😳 Finland Admits to Using Ukraine as Testing Ground for New Weapons

Lieutenant General Mikko Heiskanen conceded to news outlet Helsingin Sanomat that Helsinki needed to understand how the weapons would cope in a "real situation” – even ones still in development.

Ukraine is the West’s ultimate guinea pig.

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Why did Macron roll the dice with dissolving France’s parliament?

President Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the French parliament's lower house, the National Assembly, and called snap elections on June 30 and July 7.

The move came after his Renaissance party was crushed by the right-wing National Rally (RN) party in the European Parliament elections.

🌏 Win a majority: The most obvious reason, announced by Macron himself, is to get “a clear majority” in the future elections. His Renaissance party has 169 lawmakers in the 577-seat National Assembly. Le Pen's National Rally has 88 seats. To win an outright majority, Macron’s camp would need to see its number of lawmakers increase to 289.

🌏 A preemptive strike: Macron, whose popularity has been plummeting, was aware of a looming EU election debacle for his party. Analysts say his EU vote loss to RN could trigger anything from censure motions to a collapse of the government.

🌏 Avoid rivalry with Marine Le Pen: A plan to prevent her from succeeding Macron in 2027 is another theory. Proponents think he hopes to force the center-right Republicans to strike a deal with his centrist camp. In that case, if RN wins the elections, it would struggle to form a government without a coalition partner.

🌏 Jordan Bardella as PM: Another reason is that if RN scores a majority in the elections, Le Pen’s protégé Jordan Bardella could be offered the job of prime minister.

🌏 “Cohabitation effect”: If the National Rally, or another party, wins a majority in parliament, Macron would be forced to name someone from their ranks as PM, and that person would have to choose Cabinet ministers. In the ensuing "cohabitation," the president and PM would come from different political parties.

Most analysts predict that even if the right-wing RN party secures more MPs, it would probably not get a majority. The result would be an even more divided, chaotic, and ineffective French parliament.

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❌ JUST IN: US Border Patrol Agents in San Diego Sector Ordered by Biden Admin to Release Nearly All Illegals from Eastern Hemisphere

The internal memo completely negates the so-called “Executive Order” that Biden signed last week – which appears now, to be all for show.

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⚡️ BREAKING: Plane carrying Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima is “off the radar and cannot be tracked”

The plane with the VP and nine others aboard had missed its scheduled landing time and all efforts to make contact have failed, authorities said. Search and rescue operations are underway.

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⚡️BREAKING: UN Security Council supports multi-stage plan presented by Biden for ceasefire in Gaza war

The resolution said that Israel had “accepted” the deal and “calls upon” Hamas to do the same.

There were 14 votes in favor of the resolution, no votes against and one abstention by Russia.

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⚠️ Eastern NATO allies discuss barring Hungary from their ‘Bucharest 9’ security club - FT citing officials

Founded in 2015, the group includes Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

The discussions on excluding Budapest are “very serious,” the FT noted - Hungary’s “blocking tactics” in regards to providing additional aid to Ukraine the instigator, allegedly.

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🤦‍♂️ ICYMI: Joe Caught Speaking Bidenese - Again

“She know long! She knew suhlongasuhijeruhhnied, our freedom can never be secured.”

Truer words have never been so slurred… 🤡

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🤔 Zionist Karen Can’t Fathom Jew Supporting Palestine, Not Genocidal Israel – Loses Her Sh*t

“You’re not a Jew, how dare you!”

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🇺🇸🇨🇳 US prepares to stop China's invasion of Taiwan, USPACOM chief says

- The US will deploy thousands of unmanned ships in the Taiwan Strait to stop a possible Chinese invasion, US Indo-Pacific Command head Samuel Paparo said.

- "I want to turn the Taiwan Strait into an unmanned hell using a number of classified capabilities," the general declares.

- Such a response would follow if the Chinese navy crosses the 100-mile zone on approach to the island, Paparo claims.

- The U.S. must prepare for a response by 2027, as Beijing has expressed intentions to attack Taiwan by that date.

- The Indo-Pacific Command (USPACOM) is a unified command within the U.S. Army responsible for planning operations and directing troops in military operations in the region.

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💻 Chipmaker Giant Intel Halts Construction Work at New $25BN Factory in Israel

Intel has informed a large infrastructure company in Israel in the last few days to halt work on the factory in Kiryat Gat – citing ‘responsible capital management.’ (Channel 12)

Several senior officials at Intel Israel have also transferred their jobs to a factory that the firm is establishing in Ohio.

It isn't clear how long the project will remain on hold. Intel's comment regarding capital management suggests it may be stalling while figuring out how to pay for the factory as investors drop projects in Israel.

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