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On totay’d briefing: Are Putin’s Days Numbered? We begin with the possibility that Putin’s days are numbered as he is forced to scale back next Saturday’s Victory Day celebration while shutting down the internet and Telegramm as the Russian people become more aware that the war is going badly and is getting close to home … Continued


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On today’s briefing: Leaks From European Intel Say Putin is Increasingly Paranoid and Afraid of His Own Military We begin with leaks to CNN from European Intelligence Services suggesting Putin is increasingly paranoid and hunkered down in a bunker in Kraznodar in Southern Russia apparently afraid of his own military while taking extreme measures to … Continued


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On today’s briefing: Trump’s Briefing Today on How to Get Out From Under His Maniacal Misadventure in the Middle East We begin with the CENTCOM Commander Admiral Cooper briefing Trump and his national security team in the White House today on what options the US has to extract Trump from his maniacal misadventure in the … Continued


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On today’s briefing: Political Assassins More Often End up Achieving the Opposite of What Their Manifestos Proclaim We begin with the White House at war with reality on two fronts, pounding the lie from the podium that the Democrats are responsible for political hate speech along with trying to characterize Trump’s would-be assassin who appears … Continued


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On today’s briefing:   After Trump Assassinated Leaders Abroad, an American Citizen Struck Back Saying He Is “No Longer Willing to Permit a Pedophile, Rapist, and Traitor to Coat My Hands With His Crimes” We begin with the arraignment today of Cole Allen who is charged with an attempt to assassinate President Trump. Before his … Continued


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While Trump Thrashes About, Iran’s Leaders Can Afford to be Patient We begin with a shaky ceasefire containing an explosive hair trigger situation in the Persian Gulf as Iran’s blockade and the US blockade bump up against each other with diplomacy on hold and uncertainty over who actually speaks for Iran if and when negotiations … Continued


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On today’s briefing: Our Reality TV President is at War With Reality in Iran We begin with the “art of the deal” failing our Reality TV president who is unable to deal with reality as he desperately throws out carrots and sticks at the Iranians in the hope they will let him out of the … Continued


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On today’s briefing: Uncertainty Over Talks to End the War on Iran Before the Ceasefire Deadline Expires We begin with the uncertainty of talks in Pakistan to negotiate an exit for a war Trump started and appears desperate to end before a ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran expires on Wednesday. With growing doubt … Continued


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