin, Trump and Musk are targeting European democracy by empowering far-right forces and manipulating the online information space. Her message to Europe: democracy requires courage, not silence, a lesson for the USA. #Europe #Democracy @alexandrageese.eurosky.social

Russian forces struck a kindergarten in Sumy, with rescue operations underway as authorities work to determine casualties and the full extent of the damage. #Ukraine #Sumy @ec.europa.eu @volteuropa.org @democrats.senate.gov Source: Kyiv Post

Irish MEP Lynn Boylan accuses the U.S. and Israel of fueling Europe’s energy crisis, rising instability, and growing public unrest as fuel protests spread across the EU. #Europe #USA #Israel #EnergyCrisis @volteuropa.org @ec.europa.eu @democrats.senate.gov @lnbdublin.bsky.social

Europe’s “Never Again” is being tested. MEP Anna Strolenberg warns the EU is too silent on Gaza and too timid on Ukraine—highlighting questions about whether its stated values will drive action. #Europe #Ukraine @annastrolenberg.volteuropa.org @volteuropa.org

Hungary showed how a fake-nationalist, oligarch-backed strongman can be beaten: independent media, sustained organizing, and protest that builds belief before election day. Americans facing a would-be dictator should study the lesson closely. #Democracy #Hungary #USA #EU #Elections @volteuropa.org

A prominent conservative analyst comments, Congress has become a constitutional bystander. Yuval Levin’s point is sharp: presidents expand power when Congress refuses to use its own — on tariffs, budgets, war powers, and oversight. #Congress @democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social

Trump's preemptive pardons aren’t simply protection—they signal expectation of wrongdoing. Rep. Mike Levin warns this shifts power away from accountability and toward immunity before actions even occur. #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #Trump #Pardons @democrats.senate.gov @volteuropa.org @ec.europa.eu

In Congress, King Charles III reaffirmed NATO and support for Ukraine—delivering a clear, if coded, rebuttal to Trump’s isolationist rhetoric. #NATO #Ukraine #Trump #UK #Europe @volteuropa.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @ec.europa.eu @ukparliament.parliament.uk

King Charles used his address to Congress to reinforce a core democratic principle: executive power must remain constrained. Drawing on Magna Carta, the message was clear—freedom depends on accountability, not authority. #RuleOfLaw #UK #KingCharlesIII @ukparliament.parliament.uk @volteuropa.org

Timothy Snyder: the US isn’t being outmatched — it’s choosing to weaken itself. From education to economics, he argues power is being systematically surrendered, not taken. The question isn’t decline — it’s why it’s being chosen. #Geopolitics #USPolitics #SuperPowerSuicide @democrats.senate.gov

Ukraine is escalating pressure on Russia’s war economy, targeting oil infrastructure like Tuapse as a military objective, while Moscow continues striking civilians. This is defense through disruption #Ukraine #Russia @volteuropa.org @ec.europa.eu www.kyivpost.com/post/74894

Iran’s LEGO-style Trump videos are not just trolling. They show how AI propaganda is becoming faster, cheaper, more visual, and more effective. The battlefield is no longer only military or diplomatic. It is narrative — and memes now move faster than facts. #AI #TrollingTrump #Iran @volteuropa.org

Booker: Troops uphold their oath—Congress isn’t. He called out the "do nothing Senate" as a U.S. military unit was left unprepared, and Senate leadership failed to act or investigate. #USPolitics #Military @democrats.senate.gov