Tulsi Gabbard warns: Powerful foreign allies eager to pull US into war with Russia



Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the AmericaFest crowd in Phoenix, Arizona, on Saturday that key global allies are hoping to drag the United States into a war with Russia.

Gabbard explained that the "warmongers in the deep state" are blocking Russia and Ukraine from reaching a peace agreement, undermining President Donald Trump's efforts.

'We cannot allow this to happen.'

"Predictably, they use the same old tactics that they've always used. The deep state within the intelligence community weaponizes 'intelligence' to try to undermine progress," she stated, motioning air quotes.

Gabbard said these deep-staters then leak that so-called "intelligence" to their friends in the "mainstream propaganda media" to propel a false narrative.

She went on to accuse the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of wanting to pull the U.S. into direct battle with Russia.

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"[Deep-staters] foment fear and hysteria as a way to justify the continuing of the war and their efforts to undermine President Trump's efforts towards peace," Gabbard said. "And do so in this case in order to try to pull the U.S. military into a direct conflict with Russia, which is ultimately what the EU and NATO want."

"We cannot allow this to happen," she declared.

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During her AmFest speech, Gabbard also warned about the threat of Islamist ideology.

"There's a threat to our freedom that is not often talked about enough. And it is the greatest near- and long-term threat to both our freedom and our security, and that is the threat of Islamist ideology," she said.

Gabbard's comments prompted cheers and applause from the audience.

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She argued that, at its core, Islam is a political ideology that seeks to implement a "global caliphate" that would destroy freedom through Sharia law.

"This is already underway in places like Houston. This is not something that may possibly happen; it is already happening here within our borders," she continued. "Paterson, New Jersey, is proud to call themselves the first Muslim city."

You can view Gabbard's remarks about Islamist ideology beginning at the 6:50 mark in the below video:

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Gabbard added that Islamist ideology "is propagated by people who not only do not believe in freedom, their fundamental ideology is antithetical to the foundation that we find in our Constitution and Bill of Rights, which is that our Creator endowed upon us inalienable rights. The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

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Elizabeth Warren and Lina Khan Killed Amazon's iRobot Acquisition Over Data Privacy Concerns. Now China Gets The Data.

During the Biden administration, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and her fellow progressives teamed up with then-Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan to kill Amazon's merger with iRobot, the maker of Roomba, citing antitrust and surveillance concerns. Now, iRobot's technology and consumer data are headed to China, posing what an iRobot cofounder says will be a threat to U.S. national security.

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Killing drug ads won’t lower prices — it will kill innovation



The United States is one of the few countries that allows prescription drugmakers to speak directly to patients. That simple fact now fuels political calls to “ban the ads.” But restricting direct-to-consumer advertising would do more than change what runs during football games. It would shrink the flow of information to patients and push our system toward the bureaucratic throttling that has turned other countries into innovation laggards.

Advertising is part of a dynamic market process. Entrepreneurs inform consumers about new products, and when profits are high, firms have every incentive to improve quality and expand access.

The pattern is clear: The more Washington intervenes, the fewer cures Americans get.

New, cheaper treatments need to be brought to consumers’ attention. Otherwise, people stay stuck with older, more expensive options, and competition falters. Banning pharmaceutical advertising would hobble innovative firms whose products are not yet known and leave those seeking medical care less informed.

Critics warn that “a growing proliferation of ads” drives demand for costly treatments, even when less expensive alternatives exist. Yet a recent study in the Journal of Public Economics finds that exposure to pharmaceutical ads increases drug utilization across the board — including cheaper generics and non-advertised medications. In short, advertising pushes people who need care to make better, more informed decisions.

A market-based system rewards risk-taking and innovation. Despite the many flaws in American health care, the United States leads the world in medical breakthroughs — from cancer immunotherapies to vaccines developed in record time. That success wasn’t created by government decree. It came from competition: firms communicating openly about their products, fighting for patients, and reinvesting earnings into the next generation of lifesaving discoveries.

Sure, some regulations are adopted with good intentions. But drug ads are already heavily regulated, and a full ban would create serious unintended consequences — including the unseen cost of innovative drugs that will never reach patients because firms won’t invest in developing treatments they are barred from promoting.

American health care is now regulated to the point of satisfying no one. Patients face rising costs. Physicians navigate a Kafkaesque maze of top-down rules. Taxpayers foot the bill for decisions made by distant bureaucracies. Measures associated with socialized medicine continue creeping into the marketplace.

Price controls in the Inflation Reduction Act are already cutting into pharmaceutical research and development. One study estimates roughly 188 fewer small-molecule treatments in the 20 years after its enactment. The pattern is clear: The more Washington intervenes, the fewer cures Americans get.

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The answer to the problems in American health care isn’t more government. It’s less. Expected profitability drives investment in biomedical research. Imposing new advertising bans or European-style price controls would mean lower-quality care, higher mortality, and the erosion of America’s leadership in medical innovation.

The United Kingdom offers a warning. Once a global leader, it drove investment offshore through overregulation and rigid price controls. Today, only 37% of new medicines are made fully available for their licensed uses in Britain. Americans spend more, but they also live longer: U.S. cancer patients outlive their European counterparts for a reason.

Discovering new drugs is hard. Every breakthrough begins with the freedom to imagine, to compete, and to communicate. Strip companies of the ability to inform patients, and you strip away the incentive to develop the next cure. Competitive markets — not centralized control — will fuel tomorrow’s medical miracles.

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This city bought 300 Chinese electric buses — then found out China can turn them off at will



A city had a rude awakening when it tested its electric buses for security flaws.

Some cities have gone all-in on their dedication to renewable energy and electric public transportation, but discovering that a jurisdiction does not actually control its own public property likely was not part of the idea.

'In theory, the bus could therefore be stopped or rendered unusable.'

This turned out to be exactly the case when Ruter — the public transportation authority for Oslo, Norway — decided to run tests on its new Chinese electric buses.

Approximately 300 e-buses from Chinese company Yutong made their way to Norway earlier this year, with outlet China Buses calling it a "core breakthrough" in Chinese brands' global reach.

Yutong offers at least 15 different types of electric buses ranging from 60- to 120-passenger capacity.

As reported by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten on Tuesday, Ruter conducted secret testing on some of its electric buses over the summer. It decided to look into one bus from a European manufacturer, as well as another from Yutong, to address cybersecurity risks.

The test results were shocking.

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Investigators discovered that the Chinese-built buses could be controlled remotely from their homeland, unlike the European vehicles.

Ruter reported that the Chinese can access software updates, diagnostics, and battery systems remotely, and, "In theory, the bus could therefore be stopped or rendered unusable by the manufacturer."

The details were described by Arild Tjomsland, who helped conduct the tests. Tjomsland is a special adviser at the University of South-Eastern Norway, according to Turkish website AA.

"The Chinese bus can be stopped, turned off, or receive updates that can destroy the technology that the bus needs to operate normally," Tjomsland reportedly said. He additionally noted that while the buses could not be steered remotely, they could still be shut down and used as leverage by bad actors.

Pravda Norway described the situation as the Chinese government essentially being able to decommission the buses at any time.

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Norway's transport minister praised Ruter for completing the tests and said the government would initiate a risk assessment related to countries "with which Norway does not have security policy cooperation."

Ruter's CEO, Bernt Reitan Jenssen, said the company plans on working with authorities to strengthen the cybersecurity surrounding its public infrastructure.

"We need to involve all competent authorities that deal with cybersecurity, stand together, and draw on cutting-edge expertise," Jenssen said.

As a temporary fix, Ruter revealed the buses can be disconnected from the internet by removing their SIM cards to assume "local control should the need arise."

There was no word as to whether the SIM cards are upsized for buses.

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Politico Reporter Under Investigation for Serving as CCP Spy

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They Murdered Innocent Jews. Now They’re out of Israeli Prison With Millions of Dollars From the Palestinian Authority in Their Pockets.

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The ruling class doesn’t hate Trump’s style — it hates his success



Trump derangement syndrome is real. But it isn’t just about Donald Trump’s personality. Yes, he can be blunt and reckless with words. Still, the hatred aimed at him runs far deeper. It’s about what he represents — a direct challenge to the class that has ruled the West for decades through its bureaucracies, media networks, and cultural institutions.

Trump is an intolerable nuisance to a long-entrenched ruling elite. That class has spent years trying to drive him from power — through lawfare, propaganda, and, in the ugliest moments, open calls for violence. The same machine that tried to destroy him also works to crush anyone who resists its authority, from conservative governments abroad to immigration agents at home.

The left’s obsession with Trump comes from fear, not outrage. The new 'Hitler' endangers the networks that have empowered bureaucracies and weakened nations.

The network arrayed against Trump stretches across the Anglosphere and Western Europe: managerial states, political parties, NGOs, universities, and press conglomerates. The coordination isn’t perfect, but the pattern is unmistakable. Wealthy woke donors bankroll rioters and leftist institutions that push radical ideology. Bureaucrats cooperate with those same groups to expand state control. The Democratic Party benefits from the alliance and feeds it with public funds.

When leftist politicians or media figures foment violence against Trump supporters or ICE agents, their allies rush to justify it. Inside this international power bloc, there are truly no enemies to the left, no matter how destructive their behavior. Disorder is a feature, not a flaw.

Why they fear Trump

Trump has become the focal point of their rage because he can actually hurt them. Leaders such as Slovakia’s Robert Fico or Hungary’s Viktor Orbán defy the global left, but their small states can only resist the order. They can't reshape it. The United States can.

Trump’s policies have done what no other Western leader dared attempt: strip money and legitimacy from the bureaucracies, NGOs, and “diversity” programs that prop up the global left.

He has halted tax-funded pipelines to ideological nonprofits, rolled back DEI patronage systems, and ordered federal agencies to eliminate regulations that shield entrenched interests. His vice president’s message to European leaders — stop censoring dissent or lose respect in Washington — cut to the heart of the Western establishment’s cultural monopoly.

Whether Trump acts from conviction or sheer defiance makes no difference. He’s fighting a war the left thought it had already won. His outrage at the Nobel Committee’s sneer that he lacked “courage and integrity” reflects something larger: a refusal to bow to the same institutions that now feign moral superiority while protecting their own corruption.

Trumpism without Trump?

Would the rage end if Trump left the stage? Only if his replacement posed no threat to the system he exposed.

The establishment would happily return to a “normal” presidency — a compliant Democrat like Kamala Harris or a “centrist” Republican such as Mitt Romney or the late John McCain — anyone who accepts the fiction of a “world community” managed by unelected elites. What they cannot tolerate is another president determined to dismantle their structure of privilege.

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Even a more “tactful” successor, like Vice President JD Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio, would face the same fury if he pursued Trump’s agenda. The problem has never been Trump’s manners. The left tolerated Joe Biden’s corruption, mendacity, and incompetence because his handlers advanced their goals. They will never tolerate another president who threatens their control.

The real source of the hysteria

The left’s obsession with Trump comes from fear, not outrage. The new “Hitler” endangers the power networks that have enriched them, empowered bureaucracies, and weakened nations. If Trump had simply appeased the deep state, rewarded Democrat constituencies, and welcomed the illegal aliens who serve as future voters, their derangement would have vanished overnight.

Instead, the anger has become a warning to anyone who might follow in his footsteps: Defy the ruling order, and the machine will destroy you. Trump derangement syndrome isn’t a psychological problem — it’s a political weapon wielded by a class terrified of losing its grip.

Europe shows us what happens when bureaucrats win



Americans are accustomed to innovation improving their lives. From smartphones to artificial intelligence, breakthroughs keep coming — and most of them happen in the United States, where freedom fuels invention. But across the Atlantic, the story is very different. Europe’s regulators have built a bureaucracy that smothers creativity.

The lesson is simple: Innovation thrives where government steps back, not where it rules from Brussels.

Europe doesn’t need more commissions or consultations. It needs courage to scrap bad laws and let innovation breathe again.

A recent analysis from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation drives home the point. All seven of the world’s trillion-dollar tech firms are American. Europe can claim only 28 companies worth more than $100 billion. Over the past decade, European firms raised about $426 billion — $800 billion less than their U.S. counterparts.

Rather than learn from failure, Brussels tightened its grip — proving again that when regulators fail, they regulate harder. Their Digital Markets Act and Copyright Directive saddle companies with costly mandates that make life harder for both innovators and consumers.

EU regulators insist that their rules ensure fairness, transparency, and competition. In reality, they’re strangling convenience and driving users crazy.

Take Google Maps. Because of DMA rules, Europeans can no longer click directly into expanded map views. As one user complained on Reddit, it’s become “a severe pain in the butt.” The new restrictions also hobble tourism. Google Search can’t link directly to airlines or hotels, forcing travelers through clunky intermediaries that waste time and money.

The Copyright Directive makes things worse. It tells search engines to display only “very short” snippets of news articles — without defining what that means. Bureaucrats promise to judge “the impact on the effectiveness of the new right,” which means nothing. By contrast, American courts have long recognized that snippets are fair use and help people find what they need. U.S. policy treats information as a public good; the EU treats it as a privilege controlled by the state.

The damage goes beyond search results. The EU now forces Apple and other “gatekeepers” to make their devices interoperable with third-party software — a costly demand that undermines engineering efficiency. Features like iPhone-to-Mac mirroring and real-time translation could disappear from European markets because of it.

As Cato Institute’s Jennifer Huddleston noted, “The real-time translation feature would be immensely helpful in Europe with so many languages; however, the consequence of European regulation is that it might not be available.”

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And when companies don’t comply fast enough, Brussels slaps them with massive fines. Apple got hit with 500 million euros (around $580 million), Meta with 200 million euros (around $232 million) — punished not for misconduct but for trying to innovate.

The EU now says it will review whether the DMA “achieves its objectives of ensuring contestable and fair digital markets.” That’s bureaucratic code for “we might make it worse.” Meanwhile, the Copyright Directive’s vague language grows even more dangerous in the age of AI, where machine learning depends on large-scale data use that Brussels can’t seem to comprehend.

Europe doesn’t need more commissions or consultations. It needs courage to scrap bad laws and let innovation breathe again. If Brussels wants to compete with America, it should stop punishing success and start trusting its own entrepreneurs. A lighter-touch approach has worked for the United States — and it could save Europe from technological irrelevance.

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