Hungary’s government banned the Budapest Pride parade, citing “child protection” laws. I wonder why…?

Pride parades may have once been about equal rights for homosexuals, but they have morphed into public celebrations of sex acts. If a straight parade pulled half the stunts we’ve seen at these events, it would be shut down for indecency too.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen threatened Hungary with sanctions over the ban. She voiced her “full support and solidarity to the Budapest Pride and LGBTQ+ community” and said “marching for your rights is a fundamental freedom.”

Funny—I don’t recall her saying that in 2021 when Europeans marched against draconian Covid restrictions and civil rights violations.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán responded on X, telling her to mind her own business.

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Do you think President Trump really thinks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is innocent of corruption? He said so in a Truth Social post on Wednesday.

Netanyahu is due back in court Monday to continue his long-running corruption trial—on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in three separate cases. The allegations range from luxury gifts like cigars and champagne to trading regulatory favors for flattering media coverage. One case allegedly involved gifts that included… a Bugs Bunny doll.

President Trump says that Netanyahu is “a WARRIOR, like perhaps no other Warrior in the History of Israel” and his “trial should be CANCELLED, IMMEDIATELY, or a Pardon given to a Great Hero, who has done so much for the State.”

What is behind this? Surely he knows that the Prime Minister is still committing war crimes against innocent people in Gaza. Is that what he means by “warrior” or is this something more calculated?

Perhaps the President needs the Israeli Prime Minister to appear legitimate to legitimize the peace deal he brokered with Iran? Or maybe President Trump wants Netanyahu in his debt. Trump’s message isn’t just loyalty—it’s leverage. “We saved you, now you owe us.”

President Trump said that he is making “great progress” towards peace in Gaza. Is this praise part of the diplomacy or is this bro love for real?

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President Trump got NATO leaders to “commit” to doubling their military budgets in support of the so-called “defensive” alliance.

Only—they’re not actually going to do that.

The pledge is to boost spending over the next 10 years, and most of it is earmarked for infrastructure projects, not new weapons or military readiness. It’s a ruse.

Does President Trump know this? Of course he does. But what does it matter to him? His goal was to reduce the U.S. share of NATO’s budget—and he did. NATO wanted to make a big show of stepping up—and they did. Everybody wins except NATO itself which will inevitably shrink without the big bucks from the U.S.

NATO chief Mark Rutte even delivered an Oscar-worthy speech in front of Trump, praising members for meeting their financial goals. Trump nodded along approvingly. But it was all theater.

Need proof? Rutte called Trump “Daddy”. A reporter asked the President about it, and Trump smirked it off: Sure, he said, they need help.

The White House even posted a video leaning into it: Daddy’s home.

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President Trump says he’ll resume peace talks with Iran next week—but don’t expect a nuclear agreement. According to him, there’s nothing left to negotiate:

“We destroyed the nuclear. In other words, it’s destroyed… blown up to kingdom come.”

The Trump administration disputed a leaked U.S. intelligence assessment reported by The Washington Post that said Iran’s facilities were damaged but not “obliterated.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slammed the media for premature, false reporting.

I’ve never wanted to NOT question a government narrative so bad in my life. Fine, they were destroyed. The nuclear weapons they never had. Wink, wink. No backsies, no do-overs.

That means the U.S. government’s current position is that Iran no longer has nuclear capabilities—and all future diplomacy will operate from that assumption.

Trump put it bluntly:

“They had a war, they fought, now they’re going back to their world… I don’t care if I have an agreement or not.”

So what happens to the neocons who were so pumped up this month for the war with Iran they always wanted?

Has the Persian rug been pulled out from under them?

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An Israeli professor claims that at least 377,000 Palestinians have been “disappeared” since Israel began its genocidal campaign against the Gaza Strip in 2023. Half of these are believed to be children.

The study was done by Dr. Yaakov Garb of Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba. He found that the pre-war population of Gaza was approximately 2.22 million. Today, it is approximately 1.85 million, leaving 377,000 unaccounted for. The official death toll is approximately 56,000 Palestinians and counting. Nearly 50 more people were killed on Monday by the IDF while attempting to get aid.

With Israel pivoting from its stalled Iran gambit back to Gaza, the question grows more urgent:

Where—exactly—did the other 377,000 people go?

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Ukraine has been welcomed into the European Union like a squatter—they can keep coming around but you’re not really one of us.

At the NATO Summit meeting, European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen said this about Ukraine: “We are integrating our defence (sic) industries as if Ukraine was in the EU.”

As if is not a real thing. This is political theater at its dumbest. They hand Ukraine the illusion of membership—flags, dinners, hashtags—but none of the actual guarantees.

President Zelensky didn’t flinch. Either he missed the insult, or breadcrumbs are all he expects from this crowd.

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President Trump didn’t come to play diplomat. He came to collect.

The President arrived at the NATO summit on Tuesday and is reportedly skipping the panels and the pleasantries and ready to demand NATO countries commit to spending 5% of their GDP on defense. That’s a big leap from the 2% most of them still don’t hit. And instead of pledging real money, our so-called allies are offering accounting tricks and excuses.

Spain flat-out refused. They said they’ll only pay 2.1%, claiming “country-level flexibility” under NATO’s pledge. Why? Because paying more would mean cutting into their generous social programs. So instead, they let American taxpayers cover their military tab while Spain enjoys things Americans don’t have like free healthcare and five-week vacations.

The U.K. tried a different kind of con. They say they’ll boost spending—but it turns out it’s not new money. According to The Telegraph, they’re relabeling old infrastructure projects as “defense spending.” It’s not a budget increase. It’s a spreadsheet shuffle.

Now NATO leaders are scrambling to justify their free ride. Mark Rutte is shouting vague warnings that “the Russians are coming.” Ursula von der Leyen says they expect a full blown war with Russia in the next five years.

But here’s the truth: Russia isn’t trying to take over Europe. Even Russian state media keeps the war’s scope confined to the Donbas and Ukraine.

You’d almost think these people need the war to keep their sweet welfare system going. So what happens if President Trump tells them no? Gosh I hope he does!

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A ceasefire between Israel and Iran is holding for now but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns that his country “will strike again” if Iran “thinks of rebuilding” its nuclear program.

President Trump was furious that Israel violated the terms of the ceasefire he put in place on Monday, saying “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f*** they’re doing.”

But why would he trust Israel to honor a ceasefire to begin with? Israel has violated over 3,000 cease-fire terms since October 7—across Gaza and Lebanon. In Lebanon alone, Israel violated the ceasefire over 2,700 times after President Biden expressly forbid Netanyahu not to invade southern Lebanon.

Wouldn’t it be foolish to keep trusting Israel to honor its ceasefires? At what point does this stop being naivety—and start looking like complicity?

The Trump administration is now defending the destruction of the nuclear sites in Iran that were bombed on Saturday. The Washington Post reports that the nuclear sites were “not obliterated” but instead “set back by months.”

So what’s the truth? Was this a strategic victory—or a flimsy excuse for Israel to bomb again?

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Alliance leaders are leaning hard on the old Cold War script — that Russia is the biggest threat — to convince member states to boost military spending. But let’s be honest: that narrative is wearing thin.

NATO chief Mark Rutte is pushing a new 5% of GDP defense spending target, calling it a “quantum leap” needed to bolster air defenses and buy thousands of tanks and long-range weapons. A NATO summit is happening this week and the goal? Convince member states to rebuild stockpiles and prepare for a more “dangerous world.”

But here’s the thing: most European NATO members currently spend around 2% — and they’ve been perfectly comfortable outsourcing their defense burden to American taxpayers. Why pony up now, when U.S. dollars have done the heavy lifting?

Plus, many of these countries are drowning in debt and already stretched thin at home. Free healthcare and month-long holidays don’t exactly pair well with an expensive military industrial complex.

And in case you were wondering how seriously they’re taking the 5% pledge — Spain has already negotiated an exemption, promising just 2.5%. Great deal for them. Not so great for the Americans underwriting the rest.

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The new president of Syria — former ISIS member Ahmed al‑Sharaa — publicly promised to protect Christians and other minorities after taking office in January. That’s not going well.

On Sunday, between 20–25 Christians were killed and dozens more wounded in what’s being called the first major ISIS-style suicide bombing of a church since the fall of the Assad government.

Back in March, after 900 Alawite civilians were massacred in coastal clashes between Assad loyalists and transitional forces, President al‑Sharaa said this:

“We announce the formation of a fact-finding committee regarding the events on the coast and form a higher committee.”

And…? More deaths. More promises. Still “fact-finding.”

This isn’t just about failure — it’s about how fragile transitional governments are when they inherit power vacuums, warlord fiefdoms, and decades of sectarian wounds. Regime change may be complete on paper — but order hasn’t followed.

When will we learn?

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Oil prices fell 7% after Iran fired on a U.S. military base in Qatar.

Why would oil drop after a bombing?

It was a collective exhale.

Prices surged Sunday on fears that Iran might close the Strait of Hormuz — a move that would choke off 20% of global oil supply. But instead of triggering an economic crisis, Iran responded with a limited military strike. No supply shock, no escalation — and everyone survived.

Markets read that as: crisis averted. And oil cooled off.

Is that that?

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