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🚨 BREAKING:
Mike Johnson: "If we lose the midterms — God forbid, if we lose the House majority — it'll be a real end to Trump's presidency."
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🚨URGENTE: Vladimir Putin 🇷🇺 ha propuesto una cumbre con Donald Trump 🇺🇸 y Xi Jinping 🇨🇳 el próximo mes para discutir un final de la guerra en Ucrania 🇺🇦 que sea favorable para Moscú 🇷🇺
Se reporta que Zelensky 🇺🇦 y Europa no estarían invitados a la reunión.—WSJ
No funcionará: Negociar el futuro de Ucrania 🇺🇦 sin la presencia de Ucrania 🇺🇦 sería un grave error.
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It's funny how Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton are running on "Fixing Texas" when the Republicans have controlled the entire state for 30 goddamn years
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NEW: Ukraine’s ability to use SpaceX’s low-earth orbit satellite communication technology (Starlink and Starshield) to intercept Russian jet-powered drones remains unclear as of October 18.
Other Key Takeaways:
Ukrainian forces conducted their largest strike against Russian digital, energy, and logistics infrastructure in St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast since 2022, overnight on October 17 to 18.
Russia continues to expand kinetic actions in Europe that are likely intended to disrupt Western assistance to Ukraine and test NATO resolve.
ISW has observed additional evidence corroborating information about the recent restructuring of the 4th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade into the 84th Motorized Rifle Division (3rd Combined Arms Army, Southern Military District).
Russia launched 337 drones and one Iskander-M ballistic missile against Ukraine during the day on October 17 and overnight on October 17 to 18.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced in northern Sumy Oblast.
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NEW ABC News/Ipsos poll: Trump’s approval rating has plunged to 33%, down from 45% at the start of his second term. A record 66% disapprove.
Among Republicans, approval has fallen from 88% to 79%. Just 39% strongly approve of Trump, down from 63% in February 2025.
Winning!
David T 🇨🇴🇺🇦 retweeted
Donald Trump set another record.
There’s NEVER been an election (since polling began in the United States) where voters said “corruption” was their top worry.
Until now.
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🇨🇴🇺🇦 Meet Máximo, a volunteer from Colombia who came to Ukraine driven by hope and a desire to stand for freedom.
“I feel I’m on the right side.”
Alongside his fellow Colombian volunteers, he also helps his unit as an interpreter.
Freedom knows no borders. 💙💛 #JoinUArmy
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Trump dice que la guerra no termina porque Ucrania no quiere y que no va a ir contra Putin porque "está ayudando muy poco" a Irán. Y luego lo de siempre: diesel, Biden, dinero, etc, etc,
El desafío de hoy es identificar el océano que afirma que perdió Ucrania.
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trump is now trying to clean this up..
he is going to get impeached day 1 over this and he knows it.
so he is changing the story.
too late tard.
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Why would Trump help Russia 2.5 weeks before a major US election?
What is he getting in return?
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BIG: A Russian military satellite, Kosmos 2612, has been maneuvering to within 136 meters of the U.S.-registered ICEYE-X36 radar imaging satellite, according to satellite trackers, with a closer pass of about 48 meters predicted for Monday.
Dutch satellite tracker Marco Langbroek said a series of maneuvers since September 30 were designed to match the satellite’s orbit with ICEYE-X36’s.
Astronomer Jonathan McDowell called it the first known case of an active satellite making an uninvited close approach to another active satellite in low Earth orbit.
ICEYE, a Finnish company, has supplied radar imagery to Ukraine since 2022, though it is unclear whether this satellite serves Ukraine.
There are no signs of damage so far, and Russia’s intentions remain unclear.
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TASS. In St. Petersburg, the head of air defense for the Leningrad Military District has fallen out of a window.
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NEW: The Houthis downed a Saudi light attack helicopter over Saudi Arabian airspace that was likely providing close air support (CAS) or conducting reconnaissance in nearby al Jawf Governorate, Yemen, amid ongoing fighting between Yemeni government-aligned forces and Houthi forces there.
Other Key Takeaways:
Houthi forces continued to try to make advances on the western and southern outskirts of Taiz City on October 17 and 18.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) agreed to resume salary payments for unspecified Yemeni government-aligned forces fighting the Houthis, according to Yemeni sources cited by UK media on October 17.
The reported Saudi-UAE deal likely involves the UAE funding and Saudi Arabia providing air support to the Southern Giants Brigades, which is a Yemeni government-aligned military faction that the UAE helped establish in 2016 and is one of the main Yemeni government-aligned forces that are fighting in the current conflict against the Houthis.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi announced on October 18 that Egypt will provide defensive military aid to Saudi Arabia if Saudi Arabia requests support.
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The dumping of Starlink commences
🇵🇱 NEW: Poland is preparing to develop its own alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink, potentially in cooperation with other European countries.
Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk revealed today that:
• Initial offers have already been received.
• Funding has been secured, according to the minister.
• The proposed technical architecture is being planned.
• A formal project announcement could come within the next few months.
The system would initially serve Poland’s military, followed by security services, government institutions and potentially the wider European market.
The announcement comes amid controversy over restrictions on Starlink and Starshield services used by Ukraine.
Tomczyk argued that Poland cannot remain dependent on a single individual controlling critical communications infrastructure.
Importantly, the project remains in the planning stage. No operational satellite network or final contract has been announced.
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Ukrainian attack drones hit a datacenter belonging to the Russian social media giant VK tonight, setting it on fire.
VK's network has begun experiencing disruptions.
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The Ukrainian operation against Saint Petersburg, Russia, has been the largest in this war against this Russian city. Three major targets were hit during this operation:
- The local oil terminal respectively the oil storage units
- The VKontakte Datacenter
- The local Ozon logistics hub
It needs to be paraphrased that neither Starlink nor Starshield can be used for this operation by the Ukrainian military, since those services have always been been off limits for Ukrainian forces. Only Ukrainian end products are used.
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Trump is blaming senior aides for Republicans’ worsening midterm prospects, criticizing campaign spending, redistricting and candidate choices, Reuters reported.
Trump has questioned why $200 million in spending by his super PAC has failed to improve polling and why his redistricting push, particularly in Texas, has not delivered clear gains.
Tensions have centered on political adviser James Blair and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, with aides blaming one another.
Source: Reuters
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Enttäuscht erklärt Trump, dass Russland den Krieg an einem Tag gewonnen hätte, wenn die russischen Soldaten nicht versehentlich auf eine Schotterstraße statt auf eine Autobahn abgebogen wären.
Das Ausmaß seiner Dummerheit ist galagtisch.
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I am a lifelong Republican...
But come November 3rd I will crawl over broken glass to vote against ever Republican on the ballot!!!
⚡️ ZELENSKYY REVEALS WHAT HE TOLD TRUMP ABOUT STARLINK — AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT! 🇺🇦
ZELENSKYY: “I told Trump: If you enable Starlink access inside Russia, we can quickly destroy their ballistic missile launchers.”
“Putin would come to the negotiating table, and I wouldn’t need to destroy a single energy facility. But instead, they shut down Starlink. They didn’t expand coverage — they restricted it.”
Ukraine asked for the tools to stop Russian missiles. Instead, Zelenskyy says its capabilities were restricted. 🇺🇦




































